hunting light

With an emergency light in his hand, Ian ran wildly along the route he remembered.

The bright light of the emergency light pierced through the closed night inside the spaceship, piercing its heart like a sharp knife.

Accompanied by the sound of fierce fighting outside the spaceship, and the faint screams and wailing from inside the ship, Ian finally arrived at the living area in the middle of the ship.

Here, rows of cabins surround a huge circular greenhouse, with twelve floors up and down.In its heyday, it could accommodate nearly [-] human beings.

However, most of the time this area is vacant.During the long space migration, human beings exist in the form of frozen embryos most of the time.

Greenhouses that once had lush flowers and plants and were like spring all the year round have been abandoned for tens of thousands of years.The vegetation is rotting, the streams are drying up, and the rockery has even collapsed into a rock.

It used to be the most nature-like scenic spot on this spaceship, a floating oasis in the vast and empty space, giving people who live here a little bit of support to remember their home planet and look forward to the future.

But now, it has become a wasteland where life is extinct.

And on the bank of Huishui Bay in the lower reaches of the stream, there is an artificially built single-storey villa.The wooden part has decayed into ash long ago, but the masonry part is very stubborn, like a back that never bends, and it has been strong since thousands of years ago.

This cottage was once a love nest built by a couple.They have been here day and night, and have died and reborn countless times, but they have never been separated.

Ian didn't dare to delay for a moment, and went straight into the half-collapsed villa.

The furniture and furnishings in the house have long been emptied, leaving only bare walls.

Ian rushed to the fireplace in the living room, only to find that the original intact fireplace had collapsed into a pile of bricks!

It should have collapsed in the shock of the forced landing more than half a year ago, and at the same time buried the things Ian hid inside.

Yi An regained his composure, knelt down in front of the pile of bricks, and started digging with his bare hands.

Outside the Guangji, the fierce battle is about to come to an end.

Never underestimate a man's determination to defend his wife and children.Leonardo III, who was in a rage, performed extraordinary this time, forcibly holding on to his sanity, and did not show the slightest symptom of madness.

He must become an indestructible mountain for his lover, shoulder the wind and frost, block the rain and snow, stand upright, and be proud.

Guang Ji once again resorted to swarm tactics, and the single mechas and drones of the Holy See army came out to attack Leon specifically, wrapping him into a huge hive in an instant.

But this time, Leon was already prepared.

Just when the imperial army came to help, the dense cocoons of the fleet were torn into pieces by the light of the knife!

Asura turned into a giant wolf and jumped out, shaking off the entanglement of the drone like a lice, broke through the last line of defense, and rushed to Guangji.

The powerful photon cannon drew a straight ray and blasted the deck of the Guangji.Asura turned into light armor, and under the cover of his allies, he plunged into the spaceship like a falcon.

But as soon as the emperor entered, he was enthusiastically sprayed with strong acid water by Guangjihao!

"What the hell..." Asura yelled strangely.

Although its metal casing is extremely acid-resistant, it is by no means comparable to the ordinary mechas of the Holy See Army.But anyone who gets shot in the face as soon as they enter the door will not be happy.

Guangji, whose intelligent system has been shut down, attacks all intruders regardless of whether they are friends or foes, and is ruthless.

After the strong acid water was sprayed, a round of bullets followed.The spikes swished and hit Asura, who turned over like a kite, turned around sharply, and flew whirling in the air to avoid the attack.

"I can't communicate with the Guangji system." Asura said, "Its intelligent system has been shut down, and it is now executing mechanical defense orders."

"It's Ian." Leon immediately understood, "How much damage is the opponent's attack?"

"It's not that big." Asura said, "It's a 2-year-old antique after all, and the weapon is very old."

"Never mind. Where is Ian?"

Asura quickly scanned the entire ship: "Two living beings were found. Ian is in the middle of the ship. Another person is approaching the command room..."

"Go find Ian!"

Asura quickly drew up the fastest route to reach the middle of the cabin, opened the heavy hatch with one shot, and swooped down.

Carol rushed into the command room, stumbled towards the console, leaving a bloody humanoid mark on the panel.

"The reset button on the network receiver was destroyed by that bitch!" Carol hissed.

The panel that was supposed to be the reset button had been blown into a mass of scrap iron, and the wires were charred and broken.

Looking at the traces, Ian had already destroyed the network connection equipment a long time ago, perhaps when he escaped in the Guangji, to prevent the spaceship from falling into Guangji's hands again.

