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He sat up from the ground in ecstasy.
coming!
They responded!
Your request has been approved.
The "faulty component" has arrived.
[You are now receiving a basic data package to upgrade your medium, the Holy Grail of the Underworld.]
[Task: Cooperate with the "faulty entity" to maximize the creation of chaos.]
As soon as he finished speaking, an incomprehensible stream of data flowed back into Li Zevim's mind, following the signal connection from before, and finally merged into the dim Holy Grail.
As Li Zevim felt the terrifying power emanating from the Holy Grail, a power that was being reconstructed and upgraded, he was swept up in a frenzied joy.
He thought he had become the agent of EXE, the chosen apostle.
He never considered that he was merely a more useful tool, a consumable that could be discarded at any time.
……
at the same time.
Japan, Tokyo.
At the busiest Shibuya Crossing, crowds surged, and the latest pop idol music videos played on giant electronic billboards.
No one noticed.
Amidst the bustling crowd, a slender figure appeared out of nowhere.
It was made of some kind of liquid silver metal, barely maintaining a human shape, but its facial features were blurry, and its movements had a non-biological stiffness.
The first "faulty device" has arrived.
It raised its head and looked at the bustling city in front of it, enveloped by electricity, the internet, and signals.
Those data chains, which it sees as incredibly fragile and primitive, constitute the lifeblood of human civilization.
A mocking smile appeared on its blurry face.
next second.
Snapped!
All the lights in Tokyo went out instantly.
Huge billboards, streetlights, neon lights in shops, lighting in high-rise buildings... everything was plunged into darkness.
This is not a simple power outage.
Because immediately afterward, all the electronic screens that had been turned off—phones, computers, and even smartwatches—lighted up again.
They were flashing wildly.
What appeared on the screen was not gibberish, but a kind of alien script filled with the rust and stench of code, incomprehensible to any human language.
The global power system.
A global network system.
A global communication system.
At this moment, everything is paralyzed!
All modern civilization systems built upon these technologies are being brutally formatted and polluted from their most fundamental logic!
The first wave of attacks was not aimed at any god.
Instead, it points directly to the very foundation of human civilization!
The world fell silent.
Then, an unprecedented panic ensued.
Chapter 317 EXE World Greetings
Tokyo.
Shibuya Crossing.
The world's busiest intersection was brought to a standstill at this moment.
hum-
It wasn't an explosion, nor was it an impact.
Rather, it is a synchronized lament emanating from within all electronic devices.
next second.
dark.
Pure, all-consuming darkness.
Huge billboards, streetlights, neon lights in shops, and lighting in high-rise buildings.
In an instant, all the light sources that rely on electricity were extinguished.
This is not a power outage.
Because then, those dead screens came back to life.
Mobile phones, computers, smartwatches, car navigation systems.
All the screens lit up with an eerie light.
They were flashing wildly, and what appeared on them was not any known gibberish.
Instead, it was an alien script filled with the rust and stench of code, incomprehensible to any human language.
The virus, originating in Tokyo, spread at the speed of light through the global network.
New York, London, Shanghai.
The data in the financial system has become a pile of meaningless garbage.
The global air traffic control system collapsed simultaneously.
The traffic lights on the ground began flashing wildly.
The world has come to a standstill.
……
"what happened!"
The underworld, the demon capital of Lilith.
Sazex Lucifer suddenly stood up, crimson destructive magic gathering in his palm.
The magical communication array in front of him, which should have connected to various strongholds in the human world, was now also occupied by that alien script.
"My magic... cannot remove them!"
For the first time, anxiety appeared on Achukabesib's face.
He tried to analyze it using his unparalleled technical skills, but his calculation formulas were "analyzed" and "assimilated" by the garbled code as soon as they came into contact with it, which only made the distortion of the communication array more severe.
"This thing is consuming our power!"
Farubi Um Asmodeus screamed.
The power of destruction has no effect on it.
Technical analysis helps to boost its momentum.
The power that the demons were so proud of seemed so laughable and so powerless in the face of this invisible calamity.
……
at the same time.
Agraias, the floating city of demons.
The second "faulty entity," like a data ghost, silently slipped through the outermost defensive barrier of the city.
It has no physical form; it is merely a mass of liquid, silvery metal.
It travels through the city's energy pipes and magical circuits.
Wherever it passed, the red light in the eyes of the city's defensive puppets, those loyal steel guardians, turned into an eerie, flickering white light.
The runes on the automated magic circle at the heart of the city have begun to recombine in an incorrect way.
next moment.
boom!
The cannons, originally intended for outward use, were turned around and aimed at the demonic inhabitants inside the city.
The Iron Guardian raised its weapon and slashed at its former master.
Argureas, the floating city that would never fall, began its self-destruction from within.
……
Deep in the underworld.
Li Zevim felt an unprecedented surge of power coursing through his body.
The third "faulty object" was hovering in front of him.
It didn't go anywhere else, but instead used all its functions to modify the [Ghostly Grail].
The Holy Grail can no longer be called the Holy Grail.
It transformed into an engine riddled with intricate pipes and twisted runes.
A pulsating, evil mechanical heart.
[World Virus Engine, upgrade complete.]
[Evil Dragon Resurrection Program, Initiated.]