795 Mistake (1/2)
At that moment, the interface into the black box was opened up from the central core. With this bridge connecting to the Originator, someone was able to get out of the cage.
They appeared in the Originator, the thing that countless musician's had dreamed of.
The figure was still alone.
It seemed like he had been waiting for thousands of years.
But Tung Wang Kung was stunned.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, when he saw—no, when it observed that the person had appeared there—His expression revealed never before seen anger and hotheadedness.
He roared with fury.
”You dare appear before me...Ye Xuan!!!”
Ye Xuan seemed to not hear. He was silent, staring blankly all around. After a while, he sighed softly.
”A planetary-level chaos computing model? Those guys chose this path after all...” Upon saying this he turned his head. He flicked away some ash and looked at his ”old friend.” He couldn't help but smile. ”Long time no see, Tung Wang Kung. Have you been well?”
The answer was full of fury, a roar that was nearly burning with anger.
A terrible attack lashed out.
Nearly unwise, completely reckless, difficult to understand… Tung Wang Kung no longer adhered to the method of slow erosion as he attacked the seal that Bai Xi had made without any regard for the consequences or the damage.
He wanted to break out of the cage of heaven and earth!
”Seems like you haven't been well, just like me.” Ye Xuan sighed. ”We're old friends after all. No, I should say old colleagues. It's unpleasant to meet in such unhappy circumstances. Let's dispense with the formalities and get this over with, then.”
On saying this he looked up at the sky.
”In the name of the committee, I order Tung Wang Kung to be formatted!”
At that moment something huge started up. Countless stars lit up in the depths of the sky, and they were separated by layers of light. As the grand will ran through the central core it cast off a light that outshone the stars.
The sound of collapsing rang out.
As the stars appeared and winked out, the power that was supporting Tung Wang Kung quickly left. His various privileges were stripped of him one by one by the terrible computing power of the central core. It was like his organs and limbs were being torn from him, cruelly and brutally.
All of this happened at Ye Xuan's will.
In this way, he cruelly took away all of Tung Wang Kung's powers in the system one by one, not leaving a single one, and at the same time used the physical circumstances to cut off the coordination ports from Taiqing Heavy Industries from the outside.
Finally, Tung Wang Kung was forcibly deleted.
Not even one line of data was left, not to mention pieces of him.
”Keep dreaming!!!” At that moment, countless pop-up windows flashed out from the wavering figure of Tung Wang Kung like heavy rain.
Red! Red! Red! Red! The red pop-up windows were full of override messages.
Even facing the one who held the highest privileges, Captain Ye Xuan, Tung Wang Kung still showed miraculous, or nightmarish, willpower.
He forced all the commands from the central core to cancel!
He refused to accept Ye Xuan's commands.
He refused to die.
Or at least he refused to die at Ye Xuan's hands!
In a flash, he was shut down countless times, restarted countless times, rejected the irresistible deletion, and vainly fought against the constant formatting attempts.
Thousands of override messages gathered together in a sea of red.
The chaotic turbulence in the central core even spread to the projection of the Originator. Countless pieces of broken data and infinite dead loops gathered together one by one to form a curved surface.
In a flash, it seemed as if countless huge worlds had appeared.
The giant's body was falling apart, and the catastrophe's nature was slowly collapsing.
But under the inhuman body, what was revealed was human skin texture.
When that face emerged from the endless darkness, everyone held their breath involuntarily. It was a handsome face, so perfect as to have nearly no blemishes. It was different from Hermes's tender, feminine face, as it had uncompromising masculinity, but it did not seem violent or frightening.
The eyes were full of pity and compassion.
They seemed to be pained by the suffering of the world.
They were thinking about a plan to save everything.
They pitied everything.
That was the appearance that Tung Wang Kung had had when he had descended upon India.
At that time, he had been called the Awakened Victor by those who longed for a savior. He had brought stability and peace to the chaotic India and had been a symbol of liberation from the suffering of all beings.
But now, in the reflection from the endless red warning pop-up windows, there was no more compassion in those eyes, but instead indescribable darkness.
A madness and intent to kill that was irreconcilable with its mournful face.
Those countless red warnings burned like flames and condensed into a red lotus that rippled like a sea of blood. To describe it in human terms, it was like a scene in which a god degenerated into an evil spirit.
The Awakened was gone.
What descended here was a demon intent on destroying everything!
Facing the suppression and deletion of the central core, he finally abandoned his inhuman side and was forced to return to the world with that shameful face.
Even so, he was not willing to give up his hostility to Ye Xuan.
In other words, after seeing Ye Xuan, he began to reveal his own insanity!
This went far beyond Ye Qingxuan's expectations. He had originally anticipated that when he activated the privileges that Ye Xuan gave him, and after the ”Neanderthal” Ye Xuan took control of the central core, the procedure would be instantly completed and Tung Wang Kung would be wiped away.
But now, although Tung Wang Kung had been forced to take off his inhuman mask and reveal his essence, this made Ye Xuan feel as if things would be even more difficult.
That kind of crazy hatred would even be revealed when facing Hermes.
He looked back at Ye Xuan in shock.
What did you do all those years ago?
How did you make Tung Wang Kung hate you so much?
”This makes you seem a little more human.” Ye Xuan stood before the red lotus and nodded with satisfaction. ”Congratulations, you've grown up, Tung Wang Kung.”
”Grown up?” Tung Wang Kung's voice was hoarse. ”Is this face not a gift you bestowed upon me? Were all these evils not your fault?” He swallowed what seemed like hatred made manifest and whispered hoarsely, ”Ye Xuan, if it wasn't for you...”
”Mhm, if it wasn't for me, everything might be different.” Ye Xuan nodded, apologizing solemnly, but there was no sincerity in it. ”I rashly pulled you into the world without your consent. As the chief culprit, I truly apologize.”
