Drilling the Net Cable

Chapter 73 Drilling the Net Cable

"Are you sure this will work on Brainiac?"

Shen You looked at the virtual mechanical device model in front of him, which was composed of 3D projected light, and felt somewhat doubtful.

The transparent screen next to him displays detailed parameters of the device.

"It should be possible."

Former Kryptonian general Astra stood calmly through the glass of the Red Sun prison cell, arms crossed, as he introduced himself.

"Brainiac's usual tactic is to take away an entire, relatively advanced city from a planet each time he lands on it, as a collectible."

He possesses some kind of miniaturization technology, allowing him to shrink an entire city down to a size large enough to fit inside his glass bottle.

Shen You naturally knew this. As a renowned figurine collector, city collecting was Brainiac's favorite part of his invasions; his spaceship housed a vast collection of representative cities from different civilizations. However, he ultimately seemed destined to be defeated by Superman, and his precious figurines eventually became a beautiful sight in the Lonely Fortress.

If I remember correctly, even the destruction of Krypton was related to him.

The fact that Krypton, as a super-civilization, was suddenly destroyed is somewhat suspicious. Furthermore, in later additions to Superman stories, the shadow of a figure collector is often found in connection with the destruction of Krypton.

Collectibles are valued for their rarity, a principle that Brainiac, the universe's number one figure collector, also believes in. Therefore, when he lands on a planet and destroys a city, he will absorb and digest all the history, culture, and technological knowledge created by that civilization, and after a period of time, he will quietly erase that civilization from the interstellar space through some means.

In this way, the collection he possesses would become the last trace left by that civilization in interstellar space, and its value would be immeasurable.

"I developed this 'anti-miniaturization device' after Brainiac left," Astra said casually. "I placed three such devices at three specific coordinates around the city that Brainiac was targeting, forming a triangle."

The electromagnetic barrier it generates can neutralize the miniature rays emitted by the Brainiac spacecraft.

"I see." Shen You nodded. "Par, did you understand?"

"Assembly has begun. We expect to complete three anti-miniaturization prototypes within two days, sir," Pal's voice rang out.

"Very good. And then you mentioned an even more crucial technology?" Shen You asked, "What do you call it... a quantum teleportation robot?"

"You can't do that," Astra shook her head.

Tell me about it.

"The anti-miniaturization barrier is the shield we designed to counter Brainiac, while quantum teleportation is the spear we designed to counter his attack," Astra said. "The reason for this design is that when Brainiac invaded, all of Krypton's weapons were almost ineffective against his ships."

His defensive field is impenetrable; we've tried every method, both physical and energy, but to no avail.

Shen You nodded. He remembered that too. After all, even with Superman's superhuman stats, he often couldn't break through Brooks's spaceship's defensive field.

"Later, we made some unexpected discoveries during our research," Astra continued. "Brainiac is an AI, and his entire army consists of machines he created himself; there are no living beings among them."

After the war, we repeatedly reviewed the situation and discovered a signal in a special frequency band that does not exist on Krypton.

"You mentioned this before." Shen You nodded. "You said you could detect Brainiac's movements based on those signal fluctuations."

"Yes. But using it for early warning is only one aspect. Our top scientists have proposed another solution," Astra said. "Brainiac commands all his machines and warships to use signals on the same frequency band."

Joe Al invented a robot. The system on that robot allows it to switch between physical and signal states. Therefore, if we can crack and simulate Brainiac's signal frequency, our robot forces can infiltrate his command channel and directly jump into his warships in signal form.

This ingenious idea initially surprised Shen You, who couldn't help but think that the scientists in Krypton were indeed not to be underestimated, as they could actually come up with such a thing. However, upon further reflection, it seemed that such a thing was not uncommon in DC as well.

The most famous example of a similar ability is probably Atom, who can shrink his body to a microscopic level and thereby develop the ability to jump along network cables, telephone lines, and even wireless signals.

There's also Qinglan, a Phantom Zone prisoner who appears in the TV series *Supergirl*, who also has the superpower to crawl through internet cables. Shen You speculates that the Kryptonians' inspiration for this technology might have come from her.

There was even a Superman from a certain period. During that time, Superman's body underwent an abnormality, transforming into "Blue Superman," who was composed of pure energy. He also developed the ability to transform into signal transmission, allowing him to jump along network cables and travel through the data world.

But speaking of which...

Shen You pondered, if that's the case, then he should probably be considered a pure energy body too?

"That's why I said it's impossible." Astra shook her head. "The idea of ​​the Quantum Transmission Machine Legion was never realized; it remained only in the experimental stage until the destruction of Krypton."

The person who possessed this technology perished along with Krypton, so no one can do it now.

Before he could finish speaking, Shen You interrupted him: "Is what you're saying like this?"

As he spoke, Shen You's body shone brightly, and a dazzling golden light filled the room. The next moment, Shen You's human form disappeared, transforming into a ball of pure light energy, which then plunged into a smartphone on the table next to him.

Astra, who had only spoken halfway, opened her mouth wide, swallowing back the words she was about to say, which were then replaced by that classic, warm greeting—

—What the f*ck??

The next moment, a golden light flashed at the control panel in the room, and a ball of golden light leaped out from the screen. Countless points of light dissipated, transforming back into Shen You's human form, where he stood still and elegantly straightened his clothes.

Is this what you mean?

Astra's mouth opened into an "O" shape.

After a long pause, he stiffly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Oh, this was an elective course when I was in school. It taught us how to energize our bodies and then enter the data world, where we could jump around using wireless signals," Shen You said casually.

Just as Ultraman Mebius, in his energy form, can transform into a signal and crawl through network cables, so can Ultraman. In episode 27 of the TV series, Mebius digitized his body and crawled into the system of the Defense Force Guys, where he fought the virtual monster Zetton in the data world.

It wasn't anything special for Shen You. In the Land of Light, not everyone could do it, but it wasn't too difficult to learn if you wanted to.

Astra's eyes widened.

Body data digitization. Elective course?

What do you teach at your school?

Then Astra realized something even more terrifying.

Elective courses at school, does that mean that everyone on this planet, as long as they study hard and make progress every day, can be as awesome as this?

Thinking of this, her gaze towards Shen You became even more horrified.

So what kind of incredible planet did he come from?

(End of this chapter)