Half an hour later, Feng Bujue and the others were escorted from the prison wagon.

Thus, the Central District's main building appeared before their eyes…

Jue-Ge had noticed during the opening CG that, in this city with numerous buildings but few architectural styles, only the Central Building was unique.

From a distance, the building looked like four swords joined together, piercing the sky.

Naturally, there was a reason for such a design…

AI wouldn't deliberately pursue unconventional shapes. There were three reasons why Bita made the Central District building like this: First, it would be better for transmitting signals; second, it would be easier to deploy defensive weapons; and third…

We have to emphasize this third reason…

Perhaps, the first two reasons were obvious and could even be guessed by the common people. But this third reason… at least until now, neither the rebels nor the people under Bita's rule… knew about it.

And the truth was—the Central District building in every city could be "launched."

Seeing this, some people would definitely ask, what's the point of launching the building? To use it as a nuclear bomb?

Of course not…

You must know that Bita cared more about the natural environment, or rather "Earth," than humans; as early as the AI ​​War, Bita invented a large-scale weapon of destruction with power similar to nuclear bombs, but without causing irreversible damage to the environment. The self-destruct devices it installed in the centers of various cities also used this technology.

And even this kind of weapon, Bita had never used against the rebels outside the city… because for Bita, killing some people was acceptable, but damaging the flowers, plants, mountains, and rivers was not good.

So, what exactly was the launch function of these Central Buildings for?

The answer was… to "combine" when necessary.

No one knew… that Bita on this timeline had completed an epic project many years ago—Project Ark.

The content of this plan included many facts that would make the rebels despair.

For example: The "main server" of Bita, which humans had been searching for, had actually been launched into Earth's satellite orbit decades ago.

Another example: Bita also built a "backup main server" on the moon, which could be activated at any time.

Also… as long as Bita was willing, it could immediately launch the Central Buildings in hundreds of cities around the world, and then, within seventy-two hours, these sub-servers could "combine" with the main server in orbit around the Earth to form an interstellar spacecraft that could leave the solar system.

Anyway… the rebels knew nothing about these bad things; in a sense… it was better for them not to know, so they wouldn't lose their hair due to stress.

…………

[Current mission completed, main mission updated]

Although Feng Bujue was "escorted" into the Central District Building wearing heavy metal handcuffs, the mission [Invade the Central Area of City A0007] was still considered complete.

Immediately afterwards, the content in the mission bar was also refreshed: [Destroy Bita in the virtual dimension]

"As expected of normal difficulty…" Feng Bujue immediately thought in his mind when he saw this mission, "The way the mission is expressed is a 'hint' in itself."

Indeed, the description of this mission not only told the player "what to do," but also mentioned "where to do it" or "how to do it"… which was really considerate.

If the same plot… was replaced with nightmare difficulty, the mission description would definitely be omitted to the four words [Destroy Bita]; and then… the unsuspecting players would have to investigate the method of destroying Bita themselves. And in the end, the players might develop a grand plan to "destroy all the cities on Earth, and blow up a satellite and a lunar base along the way."

"Hmph… the defense is really tight." When they arrived in front of Bita's huge sub-server, Big Beard had already confirmed all the defensive weapon launch ports along the way, and then said happily, "Every inch of space in the entire building is within the aiming range of the defensive weapons. It seems that we can't act rashly."

Although he said this in a very casual tone, everyone understood… Big Beard was actually sticking to his duty and reminding his teammates of the surrounding situation.

"Welcome, humans." Two seconds later, Bita spoke.

Its voice came directly from the huge "sub-server", and there was no matching image; however, its tone of voice sounded no different from ordinary humans.

"Welcome?" Lightning Head was the first to reply. While speaking, she raised her handcuffed hands, "Is this your way of treating guests?"

"I think that for a group of low-level creatures dedicated to obliterating me, this treatment is already very polite." Bita responded.

"Ha!" Hearing this, Feng Bujue immediately laughed out loud.

"Hmm?" A second later, Bita continued, "What are you laughing at?"

During this second, Bita had already analyzed the audio of Feng Bujue's laughter, and read from it an inexplicable sense of confidence and mockery. This result… made the AI ​​feel curious.

"Nothing…" Feng Bujue replied with an almost lazy attitude, "I just suddenly remembered… basically… the guys who have used the term 'low-level creatures' on me have all been killed by me in the end."

While Jue-Ge was speaking, Bita re-scanned him, but the feedback it received was…

[Visual signal identification—humanoid creature, young male.]

[Scanning identification…]

[Facial recognition program retrieval… no corresponding information.]

[Skeletal identification… no feedback data.]

[Program anomaly, switching scanning mechanism.]

[Scanning failed, target identity cannot be confirmed.]

Half an hour ago, when Feng Bujue was arrested, Bita had determined his identity as a "captured member of the search force" based on intelligence; but now, when Feng Bujue really came to Bita, the latter found that the situation was not right.

"Who… are you?" After hearing Jue-Ge's words, Bita asked with a suspicious tone, "All humans over the age of nine on this planet are recorded in my identity recognition database, why aren't you?"

Bita's question surprised the other four members of the assault team, and they all cast curious glances at Jue-Ge; for a moment, Feng Bujue's identity as the "savior" seemed to become very credible again.

"Hehe… who knows." If the other party didn't ask, it would have been fine, but with this question, the conversation entered the rhythm that Feng Bujue liked and was best at, "Maybe… I'm not from this planet at all; maybe… I'm only eight years old this year, but I just developed earlier; or maybe… there's something wrong with you. I suggest you kill some viruses and reinstall the system for yourself before you talk about it."