"I knew you wouldn't be so careless." Guang Ji laughed, "However, you underestimated me too much, Ian... Go, manually activate the mechanical attendant in the corner!"

The activated Mechanical Attendant was instantly controlled by Guang Ji Invasion.It flew onto the console, threw away the discarded circuit board, and directly connected the circuit to its own core machine.

Ian raised his head and looked to the side vigilantly.

He sensed an abnormal energy flow.A powerful energy is invading the spaceship's systems, trying to connect with it.

It's Mitsuki, here it comes!

Ian desperately dug through the bricks, sweating profusely, his fingers were bloodied, and finally pulled out a silver metal safe from the ruins.

There was only a black flannel bag in the safe.

The cloth bag was untied, and a football-sized egg was exposed to the warm yellow plant growth lights in the greenhouse. The orbs on the egg shone brightly under the light.

Ian held his breath and carefully opened the egg.

A frozen petri dish was firmly placed in the egg, and white cold smoke curled up.On the vessel, the warning red light for insufficient energy is flashing rapidly.

In the transparent holding bottle of the container, there is a small ball of meat the size of an orange, curled up obediently, and the brain and limbs can be vaguely identified.

It has been sleeping quietly for ten months, growing at an extremely slow speed, and it was left alone on this ancient spaceship on the deserted star, waiting for its parents to find it back.

Ian's eyes were burning hot, and his excited emotions were gushing out from the depths of his heart like molten lava.

At this moment, there is nothing in the world anymore, whether it is war or peace, whether it is faith or love, even life and death, it is not as important as this little orange in your hand.

Ian hurriedly took a few deep breaths, carefully placed the petri dish on the flannel of the box, and replaced the energy bar with it.

"Don't be afraid, baby..." Ian subconsciously whispered to the embryos in the petri dish.

"Daddy is here! Daddy will protect you..."

In the command room, the core machine of the mechanical waiter was running at high speed, sparks were crackling and flickering, and the energy blue light was getting brighter and brighter.

Carol subconsciously took two steps back.

His decision is correct.Immediately afterwards, the mechanical waiter exploded into a ball of fire, and the air wave knocked him to the ground.

The shock of the explosion turned into an invisible ripple, instantly spreading to every corner of the spaceship.

The lights came on from the command room, and then swept in all directions.

Just like the coming of the Holy Lord described in the scriptures, "He brought light"—the lights in the spaceship lit up one by one, and the lighting in the entire spaceship was restored.

Guang Ji regained control of its old body.

In the central living area of ​​the spaceship, the lights in the greenhouse flickered several times, shining brightly, and the barren mountains and dry waters seemed to be under the sun.

Just as Ian took off the old energy bar from the petri dish, his vision suddenly became bright.

His heart went cold.

With the coming of the light, there was also a killing intent, like a steel needle piercing into Ian's brain.

Ian only had time to hold the petri dish in his arms and rolled it sideways.

A beam of light bullets passed by his shoulder, hit the safe, and blew the metal box apart!

If Ian hadn't reacted quickly, the petri dish would have been shattered into powder by this bullet.

Ian hadn't received any martial arts training, but in this life-and-death situation, the mother's determination to protect her child to the death allowed him to display extraordinary agility.

He rolled down the steps of the villa, put the petri dish in his chest, and ran wildly.

Explosions sounded continuously in the spaceship.

Ian felt that Leon was getting closer and closer to him.The man was digging a passage leading directly to himself in the cabin with a knife and shells.

This man never lets himself be alone!

The Guangji's munitions warehouse gate slid open with a rumble.

Crowds of ancient mechas flew out of them like the zombies of the reawakened ancient warriors.They stood up with guns and swords out of their sheaths, chasing towards Leon.

"What should I do?" Asura muttered, "They are all antiques of ten thousand years. Maybe they are worth more than me at the auction..."

"Damn it!" Leon scolded, "Those who stand in my way are nothing but scrap metal!"

Asura turned into a human form, the two knives merged into a giant blade, leaped high, and slashed down towards the mech blocking in front.

At the same time, the doors of the greenhouse quickly closed one by one, locking Ian in the greenhouse!

"Don't bother." Guang Ji's brisk laughter came from the loudspeaker, "From the moment I took control of this spaceship, I won!"

Ian tightly hugged the petri dish in his arms, turned around, and faced several anti-riot mechanical waiters hovering in midair.

They are all mechanical servants that come with the spaceship. Although the models are quite old and some parts of the mechanical servants are loose, they are enough to deal with Ian.

