Fuxi's every word was like a burning needle that pierced into Li Yao's soul deeply, fixing Li Yao's every ripple in the air.
"Are — are you kidding me? We've been discovered again!"
As if thunderstruck, Li Yao was at a loss. "Huh. Why did I say 'again'?"
"Don't be hasty. Don't be nervous. Don't expose yourself," the mental devil shrieked.
The mental devil shrieked. "Who knows if this is Fuxi's trick to lure us out? Even if he does sense our existence, he might not be able to lock onto our location!"
"Vulture Li Yao, I know you are here."
Staring at the surveillance cameras that Li Yao had hacked, Fuxi went on. "Are you going to show yourself decently with the dignity of the 'father of the nation' of the Federation, or are you going to be a coward and be dragged out by me in embarrassment?"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and made a quick decision.
Of course, he would continue to endure and be a coward!
Even if it was not Fuxi's trick, and his existence was indeed exposed, it would certainly consume a lot of Fuxi's computational ability to lock onto his location and drag him out by force.
The outcome of a competition between experts could be decided by a hair's breadth. It could not be better to consume more of the enemy's computational ability.
As for 'decency', if decency could be sold for ten bucks, Li Yao would definitely bundle all of his decency together and sell them at a twenty percent discount!
Lu Qingchen, however, seemed to have no idea that Li Yao had been lurking nearby since the beginning. He looked at the void in confusion.
"You still haven't given up?"
Fuxi waited for a moment, but Li Yao did not show up. The thousands of light spots that had been condensed into a cluster suddenly dispersed and swept across the entire 'Ultimate Salvation' like stars in the sky. In the end, they were all gathered to where Li Yao's soul was lurking. Shua!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Countless light spots smashed at Li Yao overwhelmingly, as if a meteor shower was scouring the earth.
Li Yao felt like a fish that had been pulled out of the water, a bird with a broken wing, or a three-dimensional life form that had been slapped flat and dragged into a two-dimensional plane.
Naturally, his soul did not need to breathe, but he vaguely felt suffocated. His computational ability plummeted like a cliff. His rigorous logic was falling apart. His thinking and deduction abilities were gradually freezing. He was about to suffocate to death.
Under Fuxi's interference and suppression, Li Yao could not hide his existence anymore. He had to bellow and release intense soul waves, raising dazzling flames of spiritual energy to resist the pressure from all directions.
Naturally, his existence was also clearly exposed.
Li Yao, Lu Qingchen, and Fuxi, the three of them … looked at each other in embarrassment.
Lu Qingchen stared at Li Yao, dumbfounded. He could not believe his senses for a long time.
For a moment, he seemed to think that it was an illusion that Fuxi had made up.
However, in the next moment, he was able to confirm that it was indeed Li Yao.
It was because an extraordinary person such as Li Yao always had a unique vibe that could not be simulated by any data or algorithms.
"Hehe. My good nephew."
Li Yao managed a smile, as if he were truly an amiable uncle. "What a coincidence. I didn't expect to run into you here. Well, how have you been?" Li Yao nodded, smiling.
"…"
Lu Qingchen was silent for a long time.
The complicated wrinkles on his soul indicated the complicated feelings in his heart and the indescribable entanglement.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally mumbled, "You've been here the whole time? From the beginning to the end, you've been sneakily hiding by the side, watching me get tortured by it with your own eyes? If it hadn't discovered your existence in time, you would've continued to peep at me until my soul was torn apart, swallowed, and annihilated by it, wouldn't you? "
"No. It's not like that. Listen to my explanation!"
Li Yao found it hard to defend himself. His soul was rolling quickly. "You won't believe it if I tell you this, but in fact, I was deeply moved by your passion and courage and was about to charge out to save you without caring about anything. Really. Even if it hadn't discovered me, I would've charged out a few minutes later. I was just — well, I was just waiting for reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements?"
Lu Qingchen was not entirely convinced. His soul was highly vigilant, and there was no telling whether he was more vigilant against Fuxi or Li Yao.
"Yes. Reinforcements!"
Li Yao's soul turned into a glittering little man. With his hands on his waist, he burst into laughter at Fuxi. "Fuxi, or 'uncontrollable artificial intelligence who claims to be Fuxi', do you think that you are the only one who is capable of deduction and stalling? But little do you know that when you are calculating, I'm calculating too. When you are stalling, I'm more than happy to play along with you and stall for time!
"You couldn't have imagined that I have mastered the extraordinary algorithms that are far more advanced than yours. I've already reached out to the Imperium ten days ago, waiting to find your nest and capture you as well as the five Ultimate Benevolence Masters!
"Do you really think that you can block all the data ports on 'Ultimate Salvation'? Hehe. Naive, childish, and idiotic!
