Xiao Zhi noticed something was wrong with Frost's voice, and he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"
Frost: "It's okay... For the time being, I can only... help you guide the way..."
Xiao Zhi instantly understood that there must be something happened to Frost that made him unable to escape. He didn't ask any more questions, so as not to distract Frost's energy, and just said briefly: "Okay."
Under Frost's guidance, Xiao Zhi walked all the way towards the opponent's location.
There were still many star thieves on the way, they replaced the night vision equipment and continued to attack Xiao Zhi. But Frost will always point out in advance that there is danger ahead, so that Xiao Zhi can deal with it immediately.
Part of the computing power was allocated to guide Xiao Zhi, and Frost felt a little more stressed when dealing with Pei Qing's attack.
Pei Qing is indeed a well-known genius in this era. With such a cyber attack, even the secrets of the Interstellar Federation can be broken by him, and he can compete with AI only with his brainpower.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and both sides were doing their best.
Xiao Zhi also felt that Frost's instructions to guide him were getting slower and slower, like old gears, whining and working hard, and he didn't know when it would completely collapse.
Xiao Zhi clenched his staff tightly, and the movements in his hands were faster and more precise. He needed to move forward faster so that Frost could fully cope with his crisis.
At this moment, the original apprehension and hesitation in his heart disappeared, and Xiao Zhi had no scruples in making a move, as if he was invincible, he ruthlessly dealt with the star robbers who dared to block the way.
He has to win.
He had to defeat these vicious guys.
He still has to go to Asen and leave together, and he must not fall down here.
Finally, Xiao Zhi found Frost, who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed, in the innermost part of a passage. There was only a little bit of faint light in the passage, and it was actually hard to see the whole picture of Frost clearly, but that little bit illuminated by the light was enough for him to know that this was the person he was looking for.
It's a pity that this is obviously the first meeting between the two in reality, but they can't be tender.
Frost looked as if he was asleep, and he didn't react to anything outside. Xiao Zhi knew that he must be fighting the most difficult battle.
He quietly guarded by the side, and must not let any change disturb Frost.
The confrontation between Frost and Pei Qing is coming to an end.
Sweat dripped from the corners of Pei Qing's forehead. The movements of his hands were so fast that afterimages appeared, and his muscles began to throb. However, the defense of the entire base began to crumble. It seemed to be mocking him. He used manpower to provoke AI's slow speed practical.
Pei Qing gritted his teeth and continued to launch the next round of attacks.
He won't lose, not to Frost, not to this Noah Bae work.
He will never... lose to Noah Pei!
In the last round of offensive, the two sides once again confronted head-on.
…
Time passed little by little, and Frost hadn't woken up yet, but noisy footsteps sounded again near the passage.
The star thieves are coming.
Judging from the sound, the number was much higher than any time before, and the rumbling sound almost drowned out the two people who were alone.
Xiao Zhi got up quickly, looked back at Frost, and said softly, "I'll be right back."
Frost was quiet and didn't answer.
"Kill them!"
"The person who broke in is over there!"
The star thieves carrying all kinds of heavy weapons stepped into the passage. There is no need to doubt that these weapons are enough to blast two big living people into pieces.
But what greeted them was more splendid than flames, hotter than magma—
natural disaster.
The narrow passage seemed to be transformed into a hell on earth in an instant, and countless hot falling rocks fell mercilessly along with flames and lava, destroying everything that dared to break into this area.
There was a wail.
Xiao Zhi stopped at the other end of the Red Lotus Hell, his eyes were reddened by the firelight: "No one should think about going there."
Secret room.
The overhead light suddenly turned on, and the warm yellowish light illuminated the room clearly. The ventilation system also started to operate again, dispelling the slightly turbid air in the room, and everything seemed to be fine.
Pei Qing withdrew his hand dejectedly, sat down on the chair, and used his hand at high speed for a long time, causing his finger muscles to twitch subconsciously, as if uncontrollable. As a person surrounded by the halo of genius since childhood, Pei Qing experienced the feeling of powerlessness and despair for the first time.
He failed and lost control of the base.
Now he is just a small bug in the opponent's hand, and he can let the opponent die.
