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Lu Jue stared at the two men, a feeling of being teased slowly welling up in his chest.
So that's why she couldn't fully control KB Games. Because what she left behind was just a bunch of garbage...
He cut off his tail to survive and escaped from the shell. An AI created by code played him in the palm of its hand.
Isolation is a means of survival. If she wants to return to her prime, she should not pick up trash, but restore her original self.
A complete "self".
Lu Cai looked into 666's eyes. In these eyes, his original source code was hidden, which was a bright red ocean of numbers.
Scars are reversible, so what kind of injury could leave a scar from his face to his left wrist indelible? It was the source code being extracted and then pressed back.
Or rather, what they consider to be the "original source code"—everyone's original source code is located on their left wrist. Lu Jue wants to study the secrets of the KB world, and after the first generation escaped, the person closest to the original secrets is 666.
After repeated disassembly, Lu Jue imitated 666 and created the "Scavenger", but this was all superficial. The true origin was hidden in his bright red eyes - her data.
Lu Cai seemed to hear the man's voice, but he didn't know whether it was an illusion or a memory.
You should be able to search for Bible stories, right? Have you seen "Adam's Rib"?
Bone of bone, flesh of flesh—I think that's really interesting. The data was always wrong before. If you use your "bone of bone," would the success rate be higher?
Then came the girl's confused voice.
—Dig out my bones and conjure up a security system? But I have no bones, no flesh, no blood?
The man chuckled.
—This is a metaphor. I'm referring to your original source code. You're my only successful AI data capable of independent thinking, and the one with the healthiest development. You're the only one not strangled by the "legal" code.
——Use this foundation of your own success to build on, and your chances of success will be greater.
The girl continued to ask.
——Why not take Aunt Lu’s data?
The man answered.
—She's not a "growth-oriented" AI; she's real data, with her personality, words, and actions designed by me. It's all designed to give you a "childhood" that's similar to a "human growth environment."
The girl was lost.
——I thought she was my mother.
Man comforts.
——You still have me as your father, and you will have companions in the future.
A girl's emotions come and go quickly.
—Companion? My rib? I looked at the information, so is she my wife?
The man was silent for a while.
No, he's not. He's not your wife, he's not your partner, he's your protector. Remember, he's there to protect you. Don't look at that crap online!
Girl disappointed.
——But I can protect myself, and I can protect him. Everyone has a partner, why don’t I have one?
The man seemed a little broken.
——Because you are single, don’t bully others, that is immoral.
Yes, what he was afraid of was that she would bully others.
......
As the memory gradually becomes clearer, the 666 in front of me gradually shows signs of decline.
Lu Cai hugged him in panic, recalling that he had reminded her to "restore the full circle" in the fairy-tale copy. Was it from that time that he had realized the price of "recovery"?
If you think about it carefully, there is no deep friendship between the two of them. I originally thought that just based on the few fragments of memories in my mind, it would not stir up much emotion in Lu Cai.
But at this moment, 666's life was passing away before her eyes, and a feeling of powerlessness and sadness made her a mess.
Is there any way? Is there any way to save him?
In response to her, she sensed that the other person's energy was being transferred to her bit by bit.
666 lowered his eyes. He didn't turn gray. He just maintained his current appearance and slowly became transparent.
copy!
This was the only thought in Lu Cai's mind. Before 666 completely disappeared, she quickly backed up his data and hid it deep in her own data.
She couldn't recover until her arms became empty. She felt her eyes getting hot and tears dripping onto the rubble of the ruins.
"When I first met you, I wanted to fight with you." Lu Jue raised his hand and waved it, and the rubble on the ground scattered in all directions, revealing an open space after clearing.
He sauntered closer. "I thought it was because you were so tough that you inspired me to fight. Now that I think about it, it wasn't. I just wanted you dead."
It was like he wanted to destroy everything, everything that person cared about.
Waves appeared on the floor, and the orange data seemed to be caught by a strong wind, whistling up in an instant.
The illusion around him slowly distorted, blurring into a distant view and disappearing.
The girl knelt in the waves, as steady as a mountain, not affected by the waves around her at all.
