"If we had that skill, perhaps we wouldn't have let you come here at all... You figure it out yourself, it's the path you came on after all."
Bartmos crossed his arms in front of him and said with a smile, "Let me see how your technology is now."
"Me?"
Mercer observed carefully for a long time—in the Super Deep Dive State, he thought for dozens of seconds before nodding, "Seems like there might actually be a way... This channel and my data core have a kind of remote signal connection.
Simply put, maybe this so-called 'observation program' is bound not to this world, but to me.
Perhaps I just need to turn off this data signal, the observation program will cease, and the data channel will naturally disappear due to the lack of a connection?"
"As long as you figure it out, it doesn't matter to me, that's not my home anyway." Bartmos said carelessly, as he glanced at the ragdoll cat on Mercer's shoulder, "Your AI named Venus is quite pretty."
As soon as he finished speaking, a small black cat leapt from his shoulder, meowing affectionately towards Venus.
Venus only glanced at it before gently rubbing against Mercer's neck, speaking in a soft feminine voice, "Is that the genuine physical entity of Desire for Death? It doesn't seem very smart, could it really think it's a cat?"
Desire for Death on Bartmos' shoulder froze for a moment, then meowed dejectedly, "It's not 'meow,' it's just a verbal tic meow..."
"It does indeed seem not very smart." Mercer critiqued sharply, then, holding Venus, he locked eyes with it, "Worried that I'll leave?"
Venus cutely tilted its head upwards, "If Master can take me, I don't mind where we go."
For the first time, Bartmos felt somewhat defeated. He turned to look at his black cat, pinching his chin, "Maybe next time try making a psychologically female AI too?"
But then he shook his head again, "Nah, too much trouble."
"You sure are the born hacker holy body." Mercer said with a smile, and raised his hand, "Anyway, should I try closing the door then?"
"Go ahead, now our world is on a brand new, hopeful path, no need to seek variables anymore." Bartmos smiled, giving him his support.
And Spider Murphy was a bit regretful, "Ah, if there's a chance, I wanted to play in your world! With such outdated network technology, I'd definitely have a lot of fun!"
"Don't be silly, the networks of two worlds aren't the same thing at all..." Ultraman said after finishing, and then looked at Mercer, "Anyway, give it a try, I'll give you server permissions, and if something's off, just find an IP and bail."
Mercer felt somewhat confident he wouldn't fail.
He tilted his head up, gazing at the strangely familiar data channel, and the observation program at the end of the channel.
He smirked, tilted his head slightly, and raised his hand.
At the core, consciousness data flickered with blue data light.
As Mercer actively closed the data signal transmission between the two, in the sky, the majestic data channel began a dramatic transformation.
The tornado-like data channel started to spin faster, but in the distant data window, the data that initially rolled quickly began to slow to a halt.
Mercer could clearly feel—the connection between himself and the data channel weakening.
This implied he might never be able to return to Earth, return to his original home.
But at this moment, he felt no nostalgia, just watched calmly, gazing intently at the distant channel as it spun violently, began to shake unstably, large amounts of data scattered, and began to dissolve into useless data streams that collapsed and disappeared.
Gazing at the data channel about to vanish, Mercer slightly lowered his head, finally, only smiled, sending the last message into the channel.
.....
"Hey, Earth, observer, whoever's receiving this message."
"I am Han Yu, and of course, now I'm Alex Mercer."
"Okay, I guess you've watched my story quite a bit through this observation program, you should also know my name... But no matter, from now on, stop watching!"
"Do you understand privacy? You group of voyeurs!"
"I guess you definitely want to see the continuation—for example, me and V, Lucy, Rebecca... What? You also want to see Sasha, Valerie, and Wanderer V's story?
Hey! Three are enough! Any more... mainly if V agrees? If you have a strategy, take this moment to quickly send me a strategy document!"
"I guess you surely want to continue watching how I'm conquering the world—but does anyone really care about starting a company?
I just think about it and feel it's a hassle, yet can't escape, alas, is this what they call greater ability, greater responsibility?"
"In short... the reason I'm messaging you unknown observers is just for one thing—if there's anyone familiar around, remember to tell my family and friends that I'm living it up in the Otherworld! Not going back!"
"Haha! Go be envious!"
"Goodbye! Observer!"
"Goodbye! Earth!—Forever not going back, living in Cyber World with three girlfriends and soon-to-be financially free, Han Yu (Mercer) signing off."