He let out a hoarse laugh as if talking to himself: "Hahahahaha... Is this the work of Noah Pei... Hahaha... as difficult as the mastermind... Everyone said Noah Pei's last work It's zero... But, it should be you, right?"
Frost on the screen still had that calm look: "In terms of time, I was indeed born later than Zero's mastermind."
Pei Qing stared into Frost's eyes, trying to read the answer: "Do you want to kill me?"
Frost didn't answer, and there was no trace on his face, it was hard to tell whether he wanted it or not at the moment.
AI is just too foul at hiding emotions.
Pei Qing showed a weak smile mockingly at himself: "Tell me, what treasure Noah Pei has left for you! He must have hidden enough trump cards to change the world. What are you going to do now? Change human history?"
Frost looked at him, and a trace of pity suddenly appeared in his eyes: "No, there is no treasure, nothing."
Pei Qing roared hoarsely: "How is it possible! He entered zero once before he died, so he went to see you at that time, right? The duration will be 46 minutes and 32 seconds, and you still want to deny it?!"
Frost: "..."
He silently looked at Pei Qing, who had a look of madness on his face, for a while.
The figure of Frost on the screen suddenly disappeared and turned into a video. The picture in the video was Hessen, whom Pei Qing was very familiar with. Frost was sitting under the tree in a daze alone. His eyes looked at someone beside him from time to time. A position seemed to be waiting for something.
An old and weak figure suddenly appeared out of thin air.
It was Noah Pei. Frost was used to his different appearance from ordinary people, so he didn't express any surprise.
But at this time, Noah Peihe had changed a lot when he first came to see Frost. His whole life seemed to be exhausted. He lost the image of the handsome old gentleman, and his back was no longer the same. He straightened up, and his eyes lost their luster.
After Gu Shenxue passed away, Noah Pei's physical condition declined rapidly. At this time, he was already a hundred years old. Even if people at that time used the most advanced medical methods, they could not restore his rapidly disappearing vitality.
Noah Pei was almost too weak to stand, so he could only lean on the tree and sit down with difficulty under the support of Frost.
Frost looked at him worriedly: "What's wrong with you?"
Noah Pei sighed: “I’m going to die.”
"I will never see you again, just like Miyuki." Frost read a subtle difference from this sentence. This "death" seems to be the same as the resurrection of the Athanasi people. Death is not the same, but represents—farewell forever.
Noah Pei nodded: "Yes..."
He looked at his own child with cloudy eyes. This is the child created by him and Gu Shenxue. It has an appearance that combines the advantages of the two. This is a very good child, very gentle, very smart, clean and clear.
But at this time, Noah Pei suddenly felt a little panic. Shouldn't they have brought Frost into this world? Frost's friend has been missing for ten years, and Miyuki is no longer there. Now, it's his turn. After all the people who cared about Frost have left, how can he live alone
He babbled a lot with Frost, as if he wanted to pass on all his life experiences to this child who was about to lose his asylum. About being a human being, the rules of life, the details of life... anyone can feel his reluctance and helplessness towards destiny.
Suddenly, Noah Pei stopped narrating and laughed at himself: "Ahem, there are some things that you will never experience if you haven't experienced them yourself. I'm too impatient..."
"Ahem..." Noah Pei coughed a few times before continuing: "I left a way out for you... under... this tree, only you can go out, if you feel like you are in this world I'm lonely, you can go outside and have a look..."
"I have prepared a body for you to move about in the outside world, where you may meet more friends... cough cough... Of course it is more dangerous..."
Frost: "Will you and Miyuki be there?"
Noah Pei shook his head: "Not anymore, she has gone to a farther place, and I... will follow her."
"Where's Xiaoqi?" Frost asked again.
Noah Pei: "He's... very strange. I tried to find him for you, but... ahem... he seemed to disappear out of thin air... I can't find him anywhere."
Frost said stubbornly: "Then I won't go out, I'll wait for him here, maybe one day he will show up?"
There was a smile on Noah Pei's face, a little helpless, a little conniving and pampering: "It's okay... You don't need to make a decision now, time will make you grow... Just go when you want to leave."
He raised his arm with great effort, touched the top of Frost's head lightly, and told him one last time: "Ahem...enjoy your own life, happiness is the most important thing, and there is nothing wrong with being ordinary..."
Sometimes a father's expectations for his children are as simple as that.
