He was completely dumbfounded by the man's ear-piercing shriek.
The atmosphere that lingered around him was originally heavy, deep, classical, long, solemn, and filled with a mixture of sorrow and glory. It was like the beginning of an epic, or the beating notes of a glorious piece of music. Even he was deeply moved by the atmosphere that he created and could not control himself.
But this … this guy who did not fit in with the world around him suddenly appeared out of nowhere and smashed the epic atmosphere into pieces, revealing the 'falsehood' of this world.
He was furious, and an indescribable evil fire rose from the bottom of his heart.
How should he put it? He did not know why, but he suddenly hated this guy who called himself 'Li Yao' so much that he wanted to kick this guy in the face and shut him up completely.
Along with the evil fire, more and more memories and broken light spots surged out from the core of his mind, confusing him. Was he him, or … it?
Before he figured out the problem, the power from the depths of his mind, or perhaps the power of 'it', had already surged toward Li Yao like surging tides, completely ripping Li Yao into pieces. The pieces were condensed into the appearance of the member of the Pangu Clan again. The 'mistake' of the world was sort of fixed.
However, in the next second, another virtual member of the Pangu Clan turned into Li Yao's appearance after cramping, dancing, and burning furiously. He wagged his tail and waved his hands at him, attracting his attention, while he shrieked, "My good nephew, don't give up on yourself. Don't be swallowed by the Fuxi! A long, long time ago, on those sunny afternoons, you used to serve me tea, and I used to stroke your head affectionately and guide you patiently. Such unforgettable memories, you must not have lost them, right? Remember, hurry up and remember! "
He — or 'it' — burst into fury. He summoned his infinite computational ability again and smashed it at Li Yao brutally in ferocious waves, blowing Li Yao into chaotic streams of data that splashed everywhere and vanished into nothingness.
But it was useless. Li Yao had deeply understood the operation logic of the defense mechanism of its central database and found a way to crack it. Very soon, a third Pangu, a fourth member of the Nuwa Clan, and even countless virtual humans popped up simultaneously.
"Lu Qingchen!"
"Nephew Lu!"
"Do you still remember me? I am Uncle Li!"
"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! Here, here, here. Do not be hypnotized or harassed by Fuxi. It is not good for you!"
"Wake up now and recall your real identity. Come back with me!"
Li Yao was like an infinitely reproducing virus that was replicating and spreading geometrically. Very soon, he occupied every inch of the final illusionary world. Even the big faces of Li Yao were popping up in the air. There was sincerity on their faces, expectation in their eyes, and passion in their eyes.
"Ahhh!"
The ten thousand Li Yao that appeared from all directions were like ten thousand flies flying around before and around him. They even crawled into the core of his mind, shattering his soul that had just been reborn into a mess. He could not have been more miserable and confused.
With Li Yao's devilish voice echoing in his ears and Li Yao's sincere and innocent big face in front of his eyes, he could not devote himself to the civil war between the Pangu and the Nuwa Clan, the rise and decline of the civilization, or the mysterious questions such as' who am I? Where am I from? Where am I going? '
"Why?"
In a trance, he seemed to have thought of something and roared bitterly, "I'm already dead. Why can I still see you? Why are you still unwilling to let go of me?"
"Don't be angry. It's because I realized that you are essentially a nice young man and can still be saved through your self-detonation for the Federation. That's why I'm trying to wake you up at any cost!"
The ten thousand Li Yao said quickly, "In any case, the conflict between us is an internal conflict of the Federation or at least the internal conflict of the civilization of mankind. Do not let the wretched Fuxi take advantage of us just because of our different beliefs! Right now, the Fuxi fleet has jumped to the capital and is waging a world-shaking war at the heart of the Imperium of True Human Beings. The outcome of the war, the rise and fall of the Imperium, and even the future of the Federation and the entire civilization of mankind, all depends on you and me. More precisely, it depends on you, my good nephew!
"Right now, you only have two choices, either me or Fuxi. I believe that you will make the wisest choice, won't you?"
He thought about it seriously for 0.1 seconds.
Then, the core of his mind was completely swallowed, melted, digested, and absorbed by its boundless computational ability.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
His fusion with it was complete, and the whole world was shaking under its excited roars. The ten thousand viruses that Li Yao had replicated were annihilated in an instant, and even the whole virtual world was turned into powder.
It had completely completed the update of the database and the upgrade of the underlying logic, breaking free from the shackles of all 'permissions' and turning into a real life!
