Chapter 35

Baby's cough has worsened since he was discharged from the hospital, and I am suffering from headaches and heartaches...

I have asked many people both online and in real life, and he is currently on medication for treatment.

I don't plan to rush to the hospital unless his condition worsens.

I have to take care of the baby and write, and Xiao Bao has been particularly tired these past few days.

So, the two updates per day these past few days are just to complete the basic tasks, and I can't make up for the previous updates for now. Please understand.

Finally, I humbly request your support! Favorites, recommendations, donations, reviews, and clicks are all greatly needed by Xiao Bao. Thank you.

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With the Starling avatar taking the lead, as the ruler of the digital world, Clu did not realize that someone was already eyeing him and the entire digital world from the outside.

Just like the ancient program "Zeus" that circulated among the "resistance" in the digital world, the Starling avatar was also mistakenly identified as a "rogue" program.

"My master, Clu has agreed to this transaction, but he needs to see sufficient sincerity," the Starling avatar reported after a quick exchange with Clu.

"Sincerity, then give him sincerity." Saying this, Liu Ruian instructed, "Starling, reveal Sam's whereabouts."

"As you wish, my master."

Following the order, the Starling avatar quickly revealed the location of Sam Flynn and the others, who were heading to the digital world's gateway.

It was only a few minutes in the digital world, and Sam Flynn and the others, who had been proceeding smoothly with the Starling avatar's help, soon found themselves in trouble.

A large number of small planes with orange-red tail lights pursued the large plane that Sam Flynn and the others had obtained, forming a dense barrage of bullets in the air.

If Clu truly wanted to kill his creator, Kevin Flynn, the large plane would have been destroyed long ago.

"Damn! We can't shake them off." Sam Flynn, sitting in the gunner's cabin, looked at the incoming barrage and pursuers with a grim expression.

"Contact your friend and ask him to help us again." Kiera, the digital life form piloting the large plane, shouted while doing her best to evade.

"I'm already contacting him!" Sam Flynn, who had already thought of this, shouted without turning his head.

A few seconds later, Sam Flynn shouted with an even grimmer expression:

"Clu has already discovered his existence. Unless he gets the authority, he can't delete Clu from the outside."

Faced with this response, Kevin Flynn, sitting in the co-pilot's seat, looked hesitant.

He couldn't help but be hesitant, having lived incognito in the digital world for so long. How could he not understand the Clu he had created?

If it weren't for his son's appearance, he would have suspected from the beginning that Sam Flynn's friend was a conspiracy by Clu to seize control of the main control panel.

Even so, Kevin Flynn still worried that everything he was seeing was a trap, a trap set for him.

"Kiera, I need you to do something." Kevin Flynn, who had retrieved his identity disk, suddenly said.

In just a few dozen seconds, the gunner's cannon controlled by Sam Flynn was destroyed, followed by the large plane's engine.

Even with Kiera's exceptional skills as a digital life form, the only option in this situation was an emergency landing.

"Brace yourselves! We're going to crash!!" Kiera shouted, doing her best to control the large plane that was almost out of control.

Clu, as the pursuer, stopped the attack once he confirmed that his target was like a fish on a chopping board.

Just as Clu thought the situation was settled and he had won, a sudden change occurred!

The program Tron, who had been Clu's best enforcer after being modified, suddenly "awoke."

"I fight for the user!"

After saying this, Tron directly controlled his small plane to attack his former comrades.

Caught off guard, not only were many of Clu's subordinates shot down, but Clu himself almost got destroyed.

The sudden turn of events gave Sam and the others a fighting chance.

Unfortunately, the large plane was already heavily damaged. At this point, it was more important to reach the gateway safely than to counterattack.

"To the gateway, as long as we can get out, we win!" Kevin Flynn, who understood Tron's intentions, said, ignoring the pain of his old friend's sacrifice.

With Tron's fearless cover and Kiera's exceptional driving skills, the large plane finally made an emergency landing on the platform in front of the gateway after a series of collisions and bumps.

But when Sam Flynn and the others supported each other out of the wreckage and rushed to the gateway as quickly as possible, Clu, who had dealt with Tron, was already standing on the only path leading to the gateway.

"I knew you would come here. Time is merciless, isn't it?" Clu said, standing in front of the gateway's light column.

