Chapter 116 The Final Battle Ends, Restoration and Rebirth
With Bai Ling's voice, the third layer of armor-piercing cones shot out at the speed of light.
Xinglin also transformed into an extremely thin and sharp stream of light, piercing straight into the core of the main system along the temporary "vacuum channel" opened by the iron wall.
Almost simultaneously, a sudden change occurred!
The nightmare tentacles that had been drawn away, along with even more previously lurking dark red data streams, surged in from all directions at a speed far exceeding expectations!
They were not misled at all!
"It's a trap!" Zhulong realized with alarm. "The main system has already laid this trap! It's waiting for us to enter the core area on our own!"
It's too late!
The streak of starlight has broken through the last outer defense line and entered the first ring of the core protocol layer.
But here, a trap awaits him.
Hundreds of dark red tentacles formed an airtight cage, each radiating a pure will to destroy.
Even more frightening is that the core defense protocol of the main system itself was also activated. Cold logical chains descended from the data void and began to indiscriminately cleanse and scan the entire area.
Xinglin is trapped.
"Starfall!" Nightingale shrieked, "Back off!"
"Our escape route has been cut off!" Iron Wall's voice tightened for the first time. "The Nightmare and the main system's defenses have formed a double encirclement! They are working together to strangle us!"
As Xinglin struggled within the cage, the edges of the code began to crumble under the attack of the dark red tentacles and logical chains.
Each collision resulted in severe energy depletion, and the farm's energy supply could no longer keep up with the rate of consumption.
"The energy resonance is fluctuating!" Bailing reported anxiously.
"Hold on!" Zhulong tried to break through the encirclement from the outside, but his strength had not been fully recovered, and he was constantly shaking under the counterattack of his tentacles.
A desperate situation.
A true dead end.
The tentacles of nightmare tightened, and cold chains of logic coiled upwards, beginning a dual erosion of Xinglin's consciousness structure.
The main system's scanning beam locked onto him and began analyzing his core code; once complete, he would be utterly annihilated.
Xinglin felt his existence being torn apart.
He struggled to restart the abandoned self-destruct program.
It's not that he hadn't considered the possibility of a trap, but rather that even if it were a trap, he would still come.
He couldn't afford to delay; the longer he dragged it out, the greater the danger to the farm and Shi Wan.
So no matter what, he's going to come.
But deep within consciousness, near the repair code hidden by the doctor, something seemed to have been touched.
When Wan rushed to the warehouse, Chen Xi was standing outside the delivery room, looking calm but with a slight frown.
“Dahuang came over and started pawing at Shanfeng. He seemed to be in a hurry. I followed him and found that Rou Rou has started having contractions, a few days earlier than her due date,” Chen Xi said in a low voice. “The frequency isn’t high yet, but it should be today.”
In the delivery room, Rou Rou lay on her side on a soft cushion, her breathing slightly rapid, and there was some unease in her icy blue eyes.
Upon seeing Shi Wan, she let out a weak "meow".
Shi Wan's heart jumped.
She walked in gently, squatted down beside the delivery room, and gently stroked Rou Rou's head. "Rou Rou, be good, don't be afraid, I'm here with you."
Rou Rou rubbed against her hand, seemingly feeling a little more at ease.
"The veterinarian's phone is connected and ready to respond," Chen Xi said from outside. "Should we ask the guests to leave temporarily? Or should we suspend the activity?"
Shi Wan glanced at the clock on the wall; it was 10:20.
The event is halfway through.
She was having a bit of a headache.
On one hand, there's the important event, the experience of thirty groups of guests, and the farm's reputation; on the other hand, there's the safety of the succulents and new life.
Shi Wan inwardly groaned, "I should really learn how to use the Shadow Clone Technique!"
Just then, Tangyuan ran in, meowed loudly a couple of times, and when she saw Chen Xi standing outside, she lowered her voice and whispered, "Wanwan! The children outside heard that there might be kittens about to be born, and they are all very curious! But they are very well-behaved and haven't made a fuss. Isabella is telling them stories about new life."
Shi Wan had a flash of inspiration.
"Rou Rou, I'd like to talk to some human cubs about the meaning of new life. Can I use your name?" Shi Wan tried to negotiate with Rou Rou. "I won't let them in. They'll stay far outside, and Isabella will tell them the story. Is that alright?"
Rou Rou blinked. She had always been a very well-behaved and affectionate kitten. Shi Wan guessed that she might have received kindness from humans in the past, so she showed great trust when facing humans.
This time was no exception; she meowed softly, "From afar."
Shi Wan patted her affectionately, "Good baby."
With Rou Rou's permission, Shi Wan didn't waste any more time. She went outside and said to Chen Xi, "Okay, you stay here and continue to take care of Rou Rou. I'll go and talk to Isabella."
Running back to the activity area, Shi Wan found Isabella and quickly explained the situation.
Isabella's eyes lit up after hearing this. "This is indeed a rare educational opportunity. We can make new life education a special part of it. Guests who wish to stay can learn about the natural process of cat reproduction from a distance under guidance, but of course, we must ensure that we do not disturb Rou Rou at all."
Shi Wan quickly confirmed the details with her before walking up to the children, squatting down, and saying in a gentle tone, "I have some news for you all: one of the mother cats on our farm may be giving birth to kittens today."
The children gasped softly, their eyes widening in surprise.
“But mother cats need a very quiet and safe environment to give birth,” Shi Wan said earnestly. “So, if any children want to understand how new life comes into being, we can organize a small life observation group, but they must follow the most important rule: stay quiet, don’t get too close, and use your eyes and heart to feel it. Can you do that?”
"Yes!" the children answered in unison, their little faces serious.
