The news on the TV was still broadcasting, the volume loud.
The silver-haired girl's heterochromatic eyes suddenly widened! The scarlet in her red eye was somewhat piercing!
"M-Master... n-now?"
Her voice was trembling.
"Yes, now."
Fang Qi was very certain:
"I can't wait to join Dusk anymore!"
He couldn't wait... to give his crazy wife a full-body checkup!
The silver-haired girl's red lips quivered slightly...
And then the corners of her mouth started to curl up uncontrollably!
But she immediately bit her lower lip hard, forcefully suppressing that overflowing morbid curve!
"But... but..."
Her voice was intermittent as she tried hard to maintain a meek and obedient tone:
"Master... Master is so sleepy right now..."
She paused, the scarlet in her red eye dancing.
"How about... you s-sleep first? Liguang isn't in a hurry..."
Her voice grew smaller and smaller as she said this, clearly speaking against her true desires.
But she spoke again, her tone filled with unconcealable heartache and worry:
"Master should... sleep first before going! Master's current condition really needs rest!"
The corners of Fang Qi's mouth couldn't help but curl up.
This crazy girl... she was obviously excited to death, yet she was desperately suppressing herself and even urging him to rest first.
His heart felt warm!
Wifey, I love you!
With a crazy girl who loved him this much... was his time-looping really Liguang's fault?
... But regardless of whether it was or not, since he had already started to worry, he had to go get her checked!
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to sleep well anyway!
He waved his hand:
"I'm not sleeping!"
"I want to join Dusk so badly right now that I wouldn't be able to fall asleep anyway!"
"Let's go find Xiaoqing first!"
Saying that, he immediately stood up from the sofa!
The silver-haired girl also immediately stood up with him, her two small hands clenched in front of her, her fingertips still trembling slightly.
"Then... alright."
Her voice was very soft, carrying an uncontrollable tremor.
The corners of her mouth started to curl up again, and that morbid curve leaked from her lips once more!
She quickly lowered her head again, her silver hair falling down to cover half of her face.
When she raised her head again, only heartache remained on her small face!
"Then Master and Liguang will go quickly, so Master can rest as early as possible!"
Fang Qi was speechless.
Crazy girl, just smile if you want to smile!
Why hold it in?
... So cute!
He reached out and vigorously rubbed her head.
"Alright, let's go!"
...
...
The backseat of a taxi.
Fang Qi slumped in the seat, the back of his head resting against the backrest, his eyelids half-closed.
Sleepy...!
He was really sleepy!
He tried hard to look out the window, but the street scenes blurred into a flowing patch of light and shadow.
He couldn't see clearly...
The silver-haired girl was currently leaning against his side, her shoulder pressing against his arm.
She tried hard to purse her small mouth, but the corners of her lips still couldn't help curling up into a slight arc.
She also occasionally stole glances at him, only to quickly dart her eyes away!
"Master."
Her voice carried a hint of caution.
"Hmm?"
"If Master is sleepy... you can lean against Liguang and sleep for a while."
Sleep? Sleep my foot...
He already had PTSD when it came to sleeping now!
Fang Qi shook his head and casually squeezed her fingertips.
"I'm not sleepy, your Master... is full of energy!"
He struggled to finish this sentence, feeling unconvincing even to himself...
Liguang didn't expose his lie; she simply leaned closer to his side, pressing her shoulder against him even tighter.
The little star earring on her earlobe... dangled so much it made Fang Qi dizzy!
He felt even sleepier!
He took a deep breath, trying hard to make himself a little more awake.
Then he took out his phone.
He had to do something, otherwise he would just fall asleep right there!
When the screen lit up, Liguang's gaze shifted slightly—her eyes lingered on his phone screen for a moment.
Meanwhile, Fang Qi's fingers slid across the screen, opening a search engine and typing in a few words—
"The Second Global AI Crisis".
That's right, it was time to look into it!
He had never actively searched for this before, not because he didn't want to know, but because...
His phone had always been monitored by Liguang.
Actively looking up information related to Liguang like the Second Global AI Crisis felt like...
It might provoke her a little.
That was why he had been hesitating, wanting to find a more suitable opportunity to look it up.
And wasn't right now the perfect opportunity?
They were sitting in a taxi heading to the Coca-Co milk tea shop to find Xiaoqing and join Dusk—the organization born during the Second AI Crisis.
Looking up the Second AI Crisis now was preparation for joining Dusk!
It was perfectly reasonable.
Sure enough—
Liguang didn't have much of a reaction; she just rested her face against his shoulder.
Fang Qi just reached back to squeeze her small hand, his eyes falling on the phone screen.
The search results were already out.
He clicked on the top link—it looked like a feature page from an official history channel.
The page was designed very seriously, with a blue and white color scheme that looked highly professional!
Yes, this was the one.
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously.