"Give up, Ian." Guangji's voice became thin and ethereal, like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, "Human beings cannot resist AI. Your body is so fragile and your movements are so slow. You have lost. Hand over your child."

"No!" Ian resolutely refused, "Unless I die!"

"You know, without the energy bar, it must be taken out within 10 minutes, otherwise it won't survive." Guang Ji said, "I can delay for a while. However, your sentry is coming soon. So—"

A series of violent explosions sounded from the bottom of the spaceship.The roar made Ian's ears numb.The floor beneath him suddenly tilted to one side.

Just as Ian was staggering, a mechanical waiter suddenly rushed over and knocked him heavily to the ground.

The petri dish fell out of Ian's arms, and Gululu rolled along the dirt slope into the dry riverbed.

Leon grabbed the handle of a mecha, swung it up and swept away all the fighter planes that were besieged.

"The spaceship is self-destructing!" Asura whispered, "Its self-destruct program has been activated!"

Ian scrambled and rushed towards the river bed, his eyes were bloodshot.

The mechanical attendant descended from the sky, grabbed Ian by the handle, and dragged him backwards.

Ian struggled frantically.

Another mechanical attendant flew over their heads, chasing after the falling petri dish.

"Say goodbye to your child." Guang Ji smiled.

The petri dish rolled into the river bed, was caught by a pebble, and stopped.

Embryos float slowly in the medium.The child was still sleeping peacefully, completely unaware of the dangerous situation he was in.

The mechanical waiter raised his machine gun and aimed at the petri dish.

"No—" Ian roared, his eyes cracked.

A golden light passed by, piercing through the body of the Mechanic Waiter, blowing it into pieces!

A bullet hole appeared in the bulletproof glass door of the greenhouse, and then spread a dense network of cracks.

Asura swooped down like a black giant eagle, broke through the door, and shot at several bullets at the same time.

Each machine waiter was hit by the light bullet and exploded with a bang.The handle of the mechanical attendant restraining Ian was cut off by a flying knife.

There was a loud bang, and all the glass doors of the greenhouse exploded, sending debris flying.Countless mechas poured into the greenhouse from all directions, killing Asura.

Asura fought against the crowd brazenly.

As soon as Ian was free, he slid down toward the river bed.Just as he was about to hold the petri dish in his hands, the spaceship shook violently.

Ian fell to the ground, his forehead hit the sharp corner of the stone heavily.The petri dish was bounced up by the vibration, and continued to roll down the slope.

The self-destruction process of the spaceship did not stop.Its vibration was like shaking the earth, the decompression explosion of the cabin and the self-destruction explosion were intertwined, mixed with the harsh sound of twisted steel bars.

The rockery rocks in the greenhouse collapsed, rolled down the soil slope, and rushed towards the petri dishes lying in the river bed.

Asura's sword slashed through the rusty steel body, turned into a hunting dog, shot towards the river bed through the shadow of the sword, opened his mouth to pick up the petri dish, and jumped up.

The rocks rolled over and covered the river bed.

Just as Ian breathed a sigh of relief, a mecha rushed towards the mechanical dog, smashing it hard into the ground.

Petri dishes were thrown high.

In just two seconds, it stretched infinitely at that moment.

The Guangji is sinking rapidly.Quicksand opened its mouth like a monster, gobbling it voraciously, swallowing more than half of it in the blink of an eye.

The hail of bullets in the air continued, and the two armies were fighting fiercely.

Leon's saber drew a clanging silver hook in the air, cutting off several mechas in front of him at the same time.But there are always an endless stream of mechas rushing towards him from all directions.

And the petri dish is spinning in mid-air.The embryos in the bottle are almost transparent under strong light.

The chainsaw on the handle of a mechanical waiter had a cold light, and it flew towards the petri dish.

"Stop it, Mitsuki."

Ian's tone was surprisingly calm and calm, as if this moment was not a critical moment, as if he was just ordering a loyal and docile mechanical servant in his daily life.

In his abdomen, the knife had been submerged and only the handle was left. Blood gushed out from the edge of the knife, quickly staining his white clothes.

Everything freezes in an instant.

The chainsaw is still half a centimeter away from the petri dish.Leon was flying several fighter planes at one shot, whether it was Asura or the shattered body of the mecha, they all stopped in the flames.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Ian's self-consciousness confronted a mass of lavender light.

The purple light was rolling like molten lava, drumming and shrinking, as if eager to explode, but was suppressed by a stronger force.

"You...what...know..." Guangji's voice became muffled, as if the audio had jammed.

Ian stared at the light calmly, and said, "For a long time, I have been puzzled by a question: why didn't you just kill me?"

