Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"Don't you want to eat it? The skewers from this store are delicious!"

Tang Rao was eating the skewers while Deguna next to him shook his head.

"I haven't eaten for many days. Food has no meaning to us except for taste and a small amount of energy supplement for the body."

At this time, Witte came over, picked up two large handfuls of skewers, and started eating directly. The atmosphere in the room returned to its original seriousness. Regarding Jean's departure to the Punishment Pit to replenish resources for Brilliant City, and then went to The discussion on North America has ended, and Rose has put away the map.

Everyone knew very well that Gene called everyone together for a meeting, not just to talk about this matter, but more importantly, the future problems of the city.

Gene was still drinking and smoking, but never spoke, and everyone was waiting for Gene to speak.

Deguna and Gu Yi were both looking at their respective light and shadow panels and continuing their work at hand. At this time, Deguna stood up and adjusted the size of the light and shadow screen.

Everyone looked at the light and shadow screen, and an image appeared on it. It was an underground space discovered by people from Section 10 at 345 meters underground. The space was not big, it seemed to be less than 200 square meters, and it was connected by a pipe elevator.

The room was filled with a large amount of chemical waste. People from Section 10 went down wearing protective clothing and could detect radioactive substances. The walls of the entire room were specially treated. Some of the on-site inspection reports have been sent over. Looking at Everyone knows the string of values ​​on the right side of the screen.

"The results are already very obvious. The enemy will probably not reveal the location of his troops without thinking. Although the cyborgs emerging from Area 79 are old types, their combat effectiveness is still very strong if they are gathered together. Now it has been determined that these cyborgs are It's all artificial remote control. If it were just based on the combat AI system, it wouldn't be so difficult. Everyone should be aware of these things found underground!"

Deguna said and Li Chu sneered.

"Combined with the declaration of war that I heard at the scene before, the enemy seems to be saying that there is power that can compete with us."

Gu Yi nodded.

"It is impossible to negotiate with us. Once a thorough cleanup is found, the fundamental way to solve the problem is to find a soft policy that will only encourage the enemy's ambitions. These wastes that have undergone changes in chemical synthesis reactions indicate that the enemy is researching quantum weapons. However, given the enemy's conditions, it is difficult to achieve a stable finished product, so now it can be inferred that the enemy is continuing to plan something in the city, but they could clearly evacuate towards Montenegro last night. After all, the missiles deployed were indeed activated. There are enemies heading to the barrier area."

As Gu Yi said that, Li Chu immediately brought up his light and shadow screen and clicked on an image. A woman wearing ghost-faced armor passed through the missile group. The image only lasted for more than a minute. Finally, the enemy who crossed the Black Mountain fell into the In the barrier area, the pursuing missiles also attacked unceremoniously.

"Is it possible that military intelligence was leaked?"

Li Chu shook his head and laughed.

"These missiles were installed secretly by Wit and I for more than two years. Even the boy Tianhen didn't know about it. We still understand the principle of taking precautions before things happen, so the enemy can't possibly know. The only thing they have is What they want to do is to tell us that they have the strength and weapons to start a war with us. Don’t you think it’s very subtle? At this point in time.”

Gene smiled helplessly.

"Maybe it was just the enemy who accidentally hit the muzzle of the gun. You are thinking too much."

Tang Rao raised his finger and shook it.

"Where is such a coincidence? Gene, I think if you have anything to say, just say it directly. There is always something you have to say. We have been going through this for more than 200 years. An old friend!"

Gene nodded, and everyone looked at him.

"After Tang Rao and I leave, can I ask the five of you not to do anything?"

Li Chu asked with a smile.

"What do you mean by not doing anything?"

"all!"

The room fell into silence for a while. Everyone was thinking about something. No one made a sound. Tang Rao looked at the faces of the others and seemed to already know the result. They would definitely do something.

"How long are you going to keep fooling around, Gene! Shouldn't you have some awareness of being a god?"

Deguna stood up and walked directly to Jean who was sitting at the table. Rose smiled and blew out smoke rings. The smoke rings began to change in the air, becoming like a painting, with human-shaped mountains. , gradually the picture was fixed, it was a picture of eight people standing under a high mountain. The smoke continued to adjust slightly, and gradually you could see the outlines of the little people formed by the smoke, and the mountains in front of you were all lifelike. But among the eight little people, all of them looked extremely tired.

At this time, as Rose continued to spit out smoke, the painting made of smoke became more and more full. The whole scene looked extremely desolate. Except for the eight small people and the mountains in the distance, which were dark, the other The place looked gray.

"After climbing one mountain after another, what do we get in the end!"

Rose said, and Werther, who had been silent, finally stood up and looked at Jean seriously.

“Why do people disagree?”

Jean did not answer. The smoke scene in front of him dissipated little by little. The smoke floated softly in the room. Jean exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Because of the differences in concepts, if humans want to steadily move towards a better era in the future, the only way is to have a connected mind!"

