Fang Qi's eyes trembled slightly.
Yeah, it's about time...!
"Master."
"Pssshh—"
Behind him, the charging pod let out a soft hiss as its transparent door slowly slid upward.
The silver-haired girl stood inside, taking half a step forward...
"Click."
The cable behind her neck detached.
Liguang shook her head lightly, then raised a hand to adjust the bun at the back of her head before stepping out.
She walked over to Fang Qi in a few graceful steps.
Standing before him, she gave a slight bow.
"Master, Liguang is ready."
Her voice was gentle and obedient.
In her amber left eye, a surge of deep blue data stream flowed without pause!
She turned slightly sideways, raised a hand voluntarily to lift the silver bun at the back of her head, revealing the fair skin of her neck.
On that delicate synthetic skin, a small indicator window glowed faintly.
[ Remaining Battery: 92% ]
Hmm...
Fang Qi pursed his lips.
Not fully charged, but...
Ninety-two percent is more than enough!
"Sensei, let's begin!"
Lin Xiaoyou suddenly stepped forward.
"I'm ready too!"
She looked at Fang Qi, puffed out her chest, and lifted her chin, exposing her pristine neck.
Her expression was a bit defiant!
Clearly, An Lian's words earlier had struck a nerve.
She wasn't going to keep arguing with words.
She wanted An Lian to see the truth with her own eyes!
Meanwhile...
An Lian still sat there.
Her brows slightly furrowed as she watched Fang Qi.
Her lips were pressed together, as if she wanted to speak but held back.
The look on her face...
A mix of confusion and concern!
—— You're not seriously going to perform some kind of cult ritual, are you?
Fang Qi could tell that was what she wanted to say...
"Phew..."
He let out a slow breath.
Then he turned around and looked at An Lian seriously!
"Sister An Lian, you're right."
His tone was earnest.
"If nothing can be undone, then..."
He pursed his lips slightly.
"I really have made too many mistakes."
Yeah.
Too many.
Countless ones.
An Lian's lashes trembled faintly, her gray eyes losing focus for a moment.
"But..."
Fang Qi suddenly gave an embarrassed smile.
"How should I put it... Honestly, I think..."
He raised a hand and scratched the back of his head.
"Except for that 'dream' where I was really out of line with Sister An Lian, I actually..."
His expression turned serious.
"I've been pretty restrained!"
"I never used my abilities to do anything too outrageous!"
"And..."
He pursed his lips again.
"I feel like if someone else had been in my shoes, they might have..."
His mouth twitched slightly.
"...done much worse than me."
He muttered quietly.
Is there a problem?
No problem!
...He was telling the absolute truth!
He was a "player," a "being from beyond the heavens"!
And yet...
He never used cheat codes to summon tanks and rampage through the city!
He never tied someone up with a rope and dragged them across the plains like a horse!
He never committed crimes recklessly to satisfy his filthy desires, then used save-scumming to "wipe clean" his sins!
Those kinds of things...
Nine out of ten players would do!
The tenth would just deny it to save face!
But him?
Not only did he not mess with the people of this world—he let them mess with him all the time!
He only fought back a few times when he had no choice!
If you really compare him to others, his behavior was almost saintly!
It was practically monastic virtue in the gaming world!
Okay, he admitted it—his morality came purely from the fact that right from the start, he had a wife to rein him in.
Otherwise, he might have long since gone full degenerate like Homelander...
But a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions!
In short, he was way too moral!
An Lian still stared at him blankly.
The confusion in her gray eyes didn't fade—it deepened instead.
...Right.
Fang Qi lowered his brows.
His answer had gone over Sister An Lian's head.
Just saying it plainly like that, she wouldn't understand.
He turned around and took the silver-haired girl's slightly cool hand.
Her palm felt soft and familiar.
He looked down at the surging blue data stream in Liguang's left eye.
That glow was steady and bright.
Reassuring.
Liguang blinked at him gently in return.
"Sister An Lian."
He raised his eyes to look at her again.
"You think Liguang and we are very different, right?"
An Lian was silent for a moment.
She looked at Liguang's glowing left eye, pressing her lips together slightly.
"...Humans and AI are fundamentally different."
Her tone was tired and resigned.
"Otherwise, that disaster..."
She didn't finish.
But Fang Qi understood what she meant.
That disaster... the one that took her parents and brother.
But Sister An Lian...
"Sister An Lian."
Lin Xiaoyou suddenly spoke up.
The Miss Genius had stopped joking around.
She tilted her head slightly, her slightly reddened apricot eyes calmly fixed on An Lian.
"Maybe..."
She raised a hand and pointed to her own chest, then to An Lian.
"Our essence, our 'soul'..."
Finally, she pointed to Liguang's left eye, where the deep blue data stream still churned.
"...is the same as theirs?"
An Lian stared at her, lips pursed, brows knitted tighter.
It was clear she didn't believe it.
In fact, the way she looked at Lin Xiaoyou now carried a hint of wariness!
Fang Qi quickly waved a hand at Lin Xiaoyou.
"Alright, alright, stop saying things like that!"
He shot her a glare.
"You're making this sound more and more like a cult!"
Lin Xiaoyou glanced at him but only let out a light huff before turning away without another word.
It was clear she wasn't in the mood for playful banter either.
Fang Qi took a deep breath...
Then he gripped Liguang's hand tighter.
"Let's go!"
...
The four of them stood once again before the gene-locked door.
It was a smooth, silver-gray panel.
