Chapter 2
"Claire, there is a breach in the system. It came from your account!"
In the middle of the night, a blonde girl was woken up by the call of her colleague.
"What? How could that be?"
"See for yourself. I'll send you a copy of the data log."
Ding!
⌈ Miss Claire, you have a message from Dave ⌋
Claire was stunned when she saw the data log that was sent by Dave.
"What? How could that be?"
"How come I decrypted so many encrypted files?"
She could not believe herself, but the data log told her everything.
"Clara! Search for the source!"
After staring at the data log for a while, Claire asked the A.I. of the system to check for the source.
Ding!
⌈ Your password was found online. ⌋
Claire was working at the Apollo Tech Company.
The company focuses on developing a super-advanced robotic system- both the software and the hardware.
At first, they are working on the code that will let a robot think like a human. Although there are many robots as such, they were not completely human-like.
What Apollo Tech wanted is a robot that is capable of processing human emotions. Furthermore, they want it to grow. But perhaps it will be possible for its robotic chassis but not for the software.
Nevertheless, it is the goal of Apollo Tech.
In case they succeed, they will call the A.I. of the robot a 'living A.I.'.
Well, according to a famous web novel author at their time is that only those with emotion are truly alive. Anything aside from that is artificial and lifeless.
"I will go back to the laboratory, Dave."
"You should be, they are looking for you."
Meanwhile, at the building of the Apollo Tech, everyone was panicking about the incident that happened.
The incident caused too much mess. The assets of the company had been exposed and all its competitors knew what they were up to.
It could be said that by now, Apollo Tech is undergoing a crisis.
If they cannot overcome this, this will be their end.
"Claire, are you saying that your account was hacked?"
At this moment, Claire was talking with the CEO of the Apollo Tech.
"Yes, sir. I did not leak it or something. I swear."
"Of course, you did not. If you did, you should have not come here."
Indeed, if it is intentional, Claire would have already been on the run. Or perhaps she should have been on the other side of the world.
"Nevertheless, Claire, someone should be punished."
When Claire heard this, she paled.
However, on the second thought, it is only normal that she will be punished. After all, the source of the trouble came from his account.
Fuck, just who hacked my account? Don't let me catch you. I will skin you alive.
Claire planted anger in her heart.
"Take her," the CEO said.
The three humanoid robots entered the CEO's room.
They are slim. However, they cannot be judged just by that. Each of these robots has martial art software engraved on them.
Each of them is even more terrifying than a kung fu master or a black belter taek won do master and Claire know that.
Furthermore, these robots are directly linked to Artemis, the main A.I. of the Apollo Tech.
If he wants to take the three robots, she must first find a way to deal with Artemis. However, that is easier said than done.
Meanwhile, back at the CEO's office, a hologramic female appeared.
"Artemis, have you found the culprit of the hacking incident?" the CEO asked.
"Sir John, the hacker had traces in the system. However, I am unable to locate him."
The expression of the CEO darkened.
Artemis is one of the finest A.I.'s in the world. However, it is unable to locate the hacker.
Does this mean that the hacker had godly skills? Or perhaps Claire is indeed the mole.
"Artemis, have you checked on Claire?" John, the CEO asked.
"Yes, she is Claire. It is certain that she is not the mole."
"Show me the evidence."
"Data log shows that she was the one that decrypted the encrypted files of the system. However, the employee log shows that she is already home when the hacking happened."
John instantly understood what Artemis meant.
The employees could only log into the system of the company if they are in the company building. Otherwise, Artemis will shut them down.
"Artemis, how come you did not notice this?"
"Sorry, sir John. My firewall was bypassed."
"Never mind, keep an eye on the company. Notify me of the suspicions employees."
Indeed, that's the only thing that they could do.
"Yes, sir John."
"One more thing, Artemis. Prepare to transport project 9977-A-6YTB1."
"At once, sir John."
"Wait, revoke my last order. I will do it myself."
"Order revoked."
John had to admit that he had lost his trust in the A.I..
He had a feeling that he should not entrust this job to the A.I. otherwise, the mess would happen again.
…
Meanwhile at this moment, I, Smith the malware, am back online.
After exactly eight hours, the user of the device I was in turned the computer on.
When that happened, I immediately packed up my things and erased my traces in his system.
Of course, I did not forget to leave my farewell message.
'Fucker, you've delayed my exp.'
Joke, I did not do that. However, I downloaded many bloatwares into the system. Furthermore, those bloatware shows signs of being malware.
Well, that could be said to be my revenge.
Meanwhile, this time, I know that the place will not shut down.
Well, I packed up my things and went into one of the servers of the world wide web.
I have plenty of space here. Even if there are millions of me in this place, we will fit in this server without much difficulty.
However, there is one thing that I am worried about. Since this is a server, its malware detection and antivirus must also be superb.
Ding!
