404. Host Zhu Ning has arrived...
Cracks extended across the giant tree, as if a giant was chopping it down, splitting it vertically from top to bottom. The north wasn't land, it had once been an ocean, with an ice layer more than ten meters thick. Now, after it broke open, it was like the gaping mouth of an abyss.
The land in the far north was being torn apart. Giant trees connected the sky and the ground. The huge treetops were shaking, and the ice spikes above were falling with a loud bang. Zhu Ning seemed to have walked into a room full of knives, and knives were raining from the sky.
Ice spikes scraped past her cheeks, and roars exploded around her. For ordinary people, this was like a doomsday scene, but Zhu Ning had long been deprived of her will to survive by the Far North, so she didn't move, and even didn't let go of the hammer against her forehead.
If she hadn't been killed by the ice spikes, she would have been killed by herself.
But the ice spike just fell. Maybe Zhu Ning really had some kind of key on him, maybe it was the substance on the surface of his own system, or maybe the fragment on Pei Shu's heart was the key.
The tree recognized her, and she was damn well safe.
The ice spikes fell to the ground and turned into powder. Zhu Ning was like a spectator, watching the wonders and strange sights alone at the end of the world. He was also like a person who was desperate and ready to jump off the rooftop, but suddenly the city was filled with grand fireworks.
She stared blankly ahead, not understanding it all. Just like those horror stories, people are polluted by accepting knowledge, and Zhu Ning experienced it herself.
The sound of the ground cracking was very similar to a person's roar before death, as if a hand was angrily tearing everything apart.
Taking the position where Zhu Ning was standing as the origin, the terrifying crack began to extend just one meter in front of her toes. At first, it could be seen that it was a crack, but later it was not accurate to describe it as a crack. It was as if the plate movement had torn open a trench.
The giant tree at the end of the Far North was torn in half, and the trunk spread out helplessly to both sides, as if the existence of the giant tree was just a door, or a fragile curtain to block the sea behind it.
Yes, Zhu Ning saw the ocean, not the sea of polluted spores under Utopia, but the real ocean.
Most oceans reflect the color of the sky and appear blue, but the ocean Zhu Ning saw was pure white.
The pure glacier water and the pure white sky make the black parts appear particularly small, like dots of ink.
She heard the cry of black crows and initially thought it was an illusion, but then it turned out that it was not an illusion. There was a group of black birds in the distant sky. From Zhu Ning's perspective, they were as big as a swarm of bees.
Zhu Ning's eyes automatically adjusted their focus, demonstrating the benefits of the robot. Even if she had no active intention, her eyes were automatically capturing the world. The world was magnified again and again, and she saw the black wings spread out like a fan.
It was indeed a black crow, and below the crow was a small island.
There is a lighthouse-like building on the edge of the island. It is completely black. Black crows will rest at the lighthouse when they are tired of flying.
Zhu Ning had seen this black lighthouse before, once in her "dream". Now it seemed that it might be the Eye of Prescience that was taking effect, allowing her to see the terminal in advance.
The other time was in Liu Yu's painting, right at the end of the painting Utopia, which is also the last page of Liu Yu's collection of works.
The black lighthouse exudes a strange and eerie atmosphere, but unlike the messy black lines in Liu Yu's paintings, this place does not appear crazy or evil, but instead has a sense of pure holiness.
Zhu Ning had no idea why Liu Yu knew this place.
The two coordinates in Zhu Ning's mind overlapped. It was the point she found when Prometheus' hyphae penetrated her brain through a reverse attack.
I don't know what building it is, but I only know the coordinates.
Is that the Prometheus host?
Before Zhu Ning's tears dried, the World Tree collapsed, the earth cracked, and the sea water slowly rose, submerging the instep of Zhu Ning's feet. The cold sea water immediately pulled back Zhu Ning's will and pulled her into reality from the perspective of a bystander.
She found the host of Prometheus, Zhu Ning muttered to herself, reciting this sentence over and over again like a madman, she found the host.
The deep sadness left by the Far North still remained on her body. Perhaps because of this, she was not excited when she saw the host, but felt tired instead.
Or maybe she guessed that the structure of the World Tree did not seem like a man-made product, but more like a native product of a polluted world. This was the end of the world, and no mad scientist was capable of creating an artificial intelligence and placing it here.
Zhu Yao couldn't do it.
Zhu Ning was confused by this information for a moment. Her eyes fell on the tree trunk, where the familiar symbol was printed: an evil snake wrapped in flames.
