While Fang Zheng was busy upgrading his troops, Eloy and the girls continued to track the Shadow Kaga tribe that was trying to awaken the machine that destroyed the world. Moreover, they also sent back a lot of news.
For example, they discovered that the one controlling the Shadow Kaga tribe behind the scenes was an artificial AI named Hades, and this AI was one of the subroutines of the Gaia system, just like Hephaestus.
Not only that, they also learned about Eloy's life experience. She was a clone of Dr. Elizabeth, who created the Gaia system. Before, the Gaia system was attacked and all subroutines were automatically disconnected. In order to ensure that the plan could proceed smoothly, the Gaia system used the last remaining data to create Eloy, a cloned baby, and put it outside to be raised by the Nora tribe. After all, Dr. Elizabeth is the core figure of the entire Zero Dawn plan, so Eloy can freely enter and exit other closed facilities - because in terms of authority, Eloy, who inherited Elizabeth's genes, is obviously the highest.
And they finally discovered the truth about Zero Dawn.
That is... rebirth.
The destruction of mankind is inevitable, so in order to allow the human race to continue, Dr. Elizabeth proposed the "Zero Dawn" plan, which is to freeze human genes, preserve them, and then reawaken them at the appropriate time.
In simple terms, everyone dies, and then they can only wait for the mechanical army to self-destruct. After they are destroyed, the Gaia system will reshape the earth, allowing the planet that has been devoured by the mechanical army and turned into scorched earth to regain vitality. Then, genetic cloning will be used to create babies, teach them about the earth and human history, and finally continue human civilization.
When reporting this to Fang Zheng, Eloy was filled with emotion, but Fang Zheng's reaction was...
"What kind of idiotic plan is this?"
While modifying the blueprint in front of him, Fang Zheng looked at the holographic image of Eloy beside him in silence.
"Honestly, the shelter is more reliable than this... How could they come up with such a stupid thing? It's really incomprehensible."
"Is it... stupid?"
"At least it seems stupid to me. Whatever. It's already like this. There's no point in criticizing our predecessors now."
Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly. He really didn't understand why Elizabeth would adopt such a plan. Even if the mechanical army really destroyed everything on the surface, humans could still live underground. With their technological civilization, it would not be difficult to create an underground closed city similar to a shelter. Of course, Fang Zheng didn't say that the Zero Dawn plan was bad, but in his opinion, this plan was just a backup of a backup, which was a plan that should be used at the last minute.
As a result, these people actually took the Zero Dawn Project as the core? Even at the cost of sacrificing a large number of civilians?
Isn’t it funny? Instead of thinking about how to continue the present, you’re thinking about how to face the future?
Forget it. Given Americans’ IQ and historical level, it would probably be difficult for them to understand what the continuity of historical civilization is.
Considering that this is how they exterminated the Indians in the first place... well, it's understandable.
After all, a thief will only consider the thief's way, and a robber will only consider the robber's way.
"So, you contacted me to tell me this boring thing?"
"No, actually... Miss Qilin and the others started arguing about this matter..."
"…Huh? Are you free?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then Eloy explained the cause and effect of the matter to him.
It turned out that not long ago, Eloy and the others came to the core facility of Zero Dawn, but here they discovered a secret.
That is... all the core members of the Zero Dawn project are dead, and they were killed!
Not only that, after reading the records, the girls learned that someone opposed this plan. He was Ted Farrow, the president of Farrow Corporation and the investor of the Zero Dawn project.
He believed that it was dangerous and foolish to allow a new generation of humans to obtain that knowledge, so he used his authority to clear all knowledge about humans after the subsystem Apollo. According to him, this was to allow those new humans that would appear in the future to be free of shackles and to have a new and free start instead of carrying the sins of their ancestors... and that was why he killed the other core members.
The girls have different opinions on this. Some think this is good, but some think it is simply abandoning history and forgetting the past. Moreover, if that guy named Ted Farrow hadn't cleared the human knowledge base, these humans wouldn't be living like primitive tribes now!
Both sides felt that they were right, but neither could convince the other, and finally had no choice but to use their big moves.
Go find the teacher... No, go find Fang Zheng to judge.
"...I understand. Let me handle it."
"OK."
