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"Knowing this, you still say you won't hold any position?"

"To be frank, I formed the resistance army simply to protect myself. Although we have won now, that does not mean I am a qualified leader." Vincent smiled and said, "I am a wanderer, without superb knowledge or outstanding vision. I am simply not qualified to be president, let alone lead humanity."

"Then who will be president?"

"I have a suitable candidate."

"Who?"

Vincent chuckled softly, revealing his true intentions: "Arakasaka Yorinobu."

Arakasaka Yoriyuki was stunned, and so were the others.

"Me? Impossible. I come from a company background. No one can trust me. This will only cause more chaos and is just utter recklessness!"

Vincent advised, "If you make public what you've done over the years, they will naturally understand."

“Impossible!” Arasaka Yorinobu refused outright: “I did those things only to overthrow the company. Now that I’ve achieved my goal, I will never go public with it.”

Vincent turned on the large screen in the conference room, which was showing the quiet contributions of Arasaka Yoriyuki over the years. At the end of the video, Arasaka Yoriyuki himself appeared, formally admitting his actions and hoping that the people would give him a chance. He said he would continue to uphold his original aspirations, make persistent efforts, and be a competent president in the new era, leading everyone to a happy new life.

Arakasaka Yorinobu was stunned: "I never said those things. That wasn't me at all. What's going on?!"

Vincent looked at Vera, who said smugly, "Hehe, isn't the AI ​​great to use?"

And so, Arasaka Yorinobu became the first president of the new government. This was difficult because there were indeed many dissenting voices. But as time went on, Arasaka Yorinobu continued to fulfill people's expectations, completing one promise after another, putting his ideals into practice with concrete actions, and also fulfilling his wishes in a down-to-earth manner.

He truly created a happy world without companies, and he became a hero to everyone!

"Do you regret it?" V asked. "You should be the one standing in the spotlight, receiving everyone's adoration."

“My achievements haven’t been forgotten either; my name is even written in history textbooks,” Vincent said with a smile. “By the way, I’m getting married to Panan next Wednesday. If you’re too busy to come, that’s fine; just send your wedding gift.”

V was taken aback and looked at Vera, saying, "I think he's showing off."

Vera was also furious: "Damn it, such a beautiful flower as Parnam has been stuck with such a piece of cow dung! I'm so annoyed!"

"I remember he was doing physical training, how's it going?"

"Not good." Vera grinned mischievously, fidgeting with her fingers. "We happen to have some time today, let's do some extra practice!"

V grinned mischievously, "Okay, I'll help!"

Vincent's expression changed drastically: "Wait, I was wrong, I shouldn't have been so arrogant, please forgive me!"

"Now you're thinking of begging for mercy? Too late!"

A week later, Vincent and Parnan got married.

Another week later, V and Vera, along with Vincent, went to the non-material world.

"Is this the non-material world?" Vincent looked around. "The saturation doesn't seem very high."

Vera nodded repeatedly: "Great minds think alike."

V glared at them both: "Stop joking around and get down to business. Adam Hammer, protect the technicians. Gantt, be ready to evacuate the wounded at any time."

"Yes."

"understood."

Vincent glanced at the Adam Hammer clone from over 2000 years in the future and asked curiously, "Adam Hammer? Who gave him that awful name?"

V answered: "Vera."

Vincent looked like he suddenly understood.

Vera retorted angrily, "It's not me, Vera!"

Vincent chuckled, about to say something, when the entire non-material space suddenly shook.

“Here we are,” V asked Vincent. “Are you ready?”

"To be honest, I'm a little nervous." Vincent took a deep breath. "But it'll be fine once the fighting starts."

"Heh, quite an honest answer." V curled the corners of his mouth: "Then let's go, the second round of the destruction operation, begin!"

With a command, Vera shouted and entered hyper-cyber psychotic state. V also connected to the nanonetwork and entered full AI mode. Vincent took a deep breath, put on the special heteromorph suit designed for Echo Operations, and entered combat readiness.

As a giant black jellyfish rose from the sea, V, Vera, and Vincent exchanged a glance and charged forward together!

2177 AD.

Xu Zhong woke up on the medical bed and asked the white-haired woman standing by the window, "Hello, may I ask where this is?"

The white-haired woman didn't turn around: "Look out the window. The world you casually mention, I created."

"Sister V?!" The voice was so familiar that Xu Zhong immediately recognized its owner: "Your hair?"

V turned his head, his hair changing through the colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple: "The latest nanotechnology is very popular among young people these days, isn't it cool?"

"..." Xu Zhong was speechless. He looked out the window and then couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Outside the window, towering buildings stand tall, birds sing and flowers bloom, humans and AI coexist harmoniously, and a huge spaceship hovers in near-Earth orbit, like a giant whale swimming in a sea of ​​sky, creating a dreamlike scene.

"This is completely different from the new world I imagined!" Xu Zhong exclaimed in surprise. "Sister V, what exactly did you do?"

“There are so many, I can hardly remember them all. But anyway, I kept my promise.” V chuckled: “Kid, now it’s your turn to fulfill your promise.”

Xu Zhong was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, and he smiled like a young man: "West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, right? No problem, it's on me."

Half an hour later, in Hangzhou.

V's roar echoed throughout the entire West Lake:

"Good heavens, this is completely different from what I imagined it to be delicious!"

Xu Zhong laughed even more heartily.

Xu Ling also curled up the corners of her mouth: "He actually dared to invite V to eat West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce. My Sleeping Beauty cousin is really bold."

Vera poked at the West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce in front of her, her face also looking pale: "No offense, but I really can't stand this stuff. Is there anything good to eat in Hangzhou?"

