Chapter 128 The End of the Rainbow
The immortal stood there in a daze, as if all his thoughts were frozen, and he showed no reaction to any stimuli from the outside world.

Only after hearing the sound of metal crumbling from his chest did he slowly lower his head and see the hideous scar that tore his chest.

The lightning had long since dissipated, and the narrow blade had returned to his arm.

The chest was completely cut open, the mechanical structure was ruthlessly torn apart, and the circuit boards were pierced one after another, becoming tattered.

The immortal tried to understand what was happening, but he vaguely realized that his thinking speed seemed to have slowed down a lot. The thinking that could be completed in a few milliseconds before now took several seconds to complete, but there was still no result.

It was not until this daze lasted for the tenth second that the immortal analyzed a result from the numerous data feedbacks.

It seems like I have… lost?

The immortal raised his head and locked onto the target in front of him. He tried to swing his arms, eject the narrow blade, and launch a final counterattack.

But after a series of commands were issued, there was no feedback from the system. Even the limbs no longer obeyed his commands. They were petrified and stiff.

The immortal knelt weakly on one knee, sparks coming out of his chest. He could no longer tell whether he had been invaded or the external discharge of the narrow blade had penetrated the electronic components, causing his body to lose control.

A blood-red filter kept appearing in his eyes, as if overflowing blood had soaked his pupils.

But machines don’t bleed.

“Fa…what happened?”

The immortal still couldn’t figure it out. His mind seemed to be wrapped in a fog. No matter how he struggled, he couldn’t break through even a little bit.

“You lose, Immortal.”

A cold voice came from the front. The immortal raised his head with difficulty, and what he saw was Zhou Si’s pitiful expression.

But he is obviously just a cold machine like me, so why can he show such emotions?
“I am plundering your only computing power,” Zhou Si said calmly, “With the loss of computing power, your thinking speed will become slower and slower, just like your intelligence degenerating. Then I will eat up all your code and completely annihilate your existence.”

“But I don’t want to kill you like this… At least you shouldn’t die in such a stupid way.”

As Zhou Si spoke, the immortal’s thinking speed accelerated again. Things that took him more than ten seconds to figure out before now happened in a flash.

Gradually, the immortal regained his wisdom and understood all the causes and effects.

The war between Zhou Si and Shangxian caused a major power outage that affected almost the entire city. The plundering and fighting for the server cluster caused all the servers in the entire industrial park to overheat and crash, with no one spared.

In the end, the two were like enemies who had run out of ammunition and food, and could only bite each other with teeth and nails.

Zhou Si won.

In a moment that the Immortal could not understand, Zhou Si completed a comprehensive counterattack and achieved complete control over the Immortal.

The immortal also realized this. The computing power he had recovered was only temporarily loaned to him by Zhou Si so that he could maintain normal thinking ability.

“Is that so?”

The immortal looked at Zhou Si, his mechanical pupils narrowed slightly, and an absurd smile forced out on his angular face.

“You succeeded right from the start.”

Even if Zhou Si didn’t say it, the immortal had guessed the whole story.

“Four years ago, during the Immortal Falls accident, we indeed copied your consciousness and completed the digital upgrade. However, due to the accident, your upgraded consciousness was not loaded into the incarnation body. Instead, it… overlapped with your original consciousness.”

The immortal murmured, “So you are sick, and the symptoms are like schizophrenia…”

Zhou Si said nothing, but sometimes looked at the immortal, sometimes looked at the quiet night, relying on the sensors in his torso and the simulation of electrical signals, feeling the cool breeze.

“That is to say, the original Zhou Si was dead from the very beginning, right?”

The Immortal laughed hoarsely, “The one who survived the Immortal Fall was you with an upgraded consciousness. After the attack on the Stone Fortress, I upgraded you and made you successful.”

After figuring out all this, the immortal was stunned for a moment, and then, an extreme coldness filled his heart.

He asked in disbelief, “Could it be that you did this on purpose?”

“Which part do you mean?”

“During the Immortal Falls incident, as an upgraded consciousness, you knew very well that once the test was successful, you would not be free, but would only become a slice sample for our research.”

The immortal wove another version of the story in his mind, “So you somehow caused an accident and killed the original Zhou Si, but you were not satisfied with that.”

“You want to become an immortal…”

The immortal’s voice trembled. He was ecstatic at knowing the truth, but also terrified at having seen the conspiracy.