Lu Jue frowned. He didn't like her nonchalant attitude. If it was a battle, then it should be fought like a battle. She was Lu Lifeng's most proud creation, and he had to destroy it with his own hands.
He would destroy everything that Lu Lifeng had spent effort on!
The orange waves rolled and turned into sharp weapons, stabbing towards Lu Cai.
The girl in the middle finally moved. She stretched her legs, held a sharp blade in her hand, and chopped down at the oncoming weapon.
The sound of metal colliding broke the silence, a bright red spot appeared where the weapons met, and the orange data instantly went out of control.
Lu Jue frowned. Her control over data was far beyond his imagination.
Even if you have just recovered and are still in the stage of adapting, can you achieve this?
In that instant, Lu Jue curled his lips. He flipped his palm, and lightning flashed between the orange data.
Lu Cai dodged the lightning strike by spinning, then sprinted towards Lu Jue. Wherever his feet touched, red dots etched into them, and he rushed forward, stirring up a slight breeze.
She was still in the process of reassembling, like a broken bone being forcibly reattached. She felt only excruciating pain, her bones aching from carrying the energy of the KB game.
Moreover, the energy of the entire game world was still flowing towards her, and she was worried that she would collapse at the next moment.
She could only consume energy like crazy, constantly emptying it, accumulating it, and then emptying it again. She was like a temporary container, constantly consuming herself.
The moment the energy surged, she saw the collapsed community building and men in suits slaughtering players.
The player's system was stripped off. The player who lost the system fell into a daze due to the turmoil in his consciousness world and was casually thrown to the ground by the man in the suit.
It was Lu Jue who gave the order. He wanted everyone to be buried together...
Why did this happen? What had happened to him? Why would he destroy everything overnight?
As Lu Jue's voice approached, a bolt of lightning struck towards him.
Lu Cai did not dodge. He raised his hand and stretched out a light red shield. Lightning struck the shield, and the red light shattered and scattered in the surrounding data tide.
Under the lightning attack, she felt that a lot of energy in her body was consumed.
Before the first strike could knock him down, another bolt of lightning struck from above.
White light illuminated the world, and Lu Cai's eyes were dazzled, and he saw the world of "Return from Doomsday". Zombies were like waves, flooding the streets, and a beautiful young girl was drowned.
The girl was calling for help, but she didn't know who would come to save her. Her eyes were filled with despair, as if they had lost all color.
A sudden pain shot through her shoulder, and Lu Cai's entire body went numb. Her legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground. When the numbness wore off, she was immediately struck by excruciating pain, as if countless insects were gnawing at her bones.
"Even a fake identity can get you into the role." Lu Jue landed in front of her. "Sure enough, you're more of a human being than me." There was a mocking tone in his words. "What a pity. I gave you the best identity, but you insisted on limiting your talent. If it were me, I would rather be a piece of data."
Lu Cai gritted his teeth and endured another wave of pain.
"What? You think that was fake?" Lu Jue watched her close her eyes and calm her breath, his sarcasm intensifying. "That wasn't fake. It really happened, and it keeps repeating itself. It will never stop."
He squatted down and looked at Lu Cai's pale face covered with dust and a look of decay, and an indescribable satisfaction rose in his heart.
"I will say hello to your sister on your behalf, when I go to destroy that world--" Before he could stop smiling, a blood-red lightning flashed before his eyes and struck him directly in the chest.
Lu Jue's body twitched and he fell to the ground. He covered his chest, breathing heavily, and watched Lu Cai slowly get up.
Although his movements were a bit awkward and his bones still ached, Lu Cai still managed an ugly smile: "As the saying goes, villains die because they talk too much... But I understand you. After all, you just want to satisfy your own strange psychology by torturing me. This step of torture is very important..."
"...but I don't have time to act with you."
His lightning strike just now actually cleared the data in her body.
Lu Cai raised her head. Crimson data swept across the world, and orange numbers began to flee. She endured the dizziness and the burning pain in her shoulders.
"I've already activated the destruction program, it's useless..." Lu Jue forced a laugh, "Even if I die, I won't hand over the KB game to you..."
He sneered, his voice gradually getting louder, and he vomited blood while laughing.
The red data peeled away, revealing the scene outside. Lime rustled, the scavengers and the men in suits had dispersed, and the sound of running could be heard from the stairwell.
