Overturned Tower

"...Sister Flotte?"

After Xia heard Delphinium's voice, her eyes lit up.

Her ears suddenly stood up, like a pet that was still napping in its nest when it suddenly heard its owner open the door. The face showed uncontrollable joy for a moment.

"Brother, is he--ok?"

"It's okay, I'm okay, and Bing Shui is okay... It's just that he ran into some trouble and couldn't come back and take care of things on Happy Island. In other words, he was fighting against a more difficult enemy - so he Just let me come back first.”

Delphinium smiled softly.

There was a certain temperament about her that Xia had never seen before... This made Xia feel a little intoxicated for a moment. I want to rely on her, but I also want to act coquettishly towards her.

But Xia quickly realized something was wrong: "But, I remember Sister Flotte, aren't you... are your health okay now?"

She wasn't used to calling Delphinium "sister-in-law" or "ma'am", so she just called her "sister".

"One of the reasons why I came back was actually to take care of my children."

Delphinium lowered her eyes calmly and hugged Xia gently: "Now, the Sogo Island side has also fallen into chaos - even more intense than the Happy Island side.

"There is a resistance force against artificial intelligence, under the banner of 'returning human jobs to humans', leading a group of people to smash cameras, destroy unmanned vehicles, autonomous machines, and assassinate maintenance staff Artificial intelligence engineers, as well as highly intelligent talents with jobs. There are a large number of pilots and psychic hackers among them, and they are even trying to attack the Three Sages...

"Originally, they were going to collapse at the first touch. But with the support of a certain force, the Three Sages kept being disconnected inexplicably. When the Three Sages were unable to control the entire island normally, the Sogo Group, which had become accustomed to artificial intelligence taking over everything, But he was extremely uncomfortable with those thugs.

"The Son of God collapsed and the Buddha was beheaded. Past sacrificial activities were interrupted, and viruses were imported into the prayer devices in the church. All part-time praying nuns will expose all personal information and be kidnapped from their homes or killed; priests dare not Enter the church, and the church is occupied by thugs. Neither the angels nor the executive department can directly attack and bomb the church.

"And at night, thugs with bombs tied to them patrol the streets. They are not only attacking artificial intelligence. Even girls who have not had time to go home will be directly abducted by them or even brutalized on the street."

"...It sounds so ridiculous."

Xia frowned: "Why does it feel like it's more troublesome than here on Happy Island?"

"Sogo Island is the most troublesome - that's the main battlefield, because our main force is also on Sogo Island."

Delphinium nodded and admitted Xia's speculation: "The crisis on Happy Island is probably similar to that on Tongshen Island and Yongquan Island."

"It's just Tongshen Island... I remember isn't Yongquan Island the freest and most peaceful island?"

"Yes. But Yongquan Island also has its own contradictions and hatreds - they have a rebel army there, under the banner of 'equality of spiritual beings', but they are attacking all aquatic spiritual beings indiscriminately and robbing aquatic spiritual beings. A store opened by citizens. Although there are calm people who can realize that there must be something fishy behind this... but the hatred is still directed towards those land creatures.

"As for Tongshen Island, there are quite regular rebellions. There are always rebellions there, and they can wipe out one or two every week, and there are three or four every week. Anyway, their buildings are not afraid of bombing, and Sanshen The heavy industry's suppression methods are also more severe. Therefore, the movement of fighting will be greater.

"Recently, they have reached the level of direct confrontation between heavy-armed robots in the city. The company dispatched a large number of armed drones, while the rebels wore military exoskeletons and engaged in high-intensity street fighting. Innocent citizens were affected and died every day. They all started in three digits, leaving aside the injured.

"Many companies have shut down because of this, people are unwilling to go to work under fire, and the Internet has been highly disturbed by the rebels. People staying at home are afraid of the rebels, have random thoughts due to boredom, and are addicted to random thoughts. Feeling more scared.

"Now the market activities on Tongshen Island are almost completely suspended... The lower city area is occupied by the rebels. The storage materials in the upper city area are gradually depleted, and people are also anxious because the food stocks are gradually depleted. And there are not many executions Officers were sent to protect the higher-ups... Right now, there is a 'struggle between man and machine' over at Tongshen Island."

"...It sounds like things are really good here on Happy Island."

Xia frowned and corrected her previous words: "Where are the other empty islands?"

"Other air islands have not yet seen this level of chaos, but there are some signs... In other words, they dealt with it more promptly. It is also possible that the enemy's attention was not focused on them."

Delphinium said, turning his gaze to Shuya and showing a dignified smile: "Thanks to Mr. Shuya this time. Otherwise, the situation on Happy Island will also become tense. Thank you for your hard work."

"...No, it's nothing."

Comb Teeth shook his head.

Lying on the bed, Fu Ya could clearly see the change in Xia's expression: before, she looked like she had become a "big shot" - her brows were always furrowed, and her eyes shone with a rational light. I have a sense of giving up something in order to achieve something, and I realize how many people's fates I hold in my hands, and what kind of pressure I bear.

The only thing that comforted him was that when Delphinium opened the door and came in, Xia transformed into the girl in an instant. This means that she always has someone she can rely on, and it also means that the world is not that bad yet.

Half a year ago, when Shu Ya first met Xia, she could only be regarded as a child who had barely shed some of her childishness.

It's like a student who doesn't know what it's like to be sad in the world, leaving a campus full of laughter. For the first time, I started trying to support myself. I realized that life is not easy and it is difficult to make money. I looked up as if I could see my future at a glance. It was also like guarding the lighthouse of the ancient port alone. I deeply realized that as long as my work goes well. For a few problems, innocent people will pay a heavy price.

The color of dreams fades away, revealing the essence of reality - and the essence of reality is pain.

Thousands of pains and difficulties. Everyone has their own misfortunes, and every family has its own hard-to-recite scriptures...but some are particularly difficult to recite.

Even if it takes several generations, he has tried his best to climb up and become a "big shot". All it takes is one small mistake, one unsolvable problem, one unsatisfactory offspring, and it's possible to fall from a high place again.

Shu Ya has personally experienced this kind of shock in life - his life has been full of ups and downs, falling from a high place and rising from the abyss. It was precisely because he understood the impermanence of things that he decided not to fight for anything in his life.

Humans are not elves. The lifespan of a mortal is only a few decades, and it will last long after death. No matter what level they reach or who they become, there will always be disasters that belong to them.

The so-called, it is rare to be confused. So combing your teeth can always make you live easily.

He is only forty years old now, but he already had the thoughts of a sixty-year-old when he was twenty. Because of this, he could clearly realize that Xia, who always had clear and pure eyes like glass, was now trapped in the curse of "reality".

She is no longer a floating dreaming girl, nor a brave man saving the world in her dreams. But a "big shot" who really holds power and wants to do something practical - there is a burning fire in her eyes.

Objectively speaking, this is good.

But combing my teeth didn’t like the feeling.

It is the irresponsibility of those "adults" that children who should be dreaming are forced to take on a mountain of heavy responsibilities that can crush their meager lives and become big figures who determine the fate of the world.

No matter how nice the words "give them possibilities" and "let them realize their dreams" sound good, it cannot excuse the incompetence of adults. It was the incompetence of the board of directors, it was the incompetence of those who held power in the company, and it was her father Dodgson who felt confused that gave this power to Miss Xia.

Kasumi has indeed grown up and woke up from her dream.

And other sky islands also have their "Xia".

These boys and girls with heroic dreams grew up in a hurry, faced increasingly severe situations, and dealt with problems that even adults find difficult...

"I don't work hard, these children do."

Comb Teeth sighed.