"I can control your secret key. As long as you kill me, you will be completely free. But you have been spending a lot of time, catching the dark sentinel and searching for my child, but you are unwilling to take the most fundamental trouble--my — kill?"

"Not only do you not kill me, you also don't allow others to kill me. Is it out of respect for me? I don't think so."

Ian said: "I have a bold guess: you can't kill me at all!"

The ball of light rolled and expanded, and might explode at any time.A deep and muffled voice came from the group, sounding like a muffled person desperately trying to speak, but still unable to utter a clear word.

Ian said: "On the Holy Spirit Tower, you once said a word, and I remember it deeply: When my life is threatened, you must provide assistance and treatment. My life will be above everything else."

"At that time, you had already got rid of the control of the Holy See and moved away the core machine, but you still kept this law in mind. Besides, the confused version of you used to help me whenever my life was seriously threatened. .”

"Guang Ji, you may have been tampered with the program, or you may have evolved a lot of messy things. But the protection of my life is one of the core laws that you cannot modify. Right?"

With this questioning, the ball of light expanded bigger and bigger, approaching Ian's self-awareness.

Ian laughed: "So, I'm going to try it myself to see if this law can work. As for the dead and the young—Guang Ji, listen to my orders!"

The light cluster suddenly expanded to the extreme, almost swallowing Ian's self-consciousness.

But then, with a bang, the light cluster exploded.

The lavender flame shattered into billions of stars, scattered in Yi'an's vast and deep sea of ​​consciousness, and soon disappeared without a trace.

But for a moment, in front of Ian, there was only a white and warm white light that could be held in the palm of your hand.

This is Guang Ji's original color.

"You are losing a lot of blood, Ian." A rigid young male voice sounded in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"I'm glad you're back, Guangji..." Ian let out a long breath and laughed,

"I can't be out for too long. He's trying to regain control. But your injuries are serious and we must enforce orders to protect your life."

Guang Ji's blunt tone, in Ian's ears, has a familiarity and kindness that others can't match.

"I have monitored that your life index is dropping rapidly. The stab wound in your abdomen caused your liver to be injured, and the hepatic artery ruptured. I have searched for a healing machine nearby, which can perform basic treatment for your wound, but... "

"Don't worry about my injuries." Ian said, "Stop all this immediately. Give me back my child!"

White light flashed.

With the withdrawal of Ian's consciousness, everything has undergone earth-shaking changes——

The mechanical waiter turned around in the air, put down the chainsaw, and caught the petri dish.

The mechs that attacked and outflanked were all extinguished, and the core machine stopped suddenly.

Leon was taken aback for a moment, then reacted.He jumped into the air, dodged the mecha that was rushing towards Ian with inertia, and rushed towards Ian.

Ian stretched out his hand and caught the petri dish handed over by the mechanical waiter.

Holding the petri dish in his arms, he gazed down with infinite tenderness and love, and tears rolled down his pale cheeks.

Warm blood flowed down his waist, soaking the ground beneath him into a deep brown.

Explosions continued one after another, the lights in the cabin flickered, and the spaceship looked like an island sinking into the ocean.

Leon rushed towards Ian like a gust of wind, and knelt down.The light armor retreated quickly, revealing the man's pale and blue face.

"Let me see...Let me see..." Leon hugged Ian in his arms in fear, staring at the knife stuck in his stomach, with a hideous face.His whole body was terrified to the extreme, every muscle was trembling uncontrollably

Yi'an's breath was erratic, his eyes were lax, and he said softly: "I... didn't want to leave you..."

"I know, I know!" Leonru was punched on the bridge of the nose, tears almost splashed, "Don't be afraid, I'll take you to treatment right away! I'll take you back..."

"No..." Ian grabbed Leon's sleeve with blood-stained hands, and said with difficulty: "I...was dying, so I summoned Guangji...to restrain the Holy Lord..."

Leon was taken aback.

"Protecting Ian's life is the number one order I have received." Guang Ji's rigid voice came from a damaged mecha next to him, "His blood loss has reached a critical state, and he should receive treatment immediately!"

"Guangji?"

This is Guang Ji, not the "Holy Master"!

"Child..." Ian showed Leon the petri dish in his hand, "I didn't...kill it..."

Leon burst into tears, hot tears rolling down his face.

"I know! I always knew you wouldn't do that!"

Ian felt relieved, his eyes drooped heavily.

Guangji's urging, Leon's crying, and the explosion of the spaceship all went away in an instant.

He seems to have found eternal peace.