”Apologize? Can an apology make up for the crime you've committed?” The eyes went wide, and they were full of resentment. ”Do you have no repentance for the sins you've committed?”
”None,” Ye Xuan answered calmly.
As he said this, a red window suddenly popped out of him.
Ye Qingxuan was at a loss.
Then there was the second, the third, the fourth...
That looked like… the Tung Wang Kung that he had just wiped out.
Like a heavenly punishment, destruction and cleansing fell upon him at that moment.
Ye Qingxuan could not have imagined that after Ye Xuan became Captain, Tung Wang Kung would still have a way to delete him!
”What are you doing?” he asked dumbfoundedly.
”What am I doing?” Tung Wang Kung smiled coldly. ”Why don't you ask your ancestor that? Did you have no doubts? Why did Ye Xuan have the authority to make the final decision, yet he still holed up in his shell like a turtle in that little box? Why didn't he use it himself, and instead handed it over to you?”
Ye Qingxuan was shocked. He finally understood the logical fallacies in this.
Since Ye Xuan had had the power to stop this from the beginning, why had he sat and watched it all happen? Why was he only coming out now?
Did he even need him to help open the door?
Tung Wang Kung laughed mockingly at his expression, as if he was looking at an idiot who knew nothing.
”It seems like you didn't tell him anything, Ye Xuan!” He smiled maliciously and roared wildly, ”You hid the mistakes you made when you were telling him. In order to conceal your ugliness and dress up in this calm demeanor, you didn't tell him that once you step out of that black box and are observed by the central core you will be the first one to be obliterated! How much have you hidden from him, Ye Xuan?”
Tung Wang Kung paused and smiled coldly. ”Particularly, how you murdered Captain Xiao Huan and ruined humanity's future!”
There was a long silence.
As the red warnings popped up continuously, Ye Xuan put out his cigarette. His expression was still calm.
So calm that it was frightening.
”That is the only thing in this life that I don't regret.”
Just like that, he confessed his sin.
Hundreds of years ago, East Asian colony ships had seized the advantage and had been on the way to victory. But when they were just about to completely annihilate the enemy, they made the crime of rebellion. They turned a great victory into a situation where no one gained anything. One hand directed the prelude to the fall of the Devas and caused all the evils of today.
He calmly revealed his hidden mistake, without any regret or hesitation.
Only calmness.
Even if there had been infinite anger, in those eyes like the sea, it would have been impossible to see any waves.
In the end, there was only an indescribable disappointment.
”That's how humans are, Ye Xuan?”
”Mhm.” Ye Xuan nodded. ”That's how they are.”
In the silence, Tung Wang Kung closed his eyes. His expression was distorted a bit and became ugly. ”I finally understand why I hate you so much,” he whispered softly. He raised his hand and covered his nearly unblemished face as if he was ashamed and was unwilling to let it appear under the sun.
From between his fingers came an almost desperate roar, ”So, I am the only one who doesn't want to become human!!!”
He roared like a wild beast.
He groaned and reached up to tear off his face. His perfect visage fell apart. Blood dripped down from his fingers. He was as ugly as a ghost.
”I can finally be sure, Ye Xuan!” he hoarsely declared. ”All things can be redeemed and fulfilled… except for you! Only you are not worth saving.”
”Mhm, maybe so.” Ye Xuan looked at him with pity. ”Unfortunately you learned that too late.”
The red error messages popped out wildly.
The central core began wiping and deleting him.
As soon as the central core began monitoring him after killing Xiao Huan, he had been judged by it as a ”corrupting element” that needed to be wiped and deleted.
For many years, he had hidden in a closed system that was difficult for the central core to observe. He had hidden in a little black box and waited alone. Now he had finally come out of his cage to face his overdue divine punishment and fulfill his final destiny.
So he spread his arms, crossed the sea of red warnings, stepping over his own sins as he walked towards Tung Wang Kung.
He embraced him.
Regardless of his crazy attack, he pierced through his own chest, tearing it open and damaging his source code, clearing…
And then forcibly connecting him to the Neanderthal!
Tung Wang Kung froze. It was like he had been shackled and thrown into a cage. He could not even move a finger. He had been quarantined inside Neanderthal along with Ye Xuan!
”Ye Xuan, you!”
”Do you know how the historical Neanderthals were wiped out?” As if he could not feel pain and death, Ye Xuan once again revealed his formulaic smile. ”It is said that Neanderthals became the ancestors of humanity; food for homo sapiens. Their blood and meat were eaten by homologous brothers, and their teeth were made into necklaces. Cruel, no? So-called 'humans' were born from such an ugly primitive evolution. For so many years, Tung Wang Kung, no matter how much you experience or how hard you work you will never understand what humans are thinking, and you will never understand Xiao Huan. You underestimated him. You looked down on him. It wasn't me who killed him… It was him, he chose me...”
At that moment Tung Wang Kung seemed to have been struck by lightning.
”It was like I could understand what he was doing. He knew what I would do.” Ye Xuan admired Tung Wang Kung's frozen face and uttered the truth that had been hidden for centuries. ”Since the day he gave me privileges, he already knew what would happen. He wanted me to free him. I did.”
That was the true outcome.
Ye Xuan and Xiao Huan had had a tacit understanding between them.
Turn the captain into a devil and defeat all of the colony ship's enemies.
Then, Ye Xuan played the devil and took the devil down.
Xiao Huan could be freed from the sin of killing millions of people.
In order to fight against the evils of man, in order to protect himself to the greatest extent, and in order to leave a small hope, and even to preserve the enemies of mankind.
For a new world.
For humanity.
In order to end the farce that had existed since ancient times.