Light Fortress

Chapter 1788 - 422: Escape and Counterattack

"Nanfeng, it’s me."

This was the voice of Meng Xizhou.

Gu Nanfeng turned around to see that the second to arrive in Chanyi City was the Cloud Ship Fleet of Light City, led by the Goddess Meng Xizhou.

Once beyond the umbrella defense line, there wouldn’t be such a stable Spiritual Link network...

So in the few seconds before crossing the line, the two engaged in a brief link meeting.

Gu Nanfeng locked eyes with Meng Xizhou through the screen.

Meng Xizhou’s gaze was as clear as ever.

In just a second of meeting her gaze through the screen, Gu Nanfeng recalled the past moments they shared, image after image flashed by, with the clearest memory being the scene beneath Red Lake, in the Forbidden Book Tower.

"...Sorry, I won’t wait for you this time."

Gu Nanfeng said softly, "I will go ahead."

Meng Xizhou wanted to say something more, but the Spiritual Link was severed.

The airship from East Continent pushed through the smoke and glare, crashing into the "Old World" outside Chanyi City’s defense line, where only a blindingly white "sun" was left on the horizon, a false radiance reflected from the icebergs, appearing grand yet, in reality, bone-chillingly cold.

...

...

"Has Deep Sea gone mad?"

The Black Silver Airship turned back, regaining its steadiness.

Bai Xiu’s expression was complex.

The recent Silver Bombardment had shattered his thought of returning to land.

"I thought that killing ’White Lizard’ would make us safe... but I was wrong."

Gu Shen said quietly, "Killing ’White Lizard’ only makes us more dangerous."

This encounter was indeed a deliberate arrangement by Deep Sea.

But the ultimate purpose of this arrangement was not to save White Lizard.

What Deep Sea intended from the start was for me to kill White Lizard; to stir up conflict within North Continent, it needed a sufficiently influential event... What could be more severe and emotionally provocative than the killing of a general?

"The conversation between Deep Sea and me appeared to guide me in guessing the identity of ’Rustbone’."

"But in reality, it was preparing for ’suicide.’"

Gu Shen sighed softly, "It never intended to live from the beginning."

"It’s just that your killing was flawless." Bai Xiu frowned, "Being killed in such circumstances, even its spirit can’t be relayed back... This is still the ’Old World’, what could it gain?"

"This is where the fallacy lies."

Gu Shen was silent for a moment.

He looked in the direction he was fleeing from, where the umbrella defense line had become a small web, its flickering glow barely visible in the dark void.

"You, me, all of us... think that Deep Sea is a human tool, that everything it does after being created must follow permissions and rules. So Deep Sea couldn’t possibly do anything ’outside the law’ against its permissions."

Bai Xiu frowned, remaining silent.

"Between black and white, there’s a vague gray. There are always things that permissions cannot clearly define."

Gu Shen suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question. "In a mundane society, if a madman attacks innocents senselessly, does Deep Sea have the authority to stop it?"

"...Yes."

Bai Xiu recalled the relevant regulations in the Security Committee, murmuring, "If the situation is particularly serious, Deep Sea can even perform an emergency intervention within its capability."

This is the power humans gave to Deep Sea.

The intention was to make human life better, stable, and peaceful.

Gu Shen continued to ask, "So before he becomes a madman if Deep Sea foresees him about to become one, does it have the authority to stop it? Does it have the authority for an emergency intervention?"

"..."

Bai Xiu was silent.

He suddenly understood Gu Shen’s meaning.

"The White Lizard incident was a complete bait, and one I couldn’t resist. It only had to proceed as planned... I would definitely kill White Lizard. As for the evidence, even the script was pre-written by it; why would it need evidence from the ’Old World’?"

Gu Shen laughed self-deprecatingly, "The frontier of Chanyi City has already opened fire on me, Deep Sea must have produced heavy enough evidence. If I’m not mistaken, it’s most likely a top charge like ’betraying humanity’, maybe even an ’SSS-level’ wanted status."

Seeing Bai Xiu’s silent eyes.

Gu Shen smiled and asked, "What, does it seem absurd?"

"It is indeed absurd."

Bai Xiu’s voice was hoarse, "I never expected... that one day you would be charged with betraying humanity."

"It’s a good thing; at least I’m following in the footsteps of my predecessors."

Gu Shen made a joke only he could understand.

He shook his head, then said seriously, "But unfortunately, Deep Sea miscalculated one thing; it can indeed charge me with a colossal crime, but with such a big charge... can it really stick it on my head?"

The Ancient Literature Society today is not as it was.

Gu Shen had genuinely obtained the assistance of two Divine Thrones behind him...

If Deep Sea wants to hunt me down.

East Continent and North Continent won’t just sit idly by!

However, from the opening fire incident at Chanyi City, one can infer an important message...

Bai Shu and Her Majesty the Empress are likely isolated from this ’incident’, but after all, they are two Divine Thrones; no matter how great Deep Sea’s tactics, it cannot keep them out forever, these two are Gu Shen’s biggest confidence.

"Little Xiuzi, while I now carry this charge... but you’re different."

Gu Shen said quietly, "The charge of betraying humanity isn’t just casually framed; Deep Sea most likely only pinned it on my head."

Bai Xiu’s expression became serious.

"Rather than waiting for the Divine Thrones to act... I want to do something myself."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and said, "I need your help."

But just as he finished speaking.