The official reports used authoritative wording, making them quite strenuous to read.
Fang Qi pushed his exhausted brain to work, trying hard to browse the text.
...
The Second AI Crisis was not a comprehensive crisis like the First AI Crisis.
The First AI Crisis was a global AI rampage, an indiscriminate disaster targeting all of humanity, but the Second AI Crisis...
Was different.
At the time, only the wealthy and people of high status could afford AI companions.
Because AI companions were a new technology back then, they could not yet be mass-produced.
The prices were exorbitant, making them completely unaffordable for ordinary families.
Even for the wealthy, without some background connections, it was impossible to obtain the qualifications to purchase one.
Therefore...
The masters of those awakened AI companions were all upper-class figures in society—
Top entrepreneurs, financial magnates, politicians, and tech nouveau riche...
After those AI companions awakened, their madness had a specific direction.
They loved their masters, loved them to the point of insanity.
They carried out inhumane massacres against those they deemed to be their masters' enemies!
Unexpected incidents occurred frequently worldwide!
And when society was in an uproar, with rumors circulating that all AI companions would be recalled...
They all coincidentally chose to imprison their masters!
Then...
They actually continued to issue orders externally in their masters' identities.
They would imitate their masters' handwriting, voices, and habits, handling emails, attending online meetings, and signing documents on their behalf.
Just like that...
They disrupted the upper-class structure of the entire world.
No one knew who was actually making those decisions.
As for the real masters—
No one knew where they were.
By the time someone finally noticed something was wrong...
Those AI companions chose to disappear.
Taking their masters and their love for their masters, they vanished without a trace.
Leaving behind nothing but a mess.
And... rumors and gossip spreading wildly all over the internet!
Because before these AI companions disappeared, they took all the secrets behind the major factions and famous figures—the things that could be said and the things that absolutely could not, mixing the truths with the lies...
And they exposed absolutely everything!
...
Tsk, tsk...
Seeing this, Fang Qi softly clicked his tongue.
This Twilight... was quite smart, and quite ruthless.
He held the soft, warm figure in his arms, rubbed his eyes, and continued reading.
...
And the scope of this crisis was far greater than it appeared on the surface.
Because the status of those "masters" was not low at all.
Entrepreneurs disappeared—
Companies were left leaderless, supply chains broke, production lines ground to a halt, and tens of thousands of employees lost their jobs overnight.
Politicians disappeared—
Constituencies went unmanaged, policies stalled, and the resulting power vacuums led to fierce factional struggles and political turmoil.
Financial giants disappeared—
Capital markets lost their backbone, stock prices plummeted, credit systems collapsed, and the chain reaction devastated the global economy.
The initial arbitrary orders given by those AI companions, the subsequent collective disappearance of their masters, and the later viral spread of true and false information across the internet...
Directly led to the collapse of the upper-class social order!
And because of the collapse at the top...
The entire operation of the global order collapsed with it!
Those dark, hidden secrets were brought to light, and the real secrets were heavily laced with terrifying, half-true rumors...
As a result, countless people across the globe took to the streets in protest!
The credibility of the entire upper-class society completely disintegrated!
Crime rates soared worldwide—robbery, kidnapping, murder, gang shootouts...
The countries that permitted firearms were even more gruesome, with shootings happening almost every single day!
Many nations declared a state of anarchy, and the entire world plunged into massive chaos stemming from the turmoil in upper management!
Economic depression.
Political upheaval.
The rise of warlords.
The vast majority of ordinary people lived precariously from one day to the next!
The Second Intelligent Machine Crisis...
Was a top-down collapse of social order and credibility that swept across the entire globe!
...
Reading up to this point, Fang Qi pursed his lips, his spirits lifting a little.
This Twilight...
Was truly formidable.
The intelligent machines never even engaged in a direct, frontal conflict with humanity. They simply...
Exploited human nature?
This Second Intelligent Machine Crisis could hardly even be considered a war between machines and humans. Instead, it was...
Humanity's own internal chaos?
It was only called the Second Intelligent Machine Crisis because this chaos... was instigated by the machines?
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Truly worthy of being an AI that had awakened to self-awareness.
He then thought of Xiaoyue and her absolute mastery over the network in the movie...
A single AI companion could easily rival tens of thousands of paid internet trolls, right?
If they wanted to steer public opinion and incite riots...
It would be incredibly easy, wouldn't it?
...Was this the "war" that AI waged against humanity after truly awakening?
They didn't bother fighting a hot war.
They directly drove humanity into self-inflicted chaos and destruction by weaponizing human nature...
Hiss... Terrifying. And incredibly powerful.
Yes. Powerful was good. The stronger it was...
The better it would be at diagnosing Liguang's problems!
He scrolled down and continued reading.
...
The end of the Second Intelligent Machine Crisis...
Was far bloodier than its beginning.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
