"The reason we can confirm Xiao is dead... is because several 'missing persons' suddenly appeared in the Great Capital District tonight."

"These people are concentrated in Nanwan, Huazhi, and the underground organization Chengxin Society of both sides."

"While in South Continent, the moment the evil spirit died, the Deep Sea lost the mental links to these 'missing persons' in the Great Capital District. In the process of tracing the files, the Deep Sea discovered that these people's links were all forged by virtual ports..."

Gu Shen vaguely perceived a deeper problem: "In other words... all along, they were in a disguised linked state?"

"Correct."

Zhou Jiren said meaningfully, "The councils of the five continents have long reached a consensus that the Deep Sea can never be wrong. Even though it carries billions of thought links, they still firmly believe that this machine cannot be wrong... This time, the S-class file completely subverted the council's understanding. The emergence of these missing persons proves that someone can forge the linked state."

"This is a very terrifying thing. Once there is one, there may be a second..." Zhou Jiren paused, looked at Gu Shen, and said seriously, "The relevant personnel of the council will thoroughly investigate the underlying logic of the Deep Sea. They need to find the specific reason why the Deep Sea was deceived this time. Do you understand what I mean?"

This sentence was somewhat like a direct reminder.

Gu Shen felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

He was able to borrow the Deep Sea's authority because of the "source code" assistance. This was the official backdoor left by Alan Turing. So, what means did Xiao rely on?

Turning off the lights of the Liberty Hall, cutting off private channel calls, and retrieving high-level files were obviously "forbidden" things that could only be done by invading the Deep Sea system... How could he do these things?

Xiao's death, from a certain perspective, had a very negative impact on him!

There was no doubt that this matter would sound an alarm to the council... They would definitely investigate the anomalies in the deep-water area and further promote the Deep Sea's further upgrade. Was what the old guy said to him a coincidental coincidence?

Or... was it a deliberate reminder?

However... no matter how the Deep Sea changes and upgrades, it cannot replace all the underlying logic from the beginning of its birth.

In other words, the source code can always find a crack in the door.

This time, Chu Ling should not be in danger.

"Xiao's ability to deceive the Deep Sea is indeed unexpected. Perhaps there are indeed problems with the Deep Sea, and it is time to fix it." Gu Shen said calmly, with a calm expression on his face, "However... I am still very curious, how did Xiao die?"

Provoking an existence that shouldn't be provoked... Recalling the old guy's mocking smile.

Obviously... was he talking about himself?

"Take a look at the list of missing persons first." Zhou Jiren sent another document.

The document was a series of missing persons' names and related information.

"Ye Ningqiu?"

Gu Shen saw the key point at a glance.

"Yes..." Zhou Jiren was satisfied with Gu Shen's keenness. He said leisurely, "After Ye Ningqiu left the auditorium last night, she went to the old building where Chen Mei was being held. Obviously, she was aiming for my gap and wanted to do something in the chaos."

Gu Shen would not believe that, with Xiao's character, he would really regard "Chen Mei" as his disciple.

If Xiao's ability was to plunder flesh...

Then it was very likely... Chen Mei was the "flesh" he had prepared for himself!

"If he hadn't gone to that building... then this tug-of-war would have lasted a long, long time." Zhou Jiren said calmly, "He was still very safe before I personally went to South Continent to kill him."

Gu Shen's expression was subtle.

What did the teacher arrange in that old building?

Recalling Chen Mei's last confession... he always felt that this was strange.

He inexplicably thought of the strange dream he had experienced, the "Mr. Bai" holding the wine bottle...

"In short, Xiao's spirit was obliterated."

"Last night, when the news reached the auditorium, Chen San expressed shock and anger because the Deep Sea found a blind spot on the nineteenth floor of the Nanwan Building during self-examination." Zhou Jiren turned on the virtual projection and said, "There is a separate secret room on the nineteenth floor of Nanwan. There are abandoned flesh containers and residual blood... The location of this storage room is very special. Normal people will not enter it. The blood in the secret room is very mixed, and Ye Ningqiu's blood was found."

"Is this Ye Ningqiu's... morgue?"

Gu Shen's face was a little ugly.

The last time he invaded the Nanwan Building, he was able to escape from the Deep Sea's comprehensive alert by relying on the secret room on the nineteenth floor.

Separated by a continent, conducting a mental link, no matter how powerful Xiao's mental power was, he always needed to rest.

And the flesh and containers he controlled also needed to find a hidden place.

Of course... Ye Ningqiu had her own residence, but there was not enough time to prepare every time the connection was disconnected. Then, the secret room on the nineteenth floor of the Nanwan Building was probably equivalent to a temporary rest place?

What the hell... the pale woman he saw last time was Ye Ningqiu?

No... that was Xiao.

No wonder escaping from the nineteenth floor immediately attracted Chen Mei's attention.

"We have not yet fully understood the rules of Xiao's ability. His ability is named [Soul Chain] in the transcendent spectrum. It belongs to the trait system. We can probably guess the effect of this ability... Once a mental link is established with Xiao, [Soul Chain] can invade consciousness. This is a pure war of will. The loser will be exiled spiritually, thereby being deprived of their flesh."

"Yes..."

Gu Shen recalled his encounter in [Annihilation Dream].

Xiao wanted to use [Soul Chain] to defeat his will and make him his vessel.

"[Soul Chain] should have belonged to the mental transcendent ability... but this ability is too outrageous. After he seizes the host's body, he can use the host's own transcendent power to a certain extent, and can urge transcendent source power that does not belong to him."

"This is a kind of... 'deception' that violates the transcendent law."

"The flesh containing transcendent source power still thinks that its own consciousness is still there. But in reality, the owner has been changed."

Zhou Jiren said: "Using this ability, Xiao developed many followers, but those followers were not completely controlled by [Soul Chain]. He only selected people with strong transcendent abilities as his containers. As for the other ordinary people, after being linked by [Soul Chain], they did not even have the qualifications to fight. They were directly infected by mental power and spontaneously worshiped."

This is the origin of the Evergreen Foundation!

"Now that Xiao's spirit has been destroyed... the remnants of the Evergreen Foundation are still there. It's just that the bandit is dead. This organization should be completely eliminated soon."