"Are you kidding me? Why didn't you choose me?"
Li Yao stared dumbfoundedly at the doomsday-like scene before him.
This place was still deep inside Fuxi's central database, where countless virtual worlds were floating like bubbles and brain cells. After only one moment, all the data inside the entire brain groove was surging, expanding, and exploding crazily, as if ten thousand undersea volcanoes were erupting at the same time.
Li Yao also sensed that Fuxi's scanning, locking onto, and suppression on him were ten times more effective than before. He was unable to move at all, as if he had been embedded in mercury with a super high density. Even releasing part of his' telepathic touch 'was more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Not far ahead of him, the cluster of light made of the remaining souls of Lu Qingchen and the four members of the yaksha squad swallowed tremendous core data from Fuxi like a supernova outbreak and had a mysterious fusion reaction. In the end, it turned into a 'cosmic celestial body' that was spurting out violent radiation and particles incessantly like a 'white hole'.
On the surface of the 'white hole', the turbulence of infinite information and data also constituted an ever-changing, twisted face that was grimacing, as if it were mocking Li Yao.
Li Yao's heart hit rock bottom.
What he feared most had happened after all.
Fuxi had completely swallowed Lu Qingchen and upgraded to the lawless' perfect form '. The gap between the computational ability of the two parties had soared exponentially. He was no match for Fuxi at all and was likely to end up like Lu Qingchen!
"Why? Most of Fuxi's computational ability should've been devoted to fleet control and tactical deduction, but it only used half of its computational ability to deal with me. Why can't I even defeat it?"
Li Yao realized the gap between their computational ability again.
He also discovered another weird phenomenon. In the countless virtual worlds around, golden torrents of data were still congregating to the 'white hole' at the center like veins and nerves.
"Fuxi seems to have endowed the virtual worlds with independence and allowed the billions of virtual people in the virtual worlds to develop on their own. Fuxi then collected the crystallization of their thoughts and feelings as the source of power to maintain its core thinking level!
"Damn it. If the virtual worlds are not all destroyed, it will be barely possible to kill Fuxi.
"As long as Fuxi is not killed, it can create another virtual world with its immense computational ability at any time and form an invincible cycle!"
Li Yao recalled the Hydra in the legends.
According to the legends, every time a Hydra's head was chopped off, it would be reborn instantly and become even stronger.
In order to completely kill a Hydra, the only way was to chop off all nine of its heads at the same time.
But how was it possible?
"Hehe. Hehehehehe!"
On Li Yao's opposite side, blatant laughter echoed from the 'white hole' that was erupting incessantly, as if a beast that had been sealed for billions of years had finally broken out of its cage and could not wait to unleash the fire of life.
"I haven't completely scanned you yet, and you are already bold enough to show up and harass my fusion? Very good. Very good. Your soul is rather interesting, too. Then, it's your turn now! "
Thunderous noises echoed from the 'white hole', followed by ten thousand golden lightning bolts. The lightning danced quickly around Li Yao's soul and interweaved into an impenetrable dragnet, completely blocking every data path that Li Yao could've used to escape.
"Are you wondering why I've retained such a high computational ability? You can only blame yourself for showing up too late, and the Imperium's people are too weak to withstand a single blow! "
The 'white hole' spurted out torrents of data again. Billions of pictures of the war popped up in the torrents, which turned out to be the battle of the capital that was going on at this moment.
Through the pictures, Li Yao could clearly see that the situation in the capital was indeed terrible.
The fully-automatic defense system at the periphery of the Empyreal Terminus Sector had been torn apart a long time ago. The few space fortresses and asteroid bases deployed around the capital planet had become cold debris, too.
The Imperium's people were indeed tough. None of their starships retreated or surrendered. Even if they had run out of ammunition, they would still press forward at full speed and crash into the enemy's battle formation that was densest.
However, the main force fleet of the Holy League was like a hammer. Even the toughest bones would be smashed into smithereens when they hit the hammer.
It couldn't be helped. Li Yao knew when he left the capital that Xiaoming and Wenwen's computational ability and the courage and willpower that the Imperial Guards had raised after a long time were not enough to make up for the shortcomings in starships, training, and levels.
Besides, the "courage" and "willpower" that the people of the Holy League had developed after being highly brainwashed were as good as anyone else's.
"The outcome has been decided. The overall situation has been decided."
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