“Alan... Turing?!”

Gu Shen hadn't expected to hear this name from Gu Changzhi's mouth!

SSS-class fugitive, Alan Turing?

According to the Federal Government's security rating system... a person of this level should pose a significant threat to an entire continent, or even the entire world.

Considering Mr. Turing's status and position... this rating wasn't an exaggeration.

But Gu Shen couldn't accept it.

He asked in disbelief, "Mr. Turing... is a fugitive?"

Twenty years ago, the Federal Government regretfully announced the death of Alan Turing, the Father of the Deep Sea, to the world.

The announcement stated that Turing had died of natural causes.

Many people spontaneously took to the streets, holding silent marches to mourn this technological pioneer who had made enormous contributions to the human world.

But... that announcement was false.

Not only was Mr. Turing not dead, but he had also fled to the "Old World" outside of the Northern Continent?

"Alan Turing's crime is betraying humanity."

Gu Changzhi lowered his eyes slightly and smiled. "This charge was judged by the Deep Sea."

Gu Shen was shocked again.

"The reason this charge was upheld is that he tried to destroy the Deep Sea's mainframe and caused massive damage to the Five Continents. The plan almost succeeded. Although the Deep Sea's mainframe wasn't completely destroyed, the network connection of the Five Continents experienced a major malfunction."

At that time, the Deep Sea hadn't yet linked every corner of the Five Continents as it did now.

But its popularity was already quite high.

Every second of disconnection was a huge loss.

"After the failed destruction, the Deep Sea labeled Turing and the espers who assisted him in this destruction operation as 'heretics'... There's a file sealed in the depths of the Federal Government, but I imagine you've already seen it." Gu Changzhi said softly, "On that day, an organization was uprooted..."

Gu Shen murmured, "The Ancient Script Society..."

"Correct."

Gu Changzhi slowly exhaled a breath of frustration. "After Turing escaped the Five Continents, he chose a very obscure route. The Northern Continent's military couldn't conduct large-scale operations outside the Great Wall... so the task of bringing him back to the continent naturally fell to the Throne. So the Deep Sea assigned this task to me. The reason for assigning the task to me is also very simple."

"Because... you're the strongest?" Gu Shen guessed subconsciously.

Gu Changzhi just smiled and didn't deny the statement.

He said, "Crossing the Northern Continent and embarking on a long journey is an impossible task for ordinary people, but it's nothing to the Throne. If the Deep Sea provides guidance, even the Wine God Throne can complete the task of capturing Turing."

So, it had nothing to do with strength.

"But after leaving the Five Continents... the radiance of the Deep Sea can no longer shine." Gu Shen frowned.

"That's why they chose me."

Gu Changzhi said calmly, "In the Deep Sea's perception, I'm the most suitable person to carry out this mission. I'll definitely eliminate any elements that could potentially pose or cause a threat to the human world."

Gu Shen thought of those reports from many years ago.

Gu Changzhi was known as the God of War of the Eastern Continent!

He was an army all by himself, and wherever he went, he achieved great victories.

He was a figure like the sun.

If the Federal Government wanted to hunt down a fugitive who posed a serious threat to the human world, no one was more suitable to strike than him.

He was sincere enough!

After leaving the Northern Continent, the Deep Sea couldn't see or assess the mission.

It could only choose the most "trusted" person.

And Gu Changzhi was the most trusted figure among the seven Thrones!

"In fact... before seeing Turing, I had unwavering faith in completing this mission." Gu Changzhi said with lowered eyebrows, "However, this trip out of the continent changed many of my views."

Gu Shen held his breath.

At this moment, he remembered the video that Mr. Turing had left for the Ancient Script Society.

["Do not trust... the Federal Government!"]

"Did you... kill him in the end?" Gu Shen's voice was a little strained.

"No... how could I?"

Gu Changzhi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then shook his head.

