Chapter 187 Meaning

AIM couldn't believe his hearing sensor, "...what?"

"Do you really think that after wasting so much of my time, energy, and spiritual power, you just need to control your clone to come forward, sincerely and humbly surrender, and I will happily accept it and return you to the real world?"

Li Ang frowned slightly and said, "No way?"

"..."

AIM's words were stagnant, and he didn't know how to speak for a moment, "Isn't it enough to admit defeat and surrender?"

"Of course not enough."

Li Ang said: "Without you, I only need to release the one-click hacking system purchased on the black market to paralyze a large number of missile defense systems in various countries around the world.

Then use [Pale World] to slowly erode cities one by one, minimizing losses.

And you, precisely because of your existence, I have incurred the following additional losses:

A lot of spiritual energy is spent on ultra-long-distance transmission technology;

Multiple heavy-duty mecha injuries that needed to be dismantled and repaired;

Three bottles of potions that improve the recovery efficiency of spiritual power;

And the exposure of weapons of mass destruction that I call "The Evil of This World".

These losses will all be charged to you. "

This... How can there be such a truth in the world?

Fortunately, the unmanned reconnaissance drone did not release the projection function, otherwise the expression on AIM's face would have been very ugly.

"cough,"

He coughed and calmed down, "Mr. Li, is there any misunderstanding here?

I have also invested energy, material resources, and financial resources in this battle, and have used consumable props and consumable scrolls.

Besides, the rules in the Sky Arena are that both parties are responsible for their own actions..."

Li Ang interrupted: "The defeated party pays compensation to the victorious party and signs unequal terms. Isn't this what you Americans are best at? Is there any problem?"

"..."

AIM paused after hearing this, and quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind.

He said softly: "If you want me to pay all the compensation after the war, forgive me for not complying.

I cannot personally speak for the FBI's Unusual Incidents Division, and,

In fact, I can surrender directly to the sky arena and teleport away from here..."

"If you dare to teleport away directly, I will return to the real world and carry out a line-of-sight attack on the United States on the real Earth."

Li Ang said calmly: "I have many beyond-visual-range attack methods, which are enough to destroy one or several city buildings before the U.S. military in the real world can react.

Even, 1/3 of the population will be wiped out.

The U.S. military's saturation nuclear bombing, or the life-threatening attacks of senior extraordinary beings in the establishment, may be able to force me back, but they will never be able to catch up or even kill me.

And as long as I don't die, I will have enough energy and time to erase the name of the United States from the map bit by bit.

In this case, the FBI's only option is to help me catch you.

Weigh the pros and cons, right? "

"..."

The expression on AIM's face disappeared, and he whispered: "Are you threatening me, threatening the entire United States of America?"

"yes."

Li Ang said calmly: "As many people on the game forum have recognized, destruction is always easier than construction.

I find that as one of perhaps the most powerful players on the planet, you still have a lack of respect for me.

Maybe I was too gentle and kind before,

So much so that you have ignored that I can exterminate biological species counted in ‘ten thousand’ at any time. "

He paused for a moment, looking down at the occasional bits and pieces of the insect habitation that emerged from the billowing volcanic smoke.

"Before, I really didn't want to destroy the human society I was familiar with."

Li Ang's eyes were calm and his tone was calm, "As the killing game progresses step by step, I feel troubled.

When the familiar and peaceful life is gradually disturbed by abnormal events, I feel bored,

When my identity was revealed and I could no longer return to my daily routine, I felt...anger and hatred.

I don’t like the order being derailed, and I hate destroying things that I think are beautiful. Even sometimes, I don’t think about destroying things that I don’t understand—

It's like when you stay in your hometown for a long time, even the dark spot on the kitchen counter that you can't get rid of will feel a certain kind of nostalgia and nostalgia after looking at it for a long time.

but.

The world has changed. "

Li Ang snapped his fingers, and the invisible power spread out, tearing apart a corner of the volcanic clouds, revealing the bustling but silent city street scene in the distance.

“The universe is infinite.

