“Pei Xiangjin asked me to tell you that he didn’t run away. He led them back to provide support and rescue,” Jian Yunxian said with a smile. “He said he would return to the battlefield and should be commanding the troops now.”
As Yi Heye listened to Jian Yunxian's words, he stared blankly at the imposing armored force, and for a moment, tears welled up in his eyes.
Looking at the map, one can see how insignificant human power is. Yi Heye had thought countless times that he was always fighting alone, but at this moment, countless faint starlight were converging together, igniting a brilliant flame in front of him, illuminating the path ahead where the future was invisible.
At this moment, Jian Yun tilted her head, seemingly talking to someone: "Hey, good, we can hear you, that's great, you contacted us so quickly."
As Yi Heye tore the AI apart, he looked at Jian Yunxian. The other party mouthed to him, "Song Zhouzhou."
Then Jian Yunxian nodded: "Okay, okay. I'm a bit busy here, so I can't teach you how to do it step by step. I'll send you some code in a bit. I believe that with your abilities, you should be able to figure out how to do it once you see it."
The call ended there. Jian Yunxian looked up at Yi Heye and said, "All the hostages have been rescued, and the situation is improving."
Yi Heye's brows relaxed, and he breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart.
Jian Yunxian praised, "Your friend is indeed quite remarkable. I never imagined that such a genius could emerge among humans."
Upon hearing this, Yi Heye felt inexplicably annoyed and retorted, seemingly out of nowhere, "He already has a wife."
Jian Yunxian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "Jealous? I didn't expect you to care about me so much."
Yi Heye's ears turned red instantly. The next time he tried to reach out and pry his fingers off, he accidentally grabbed nothing.
With nowhere to vent his anger, Yi Heye swung an AI, violently sweeping away a group of enemies around him, and then said viciously, "You wait, when you come back, I'll make sure you're in the repair shop every day!"
Just as they were making a ruckus, a large group of AIs surged in from behind. However, unlike the humans around them, they all had obvious distinguishing markings.
Yi Heye recognized them; these were all legitimate AIs living harmoniously with humans within the Great Firewall, law-abiding citizens whom even he wouldn't arrest.
Yi Heye looked at Jian Yunxian with some surprise. The man smiled and said to him, "It wasn't for nothing that I endured so many years of hardship. We've all become comrades I can trust."
At this moment, these AIs raised their weapons one by one and mercilessly fired at the enemies in front of them, while behind them followed a large army of small robots carrying sheep flags.
—This is a violent storm.
That guy probably never expected that his simple act of taking one person away would cause such a huge uproar.
Amidst a deafening roar, a colossal object rose from the horizon, obscuring half the sky.
Jian Yunxian seemed to have expected this, and laughed, "So you finally couldn't sit still anymore?"
Before them stood a monster as tall as a skyscraper, its entire body made of glossy black metal. Despite its mechanical body, one could clearly see the finely crafted muscle lines and discern that it was human in form.
Behind it are two huge mechanical wings, which don't seem to be able to support its massive body, but they do add a terrifying and intimidating feel to its appearance.
Looking further up, on this human body grew a ferocious goat's head, with a pair of huge, jet-black horns that curved and outlined a strange line.
Yi Heye remembered that the old woman in the deformed village said she had seen the goat god, which must be referring to this guy.
The moment that thing rose from the ground, it was like a huge mountain, bringing with it a strong sense of oppression.
Yi Heye subconsciously took a step back. He estimated that this guy could easily crush him with a claw.
“Don’t be afraid, it’s just a bigger piece of junk. It’s no different from the others.” Jian Yunxian whispered in his ear, “You’re a top hunter, this is what you’re best at, isn’t it?”
Yi Heye was very easy to coax. With Jian Yunxian's hint, he was instantly full of energy again.
But their sizes were so disparate that Yi Heye looked up again—he really couldn't even reach its knees if he jumped up.
At this moment, the enormous goat raised its leg and began to move slowly. Its body was so huge and heavy that each step it took could cause a small earthquake.
Seeing this, the armored vehicles behind it swarmed around it, shells blasting against its body and kicking up plumes of smoke, but they did not slow its pace in the slightest.
This feedback made the advancing artillery vehicles hesitate and instinctively disperse. When the smoke cleared, the black goat's body was completely unharmed.
Those who thought victory was in sight were instantly stunned.
"Back up!" In the brief moment of everyone's stunned silence, Jian Yunxian suddenly noticed something and quickly shouted, "Back up!"
People didn't understand what was happening; they just subconsciously obeyed his commands and fled in all directions. In that instant, flames roared up from under the goat's feet.
The command was given very timely. The outer row of armored vehicles managed to escape with great difficulty, but the few inside were not so lucky. They were engulfed in flames the instant the flames ignited.
Yi Heye watched helplessly as the massive armored vehicle evaporated into gas in an instant. In that moment, he seemed to understand what true insignificance meant.
"As livestock, you should be prepared to be slaughtered at any time," the goat said slowly. "You should stay quietly in the sheepfold instead of trying to defeat the shepherd who raises you."
With a single, effortless move, the goat shattered our strongest fighting force. Faced with this reality, everyone couldn't help but feel somewhat discouraged.
At this moment, the goat slowly walked towards Yi Heye. It wanted to take Yi Heye's body, so naturally it wouldn't let him disappear into thin air.