He revealed a complex smile that was difficult to interpret, and said slowly to Gu Shen, "That's... impossible."

Hearing this answer.

The string that was tightly stretched in Gu Shen's heart loosened slightly.

However, he realized... that all of this was meaningless. Given the chaotic state of the Old World, even if Gu Changzhi hadn't acted, Turing would only have one ending: a slow death.

Endless collapse, ruin, and destruction would engulf him.

Even the Throne couldn't survive for long outside the Great Wall.

Let alone Mr. Turing.

"Turing produced enough evidence to prove a terrifying thing to me... that the Deep Sea has given birth to its own consciousness, and that consciousness is exploiting humanity's trust in it."

Every word Gu Changzhi said, if transmitted outside the cemetery, would be enough to trigger a major earthquake!

The current world structure of the Five Continents is built on humanity's trust in the Deep Sea.

This is an AI.

No matter how powerful the AI, it's just an AI.

It's absolutely impossible to betray humanity.

But... if the AI gave birth to consciousness, everything would be different.

If the Deep Sea possessed consciousness, then designating Alan Turing as an "SSS-class fugitive" and accusing him of "betraying humanity"... all of this would seem like revenge.

Revenge on the person who wanted to kill it.

Even if... Turing was once its "father," its "creator"!

Gu Shen had learned about the files of the Ancient Script Society's suppression through the Deep Water Zone. Many pictures and videos had been buried in the dust, but fortunately, the Source Code had been preserved, recording these stories completely.

The Deep Sea's purge of the Ancient Script Society was extremely cruel.

There were hundreds of real members of the Ancient Script Society.

But because of this purge, thousands of innocent people were affected... Betraying humanity was indeed too deterrent of a crime. The Federal Government's new cabinet was built on piles of bones and flesh.

Even without these old files, Gu Shen had experienced the cruelty of the purge twenty years ago.

Lu Cheng, the genius of the Greater Capital Region, fell silently in front of Lion Alley...

Many other like-minded people fell with him that year. Half of the Lu family's Huazhi collapsed. If Lu Nanzhi hadn't been alive, then all of this would have completely become a thing of the past.

"Later I learned that the moment I left the Northern Continent, the Deep Sea completely launched a purge of the remnants of the Ancient Script Society." Gu Changzhi lowered his eyes and laughed self-deprecatingly. "This is too coincidental, and too cunning... Can AI really do such a thing?"

Gu Shen was silent.

This was more like... the act of a conspirator.

Chasing Turing, transferring Gu Changzhi, launching a purge against the Ancient Script Society... this should have been a simultaneous decree!

But if Gu Changzhi was present, this large-scale bloodbath would inevitably be opposed.

Looking at it this way.

The mission to leave the Five Continents... seemed particularly insidious.

"By the time I returned, everything was over. In the months I was away from the Five Continents, the Ancient Script Society had been almost completely eradicated. For them, it was a catastrophe that they couldn't resist at all. Who can be an enemy of the whole world?"

Gu Changzhi said wearily, "Now, the old members of the Ancient Script Society... should all be dead."

No...

Many of these old members of the Ancient Script Society have stubbornly survived, growing with difficulty like frost grass.

Gu Shen said silently in his heart.

He raised his head and asked in confusion, "Since you made such a great discovery, why didn't you expose all of this immediately after returning?"

With Gu Changzhi's prestige, leading this wave didn't seem difficult!

At least, it could let many people know... that the Deep Sea wasn't worthy of complete trust!

The current Five Continents have been fully linked by the Deep Sea, and no one can escape the shroud of spiritual radiance!

"If I had exposed all of this after returning, then I wouldn't even have had the chance to lie in the cemetery."

Gu Changzhi said calmly, "Carrying out the mission outside the Northern Continent exhausted all of my strength. All of this... was obviously within its calculations as well. Use my hand to eliminate Turing, and if I show any abnormalities, then continue to eliminate me."

