Chapter 1589 - The Last Thing He Could Do (1/2)

Shocked by the gunfire, the crowd around the station came to a halt.

The blood that boiled because of fear started to cool off. It was only at this moment that people began to re-examine the power armors in front of them, and the deadly muzzles that exuded a chilling vibe.

If it was an unknown person that stood in front of them, maybe they would have continued to push forward.

“Where are you going?”

Jiang Chen spoke, word by word, against the halted crowd.

“Earth? Jupiter’s moons? Or out of the solar system?”

“Look at what you look like now.”

“The tentacles of that bug haven’t even reached out here, but you have already killed a few of our own people. Look at the blood under your feet, pick up your mobile phone, mirror, or any other reflective object, and take a look at your own hideous face. Take a good look at what kind of trash the people who sacrificed themselves in the orbit of Pluto protected.”

“If you want to go back to Earth to see your family for the last time, line up by ID number, you’ll be evacuated in batches.”

“If there are any more rioters, they will be executed immediately.”

“The army can withdraw, but it must be after all civilians have evacuated.”

“As for me.”

“I’m not going anywhere.”

After Jiang Chen left those words, as well as the silent crowd, he walked towards the armored vehicle parked next to the station.

Lilith looked blankly at the crowd that stood under the stairs, then put away the silver blade hidden in her sleeve.

…

Hong Zewei commanded in the city hall. Inside the armored vehicle, there were only two people, Jiang Chen and Lilith.

Lilith watched Jiang Chen stare at the sea of clueless people outside the window, then asked.

“Were you serious just now?”

“Which sentence are you referring to?”

“You are not going anywhere.”

“If you are worried about the self-destruction program, you can rest assured. I will transfer the authority to Sun Jiao depending on the situation.”

Even if the authority of that thing is transferred to Sun Jiao, if you really have an accident, I will probably be sacrificed by that woman anyway.

Lilith complained silently in her mind.

But the critical part of the problem was not here.

For an artificial intelligence without the concept of being “alive”, what bothered her was not whether or not she could continue to exist. While this interpretation may be somewhat confusing, there was one thing that could not go wrong.

Compared with these eight billion boring samples, she hoped that Jiang Chen would survive.

Well, it was just a conclusion drawn from the efficiency of the experiment.

Even if the eight billion samples survived, it would be nothing more than repeating the same boring life. There was no essential difference between them and those bugs. No matter which side survived this hunt of natural selection in the end, this would not change in any way.

At least in the eyes of Lilith.

“If there is no chance of winning, I suggest you give up on this side,” Lilith said blankly.

“Why? I remember you said that you like this world very much,” Jiang Chen looked away from the window and glanced at Lilith unexpectedly.

“…Just a recommendation based on reasonable considerations, that is the most applicable to the current situation. You can also ignore it, but if you ask me, I will still give you this response. You don’t need to do this for them.”

“You rarely say such incomprehensible things.” Jiang Chen smiled, “Also, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up.”

“Why?” Lilith asked.

“Because…” Jiang Chen closed his eyes and spoke slowly after a long time, “Because I am going to be a father soon.”

Jiang Chen didn’t want his children to be born in a devastated world as soon as they opened their eyes. They could only see everything his father had seen from nursery rhymes and picture books. They would exhaust their entire childhood to struggle to understand the “civilization” that their father narrated, and enviously imagine that world.

Regardless of which world he choose to inherit in the end, Jiang Chen hoped that they could be born in a beautiful world.

Lilith still looked at Jiang Chen, with a rare, puzzled look on her face.

Jiang Chen laughed suddenly and shook his head.

“Let’s not talk about this, you can’t have children anyway, it’s impossible to understand this feeling.”