As soon as they approached, the deep blue glow in the silver-haired girl's amber left eye surged wildly!
Meanwhile, her ruby right eye was completely suppressed, dim and lifeless.
Beside him, Lin Xiaoyou fell silent.
She stood quietly next to An Lian, lips pressed together, her almond eyes locked on the dazzling blue glow in Liguang's eye.
An Lian also stopped talking.
Her cold, elegant profile flickered in and out of the blue light as she stood beside Lin Xiaoyou...
But she wasn't staring at Liguang.
She was watching Fang Qi.
Silently.
As if...
Waiting for him to give her an answer.
"Liguang."
Fang Qi turned to the silver-haired girl beside him, looking into that eye...
The amber iris now steeped in deep blue.
"I'm counting on you."
He gently squeezed her small hand.
The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly, looking back at him.
Fang Qi held his breath.
The awakening of her core had given her this...
Irresistible aura of deep understanding!
Sure, the fluffy little ball that curled up in his arms and acted cute was adorable, and the grinning maniac controlled by her ruby eye was fun in her own way...
But this version of Liguang—calm, composed, gentle—had a deep blue data stream in her left eye that seemed capable of seeing through everything!
"It's not just up to Liguang."
She spoke softly, her tone gentle and submissive.
“It still depends on Master.”
She tightened her grip on his hand, and in her dim crimson eyes, a hint of tenderness unexpectedly emerged.
“Liguang can only make that ‘impurity’ visible—after that…”
Her voice grew even quieter.
“It still relies on Master.”
“Liguang can’t do it herself.”
Fang Qi’s breath slowed.
Yeah.
It was up to him.
He then nodded firmly!
The silver-haired woman gave a faint smile, then released his hand.
She turned around and took two steps forward…
Stopping right in front of Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian.
She lifted her gaze, and her amber eyes, now steeped in a deep blue, locked onto the two women’s line of sight!
“Master, get ready.”
“…Mhm!”
And then, the next second…
Fang Qi even heard a faint humming sound!
The deep blue in Liguang’s amber eyes began to surge—one after another, ultra-fine threads of light spun, intertwined, and reorganized deep within her pupils!
In an instant, the intricate patterns of deep blue code devoured even the whites of her eyes!
They transformed her left eye into a blazing, deep blue star!
Fang Qi held his breath again.
…So beautiful.
An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou were both immediately drawn into the code swirling in her amber eyes.
Lin Xiaoyou, in particular, widened her almond-shaped eyes, staring without blinking at Liguang’s left eye!
Her lips trembled slightly, as if…
She was silently reading something?
An Lian glanced at Fang Qi again.
Her brow remained slightly furrowed.
Fang Qi’s gaze, however, was already locked tightly onto the two women’s necks!
He squinted, staring intently at the throats of Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian!
At that moment…
There was still nothing there.
Pale skin, a normal contour…
Nothing at all.
But he knew they were still there.
He was waiting—waiting for Liguang to make them appear once more…
“WOOOOM—!!”
A deep blue light suddenly flashed violently!
The entire space before the Gene Door was instantly bathed in dazzling deep blue!
Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian, caught off guard by the sudden blinding light, instinctively shut their eyes!
An Lian even turned her head slightly, raising a hand to shield her face.
And Fang Qi…
In that same instant, his eyes snapped wide open!
In that blinding deep blue radiance…
He saw them again!
Those deep blue collars!
No, wait—!
His pupils trembled!
Because what he saw…
Could no longer be called “faint thread-like lines”!
They were… different!
How… could they be so thick?
Compared to the time before Liguang recharged, they were clearer, thicker, more solid!
They were no longer two barely-there, faintly colored rings, but…
Truly visible deep blue collars!
The width of the collars had more than doubled!
They were wrapped tightly around the necks of Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian!
They even seemed to be flowing, like living ropes!
And in that very instant…
Fang Qi’s pupils constricted sharply!
It came!
It came again!
That feeling from before—only this time, clearer! More definite!
He could…
He really could!
He could tear these increasingly obvious collars…
off their necks!
He could do it!
An almost certain instinct, as natural as knowing he could blink or breathe!
All these thoughts…
flashed through his mind in a split second—half a heartbeat.
He knew Liguang couldn’t hold out much longer!
So the next moment, he sharply stepped forward, taking a big stride!
“Get…”
He fixed his gaze on the two women’s necks…
“…OFF!!!”
A furious roar exploded in the empty corridor!
Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian both flinched violently!
At that moment, still blinded by the dazzling deep blue from Liguang’s amber eye, they couldn’t open their eyes.
But at Fang Qi’s shout, An Lian’s shoulders jolted!
Lin Xiaoyou froze for a fleeting second as well!
Then—
The deep blue around their necks suddenly expanded!!
Those two rings of deep blue, originally pressed tightly against their throats, abruptly swelled outward!!
The collars’ deep blue glow flared with blinding intensity!
Instantly eclipsing the blue in Liguang’s left eye!
And then, around both women’s necks, they spread out into rows of…
Fang Qi’s pupils contracted!
…Huh?!
This is…
[if(target.status==ALIVE)&&(timeline.index!=designated.TTL)]
[execute_protocol(“Fate_Correction”,priority=ABSOLUTE)]
[fallback=TRUE]
A circle of deep blue code, clearly visible to the naked eye!
A deep blue data ring suspended in midair!
It was now rotating slowly!
Fang Qi stared wide-eyed at the code!
…What is this?!
Again?!
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