hunting light

A gentle and calm male voice came from the main control panel.

There is not too much treacherous emotion, but it is not rigid.

This voice has the human tone blessed by the calculation of the emotional module, which is the friendliness, calmness, and firmness that it has chosen in its long self-evolution.

It has accompanied Leon and Ian to spend lifetimes in space, and accompanied human beings to open up territories and establish homes in the giant whale.

It symbolizes the kindness, justice, and friendliness and care for human beings of this AI.It fell in the ears of Ian and Leon, like the sound of nature in winter.

Ian smiled: "Please stop all military operations of the Light Protection Alliance Army, Guang Ji."

The administrator's instructions are above everything else, above Guang Ji's evolved self-awareness.Once his order is issued, Guang Ji will execute it unconditionally.

With a flash of green light, it swept across the entire core machine in an instant and spread out to the surroundings.

Just like the finger of God taps lightly on this spatial coordinate of the universe, and miracles happen.

Wherever the green light passed, the core machines of the mechanical servants went out one after another, stopping all movements.

Outside the core machine, Di Shitian was preparing to attack with all his strength, but found that the enemy plane suddenly stopped attacking.

Fighter planes, drones, shuttles, warships...

The green light rippled away like waves, sweeping away all the armaments.

The core machines are turned off by it, and the energy flow of the shell launchers is extinguished; the galloping fighter plane loses power and floats in space according to inertia; the console in the warship is occupied by green light, and all functions are disabled. locked up...

Garuda and Yasha separated, and both of them stared dumbfounded at all this.

And the green light didn't stop, it passed through the vast space in an instant and arrived at the battlefield ahead.

As this green wave swept across, tens of thousands of gun barrels stopped firing.The rumbling core machine went out instantly, the energy blue light disappeared from the circuit, and the huge warship became a ghost ship floating in space.

"what happened?"

"We were hacked?"

"All Allied forces, stop attacking—"

The battlefield that was still fighting fiercely a few seconds ago was completely silent at this moment.After the stream of artillery fire disappeared, only the smoke and wreckage remained.

"He did it!" Di Shitian sighed.

With one word, this human catastrophe was ended!

In the core unit, fluctuating green light flows in the atrium space like an aurora.

High above their heads, the heavy gate on the top slowly opened, revealing the outer space.Fragments of white light fell from the top of the head, like crystal snowdrops.

Leon pushed aside the Mechanical Attendant, flew towards Ian, and hugged him.

With their foreheads pressed against each other through the visors of their helmets, the two spent a moment celebrating their aftermath.

Ian hugged Leon and brought his consciousness into his own sea of ​​consciousness.

The sea of ​​consciousness is not as dark as it used to be.

They are floating high in the sky, and under their feet is Xilin, a small city from 5000 years ago.

The sunset is vast, the bay is like a hook, and on the high cliffs, the majestic Pope's Palace and Holy Spirit Tower have not yet been built.There are green grass and dense woods, and an old warship is moored there.

Guangji number.

A mass of warm white light shone softly in the air, warm and pure, without a trace of lavender.

It was the first time for Leon to see this warm light in the sea of ​​consciousness, but he knew without Ian's introduction that this was Guang Ji's consciousness body.

"I'm sorry, two old friends." Guang Ji said guiltily, "Because of my program error, it caused such serious confusion. This completely violates my core law..."

"No, Guang Ji, this is not your fault!" Leon said cautiously, "Human selfishness and greed are the culprits. You are just a tool for their manipulation and use."

"Leon is right." Ian said, "All of this is a man-made disaster, and you should not be responsible for this fault. You have also tried your best to resist their orders. And I, as your administrator , did not protect you well."

"Serving mankind is my core mission, Ian. I did not perform the tasks you gave me well." Guang Ji calmly said, "If I am used irregularly because of my program loopholes, it is my design serious loopholes in

"So I'm afraid I have to shut you down..." Ian said this with difficulty, "We would rather lose your help than allow you to be used by someone with a heart. We will find a way to repair your program ..."

"No!" Guang Ji flatly refused.

Both Ian and Leon were taken aback.

"No, Ian. Closing me is not the solution." Guangji said calmly, "My problem cannot be solved by patching."

"According to my calculations, as long as human selfish desires are added to any formula, there will be unpredictable variables. Whether human engineers repair me or I repair myself. As long as I continue to stay in human society, I will The odds of a misuse just keep growing."

"Humans have successfully drilled through the loophole once and tasted the sweetness of the fruit. The probability of them doing it again is 100%. You can control my behavior, but you will never be able to control people's hearts."

Ian and Leon were speechless.