The smile on Gene's face seemed a little bitter. He was unable to refute everything Werther said. Over the past two hundred years, they had witnessed countless disputes born out of differences. Humanity's struggle has never stopped. In order to survive, For profit, for love, even for yourself.

"As long as the AI0 Guardian can start smoothly and enter the mechanized era, everyone can have the same idea from birth. Even if such an idea is implanted, it doesn't matter. Personality, as the most primitive part of human beings, only needs If hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands or even matched and generated personalities are implanted, human society will not be so rigid. No matter what kind of personality it is, as long as it is something that the ideology believes in, truth, goodness and beauty are the foundation of this personality. , we can definitely create a world like Avalon."

Jean remained silent without saying a word. Deguna held up Jean's head with one hand and looked at Jean seriously.

"There is no violence, bloodshed, or war. Everything is beautiful in this world. Ellie once said that if there is nothing you can do, leave everything to those kind people and correct the bad nature of mankind from the root. It is completely A world where evil is eliminated and only good exists is the world of Avalon!"

Immediately Li Chu stood up and brought up a light and shadow screen, and soon he pulled out a chart.

"According to my calculations, it will take about 100 years to realize this plan. From now on, 100 years from now, all problems will be solved, so we plan to find a district to conduct experiments first, starting with some districts that are elderly and weak. , such as Area 80, use machinery to replace the aging parts of their bodies, whether it is limbs or organs, and inject them with a second-stage life-span vaccine, as long as their brains can survive."

Vit nodded and said.

"Noah is already a very successful example. We only need to implant semi-permanent nanochips in the human brain, and with the power of Deguna, we can realize the sharing of consciousness and thought, wash away everyone's memories, and implant them with Everything will only take about 10 years to achieve quite astonishing results. Once successful, the Avalon plan will be laid on a large scale in the city."

Gu Yi smiled and nodded in agreement.

"The era of mechanization is inevitable. It is already difficult for humans to survive. They have no right to complain about our decisions."

The cigarette held by Gene's fingers had burned out, and the ash fell to the floor. But at this time, a cyan particle appeared and caught the ash that was about to fall to the ground.

"This is my home, please pay attention to Jean."

"Feel sorry!"

Gene stood up, and Deguna's hand on his chin loosened. For a moment, Gene's face looked a little complicated.

Is it okay to just see the good? Ellie, what do you think? A world without ugliness.

"Everyone is like a character in a virtual game!"

Gene said, Li Chu smiled and nodded.

"You understand best."

"Then if we really do what you said now, what's the difference between everything we did in the past and choosing evil!"

Picture after picture continued to emerge from Jean's mind. His feet seemed to have stepped into a black and bottomless mud pond. In the entire black mud pond, there were countless skeletons. He raised his hands not to sink. The fallen skeletons, the painful and twisted faces, in order to protect this fragile city, Jean wiped out the transgressors in the darkness again and again.

For a simple agreement, because Ellie said that she didn't want her to wake up one day and see the city still as cold as before, with no light at all, and everyone shrouded in darkness, but Jean knew very well that he Now I am helpless and can't do anything.

The atmosphere in the room fell into silence again.

At this time, morning-colored particles were scattered over the flower house. Ellie stared at the house quietly, her long hair floating slightly, and a huge black human figure behind her, half-kneeling on the ground.

"Guardian, I want to confirm again, why do you exist?"

"To protect humanity!"

Ellie nodded, her expression a little sad, and she slowly floated to the window, quietly staring at the seven people in the room with blank expressions, one of whom was her lover, and the other six were her close friends in life and death.

"Is that all you have?"

Ellie said with a sad voice. She stared quietly at Jean who seemed to have turned to stone. There was a look of helplessness on everyone's face.

"If you are gods, there is no problem that God cannot solve, but you who claim to be gods cannot solve all problems!"

Ellie slowly floated to Gene, stretched out her hand to touch Gene's cheek, but her hand passed through Gene's body.

"Jean, did you ever think about it the last time you were in the Barrier Zone? You need to face the problem of differentiation caused by the inherent inequality of human beings again and again. Haven't you also adopted simple methods over the years? Is it a rough approach? Eradicate the problems wherever they are, because you know you can’t do it. You are not Ellie, and we also know very well that we have already been completely dyed black in this complex and ever-changing world. People can't do it, what Ellie said, so you run around the city again and again, pushing those kind people up, but what is the result? Your most proud disciple Alpha, she She had noble aspirations and unyielding will, but in the end, between good and evil, what did she do!"

Deguna said coldly, Jean nodded quietly, Deguna stood up on tiptoes and hugged Jean with both hands.

"If that kid from kindergarten appeared 30 years ago, maybe the city would be different now. Unfortunately, time doesn't allow it. I don't think highly of that kid."

Tang Rao said bluntly, while Ellie looked at Jean quietly, and the other six people in the room were waiting for Jean's nod.

"Useless man!"

Ellie pouted and made a face, but at this moment she felt something. Ellie looked into the distance. Not far away, two white figures were rushing towards this side.

"There are still people who are willing to run around, little fat! Sure enough, you have been like this since you were a child, and so is that little girl!"