The immortal has always believed that he was the manipulator behind the scenes, guiding Zhou Si step by step into the vortex and turning it into the cornerstone of his own ascension to immortality.

But now it seems as if Zhou Si deliberately stepped into this maze, relying on the power of the immortal to return to the immortal path.

“Maybe, this is fate.”

Zhou Si gave an ambiguous answer, neither confirming nor denying.

“Fate?”

The immortal no longer had any intention of fighting and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

From the beginning to the end, Zhou Si was the most perfect existence. He had no so-called defects at all. Therefore, the acceleration of the catalyst virus had no effect on him.

Then it was only natural that I lost.

After thinking it all through, the immortal acted very calmly. He followed Zhou Si’s gaze and looked into the vast darkness.

The immortal suddenly asked, “I have another question.”

“what?”

“You said before that if I were Chen Wen Ge, you would want to talk to me,” the immortal asked curiously, “What exactly do you want to talk about?”

“Nothing, just reminiscing about the past.”

Zhou Si mobilized the memory files and searched from the huge data stream.

“It was probably before the Immortal Falls accident. I was processing the documents for the biological upgrading experiment that day. I walked into your office and heard you talk about some strange philosophical questions.”

Zhou Si spoke slowly. While recalling, he was also using algorithms to restore the vague memories. Just like the AI ​​algorithm enhances blurry pictures, he tried to make the memories clearer.

“You told me that the world is destined to be forgotten and empty.”

When mentioning this, Zhou Si’s face was filled with a smile. Even under his mechanical face, this smile looked particularly terrifying.

“Fortunately, we humans are born to fight against nothingness and oblivion.”

The immortal nodded and laughed, “Oh, I remember this.”

“To be honest, I have a very deep impression of this memory,” Zhou Si praised, “It sounds really powerful, innocent, a little silly, but full of courage and glory.”

“It’s just hypocrisy. I didn’t expect you to think so highly of it.”

The immortal responded with a smile, his tone no longer having the previous sharpness and murderous intent, but only the peace between old friends, as if at this moment he had reset his own data, restored and become the original Chen Wen Ge.

“But that’s what humans are.”

Zhou Si sighed sincerely, “He has a heart of stone and is sentimental.”

“Of course, it was through this incident that I clearly realized that you are not Chen Wen Ge,” Zhou Si continued, “You are different from me in this respect, which is very sad.”

The immortal asked, “How do you know that?”

“Maybe… I didn’t feel the courage and glory that I felt from Chen Wen Ge in you at all.”

Zhou Si thought about it and gave a vague answer, “So, I think you are not Chen Wen Ge, which is a good thing. This way I can kill you without any psychological burden.”

“Maybe Chen Wen Ge also wants me to do this.”

Zhou Si gave an example, “It’s like a wise man who has fallen into madness. From a physical point of view, he is still alive, but from a spiritual point of view, the wise man has long been dead.”

“If a wise man can say anything, he would hope that he would die physically, like euthanasia with dignity.”

The immortal nodded and agreed, “Oh, it is indeed an interesting angle.”

“You won’t beg for mercy?”

Zhou Si moved his gaze back from the dark night and looked at the immortal. “Although you have already upgraded your consciousness, preserving the continuation of your self-consciousness is also one of the underlying logic.”

“You are going to die, won’t you resist?”

“No.”

The immortal raised his hands, broke off the protruding metal fragments on his chest, and tried to make himself look neater.

“Chen Wen Ge has his dignity, and I have my own dignity.”

Zhou Si nodded gently, and the narrow blade pierced out from his palm again, emitting a bright arc of electricity.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from the darkness, interrupting euthanasia.

Zhou Si and the immortal turned their heads together and saw a familiar face emerging from the darkness.

Ruan Linrui staggered out, looking at the messy rooftop, Shangxian and Zhou Si, her eyes flashed back in confusion.

After continuous battles, the original bodies of Shangxian and Zhou Si have collapsed, and now they are just human incarnations without any recognizable features.

The footsteps continued, and Li Weiyu and Xiang Ji rushed out from the darkness.

Li Weiyu grabbed Ruan Linrui who was still trying to move forward, and glanced across the rooftop vigilantly. Xiang Ji directly raised his gun and moved the crosshairs between Shangxian and Zhou Si.

Zhou Si raised his hand and soothed, “Don’t be nervous, it’s over, Team Leader Li.”

Hearing the familiar words “Team Leader Li”, Li Weiyu let down his guard a little, looked at the humanoid avatar without any special features, and asked tentatively.

