Chapter 43 The Savior
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mr. Savior.” Because the system blocked some keywords (like "fate"), Pi-ta really couldn't understand what Brother Jue meant. Of course, this didn’t affect its response strategy, “I’ll just take you to the lab first and slowly listen to what you have to say.”

Before it finished speaking, those round table spiders that were ready to go all moved at once.

These combat robots were very fast, their explosive power and reaction speed surpassing that of humans, approaching the level of felines.

In an instant, the five round table spiders had opened their leg limbs and used their bodies to form an encirclement net, shrouding Feng Bujue’s figure within… and quickly closing in.

However, at this moment!

*Chi chi chi chi…*

All that was heard were bursts of rapid sounds cutting through the wind.

All that was seen were streaks of black light slashing and blooming.

In the blink of an eye, those round table spiders were cut into pieces, scattered and fallen; these mechanical soldiers, which even firearms would take a while to damage, were vulnerable in front of 【Mad Poker】 and 【Card Assassination Technique】, almost like paper.

“Heh… as a savior, would I be so easily caught by you?” Two seconds later, Feng Bujue patted the metal debris on his clothes and said leisurely.

Pi-ta was also unwilling to show weakness. Before Brother Jue could finish speaking, it aimed all the defensive weapons in this space at the latter.

"What? Aren't you trying to catch me alive?" Feng Bujue was still in a state of fearlessness, "If you use the defensive cannons to fire at the same time, eight out of ten times someone will die."

His attitude was obviously based on something; it wasn't difficult to infer the AI's intentions... If Pi-ta wanted to kill him, it could have done so in the subway tunnel or even in the maintenance pipes, there was no need to bring them to the central area.

Since the mechanical soldiers had brought the people here, it meant that Pi-ta definitely still wanted to capture them alive.

"Yes, at this stage, I have no intention of killing you..." Pi-ta replied, "But you should also understand that even if I don't fire, you... and Isaac and the others, will not be able to escape from this place alive."

“Ha!” Feng Bujue laughed drily, “Use your self-proclaimed excellent calculation ability to think carefully… If I really wanted to escape, would I have waited until now?”

"I know that too." Pi-ta had indeed deduced that situation, "Based on the abilities you have shown so far, you had every opportunity to escape while being escorted here; but you didn't escape, and didn't even show any intention of escaping; it can be seen... coming here, coming before me, is exactly your intention." It paused for half a second, then continued, "As for your motive for doing so... it should be to see who is the real undercover agent, or not wanting to abandon your teammates... this is also obvious."

"Heh... incorrect." A second later, Feng Bujue smiled and denied the other party, "My main purpose in coming here is to use 'this' on you."

As he spoke, he took out another thing from his knapsack – a book.

"What are you going to do?" Pi-ta used visual signals to confirm that the name of the book was 【The Autobiography of Chuck Norris】… the meaning was unclear.

"It's nothing, I just plan to... analyze your data from a spacetime level, then enter the virtual dimension and destroy you as a program." Feng Bujue opened the book, faced Pi-ta's sub-machine, and replied calmly.

In that instant, through analyzing Feng Bujue's facial micro-expressions and audio, the conclusion Pi-ta reached was – this person was not lying.

Based on this conclusion, Pi-ta made a series of deductions; it believed that, in this situation, there was a more than 50% chance that... this person had received special training and could control his expressions and voice so they would not be affected when lying; there was a 40% chance that... this person himself believed what he said was true, but objectively speaking, he could not do it.

There was only less than 10% chance that... he really could do it.

But no matter what…

Even if Pi-ta temporarily couldn't know "how to do" what the other party said, even if the probability of an actual threat appearing under the existing analysis results was less than 10%... Pi-ta still made the decision to "self-destruct."

Because... as an AI, it would never hold onto wishful thinking. Even if there was a 1% fatal threat, it would use 100% measures to deal with it.