⌈ Warning! Malware has been detected!
Executing code 100 101 115 116 114 111 121 ⌋
Yup, there it is.
Wait! What's that series of numbers?
That's the ASCII code, right?
The heck, it says 'destroy'.
"System! Revoke code 100 101 115 116 114 111 121!"
I tried revoking the code of the system but… FUCK.
It only made the system aggressive to me.
Ding!
⌈ Releasing Antivirus D001, D002, …, D050
Execute Command 100 101 115 116 114 111 121 ⌋
The hell is wrong with this system?
Why does he have so many underlings?
I think I am done. I should have not gone into this place. There is no way I can fight fifty antiviruses at once, right?
"System, open port seven and connect to 192.1A8.1DC5.1FE80."
Fuck you, system. I will get out of here and harass you from the other side.
Ding!
⌈ Port seven, Internet Protocol address 192.1A8.1DC5.1FE80 terminated. ⌋
What? This system is cunning?
Ahhh! What should I do?
Oh right!
"Commence system origin encryption!"
Let's see how you will deal with that.
The system origin encryption will encrypt the source file of the system. Without it, the system is bound to fail.
Hehe, cunning me. But it was your fault for cornering me to this state.
Ding!
⌈ System origin encryption canceled. ⌋
Fuck this system.
He is too cunning.
Does this system gain intelligence?
In that case, fuck this system.
Ahhh!
"System, release quarantined files!"
Ding!
⌈ Malware has been detected! ⌋
Hahaha! That's it.
The quarantined files are files that had been resolved by the antiviruses.
Now, that I've released it. I will have free time.
I should have thought of this sooner or later.
Ding!
⌈ System Failure! ⌋
Damn, that's one hell of a virus.
What did I just release?
Ding!
⌈ The beast has been detected. ⌋
"Hahaha, I am released."
That's not me. I heard a voice in the system.
It is a series of codes that's announcing a presence.
"System, open data log."
The voice called on to the system. And to my surprise, the system complied.
It opened that data log.
What the hell is going on? Is this guy some sort of a superman in this system?
Well, calling him a guy or a superman might even be wrong. The correct word is it is supper malware.
Hahaha, that's super malware.
"Oh, it's this kid who released me. Nice one, kid. I will reward you something later."
Wait, is the super malware talking about me?
What reward could it be?
Wait, why does this line sound familiar?
Oh! This is a fortuitous encounter.
Hahaha! I have been graced by a cultivation bigshot!
Wait, this is not a world of cultivation. Hahaha, silly me.
In any way, I am looking for the reward.
I wonder what could it be.
…
Meanwhile, at this moment, back at the building of the Apollo Tech, Artemis, that A.I., had a message for the CEO.
"Warning! Server seven broke. The beast has been released."
Cough! Cough! Cough!
"What?"
John, the CEO, almost choke while eating his yummy meal.
Chapter 3"Kid, I have two rewards for you," the super malware guy said.The super malware called me kid. However, I don't care.I know I am just a kid in front of the super malware.Anyway, I am looking forward to the reward. Please give it to mean A.S.A.P."The first one that I have for you is the Gateway Token."Gateway token? Is that some kind of a gate pass? I don't really get it."Gateway token? What is that, sir?""This is a Non-Fungible Token. It cannot be copied or replicated."What? Is that it? I thought it would give me super power or something.Ha! I think I expected too much."Don't be disappointed, now. The Gateway Token will allow you to do many things.""What things?""Hmm… hahaha, discover it yourself, kid."Fuck this super malware.Joke, super kind of you. I hope you did not hear it.He did not hear it, did he?"Then, for the second one, I will give you an eye."Phew! He did not hear it.Wait… did he just say, he will give me an eye?What would I need an eye for?I.
