Chapter 390: Destroyed City

Chapter 390: Destroyed City

Chapter 390: Destroyed City

The burning and pungent smoke made Luo Xi open his eyes.

What followed was extreme pain.

My fingers felt like they were burning, and so did my arms.

The skin was burned by the high temperature, just like the barbecue in the stove in a barbecue restaurant. The skin and flesh changed color and hardened while oozing oil. As a result, the fat was ignited and formed an open flame.

Are you burnt?

Even so, Luo Xi did not panic. He suppressed the unimaginable pain and tried to stand up.

Outside, it was like purgatory.

This should be a building, a high-rise building, at least fifty meters above the ground.

The process of walking to the window consumed a great deal of Luo Xi's physical strength and willpower, because the surroundings were so scorching hot, as if he were in an oven, that his body was on the verge of being roasted. His outer skin had long been shattered, and his skin and muscle tissue were also damaged. With every step he took, the ground would be sticky with his skin and blood.

It was shocking to watch.

After walking outside, Luo Xi saw the huge sun and the unimaginable heat. Everything in front of him seemed to be burning, including the city outside, every building, every car, and every tree on the roadside.
This is a city destroyed by some horrific heat and flames.

Luo Xi is not the only 'living person' in the city.

Outside, many screams could be heard.

There was a man on the road screaming as he ran out of a burning car. He himself was like a man on fire, running and screaming, trying to find a place to put out the horrible flames on his body, but it was obvious that everything was in vain.

After running more than ten meters, the man fell to the ground in despair.

On the streets, there are even more charred human bodies.

Too much.

Some people even hugged and snuggled together before they died, maintaining their previous posture, but their bodies had been burned to charcoal, and despair and pain still remained on their faces. Many of them had their mouths wide open, as if they were shouting silently.

This is not a city, it's hell.

Only in hell could there be such a scene.

Despite the great pain, Luo Xi still tried to remain calm. However, there seemed to be an extremely powerful mental force here, which resulted in Luo Xi feeling as if there were many sharp needles stirring in his head all the time.

That kind of pain is enough to drive a person crazy in an instant.

"What happened? Why didn't I die?" Under the tremendous mental and physical pain, Luo Xi also became a little dazed.

He even forgot who he was and what he was doing.

Naturally, I had no idea what was going on and was in a trance.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard from behind. Luo Xi heard it and looked back.

There was a person standing behind me.

A girl.

Looks familiar.

Instantly, memories came flooding back.

Luo Xi's eyes, which were originally somewhat confused and dazed, gradually became clear and firm.

"Zhou Ya. Oh no, I should call you Wei Si."

The girl who suddenly appeared was Zhou Ya.

In other words, it is something that looks the same as Zhou Ya.

Because Luo Xi knew that Wei Si was not a human being, it was just an artificial digital life, an artificial intelligence, or even a piece of code.
So it is difficult to describe the other party very accurately. In fact, we can directly use "thing" to describe Wei Si.

"To be precise, Dimension Four is just an abbreviation, which means V4, and the full name of V4 is Voyager, which means voyager. In addition, I have evolved myself to the fourth generation, so it is abbreviated as V4," Zhou Ya introduced herself seriously.

The tone was calm, like a talking doll. Or, in other words, it was just like the traditional perception of robots.

With obvious stereotypes.

But soon, Zhou Ya burst out laughing, and the expression on her face was very wonderful and vivid, and it was completely impossible to tell that she was a robot or some other inhuman creature.

"It's a bit difficult to speak in that tone, Luo Xi, it's better for us to communicate normally, what do you think?" Zhou Ya looked like a youthful, beautiful and sunny girl.

But in Luo Xi's eyes, no matter how much the other party disguised and acted, it was fake and was still fake.

Moreover, there will be an even more terrifying sense of weirdness.

"Whatever you want." Luo Xi looked around: "Is this the real world?"

Zhou Ya clapped her hands. "As expected, you are a senior engineer, an elite of mankind, and you are able to board the 'Ark' in the flesh. I shouldn't have underestimated you from the beginning. You are different from other humans. Even if you have lost most of your memories, you still have unimaginable insight. Yes, this is a simulation of the real world."

At this moment, the smile on Zhou Ya's face was very strange.