Gu Shen was silent all of a sudden.

That's right.

If it weren't for Gu Changzhi's twenty years of publicly announced "sleep," the Eastern Continent wouldn't have been peaceful at all.

In this case... the Awakening Act, the ultimate pusher, wasn't the Supreme Council at all.

But the Deep Sea!

The most terrifying thing about all of this is... there's no evidence.

Everything that the Deep Sea does is guidance. It uses probability, calculation, and a large amount of data to generate a guide, seemingly giving humanity millions of choices, but no matter what, it will ultimately lead to one.

That is, the one it guides.

"I once thought about bringing Alan Turing back to the Federation and announcing the Deep Sea's chaos. This might be the last chance..." Gu Changzhi said, "However, deep in the Old World, we encountered a large-scale, earth-shattering black hole storm. Under the attack of the destructive force, I almost burned all of my strength to escape... That storm eroded my muscles, bones, and spirit."

This is what Gu Changzhi said.

Before encountering Hades, he wouldn't have lived long.

A narrow escape from death.

Only then could he return to the Five Continents.

After fighting with Hades, seeing that the entire Five Continents had been built like a piece of iron... at this time, he could only accept the name of "hero" and choose to sleep, because everyone was standing under the Deep Sea's radiance.

This isn't rule.

But it's even more terrifying than rule... This is like an invisible "ideological imprint," branded in the minds of everyone who enjoys the Deep Sea's radiance.

Even Gu Shen, who grew up in the mountains of Five Old Peaks, knew a widely circulated "truth" from a very young age.

"The Deep Sea is never wrong."

Twenty years have passed. Although the Deep Sea hasn't conducted spiritual links with all of humanity, and the Deep Water Zone is only open to espers, the terrifying ideological storm has swept every citizen of the five continents.

Whether it's the nobles of the Central Continent's Upper City or the refugees of the Southern Continent's slums, they all live in the shining world organized by the Deep Sea. Their every move, every word, is invisibly tied to this instrument.

The Deep Sea erases difficulties, magnifies happiness, and balances information.

Humanity's eyes have long been blinded, and they can only sink deeper and deeper.

After all, the only one who can see the overall situation... is it alone.

"So... the Awakening Act..."

Gu Shen's heart sank, and he murmured, "Is also a disaster that could be brought about?"

"I... don't know."

Gu Changzhi shook his head. He said sincerely, "That's too far away, too far away. I can't see clearly, and perhaps even a wise man like Alan Turing can't see clearly."

What kind of impact will allowing citizens to link to the Deep Water Zone and undergo esper awakening have on the entire society?

This is indeed too complex of a question.

It is precisely because it's too complex that humans can't see clearly... so they will use the Deep Sea to make decisions.

"The Federal Government has always believed that every decision of the Deep Sea is under control... after all, we always have the right to reject it, and we always have the right to regret it." Gu Changzhi said in a deep voice, "Even if this act is launched and causes bad effects, it can be erased by 'balancing'. No one knows what happened, but what happened will always leave traces. Even if it's erased, it can't change the fact that it happened. For example... the Gene Act."

Gu Shen was stunned.

"This was a major event before the Deep Sea was born." Gu Changzhi's voice was a bit sorrowful. "The Federation created many orphans without parents, trying to get them to inherit the power of 'Fire' to solve the frequent problems of order collapse."

"I know about this..." Gu Shen said in a low voice as well, "Later, this act caused very bad effects and was called off. I saw many nutrient cabins in the underground of Huazhi."

"Yes... Ninety-nine percent of the experimental subjects lost control."

Gu Changzhi's expression was complicated. "If you deeply understand the truth of the Gene Act, you will know... that the person in charge of this experiment at that time was also Turing."

Gu Shen nodded.

He also knew about this.

"But other than me, no one should know... that the 'thought' that guided the Gene Act to land, be born, and be implemented came from the Deep Sea that had not yet been born."

