“Your ideas seem childish.
Destruction itself is the result of established existence, and all I have done is to prevent its arrival within the time limit.
The core of destruction you are talking about is the ancient ruins itself. You cannot take it away, you can only quietly watch it disappear deep into the ground.
If your guess is correct, you make this suggestion just because you want to find a way out between the two.
I can tell you very clearly that this channel exists, and it is very simple for you to leave. "
It was Aaron who spoke again. The desolate tone contained no emotion at all and seemed to represent an absolute rationality.
Just like when he faced Gogol in the Soul Temple, he proposed the option of leaving very abruptly, as if it was an expansion of the chess game.
Are they really going to be used as pawns by the management core to fight against the fantasy core?
Until this speculation became reality, Bai Ning was really curious. How could he fight against a virtualized AI-like existence by himself?
Or perhaps, things are actually not as difficult as Bai Ning expected. The black pillar that the illusion core currently rests on is very fragile. As long as Bai Ning destroys it, the management core can usher in the final victory.
"At the beginning, the core of the illusion also suddenly proposed that it could let me leave here, but in the end I became its pawn and woke you up from your slumber.
This is a basic use of human nature.
Now that you have killed Jiang Yingxue and Aaron, others outside the Gene Temple may not be spared either. Now I am the only one left.
Using the fear in my heart, are you going to drive me to fight against the core of the illusion again?
But, am I qualified to fight against such a powerful existence as the core of the illusion?
Just with my fragile body? "
Bai Ning stated his thoughts very straightforwardly, as if he didn't want to give any face to the core management at all.
This seemingly insightful speech did not arouse any feedback from the two figures opposite, as if they had no feeling for Bai Ning's temptation.
“The temptation to self-righteousness is meaningless.
You are indeed a weak chess piece, and any force can turn you into an insignificant cannon fodder.
But the facts prove that you can often achieve some unexpected goals through your own efforts. Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why you humans are powerful.
When you come here, you want to know something, you want to dig into some mysteries, and you want to escape unscathed. This is indeed your desire.
However, on the eve of imminent destruction, all desires are meaningless. "
“The destruction was transparent and unstoppable, the moment I reawakened.
However, your departure makes the destruction meaningless.
Because you can remember, you can pass on, and you can create miracles in the future. "
After Aaron finished speaking, Jiang Yingxue continued to add a few more words. Overall, it seemed that Bai Ning, an outsider, was not only the leader of destruction, but also another hope of rebirth.
"You and the core of the illusion seem to be connected in some ways. Is this the essential connection between the Soul Temple and the Gene Temple?
What, who do you want to rely on to get out of here? "
Upon hearing this, Bai Ning suddenly felt that the dead Jiang Yingxue and Aaron might not be dead, but were in a state of suspended animation.
This is an outward sign that the management core is trying to take over their bodies.
This is also an extremely dangerous phenomenon. Being inhabited by the core of management, is Jiang Yingxue or Aaron still the same at this time?
Just like Gogol imprisoned in the black pillar, he is neither human nor ghost. Even if hysteria appears, he can only make some attempts of destruction that will lead to death.
This lack of autonomy has lost the meaning of independent existence and is no different from a slave.
"There are many ways to destroy this place. Why did the illusion core you mentioned just use Gogol's body to come here instead of gathering a team to attack here like you did?!
If it doesn't know the power of the collective, why is it trying so hard to use everything it can use here to deal with me? "
Regarding the questions raised by Bai Ning, the management core only responded indirectly.
This seems to indicate that it is not easy for AI-like beings like them to find bodies and souls that can live in them. Even if they can forcefully live in them, the target may die soon.
The main reason is likely to involve physical energy consumption and soul damage.
Thinking about it from another direction, if an AI-like existence like the management core can survive indefinitely in a human body, isn't this creating a god? !
Perhaps, it is precisely because this issue involves the creation of gods that the management core responded so vaguely.
Just like the original fantasy core, there is also a certain authority to ask questions in the management core. There are many things that a being like Bai Ning cannot understand.
"You said I am the inheritor, then give me something that can be passed on."
Since the management core cannot leave, and Bai Ning is said to be the inheritor, something must be taken out. This is also the purpose of Bai Ning coming here.