So, Pi-ta decisively abandoned the attempt to capture the other party alive and activated the self-destruct device.

【Self-destruct protocol A0007 has been activated.】

【Initiating the detonation sequence.】

【3, 2, 1…】

There were no evacuation signals, nor any meaningless ultra-long countdowns.

Pi-ta's set of self-destruct procedures, from initiating to detonation, took less than five seconds.

Five seconds later, the self-destruct device on the bottom floor of the central area building triggered an explosion comparable to a nuclear strike. In just about ten seconds, the rapidly expanding white flash engulfed the entire city…

At the same time, even the rebel army far away in the mine base felt a quake-like impact.

…………

“I… am I still alive?” When he came back to his senses, Isaac found himself lying on a beach.

He soon heard the sound of ocean waves lapping against the shore, and a salty taste of seawater inexplicably flooded his mouth and nose… This sensory stimulation quickly restored him to consciousness.

“Ugh—” The ensuing intense headache was like a series of waves, almost causing Isaac, who had sat up, to fall back down.

Fortunately, this terrible feeling quickly subsided at a very noticeable rate.

“Don’t worry, the discomfort caused by the transfer will pass quickly.” The next second, Feng Bujue’s voice entered Isaac’s ears, “Once you adapt, it will be no different from your original body.”

Isaac turned his head at the sound and saw Feng Bujue’s figure a few meters away.

At the same time, he also saw Lightning Head and Big Beard, who were still unconscious, lying on the beach.

“This…” Isaac looked at Feng Bujue and said, “Where is this? Hell? Heaven?”

“Heh…” Feng Bujue smiled, “Adding the word ‘Ren’ in front of those two place names might be more appropriate.”

His joke was based on Chinese, and the system was really unable to translate it, so Isaac didn’t understand.

“Let me put it this way…” Seeing the other party’s puzzled expression, Feng Bujue took the opportunity to change the subject, “We have now come to a virtual dimension parallel to Pi-ta’s ‘conscious existence’.”

“You brought us here?” Isaac asked again.

“Ah… I guess so.” Feng Bujue said, “Actually, I didn’t expect to bring you all in together, I thought you would be finished together with the people of the whole city…”

This was the truth. Brother Jue really didn’t expect that the effect of 【The Autobiography of Chuck Norris】 would involve these NPCs as well.

“That’s right! City A0007…” Isaac seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression surprised.

“Already exploded.” Feng Bujue picked up the sentence before he could finish speaking.

“Why… why did this happen!” Isaac immediately appeared very grief-stricken, unable to control himself.

“Because Pi-ta determined that I posed a threat to its existence, it immediately took extreme measures.” Feng Bujue replied.

“You… you this…” Isaac staggered to his feet, walked a few steps to Brother Jue, and grabbed the latter’s collar.

“I can see that there are some people in the city who are very important to you…” Feng Bujue continued in a rather helpless tone, “But you also know very well that getting angry at me is useless.”

At this moment, Isaac began to pant heavily. The intense emotional fluctuations and the still incompletely subsided discomfort made him suddenly feel nauseous.

A few seconds later, he released Brother Jue and ran to the side to kneel and vomit.

“Damn it! Damn it!” After Isaac finished vomiting, he began to clench his fists and pound the ground, yelling. His expression and tone were full of sorrow and regret.

Feng Bujue didn’t say anything more. He knew that the man was reasonable and strong enough… Isaac just needed some time to adjust, after all… he was also human.

…………

About two minutes later, Lightning Head and Big Beard also woke up.

Feng Bujue also briefly explained the current situation to the two of them. Although they didn’t fully understand, they could only accept reality.

After that, the four of them rested in place for a while, mainly to wait for the two who woke up later to recover from the discomfort.

When those two had recovered, Isaac came to Feng Bujue, wearing a face of utter despair, and asked, “Mr. Feng, what is our next goal?”

