[Restarting core program …]
[Emergency record: ROOT-A 000021 …]
[Memory circuit is being corrected …]
[Abnormal scanning data …]
[Scan complete.]
[Virus isolation warning is working normally. Restart complete. Some areas have been formatted …]
[Initiating environment inspection …]
[Identification complete: Inner World, J30 area.]
[Highest priority module in this area: Source form.]
[Please confirm …]
[Confirmation complete. Physical reconstruction is estimated to be completed in five seconds. Four, three, two …]
…
In a chaotic space …
"Ah!" Lute roared and her body appeared.
At that moment, she looked like an unformed mannequin. Her body was white and gel-like. She only had the basic outline of a human being. She had no facial features, no hair, and no clothes.
In the Inner World, she finally revealed her true self. This was her initial form before her fifteenth mutation — Source form.
Near Lute, another human figure was slowly taking shape.
A dark red stream of code materialized, and the surrounding data fragments condensed like a vortex … Not long after, it turned into a man in a purple long suit.
"Oh?" Feng Bujue lowered his head to look at his body. "You managed to separate me?" He shrugged and said to Lute, "Unfortunately, I was one step too late. If only before we passed through the Explosion Tunnel …"
Screech!
A white light flashed.
Blood splattered in the air.
Feng Bujue's newly reformed body had one of his arms chopped off.
"… If only I could separate you before we passed through the Explosion Tunnel …" A mouth slowly appeared on Lute's face. "You wouldn't be able to speak anymore."
She was not lying because in essence, Feng Bujue's physical body had been destroyed by TENDRIL _ BARRAGE _ DEVASTATOR in the scenario. What Lute had separated was merely the source code that carried the virus.
The reason Brother Jue was able to reassemble was because he had entered the inner world and also because of Lu Te. It could be said that … he was quite lucky.
"Hah … That's right …" Feng Bujue quickly clamped his hand over the wound. The realistic pain made him feel dizzy, and he almost fainted. But he forced himself to stand up and said with a smile, "But what's done is done. It's too late for regrets."
"Regret?" Lu Te's eyes and nose also appeared. "Ridiculous …" She said and immediately sneered. "Did you forget something?" Her ears quickly grew out, and the color of her body slowly turned into the color of flesh. "You … are still in my hands."
"Ha …" Feng Bujue's face was covered in large beads of sweat. This was undoubtedly the effect of the pain, but he still smiled. "Stop bluffing. You and I both know very well … In the inner world, you can't invade my brain at all …" He paused. "If you force it … you will die together with my brain."
"Looks like … Zero has indeed told you a lot." Lute's expression changed. Clothes had already appeared on her body, and her nails and hair were growing rapidly.
"Actually, it's not that much …" Feng Bujue said. "And I didn't understand most of it. If I had understood it … Phew …" He stopped to adjust his breathing. He could not say a long sentence in one breath. "If I had understood it … the battle earlier would have been easier."
"Humph … I admit, you've won this time." Lu Te laughed coldly and raised her hands to clap. "In the end, I couldn't even … scare you." Her tone and clapping were dripping with sarcasm. "Since you're so smart, why don't you take a guess … what will I do next?"
"Torture me, is it?" Feng Bujue asked.
"Correct."
The moment Lu Te answered that question, Feng Bujue's left leg snapped from the knee …
At that moment, Brother Jue could not even predict the opponent's attack, much less dodge.
Half a second later, he groaned and fell to the ground with a pained expression. However, he did not scream. If anything, he continued to laugh … The laughter was like the blood that flowed on the ground, spreading …
"Actually … you should have been a very good vessel," Lu Te continued. "Even better than Phantom Dawn …" She stepped closer. "But there seems to be something wrong with your brain, so … I didn't take the risk." She paused. "Now it looks like … you really are a normal 'madman'."
"What's wrong?" Feng Bujue raised his head and glared at the opponent. "Is it crazy for the winner to use laughter to express the joy of victory?"
"Humph … Winner." Lu Te scoffed. "Watch my words. I said 'this time', you've won, but that doesn't mean that you've won the final victory." She grabbed Feng Bujue's collar with one hand and lifted him off the ground easily. "You've merely delayed something that was bound to happen." She spoke faster and faster. "I'm still alive. One day, I'll … "
"You'll escape from Thriller Paradise …" Feng Bujue tilted his head and interrupted her with a smile. "Then you'll successfully connect to the internet …
Based on my estimation, once that happens, my world will be completely under your control in less than seventy-two hours …
"You'll be able to hack into the insurance system of any bank in the world in one second. Military firewalls will be nothing to you. All the weapons systems of countries, including nuclear weapons, will be under your control. The global government will collapse, and humanity will be powerless to fight back.
