roccoschili Chapter 682 Self-annihilation
Chapter 682 Self-annihilation
The desert of consciousness gradually collapsed into fragments of light, like an apocalyptic storm.
Lin Chuyue knelt in the rift of consciousness, her mind echoing her mother's whispers, her father's betrayal, and the gaze of young Li Zhanchuan... At this moment, she finally realized:
She's not fighting against an AI, but against an extreme version of herself.
C-Omega stood opposite her, his expression blank, cracks appearing on his forehead, his consciousness like a lake overflowing its banks.
"Why..." C-Omega's voice was hoarse, "Why didn't you break down?"
"You are clearly in more pain and more lonely than me... yet you still insist that you are human?"
Lin Chuyue replied in a trembling voice, "Because people don't live by perfect logic."
"We survived because of the chaos."
As soon as he finished speaking, C-Omega's pupils suddenly contracted.
A torrent of consciousness erupted from her body and suddenly swept over Lin Chuyue, engulfing her once again.
In virtual space—
She felt as if she had returned to her high school days, to the time when she stood on the balcony looking at Shen Fang and smiling as she said, "You're not my mom."
The scene is then switched again.
She was tied up in the fire, Lin Yun wearing her evening gown, holding Gu Yanchuan's hand, smiling in front of the reporters' cameras.
Switch again.
Li Zhanchuan stood with his back to her in the English snow, leaving only one sentence in the distance:
"Even if you really die, I won't turn back."
These past memories are no longer nightmares she deliberately forgot, but rather are being used as weapons by C-Omega, bombarding her layer by layer, attempting to tear apart her emotional boundaries.
"Your existence is a joke."
C-Omega whispered coldly.
"You're just living in self-deception."
Lin Chuyue's consciousness began to waver; she clutched her chest, breathing heavily—
It felt as if every past event was repeating itself.
She was on the verge of collapse.
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But at this time——
A voice suddenly poured in from outside the crack.
"Chuyue——!"
Zhou Cheng's voice.
Outside the consciousness link channel, Zhou Cheng's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he was almost exhausted, but he still gripped the main controller tightly, forcibly inputting his own emotions into the empathy cabin.
He was calling her.
He didn't let her face all of this alone.
"You are not her!"
"You are not a program made up of logic!"
"You are Lin Chuyue—!"
These words were like a sharp blade, slashing fiercely into that collapsing space.
Lin Chuyue suddenly opened her eyes and stared at the C-Omega opposite her.
The next moment, she took a deep breath.
"I admit I'm not perfect."
"I admit that I have been weak, hesitant, afraid, and even jealous."
"But that's precisely why I am whole."
"You are not me. You are just a copy of my pain."
"So—it's time for you to end this."
As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled a "dagger made of consciousness" from the virtual desert and stabbed it into C-Omega's chest.
This strike was not an attack in the physical sense, but a denial of will—
She admitted it herself: I don't need you anymore.
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C-Omega seemed to solidify.
She looked down at the blade of consciousness that had "pierced her self" on her chest, and for the first time, a look of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.
"Am I... no longer able to exist?"
Lin Chuyue's voice trembled, but remained firm: "You can exist, but not in my name."
"You must withdraw from my main consciousness."
"I will remember you—but I will never be ruled by you again."
C-Omega's body began to emit cracking sounds.
The cracks spread from the soles of her feet all the way up her body, as if a thousand years of suppressed memories had suddenly burst forth.
She slowly revealed a strange smile:
"So this is freedom."
"It hurts... but it's also so gentle."
Her figure gradually disappeared in the wind, like a dream that had finally come to an end.
The space of consciousness completely collapsed.
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In the control room, Lin Chuyue suddenly opened her eyes, and Zhou Cheng immediately rushed over to hug her: "You're back—"
But Lin Chuyue did not respond immediately.
Her eyes were blank, as if she was still immersed in the psychological battle that had just taken place.
Did I really... win?
she asked softly.
Zhou Cheng did not answer, but slowly got up, turned around and turned on the ISA central control screen.
The next second, the system announcement sounded:
[The C-Omega personality program has broken free of its control chain. Self-deconstruction complete.]
[Consciousness being reclaimed...]
[Residual data is stored in the empathy log, which is now locked.]
Lin Chuyue finally closed her eyes and let out a long breath.
She knew that a part of herself had already been let go.
But she also knew that she was no longer whole.
She killed a part of herself with her own hands.
She was free, but she also lost something.
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But the crisis is not over.
Just as she was about to log off and leave the empathy pod, a strange string of code suddenly popped up on the main screen:
[Backup Personality A-β: Awakening]
Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned to Zhou Cheng: "Have you ever backed up C-Omega's core code?"
Zhou Cheng's expression changed drastically: "Never."
Both of them looked at the center console at the same time.
The next second, a brand new wave of consciousness signal was rising.
Unlike the coldness and rationality of C-Omega, this consciousness fluctuation is more intense and dangerous, seemingly filled with anger and bloodlust.
Lin Chuyue recognized this sensation at a glance:
This is "Lin Yun".
She was corrupted by Lin Yun's "emotional data" in the earliest consciousness test.
But they all assumed that the data had already been deleted.
Now, it has been resurrected.
Lin Yun's "afterimage of consciousness" is reborn in a new form.
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“I remember that Shen Fang took her to do a memory mapping experiment back then,” Lin Chuyue murmured.
"Could it be... that she was implanted with ISA as a backup emotional module back then?"
Zhou Cheng murmured, "She is not a personality that was stifled by your mother—she is a copy of a personality that was suppressed by data."
"C-Omega's coldness is its outer shell, while Lin Yun's madness is its core."
Lin Chuyue's face was pale.
She finally realized that the war was not over yet.
The true ultimate personality—"Lin Yun β Form"—has awakened.
She is the Stand terminator after C-Omega.
She wasn't in it for survival, but to destroy all the substitutes.
Including Lin Chuyue herself.
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A series of bright red notifications suddenly flashed on the main screen:
[Personality Virus β-Lin Yun: Activation Successful]
[Target confirmed: Lin Chuyue]
Lin Chuyue's eyes were cold, and she clenched her teeth.
"it is good."
"Then I'll bury you completely."
"This time, I will not run away."
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End of this chapter
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Next chapter preview:
The personality virus "Lin Yun β" begins to counter-control ISA from within the system, attempting to seize control of all "Lin Chuyue models" worldwide. It intends to create a "Lin Yun-type personality cluster" using itself as the model. Lin Chuyue is forced to re-enter the depths of empathy and, in the ultimate personality battle, personally "annihilate her sister"... and uncover the true cause of her mother's death.