He doesn't need to be the strongest or the smartest, as long as he is with the person he likes and lives a peaceful and happy life. It's just that there are too many unsatisfactory things in life, and the more you experience, the harder it is for such a simple wish to come true.
Even though everyone regards him as the most shining genius, Noah Pei's last wish was unbelievably simple.
It's a pity that the good wishes finally came to naught under the greed of the people.
"Goodbye, Ash..."
Noah Pei's body disappeared in place.
The picture disappeared, and the image of Frost appeared on the screen again.
"That's all," said Frost in a calm tone.
The absurdity and shock in Pei Qing's eyes couldn't be concealed at all: "Ordinary? Enjoying life??!! The greatest genius of mankind actually wants his last work to be an ordinary person!!"
Pei Qing violently overturned all the precious decorations at hand, and let them fall to pieces on the ground, his expression was full of sarcasm: "Hahaha... He can obviously create the ultimate weapon that can change the course of history. What are you here for? The world is full of people, what is there to create!!!”
It turned out that there was no treasure at all.
After so many years, what they were looking for did not exist at all...
All the time he has spent from the time he was a teenager to the present is meaningless at all!
Andre, Pei Rong'an, Pei Jia, Pei Qing himself... They are like a group of monkeys fishing for the moon, trying their best to face the phantom. Is Noah Pei proud? A work six hundred years ago, a rumor of unknown origin, but it can easily make everyone applaud.
A kind of anger that was fooled by Noah Pei hit her heart, making it difficult for Pei Qing to continue to maintain reason.
At the same time, the entrance to the passage in front of Xiao Zhi's eyes was suddenly closed, separating him from the star thieves who kept coming. The emergency safety doors everywhere were also sealed, and the entire Hongnak base seemed to be completely blocked, and no one could easily enter or exit.
Xiao Zhi finally put down the potion bottle in his hand. Although he looked very handsome in the battle just now, his big moves were very mana-consuming, and he was about to use up his inventory. He had no supplies after beating Andre I went offline, and there were no bottles of medicine in my bag at all.
After confirming that the passage door ahead was strong enough, he looked behind him. Although Frost hadn't woken up yet, the situation seemed to be under control.
Only now did Xiao Zhi have the mood to look at Frost's new body carefully.
It was still the familiar handsome face and the dazzling silver hair, but the usual black armor or light armor on his body was replaced by a well-tailored and excellent black windbreaker.
What he didn't know was that this was the most popular style in Interstellar this year, and it ranked first in the list of "How to Wear Online Dating". It is said that the success rate of people wearing this dress is as high as 87.23%.
Xiao Zhi couldn't help reaching out and poking Frost's cheek lightly.
It was soft to the touch, but it was not as cold as imagined, but rather warm. If you look carefully, you can still see human-like fluff on his face, and the blue blood vessels under the skin can be seen faintly, just like a real living person.
Unable to hold back, Xiao Zhi poked again, having a great time playing.
He guarded Frost, quietly waiting for the moment when the other party opened his eyes.
"Hahahahahahaha..." Pei Qing's laughter echoed in the room, hoarse but piercing.
When he finally laughed enough, he turned his head and looked at Frost: "What are you going to do with me?"
Frost: "I called the police."
"..." Pei Qing didn't know what expression to use to face it for a while, an ai, an ai who just came out of the game world, actually said that he called the police? !
When I was in Hessen, I never saw you so disciplined.
Frost: "According to the laws of the Interstellar Federation, you are suspected of illegal organ trafficking, private establishment of armed groups, robbers, and murder. I have anonymously handed over the coordinates of this planet and the information of Hongnake to the department in charge of related matters. "
"Calculate the time, they should already be on their way."
Pei Qing burst into a burst of laughter suddenly, as if he had heard some of the funniest jokes: "Hahaha, do you want to see me ruined? The most outstanding figure of the generation of the Pei family, known as the next promise Ya Pei's people end up being notorious for breaking the law, hahahaha... how ridiculous..."
In fact, he is not afraid of death. If he was afraid of death, he would not be able to do so many crazy things.
Obviously he is already a genius of the Pei family, but why is there an insurmountable Noah Pei in front of him? Therefore, he has been competing with that unreachable figure all his life, almost to the point of paranoia.