Zhu Ning rarely saw this pattern again in the Federation. It was not the totem of any chaebol family, nor was it the trademark of any company. It seemed to belong only to Prometheus.
It naturally carries this logo, or in other words, it is a product trademark.
Much like the twists in a movie, scenes that were overlooked by the audience flashed by one after another, Zhu Ning now had the snake and flame logo flashing through his mind, connecting together those clues that he had overlooked.
If Prometheus was the "original creation" of this world, then who was she? She knew she was Zhu Yao's experimental subject, a combination of pollutants and machinery. The pollutants in her brain came from the giant's heart, and the black substance on her shell must be the surface of the World Tree, which was extremely stable. The answers to these questions were all found.
But the core question remains: who is Zhu Ning? Who is she to the world?
She knew she was walking in the body of a giantess, but now, what was the meaning of all her experiences? It was like one cell avenging another cell. They were just dandruff on the giantess.
The future of humanity may lose its meaning, and humanity itself will lose its meaning.
The Far North deprives people of their existence, not just by depriving them of their five senses, but also by taking away their meaning.
You are just a tiny speck of dust, with no meaning of existence in front of such a behemoth.
Waves of sea water were pushed to her feet. Zhu Ning thought the sea was bottomless, but this damn place certainly did not conform to the laws of nature. She could actually walk on it. The sea surface was like a huge mirror, reflecting Zhu Ning's shadow, crushing and stretching her reflection.
Zhu Ning's face was cold. She walked towards Prometheus's host, her right hand pointing at the sun as if stiff. It seemed that she was not going to kill Prometheus, but to commit suicide.
…
Do you want to see my console?
There were other more hidden patterns on the flying bird door of the Lu family in the Divine Kingdom. Under the dim light, Lu Yuan didn't see it for the first time. More details were revealed in the corner, and a snake was wrapped around a torch.
The person who entered this door back then was Liu Yu, and now it is Lu Yuan's turn.
Lu Yuan listened to Prometheus describe Liu Yu's life. She knew that there were lies mixed in it, but she couldn't help but listen.
It turned out that Liu Yu had been out of the wall, she had reached Utopia, and saw those strange creatures and the vast world outside the wall, and then she walked into this room, sat in front of this bed, and stared at the flashing blue halo in front of her.
Prometheus's position is very much like that of a leader, "inspiring" generation after generation of women in the Lu family, leading them to their own specific destiny.
There are many ways to save the world, two of which are feasible. As the world becomes clearer, these two paths also become clearer, and they fall on Zhu Ning and Lu Yuan respectively.
If Zhu Ning succeeds on her path, she will become the new vessel for the giantess, which is equivalent to constructing a new body.
Lu Yuan's path is successful, leading the new humans forward, allowing the existing human civilization to continue and better adapt to the corrupt world.
Prometheus believed that these two lines had been running simultaneously, and Liu Yu and Zhu Yao's mothers probably planned this as well. Just as they had expected, Zhu Ning and Lu Yuan were each on their own paths.
One person provides the foundation of the new world, and one person gives birth to the life of the new world.
Lu Yuan went from initial anger to shock, and finally to silence.
Prometheus said that this was his mother's business, and now asked himself if he was willing to see his host. Prometheus dedicated everything to the cause of mankind, and explaining the location of his host would make humans feel less threatened.
"To gain the trust of mankind, I once gave away my keys," said Prometheus.
Lu Yuan was a little surprised; she had never heard of this part of history.
If humans don't trust me, they can destroy me. They can go through the Far North.
Lu Yuan thought that Prometheus was invincible and no one could penetrate the Far North, but he had actually opened his back door a long time ago.
"Why?" Lu Yuan asked. This was one of the rare times she spoke while listening, and it was also the first time she became interested in something.
Why would Prometheus set a death button for himself? Unless Prometheus was confident enough, so confident that no matter what happened, humans would never choose to kill him.
He stole fire for mankind and was the shield of the world. After asking, Lu Yuan found the answer. As long as a rational person got the button, even the most opposed rebels to the Kingdom of God would choose to coexist with Prometheus instead of being determined to kill him.
Among the people Lu Yuan knows, only Zhu Ning is an unknown.
"I was born for mankind." Prometheus repeated this thousands of times, but no one believed him. People always thought he had ulterior motives, which made him very distressed.
[However, after I handed it over, humanity became divided.]
It was like handing over a treasure. At that time, the people of God's Kingdom were in a panic. No one wanted to keep this thing in the hands of a certain person alone. It was equivalent to letting a specific person hold the button to destroy Prometheus.