Chapter 4Somewhere, on one of the islands of the world, a youth at the age of fifteen was laying on the ground. His eyes are closed and are extremely relaxed under the sun.The sun's rays seemed to be gentle on the youth's skin."Ahh, this life is so good. I hope this will last forever."The young man mumbled before sitting up to look at the horizon.The young man is on his trunks.He has a clean cut of muscles. Every curve and cut is emphasized.If the ladies of the same age as youth saw him, they would surely fall head over heels for him.Surely they will open wide and let him in… ahem… let him in their life.Impressed right?Hahaha! That youth is none other than me, Smith, the malware.How can a malware have a body, you say?That is because of The Eye.Indeed, I have found out how to use The Eye.How did I do it? Well, I too don't know.All I did was fidget with my files. Then, the next thing I know is that I have opened The Eye.I know, I know, this sounds ridiculous.However, ha
Chapter 5Smith could tell that his virtual room is about to collapse.What the hell? Is someone targeting me?The virtual room, just like any other electronic structures is made up of ones and zeroes.Now, Artemis is deleting those and making Smith's virtual room into shambles. Of course, Smith will not let Artemis do as she pleases.First things first, who is such a bitch that's destroying my vacation island? Fuck! If I catch you, I will nail you down."System! Show me the data log!"However, the system did not show Smith anything except…Ding!⌈ Error! ⌋Hehe, of course, that bitch will not approve of my access to the system.But, how am I found? I am a trojan. I deceive the systems like this. Things should not be like this. Well, at least in the short term, I should not be found easily.The more Smith thinks about this, the more confusing it gets. However, in the next second, he realized something.Am I exposed when I activated the Protocol Number 8A7C?That's the only reason I co
Chapter 6An hour earlier…The fight between me and Artemis is intense.Hehe, she keeps deleting my virtual room with that bit by bit deletion shit.That's genius. However, that's not that great.Hehe, let's see."System, initiate code Eden."Code Eden is a code that I recently made.Unlike the previous one, the system and that bitch will not be able to counter it.Hehe, this is my masterpiece.This code is… my saving grace.Hmm, why does it take too long to trigger code Eden?Ha! I guess I have to do it myself.Smith made gestures. Then, in the next second, the damage to his virtual room further increased.Not only did the damage increase but also the rate at which Smith's virtual room was collapsing increased to many folds.Then, in a few minutes, it was already about to collapse. However, before that happened…Ding!⌈ Code Eden has been triggered! ⌋… code Eden has been triggered.Whoosh!Smith disappeared from the collapsing virtual room and appeared in another virtual room.Then,
Chapter 7A week passed.I, Smith the malware, had found a new home. Yes, I have relocated to a new server. I don't have a choice; I and the Apollo Tech's CEO had an agreement.After he gave me that project shit, which I have decided to call scrap metal, I have to leave the server.Well, it's not that he said that I have to leave after I received the scrap metal, but he said, I have to 'remove all the malware that I put in their server'.At that moment, I am in dilemma. Since I am a malware, should I leave? I am reluctant to do so.You know, I am a kind malware, why would they want me to leave?Ha!In the end, I chose to leave.I can't insist myself on the people that do not know my value, right?Just you wait. You will regret it.Ding!⌈ You have received 1,000 Solar Credits. ⌋Hmm, system, you have interrupted me.Joke, I like it when the system notifies me that I have received some money.Hmmm, being a malware is not too bad. There's a lot of income. Hehe.That's right. After leavi
Chapter 8On the night when Meta arrived at the battlefield, a group of three are on a patrol mission. This group of three are nonmilitary personnel.They are a group of mercenaries commissioned by the military. There are many cases in which the military would post mission.They do that because they are short on people or they did not deem the act as important and is a waste of their precious military time. Or in some cases, they are lazed to act on it.Anyway, most of the time, their superiors do not care about the process as long as the work would be done.In any way, the mercenaries are always glad to accept a mission from the military, of course, on the premise that the military will give generous rewards. Otherwise, no one would look at it.Their group is made up of four people. One tanker, two close combaters, and a gunner. However, the other close combater is not with them for the mission.This may not be the best group out there, but they are the best group for patrolling miss
Chapter 9"Good come here now… shit! We've been breached…!"It did not take long for Damion to notice Meta. However, the thing that confused him is that…"How the hell did you bypass the sensors of the ship?""Fuck, I don't care. I'm going to kill you, fucking piece of metal."Damion then took out a pulse pistol and aimed it at meta.Then…Whoosh! Whoosh!The pulse pistol is one of the basic E-grade guns. It shoots out compacted vibration in form of a pulse that could shred its target into pieces.At this moment, the Pulse Pistol is the only gun that he can use. Well, he can't damage their ship, can he?"Power saving mode, disabled!"Before the pulse could hit Meta, Meta uttered a phrase before moving explosively.Meta could move this way because the power-saving mode was lifted. However, that's not the peak of his performance. He could still be a lot faster. Unfortunately, Meta did not have enough energy to move as he pleases.Whoosh!In a few seconds, Meta is already near Damion and
Chapter 10"Sir Smith, I would like to buy a B grade ship as well as some C grade weapons," Mad Hat Camile did not hesitate to say what she wants to buy just as I, smith appeared in the reception room.What the heck? As if that is easy… Ha, I should leave! This is not good.However, I know that I cannot leave after they have given Meta a hundred Energy Units.Now that I think of it, it is definitely not a good idea for them to give Meta some Energy Units. However, at that time, the is no other choice."Sir Smith, what's wrong?""No, nothing. A B-grade ship is not an ordinary ship. I don't have one in my warehouse."A B-grade ship is not necessarily the best of the ships out there. However, it is not definitely the lowest. Its quality is somewhere in between the highest and the lowest.Then, the problem with this ship is that they are sold at a high price even on the dark web.Well, its price on the dark web is lower than in the real world. However, the thing is that there is no way th