Apart from being essentially brain-eating insects, is there any difference between the insect civilization on this planet and the real world?

They build high-rise buildings, develop technology, explore aliens, and explore the truth of the universe. In the future, they may be able to conquer the moon, build a colonial base on Mars, build a space battleship several kilometers long, and plant the flag of the insect civilization in every corner of the solar system.

Compose a magnificent civilization epic.

The only problem is that all of this only happens in an insignificant temporary background plate that Killing Fields has arbitrarily constructed. "

Li Ang looked at the high-speed unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, "Infinite worlds, infinite futures,

In the vast universe that is extremely vast, so vast that even gods, immortal species, and immortal species cannot explore,

Everything is meaningless.

In the face of absolutely vast prospects,

Morality has become the rope for the weak to bind the strong - I can completely destroy the United States in seven days, and then rebuild a new United States on the ruins of North America, exactly as I remember it.

Even the total population of the United States, which is 326,766,748, I can produce if I want.

I can manipulate every citizen of the new America like a marionette,

Let a billionaire earn one or two dollars by playing the saxophone in a subway station every day.

Let any 40-year-old black aunt in the slums with no acting experience suddenly become a super giant sought after by all fashion magazines.

Let 326, 766, 748 Americans become extras in "The Truman Show" and perform every scene I hope to see and see.

As long as I want.

You feel,

You, you, do you still have any meaning to me now? "

"..."

AIM's face became paler as he listened to Li Ang's words. He was not afraid of what Li Ang said about destroying the United States.

Rather, he is afraid of the horror behind the reconstruction of the United States shown by Leon.

In the internal evaluation of the FBI and even many large organizations, "natural disaster" level powerhouses are indeed one of the most unstable and difficult to control factors on the planet.

Each natural disaster is an independent individual, a mobile humanoid nuclear bomb with personal emotions, which requires all parties to do their best to deal with it, and even flatter them.

But in terms of threat, the rampage of natural disaster-level experts is not as good as the plane war brought about by the Star Gate World.

the reason is simple.

Violence, even extreme violence, is meaningless in itself.

No one cares about the explosion of a supernova tens of millions of light years away, even if the gamma ray burst emitted by that supernova is enough to destroy the entire star system to which it belongs.

Violence has meaning only in civilization.

Natural disaster level powerhouses are also individuals with self-thinking. They need support from human society and thousands of organizational employees.

Collect game currency, equipment, and props produced by the killing game for them.

But what would happen if someone broke away from human civilization and even had the ability to rebuild civilization independently?

He will no longer need seven billion human beings, and no longer care about human civilization as a whole. Beyond gods-even gods still need mortals to tell their stories and remember their existence.

AIM stared into Li Ang's calm eyes. At this moment, he finally believed that the possibility of destroying the United States as mentioned by the other party was real.

If he teleports away directly now, then... he will become the fuse for the destruction of the United States.

"What... exactly do you want?"

AIM asked awkwardly, not even trying to say the lines that had been brewing in his mind - such as "How similar are insect civilization and human civilization! Don't you have the slightest sympathy for them, and can you casually exterminate them?" What?"

If human civilization in the real world has gradually made Li Ang lose interest,

Then trying to use words to awaken empathy in the other person will only be self-defeating.

"When you use electronic information technology to control the insect civilization to stop launching nuclear missiles, causing the countdown to end,

Their possibility of survival was ended by your own hands. "

Li Ang put down his palm, and the plant vine countdown clock he constructed in mid-air also disappeared, "Congratulations, you have become a civilization killer.

Now, continue your blockade of the insect civilization's nuclear bomb launch system,

Wait here. "

"wait?"

"Waiting for the volcanic ash to be spread further by the wind."

Li Ang mentioned the sphere named [Evil in this World] that was still emitting unknown toxins.

He silently looked at the face on the sphere that was distorted by pain but was particularly familiar in his memory.

————

Due to the sky arena lens, by default, it will continue to lock the two players.

Therefore, the audience in the stands only saw Li Ang and AIM floating silently on the volcanic clouds.