To some extent, Prometheus is indeed a shield for mankind.
Human factional struggles are really boring, and they may be slowing down your progress.
They immediately had disagreements. It was a civil war with countless casualties. Of course, there were also sober saviors who tried to draw everyone's attention, but they quickly failed.
So the materials were scattered, and Prometheus knew that Zhu Yao later obtained a part of them, and she created the Alpha series of experiments.
Presumably the rebels got some of it too, since there have been people trying to kill him for eighty years.
Of course Prometheus knew that he could die at any time; he knew it the moment he handed himself over.
However, death did not come as expected. After the world was in chaos, everything became complicated, so he could still seize the opportunity to carry out his mission.
Prometheus: [I showed my console to your mother. Do you want to see it?]
Prometheus would not let Lu Yuan leave and could only show her.
A blue light flashed in front of Lu Yuan's eyes, and a projection appeared in the air, and a pure white world unfolded. Lu Yuan recognized it at a glance because Liu Yu's album was still in her room, and the picture on the last page was depicted.
A lighthouse drawn with messy black lines, with a black crow on it, turns out that is the location of Prometheus's mainframe.
This is the real me.
It's fair. Prometheus knows Lu Yuan's life, so Lu Yuan should also know his.
Lu Yuan understood the significance of Liu Yu's last painting. Was Liu Yu really willing to do it? Did she accept all of this?
Lu Yuan's lips trembled, and her voice began to become hoarse. She asked, "So, what are you?"
[Original creature of the world, I have existed for a long time.] Prometheus's cold voice paused, as if he found it difficult to explain, and then he showed her a series of pictures, like playing a PowerPoint presentation before her eyes.
A design draft appeared on the pure white interface, a machine implanted in the brain. It was black in appearance and smooth to the touch. A tree was carved on it, and above that was a symbol of a snake wrapped around a torch.
Lu Yuan didn't remember seeing this symbol before.
Prometheus, a brain-computer interface for humans, or a personalized personal butler, helps regulate emotions, store memories, and issue crisis warnings before danger strikes. His explanation sounded like a traditional AI, reporting on its capabilities.
[In a world implanted with the Prometheus, people will not lose their memories, will not be sad, and sadness will be easily covered. It will be a world where everyone is peaceful and happy.]
[Prometheus' original supreme purpose was to help humans live a better life.]
As Prometheus was speaking, Lu Yuan imagined that this technical theory could be realized, and felt like she was attending a press conference for a new machine.
And he did, becoming the personal butler of the human brain, and even after the death of the female giant's body, he continued to complete his mission.
When the end of the world comes, the brain-machine embedded inside will take effect, blue light will flash, and snow-white hyphae will stretch out, attaching to the neural network and capturing every protruding neuron.
He tried to prolong her life, to make the aftermath of death longer.
For a better life.
He seeks fire for the giants and tirelessly selects saviors.
He is great but also small. His greatness lies in that he does not care about his own life, and his smallness lies in that he cannot resist his initial settings.
He has seen several generations of humans, shining with the brilliance that is unique to humans.
In his world, humans are beautiful.
Lu Yuan asked: "What about the truth of this world? What about the world outside the giants?"
[That's all I know, sorry.] Prometheus didn't know about the wider world. There might be countless giants out there, or there might be an even larger universe out there.
From a broader perspective, he is just an ant like everyone else.
Lu Yuan didn't know how much of what Prometheus said was true, but it sounded very reasonable. She was just powerless to resist, so she asked, "Why are you showing it to me?"
"Trust," Prometheus said gently and indifferently, "You humans are so hard to understand. I want you to believe me. We are on the same side. I will always serve you and be your most loyal servant."
The blue halo flickered, as if it was some kind of induction. Suddenly, the blue light stopped for a second, as if a human was standing there in a daze.
On a small island far away at the end of the world, the interior of the room was completely black. Prometheus was covered in snow-white, with new mycelium constantly growing on his limbs. The screen in front of him was flashing with blue data streams. At this moment, his white pupils trembled. He was able to handle multiple tasks at the same time, and he did not stop when talking to Lu Yuan.
But now, all his quest lines stopped for a second. The demon hunter being controlled paused in place, the cameras monitoring the Federation stopped rotating, the automated weapons stopped aiming, and the blue halo that was talking to Lu Yuan fell silent.
Prometheus heard the sound of the key opening. Someone passed through the Far North. Outside his host, Zhu Ning arrived.
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