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[HSRGSS] Chapter 53: Silver Wolf and Opal
🕑 Added 2025-07-22 00:22:05 +0000 UTCLucian used Absolute Hit on his spaceship, targeting the landing port at coordinates 30046.00052.41060.
Originally, an ability like Absolute Hit was meant for perfect accuracy in attack, but Lucian, with his 'out-of-the-box' mindset, used it instead as a support skill for instant teleportation.
In the blink of an eye, Lucian had already arrived at Pier Point, a staggering 2.54 million light-years away from Koolur.
As Lucian arrived, what stretched before his eyes was a planetary surface with no traditional land or sea. Instead, it was entirely covered by a dynamic layer of nanomaterial, its thickness impossible to measure.
It was not solid but more like a 'sea of liquid light,' made up of countless intelligent micro-particles, shimmering with a gentle pearlescent glow, like programmable matter.
Wherever one walked, the surface would automatically form a solid path, a comfortable seat, or even a temporary, exquisitely crafted shelter—shaped solely by the traveler's will.
Cities, mountains, rivers—every landscape was generated in real time and could dissolve at any moment, nothing more than fleeting illusions.
"Even after seeing it several times, this view still isn't impressive..."
Lucian disliked this kind of pure tech style since it made everyone live like robots.
Soon after, Lucian walked to the plaza in front of a skyscraper, where the IPC's high-ranking offices were located.
However, when he arrived...
"Silver Wolf, what exactly are you?"
A sudden childish, boyish voice caught Lucian's attention, but more than the voice itself, what truly seized him was the name 'Silver Wolf.'
Lucian turned toward the voice's direction and saw a boy in a black fedora hat, a pacifier in hand, pointing provocatively at a girl half a head taller than him.
Lucian instantly knew who the boy was.
He was none other than Opal, one of the Ten Stonehearts and the top lackey of Diamond—an Emanator of Preservation and the leader of the Ten Stonehearts.
Standing before Opal was a petite, delicate-looking girl.
She stood about 1.4 meters tall, with an A-cup chest, silver hair tied in a ponytail streaked with blue highlights, gaming goggles perched on her head, and a game console hanging at her waist.
She was none other than Lucian's favorite Stellaron Hunter, Silver Wolf.
"If I just move my finger, every server under Interastral Peace Media will start spitting out items, points, materials, and rewards like they just ate rocket beans, flooding every account's mailbox—got it?"
Silver Wolf raised her eyebrows and spoke with disdain.
"Heh! Go ahead, try it!"
Opal laughed mockingly, beckoning to Silver Wolf with a finger.
"Heh, fine. Don't regret it later."
Silver Wolf chuckled too and began prepping to hack.
Seeing the two of them bicker, Lucian couldn't help but smile.
'Isn't Silver Wolf a ready-made helper?'
Stealing funds online was far easier than grabbing cash physically, after all.
Luck was truly on his side.
Lucian knew from the game that Silver Wolf would show up at some point on Pier Point, but he didn’t remember when or why she was here. Either way, now that she was here, he wasn’t going to waste the chance to use her hacking skills.
Not wanting Silver Wolf to cause unnecessary trouble and ruin his plan, Lucian hurried over.
"Silver Wolf."
Lucian called out as he approached, making Silver Wolf stop what she was about to do and immediately look up at him.
"Hmm? You are...?"
Silver Wolf gazed at Lucian with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you? Silver Wolf's helper?"
Before Lucian could respond, Opal cut in, glaring at him with utter disdain.
"Tch, Silver Wolf, you need a big guy like this to guard you? What a joke. You should just—"
Before Opal could finish, he was suddenly lifted off the ground.
"Hey! What the heck are you doing, you bastard?!"
"You're so noisy, Shorty. You should shut up when adults are talking."
Lucian mocked casually, then tossed Opal into the air, using Absolute Hit to send him to a random coordinate.
Whoosh!
Opal, helpless, shot into the sky, turning into a shooting star.
Silver Wolf stared at the sky where Opal vanished, her mouth wide open.
Her reaction was honestly understandable.
Opal was, after all, a high-ranking staff member in the IPC who held a tenth of the Emanator of Preservation's power from Diamond.
"Awesome... Was that some kind of max-level throw?"
Silver Wolf sensed that the man before her was maybe even stronger than Blade—definitely a big shot.
"Of course it's max-level." Lucian gave a friendly smile. "Well, there's more to it, too—you'll see soon enough."
At this, Silver Wolf's eyes turned wary.
"You... You're not some kidnapper, are you?"
"Bruh, you're a virtual hologram. What are you afraid of a kidnapper for?" Lucian rolled his eyes and waved his hand through Silver Wolf's body. "You know, grinding for game currency is boring, so work with me, Silver Wolf. Let's pull off a big heist and empty the IPC's credits—I'll take sixty, you get forty."
Upon hearing this, Silver Wolf widened her eyes, not having expected this frail-looking man to actually want to rob the IPC.
Since Lucian had changed his appearance before coming here, he now looked like a sickly and frail man.
"No, the IPC's security is way too tight." Silver Wolf shook her head. "I mean, their firewall was built by members of the Genius Society—I can't crack it."
Lucian had already expected this, so he had another plan prepared.
"No problem. You just need to write a virus program to steal the IPC's credits. Leave breaking through the firewall to me."
Hearing Lucian's confident words and seeing his unwavering expression, Silver Wolf couldn't help but wonder—was this man a hacker? Even more skilled than Herta and Screwllum?
Intrigued and wanting to see what Lucian could do, Silver Wolf ultimately agreed.
Just like that, the two quickly teamed up as temporary partners.
Relying on Silver Wolf's aether editing skills, Lucian slipped into the building with ease. He stole a box of star maps and stored them in the System's storage space, then found an empty corner and silently watched her coding on her mini-computer.
Before long, a casually written virus program was born.
"As soon as you crack the firewall, my virus can sneak in, drain the IPC's money, and scatter it across countless accounts. No way they’ll ever be able to trace it back."
Silver Wolf grinned proudly, clearly confident in her skills.
"But the firewall’s the main problem. Herta and Screwllum both worked on it, and on top of that, some mysterious backer threw in extra layers of protection. I gave it a shot, but I couldn’t crack it—they even tracked me. So, knowing all that, you still think you can handle it?"
Silver Wolf's eyes filled with doubt as she looked at Lucian, unwilling to believe that this frail-looking man could breach the firewall created by members of the Genius Society.
Simply put, if even she couldn't, how could he?
Regardless, there was still a little hope in her heart, hoping the IPC would get screwed over, especially if she was part of it.
Without saying a word, Lucian simply took Silver Wolf's mini-computer and began examining the virus program she had just created.
Given that Absolute Hit was a conceptual ability that could be applied to any projectile defined by its user, if he believed the virus to be a projectile, it should work, right?
In the next moment, Lucian began to act.
'Land a hit on the account's core code through this data link.'
