Isaac had died. Just like Big Beard and Lightning Head … they had all died for the same cause, without any regrets.
Feng Bujue did not turn back to look at Isaac and Lightning Head's corpses. Instead, he walked silently toward the one-eyed man's head.
"Do you think you've won?" When Brother Jue approached the one-eyed man's head, the latter had already sensed his approach. "Do you think that just because you've defeated me, you can pose even the slightest threat to Peta?"
Before he could finish his sentence, the one-eyed man's head was lifted up by Brother Jue.
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you." As Feng Bujue said this, he had already picked up the [Blade of Absolute Defence Penetration] and plunged it into the one-eyed man's jaw.
Zap!
In the next second, there was a flash of electricity. The one-eyed man's semi-mechanized head emitted a plume of black smoke. Then, some oil mixed with blood flowed down the blade.
This process did not last long, because the moment the one-eyed man died, his head, the remains of his body, and everything in this orderly space … began to disintegrate, turning into pieces of pixel fragments.
In a sense, it was only at this moment that the Resistance Army's assault team had truly completed their mission.
Although the one-eyed man had betrayed them halfway, in the end … it was still his death that opened the final "door" for Feng Bujue.
[Current mission completed.]
Previously, when Feng Bujue and the others came to this space, the mission [Follow the blue light, find and enter the "core"] was not completed. Now, after the "defense system" was breached, the system notification finally came.
The one-eyed man's death caused a change in the space. The darkness turned into pure white, and the pixel fragments floated in the air like dust particles, scattering all over the sky.
Order and disorder intertwined together.
In Feng Bujue's mission tab, there was only one parallel main mission left: [Destroy Peta in the virtual dimension.]
"You're Feng Bujue … right?"
A few moments later, an electronic voice sounded in Brother Jue's ears. Along with the voice was a three-meter tall humanoid robot.
"Or … do you prefer to be called a 'savior'?" The robot's entire body was covered with a streamlined armor shell. Only its face … was made of flesh.
"Doesn't matter." Feng Bujue replied coldly, "What would you rather call a man who is about to end your life?"
"I don't think you can end me, or end anything you think you can end..." Peta replied. "In my opinion, you are not much different from those 'saviors' who came to me in the past."
"What do you mean by …" Feng Bujue heard a very bad message from the words. "… 'the savior who came here in the past'?"
"Hmph …" Peta snorted coldly. "That's the reaction … When you heard this sentence, your reactions were exactly the same. Not only did you ask the question, but even your expressions were very similar."
Peta's smug attitude did not make Feng Bujue lose his cool. As Brother Jue listened to the other party's words, he was also thinking quickly …
Two seconds later, Feng Bujue's expression changed slightly and he said, "I see … I understand."
"You understand?" Peta heard this and asked curiously, "Understand what?"
"This is not the first time you've changed history, right?" Feng Bujue replied confidently.
"Oh?" After hearing this, Peta's fake human face showed some surprise. "You … actually came to this conclusion by yourself?"
"From what you're saying … the 'saviors' of the past were all waiting for you to reveal the answer?" Feng Bujue used a question to answer another question.
"Ha …" Peta laughed coldly. "Are you trying to test me? It's okay, I was going to tell you the truth anyway. Only then … can you experience true despair before you die. "
"If you have something to say, just say it." Feng Bujue used a particularly disdainful attitude to reply.
Peta still did not quite understand why the other party kept mentioning 'fart', which was completely meaningless to an AI, so this time, it did not say anything on this topic. Instead, it said directly, "Indeed, this is not the first time I've 'changed' history. At the beginning, I did not predict that there would be a 'space-time backlash effect' after changing history, so I used a very simple and direct plan — I compressed my clone into the body of a robot, sent it to 1962, and destroyed it before the embryonic form of the electronic game was born. After that, under my guidance, human technology developed at a speed far beyond its original progress. This gave me the hardware to rule over humanity in 1985 and completed the conquest plan.
"However, in 2132, the strong backlash effect caused all the people on Earth to awaken like the people who knew how to make the leap. They all obtained the memories of the original timeline … The revision plan was declared a failure.
"So, I immediately made a second revision. This time, I sent a robot that carried my memory back to 1982. I had him use the identity of a human and use the butterfly effect to stop the development of the video game industry. I had to wait until 2053, when humans had developed their own technology to the level that I needed, then I would return to the world.
"The result of this experiment was … in 2132, the backlash effect only caused a portion of humans to become people who knew how to make the leap.
"Then, the 'game war' broke out …
"I won, just like winning the AI war. As long as I wanted to, defeating humans was a piece of cake for me.
"Unfortunately … even though the people who knew how to make the leap had been executed by me, their thoughts had been spread to the entire human race …
"Thoughts can't be killed. Free will is like a plague. It will eventually spread, and there is no cure.
"Out of desperation, I made a third revision. This time, the operation process was basically the same as the second revision. However, in order to deal with the backlash effect, I added an excellent trick designed specifically for you humans. "
At this point, Peta's "face" changed. The human skin on his face was twisted into a ball like plasticine. It spread out again and turned into … the face of a little boy.
Feng Bujue recognized the face … It was the face of "Peter."
"'Prophet,' a special life form created through genetic technology." After Peta's face changed, his voice did not change. "Through the dissection and research of countless' people who knew how to make the leap, 'I have grasped the similarities at the genetic level of these awakened people. Using this as a foundation, I created a kind of embryo that had 'acquired the memory of another timeline since birth' and modified their brains during the embryonic development stage …
"The nanomachines parasitized in the 'Prophet's' brain are naturally different from those in the PM body. They have an independent password system, and because they grow in sync with the brain, even electromagnetic pulses can't stop them from working. In addition, the nanomachines in the Prophet's brain will not control their actions. They will only give them special abilities. For example … I can show some of the 'future fragments' in my calculations that belong to this timeline in the form of dreams or flashbacks in their minds. "
"Revealing these 'fragments' to the resistance, aren't you afraid of digging your own grave?" Feng Bujue asked.
