Chapter 733 – Branching Points
Chapter 733 – Branching Points
Under the cold and obscure ancient stars, Duncan and the Pilot One’s dark red core that looked like a giant eye stared at each other silently, the whole world seemed to have stood still at this moment, and in a trance, Duncan had a feeling: a point of divergence, a point of divergence that would determine the direction of the whole world’s history, was approaching him.
In this silence, he recalled a piece of information he had heard from the “tomb keeper” after entering the tomb of the nameless king:
The observers who had reached the end of the timeline had sent back the first and last message – time had ended and the usurper had set the world on fire.
After a long moment, he exhaled softly, breaking the silence: “You think this is a bad omen? You want me to come and take over the world to avoid such a future?”
Yet again, the response of the Profound Holy Lord surprised him.
“No,” the dark red core quivered and emitted a calm voice, “I do not rely on any ‘revelations’ or ‘omens’ that lack sufficient data to support them ‘, because in the absence of key information, it is not rigorous to make a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ judgment against only some of the scraps of data, and I don’t know if you will actually end up igniting the world, nor do I know the what circumstances made the decision to ignite the world – there is insufficient data to draw a conclusion.
“I want you to take over this simply because it is the scenario that has the best chance of being realized and the most secure way to keep the Asylum afloat within the current known intelligence – I trust my own calculations in the moment more than the future, which is unfathomable and impossible to judge. ”
In the dark red core’s response, Duncan heard a different kind of sanity and precision – after stripping it of its earthly title of “Lord of the Profound”, after stripping it of its identity as “Ancient God”, after stripping it of its identity as “Ancient God”, after stripping it of its title as “Ancient God”, after stripping it of its identity as “Ancient God”. After stripping away such earthly titles as the “Holy Lord of the Profound”, after stripping away such identities as the “Ancient God”, Pilot One, as one of the core hosts of the New Hope, should have its own qualities.
In front of the usurper, in front of the divergent points of history, this ancient “machine”…… is using the way of thinking that it has learned from the very beginning of its birth to express its own views and calculate the future of the world.
Duncan pondered 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 happens if I do take over?”
The darkness of the mountain range once again rumbled and trembled, in a series of muffled sounds, its “main peak” began to shrink downward, and the dark red core descended from the sky – like a star descending from the sky, it quickly zoomed in the view of Duncan and Shirley. It quickly enlarged in Duncan’s and Shirley’s field of vision, and came from the top of the mountain to Duncan’s eyes with a suffocating sense of oppression.
At such a close distance, Duncan realized that this core turned out to be even more massive than he had imagined – it was almost as large as the Storm Cathedral in Prand, the surface of the huge sphere carried some kind of crystalline texture, while in the depths of a layer of crystalline red spherical shell, countless precise and complicated line structures could be seen, and there were multiple bright and extinguished Uncertain light sources flickered near the center of the sphere, surrounded by some kind of viscous substance.
“After you take over, all the flaws in the shelter will be remedied, and the many ‘contaminations’ and ‘distortions’ throughout the Boundless Sea due to uncontrolled cognitive bias and observer effects will be recalibrated by your perception – there will be no more danger. calibrated – there will be no more dangerous nights, no more out-of-control transcendent visions engulfing mankind, the sea will be safe, and a new era of prosperity will begin among the city-states …… For a foreseeable and extremely long time, this prosperity and peace will last forever …… If this is what you want, then it will come to pass.
“You, on the other hand, will return to being one of the Ancient Kings, returning to your rightful place …… You will become the fifth deity outside of the Four Gods, sheltering the earthly world – and your reign will be more solid than each of ours, because you won’t be like the other Ancient Kings gradually go mad or fall out of control …… At least according to Pilot II’s calculations, your state is more stable than all of us.
“After that, you can continue to do what you want to do-everything, including returning to the reality dimension and continuing your travels and adventures for as long as you want.”
“…… It sounds all good,” Duncan said slowly, after a few seconds of silence, “and nothing bad happens? To me, or to the world.”
“Within the scope of currently known information, and to my knowledge, no,” the light from the depths of that dark red core flickered on and off, and the response from the Profound Sacred Lord was surprisingly simple and direct, “Everything is going to work out for the best, and that, in my judgment, should be in accordance with your wishes as well. ”
“…… Normally, you should more or less say some less important hidden dangers or defects at this time, which can enhance the persuasive power of the words you just said.”
That dark red core was silent for two or three seconds, “…… Once again, I confirm that there are no hidden dangers or flaws.”
Duncan and the core once again coincidentally fell into silence, on the side of Shirley is a bit unable to hold back, her eyes between the captain and the “Holy Lord” flick between, after a while, before muttering in a low voice: “Captain, you really want to become one of the gods? Although it sounds quite impressive,…… but why do I always feel …… not so solid,……”
Duncan didn’t say anything, he just remained quietly gazing at the huge core, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth, “…… What exactly should I do?”
The dark red core was silent for a moment, and the light from its depths grew brighter, “Ignite me.”
Duncan’s expression finally had some subtle changes, “…… Ignite you?!”