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Eloy immediately turned on the full-screen playback system, and then the other girls appeared in front of Fang Zheng. They were looking at Fang Zheng with hope at this moment, obviously waiting for his judgment.
But for Fang Zheng...
"I say, everyone, you really have nothing to do."
He simply sighed helplessly.
"Instead of arguing about such boring things, you might as well think about something more urgent and pressing. Also, there is no need for you to argue here over an idiotic lie."
"Why?"
It must be said that the girls were all surprised to hear Fang Zheng's words.
"lie?"
"Kasugano, are you saying that the man named Ted Farrow is lying?"
"That's about right. Use your brain."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed at his head towards the girls.
"Based on the clues you found along the way, you can easily come to this conclusion."
"is that so?"
At this moment, the girls were already confused. They didn't bother to argue about who was right or wrong. Instead, they looked at each other in confusion. Even Eloy frowned and started thinking.
However, after a while, the girls who were thinking hard still had not come to a conclusion, and Imari was the first to speak.
"I'm sorry, President, I still don't understand."
"Well, I'll tell you from the beginning."
Fang Zheng looked like a hopeless child and stared at them helplessly.
"According to your investigation, the mechanical army that once ravaged the world is now destroyed, and the Gaia system has begun to rebuild the Earth and created a new era of human beings, allowing them to begin living in it, right?"
"Um."
The girls nodded.
"Then, you also reported that more than a decade ago, the Gaia system was attacked by an unknown external source, and then all of Gaia's subsystems went offline, and then these mechanical beasts were contaminated, right?"
"Yes... that's right."
"So you haven't figured it out yet?"
Fang Zheng pointed to his head.
"Since the mechanical army has been destroyed, where did the external attack come from? Since the enemy was able to infiltrate the Gaia system so easily, it means that the enemy must be very familiar with the Gaia system, right?"
"this……"
Hearing this, the girls were stunned, and Eloy's eyes became sharp.
"You mean... it was done by our ancestors?"
"It seems that Miss Eloy has already thought of this. You are so stupid that you can't even think of this."
I didn't expect that several modern people are not as good as one primitive man. It's really speechless.
"But, but our ancestors have already perished..."
“The information you get is not necessarily correct.”
Fang Zheng waved his hand.
"You have to remember that people can lie. Even the recorded parts may have been carefully tampered with. And with the level of civilization of humans at that time, it was not difficult to survive. Like I said, find a hole in the ground to dig a shelter, and then hide in it, or simply put yourself into cryosleep until you are sure that the situation outside is stable and then wake them up. This kind of thing is not difficult for the ancestral civilization."
"But, but even so...Brother, why did they attack the Gaia system?"
Hearing this, Toudou Qilin also looked confused.
"Didn't they create the Gaia system for the continuation of human civilization? Why did they attack it?"
"It's very simple. If the ancient humans died out, then the Gaia system would have left seeds for human civilization. But what if the ancient humans did not die out, but wanted to make a comeback in the future to rule the world again? Do you think they wanted their opponents to be a modern army that inherited the knowledge of the old human civilization and was on par with them? Or a group of primitive tribesmen who knew nothing and would bow down to them when they saw them?"
“Is this… so that’s how it is?!”
Fang Zheng has made his point so clearly, if the girls still don't understand it, they'd be fools.
"Is this why Ted Farrow deleted human knowledge from the Apollo subsystem?!"
"Probably. Capitalists always like to use high-sounding words to cover up their ulterior motives."
Fang Zheng sneered.
"If the Gaia system had not been attacked before, then this guy's nonsense would still be worth listening to. But now that the facts are proven, there is no point in arguing about it. If someone is playing a trick on you and you still take it seriously, then you must be crazy, right?"
"Well……"
Hearing Fang Zheng's merciless ridicule, the girls all looked embarrassed and ashamed.
"Well, you guys should have other things to do, don't dwell on such boring things."
“That’s right!!”
Eloy came back to his senses now and nodded vigorously.
"The Eclipse Cult will launch an attack on Meridian City, and Hades, who is manipulating them from behind, will also appear. He will occupy the tower and awaken other fallen machines that were originally dormant! We must stop its actions! So sir, can you help us?"
"If I go, it won't be helping, it will be crushing... But it's okay."
Having said this, Fang Zheng smiled coldly.
"Let me see who is more powerful, the civilized machines of this world or my little cuties!"