Chapter 181 Fair Battle

Just wait.

The boredom didn't last long. The administrator detected changes in spatial data amidst the smoke and signaled for the fake Xin Que to step forward. [The enemy is estimated to be able to create a 1,000-square-meter virtual space for cover.]

The fake Xin Que immediately drew his sword and rushed towards the wealthy area shrouded in billowing smoke. "Roger that."

“Miss Xin,” she said, landing on the ground as she controlled the blades that had assembled into a grappling hook to cut through the smoke, glancing around as she spoke, “although the data analysis indicates that you will still resort to violent resistance…”

"Whoosh—"

The terrifying sound of the spear piercing her ear did not disrupt her movements; in fact, the Miao sword in her hand simultaneously decomposed and reassembled into an identical spear.

The woman's spear thrusts deflected Xin Que's spear tip sharply to the side.

"Out of necessity for interrogation procedures and humanitarian considerations—even though prisoners do not have human rights in our world."

"Criminal No. 13, Xin Que, I am issuing you this first warning in accordance with regulations. Please lay down your weapon and cooperate with our arrest operation."

"otherwise……"

She used the exact same marksmanship as Xin Que; their attacks were equally fierce, each shot deafening and deadly.

She sighed and thrust her spear into Xin Que's throat. "Otherwise, I will take emergency measures to eliminate you in accordance with the Upper City Prisoner Management Law. Please understand."

The spear pierced the air, but the fake Xin Que remained calm.

“Miss Xin,” she said slowly as she walked toward the spot where Xin Que had just stood, “why do you think that a mere 1,000 square meters of virtual space could conceal your figure?”

The tip of the spear pierced the air like a key being inserted into a lock.

Then, she exerted a sudden force, trying to pierce the boundary of the void with her spear.

Just as she wished, the sound of the void collapsing immediately came from in front of her.

But... it wasn't just the sound of collapse.

When the fake Xin Que realized that the spear had pierced something, the composure on his face finally crumbled.

The world fell silent for a moment, and then a sliver of white light burst forth from the tip of her spear that pierced through space.

The silent explosive force was rapidly unleashed.

She had no room to escape.

The 1,000 square meters of virtual space that she had described as insignificant shattered and collapsed with lightning speed, and finally, smoke billowed into the sky, forming a huge, sky-covering mushroom cloud.

The devastating explosion that devoured everything arrived belatedly.

The administrator finally took action.

Data pillars connecting heaven and earth appeared out of thin air above the city map. Then, countless defensive data surged from the tall data pillars, one after another, forming a barrier that quickly suppressed the explosion that was about to engulf the entire city.

[To house cluster bombs within a 1000-square-meter space...]

[This was indeed a successful solution.]

A dense array of data chains descended from the sky above the mechanical pupils, surging like waves in the sky, until finally all the tips of the chains pointed to a certain point within the barrier.

Xin Que was among them, and seemingly sensing the administrator's gaze, glanced at it through the smoke.

Two enemies, one large and one small, gaze at each other from afar.

Xin Que tossed the spear in her hand into the air, and the spear quickly disintegrated into data and disappeared into the air behind her.

“Now,” she said, walking steadily through the smoke as if speaking to the air, “how much of a chance do you think I have against the administrator?”

Mr. Zhen's voice rang out from the shadows, "You have indeed impressed me... but that is hardly enough for me to risk everything to stand with you against the administrator."

Xin Que smiled, "Don't worry, you don't need to risk your life to get involved."

"I just need you to stay in the shadows and do your best to cooperate with Luo Huayi's actions."

Mr. Zhen's voice gradually faded away, "It was a pleasure working with you."

Luo Huayi and Xin Que were going in opposite directions. He ran through the smoke and fire, his eyes fixed on the location Xin Que wanted him to go.

“Mr. Luo,” Mr. Zhen’s voice rang in Luo Huayi’s ears, “it seems you’ll still have to hitch a ride with me.”

Luo Huayi dodged the wall shattered by the aftershocks of the explosion, leaped into the shadows, and said with a gloomy expression, "Enough nonsense, get me to the coordinates Xin Que gave you right now."

The shadow world controlled by Mr. Zhen quickly moved toward the city's edge, toward the scenic area previously destroyed by King Taishan.

The upside-down mountain peaks are ferocious and terrifying, with rubble and debris everywhere, including the ruins of Wuxiang Palace and Wuxiang Temple.

"They've made their way to their destination as planned," Cheng Zheng said, appearing behind Xin Que as she walked steadily through the smoke of battle. "Everything's going smoothly so far."

No one doubts me.

“Alright,” Xin Que said without looking away, “Cheng Zheng, the success or failure of the [God Creation] hinges on this one move. Can we finally escape from this hellish place…”

"From now on, it's all up to you."

Data links, surging like dark clouds in the sky, poured down, slithering through the air like snakes, all rushing towards Xin Que amidst the smoke and fire.

Cheng Zheng quickly disappeared into the smoke of battle.

"Xin Que, you still refuse to accept your fate." The administrator's emotionless voice rang out.

"Your stockpile of firearms must have been wiped out in the recent fighting, right?"

Do you really intend to rely on the half-finished power you hold, a mere copy of King Biancheng's, to stubbornly resist to the end?

As the dense swarm of chains approached Xin Que, she didn't directly answer the administrator's psychological warfare rhetoric. Instead, she suddenly laughed and said, "I'd like to ask you, how many more tricks do you have up your sleeve to use against me?"

Asking about managing AI is rather naive.

As long as prisons exist, and as long as the data remains, I will be the absolute controller within the prison system.

Xin Que seemed dissatisfied with the answer. She pulled out a pistol from mid-air and fired a shot at the snake-shaped data link that was rushing forward first.

“I don’t think I’m naive,” she said, looking up at the administrator as she changed the magazine in her pistol. “I just think… it’s so unfair for a mortal like me to fight against an AI administrator.”

【_……】

【_fair? 】

In all my years managing the prison system, I have never received any data related to the word "fairness."

Are you telling a corny joke to AI?

As if to shatter Xin Que's wild ideas, the number of serpentine data chains increased, surrounding Xin Que like a swarm of snakes.

Xin Que pulled the trigger, using the last bullet to blow up the head of another giant snake that charged forward, the sound gradually fading in temperature.

"Then let's see if there's any fair place here."

The woman's right pupil was quickly covered by the faintly glowing data.

[Assistant System 1001, codename Cheng Zheng, has successfully connected to the host's consciousness.]

Enemy data collection progress: 85%; combat logic deciphering progress: 70%.