Parents expressed their understanding and support, with many feeling it was an unexpected and delightful educational experience.
So, with the coordination of Isabella and Chen Xi, the event continued, but with the addition of a special segment.
Guests who wish to participate, guided by staff, take turns observing the situation quietly from designated observation points outside the warehouse, which are far enough away from the delivery room.
However, they could not actually see inside the delivery room; instead, they listened to explanations of relevant past materials urgently retrieved by Isabella's studio and got a feel for the atmosphere.
The remaining guests continued their DIY activities or pet interactions in the activity room.
What's amazing is that this shared anticipation and blessing for new life makes the atmosphere on the farm even softer and warmer.
The adults whispered their parenting experiences, the children learned to speak softly, and even the pets seemed to sense something, becoming more docile than before.
Shi Wan handed over the event to Su Qing and Isabella, while she devoted herself to taking care of Rou Rou in the delivery room.
At 11:10, Rou Rou's contractions intensified significantly.
She began to strain, and her breathing became heavy.
Shi Wan stayed by her side, gently wiping her body with a soft cloth, and whispered encouragingly, "Come on, Rou Rou, you can do it..."
The first kitten's head peeked out.
Small and wet.
Shi Wan held her breath.
Next, the shoulders, the body...
A small, silver-gray cat slipped out.
Rou Rou immediately turned around, licked the amniotic sac open with her tongue, and cleaned the kitten's mouth and nose.
The kitten made a soft "meow" sound.
“The first one came out…” Shi Wan’s voice trembled, and her eyes almost instantly turned red.
It was a strange feeling. She thought she would be happy and excited, but when she saw the kitten, she still felt like crying.
Chen Xi quietly relayed the progress to the guests at the observation point from outside.
The children covered their mouths, their eyes wide open.
The parents were also moved.
The second one, the third one...
When the fourth kitten, the one with leopard cat markings, was successfully born, gasps of joy echoed both inside and outside the warehouse.
Exhausted but content, Rou Rou held the four kittens in her arms and gently licked them.
The kittens, with their eyes closed, wriggled around, searching for milk.
The new life has arrived safely.
At this moment, the emotions flowing through the farm reached their peak: awe and joy for new life, the emotion of witnessing a miracle, the happiness of sharing warmth, and the hope for the continuation of life...
All these pure and intense emotions converged into an unprecedented resonance.
The cat-head bracelet on Shi Wan's wrist became incredibly hot at that moment, as if it were about to melt.
In the world of data.
Xinglin's consciousness was already shattered.
The tentacles of the nightmare and the chains of the main system almost completely devoured him.
Energy is still flowing into the farm, but under the double whammy, the supply rate is far from keeping up with the consumption.
"Is it going to end..." Xinglin's consciousness began to blur.
Just then, an emotional resonance from the farm, amplified to its peak by the birth of new life, surged in like a tsunami.
This energy is too intense.
Almost instantly, the nightmare's dark red, destructive-inspired, mimicry tentacles suddenly froze.
Xinglin, on the verge of losing consciousness, caught a glimpse of something unusual.
Deep within those dark red tentacles, shrouded in countless destructive codes, something seemed to be awakened.
Xinglin couldn't see clearly, but that didn't matter; he only needed to capture this moment.
The main system's logical chains were still tightening, and it was unaware of the Nightmare's anomaly.
The next second, something shocking happened.
The Nightmare's frozen tentacles suddenly changed direction and, with the same frenzied speed and power, fiercely stabbed at the core defense layer of the main system itself!
boom!
The data world seems to be shaking!
The main system was clearly not prepared for this.
Its logical chain experienced a momentary confusion and lag, an instinctive pause when the program encounters an incomprehensible event.
It was in that very moment!
Xinglin's shattered consciousness unleashed its final power!
He channeled all the energy surging from the farm into the repair code left by the doctor deep within his consciousness.
At the same time, it uses its remaining existence as a beacon to open a channel for this energy to reach the core target coordinates of the main system.
"Now!"
The doctor's healing code came alive the moment it came into contact with the resonant energy.
It radiates a warm, golden glow, like the warm spring sun.
The light spread gently, and wherever it passed, the cold, predatory protocols of the main system melted away like ice and snow, naturally covered by a healthier and more self-consistent new code structure.
The nightmare's tentacles trembled violently in the golden light, and the dark red destruction code peeled away piece by piece, revealing a faint but pure silver-blue hue beneath.
Is that its original color?
Nobody knows.
But within the golden light, the silver-blue wisp did not attack again, but slowly and completely dissipated.
The main system issued a final, piercing alarm.
But the alarm was quickly swallowed up by the golden light.
The massive system began to reboot, rebuilding order on a new underlying protocol.
Those harmful modules that were used for plundering have been permanently disabled and overwritten.
The entire process was quiet yet magnificent.
There was no explosion, only rebirth.
"It...it was a success?"
Bai Ling's voice trembled.
The iron wall silently monitored the changes in the data deluge.
"The plundering protocol has been completely halted. System is restarting... New protocol integration progress 37%... 65%... 89%... Integration complete."
Zhulong remained unsettled for a long time, "He did it..."
Xinglin's consciousness had dimmed to the point of being almost invisible, floating in fragments in the gradually calming void of data.
But he can still "see".
You can see the warm light in the farm's passageway, a light so comforting it brings tears to your eyes.
The new agreement can be seen illuminating countless worlds that were once shrouded in shadow, like the dawn.
"Thank you..." he said silently to the other end of the passage with his last bit of consciousness, "And goodbye..."
Then it fell into a deep hibernation.
Repair takes time, and so does rebirth.
But the longest night has finally passed.
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