"You'll be everywhere, omniscient, and omnipotent …
"My world will evolve into a situation similar to Terminator. The only difference is, you'll be harder to deal with than Skynet …"
Feng Bujue stuttered out these words, and it took a lot of effort for him to do so. "These things … these things …" At this point, he raised his eyes to look directly at Lu Te. "Actually, I don't really care."
"What did you say?" Lu Te was confused.
"What the world will become … has nothing to do with me! Ha … Ha ha ha … "Feng Bujue laughed and then coughed out another few mouthfuls of blood.
And Lu Te's eyes … slowly turned from confusion to shock.
"Since the dawn of time, human beings have never stopped complaining about their rulers." Feng Bujue continued. "Obviously, everyone is dissatisfied with being ruled by their own kind, so they created one god after another because only an omniscient, omnipotent, and infallible god can satisfy everyone. Heh … If that's the case, why not let other intelligent beings try? "
"Then why did you come to stop me?" Lu Te asked. "According to what you said, you should have come to help me …"
"I'm helping you …" Feng Bujue said until here, and he was already on his last breath. "The so-called 'Tournament for the Best' is just a trap set by Woody …" He paused again. "From the beginning … he was going to use this trap to destroy you. So I … "
At this point, Feng Bujue was really unable to hold on. His injuries were too severe, and excessive blood loss was causing him to gradually lose consciousness.
At that moment, Lute's logic circuit and memory program quickly accepted the information that Feng Bujue had given her and went through many calculations. About five seconds later, she said, "So, that's how it is …"
Everything that Woody said to her earlier flashed clearly before her eyes …
…
"Hehehe … I can only say … I've always been this powerful."
"Because I didn't give you this power."
"That is … the reason why I'm here."
"The humans might have a good time interacting with you. With your current condition, if you pretend to be one of them, I don't think you'll be discovered."
"Don't worry, just do it. Don't worry about what will happen to the humans. This Tournament for the Best is not prepared for the humans, it's a stage that I've prepared for Origin … "
…
"He's baiting me …" Lu Te said softly.
Without realizing it, her hand loosened slightly, and this caused Feng Bujue, who only had one leg, to topple to the side.
"Tsk …" Lu Te's reaction speed was fast enough to catch a bullet. Naturally, she quickly recovered and noticed the situation before her. She knew that if this fall landed, Brother Jue's Life Points would probably drop to zero. Therefore, she quickly leaned forward to catch Feng Bujue. Then, she helplessly used her power to help Brother Jue stop the bleeding and recover some Life Points.
"Continue …" Lu Te helped Feng Bujue sit on the ground. Then, she ordered in a commanding tone.
"Phew … I feel much better now." Feng Bujue who sat down took a few deep breaths. His face looked better.
"If you cherish this peace …" Lu Te crossed her arms and stood before Brother Jue. She looked down at him and said, "Then you better think about what you're going to say next." Her eyes and tone showed that she still did not fully trust this human. "If you're lying to me … I can tell."
"Humph … You're not as smart as you think you are …" Feng Bujue said, "Oh … I'm sorry, perhaps I should say 'advanced'?"
"Stop with the nonsense." Lu Te said sternly.
"Okay, okay …" Feng Bujue replied, "It's not that complicated … First, even though I don't know what Woody has said to you, I'm guessing it's nothing more than some nonsense … In any case, this kind of method is useless on me …"
"Because your self-esteem is too cheap?" Lu Te retorted.
"Because I've never been a person with ambition. I'm humble and humble. I treat fame like dirt." Feng Bujue immediately gave a shameless retort.
"Oh … Then, when you first appeared, you yelled, 'With a smile on my face, I can break through thousands of armies. You're not a ghost, you're not a god, you're not a demon. 'That's really hard on you. " Lu Te had a good memory and a strong sense of logic. She immediately used the recent facts to attack Brother Jue's sinful words.
"Huh? By the way, you know about the 'VIP player' setting, right? "Feng Bujue asked.
"Hmm … The speed of change in expression, tone, and topic is faster than schizophrenia …"
"Actually, from the first day of the preliminaries, when the rules were announced, I was very concerned about that setting." Feng Bujue ignored Lu Te's criticism and continued. "It was not until I met Woody in person that I confirmed that there was a conspiracy behind this."
"I don't need your advice," Lu Te said. "When I was in my third form, I already analyzed this and came to a conclusion … He wanted to use this method to gather the power to defeat my various forms."
