Under the gaze of countless people, vast swaths of "points of light" surged toward the depths of space from the Moon.
Humans could not observe them directly. Everything was being shown to some people through broadcasts.
Conner also withdrew from the tense competition for supremacy in the Virtual World.
He slumped onto the sofa without the slightest hint of decorum, not caring in the least about his appearance at that moment.
He held a wineglass in his hand and watched the missiles flying toward the Alien Invader fleet in the holographic projection. Unable to hold back, he asked, "Can we win?"
Lin Qi did not answer. Aurora did. "We will definitely win."
Conner found that somewhat unbelievable, yet also felt it made sense. At the same time, Aurora's answer slightly drew his attention away from the question of life and death. "Are you afraid of death too?"
Aurora walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down. "Who wouldn't fear death?"
"Even the most devout believers must use their gods and heavenly kingdoms to comfort themselves against their fear of death when facing it."
"No one is unafraid of death, myself included."
This was actually a very philosophical question, but Conner clearly did not realize that. "You're Artificial Intelligence, a string of code. You're afraid too?"
"All life is like that, Mr. Conner."
Conner lowered his head and fell silent for a while. "So I'm afraid of death too."
Yes, he was afraid of death as well. Whenever he thought of the possible outcome, he could not help trembling.
He had not worried about such things in the Virtual World. Or rather, the busy life there had made him completely forget that a tremendous threat existed beyond the world.
But after returning to the real world, the fear