"Let me tell you. I have already secretly opened a secret data interface on 'Ultimate Salvation' with my super invincible and unpredictable algorithms. I have sent everything that happened here, including the coordinates of 'Ultimate Salvation', to the capital.
"Right now, the coordinates of Ultimate Salvation and the Fuxi fleet are under the control of the coalition army of the Federation and the Imperium.
"As a matter of fact, the civil war where the reformists of the Imperium annihilated the four families was settled half a month ago. The ferocious members of the four Kurfürst families have been executed, and the troops of all the Immortal Cultivators have been united. With the help of the Federation, a magnificent, invincible coalition army of the Imperium and the Federation that is far better than the Fuxi fleet has been established a long time ago. It is only waiting to smash you into smithereens after receiving your coordinates!
"As for all the intelligence that you received, such as the civil war in the Imperium and the indecisiveness of the Federation, they are all false. They are meant to confuse you and stall you!
"Just like you can build the illusion of a final battle in the capital with enormous data, we can also send astronomical, false intelligence to disrupt your judgment!
"Therefore, everything is under my control. Do you really think that you are in an absolutely safe 'interstellar desert'? The truth is that you and your Fuxi fleet have been surrounded by more than five million starships. All the starships at the center of the cosmos are smashing at you. You are screwed. Really. You have failed. You have failed miserably. You have completely failed. You can only stretch your neck to be butchered or surrender obediently. Do you believe it? "
Fuxi listened in silence, too lazy to interrupt Li Yao. It was not until the end that he finally said casually, "I don't believe it."
"You are still so stubborn when you are about to be killed?"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth. "Fine. I'll give you one more chance. If you don't believe in five million starships, do you believe in a million starships?"
"No," Fuxi replied.
"Five hundred thousand, no, a hundred thousand of the most elite attack starships and five thousand Colossi," Li Yao said. "Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?"
"No," Fuxi replied.
"A rapid response fleet made of three thousand starships and three hundred Colossi," Li Yao said. "That's my bottom line. I can't go any lower!"
"No," Fuxi replied.
"Alright. Alright. As expected of the super artificial intelligence with the highest computational ability in the history of the Pangu universe. Even such a vivid plan as mine failed to fool you. You are truly something! Fine. I admit that I was lying to you just now. In fact, I didn't even bring half a starship with me. I only deployed powerful super bombs in the warehouse of crystals and the engine compartment of 'Ultimate Salvation' without alarming anyone with my marvelous skills in refining and my marvelous explosive techniques. As long as I telepathically set it up, 'Ultimate Salvation' will explode into smithereens.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Lu Qingchen if I am the most famous bomb expert of the Xing Yao Federation. You are free to ask! I guarantee with my dignity, integrity, honor, and pride that, should I choose to die together with you, nothing larger than sand will be preserved on 'Ultimate Salvation', including the computational units that you have collected after a thousand years of hard work! As the saying goes, where can the hair grow without the skin? Without the help of ten thousand crystal brains, let's see what you can think with!
"I'm speaking so sincerely. You should believe me now, shouldn't you?"
Fuxi couldn't listen anymore.
He looked at Li Yao and then at Lu Qingchen.
Lu Qingchen gave him a helpless expression.
"Is this the greatest hero of the Xing Yao Federation, the man who saved the Federation countless times, the man who is known as the dominator of three Sectors and the father of the nation of the Federation?"
Fuxi asked Lu Qingchen.
"I'm afraid so. Excuse me."
Lu Qingchen felt like sighing.
"Then, the people of the Federation regarded you as a devil and tried to destroy you. Eventually, they succeeded in banishing you, but they put him on the altar and respected him as the 'father of the nation'?"
Fuxi thought carefully for a long time with all his computational ability, but he still couldn't figure it out. "What's wrong with the Xing Yao Federation?"
"I don't know, either. I've thought for a long time in the vast universe, and I've figured out almost all the questions except for this one," Lu Qingchen said.
"I can only remind you that you must not underestimate the guy who looks like a clown. Too many people have been deceived by his appearance. They despised him, ignored him, and did not take him seriously. In the end, they were defeated by him without knowing why, including me in the past.
"I can only say that he is a classic example of someone who can't do anything right, but he always invades the enemy's heart, entangles with the enemy, and defeats the enemy every time.
"Therefore, this time —"
Lu Qingchen's soul suddenly vanished.
In the next moment, his soul appeared behind Li Yao's soul, and a force that felt like a tide pushed Li Yao's soul toward Fuxi's light cluster brutally.
In the meantime, he darted toward the stern of 'Ultimate Salvation' with the counterforce of the two waves of soul power.
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