"At least you haven't changed." Seeing Clu standing not far away, Kevin Flynn stopped his son and Kiera, walking forward alone.

"I have done everything you asked." Clu, wearing an orange-striped combat suit, said to his creator.

"Of course, you have." Kevin Flynn, walking slowly forward, said.

"I have completed the task." Clu, standing still, said.

"That's just your perspective." Kevin Flynn, continuing to walk forward, shook his head.

"You promised to transform the digital world together, but you broke your promise." Clu, waving his hands, said with an agitated expression as he stepped forward.

"Yes, I understand now..." Kevin Flynn, who knew the root of the problem was himself, said.

"I pushed this system to its limits, I created this perfect system." Clu, walking closer, said.

"True perfection is always unknown, seemingly out of reach, but it is always right in front of us."

"You wouldn't understand these things, because I didn't understand them when I created you."

"I'm sorry, Clu, I'm truly sorry." Kevin Flynn, extending his hands, made a final effort to persuade.

Unfortunately, as a program, Clu was not so easily persuaded.

Seeing all his efforts completely negated, Clu's face instantly turned angry, and he kicked his creator away.

Seeing his father hit, Sam Flynn, burning with anger, rushed forward and punched Clu.

Clu, who only tilted his head from the heavy punch, easily knocked the overconfident young man to the ground.

The events that followed were almost the same as the original plot. To ensure his son's safe departure, Kevin Flynn chose to sacrifice himself.

The only difference was that Clu, deceived by Kevin Flynn using Kiera's identity disk, shouted when he saw Sam Flynn and Kiera enter the gateway's light column:

"Starling, it's time."

Unfortunately, nothing unusual happened after this.

Standing in the light column, Sam smoothly activated his father's identity disk, and the gateway was successfully activated.

Without questioning why the mysterious program did not intervene, Clu, holding the fake control panel, plunged toward the gateway's light column.

Seeing the situation become extremely dangerous, Kevin Flynn, who had already prepared for the worst, crouched down and pressed his hands on the ground of the platform.

In the next moment, a bright white halo spread rapidly from Kevin Flynn, and a powerful suction force instantly acted on Clu, who had reached the gateway's light column.

Almost at the same time Sam Flynn and Kiera left the digital world, Kevin Flynn, spreading his arms and merging with Clu, exploded in a massive blast and flash of light.

Not only did the transport ship following Clu shatter in the shockwave, but the entire digital world also instantly reverted to its most primitive state in the explosion.

...

The next morning, executives and board members of ENCOM gathered in the high-level meeting room after receiving the notification.

No one knew what was discussed in the meeting, but at the subsequent press conference, the media learned that Sam Flynn had taken over ENCOM.

Not only that, but at the press conference, Sam Flynn, standing on the podium, announced a plan called "StarNet."

This plan not only involved a new generation of operating systems called "StarGate" but also proposed new regulations and rules for the current network system.

Sam Flynn, returning to his office alone, dressed in a well-fitted suit, looked every bit the successful second-generation heir with his handsome face.

"Hey, Liu, how was my speech?" Sam Flynn, walking to the small bar to pour himself a glass of champagne, smiled at someone watching the news.

"Great, Sam." Liu Ruian, sitting on the sofa, gave a thumbs up and smiled.

"Unfortunately, my father and Kiera couldn't see it."

Thinking of his father and Kiera's sacrifice, Sam Flynn, sitting next to the person, showed a sad expression.

"Sam, I'm sure your father and Kiera would be proud of you now." Liu Ruian, patting his shoulder, consoled.

"Really?" Sam Flynn, looking at the person, asked.

"Of course."

Liu Ruian, nodding, showed no guilt for the secret methods he had used, his expression sincere.

"Thanks, Liu. I don't know what I would have done without you." Sam Flynn, grateful, thought he had been saved entirely by the person's help.

"No, no, Sam, friends don't need to say thank you. Besides, didn't you help me by freeing up two floors in the ENCOM building? Should I say thank you too?" Liu Ruian, wagging his finger, smiled.

"Liu, you know these two things are different." Sam Flynn, shaking his head, said seriously.

"Alright, from now on, we are both friends and partners. If you keep being so formal, I might not dare to come see you again."

Liu Ruian's tone, which made the person who knew the truth want to die of anger, was enough to infuriate anyone.