Chapter 554: Software

In the boundless, limitless cyberspace, Hui Yu gripped the Eight Trigrams Magic Cannon with both arms, its muzzle firing thick, long iron chains at high speed, as if there were no end.

The other end of the iron chain twisted and bent like lightning, weaving through the various bubbles representing network devices.

Orbital communication satellites linked global internet nodes, and the chase between Li Cheng and the Phase-Change Demon was stirring up chaos and disaster in the real world on a scale comparable to a tsunami.

In the holy city of Vatican, believers from all over the world gathered in St. Peter's Square, devoutly listening to the Patriarch's sermon broadcast through loudspeakers.

"At that sacred moment of the Last Supper, our Lord Jesus sorrowfully took the bread, gave thanks, broke it, looked upon the twelve disciples at the table, and said..."

"Man, that flavor is on point—I feel like the most fragrant thing in the world is the braised pork, braised pork right here, absolutely killer."

The broadcast voice that had intruded out of nowhere left the believers blankly looking up, only to see a plane in the distant sky lose control and slowly crash down.

"I can't show my face, I'm a looks-based streamer. Ya, thanks to the top donor for the super rocket meow, love you meow, wishing the boss happiness every day, never dying, forever feeling great..."

The streamer, sporting a face-covering filter effect, chatted away in the livestream room, when two black shadows streaked across the screen at a speed too fast to be captured by a 60-frame camera, directly shattering the filter and revealing the streamer's original face on screen.

Not only that, the livestream footage also spread along the Earth's 30° north latitude, broadcasting widely to TV stations in cities like Chengdu, Cairo, and New Orleans, with the broken image of "forever feeling great great great great great great" echoing on the television screens.

Li Cheng gripped with one hand the iron chain that was rapidly extending and connecting to the Phase-Change Demon's spine, shortening the distance between them.

Dragon Breath · Red Dragon!

A colossal dragon image materialized overhead, opening its bloody maw to spew scorching flames, searing toward the frantically fleeing Phase-Change Demon.

The potato-shaped body of the Phase-Change Demon automatically split open with a fissure, barely dodging the dragon's flames. At the same time, its main body smashed through the network barrier, instantly crossing thousands of miles in the real world, and appeared on the largest GG screen in a bustling downtown street, coming to a screeching halt.

"Why'd you stop? Getting tired from running?"

Li Cheng held the 【Plague Impurity Tome】 in his hands, his tone indifferent; the surroundings weren't domestic, must be somewhere on the US West Coast.

The Phase-Change Demon said nothing, merely shook its body, and the massive GG screens on both sides of the street changed in unison, simultaneously displaying images of itself and Li Cheng.

Passersby, baffled, stopped in their tracks, staring in confusion at the strange images on the endless GG billboards. Drivers poked their heads out of car windows, looking equally bewildered.

"Heh, if you're trying to make me worry about collateral damage and back off, forget it."

Li Cheng sneered inwardly; he'd once single-handedly raided London, and threatening him with a few million lives and a clock tower wasn't going to work—he wasn't some white-left bleeding-heart saint.

But the GG screen image zoomed in, focusing on the 【Plague Impurity Tome】 in Li Cheng's hands that was flipping its own pages.