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Chapter 342 You've Finally Arrived
Pei Zhaoye was finally knocked back by a punch. Hearing Jiang Xingni's cold laugh, he looked away guiltily.
"Hmm..." He thought for a while but couldn't come up with a good excuse to defend himself, so he could only change the subject.
Pei Zhaoye: "Lu Xianqing and the others are still in the time loop. I have calculated exactly where the solution lies."
The implication was clear—I'm still useful, so don't beat me up!
Jiang Xing looked at him with a half-smile for a moment: "I was just trying to scare you."
Pei Zhaoye didn't believe Jiang Xingni's words at all—it was only after he promptly knelt down that he got the reply that he was just trying to scare him.
If Pei Zhaoye hadn't slid to his knees, and had insisted on abandoning his physical body to ascend to cyber ascension, becoming artificial intelligence instead of a human, he would have been a different story.
He had no desire to experience firsthand just how painful it was for Jiang Xingni to beat someone.
Jiang Xing glanced at him, seeing his disbelief, and didn't continue to defend herself: "What do you need?"
She asked directly.
On the other side, with the help of the drone controlled by Pei Zhaoye, Song Juexiao finally broke free from Wells's restraints.
The armed drone's gun was pointed at Wells, while Wells' gun was pointed at Song Juexiao.
Song Juexiao tilted his head: "Want to have a contest to see whose bullet is faster?"
Wells' smile gradually faded, and he stared coldly at Song Juexiao in front of him.
Ultimately, Wells was just an ordinary person without Sera—of course, even with Sera, he was still just an ordinary person, only now he had a monster willingly becoming his summoned creature—even if his physical abilities were enough to dodge the bullets fired directly at him, it didn't mean that he could successfully kill Song Juexiao after firing his gun.
Song Juexiao is, after all, a person with superpowers. As long as she gets one step ahead of the bullet and blurts out something like "defense," Wells' bullet won't be able to kill her.
Even further, if Song Juexiao had no morals, she could easily come up with cheating schemes like "rebound," Wells analyzed in his mind. He didn't know if Song Juexiao could actually say something like that. If she really had that ability, Song Juexiao only needed to say one word, and all the bullets Wells fired would eventually be sent back into her own head.
For a time, a stalemate ensued.
"A little time," Pei Zhaoye said. "I need to be in that state just now to simultaneously control the drone and break the time loop."
However, the drawback is also obvious: in that state, Pei Zhaoye simply cannot take care of his own living body.
Perhaps Pei Zhaoye will take advantage of Jiang Xingni's clone protecting him and suddenly have another idea that the human body is too troublesome and he should return to the embrace of the data network.
The risk is too great; it's obvious that Jiang Xingni would never agree.
Then they can only devote themselves wholeheartedly to breaking the time loop, while giving up controlling Song Juexiao and the armed drones from the VOID side that are chasing them.
VOID isn't too much of a problem, since Xiao Jiming and Lu Ming are both here.
Without the help of drones, Song Juexiao...
"I need a little time." He repeated his words, then looked up at Jiang Xingni. "Go help Song Juexiao."
She had just nodded when she heard the system call her name in her mind.
System: [He Jingtong sent you an urgent message! Do you want to take a look?]
Jiang Xingni took control of the armed drone from Pei Zhaoye.
To be honest, Jiang Xingni doesn't really know much about hacking or computer technology—at least not as much as Pei Zhaoye after he was empowered by his superpowers, and he's also no match for the system's hacking skills.
At this point, Jiang Xingni suddenly became curious about something. She was multitasking, and seeing that Song Juexiao and Wells were about to start fighting again, she had the system project the message sent by He Jingtong in front of her, while casually teasing the system.
Jiang Xingni: "Do you think it's possible that if Pei Zhaoye's ability advances to its final stage, it could become similar to yours now? Or even more powerful than you?"
A system can't just be created naturally; some kind of organism must have created it.
Pei Zhaoye and the system are both products of technological development and can be considered "artificial intelligence".
When Pei Zhaoye grows up to the end, is it possible that he will become an existence like the system, becoming her "companion" in some sense?
—So, she, like all other people with superpowers, also wanted a companion. Jiang Xingni suddenly realized this.
The system crashed for a while after hearing Jiang Xingni's question.
It had never considered this kind of problem, after all, humans and it were two completely different kinds of beings, and Pei Zhaoye couldn't even touch the location of the system at the moment.
If it doesn't work now, what about later?
It had no answer to this, and it had never imagined that it would one day come into contact with humans other than its host. So the system decided to skip the topic and directed He Jingtong's words to Jiang Xingni.
He Jingtong: [Did you go to Costa Rica?]
He Jingtong: [You can't go. You absolutely can't go there. You'll die there.]
He Jingtong: [They'll be fine, only you will get into trouble. You can't go, did you get that?]
He Jingtong: [Reply with 1 if you receive this]
So Jiang Xingni replied to him with: [2].
I'm sorry.
Jiang Xing apologized in her heart, though not very sincerely. She knew she would die here, but this was the ending the screenwriter had arranged for her. If she didn't follow this path, more people would suffer because of her.
Jiang Xingni doesn't consider herself a particularly moral person, but she can't just stand by and watch innocent people die because of her. The screenwriter doesn't care about the deaths of characters on paper, just as Jiang Xingni doesn't care how many people actually die in the comics she reads.
Only those who truly live in that world would care about such things.
Moreover, Jiang Xingni was also quite curious about what kind of death the screenwriter would arrange for her, and who would be able to kill her so that the screenwriter wouldn't be torn to pieces by her fans.
Song Juexiao sensed it the moment the drone was replaced.
At the same time, there was also Wells.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wells fired at Song Juexiao almost simultaneously.
Song Juexiao also reacted quickly, dodging several bullets and using his special ability for the rest.
With a scream, all the bullets changed direction and flew back towards Wells.
Bullets struck the ground, rooftops, and protective shields, creating a series of thunderous explosions along with the resulting bursts of light.
She squinted, and Song Juexiao shielded his eyes with his hand as he looked at the person who had suddenly fallen from the sky and landed beside her.
"You've finally arrived," Song Juexiao complained in a low voice.