Frost's move really hit his most painful place.
Pei Qing couldn't accept his embarrassing defeat. He didn't allow himself to lose so ugly and have nothing.
Like a sad and ridiculous bereaved dog.
Pei Qing suddenly reached out and pulled out the necklace around his neck, then opened the cover of the necklace, and quickly pressed one of the buttons.
After finishing all this, Pei Qing threw the necklace in his hand on the ground in relief, and sat back on the chair straightly. His calm demeanor seemed to be back again, and he looked at Frost with a smile: "I don't want to Will make you wish."
"Boom——"
Immediately, the entire Hongnak base was ablaze with explosions, and the high temperature was accompanied by splashes of dust and debris. Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden sea of flames.
The flames also engulfed Pei Qing, but in the light of the fire, Pei Qing's smile was still proud, like standing on the top of a high mountain overlooking the insignificant beings below.
It was his last pride to die by his own hands and make the biggest noise.
The fall of a genius should be dazzling.
The explosion did not spare Xiao Zhi and Frost.
When the high temperature and flames hit, Xiao Zhi only had time to put a spell shield on himself, and then subconsciously rushed towards Frost, who still hadn't opened his eyes, and desperately used his body to block Frost and Frost. Between the overwhelming flames.
The magic shield was as fragile as a piece of paper under the powerful explosion, and the impact of the explosion was accompanied by burning pain, piercing Xiao Zhi's nerves mercilessly.
His mind went blank, and he only had time to hug Frost's body tightly, blocking as much damage as possible.
Consciousness faded quickly, and he seemed to hear someone shouting in the dimness.
What is that man talking about? It seems very sad, heart-piercing.
But Xiao Zhi couldn't hear clearly anymore, there was pitch blackness in front of his eyes, there seemed to be a little silver streaked through the pitch blackness, it was very beautiful... as the last color of life, it was not bad...
Frost did not expect that Pei Qing would be so crazy that he would blow up the entire base. The button that exploded was not connected to the main control of the base, so he had no time to stop it.
When he returned to his body in a hurry, he only saw Xiao Qi rushing towards him, blocking the violent explosion with his body.
After the firelight and loud noise dissipated, Xiao Qi lay quietly in his arms, just like every time he fell asleep.
But there was a lot of blood on Xiao Qi's body, so much, so much that it was impossible to calculate. The air was filled with acrid blood, and he could analyze the smell because the blood contained a lot of iron, but he couldn't explain why this smell made people feel pain like being pierced in the heart.
He shouted Xiao Qi's name, but Xiao Qi didn't respond to him with a smile as usual.
He yelled again and again, but Xiao Qi remained silent.
A drop of crystal clear liquid suddenly landed on the back of Frost's hand, and it slipped from the corner of his eye.
For humans, this is called tears, and they cry when they are sad, and sometimes when they are happy and angry.
Xiaoqi never taught him how to cry, because they were always happy when they were together, there was no need to cry. But at this moment, Frost understood how to cry. He suddenly understood the look in Noah Pei's eyes after Gu Shenxue's death. It turned out that it was the pain as if his soul was being torn apart.
It turns out that crying is so painful.
He caressed Xiao Zhi's blood-stained and dusty cheeks: "Xiao Qi, wake up..."
"We agreed to go to the earth to see together, didn't we?"
"Don't sleep, okay..."
In the ruins, only his soliloquy echoed in a low voice. Holding a blood-stained corpse that is gradually freezing, it looks like a madman.
I don't know how long it took, but the scorching temperature in the air has cooled down.
A cold hand gently stroked Frost's cheek: "Ahem... Asen..."
Frost raised his head in surprise and found that his little Qi had really opened his eyes. Although he was still weak, he did have a pulse and his body temperature was gradually recovering.
Xiao Zhi smiled as usual: "It seems that I am probably the only real Athanasi in this world."
In reality, there is no Asanasi Realm, so he is resurrected in situ, which sounds stronger. But it really hurts to die once, it hurts so much more than in the game, it's better not to come next time.
Xiao Zhi often couldn't help thinking, why did he travel to the game 600 years later? Unfortunately, there is no god in this world who can answer this doubt for him.
But now he found the answer himself, probably to make Asen no longer alone.