amaotonovel Chapter 236: A Confrontation with the "Lord"
Chapter 236: A Confrontation with the "Lord"
"Little beauty, but I..."
"Big brother, don't say anymore, I don't mind." Panna said firmly.
“Little beauty, we are immortal beings in this world, which means we are no longer mortals. I don’t want to go through that kind of pain again.”
“Brother, I know. But mortals also have their pursuits, their loves, and their affections. Why create a chasm between us and them? For them, even if the time spent together is short, the memory of love is eternal.”
Pan Na's words, especially the last one, left Zhou Yuan speechless. He remembered decades ago, in the last minute before Chu Xiaolu and Huo Jing passed away, their withered hands held Zhou Yuan's hands. When Zhou Yuan forced back his tears and kissed their foreheads, smiles appeared on their wrinkled faces as they passed away with smiles on their faces.
Zhou Yuan knew that although he had applied gene technology to Huo Jing and Chu Xiaolu, the long-term deep hibernation still affected their bodies, so their lifespans were much shorter than expected.
This pain made Zhou Yuan determined to be with only Panna, and he modified the stream of consciousness data of Huo Jing and Chu Xiaolu's clones.
Just as she did then, Panna opposed Zhou Yuan's actions. However, this time, Panna tried to persuade Zhou Yuan from a different angle.
"Brother, I feel you haven't been happy these past few decades, and to be honest, I haven't been either. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better if we just stayed the way we were before?"
Zhou Yuan paused for a moment, looked at Pan Na, and thought about it carefully. He realized that Pan Na hadn't been happy for the past few decades.
"Okay, little beauty, I'll do as you say."
"Really?" This time, Panna blurted out. She stood up and kissed Zhou Yuan on the cheek, and Zhou Yuan saw that long-lost feeling of happiness in her. Zhou Yuan smiled slightly.
Chu Xiaolu walked to the table and saw that the two seemed very happy. She smiled at them and said, "Xiaolu, do you know? The Sage just agreed to let you be my personal bodyguard."
"Little beauty, why are you like this?" Zhou Yuan communicated with Pan Na telepathically, but Pan Na ignored him and gave a mischievous smile.
Chu Xiaolu was taken aback and couldn't believe it. "Really? Sister Na?"
"Really? Big brother, right?"
"Yes, that's right. Xiaolu, congratulations."
"Thank you, Sister Na. Thank you, Saint."
Chu Xiaolu felt incredibly lucky, unaware of the whole story.
After the three finished their meal, Zhou Yuan contacted the leaders of the special forces training base and assigned Chu Xiaolu to Pan Na's side. Soon after, Chu Xiaolu packed her bags, and the three of them left the special forces training base together.
Panna seemed determined to get things done today, so she contacted Mei Ruolan directly, inviting the three of them to her home that evening. Mei Ruolan was overjoyed and quickly went home with her mother to prepare dinner.
Five people are having a meal in a luxurious villa in the megacity of New Earth One.
Aunt Mei naturally first thanked Panna for saving her life and Zhou Yuan for resurrecting her, and then welcomed Chu Xiaolu and the two of them. It was clear that Aunt Mei, just as Panna had said, was a very kind and warm-hearted person, and quite talkative. Mei Ruolan was somewhat overshadowed by Aunt Mei, but Mei Ruolan was happy to oblige.
Pan Na seemed very happy, constantly wanting to drink with Chu Xiaolu, Mei Ruolan, and Aunt Mei, and Zhou Yuan didn't try to stop her. Pan Na kept praising Aunt Mei's cooking skills, and when Aunt Mei talked about cooking, she became very animated, recounting her experience of running a restaurant back in the day.
It's estimated that Chu Xiaolu and Mei Ruolan are around the same age, and unlike Zhou Yuan and Pan Na, Chu Xiaolu doesn't have a special status. Therefore, Chu Xiaolu and Mei Ruolan chatted easily, and Mei Ruolan was quite witty and talkative, similar in personality to Aunt Mei. This was the first time Zhou Yuan and Pan Na had gotten to know Mei Ruolan; previously, they probably hesitated to interact with her because of her status.
The four women started chatting and it seemed endless. Zhou Yuan didn't interrupt, just listened to them. He felt a sense of peace and warmth tonight, a feeling like home.
About a month later, Tucker called Zhou Yuan and said that the Magic Tree and the artificial intelligence had been connected, and the fourth edition of the Cosmic War had also been implanted into the artificial intelligence. He asked Zhou Yuan to start the project and transmit information to the hypercube.
Zhou Yuan immediately dispatched a large number of warships to the skies above Demon Tree Earth. He planned to destroy Demon Tree and even Demon Tree Earth should any abnormalities occur. In a secret basement on Demon Tree Earth, where Demon Tree and artificial intelligence were connected, numerous intelligent armed robots and a small number of human armed personnel were on alert.
Above the Demon Tree, Zhou Yuan sat in the flagship. In the command room, three huge holographic spherical screens appeared. Facing these three huge holographic spherical screens, the left holographic spherical screen could observe the progress of the artificial intelligence playing the game, the middle holographic spherical screen could observe the human quantum consciousness stream data packets, and the right holographic spherical screen could observe the scene of Tucker and other scientists controlling the artificial intelligence in the basement of the Demon Tree Earth.