I haven’t seen the changes in the insect planet under the influence of [the evil in this world].

The only thing that's certain is,

Ten hours later, AIM vomited the moment he teleported away and returned to the Sky Arena.

He vomited crazily towards the iron bucket he took out from the void, as if he was trying his best to empty the contents of his stomach.

No one knows the final outcome of that insect planet, not even AIM himself. After vomiting, he partially formatted the hard drive in his brain under the supervision of Li Ang, cleaning out all the information related to the insect civilization. all memories of

Forget the horrific images caused by [the evil in this world].

"You have done a good job in blocking the insect civilization's nuclear bomb launch system, so we are clear."

Li Ang nodded towards AIM who was lying on the edge of the ring like a dead dog, then turned and walked towards the auditorium.

Now more than ten hours have passed since the start of the game. A large part of the audience in the stands has left, but Wang Congshan and others are still there.

Seeing Li Ang approaching, Liu Wusao's face was calm, Wang Congshan's expression was subtle, Chai Chai... Chai Chai was leaning on the back of the seat with his mouth open and snoring.

She was wearing an eye mask with red eyes and noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds in her ears. She didn't even notice when Li Ang walked up to her, and she was still snoring leisurely and comfortably.

"it's over?"

Wang Congshan asked slightly nervously: "Nothing unexpected happened, right?"

"No, very good."

Li Ang smiled, moved his eyes downward, and noticed Wang Congshan's slightly clenched fingers.

Liu Wushao also noticed this, said, "I still have something to do, let's go first, you guys can chat," and teleported away from the Sky Arena.

"Then what..."

After Liu Wushao teleported away, Li Ang and Wang Congshan spoke almost at the same time, interrupting each other's words.

"ha."

The two looked at each other and smiled. Li Ang pointed at himself and Wang Congshan, "You say it first or should I say it first?"

Wang Congshan waved her hand, "You go ahead and say it."

"good."

Li Ang nodded, "Part of what I said to AIM in the ring is true.

I realized very early on that I was not actually a normal person with rich emotions, and as the nature of my life became more and more strange, my perspective on human beings gradually shifted..."

"Your perspective on human beings wasn't very positive before, was it?"

Wang Congshan uttered something subconsciously, then reacted belatedly and stuck out her tongue, signaling for Li Ang to continue speaking.

She can understand Li Ang's changes. In fact, there are also many employees in the Special Affairs Bureau. After becoming extraordinary, their way of thinking gradually goes beyond the scope of ordinary people.

The thinking speed and reaction speed of intermediate-level extraordinary beings are higher than that of ordinary people. They are stronger, more agile, and smarter than ordinary people. When dealing with ordinary people, they even need to carefully put away their strength to prevent them from hurting the opponent by raising their hands and feet. .

And high-level extraordinary beings can even see clearly the mites living in every pore on an ordinary person's face, smell the smell in the other person's nostrils, and see through the intestines and stomach full of filth under the other person's skin.

There is already a huge gap between the two sides in the essence of life, so naturally their thinking methods cannot be the same.

"Ahem, although the longer I stay in the killing field game, the more I feel that everything is insignificant and many things are meaningless.

But some things are still different in my mind. "

Li Ang said seriously: "Maybe one day, I will become something unfamiliar to me.

Maybe one day, I will die, and no one in the world will remember me, and there will be no trace of my existence.

But as long as I live,

I still love the sound of morning reading at the Experimental Middle School, and the 5-yuan meat floss rice balls at the school entrance—even though the price has increased to 5.5 yuan before.

I love that shabby and old Wanhe community, I love my old daily life - and you. "

"Eh?!!"

Wang Congshan's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her arms subconsciously made Ultraman's cross posture, "What kind of inversion are you talking about?

Is this a confession? So disgusting? ! "

"Haha, it can be considered a kind of promise."

Li Ang smiled and waved his hand.

"Ah, uh, uh..."

Wang Congshan gestured with her arms in a messy manner, and said dejectedly, "I, I'll teleport home first. See you tomorrow." Then she teleported away.