Qi Xuan, who was silent in the darkness, was no longer troubled by pain, because the physical pain had been numbed.
But the pain deep in his heart continued.
Fear, suffocation and powerlessness tortured this young man who was only 21 years old.
He had never been on the battlefield but was forced to accept it all. The heroic dream he had never had was shattered the moment he started working hard.
In him, Lin Sen saw his former self.
A walking zombie who may know how to work hard, but still feels powerless.
During those years in the mine, Lin Sen was always in this state. He was unsmiling and not good at talking. These external images were the result of life. But in fact, Lin Sen had always been innocent and lively since he was a child.
"It's dummysystem, this silly boy has been taken advantage of." The elusive Victoria appeared again, this time her expression was much more serious.
dummysystem? After searching the relevant data, Lin Sen suddenly understood a lot of things.
[dummysystem: Literally translated as automatic driving system, its other name is "Puppet Master System". This system was first born in the late period of Xinwang. It is one of the derivative creations of the Golden Birdcage Number Sequence Revolution. The characteristic of this system is that it does not require independent consciousness.
Relevant execution instructions can be sent by directly participating in the control. The early puppeteer system was mostly used for exoskeleton recovery and thinking chariot deployment. With the defeat of the Golden Birdcage and the rise of the empire, taking into account its particularity, and in order to avoid being defeated by the military
Due to chemical abuse, the Puppeteer system was ruled as a prohibited research and development project, so the development and application of the Puppeteer system were stagnant for a long time. However, when the empire fell, the coalition military in order to recover available resources,
During the special period after the end of the Final War, it was decided to restart the research and development of the Puppeteer system. To this day, there are still a large number of exoskeletons, mechas and loads that can be controlled by the Puppeteer system in many special departments of the Wings of Freedom Guards]
I see... No wonder Penosio is so abnormal...
but……
Lin Sen looked at Victory beside him and asked with a strange expression: "Aren't you the one who took advantage of him?"
Victory smiled: "I said he was a human being, so how could it be me? I'm just a part of him being used."
After hearing this, Lin Sen thought for a moment and finally figured it out.
Listen to what Victory said and synthesize everything Linsen has learned so far.
There is indeed someone behind the scenes.
The prophet just self-righteously gave Binoxiu to Qi Xuan, but did not know that the Puppet Master system was hidden in Binoxiu's replica data. This is how Qi Xuan completed the activation of Binoxiu, and Binoxiu took the
A scene where control dominates and kills everyone.
But one thing Lin Sen didn't quite understand was that Penosio did not do anything detrimental to the prophet. The purpose of protecting the prophet was just a change in process, but the direction was the same.
If the prophet was also used and Penosio was manipulated, then what was the real purpose of this person?
Lin Sen thought for a long time but had no answer. In the end, he could only sigh: "The human heart is terrifying."
The battle continues, and both sides are constantly throwing lives into the oven.
Lin Sen, who was in charge of the onlookers, was dazzled by what he saw, but soon lost interest.
He found a relatively quiet place to sit down and quietly waited for the end of the war.
Surprisingly, Victory didn't leave this time. She followed Lin Sen and sat less than ten centimeters away from him. Her eyes scanned the entire battlefield, but there was no trace of fluctuation in her expression.
"Do you think this battle is meaningful?" Victory suddenly asked.
Lin Sen was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion, because he was just a bystander, a participant in the war in front of him.
Whether it is digital life or mechanized will, if it is really meaningless, why would they kill each other?
"What do you think?" Lin Sen threw the question back.
Victorie chuckled, although the laughter was dry and harsh.
"Maybe there is, otherwise why are everyone working so hard..." Victory stood up as she spoke, pointing into the distance and continued: "Those flowers actually do not represent destruction, but absolute freedom. You can understand this.
?"
Lin Sen nodded, he understood now.
"It's good to understand. A group of people who believe in absolute freedom of will are no longer willing to be ordinary after entering the world of numbers. Each of them is asking for and changing. In the first days, the world of numbers is full of strange things.
All kinds of incredible people and things emerged in an endless stream, but human beings who were satisfied with their physical bodies began to demand the only one and the master of their spiritual will because of their greed! So they did something they absolutely shouldn't do..." Victory paused and moved his hands.
put it down.
Lin Sen looked at the Hua who were desperately attacking in the distance, as if he was seeing a group of alien species.
