Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 751

[Chapter 733 Branch Point]

Under the cold and dark ancient stars, Duncan and the dark red core of Pilot 1, which was like a giant eye, looked at each other quietly. The whole world seemed to be stagnant at this moment. In a trance, Duncan had an idea. A feeling: a bifurcation point, a bifurcation point that determines the direction of the entire world history, is approaching him.

And in this silence, he recalled a piece of information he heard from the “tombkeeper” after entering the Tomb of the Unknown King: the

observer who arrived at the end of the timeline sent back the first and last message—— Time has ended, and the Fire Usurper has set the world on fire.

After a long time, he breathed softly and broke the silence: “Do you think this is a bad sign? Do you want me to take over the world to avoid such a future?”

However, the response of Holy Lord Yousu surprised him again.

“No,” the dark red core trembled, making a calm voice, “I do not rely on any ‘revelations’ or ‘omens’ that lack sufficient data support, because in the absence of key information, only partially incomplete data can be used. The judgment of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is not rigorous. I don’t know whether you will really ignite the world in the end, and I don’t know under what circumstances you made the decision to ignite the world – there is insufficient data and it is impossible to Come to a conclusion.

“I want you to take over all this, just because this is the most likely to be realized within the scope of the currently known intelligence, and the most stable solution to maintain the shelter-compared to the incomprehensible and There is no way to judge the future, so I trust my current calculations more. “

In the response of this dark red core, Duncan heard a unique sense and precision – that was after stripping away the title given by the world like “Sacred Lord of the Netherworld”, and stripping away the “Ancient God” With such an identity, Pilot One has the original characteristics as one of the core hosts of New Hope.

In front of the fire usurper, in front of the divergence point in history, this ancient “machine”… was born with it. The way of thinking that he learned from the beginning, he explained his own opinions and calculated the future of the world.

Duncan thought for a long time, and the dark red core seemed to have infinite patience, waiting for his response.

After a long time, Duncan broke the silence softly : “What would happen if I did take over? “

The dark mountain range roared and trembled again. In a series of low sounds, its “main peak” began to shrink downwards, and the dark red core fell from the sky – like a star. Falling from the sky, it quickly enlarged in the field of vision of Duncan, Shirley and others, and came to Duncan from the top of the mountain with a suffocating sense of oppression.

At such a close distance, Duncan discovered that this core turned out to be larger than He imagined it to be even bigger – it was almost as big as Plande’s Storm Cathedral. The surface of the huge sphere had a certain crystal-like texture, and deep inside a layer of crystal-clear red spherical shell, one could see Seeing countless intricate line structures, and multiple flickering light sources flickering near the center of the sphere, surrounded by some kind of viscous substance flowing.

“After you take over, all the flaws in the shelter will disappear.” It will be compensated for. Throughout the Infinite Sea, many of the ‘pollution’ and ‘distortions’ caused by cognitive bias and the out-of-control observer effect will be recalibrated by your cognition – there will be no more dangerous nights, no more There will be out-of-control supernatural phenomena that devour humans again, the sea will become safe, and a new era of prosperity will begin among city-states… This prosperity and tranquility will continue for a foreseeable and extremely long period of time. Go ahead…if this is what you want, then it will happen.

“And you will return to one of the ancient kings and your rightful place… You will become the fifth god besides the four gods to protect the world – and your rule will be greater than any of us. Be stable, because you will not gradually go crazy like other ancient kings, nor will you fall out of control… At least according to Pilot 2’s calculations, your state is more stable than all of us.

“After that, you can continue Do what you want – everything, including returning to the real dimension and continuing your travels and adventures for as long as you want. “

…Sounds like everything is a good thing,” Duncan said slowly after being silent for a few seconds, “Isn’t there anything bad that happened?” To me, or to the world. “

Within the scope of the currently known information, and in my knowledge, there is no such thing.” The light deep in the dark red core flickered on and off, and the response of the Holy Lord Netherworld was unexpectedly simple and direct, “Everything will move towards It’s going in a good direction, and in my judgment, it should be in your favor as well. “

…Under normal circumstances, you should talk about some less important hidden dangers or flaws at this time, which can enhance the persuasiveness of what you just said.” “

The dark red core was silent for two or three seconds: “…Confirm again, there are no hidden dangers or defects. “

Duncan and the core fell into silence again coincidentally. Shirley on the side looked a little unable to hold back. Her eyes turned between the captain and the “Holy Lord”. After a while, she whispered softly. Get up: “Captain, do you really want to become one of the gods? Although it sounds very powerful…but why do I always feel…not so at ease…”

Duncan did not speak, but still stared at the huge core quietly. After a while, he slowly spoke: ” …how to do it specifically? “

The dark red core was silent for a moment, and the light in its depth gradually brightened: “Light me up. “

Duncan’s expression finally changed slightly: “… Ignite you? ! “

Why is this “Pilot One” so unexpected every time he speaks?!