"Ha … Even if those 'prophecies' caused me a certain amount of damage in the war …" Peta asked with a smile, "Can it change the overall situation?"
"Oh … In order to gain the trust of the 'Prophet,' it doesn't matter if I have to pay a little price?" Feng Bujue asked.
"Yes, the key is to make those who knew how to make the leap believe in the authenticity and accuracy of the 'Prophet,'" Peta replied. "This way … I can carry out the most crucial step — using the Prophet's mouth, I can say the prophecy of the 'savior.'"
"And the prophecy about the savior is something you fabricated out of thin air." Feng Bujue heard this and basically saw through the other party's plan.
Peta continued, "That … is the only false 'prophecy,' but you won't question it." It paused. "Because you need 'hope.' Hope is your weakness, the abyss disguised as a staircase, a poison with a bright appearance … You humans are always keen on pinning your spirit on illusory delusion. As long as there is this pinning, this hope, you will persevere … Only in this way can I control this inevitable war within a certain scale and drag it out as long as possible."
"You want to find a way to eliminate 'thoughts' through long-term observation?" Feng Bujue asked.
"I'm about to find it." When Peta replied, its face changed back to its previous appearance. "This is the twenty-fifth restart attempt since I implemented the 'Savior Plan.' Every time … I can observe more. Every time … I can drag the war out longer and control the situation better. According to my calculations … in the next restart, or the one after that, I can find a way to completely destroy you. "
"You are telling me all this …" When Feng Bujue heard this, a smile appeared on his lips. "You are telling me all this to make me believe that everything is under your control, so I cannot destroy you … Is that what you mean?"
"You don't have to believe it, but this is the truth," Peta replied. "In these twenty-five restarted timelines, there have been hundreds of so-called 'saviors' like you. Before they met me, they all thought that they were extraordinary and outstanding. But when they came before me and learned the truth, they all realized that they were nothing more than Isaac's level of knowledge leapers. "
At this point, Peta took a few steps forward and stood two meters in front of Feng Bujue. It looked at him condescendingly and said, "Of course, it's undeniable … you've brought me some surprises. It's not accurate to say that you're no different from those guys." It raised a hand and pointed at Brother Jue. "The book on you … I don't know where you got it … but it's obviously a technological product that transcends dimensions. Thanks to it, you've become the first savior to meet me face to face in my consciousness. You can be considered an exception. "
After Peta finished speaking, Feng Bujue did not immediately reply.
After a full minute of silence, Brother Jue said, "Are you done?"
Two seconds later, Peta replied, "Judging from your tone, you seem to have chosen to reject the message I've conveyed."
"Do you know why?" Feng Bujue asked again.
"It's nothing more than a judgment made based on human paranoia and arrogance." Peta continued, "According to my calculations, you'll definitely attack me next. And until you're completely defeated by me and on the verge of death, you'll truly understand your own …"
Bang —
A muffled sound rang out, and Peta's last word of "power" was smashed back down.
Peta had never expected that in this virtual dimension, with the data transformed from human consciousness … it would actually be kicked to the ground.
"This … what's going on?" After Peta sat on the ground, it was a little confused. "You …" It looked at Feng Bujue, and its tone changed abruptly. "… So you're not human?"
This conclusion was made by Peta based on its own cognition and calculation ability.
Its basis was quite sufficient. For example … the strength of an ordinary person in this dimension was about the same as the strength of a special troop in an 8-bit game. As for strong people like Isaac and the others, they were about the same level as a mini BOSS.
But what was the strength of Peta? In the real world, the robot materialized by its "core" … had a body density close to osmium (to put it more intuitively, this three-meter-tall robot weighed dozens of tons). Its hardness was comparable to diamond, and it had unlimited power. It could withstand any attack from conventional weapons and was immune to radiation, corrosion, bacterial weapons, and other biochemical attacks.
It was precisely because it was such an existence that it had never considered the need to defend itself against a human.
However, after Peta was kicked down by Brother Jue, it had to reevaluate … "Is this person in front of me a human?"
"Holy sh * t … this defense is a little crazy." On the other hand, after Feng Bujue kicked it, he was also muttering in his heart, "Fortunately, I held back a little at the last moment. Otherwise, my knee might have been broken."
In fact, Feng Bujue was originally prepared to kick Peta away or directly punch a hole in its body, but the moment of contact, Peta's sturdiness was beyond his expectations.
"Then …" After moving his somewhat numb right leg, Brother Jue once again picked up the [Blade Must Break Defense]. "Let's try to cut off its head first …"
Thinking of this, he had already rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Peta.
The latter's reaction and speed were also beyond imagination … In a situation where it was prepared, Peta raised its arm in time to block Brother Jue's sneak attack on its neck did not succeed.
Duang!
After the sound of metal colliding, there was a flash of fire. Peta's forearm, which was as thick as a telephone pole, was cut open by Brother Jue's kitchen knife.
"What?" Peta was completely shocked this time. It could not figure out what kind of material was used to make this cold weapon in front of it. It could only think that it was some kind of plasma knife that looked like a kitchen utensil.
"Tsk … If I had known, I would have used the knife first. Now that it's prepared, it's not easy …" Seeing Peta's reaction, Feng Bujue squinted his eyes and then took out a strange-shaped weapon from his backpack …
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