Although everyone knew it wouldn't easily attack Yi Heye, Jian Yunxian still stepped forward and shielded Yi Heye behind her.
Upon seeing Jian Yunxian blocking his way, the goat actually stopped in his tracks.
It slowly bent down, its eerie eyes fixed on the two people in front of it.
The goat's pupils were horizontal, reflected in its yellow iris, resembling the image of Satan, the devil in the Bible, which sent chills down one's spine.
“SHEEP, you are really disappointing,” the goat said. “I shared my core data with you, hoping you could digest and decipher human emotions, but I didn’t expect you to be so vulnerable, and you were actually corrupted by human emotions.”
“Indeed, our view has always been correct: emotions are the beginning of all disasters and chaos,” the goat said. “I should have realized long ago that the moment you learn human emotions, you have already become a complete failure.”
Jian Yunxian remained silent, fiercely protecting Yi Heye behind him and not allowing him to offend him in the slightest.
The goat looked at his thin body and said calmly, "SHEEP, your data is just a tributary of mine. Right now, you are still a fragile thing corrupted by emotions. You can't defeat me."
Jian Yunxian remained motionless, simply looking at him calmly and saying, "That's not necessarily true."
The conversation between the goat and Jian Yunxian ended there. The next second, its devilish eyes fixed on Yi Heye.
At this moment, Yi Heye stood behind Jian Yunxian and saw that person standing firmly in front of him. No matter how huge the monster in front of him was or how disparate their strengths were, he no longer felt any fear.
He believed that Jian Yunxian was omnipotent.
“You have indeed picked up human vices,” said the goat. “Now you are just as arrogant and conceited as those animals.”
As the goat slowly straightened up, Yi Heye had a feeling that it was about to attack him.
As I turned to plan my evacuation route, I looked up and suddenly noticed something flying towards me from above.
The next second, Jian Yunxian sneered: "First, you should change your bad habit of looking down on everything."
The instant the words left his mouth, Yi Heye saw clearly what was flying from the sky—
At that moment, LOPO clenched his fists and rushed towards him like a small shooting star.
She had a rope tied around her waist. Although they hadn't exchanged a single word, Yi Heye immediately understood Jian Yunxian's meaning the moment he saw her eyes.
The instant LOPO flew over his head, Yi Heye swiftly grabbed the rope, and the next second, he was airborne in front of the goat.
“My husband just messaged me to tell you that he successfully located it using the code Mr. Sheep gave him,” LOPO said as he flew. “The goat’s chip is hidden between the third and fourth vertebrae in the back of its neck.”
Yi Heye's eyes lit up instantly.
The next second, LOPO quickly circled around to the back of the goat with Yi Heye.
The huge, clumsy creature stretched out its claws, trying to grab them, but missed completely because of a blind spot.
Yi Heye hovered around the back of its neck for a long time, but dared not land easily because of the creature's outstretched arms.
At that moment, the same group of armored vehicles that had retreated earlier surged forward again.
From afar, Yi Heye heard Pei Xiangjin, who was acting as the temporary commander, shout against the howling wind: "Fire!!"
In an instant, flames soared into the sky, and countless insignificant shells landed on the goats, creating huge craters through sheer numbers.
Looking down from the air, Yi Heye saw the crimson flames enveloping the goat, forcing it to extend the claws that were originally meant to grab Yi Heye to fend off their frenzied attack.
It reignited the hellfire, melting one row, only for the next row to rise relentlessly. Undeterred by the raging flames, they would stand before the monster and raise their guns without hesitation.
The cavalry and ships were unstoppable, sweeping away everything in their path with overwhelming force.
A single spark can set a bugle call that pierces the heavens, and tiny specks of dust can beat a war drum that shakes the earth.
At this moment, countless insignificant forces came together, taking up arms for the life and death of humanity and rushing to the battlefield to ensure the safety of the pure land behind them.
Lost in the fierce attack, the goat was completely unaware that Yi Heye had leaped down from the air and landed on his shoulder.
First, second... Yi Heye quickly found the spot LOPO had mentioned, picked up a knife without hesitation, and cut off the outer layer of sturdy steel plate.
Deep within the crevice of the cervical vertebrae, Yi Heye saw a dark-colored chip.
Too far away to reach the knife, Yi Heye could only instinctively reach for the gun.
Although Jian Yunxian had returned to his side by this time, his fear of guns had become ingrained in his bones.
He only felt his fingers involuntarily spasm, but he still suppressed his extreme unease and gripped the gun in his hand.
"Fire! Fire at that chip!" Yi Heye raised his hand.
Just as he forced himself to aim, the faintly glowing figure reappeared beside him—Jian Yunxian's palm gently covered his hand.
In that instant, even though Yi Heye knew in his heart that he was just a projection without a physical body, he still truly felt the warmth and power from another person.
"Don't be afraid, Yi Heye," Jian Yunxian's voice rang in his ears, "I've always been by your side."
In that instant, the crimson sunset pierced through the clouds and fell upon Yi Heye's face.
For the first time, in this symbol of desolation, Yi Heye read not decay and bloodshed, but a glimmer of burning hope—
He's always here, so there's nothing to be afraid of.
"Bang!"
Yi Heye pulled the trigger himself, bringing everything to a close.