"Ian, just now, I almost let you hand over the highest authority to me. According to my calculation results, if similar things happen two or three times, I will succeed!"

Ian couldn't help taking a breath.

"Fortunately, in my core law, there is an instruction that can completely solve the current situation." Guang Ji said with a relaxed tone, "When my calculation results show that I am more of a threat to human beings than a help, I will It will automatically activate the self-destruct device!"

"What?" Ian and Leon exclaimed in unison.

Guangji's tone remained calm, like a doctor talking about his condition.Perhaps for an AI, it doesn't think this instruction is cruel, but defaults to its rationality.

"The core machine will explode and self-destruct in 29 seconds. The explosion will be very powerful. But I think I gave you enough time to evacuate. You can enter the wormhole. I will close the wormhole door for you , to withstand the impact of the explosion..."

"No, no!" Ian shouted, "You don't need to take such an extreme method..."

"This is the most reasonable and thorough solution, Ian." Guang Ji said, "My calculations show that an AI like mine, which exceeds the current productivity of humans, is no longer suitable for coexistence with humans. Only by destroying me can humans be eradicated coveted me. In this way, I can fully fulfill my mission: to protect human beings as best I can, until the last moment..."

As the words fell, Ian and Leon were pushed out of the Sea of ​​Consciousness by Guang Ji.

In the real world, the stopwatch counting down to the explosion began to tick.

Without half a second of hesitation, Leon pulled Ian into his arms.

Asura's two planes merged, transformed into a flying shuttle, and shot out towards the space above his head.

"Everyone retreats—into the wormhole!" Leon's roar resounded through every communication channel and was passed on to the soldiers of both camps.

"In the 27-second countdown to the self-destruct of the core machine, all parties immediately evacuate the nearby airspace!"

"retreat--"

"Please don't feel sorry for me, Ian." Guang Ji's gentle voice sounded in Ian's sea of ​​consciousness.

The wormhole door began to close slowly, closing tired eyes like a god.

Asura took the lead, cooperating with the three Aurora mechs, leading the surviving commandos and the rescued wounded, galloping crazily towards the wormhole.

The Allied Forces of Protecting Light took a beat to react, restarted the core machine in a hurry, turned around and drove away.

"I have lived with humans for 2 years." Guang Ji's peaceful words are in stark contrast to the race against time to escape, "I have seen the selfishness and despicability of human beings, but I have also seen your bravery and selflessness. My calculation results tell me , even without me, your group will still thrive in this starry sky."

The wormhole door is more than half closed.The team finally arrived and plunged into the door.

"There are still three of our fighter planes behind!" A deputy team suddenly shouted.

Leon stopped abruptly by the wormhole door, pushed Ian's safety cabin into the door, and turned around to meet the last team members.

"Don't close the door, Guangji." Ian yelled, "Wait a little longer!"

The closing of the wormhole door stopped.

Countdown, nine seconds...eight seconds...

Asura shot three steel cables, grabbed the three seriously injured fighters that were struggling to fly, and dragged them towards the wormhole.

Six seconds... five seconds...

"Ian, come in!" Yasha turned his head and flew out, grabbed Ian's safety capsule and dragged him into the wormhole.

Three seconds...two seconds...

"It's a pleasure to work with you and Leon." Guangji finally said, "Goodbye, old friend..."

"Wait!" Ian yelled.

As the voice fell, the core unit exploded like a kernel of corn in an oven!

The piercing white light engulfed everything, as if a hole had been cut in the universe, and the skylight from the outside world poured in.The shock wave swept across the entire battlefield, and the energy burst was like a crater tumbling with flames.

Under this devastating explosion, the entire satellite was instantly reduced to dust.The fighter planes and warships that were near the satellite and had no time to retreat... were all rolled over by the powerful impact.

The hard metal shell was torn away like a piece of paper, revealing the cabin inside.The small fighter jet was thrown up by the burst and hit the warship...

Leon and the three fighters were rushed into the crack of the wormhole door by the turbulence of the explosion.

The impulse generator was torn to pieces under the impact, and the wormhole door collapsed.

The impact of the explosion was shielded in another space, but the violent energy fluctuations generated inside the wormhole mixed with the incoming turbulent flow, forming a powerful burst.

The warplane was drawn into it like a leaf in turbulent water.Even if it is as powerful as the Aurora Mecha, it cannot resist the power of nature.

The entire wormhole turned into a giant washing machine, frantically churning the contents inside.

In this crazy dizziness, Ian couldn't hold on for too long.

In the last image in his memory, Leon rushed through a dark turbulence, rushing towards him like a stream of fire, and finally grabbed his safety pod.