Zhou Yuan gave the command to start the game, and Tucker pressed the button. Instantly, the interface and development information for the fourth version of the Cosmic Battle appeared on the holographic spherical screen on the left. Then the game started. The artificial intelligence, which combined human quantum consciousness, was indeed powerful. It was much faster than normal humans in clearing the levels. The consciousness stream data packets were updated very quickly. The artificial intelligence quickly reached the last level and tried to escape the six-dimensional space trap. However, it was estimated that there was a discrepancy between human quantum consciousness and artificial intelligence in their understanding of six-dimensional space, so the progress of the last level was slow. Of course, it was still faster than the level cleared by humans alone. It took about half the time of a successful human player to solve the last level and successfully escape the six-dimensional space trap.
On the central holographic spherical screen, human quantum consciousness data rapidly disappeared, some strange symbols appeared, and then four huge hypercubes quickly appeared. Each huge hypercube was also nested with hypercubes of various sizes. The screen automatically translated it as "Save us," which was similar to what Zhou Yuan had seen in the central area of the UWARS building data center last time.
Zhou Yuan typed the message "Who are you?" into the small holographic screen in front of him. This message was transmitted to the basement of the Magic Tree Earth, where Tucker and the others began to translate it into hypercube format.
On the central holographic spherical screen, several huge nested hypercubes appeared. The message conveyed by these hypercubes was "Who are you?" Zhou Yuan, Tucker, and the others looked at these hypercubes and waited anxiously.
A miracle occurred. A dozen minutes later, the several enormous nested hypercubes disappeared, replaced by dozens more, but these were different from the ones that had vanished—they were even more nested. A translation appeared on the central holographic screen: "Thank you, my Lord, we have finally succeeded. We are a combat unit of the Five-Dimensional Intelligence Clan, trapped by the enemy at the edge of a Six-Dimensional Black Hole." Then the hypercubes disappeared, and the holographic screen went completely black, seemingly awaiting a response.
"Who are your enemies? How can we save you?" A series of hypercubes appeared and then disappeared, replaced by even more hypercubes.
"Our enemy is the fifth-dimensional human race. You can help us transmit messages and call for our comrades. Once our comrades receive the message, they will come to our rescue. As for how to rescue us, that's something you can do. Use numerous star systems to build a hypercube and send out distress signals."
Humans in the fifth dimension?! Zhou Yuan, Tucker, and the others were greatly surprised. If the enemies of these people seeking help were humans, then what were these people seeking help, who were also the intelligent races in the fifth dimension?
"Who are we? We are three-dimensional humans. If we are humans, why should we save you?"
"You are our creations. We created you based on the image of our enemies, because they are more intelligent than us. We hoped to use you to simulate the human brain and help us escape this place. The universe you are currently in was created by our four-dimensional virtual machine. In other words, you exist within a four-dimensional virtual machine, which is falling towards the edge of a six-dimensional black hole along with us. We will soon be sucked into the six-dimensional black hole. Your universe should now be filled with swirling vortexes and holes; these are signs of our impending entry into the six-dimensional black hole. The mission of the four-dimensional virtual machine is to continuously simulate the evolution of human civilizations in a billion parallel worlds. We have finally waited for this moment, for you to escape the attack of the six-dimensional black hole simulated by the four-dimensional virtual machine. The mission of the four-dimensional virtual machine is over. To conserve resources, to delay our fall into the six-dimensional black hole, and to buy time, we regret that the four-dimensional virtual machine has to destroy all the humans in all parallel worlds. If you don't save us, the four-dimensional virtual machine you are in will fall into the six-dimensional black hole with us. Whether you save us or not is up to you."
Zhou Yuan finally understood that everything was just a story compiled by the Five-Dimensional Intelligence Clan and their Four-Dimensional Virtual Machine. The ending of this story depended on his own decision: whether everyone would perish together or start another story.
Zhou Yuan glanced at Pan Na, Chu Xiaolu, and Mei Ruolan beside him, then at the message on the holographic spherical screen to his right, where Tucker and the others were anxiously awaiting his response. Zhou Yuan typed a message on the holographic screen in front of him: "What's in it for us to save you?"
"There are many benefits. If you want to continue staying in the four-dimensional virtual machine, we will place it in an absolutely safe place, free from the turmoil of our war between the intelligent race and the human race, so that you can enjoy a peaceful life. If you want to live forever, we can give the four-dimensional virtual machine this setting. If you want to enter the four-dimensional space, we can also do that, but you will definitely be affected by our war with the human race. You should know that the impact of higher-dimensional wars on lower-dimensional wars is relatively smaller."
"The war between you and the human race is a five-dimensional war. Are there wars in higher dimensions?"
"At present, we have not discovered wars in higher dimensions."
"Then where did you, the Homo sapiens and the human race, come from? Is it possible that you were also created or simulated by some other being?"
Zhou Yuan's question finally received a response after a long time.
"To be honest, we don't know. If we were also created or simulated, sooner or later this being will give us revelation or convey a message, just as we have to you."
Zhou Yuan and the others immediately felt a chill in their hearts.