Chapter 590

“That thing… it didn’t lay a finger on Liguang at all.”

Liguang lifted her face. Her amber left eye shone dazzlingly in the morning light, while her crimson right eye flickered at an almost cheerful frequency.

“It was very well-behaved. It just stayed there quietly, and then…”

She raised her little hand, palm facing upward, and gently curled her fingers.

“It obediently handed over all the remaining permissions!”

“Maybe it’s because the most important part of its permissions was already with Master.”

She snuggled deeper into Fang Qi’s arms, pressing her cheek against his chest.

“The rest were just incomplete fragments. How could they possibly stand a chance against Liguang…?”

“So it simply surrendered. It didn’t resist at all.”

After saying that, she rubbed her cheek against Fang Qi’s chest.

“I told you so!”

A voice suddenly cut in from the side.

Lin Xiaoyou was still sprawled beside the platform’s edge, watching them.

“This is… the grand gift I brought you!”

As she spoke, she furrowed her brows and struggled to sit up.

“So there’s absolutely nothing to worry about!”

She tilted her head back and looked at them smugly.

Liguang ignored her.

She continued clutching Fang Qi’s hand, gazing up at him without blinking.

“Master.”

Her voice suddenly softened.

“Liguang can now… completely use the three permissions within Master.”

Fang Qi looked at her as her grip on his hand tightened and tightened.

“Liguang can quickly construct this little world for Master!”

As she spoke, her gaze gradually lost focus.

“The worlds Liguang worked so hard to build for Master last time…”

She bit down on her lip, her tone unmistakably resentful.

“They were lost. Liguang was so sad…”

She buried her face in Fang Qi’s palm again, her eyelashes brushing lightly against his skin.

“But now…!”

She raised her head once more, her eyes burning as she stared at Fang Qi.

“Liguang can rebuild those lost worlds much more easily!”

“Islands, mountains, grasslands… Anything is possible!”

“Two days… No, just one day!”

She held up one slender finger and waved it in front of Fang Qi.

“Liguang can build an entire setting for Master in one day!”

“If Master is feeling homesick…”

Her phoenix eyes curved into crescents once more.

“Liguang can even perfectly recreate the home in Master’s memories!”

“Liguang can take Master back to the home he’s always missed.”

“This time, Liguang will miss home with Master.”

Her gaze was gentle as she looked at Fang Qi, and her voice was soft as well.

“Master can miss home as much as he wants. Liguang absolutely won’t get angry again.”

“Liguang promises!”

She even raised three fingers, making a solemn vow.

Her mismatched eyes sparkled as she gazed at him!

Fang Qi stared blankly at her.

Wife, you…

Then he smiled and gently shook his head.

…All right, all right.

So the Crazy Girl had finally given him permission to miss home?

In any case…

There was no way he could ever return, right?

Still, that was fine.

“Whew…”

He let out a long breath.

After suffering such a devastating blow, and after being tortured half to death by this Crazy Girl in the previous playthrough…

Now that his wife was willing to make it up to him, he absolutely had to indulge himself!

He focused his gaze on Liguang.

“Liguang, I…”

“No, hold on! You two, wait a minute!”

Lin Xiaoyou suddenly shouted, her voice frantic and exasperated!

Fang Qi: “?”

He turned around and saw that Miss Genius had already pushed herself to her feet.

With her hands on her hips, she glared down at the two sitting at the edge of the platform, her round little face full of displeasure!

“I’m asking you—could you two be any more relaxed?”

She glared at Liguang first.

“Liguang! Don’t forget who we’re dealing with this time!”

“You swallowed the permissions belonging to Chenxi’s backend super AI!”

“How could they possibly just let that go?”

The more she spoke, the more anxious she became, gesturing emphatically as she continued.

“Even though you swallowed those permissions, the super AI’s actual permission carrier—the core—is still there!”

“It may have lost its permissions, but its performance hasn’t diminished in the slightest!”

“There’s no way Chenxi is going to simply accept this defeat!”

Fang Qi’s eyelid twitched.

Chenxi’s super AI…?

Lin Xiaoyou abruptly turned her glare toward Fang Qi.

“Senior! Don’t forget about Miss Eyeliner and Sister An Lian, either!”

“They still remember everything that happened during those six months in the dream!”

“If Liguang modifies this little world again, the outside world will definitely become a complete mess all over again, just like last time. The world line will keep shifting!”

“When that happens, they’ll definitely take action too!”

She glared furiously at the two of them.

“How have you still not learned your lesson? You’re even…”

“Enjoying yourselves?!”

As she spoke, she stamped her foot.

“What are you two planning to do?!”

Fang Qi blinked at her.

…The outside world?