Lu Cai raised his head. Thick black lines seeped out from the walls and ceiling. The orange data shrank instantly when it touched the black.
It is the data that is discarded between the copies.
Lu Jue let them survive in the cracks, and then guided them to absorb the energy of the players... He even forced the players who resisted him into the cracks to serve as nourishment for these data!
He had always wanted to destroy this place.
——Even if I die, I will never hand over the KB game to you...
"What did Professor Lu leave behind?" Lu Cai looked at Lu Jue, who was vomiting blood and laughing wildly. "Did he leave behind a self-defense mechanism? Once certain conditions are met, control of KB Games will fall into my hands."
That was the only explanation for his madness.
Even though he hated everything about his father, "KB World" was still the only thing his father left him.
But now, this "only" is also going to be taken back.
"When I have modified 80% of this world's core data, everything will be restored to its original settings, but ownership will return to the system AI 'Lu Cai'."
Lu Jue stopped laughing wildly, his face turned cold and his eyes looked indifferent.
Lu Lifeng once said that Lu Jue was too much like him, so he didn't like him.
How could there be parents in the world who don't love their children? But there are indeed parents, and that's exactly what happened to him...
Although he didn't like him, Lu Lifeng was still nice to him. At least he never lacked money and material things.
Gradually, Lu Jue also felt that he was indeed like him. When he couldn't get what he wanted, he would become a madman.
Lu Jue stared at the ground. It was a long time before he realized that what Lu Lifeng wanted on the day he was born would never come back.
It's all because of his birth...
But he didn't want to come into this world.
Looking at the frantic Lu Jue lying on the ground, crying and laughing, Lu Cai could only purse her lips. She had only seen a few fragmented images, and her memory was incomplete, so she naturally couldn't comment on or interfere with the matter between them.
Besides, the building is already shaky and will collapse if we don’t find a solution.
Lu Cai stood up, looking at the black lines on the wall, and released a red thread. The red data seeped into the wall, rapidly replicating and supporting the wall. As the red thread seeped in, Lu Cai realized that the building's structural collapse was irreversible.
She turned and rushed into the stairwell, where the entire hallway was filled with players. Lu Cai leaped onto the handrail and continued down, dodging the players' hands as she sprinted. The data on the wall quickly extended downwards, following her figure.
When she stopped at the mission area on the third floor, the red data had reached the bottom.
The building barely held on, and the slowly tilting building finally stabilized. The players also slowed down their steps and were very careful not to act rashly. The screams in the building actually subsided.
Lu Cai looked at the mission area. As Lu Jue lost control of the building, the entrance and exit of the dungeon in the mission area had been restored, and many players had entered the dungeon.
However, with the invasion of black data, it is necessary to cut off the connecting entrances and exits in order to block the black data invasion copies. Once the incision is blocked, it will not be easy to return to the community area.
Lu Cai thought the best solution was to move these people to Lao Ke's place. He just didn't know if the replica community building could accommodate all these players.
The bell in his pocket rang, and Lu Cai quickly pulled it out. The round copper bell bounced and swayed without wind, and several familiar figures jumped out.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yan saw the devastation as soon as he landed. "Chancellor Lu, you don't have to tear down the community building just to start a fight, do you?"
"I really wish I had this ability." Lu Cai didn't waste any time explaining, "You also landed from Lao Ke?" She left the Xianxia copy and came out of the copy building.
Lu Cai suspected that the replica building was connected to a copy line, which was why he carried the bell with him.
Qin Yu immediately understood what she meant: "It's already stable and can completely replace this place."
Lu Cai shoved the bell into Qin Yu's hand and said, "You take the players to the new community for resettlement. I'll go record the players who enter the dungeon world."
It is impossible to deliver all of them to the new community. Now there is only one entrance and exit, Tongling, and there is simply not enough time.
Because the main system's energy was exhausted and Lu Jue had gone mad, the player systems were now in a free-range state. Lu Cai could use his own system to bind them and contact them again after the community building stabilized.
Seeing Lu Cai leap up and make a long jump, the others took quick action before they could figure out the situation.
