Lai Ya turned into a streak of red light and flew toward the star, her thoughts racing.
From that shield just now, she could tell that the machine intelligence was about as strong as she was. Their upcoming battle would most likely end in a draw.
But what would happen after a draw?
Would the planet be divided between north and south?
Both sides possessed the power to destroy the planet. Would they use the equator as a boundary, divide it between north and south, and form a new balance of terror?
"No, that's not right." Lai Ya shook her head inwardly.
Things definitely would not be that simple.
First of all, the machine intelligence definitely would not be happy with that outcome. If that were the case, it might as well have killed her at the South Pole ten days ago.
Why had the machine intelligence not killed her, instead keeping her alive until now?
Lai Ya frowned deeply, unable to figure it out no matter how hard she thought.
She vaguely sensed a massive conspiracy hanging over her. Layers upon layers of black nets seemed to cover every corner she wanted to escape to.
It seemed she would have a hard time escaping the machine intelligence's conspiracy.
"Ugh!" She sighed helplessly.
"If it really comes to it, I can only use my final move." Lai Ya raised her head and looked at the stars filling the sky beyond the star system.
She thought to herself, With my current strength, I can escape this star system. The nearest star is 5.6 light-years away. I can take my sister and some of my people there, spending a few centuries on the journey.
Leaving their home planet was the last and most helpless solution she could think of.
But would everything