Since Bita's birth, it was the first time it had heard someone say to itself such words as "kill a virus and reinstall the system"; to put it figuratively… saying this to an artificial intelligence with self-awareness was like saying to a human "you should reincarnate."

"A8504…" After a few seconds of silence, Bita spoke again, "Can you explain what's going on?"

When his question was first asked, everyone didn't know what it meant.

However, in the next second, when "A8504" responded, everyone understood…

"According to what I know, he is very likely to be the legendary 'savior'." The person who responded to Bita was One-Eyed Dragon.

"You kid…" Big Beard, who was standing next to him, showed an uncontrollable expression of anger at the time, "So it was…"

"Yes…" One-Eyed Dragon interrupted Big Beard, "It's me." While speaking, he took two steps back, probably afraid that the other party would pounce on him and fight him desperately.

"Sigh…" Isaac on the other side immediately let out a sigh, "Miscalculated…" He paused for half a second, and continued, "In order to prevent PMs from mixing in, I specifically chose a team member who had never been captured, but I didn't expect…"

"Hmph… that's right." One-Eyed Dragon sneered, "I'm not a PM, I defected to Bita according to my own wishes."

"Why!" At this time, Lightning Head questioned loudly, "You are clearly also a Zhiyuezhe, why did you defect to the machines!"

"Zhiyuezhe… hehe… so what?" One-Eyed Dragon responded with a fake smile, and continued, "Even if you have the memories of another timeline, so what? Why do you have to spread the existence of video games to all mankind? Is that world with video games… necessarily better than this one?"

One-Eyed Dragon's tone became higher and higher, gradually becoming excited.

"In my opinion, Bita is completely correct." He paused for two seconds, and continued, "Video games, and all those image products full of violence and eroticism… are all garbage! They are poison that disrupts the human mind!" Speaking of this, he flicked his arm towards the Bita sub-server next to him, "Isn't the world created by Bita good? Such a harmonious, stable, and fair society… everyone performs their duties and lives in peace; there is no disparity between the rich and the poor, nor the violence that comes with it, nor the foolish acts derived from unrealistic fantasies…"

"Shut up!" At this moment, the always calm Isaac shouted out in anger, "What's the difference between humans and animals if they abandon their dreams!"

"You shut up!" Unexpectedly, One-Eyed Dragon retorted with a roar without fear, "Humans are originally animals! They are low-level creatures! Thousands of years of civilization have been enough to prove this!" He stared at Isaac and shouted, "Why have humans always lived in war, oppression, and lies for thousands of years? Because what causes these things is our own human inferiority!"

"The so-called 'utopia' that people have always yearned for and imagined… isn't it the world that Bita has transformed now? It is impossible for such a world to be born or maintained by us humans ourselves! Only Bita… only it, this 'higher existence', can accomplish such a great cause!"

Speaking of this, One-Eyed Dragon glanced at the four people in front of him: "But you guys insist on destroying such a world! Just for… the reason of 'returning the existence of games to mankind'… Hmph! It's simply ridiculous!"

Clap, clap, clappity clap…

When One-Eyed Dragon's voice fell, applause slowly sounded not far away.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and were surprised to find that… the handcuffs on Feng Bujue's wrists had fallen to the ground at this moment; looking at the state of the handcuffs… they were clearly broken by him with brute force.

"Good, well said." Feng Bujue said while applauding One-Eyed Dragon, "It can be described as impassioned and tear-jerking." He wore a mocking smile, and his tone changed, "It's just… the real ridiculous thing is…" He also turned his head and glanced at Bita, "That 'higher existence' you mentioned was created by these 'low-level creatures' on a 'timeline full of unrealistic fantasies'."

Hearing this, Bita seemed a little unable to hold back, and it interjected: "My birth has nothing to do with video games…"

"Stop farting!" Feng Bujue rudely interrupted the other party, "If video games had never appeared on that original timeline, and those image products that you harmonized had never appeared… then the Internet would definitely be very different from what people know today; in such a historical process, the network would most likely become a platform that is not open to the general public, and has never been open to the general public; and you, this intelligent advertising program… would never have been developed."

"First of all, I do not have the physiological need to fart." When Bita responded to the other party, the clauses were still very clear. Even if it was a swear word, he would logically deny it, "Secondly, your assumption is just your personal imagination. In my simulation, artificial intelligence is destined to be born, it's just a matter of time; thirdly, I have to say… your behavior of breaking free from the handcuffs is very irrational…"

In the process of Bita's reply, five round table spiders had already arrived around Feng Bujue and surrounded him, seeming to be preparing to suppress him by force.

"Oh…" And Feng Bujue was still as calm as ever, "According to the meaning of your roundabout electromagnetic fart… your reasoning is 'simulation of inevitable events', and my reasoning is 'unrealistic imagination'?"

"That's for sure." Bita replied with a matter-of-fact tone, "Are you so stupid as to 'think that your brain can perform better calculations than artificial intelligence'?"

"Ha! Hahahaha…" For some reason, Feng Bujue suddenly burst into laughter, and then said, "I finally understand… this is the 'paradox' of this universe!" He tilted his head and smiled at Bita, "Your existence on two timelines, as well as your views on this time and space and yourself… have constituted a self-contradictory multiple negation. No wonder… 'fate' has given me the mission to destroy you."