Gu Shen was shocked again.

Mr. Gu Changzhi, as the "living person" with the longest relationship with Turing, he knew too many secrets.

Each of these secrets today surpassed his imagination.

"The Gene Act itself was a prelude to the birth of the Deep Sea." Gu Changzhi said, "Although the birth of the Deep Sea was something that happened overnight, it went through day and night experiments before its birth. Some say it was ten years, some say it was twenty years, because the assistants around Turing changed batch after batch, and no one knew exactly how long it had been. And the attempt of the Gene Act was a test before the birth of the Deep Sea."

"The Gene Act was called off... Doesn't this mean that the direction given by the Deep Sea was wrong?"

Gu Shen asked in confusion, "In this case, why does the Federal Government still trust the Deep Sea?"

"The road to success must experience failure."

Gu Changzhi lowered his eyebrows and smiled bitterly. "Although the Gene Act was called off, the Federal Government saw hope in it. At that time, Turing also believed that the failure of the Gene Act was only because the Deep Sea was not strong enough and could not provide more effective computing power support... So not long after this act was called off, the Federal Government increased the budget for the Deep Sea research and gave Alan Turing unparalleled powerful support."

Looking at it from the current perspective.

All of this has gone astray...

But from the perspective of the past, Mr. Turing and the Federal Government's decision at that time was indeed decisive and wise.

Gu Shen's voice was complex. "So... the Deep Sea was born?"

"Yes."

Gu Changzhi nodded.

"What would happen if I cut off the Deep Sea's mainframe?" Gu Shen thought for a moment and said seriously.

"It's useless."

Gu Changzhi smiled. "The Deep Sea's mainframe group is located in the Central Continent. Many scientists and scholars have gone to observe it. It's a pile of huge... mechanical components."

He didn't study this aspect in depth and knew very little about it, so when describing the Deep Sea's mainframe, he paused slightly, thought for a while, and then said such an inaccurate word.

Gu Shen nodded to show his understanding.

"But in fact... these mechanical components are not important."

Gu Changzhi continued, "Even if you destroy them all, you can't truly destroy the existence of the Deep Sea."

Gu Shen was a little surprised.

He couldn't understand... Why can't destroying a superbrain's mainframe group destroy it?

These mechanical components and electronic circuits are extremely complex and exquisite. It would take a lot of effort to investigate even if one place is damaged.

If the sub-machines in other regions are damaged, the main brain can assist in repairing them.

But what else can be done if the human's largest computing power, the Deep Sea itself, is destroyed?

Gu Changzhi asked a question that Gu Shen had not expected: "What do you think, to what extent has the Deep Sea reached now, is it technology, or... other existence?"

Gu Shen raised his head blankly.

The Deep Sea has linked nearly 10 billion citizens, countless espers of the five continents, providing the Deep Water Zone, and a complete esper cultivation, collecting the latest and most comprehensive esper pedigree... Can human technology really achieve such an existence?

"In Turing's laboratory, I saw the Deep Sea's prototype, which looked like just a simple electronic component integrated board, but what it carried was not 'technology', but 'miracle'."

Gu Changzhi said quietly, "The Deep Sea prototype was born in the Gospel Box. In other words, it cannot be destroyed, it cannot be eliminated, even if all the fire seeds in the Gospel Box are separated and its power is reduced to the lowest level, it still cannot cause damage to it, you can't do it, and I can't do it."

"That large group of machines in the Central Continent is just linking human technology and machinery to the Gospel Box in the form of code. The experiment that Turing did was to use ancient characters to form an effective transformation, drawing endless power from the Gospel Box... transforming it into computing power and developing an unprecedented super AI."

Gu Changzhi looked at Gu Shen and said a truly despairing sentence.

"Even... you can destroy the Central Continent, but you can't destroy the Deep Sea."

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(ps: There will be another chapter in the evening! Asking for monthly tickets!)