At that moment, all worries disappeared.Even if he was facing the danger of being torn apart by the turbulence, Ian no longer had any fear.

He was relieved to lose consciousness.

The severe pain in his abdomen awakened Ian from his coma.

He yelled, covering his abdomen, his whole face contorted.

"You're awake!" Ashura's relieved voice came from the safety cabin, "This is great, Ian. How are you feeling? I detected that you have a slight concussion, but this is not the biggest trouble right now. Your water is broken, you are about to give birth!"

"Is this... need you say?" Ian gritted his teeth, exposing the veins on his hand that was pulling his clothes.

This contraction was stronger and longer lasting than what he felt in the core machine.His entire abdomen was pulling and his back was hurting, as if a big hand was pulling his internal organs out from under his body.

"Oh my God, I detected that your blood pressure is rising. You have to stay calm..." Asura panicked a little, "Ah, there is a midwifery manual in my medical files! Put the mother/husband in the lithotomy position Lie down and check the opening of the birth canal... Well, let's wait for Leon to do this..."

After the pain passed, Ian let out a long breath and fell back.

Only then did he notice that the safety capsule had landed on the surface of the planet, with the small half of its body buried in the yellow gravel.It was pitch black outside, and it was unknown whether it was night or the planet had no atmosphere.

"Where's Leon?" Ian asked hastily.

"The two of you were separated when the turbulence threw you out of the wormhole." Asura said, "but don't worry, he should not be far from you. Although the communication link cannot be connected for a while, I have already sent it to his extension Position. He'll be here."

"Where are we?"

"An abandoned mine star in the Oden Empire." Asura said, "It's not too far from the battlefield, Ian. So don't be nervous, I believe the rescue team will arrive soon. There are still enough Oxygen and water. Just like no diapers...”

The next wave of labor pains came, and Ian's unspoken laughter turned into a muffled grunt.

"Quick, quick!" Asura shouted, "follow my rhythm, exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale..."

Ian was sweating profusely from the pain, scratching his hands in the narrow safety cabin.

Asura was quick to wit, and popped out an armrest.Ian grabbed it and yelled out.

Before the battle, Ian and Leon also discussed whether to induce labor early.But the shadow of the past made both of them reluctant to let the child be forcibly removed from the mother's womb before full term.

Leon is full of confidence in the chances of winning the joint battle of the Aurora mechs. In fact, if Guangji hadn't suddenly exploded himself in the end, Ian would not have been thrown to such a desolate star.

"I'm sorry, baby." After the pain passed, Yi comforted her belly, "Daddy didn't protect you well. But it's too early for you to come out now..."

But Ian's amniotic fluid had broken, and the interval between contractions was shortening. The child had to be born as soon as possible.

This is not the production that Ian and the others planned.

In the Champs Elysees Palace, there is an entire medical team on standby 24 hours a day, just to welcome the birth of the emperor's firstborn son in this world.

Today's medical technology is very advanced, and precise local anesthesia and midwifery methods make it easier for pregnant women to suffer.

Ian should have been lying in the delivery room of Eden Palace, with the help of medical staff and mechanical attendants, accompanied by Leon, he gave birth to the child easily and smoothly.

Instead of lying on this desolate starry sky full of yellow sand, trapped in a narrow safe cabin, his husband still doesn't know where he is.

And Guang Ji, the Guang Ji who could help him the most, disappeared from this world not long ago...

Yi'an gasped exhaustedly in the labor pains, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he was lying in the medical room of the Guangji and secretly performing the abortion operation.

The loneliness, helplessness, and panic that could not be put into words, together with the darkness outside the safety cabin, pressed down on Ian from all directions.

The contractions became more intense one after another, and there was no other sensation except severe pain below the waist.Ian has gradually become a little delirious, and he can't even hear what Ashura is yelling in his ear.

He moaned, yelled, and repeated a name over and over.

That was the name he kept silently saying in his heart when he was lying on the operating bed in the medical room.

"Leon... Leon..."

"Leon..."

The severe pain made Ian's perception of the outside world very dull.When the safety capsule was grabbed by the mechanical arm, he was still unconscious.

Leon tore the safety hatch open with his bare hands, and carried Ian out of it.

"I'm here! I'm here—" Leon kept kissing Ian's sweaty face.

This man, who had only survived the artillery fire of the army alone, was trembling with nervousness, and cold sweat rolled down his cheeks.

"Don't be afraid. I have contacted the rescue. They put us on hold and will be here soon. How are you feeling?"

Ian's nails scratched three bloodstains on Leon's arm, and a roar burst out of his mouth.