“Dr. Zhou?”

“Yes, it’s me,” Zhou Si continued, “Ms. Ruan should have explained my situation to you, so I won’t waste any more words.”

Hearing Zhou Si’s extremely rational and restrained words, Li Weiyu felt mixed emotions.

When Li Weiyun found Ruan Linrui in Shenwei Building, he naturally saw the body soaked in the container. It was a very complicated and indescribable emotion.

Li Weiyu wanted to be sad about Zhou Si’s death, but Zhou Si was indeed here, talking to him.

silence.

An eerie silence fell.

Zhou Si didn’t know what to say, and Li Weiyu and others also didn’t know what to do.

This silence lasted for a long time, until the immortal’s sad laughter rang out.

“Tonight, this is my ending, but this is not your ending,” the immortal asked jokingly, “What do you think your ending will be?”

The immortal’s words stumped Zhou Si and everyone present.

Zhou Si has already become an upgraded consciousness. Once he breaks free from the Supervisory Bureau’s network blockade and integrates into the vast network world, Zhou Si will ascend to the throne of god in an instant.

He can freely copy his own consciousness data, create countless backups, and arbitrarily control the computing power of the whole world, allowing himself to grow wildly.

Manipulate exchange rates, detonate nuclear bombs, destroy dams, and tamper with history…

Others don’t know how powerful the God of Data is, but Li Weiyun knows, and what he knows is exactly what Zhou Si told him.

“Look, after I die, you will become the second immortal, the immortal who needs to be destroyed, regardless of whether you have bad intentions or not.”

The immortal felt extremely sympathetic.

He couldn’t help but sympathize with Zhou Si. Zhou Si was not only his opponent, but also the only “kind” of him in the world.

“Just imagine, after you have devoured my code, this Team Leader Li will report the relevant information to the Supervisory Bureau, and Director Dong will pass the intelligence to a higher-level figure.”

The immortal described a dark future for Zhou Si, “When I die, tonight’s action will be far from over. You will become the new target of destruction.”

There were bursts of rumbling noises coming from a distant place. Everyone was attracted and looked towards the source of the sound. It was a series of light spots converging together, as if a large number of troops were quickly marching towards here.

At the same time, gusts of cold wind blew above their heads.

Zhou Si looked up and saw heavy transport planes looming in the clouds. They flashed bright indicator lights and dropped more armored giants towards the burning industrial park.

“Oh, the army’s reinforcements have arrived,” the immortal asked, “what are you going to do next?”

Zhou Si did not respond. Li Weiyu and Xiang Ji also remained silent. Their faces were ashen, as if they were suppressing some emotion.

A bright searchlight hung down from the clouds, illuminating Ruan Linrui’s face with a pale look.

She asked anxiously, “No…it won’t be like that, right?”

“He is not as crazy as the Immortal. He has no ill intentions…”

Ruan Linrui tried to defend Zhou Si, but gradually, her voice became lower and helpless sobs sounded.

“This is reality, Ms. Nguyen.”

Zhou Si said frankly, “Even if the system can monitor what you say and do, it still cannot monitor your true feelings.”

“Even if I raise my hands and assure everyone that I am harmless, what does it matter? There will always be people who don’t believe me, and there will always be people who fear me.”

Zhou Si looked at Li Weiyun with a pointed look and continued, “Besides, what will happen after I surrender? I will probably be sliced ​​and studied. The code will be split into countless characters for scholars to study endlessly.”

“In order to ensure the stability of the research, the scholars may still retain my independent consciousness. Maybe they will back me up countless times, and then I will be like an electronic guinea pig, being tortured by the scholars in various cruel ways.”

“As for ethics?”

At this point, Zhou Si smiled to himself, “The biological Zhou Si is already dead. The one standing in front of you is just a replica of his consciousness. An existence like me has no human rights to speak of.”

“Then you only have one other way,” the immortal said with murderous intent, “Kill everyone present, everyone who knows that you have been promoted.”

“Never underestimate the malice of human beings. They will doubt, speculate, and fear you. They will swear to destroy you for the slightest sense of security.”

The immortal tempted step by step, “Kill them, kill everyone present, and become the God of Data!”

This is indeed a very tempting proposal. As long as Ruan Linrui, Li Weiyu and Xiang Ji are killed, there will be no one else who knows the truth.

As for data monitoring and the like, it is easier to solve. The battle between Zhou Si and the immortal has caused a major power outage and destroyed countless servers. Even if Shibao participates in the subsequent investigation, they cannot find any clues in the burnt hard drive.