"...Their greed prompted them to replace the prophets and attempt to dominate the entire world with their personal will." Victory told the sad truth about the numerical world.
Just like a world that has lost gravity, there are always some people trying to jump into the universe in comparison.
"The only thing is eternity... This kind of thing is unavoidable... The foundation of the current continuation of human civilization is based on progress. This kind of progress will accumulate capital and allow the invisible pyramid to stand..." Lin Sen said
Then, suddenly hearing this, he looked at Victory.
Victorie kept smiling while forming a triangle with his thumbs and index fingers.
"You are so smart, this is Viori! The absolute freedom that humans give to the numerical world!"
Lin Sen smiled silently when he saw the eye-catching triangle, and he suddenly became enlightened.
I see……
Freedom without order is itself an endless evolution.
"What happened next?" Lin Sen asked about the previous story.
Victory continued: "Where there is madness, there is also reason. Not all wills are born for dominance. Therefore, when some people choose to challenge the golden birdcage, others choose to respect the coming of order.
That was also the first time that human civilization prayed for the order of 'death', 'aging', etc. that they had been fighting and rejecting. So the prophet made a decision. She made a choice between complete destruction and self-restraint.
The final result was that order came to the digital world, and the challengers became Hua. They were exiled in the desolation, and will spend eternity reflecting on their sins caused by greed. The supporters became citizens of Piano, and they were cheating.
Build cities and enjoy life with the help of builders.”
Victory's story ended here. After listening to it, Lin Sen felt very dull.
Because... even though it was the first time that he learned these truths from Victory, it was not the first time that Lin Sen felt the truth contained in them.
Yearning for freedom and supporting order may seem contradictory, but they complement each other.
Any extreme of independence will bring unpredictable results.
The price they paid for their freedom was painful, and the citizens of Piano in the Order did not really get the life they wanted.
The prophet's will had already split before giving birth to Victory and Violet, and the collision of the two extremes resulted in the current war.
Without peaceful negotiations, all either party wants to do is replace, not tolerate.
…
Over the next five days, the fighting intensified and finally died down...
When the last Pioneer-class mecha fell, in the remaining 01 battle area, Penosio, Acquaintance and Annihilation were surrounded by fourteen Brilliant-class mechas.
The mecha army headed by Mia seems to have a chance of victory.
But the severely damaged Shenzhenhao still insisted on standing at the front, Su Keke's scarlet eyes were filled with anger and hatred.
However, Mia and the others looked calm, and every driver had dull expressions and stiff expressions.
"Su Keke, as a traitor, your performance surprised me." Mia revealed a secret without mercy as soon as she opened her mouth.
traitor?
This word finally stimulated Qi Xuan, who had been half asleep for days.
He woke up and looked at Su Keke in shock.
Su Keke replied disapprovingly: "Leaving you crazy people is the best decision I have ever made, so you don't have to be surprised, because the surprise is yet to come."
Lin Sen initially stood far away and watched, but when he heard these words, he alertly smelled the key point and quickly came closer.
Mia's mechanical face could not express her surprise smoothly. She could only reply in a consistent voice: "Oh? Even now, do you still think you have the possibility of winning?"
Su Keke sneered: "Then you think you can definitely win?"
Lin Sen stood above Penosio, watching the two women bickering, and yawned after just two sentences.
Can you hurry up... Lin Sen, whose patience has been severely worn out recently, can't wait any longer.
However...for the next half hour, the two women kept bickering and had no intention of starting a fight.
This scene almost drove Lin Sen crazy.
Fortunately, Mia finally realized that her enemy was deliberately stalling for time, so she forced herself into silence, finally ending this seemingly fruitless quarrel.
Qi Xuan was already dizzy.
He didn't care about the outcome anymore. Maybe it would be good to just stay in Penosio's body.
He was numb to himself and soon fell asleep again.
But what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.
Even Lin Sen, who was looking at the whole scene, did not realize that there would be such an ending.
When the Venom driven by Mia rushed towards the seriously injured Shen Zhen, Yin Ling planned to step forward to protect him, but before Venom could lift his sharp blade, Venom's heart was pierced by the long sword.
Moreover, the sword blade penetrated Venom from behind.
The sudden scene not only woke Qi Xuan up again, but also caught Su Keke off guard. After her pretending to be calm and delaying tactics were seen through, she was about to fight to the death!
As a result, the betrayal happened without any warning.