This “Pilot One” how every time he opens his mouth is so unexpected?
But the dark red core didn’t seem to notice the change in Duncan’s expression and tone at all, the voice from within remained as calm as ever: “Ignite me, just as you did when you ignited the Frost, cover and reorganize everything with your flame – in this process, all of my authority and influence over the world will be taken over by you, and all of my influence over the world will be taken over by you. influence will be taken over by you, and this may also help to dispel all your concerns …… You should know that your own flame can do this.”
Duncan frowned slightly, “So, you actually ‘touched’ my flame when I ignited the Frost, or technically, when I ignited the Frost Deep, and learned about my power at that point, before you formulated this ‘takeover ‘ plan?”
“…… Yes, as that splintered cluster was being incinerated by you, it sent back to me one last piece of data, which included the results of parsing your power, which I compared to Pilot Two’s observations from back then to formulate that takeover plan- -Calculations tell me that it is feasible.”
“The ‘splintered out cluster’ you mentioned that I burned was the tentacle in the Frost Deep? Wasn’t that the errant replica you created in your out-of-control state?” Duncan quickly responded, while also recalling another thing the other mentioned at the beginning, “Wait …… you also mentioned before that you sent the data fragment containing LH-03 to the real world, which was also done through that tentacle… …All of this was under your conscious control? You’re not actually 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 range, and suddenly realized that he didn’t know much about the Profound Holy Lord’s current “state”. …… really out of control?
At that moment, he saw that the lights on the surface of those winding “mountains” were once again flowing brightly, and immediately afterward, at the end of one of the “mountains,” some kind of newborn “thin branches” seemed to have broken off from the main trunk. Immediately at the end of one of the “mountains”, some kind of newborn “thin branch” seemed to have spread out from the skin of the main trunk, growing rapidly in the darkness. But in the next second, the newborn branch was swallowed by some invisible force, and it became divided into four parts, some of which rose up to become black and heavy smoke, drifting towards the countless floating islands and the dark starry sky above, while the other part was turned into flowing mud, and fell back to the main trunk’s tentacles.
“…… Usurper of Fire, this is my ‘runaway’.”
A voice from the dark red core pulled Duncan’s attention back.
Duncan withdrew his gaze, vaguely understanding, “…… Overgrowth?”
“It is my instinct – and a duty given to me by my creator.”
Duncan gradually responded, “Your duty is to ……”
“To remake my homeworld, to revive the home planet that I devoured,” the dark red core spoke slowly, “but in this cramped refuge, my mission was destined to be unfulfilled – and so from a certain point on, my instincts started to …… away from the original design. Those individuals that constantly split off from my body and continue to devour and return to each other, those overgrown and constantly decaying branches, and that section of the ‘tentacle’ that pierces into the real world, are all the result of a gradual loss of control.
“Only, this ‘loss of control’ can sometimes be utilized, in the case where the main body has lost the ability to move, those overgrown parts …… can sometimes act as a medium of perception or communication, helping me to understand the changes happening in the world, or to send messages outward.”
“…… So that’s what it is.” Duncan nodded slowly, thoughtfully.
A huge body that had lost control and had already covered the entire bottom of the Profound, but was still overgrowing, a host core that was no longer able to move and was trapped in the depths of the huge body, an ancient AI that could still think clearly, but was doomed to no longer be able to fulfill its original mission – all of this was what the “Sacred Lord of the Profound All of this is the true appearance of the “Profound Holy Lord”.
And now, this ancient AI trapped in its own huge body had once again extended an invitation to him…
“Fire Usurper, what is your response? Are you willing to take over all of this and return to the ranks of the Ancient Kings?”
Duncan looked up from his musings and saw that the dark red core had once again moved a little closer to him – all he had to do was raise his hand to touch the surface of its completely undefended crystal.
“…… Captain, what it says is true.” Alice suddenly said from the side.
Duncan gave Alice a somewhat surprised look, while the mannequin slowly nodded, its expression looking a bit torn, “I don’t …… know how to explain it to you either, but I just know that what it says is true.”
Duncan didn’t make a sound, just silently listened to Alice’s words and slowly raised his hand after a moment of contemplation.
He touched the dark red core, and a slightly warm touch came from his fingertips.
It was as if it was beating slightly like a heart.
“…… Light the fire, usurper,” the core vibrated gently, “and then I, too, will be freed from this long mission.”
Shirley’s eyes widened, and Dog, who was standing by, watched this without moving a muscle.
For a moment, it was as if they had seen the ghostly green flames rise into the air, the dark red core and the dark mountains in the distance were instantly set ablaze, and the whole of the deep, deep sea was engulfed in flames.
It was as if they had seen all the hidden dangers of the Age of the Deep being smoothed out, the flaws in the shelter’s original design being repaired, and the world of the infinite sea returning to peace for a long, long, long time, forever and ever. ……
A new deity will return to His rightful place, as gears mesh and the puzzle is complete.
In a sudden moment, however, Duncan withdrew his arm.
“Not right.”
History went to another branch.
(End of chapter)