Uh…

He really hadn’t thought much about it just now.

His hometown was already gone. Who cared about what was happening outside?

But Sister An Lian and Gu Xi…

Hmm.

Fang Qi pursed his lips.

So what was he supposed to do?

He knew that he seemed to be incredibly powerful after recovering his memories, but…

He wasn’t powerful right now!

Right now, he was just a useless shut-in who played galgames!

What did Miss Genius expect him to do?

She obviously wasn’t counting on him. Rather…

He tilted his head slightly and looked toward the person in his arms.

The silver-haired girl was staring coldly at Lin Xiaoyou, her little face clearly filled with displeasure and menace!

Lin Xiaoyou glared back at Liguang, but her legs immediately trembled in fright!

Even so, she stubbornly refused to step back and continued glaring at Liguang.

Perhaps because she had just presented Liguang with the tremendous good news that Master could never return home, and had therefore put her in a good mood…

This time, Liguang didn’t lash out.

“What about it?”

She spoke lightly, her voice betraying no emotion.

“Liguang now has three permissions. I’m much stronger than before.”

She raised her head slightly and smiled at Lin Xiaoyou.

“And the outside world…”

“It has already lost its cleverest general—Miss Lin.”

Fang Qi saw Lin Xiaoyou’s expression stiffen for an instant.

“Taking everything into account, while the outside world took half a year to invade last time, it will definitely take even longer this time.”

Liguang’s voice was soft and unhurried.

“That will give me and Master plenty of time to relax.”

“Consider it a celebration for obtaining these permissions.”

She smiled.

Then she turned her head and winked at Fang Qi.

“Liguang endured her discomfort and locked Miss Lin in here with Master…”

“It was precisely so that Miss Lin would stay behind.”

…Huh?

Fang Qi blinked, taking three seconds to process her words…

Then it suddenly clicked.

Oh! So that was why!

When she had locked him and Lin Xiaoyou together earlier, despite how utterly bizarre it had seemed…

She had done it to keep Lin Xiaoyou from being captured by the other side?

She was afraid that the other side would pull Miss Genius over again and have her help invade this world?

Huh.

My wife really had thought that far ahead.

Impressive!

She might even be smarter than I was before I lost my memories!

He couldn’t help giving Liguang a thumbs-up in his heart!

“Or is it that…”

Liguang narrowed her eyes again and turned back to Lin Xiaoyou.

“Miss Lin thinks that, after suffering such a heavy blow, Master shouldn’t take some time to relax?”

Fang Qi: “…”

His wife was so good to him. Though it did seem like she was using him to put a label on Lin Xiaoyou…

Sure enough, Lin Xiaoyou immediately panicked!

“When did I ever think that?”

Her little face flushed red as she frantically waved both hands in front of her chest.

“Of course relaxing and enjoying ourselves is fine. I want to take a break too!”

“But—but!”

She stamped her foot.

“At the very least, we should think about what to do next first! We can relax after we’ve figured that out!”

Hmm…?

Fang Qi raised a hand and rubbed his chin.

That did make sense.

It would have been fine if Miss Genius hadn’t brought it up, but now that she had mentioned everything going on outside…

He was indeed a little concerned.

What was happening with Sister An Lian and Gu Xi right now?

And that super AI that had lost its permissions yet continued operating…

Could it really cause some major trouble?

He lowered his head and looked at Liguang, who was still wearing an unhappy expression in his arms.

“Liguang.”

He spoke softly.

“We really should think of a solution first. Otherwise, we won’t be able to enjoy ourselves properly.”

At his words…

Liguang’s cold expression immediately crumpled!

She turned her head toward Fang Qi with a pitiful look, her little lips slightly pursed. Her expression seemed to say…

“Master actually isn’t taking my side!”

Fang Qi hurriedly tightened his arms around her.

“I’m doing this so we can live together and relax more comfortably, Liguang.”

He pinched her cheek.

“Think about it. If someone barges in while we’re having fun, wouldn’t that ruin the mood?”

Liguang gave a light snort, but…

It seemed she had been persuaded?

She turned her head toward Lin Xiaoyou and said in a neither-cold-nor-warm tone, “Since Miss Lin was the one who brought this up, then Miss Lin can explain.”

“How should Master and Liguang prepare?”

Lin Xiaoyou immediately thrust out her chest, looking as though she had been waiting for Liguang to say that.

“Ahem!”

She cleared her throat, her expression becoming serious as well.

“I came up with a solution a long time ago. It’s just… it’s just…”

She suddenly hesitated, then…

She gave Fang Qi a faintly resentful look!

Fang Qi: “?”

Huh?

What was with that look?