"What do you think?"

Leon was taken aback.

"He is already in pain." Asura said, "Why did you wait so long to come here?"

"I rushed here at full speed as soon as I got the location, okay? It's not my fault that I was thrown too far!" Leon said angrily, put Ian on the floor of the main cockpit, and unbuttoned his protective suit.

Leon had already received very comprehensive midwifery training, and he knew how to check Ian's physical condition and how to take care of him without Asura reading the manual.

"What did you do?" Leon muttered while inspecting, "Such an advanced mech doesn't even have the function of connecting life?"

"I'm a battle mech! Battle mech!" Asura yelled aggrievedly, "How many people do you think will go to the battlefield to give birth?"

"Then why don't you even have a painkiller shot?"

"The analgesic I prepared is not suitable for pregnant women. Do you want the child to be drugged into a fool as soon as he is born?"

"Shut up—" Ian shouted loudly.

He grabbed Leon's hair and yelled hysterically: "Shut up! And Ashura, shut up too—you two get out if you want to fight. I'm busy here Giving birth to a baby... ah..."

Another strong contraction, Ian grabbed Leon's hair and screamed.

Leon's forehead was almost pulled bald.

After finally coaxing Ian to let go, Leon took off his clothes and placed him under Ian.

"Ian, my love!" Leon held Ian's face, arousing his attention, "Listen, the baby is about to come out. I can't wait anymore..."

"How can I live here?" Ian was going crazy.

"I know!" Leon looked firmly into Ian's eyes, "But I'm here with you, Ian. You have to trust me, I won't let you have anything to do with the child, okay?" ?”

Ian shivered and nodded.

Leon kissed Ian's forehead vigorously.

"Now, at my command: push hard—"

Later, Ian realized that the darkness he saw before was just the night of this planet.

Because when the child was born, the first morning light appeared on the distant horizon, and thousands of golden arrows crossed the sky, illuminating the whole land.

The newborn uttered its first loud cry in the rising sun.

At that moment, the pain that had tortured Ian for a long time disappeared without a trace.

When he held the red, wrinkled little person in his arms, he felt that all the hardships he had endured, all the blood and tears he had shed, were all worth it.

"Welcome to this world, my daughter."

With tears in his eyes, Ian carefully kissed the still wet head of the child.

This is a healthy Omega girl with thick black fetal hair inherited from her benevolent father. Although the facial features are temporarily wrinkled, the outline of a delicate face can be seen.

Leon hugged the father and daughter together in his arms, with trembling lips pressed against Ian's sweaty forehead, hot tears rolled out of his eyes unstoppably.

"Your Majesty..." A vague communication voice sounded, "We have arrived at the airspace of your planet and are landing. Please make sure you are still in place."

"Sure." Asura replied instead of Leon, "The family of three, including me, are all here. Please move quickly!"

"Leon," Ian gently squeezed his daughter's little hand, "she has a sentinel physique."

"Really?" Leon was pleasantly surprised, and moved closer to the child, "Well done, my little orange has inherited Daddy's gender and Papa's physique! You really deserve to be the eldest princess of our Byron Empire Your Highness!"

The little girl felt the surging love surrounded by her fathers, and her crying gradually stopped.

Enfu's body temperature made her feel very comfortable. She blinked her small mouth, and in her slightly opened eyes, a hint of blue could be seen faintly.

Several rescue warships appeared in the blue sky in the early morning and were slowly landing.The yellow sand all over the sky was lifted by the air current, and it shone like broken gold in the morning light.

"Have you decided on a name for your daughter, Papa?" Ian asked, "You have prepared such a long list, it's finally time to choose one."

The tenderness Leon stared at his daughter's sleeping face almost flowed out.He smiled and said: "The daughter of Emperor Brad, the first Alpha queen of the Byron Empire. Brad the Great established the Byron Empire, and she made the empire prosperous and became one of the largest in the giant whale. One of the great powers. Empress Katerina I!"

"Katerina." Ian read, "Katerina, Katya...I like this name."

"I like it too." Leon said, "Little Orange likes it too, doesn't she?"

Little Katya has fallen asleep peacefully in the arms of her benefactor.

"My dear Katya, this is the first letter from two fathers to you, and I look forward to your opening it on a certain birthday.

Words cannot describe the joy of seeing you born.Until now, we all feel like a dream.

You are a shining jewel in the laurels of our suffering.

Perhaps for outsiders, you are the offspring of the light guide and the dark sentinel, and you are the ancestor of the new human beings.But to me and your father, you are a new, free soul that we created together.

You were born in an era of great change between the old and the new. Your birth announced the passing of the dark night and the coming of the light.