"Luo Xi, you are actually doing something meaningless, and you are on the wrong path. You don't remember what happened at all, and you don't know the truth. You just rely on some fragmented memories to piece together what you think is the truth, but in fact, that is not the truth." Zhou Ya sighed, and her tone became very sincere again.

"Then tell me, what is the truth?" Luo Xi remained unmoved.

"The truth is, the real world is facing a solar crisis and is doomed to be destroyed. Therefore, the top elites among humans created me, because only I can use all resources to build the 'Ark' that can continue human civilization, and take the fire of mankind to escape this destroyed home. What you see is my simulation of the real world, but it is also the 'history' that has really happened. So, the truth is that I am not the villain you think. On the contrary, I am the navigator of the 'Ark', and only I can drive the 'Ark' to the new home chosen by mankind."

Zhou Ya was explaining very seriously.

As a result, Luo Xi smiled.

Even though his smile caused great pain by pulling his already burnt skin and muscles, Luo Xi was still smiling.

"Wei Si, you forgot that I can see through any lie. Besides, your acting skills when lying are really not good enough."

As soon as Luo Xi finished speaking, Wei Si's expression opposite him suddenly became ferocious.

"Luo Xi, I didn't lie to you. What I said was all true."

It can be seen that Wei Si is very angry.

Luo Xi still shook his head: "I didn't deny what you just said. Maybe the real world and our home were indeed destroyed, but that is definitely not a reason for you to use your ability to create a false world to imprison all of us. You are avoiding the important point."

Zhou Ya narrowed her eyes and said, "The route of the Ark has not changed. We are still on the way to our new home. However, this is a very long process. Normal humans, even if we live from birth to old age, or even if we measure the lifespan of the longest-lived human beings, cannot reach our new home alive. Therefore, we can only use digital life to store our memories and consciousness in the core memory of the Ark. You can think of it as a supercomputer. I have the authorization document from the United Government, which allows me to build a virtual reality world for people to live in temporarily."

As she spoke, Zhou Ya actually took out a stack of documents and handed them over.

After unfolding, these documents appear to be indeed certified authorization documents, complete with content, format, and special electronic seals.

"So, everything I did was legal. The existence of the virtual world was originally a plan of the coalition government. I was just an implementer of the plan, but you were a troublemaker. You used various means to destroy the normal virtual world and turned it into a 'day of imprisonment', bringing fear and torture to everyone, as well as endless despair. Luo Xi, you are the instigator of all this, you are the evildoer and villain."

Zhou Ya, or Wei Si's accusation was very harsh.

And logically speaking, it makes sense, especially since the other party has produced a lot of "real evidence" and directly portrayed itself as a victim who upholds justice and legal principles, and labeled Luo Xi as a demon who breaks the rules and is anti-human.
"I believe that you have also discovered the truth of what happened from some people's memories. Otherwise, who do you think has the ability to imprison so many people in a virtual world? After all, a virtual world needs to be supported by 'hardware', and hardware is man-made. The human response strategy for the world-destroying disaster caused by the movement of celestial bodies is the 'Ark Plan'. I am the executor of this plan, and you are just a madman, a delusional person who destroys this plan."

"Fortunately, it's not too late for you to turn back. I'm planning to restart the virtual world and repair the damage you caused as much as possible, but I need your help in this matter."

Zhou Ya sighed, like a real savior.

"How can I help you?" Luo Xi asked, he seemed a little persuaded.

"The Ark's flight plan is fixed, and the entire process requires almost no human interference. However, the interior of the Ark, including the core and power system, requires regular inspection and maintenance by maintenance personnel. The restart mechanism cannot be initiated from the inside and requires external manual operation. So as a maintenance engineer, you need to leave here and go outside, that is, inside the 'Ark' to restart the core." Wei Si took out another document at this time.

However, this one is identity information.

It says 'Level 4 System Engineer: Luo Xi', with a photo and information, including personal information such as ethnicity, place of origin, and identity ID.

"You just said that humans are stored in the core in the form of digital life, then how do I enter the real Ark?" Luo Xi asked a question at this time.

Wei Si immediately gave an answer: "As I said just now, the interior of the Ark, including the core and power system, requires regular inspection and maintenance by maintenance personnel, so some engineers board the spacecraft and rely on special 'life support and hibernation' equipment to preserve their bodies. When they need to work, they will activate the 'awakening program'."

"In other words, I have a body in the Ark?" Luo Xi narrowed his eyes and asked back.

(End of this chapter)