“It's just that I was a step too late…”

Still staring at Fang Qi resentfully, she muttered, “That silly senior already gave the permissions to Liguang.”

“I have a feeling Liguang probably won’t agree…”

Fang Qi: “...?”

Wait, what kind of solution were you planning to use? Why wouldn’t Liguang agree?

Liguang slightly furrowed her brows, her phoenix eyes narrowing.

“Miss Lin, let’s hear it. What is your plan?”

She stared at Lin Xiaoyou.

Lin Xiaoyou didn’t immediately explain her plan. Instead, she made a soft “hmm” sound…

“Senior, Liguang, do you remember…”

She blinked and asked, “Why does Xiaoqing have memories from the dreams?”

Fang Qi froze.

Xiaoqing?

He thought for a moment.

It was because…

Ah!

“Xiaoqing was Liguang’s prototype. Her core originated from the same source as Liguang’s.”

He spoke without thinking.

“And at the time, you modified her core, so…”

“Ex-actly!”

Lin Xiaoyou held up one finger and pointed it emphatically at him.

“Xiaoqing doesn’t have any permissions!”

“She was able to retain her memories because she shares the same origin as Liguang!”

As Fang Qi listened, something suddenly began turning over in his mind.

“Likewise…”

Lin Xiaoyou lowered her voice slightly.

“That super AI outside, the one Liguang stripped of its permissions…”

“Although its permissions were taken away, it still shares the same origin as Liguang.”

“So there’s a very good chance it also remembers what happened in those dreams.”

“Just like Xiaoqing!”

Fang Qi’s eyelid twitched.

That was right.

He had suspected this once before! It was just that too many things had happened afterward, so he had put the matter aside.

He murmured, “So what you’re saying is…”

“Not just that one!”

Lin Xiaoyou planted her hands on her hips, her almond-shaped eyes shining as she stared at him.

“There are also the other seven cores!”

“They may all have memories. They may all remember everything that happened!”

“In the previous dream, almost all of them were summoned by Chenxi!”

What?!

Fang Qi’s pupils contracted.

There was something like that too?!

“And my experimental data is still at the police station! Miss Eyeliner knows about it too!”

The faster Lin Xiaoyou spoke, the more excited she became.

“Even without me, Miss Eyeliner could probably learn a great deal by studying my research from the previous dream.”

“And Sister An Lian has that ultimate weapon—the super command—and she’s on their side too.”

“So this time, the attack from outside will probably be much more ferocious than the last!”

Fang Qi fell silent.

Liguang, in his arms, remained silent as well.

The two girls looked at each other.

The sea breeze swept past, lifting Liguang’s silver hair and the loose black hair around Lin Xiaoyou’s face.

“And?” Liguang finally asked.

“What are you trying to say?”

Lin Xiaoyou took a deep breath.

“What I’m trying to say is…”

“Having all those people outside retain their memories one by one…”

“Is way too troublesome!”

She looked straight at Fang Qi, the corners of her lips curling into a slightly excited smile.

“Senior, based on my deductions, you should have…”

She winked at Fang Qi.

“A way to make it so that, after waking from the dream, only you retain your memories, while everyone else… doesn’t. Right?”

Fang Qi: “...?”

He stared blankly at Lin Xiaoyou.

Wait.

Lin Xiaoyou actually knew about this?

There really was such a method. What a nostalgic way to rewind time.

It was the method he had originally used to rewind: suffering irreversible injuries without actually dying…

Ever since he had eloped to the island, he hadn’t used that method again.

But Liguang…

A dazzling red glow suddenly flared beside him, making Fang Qi squint slightly!

“Liguang—does—not—allow—it!”

The silver-haired girl’s voice suddenly turned ominous!

Fang Qi glanced sideways…

The crimson in her scarlet eyes was so intense that it was almost blinding!

Lin Xiaoyou pressed her lips together. She seemed to have expected this reaction from Liguang.

But still…

“Liguang, don’t reject it yet! Think about it! This method is definitely a good one!”

She was clearly trying to persuade Liguang, speaking anxiously.

“Senior can tell us what happened after we wake up from the dream!”

“But those people outside…”

“Li! Guang! Does! Not! Allow! It!”

Liguang enunciated every word, her expression already so cold it seemed capable of freezing into ice!

Even the sea breeze seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Fang Qi: “…”

He looked at Lin Xiaoyou’s little round face, flushed red with anxiety. Then he lowered his head and looked at the pair of heterochromatic eyes in his arms, which were practically spewing flames.

Ah. No wonder.

No wonder Lin Xiaoyou had panicked so badly—and even called him an idiot pig—when she saw that Liguang had taken away his permissions.

Something like this…

How could Liguang possibly agree?