Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1432: Chapter 813_3

“Perhaps.” Li Ang said, “There are no people in Sky Net, but there might be ghosts.”

The two sisters fell silent.

Xie An was still somewhat confused, but Xie Lian’s expression became much more cautious.

After thinking for a while, Xie Lian spoke, “What you mean… is that kind of thing that has no physical form, looks eerie, but can be pinched to death with a squeeze?”

“Uh…” Xie Lian’s description seemed a bit off, but after pondering, Li Ang had to admit, “Given your past strength, that description isn’t actually wrong. A normal ghost appearing in front of you could indeed be crushed in a pinch. However, the ones we’re dealing with aren’t ordinary ghosts, and it’s not in the real world either.”

“Ghosts, ultimately, are insubstantial consciousness maintained by spiritual power. If they appear in the real world, they indeed have the characteristics of being immune to most attack methods, but as long as there is an ability or means to directly harm them, their unstable existence can easily be destroyed.”

“Because they are fundamentally composed of spiritual power, their best habitat is actually on Sky Net.”

Li Ang patiently explained various theories about ghosts to the two girls.

Xie Lian was indeed a warrior with very rich combat experience, well-informed, and had encountered and killed ghosts. But from another perspective, she was a warrior, a combat personnel, not a researcher. Knowing how to kill ghosts was enough for her; she had no interest in studying the mechanisms of ghosts.

Living mainly on Sky Net? Naturally, large companies have SkyNet Security Officers to maintain the company’s local area Sky Net and spell machines, to handle ’virus scans’ and firewall tasks, to prevent invasion by Sky Net ghosts. This sort of thing logically falls under Xie Lian’s security supervision, but she doesn’t usually bother unless some ghost dares to come into the real world, in which case she’d just smack it to death.

But to say that you have to personally go into the lair of the ghosts on Sky Net to kill them?

What kind of operation is that? Xie Lian had never heard of something like that.

Even those techs who did antivirus work used various technical methods; she’d never heard of people going onto Sky Net for anything.

“Ghosts roaming in Sky Net…” Xie An expressed confusion, “Even though you’ve said so much, Mr. Li Ang, I still don’t understand how we can help you.”

“Your current state is crucial,” Li Ang said, “Haven’t you noticed that you are somewhat like ghosts?”

“This…” The two women found it hard to accept for a moment, and Xie Lian even wanted to curse angrily.

Curse who as dead?

But on careful thought, it wasn’t entirely unfounded.

Ghosts, due to the spiritual power between heaven and earth, preserve the cognitive activity of the deceased and exist through a special spiritual power structure. Whether the two of them have ’died’ or not is still debatable, but at least their consciousness indeed has transformed into some special spiritual power structure, no longer existing physically.

In that sense, it makes sense to say they are in a ghostly state.

“It seems you’ve figured it out. Being ghosts, you naturally have ghostly traits; theoretically, both of you can upload yourselves directly onto Sky Net and act within the vast Sky Net.”

The sisters exchanged glances, and Xie An said, “But… we’ve never been there; we don’t know what the state of survival for ghosts on Sky Net is like. Can we really help you?”

“You can, I’m sure of it,” Li Ang said, “You are the most powerful warriors in Era City.”

“Only my sister is; I… I can’t,” Xie An seemed very unconfident.

Li Ang smiled, “No, you can, and in a certain sense, you’re even stronger than your sister. Your soul is very special; even I don’t know why it is. But evidently, this special quality of your soul can be more effective in Sky Net’s realm of pure spiritual power and souls.”

“But I… don’t know how to fight.”

“True, that’s an issue, but not a problem…” As he spoke, Li Ang’s gaze shifted to Xie Lian, and he beamed a big smile, “It’s okay if you don’t know how to fight, because beside you, there’s a battle master.”

That seemingly cheerful smile of his looked extremely annoying in Xie Lian’s eyes. She gritted her teeth and said, “So you’re counting on our sisters, huh?”

“I can’t help it. Going to Sky Net, I can’t find better helpers than you two.”

As Li Ang said this, he spread his hands, looking quite innocent, but that only made Xie Lian angrier.

“We were enemies risking our lives against each other not long ago, what makes you so sure we’ll help you? Just now my sister agreed doesn’t count!”

“Don’t be mad.” Li Ang waved his hand, looking somewhat roguish as he said, “From what you said before, it wasn’t you risking your life; it was a crazed personality that you split off. By that logic, I avenged you since that personality almost really killed your sister.”

“Perverse logic!”

“Enough of that useless talk.” Li Ang’s expression turned serious, “You can think of it as a transaction: help me win a battle, and I’ll return you to a normal life instead of this void. Xie Lian, you’ve met Ye Lixiao, you know I can do it, and unlike the Divine Bird’s humanoid weapon project, I don’t treat people as tools.”