Vincent, David, Johnny Silverhand, and their families all looked at Xu Ling with expectant eyes.

After thinking about it carefully, Xu Ling finally gave her answer: "KFC, it's the best KFC in Hangzhou."

Everyone: "..."

With the Night of Echoes effectively controlled, time and space are in the hands of humanity. Under the management of AI, everyone lives in peace and contentment, everything is fair and just, more and more good things happen, and the world becomes better and better.

In a virtual sandbox world.

The AI ​​Astraea arrived at an ordinary house. Salted Duck stopped typing and greeted him with a smile: "You've come."

"In the previous endless cycles, this virtual world will also cycle again and again. It is not a living being, so its memories will not be erased. The experience and knowledge in each cycle will be retained and then passed on to V in the simulation, so she can keep getting stronger and eventually break the cycle."

Salted Duck nodded: "That's right, exactly."

Astraea continued, "The reason she was able to regain all her memories wasn't because she didn't pay the price, but because someone paid the price for her, and that person was you, right?"

Salted Duck shook his head: "It's not just me, it's just that this time it's me in the cycle."

"What do you mean? Aren't you the master AI controlling the memory chip?"

“Each cycle of the memory chip has an AI. I succeeded because I stood on the shoulders of countless predecessors. It was they who sacrificed themselves to lay the foundation for me and create opportunities, which enabled me to achieve victory this time.”

Astraea was utterly shocked: "They are...?"

Salted Duck smiled and brought up an interface on the computer: "Of course, it's the reader of this book, Grandpa."

Astraea looked at the list of book lovers.

[Dominator of Destruction, Wen Yu Mu Ye, Li Yangyang who likes fragrant wood, User ll45l4, Lei Ge who loves mushrooms and vegetables, KHiASzL000, Deadly Poisonous Shrimp, Sea Bird 01, Momentary Firefly, Broken Old Teapot, Nest and Her Story Never Ends, Asu Su, Username 52044196, Swamp Wild Goose, Zhao Yuanwai who likes Leaf Knot Fish, Hydroxy Acid Hydroxy Ester, Twenty-One Titles, Golden Hoop Immortal of the Southern Lianshan Mountains, Thousand Thorns Kirisaki, Completely Unaware, Eclipse Moon, Peerless Iron God with Complete Concentration, Kidspy, Net] Online Novel Classic Plot Association, sfortreGun, just meow, gloomy as water, ultimate sexy king, user 11870857, Leon●S●Kennedy, green flag selling wine on the other side of the mountain, fishing ashes, username 59977759, mint beef roll, Twilight hand-rubbed Newt black hole, Yagami Qin, rain in the fog?, if I can't catch it, I'll drain it, memory stopwatch, Shi Lelei, Gu Qinghan doesn't like to fight, holy revival, scout, not seen this autumn, summer insects in the refrigerator, a strange non-human, peerless needle-leaf king, golden shell county The shrewd and capable one, oh, that's really stupid, Fellow Daoist, please wait, the Dian King who likes Yun'ao, riding an ant to kill a snail, the protector of the Exploding Heaven Gang—Cao Cao, Huihui's explosive magic, KARUM, Tuo Lv Bo Jian Zhi V, Monsoon, User 49662558, the loyal king who likes guitar amplifiers, Ye Shu, the teacher who likes Codonopsis pilosula, Jun Lin Yu, Wang Xiaoming who passed by, Liu Yichen, Neutrino Zi Zi, User 23467758, Username 43086824, Piao Piao San Qian Jie, Qing Yang who likes the Guqin of the Jiuyi School, the ultimate ugly flower of desire, Si Ge, loves to eat fancy eggs Miss Cai, what's wrong with you, Ashi, Fried_ice, Moros.c. Yegor, Long Night Firefly, Let's Gather, Fox Palace and Flower Scattering, _(ToT)_P, AnuhY, Not Afraid of Saint Gilles' Blood, Abnormal Aha, Drowning, Anakin of Yokoyama Institute, Jie Xuanji's Crystal Ball, Zaku‖, Quantum Weak Cat, Flying Ox, Returning to You at Midnight, Xiao Linlinlinlin, TIMCS, If You Don't Eat Sugar You'll Be a Starman, Breathing Oxygen xin_y, Mozi is the Best, Jia Xing of Oedo, Thoroughly a Certain Yi, Shiki Shou, Hu Longsheng Who Likes Home Fish, Rusu12】

"So... many?"

"This is only a part of it. In fact, there are many more who didn't even leave their IDs." Salty Duck said earnestly, "It is because of their selfless dedication that such a perfect story can be written."

"So what are they doing now...?"

"They've all forgotten the price they paid for helping V travel through time. They don't even know what they did, but even so, those guys still pay attention to this book. That's probably fate."

Why go to this extent?

The saltwater duck smiled and said, "Because it's really cool to turn my broken body into flames!"

"...Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"Please pass on a message to V for me."

Upon hearing Astraea's report, V remained unsettled for a long time.

"Is this the truth behind my ability to keep getting stronger?"

"Yes."

"Then they..."

"Their memories have been erased. They will never be able to recall what they did and will only live on the identities given to them in the virtual world."

V remained silent for a long time before asking, "What was its last message to me?"

It said—

"Our Valerie, spread your wings and fly!"

"Ha, another bunch of guys who just spout nonsense."

V chuckled, but wasn't flustered, because she truly knew how awesome she was.

Facing the group's last expectations, V said with great enthusiasm:

"Then let's move forward, toward the stars!"

(End of the article)