But the dark red core didn’t seem to notice the change in Duncan’s expression and tone at all. The voice coming from inside was still as calm as ever: “Light me up, Just like when you ignite the frost, cover and reorganize everything with your fire – in the process, all my authority and influence on the earth will be taken over by you, and this may also help to relieve all your worries… You should know that your own flame can do this. Duncan

frowned slightly: “So, you actually ‘touched’ my flame when I lit the frost, or strictly speaking, when I lit the frost deep sea, and you understood my power at that time. Did you come up with this ‘takeover’ plan?

“…Yes, when the split cluster was burned by you, it sent back the last data to me, including the analysis results of your power. I compared the results with the results of Pilot 2 that year. ” After comparing observations and records, we formulated the takeover plan – the calculation results told me that it was feasible. “

“The ‘split cluster’ you mentioned that I burned was the tentacle in the deep sea of frost? Isn’t that an erroneous copy that you produced when you were out of control? “Duncan reacted quickly, and also recalled another thing that the other party mentioned at the beginning, “Wait a minute… you also mentioned before that you would send the data fragments containing LH-03 to the real world. This was also done through that channel. It’s done by touching your wrist…are these all under your conscious control? Are you actually not out of control? ! “

He looked at the dark red core in front of him in confusion, as well as the huge body behind the dark red core, which was like an astonishing mountain. He suddenly realized that he did not understand the current true “state” of the Netherworld Holy Lord. This person was trapped in Is the “ancient god” at the bottom of the deep… really out of control?

And at this moment, he saw the lights on the surface of those winding “mountains” growing on and off again, and then, on the surface of one of the “mountains” At the end, there are some kind of new “twigs” that seem to spread out from the skin of the main trunk, growing rapidly in the darkness.

But the next second, the newly born twigs were swallowed up by some invisible force. It became torn into pieces. Part of it rose into black smoke and floated towards the countless floating islands and dim starry sky above. The other part turned into The flowing mud fell back onto the trunk’s tentacles.

“…Fire Usurper, this is my ‘loss of control’.”

The voice coming from the dark red core drew Duncan’s attention back.

Duncan withdrew his gaze and vaguely understood: “… overgrowth?”

“This is my instinct – and the responsibility given to me by the creator.”

Duncan gradually realized: “Your responsibility is…”

“Reshape your hometown , to reproduce the mother star that was swallowed by me,” Dark Red Core slowly said, “But in this narrow shelter, my mission is destined to be impossible to achieve – so from a certain moment, my instinct began …Departed from the original design. Those individuals that are constantly dividing from my body and constantly devouring each other and returning, those branches that are overgrowing and constantly declining, and the ‘tentacles’ that pierce into the real world are all gradually getting out of control. ” It

‘s just that this ‘loss of control’ can sometimes be exploited. When the body has lost its ability to move, those overgrown parts… can sometimes act as a medium of perception or communication to help me understand the world.” changes that have occurred on the system, or send messages to the outside world. “

…That’s it.” “Duncan nodded slowly and said thoughtfully.

A huge body that has lost control and has covered the entire bottom of the deep but is still overgrowing. A host that can no longer move and is trapped deep in the huge body. At its core, an ancient AI that can still think clearly, but is destined to be unable to complete its original mission – all of this is what the “Holy Lord of the Underworld” really looks like.

And now, this ancient AI trapped in his huge body has Once an invitation was sent to him –

“Fire Usurper, what is your response? Are you willing to take over all this and return to the ranks of the ancient kings? “

Duncan raised his head from his contemplation and saw that the dark red core was getting closer to him again – he only had to raise his hand to touch its completely undefended crystal surface.

“…Captain, it said is true. “Alice suddenly said next to her.

Duncan glanced at Alice in surprise, and the doll nodded slowly, with a tangled expression: “I… don’t know how to explain it to you, but I just know, Everything it says is true. “

Duncan didn’t make a sound. He just listened to Alice’s words silently. After thinking for a moment, he slowly raised his hand.

He touched the dark red core, and a slightly warm touch came from his fingertips.

It was like a heart. Beating slightly like a heart.

“…Light the fire, Fire Usurper,” the core vibrated gently, “Then, I will be freed from this long mission. “

Shirley opened her eyes wide, and Agou on the side was watching all this motionlessly.

For a moment, they seemed to have seen the green flames rising into the sky, and the dark red core and the dark mountains in the distance were covered by Instantly ignited, the entire deep sea was engulfed in flames.

They seemed to have seen that all the hidden dangers of the deep sea era had been smoothed out, the flaws in the original design of the shelter had been repaired, and the world on the boundless sea returned to peace, forever and ever. Far away…

A new god will return to his rightful place, like gears meshing and a puzzle complete.

However, suddenly, Duncan withdrew his arm.

“No. “

History has taken another branch.

(End of chapter)