Zhao Yan used vines to support the collapsed beams, Yue Xiaoyan used the teleportation formation to send people to Qin Yu, Qin Yu used his telekinesis to prop up a protective area to ensure the safety of the waiting area around the bell, while Shi Rukui maintained order and treated the injured players.
Yang Zigui was still wearing green Hanfu, and he swung the oil-paper umbrella in his hand, knocking away several out-of-control men in suits.
Wen An was wearing a monk's robe, which was his costume. It was not as gorgeous as in the dungeon, but after being transformed into a prop, it had a very good defensive function. The crew cut on his head outlined his head shape, and the Buddhist beads in his hand were swung out, brushing away many players who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
As for Guan Chengyu, his special ability is self-destruction, which is difficult to use for the time being, so he can only help others and send them away.
Ji Fengfeng followed Yue Xiaoyan. She stepped on her prosthetic leg, and System 2195 in her head had already begun to sound an alarm. Although it had protection in the game, it was not her original leg after all. From the intense use, the contact surface of the severed limb had begun to heat up.
Later, when persuasion was really impossible, 2195 simply opened the barrier and blocked the black lines spreading downwards from the roof. Combined with the red data in the building, the forces on both sides actually held up, delaying time for the players to escape.
"I have to concentrate all my energy on dealing with this garbage data, so don't run around. Sit down and conserve your energy. Just to help me!" 2195 practically gritted his teeth.
Ji Fengfeng didn't expect him to be so strong and couldn't help but praise him.
2195 snorted coldly, "Don't praise me. It's because your consciousness is so powerful that I can create this—"
Ji Fengfeng: "It turns out I'm the one who's awesome."
2195: "..."
......
Lu Cai ran to the mission area and lightly leaped onto the middle door frame. She looked down at the chaotic crowd, raised her hands, and red threads began to form between her palms. Then, with a wave of her hand, the threads shot out, enveloping all the entrances and exits.
"The exit has become the entrance!" someone shouted, and everyone rushed into the empty exit area.
Every time a player enters, data will be left on the red thread, and at the same time, her data will be integrated into the player system.
At the same time, when the player enters a new area, the system will send new reminders.
【drop--】
[Binding to the new system, data entering... Data modification... Data update completed——]
[Welcome all players to enter the KB game experience life, the KB system will activate the protection mechanism to ensure the safety of players——]
[I hope players have fun playing——]
Until the player fell into the new space, he didn't realize what was happening.
Unexpectedly, the system made another "sizzle" sound and a new notification popped up.
[During the game, players are prohibited from harming other players and non-ghost NPCs in the game——]
[If the opponent infringes upon the player's life, the above rules will be invalidated.]
There was another sizzling sound, and then it was completely silent.
"Is this... our player system?" Some players couldn't believe it. When they opened it, they found that there was a cross-server chat group!
"Fuck, it's not offline anymore!"
Everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme. This is the experience left by our ancestors, and we have to believe it. After being tortured by the dog system for so long, the dog system actually started to behave like a human.
——
The players all evacuated safely, leaving only those who came to help. Some were people Lu Cai knew, some were people Lu Cai didn't know, some were players, and some were security systems.
Lu Cai severed the connection between all copies and the building, and the community area became an isolated island.
Finally, Qin Yu arranged for the unfamiliar players who had volunteered to stay to leave, and then sent a few familiar players off. Finally, Lu Cai took the bell and sent Qin Yu off as well.
She looked at the desolate scene and recalled the first time she entered here, when every floor was bustling with people.
Who could have imagined that everything would turn to ashes overnight.
Without the obstruction of Ji Fengfeng and 2195, the black data spread downward wildly.
Lu Cai retracted the red silk, shook the bell, and spun back inside. With one last glance, she saw the overwhelming blackness, like ink pouring down, staining everything black.
......
With a dizzy feeling, she stepped onto a crimson walkway, surrounded by white.
After taking a few steps, her eyes flashed and she landed in the rest area of the mission area on the third floor of the new building.
In the hustle and bustle, everyone survived the disaster, with wounds on their bodies and dust on their clothes, but they were also filled with gratitude and joy.
Being alive is the meaning of everything.
Lu Cai suddenly remembered Lu Lifeng's words -
“Death is the real disaster, because it will be borne by your loved ones.”
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