As soon as Bai Ning finished speaking, a familiar white light suddenly enveloped Bai Ning's body. While his whole body was burning, Bai Ning also felt a sudden pain between his eyebrows, followed by an unbearable itching.
When you press it with your hand, you will find a particle the size of a soybean, which is somewhat elastic when pinched, and then turns into powder and disappears into ashes.
This kind of thing may be the mark made by the core of the illusion on him.
Then, a small silver-white box popped out from the white pillar. It looked like a complete metal bar. It was slightly heavy when you hold it, and you didn't know what was inside.
Whether it is the various research results of this ancient ruins, or the important historical data of the people inside, or whether it is just the central core backup of the management core, it is all unknown, it is just a purely subjective personal guess.
"What is this, and what's the use of giving it to me?"
With excitement in his heart, Bai Ning still asked this question.
Not to get any answers, just to get peace of mind.
“After you leave, you can open it up, and that’s the ultimate meaning of this place.”
The management core responded vaguely again, saying that the prompt could only be opened after leaving. This seemed to be a test for Bai Ning.
Or perhaps, it itself represents some kind of ultimate dispute, some ultimate secrets that cannot be taken away from here.
If the core of the illusion knows this secret, perhaps it can delay the progress of destruction here until the secret in Bai Ning's hands is completely annihilated.
If interpreted from this aspect, this may be a conspiracy set by the management core to delay the destruction here.
Now, Bai Ning has become a pawn in the hands of the core management.
Whether he can leave here alive is Bai Ning's destiny, and it is also the last big gamble for the management core.
Without asking any more questions, Bai Ning put the metal box into his zipper pocket, then turned around and left.
Like the gradual return of something, gradually moving away from the white pillar, Bai Ning's thinking gradually became drowsy, until at a certain moment, as if he suddenly woke up, all the feelings returned again, and his thinking was clearer than ever.
I looked back at the white pillar behind me. It was still ordinary, without any changes.
Except for the addition of a silver-white metal box in Bai Ning's pocket, nothing else has changed.
After paying a lot of life costs, he succeeded in surviving the game between the two parties. This may be evaluated as difficult and dangerous, but there is still a trace of melancholy in Bai Ning's heart that cannot be contained.
Is it because of Jiang Yingxue's death?
Subconsciously, I glanced at the two inanimate representational bodies placed at the entrance of the temple, but all I could see were the complex and exquisite decorations in the temple.
Such a gorgeous place is enough to be used as a burial object for Jiang Yingxue and others.
Stepping away, after passing countless mummies here, Bai Ning's seemingly indifferent emotional fluctuations finally gave birth to a little unwillingness.
Although he is trying to gamble as much as possible, his survival is more like a cheap charity.
Perhaps, whether in front of the illusion core or the management core, humans like them, these genetically modified products, are just insignificant ants.
There is actually no difference from all the animal mummies shown here.
Just like the brutal fight that took place in the Temple Square, all genetic creatures were annihilated. All it did was create an opportunity for Bai Ning to awaken the core of management.
In front of them, everything can be easily taken away. All life forms that exist here are nothing more than dust.
On a subjective level, Bai Ning obtained a secret treasure here through his own efforts.
However, who knows what exactly exists in the silver metal box.
Perhaps there was nothing inside, just an empty box, a symbolic order from the management core to Bai Ning.
It's humiliation, it's slavery, it's obedience, it's driving, it's calculation.
It is precisely because the core management wants to use him, Bai Ning, that Bai Ning has the value of being used. Everything currently has nothing to do with Bai Ning's existence itself.
So, why try your best to be an ant that obeys it?
What happens if I take this silver box out?
So what if this place is destroyed?
What kind of meaning can there be in living a mediocre life like this?
Surrendering to the nature of destruction and letting everything reach its final bloom in destruction may be the truest meaning of life!
Every time he takes a step, a huge storm will rise in Bai Ning's mind, and all kinds of crazy thoughts that are not in line with his own personality will beat in his heart like a storm.
Bai Ning knows that this is emotional interference. The emotional interference that he once regarded as a childish game seems to have become more powerful than ever at this moment.
Are there really some ultimate secrets in the silver metal box?
Or perhaps, this secret is what the core of the illusion is afraid of, so it attacks Bai Ning's inner peace so forcefully.