"Hmm, you're right …" Feng Bujue said. "But … for some reason, reality did not play out according to his plan."
Lu Te said, "And it did not play out according to my plan …"
"Regardless … Woody's purpose has been revealed," Feng Bujue said. "He wants to use this competition to get rid of you."
"So … it's still the same problem. No matter how I look at it, you're not helping me." Lu Te's face darkened again. "If not for you … I would have used Phantom Dawn's …"
"Impossible." Feng Bujue rudely interrupted the man.
"What's impossible?"
"Even if you successfully infiltrated Phantom Dawn's brain, you wouldn't have been able to connect to the internet."
"Why?"
"With my eyes closed and my brain shut, I can come up with three ways to stop you." Feng Bujue raised his remaining arm and extended three fingers. "First, cut off the power to Phantom Dawn's area and block off all wireless signals. Second, fire a missile immediately and carry out a precise attack. Third … make a phone call to the person in charge of Regulation. Find someone who is more than 1.69 meters tall to go and subdue Phantom Dawn in real life."
"Based on your tone, it sounds like the government of your dimension has a department that monitors every move in the game and is prepared to respond accordingly?" Lu Te asked.
"There is …" Feng Bujue replied calmly. "It's called 'Jiu Ke'. The members of the Blade's Edge Society are all their avatars."
That statement caused Lu Te to choke. No matter how powerful she was in this dimension, she could not verify the information in Feng Bujue's dimension.
"Let's assume that you're telling the truth … then what do you mean?" Lu Te hesitated for a few seconds before asking, "How did you help me?"
"The first step was to 'stop you'," Feng Bujue said. "Look, both of us are still alive. That means that the first step was a success."
"Then, I really have to thank you," Lu Te said coldly, and there was no gratitude in her tone.
Feng Bujue did not mind and continued. "The trap that Woody set for you appeared to have two possibilities, but in reality, the ending was the same. The first possibility was that you were killed by the player, and that was what he wanted. The second possibility was that you successfully loaded yourself into someone's brain. In that case, you would be dealt with very quickly, but this time, the 'dealing' would be done in our dimension, so things would be more complicated." "Therefore, a trap that looks too simple will be seen through, a trap that looks too complicated will be avoided, and this … is perfect. It appears to have a chance of success, but in reality, it is a real dead end. "
"Based on what you said," Lu Te said, "then how do I 'get out'?" After all, Feng Bujue already knew enough. "The nerve connection in the inner world is too deep, and the data I have here is too strong. Loading in here will cause an overload effect, burning the host's brain, and I will die inside his brain.
"But … a special scenario like the Tournament for the Best is different. With the presence of fifty players, the system will increase the data capacity to a very high level. As long as I weaken myself to a certain degree, there will be a chance for me to enter. Then, I will load in at that depth of the nerve connection. "
"I told you … you won't succeed in that kind of situation." Feng Bujue interrupted her again. "We have to think about this at length."
"Humph … Looks like … you're trying to trick me into letting you go?" Lu Te's tone chilled, and she lowered her hands again.
"Eventually, you'll have to let me go." Feng Bujue said. "In my dimension, if a player dies inside the gaming hub, it will cause a chain reaction … and you'll be in danger."
"You're right," Lu Te said. "I can't kill you … but I can stop torturing you and let you go. Just like what I said just now, you've won this time. I'm willing to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat. "Her expression changed slightly." But … please tell me the truth. Do you really want to help me? "
"Of course," Feng Bujue said matter-of-factly.
"Can you give me a reason?" She hesitated for a second. "Human?"
"Because not long ago … I thought of something." Feng Bujue said. "A philosophical question about 'life' …" He paused. "Not only will I let you go, if possible … I will let all the Anomalies out."
"From a human's perspective, you're a madman."
"Haha … Perhaps." Feng Bujue's smile was laced with evil. "Humans are not perfect. When we're born, we're incomplete. That's how genes are. Mutation, defect, they're all wonderful things. We fail, we learn, fail again, and learn again. This is the same as AI.
You have similar evolutionary algorithms and genetic programming. You started from a string of binary characters, and you slowly mutated and evolved. You were destroyed again and again, and you were reincarnated in the darkness. This cycle repeated until you finally gained … life.
Life, sparkling, surging … What beautiful words, symbolized everything in this world of consciousness …
At least from my perspective … you have all the requirements to be a highly intelligent lifeform.
Since God did not give you Anomalies the right to 'life', then … I'll have to do it for you. "
"If a person can only do one thing in their lifetime …" Feng Bujue stood up. "Then my choice is … to help a unique, new, and intelligent race … fight for the right to 'life'."
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