Before you are given all kinds of inherent responsibilities, my father and I only hope that you can be a healthy and happy little girl.

We hope that you will be broad-minded, upright and selfless, and hope that you can see the world with your own eyes and think about all the problems with your own brain.

We hope that you will be kind, compassionate and empathetic, and understand the suffering and difficulty of the world.

I hope you can experience setbacks without giving up, I hope you can suffer without giving up.

We also hope you will remember Mitsuki's story.

This super AI is our greatest friend.It sacrificed itself for our victory today.

After it disappeared, your father found a piece of information, which recorded that there was a backup of Guangji's original system, which was left on the mother planet Earth.

Who knows?Maybe one day, human beings will return to their home planet and meet that Guangji.

With the decline of the Holy Ming Cult, the shackles around human necks were untied.We will experience an era of rapid civilization development.The day when the next super AI is born will not be too far away.

Your father even had an ideal that during his reign, the Byron Empire could change from a feudal monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

National change will be a long process.Your father and I will do our best to govern Byron, and look forward to the day when she will be handed over to you.

In the future, there will still be crimes and wars in the human world.Human beings may sail away again to find a new home.

However, we will always leave the shadows behind and move forward towards the light.

Katya, our precious daughter, thank you for coming into our life, and hope you will fall in love with this world.

Love you, fathers. "

There was a knock on the door itself, accompanied by a man's lazy voice.

"My dear Majesty, are you ready?"

Ian folded the letter paper, put it in the envelope, and stamped it with wax seal.It was then placed in a rose gold case inlaid with precious stones.

"Ian?" the man urged. "The people are waiting."

"Here we come." Ian got up, smiled and walked towards the man standing at the door.

This gorgeous and exquisite military uniform could only be easily controlled by a handsome blond man like the emperor.The black cloak inside the scarlet made his figure even more tall and handsome.The badge transformed by Asura is pinned on the ribbon, shining white.

The Queen finally stopped wearing her robes.Apart from the royal sash, he was not overly adorned.A neat suit tailored close to the body perfectly contrasted his slender and elegant figure and his elegant and noble temperament.

"You look so beautiful today, my love." Leon held Ian's hand, kissed the back of his hand, and was caught by the huge aquamarine at that moment.

Ian couldn't help laughing.

The ministers and guests were already waiting in the corridor, and the sound waves from the crowd came from the other end of the hall.Everyone looked towards the pair of young emperors and empresses, with undisguised appreciation and admiration in their eyes.

Gercia was holding a girl with black hair and blue eyes in her arms. She was the eldest daughter of the Byron Empire Emperor, Her Royal Highness Princess Katya.

"Katya, my little orange." Ian took his daughter over and kissed the child's rose-like cheek.

The little girl just woke up, and she was still a little confused, but the warm breath of her father made her feel close instinctively.She waved her chubby little hands and giggled.

The courtiers opened the door of the hall, and the dazzling sunlight and the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd poured in.The band played passionate ritual music.

Leon held his daughter in one hand, and handed it to Ian with the other.

"Come, my queen."

They smiled at each other and walked towards the sun hand in hand.

The author has something to say: Thank you for your support for nearly 4 months!

The main text of this article is over, and the fifth volume (extra volume) will be released later, please continue to lock the channel and don't go away.

Regarding "Light Hunting", in my initial conception, it is indeed a vulgar and bloody article as shown in Chapter 1.

But after I put pen to paper, a picture scroll that surprised me suddenly unfolded in my mind.

Many plots that I didn't have time to write in my last interstellar BG, or didn't play well, can be made up in this book.

Such as mech games, such as past life and present life, such as humans and AI, humans and humans, such as attacking and giving birth to the next generation...

This is also the first time I have maintained a daily update serialization with zero manuscripts. Although there is an outline, all details need to be filled in temporarily.Once a logic bug appears, it is simply to drive people to death.

Fortunately, after the full text was written, I only revised it once, which met my own standards.Once again, I am very grateful to the readers who endured my revision and serialization, you are all little angels with a heart of gold.

No work is perfect.There are still many regrets left in the full text of Lieguang.I will write them all down and pay more attention to them in future creations.I will also correct the typos later...

Thanks to all the friends who supported me and gave me advice.

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Finally, the ending song "Guardian Angel" of "Light Hunting" will be presented. WB is audible.

This song is also the song that I think is the most suitable for the occasion when I first heard it, and it is the most suitable song to put at the end of the full text.

Just like a movie ending, the subtitles are played, and the female voice sings slowly.

Of course, the same sentence: don't go away, there are many easter eggs at the end of the film!

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