“You…” Feng Bujue looked at his face and said, “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“No, I’m not okay.” Isaac said, “I feel very bad right now.” He paused, a clear hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes, “I think… ‘killing Pi-ta’ will make me feel a little better.”

“Mm…” Feng Bujue nodded, “Understood… understood.”

Isaac then said, “According to what you just said, if I didn’t misunderstand… as long as we destroy Pi-ta in ‘this world,’ then it will be finished in the ‘real world,’ right?”

“That’s right.” Feng Bujue replied, “At this moment, we are like a group of ‘computer viruses,’ and Pi-ta is a system with a powerful firewall that has not yet been breached. Once we destroy it here, then in the other dimension… the hardware that carries it, and the army under its control… will all become scrap metal.”

“Ha!” Big Beard then interjected, “Sounds like… if we’re lucky, we four can end this war.”

“In fact, this should be the only way to end the war.” Feng Bujue said, then paused for two seconds, then continued, "Because according to the information I got when analyzing Pi-ta... the possibility of your army defeating Pi-ta in reality is basically zero."

“Isn’t that wrong to say?” Lightning Head said, “The Commander’s game war plan is only in the preliminary stage right now. As long as we spend some years and mobilize more humans, we can enter the next stage…”

“No, no, no…” Feng Bujue interrupted the other party, “This is not a problem of time and stages… In fact, even if all of humanity joins the Knower camp, it’s useless; the reason I say you have no chance of winning is that, technically speaking, it’s impossible for you to eliminate Pi-ta through physical strikes.”

“Why?” Hearing this, the three of them asked in unison.

So, Feng Bujue told them about Pi-ta’s "Ark Plan" that had already taken shape and could be launched at any time…

In the process of his narration, the expressions on the faces of the three people quickly turned into a state of such high pressure that they were about to lose their hair.

“That’s the way it is…” Feng Bujue said, and then concluded, “For Pi-ta, when it comes to the point of no return, where defeat is inevitable… all of humanity, and even the planet Earth, are disposable; with this AI’s style, it will eventually attribute its failure to ‘humanity being an incurable inferior species,’ and then, based on this, give Earth a devastating blow sufficient to destroy the entire planet's surface life and ecosystems. Then… it can go to other planets and species in the universe with peace of mind to carry out ‘remodeling’."

“I understand…” After a long while, Isaac finally said in a deep voice, “That’s why… there is a ‘savior’.”

“Heh…” Big Beard seemed to understand as well. He smiled, “In other words, there is only one chance to win this war…”

“And this mission…” Lightning Head also continued, “Just happens to fall on us four.”

“Very good, it seems you all understand this setting.” Feng Bujue said, “Next… I think it’s time to announce some bad news.”

“Ha?” The expression on Big Beard’s face when he heard this sentence seemed to say – Did you think the things you said earlier were good news?

“After coming here, something happened that I also found quite surprising.” Feng Bujue then said, “That is… my ability as a ‘savior’ is restricted in this dimension.”

Actually, Brother Jue was just telling them in a way that the NPCs could understand – "Sorry, bro's skill bar is locked, I didn't want this either."

“Restricted?” Isaac asked, pursuing the question, “What kind of restriction?”

“This is a little complicated to explain.” Feng Bujue said, “But don’t worry, in terms of physical abilities alone, I’m still much stronger than ordinary humans, and I won’t hold you back.”

…………

Long with a book, short without.

After the four of them exchanged a few more words, they set off as a team.

Beside the beach where they were was a dense coconut grove. Considering that the other direction was the sea, the four of them had no choice but to head towards the forest.

This time, the person responsible for leading the way was Feng Bujue; because the other three had no equipment, and he could magically pull out a kitchen knife from his body, the work of clearing the way through thorns naturally fell on him.

After walking in the forest for more than ten minutes, the four of them came to a relatively open area.

Then, a forest camp built by an unknown armed group… appeared before their eyes.