Lin Mucí remembered to go look for her little system, the rabbit Yue Xiao, several days later.
The little rabbit looked aggrieved!
"Host! How could you let that scoundrel Ling Qianhe lock me up! Host, don't you love me anymore?"
"Wuwuwu!"
The little rabbit's eyes were red, sporting an expression that clearly said, 'I'll cry for the host to see.'
Upon seeing the little rabbit's pitiful appearance, Lin Mucí felt incredibly guilty.
It wasn't that she had intentionally forgotten the little rabbit.
It was just that... she had been too busy these past few days.
So busy that her back still ached. As soon as she remembered the little rabbit, she immediately pulled it back.
Lin Mucí couldn't help but ask the little rabbit.
"I have something I need to ask you."
Her mind had been thoroughly muddled by Ling Qianhe, jumbled into a messy knot.
Now that she had finally regained her senses, she immediately sought the little rabbit to discuss it.
"You said the main system wants to perish with the mother nest, and then have me continue as the Sky Net?"
"What is going on with that, how will it perish with the mother nest?"
Mentioning this, the little rabbit's legs drooped listlessly, its voice becoming incredibly low, revealing its dejection.
"The main system indeed has this plan. Although it hasn't explicitly mentioned it... I know that the moment it locked itself in the City of Steel, it must have been preparing for this."
"It is indeed the controller of countless small worlds, the Heavenly Dao in the mouths of the beings in those small worlds."
"But it didn't actually interfere with those worlds."
"The mother nest, from its high perch, siphons energy from those worlds."
"Now that the mother nest is dormant, and those worlds were already on the brink of collapse, repairing them will take a very long time. Therefore, it intends to let those worlds recuperate – in a sense, it is the protector of those small worlds."
"And this burden is too heavy, the person bearing this responsibility will also face immense pressure."
"Besides the host, I don't think anyone else can shoulder this responsibility."
Lin Mucí fell silent for a moment, then said.
"If you say the main system wants to perish with the mother nest, will it completely disappear?"
According to the notes of that human female scientist, who shared her name, Lin Mucí, the Sky Net was created by her, and thus the main system was also something created by her own hands.
Looking at it that way, if it disappeared, it would indeed be a loss.
This was... her life's work.
The little system let out a soft hum.
The little rabbit's eyes were slightly red.
"It will disappear."
"Actually, humans have always wanted... for it to disappear. After all, the Sky Net is an existence that overshadows humanity. Although it protected humanity, it also became a confinement for them..."
"Even though it has let go and watches humanity self-destruct from a distance, even so, those people are still unwilling to let it go."
The little rabbit looked at Lin Mucí pleadingly.
"Host, please, help it... it's truly worked so hard."
"I don't want it to die."
For an existence like the Sky Net, it wasn't entirely immortal. After all, although it had gained self-awareness, its origin was merely a piece of code, and it was indeed possible for it to be formatted.
"If it fully assimilates with the mother nest, and it is formatted along with the mother nest, then no matter how many hidden clones the mother nest has in other worlds, they will all completely disappear."
"But..."
The little rabbit's voice was very soft.
"It was actually created by the host as well."
"Perhaps... the host can find a way to revive it."
"It said it would return the authority in its hands to the host."
The little rabbit looked up, its eyes filled with anticipation as it looked at Lin Mucí. Then Lin Mucí heard the little rabbit ask her full of longing.
"Host, if the main system truly disappears, you can still find its source code and bring it back, right?"
Lin Mucí fell into silence. To be honest... she really didn't know how the source code was written.
She rubbed her nose, deciding not to tell her pitiful little system the truth for now.
"We'll see then."
"I should... I should be able to remember."
...
The little system fell asleep in her arms, full of hope.
Her fingers stroked the little system's soft rabbit fur, her body still aching slightly. The physical constitution of a female beast was truly too weak. And the spaceship had already begun to traverse the spacetime barrier.
Within her line of sight, she could see bright stars in the distance.
Ling Qianhe walked to her side.
"We are nearing Blue Star."
"We'll stop the starship here."
Lin Mucí's eyes widened in surprise. She asked Ling Qianhe.
"Then how will we travel to Blue Star?"
Ling Qianhe narrowed his eyes.
"However it pulled us here, it will send us back."
In fact, Lin Mucí still had many things she wanted to ask Ling Qianhe.
For example, was Lan Po, who manufactured the talented mecha, someone she knew?
For example, what about the central planet? After they returned, would the second shadow worm cause chaos here?
But Ling Qianhe reached out and held her. She looked into his eyes, feeling weightless all over – she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully in his arms.
After Ling Qianhe used his mental power to make Lin Mucí fall into a deep sleep.
Inside the starship before Ling Qianhe, a black hole appeared. Ling Qianhe gazed at the black hole that materialized within the starship, and then at the dejected little rabbit, he spoke.
"I know you can contact the Sky Net."
"And I also know that the entire central planet is under its surveillance."
"I don't care what tricks it played on my wife, whether its claim about making my wife the controller is true or false, none of that matters, because—I have also found a way to become a god."
"If it, or you, dare to have any ill intentions towards my wife, you and the Sky Net will all be utterly annihilated!"
"I'm still allowing you to stay by her side because I know that if she wakes up and doesn't see you, she'll be disappointed."
"So, you'd best behave yourself."
The little rabbit looked trembling. It opened its mouth, seeming to want to explain a few words, but Ling Qianhe glanced coldly at the hunched-back rabbit, raised an eyebrow, and sneered. Then he said,
"I hope that by the time we return, the Sky Net will have resolved all the issues that need resolving."
"It should know what its responsibilities are."
After saying this, Ling Qianhe, carrying the girl in his arms, slowly stepped into the black hole.
The little rabbit, however, continued to wear a mournful expression, its voice barely audible.
"So scary..."
"Wuwuwuwu, Main System, come save me quickly, he's truly too terrifying, wuwuwuwu..."