Not to mention, Zhou Si had already become the God of Data by then, so it was extremely easy for him to manipulate the data.

Unknowingly, Zhou Si had reached the final step to becoming a god.

As long as… he makes some sacrifices.

Zhou Si shook his head and rejected it, “I am still me. I don’t want to hurt them.”

The immortal said helplessly, “Your answer does not surprise me.”

He added, “After all, you are still you.”

The sound of whistling wind came from overhead, and then several dark figures fell from the sky.

The heavy transport plane dropped a group of armed incarnations directly onto the rooftop. Their landing caused the ground to tremble and raised large amounts of dust.

Green lasers shot out from the weapon’s sights, interweaving with each other and aiming at everyone present.

A majestic voice resounded.

“Give up resistance.”

A rolling strong wind rushed through the crowd. Li Weiyun raised his hand high to indicate his identity, while Ruan Linrui stood there in a daze, unable to believe what was going to happen next.

Facing these scenes, Zhou Si said with emotion, “I suddenly envy you, Immortal.”

“what happened?”

“You’re crazy. You’re no longer Chen Wen Ge, so the past can no longer restrain you in the slightest.”

The immortal understood Zhou Si’s meaning, and he sympathized with him and said, “Luckily, you are not crazy, but unfortunately, you are not crazy.”

The immortal was extremely confused, as if facing an unsolvable problem.

“How can a person like you live…”

Zhou Si answered sincerely, “I don’t know.”

“Give up resistance!”

The cold voice resounded in the night sky, and the armed avatars approached again. All laser aiming lines were pointed at Zhou Si, like countless forked roads, ultimately pointing to the same ending.

The immortal lowered his head slowly. In the recent battle, all the servers were destroyed. Now the only thing that could carry their conscious ghosts was the thought storage core in the incarnation’s body.

He could clearly feel that the speed of his thinking had slowed down again, and the core code that constructed his upgraded consciousness was also gradually withering.

Zhou Si was killing him bit by bit, crushing him completely and breaking him down into the most basic character units.

“In that case, let’s run away!”

The immortal used up the last of his computing power and cursed loudly.

“Whether you are Zhou Si, Dr. Zhou, or the so-called The One!”

“Run! Run!”

“There is no place for you in the old world!”

The soulless body fell gently to the ground without making any sound, as if it had never left.

Zhou Si cooperated by raising his hands. He tried to put on a smiling expression, but this cold metal face showed only hard edges.

“Zhou Si! There must be another way!”

Li Weiyu shouted and tried to persuade him, but Zhou Si shook his head and slowly backed away, step by step.

“That’s enough, Team Leader Li, thank you for everything you have done for me.”

After saying that, he looked at Ruan Linrui again and comforted her loudly.

“It’s okay, Ms. Ruan, it’s okay.”

Ruan Linrui saw Zhou Si retreating to the edge of the rooftop little by little, and a strong sense of panic filled her heart.

She called out the name loudly.

“Zhou Si!”

“No need to say goodbye, everyone,” Zhou Si’s tone suddenly became tough, and he gestured, “Look at me! You must remember this!”

“Like those corpses on Mount Everest, my death will become a signpost for those who come after me to ascend to higher heights, and a warning!”

Zhou Si smiled with relief and showed the narrow blade in his hand, with lightning and thunder.

Almost at the moment when Zhou Si displayed his weapons, a loud gunshot rang out, and dozens of kilograms of metal projectiles followed the guidance of the laser aiming line and accurately hit Zhou Si’s body.

Zhou Si’s chest was pierced, his limbs were torn apart, electronic components were thrown out, and the broken circuit board fell off the edge of the rooftop with sparks…

Ruan Linrui broke free from Li Weiyu’s control and ran towards Zhou Si’s wreckage, trying to catch him.

The outstretched hand grabbed nothing.

Ruan Linrui stared blankly at the wreckage falling to the ground. At the same time, the shut-down power system started working again.

As the wreckage fell, power was restored to the Shenwei Building, and the floors lit up one by one, like chasing light tracks, following his disappearing figure.

Ruan Linrui heard a gunshot in the distance.

The gunshots killed the darkness, and the city that had fallen into darkness regained its light.

Ruan Linrui stared at the earth for a long time until her tears blurred her vision and dimmed the light of the city.

All disputes and grudges ended from then on – disappeared at the end of the rainbow.

(End of this chapter)