After going out, Yin Zhu clearly felt that the atmosphere in the central area was not right, and there were far fewer pedestrians than usual.
After exchanging a glance with the worm, Yin Zhu guessed that the matter of the Hidden Pavilion had been discovered. Since it wasn't a particularly complicated rule, it was only a matter of time before the infected were able to escape successfully.
"Shall we go check out the Knowledge Museum?"
The worm proposed.
The knowledge center he described is equivalent to a bookstore in the outer city, but all the knowledge is digitized and accompanied by videos to aid understanding, making it easy for people to absorb information from multiple angles in a comprehensive way, rather than just simple books.
Therefore, the biggest advantage of knowledge digitization is the complete preservation of knowledge.
Whether it's a flood, a typhoon, an earthquake, or a fire, as long as the instruments for remotely storing data are not damaged, people can enjoy the same knowledge anywhere in the world without worrying about it being lost due to a lack of successors.
However, the drawbacks are equally significant: if the instrument storing the data is damaged, the data may very well be irretrievable.
The two arrived at the Knowledge Museum by airship and found a secluded spot to read the contents of the light screen. As always, the inner city required spending money everywhere, but fortunately, the benevolent spirit official provided by the prince had stored enough Vena coins, allowing them to freely browse various websites.
"Have you heard? This year's coronation ceremony will involve the worship of something different."
Yin Zhu, with her sharp ears, overheard the whispers of the local inhabitants. After one of them finished speaking mysteriously, another immediately became smug: "I've heard about it before. My family worships the God of Knowledge, one of the five main gods."
"What is the deity planning to do?"
"Sacrificing a complete human being?"
"That's too narrow-minded. They're planning to sacrifice an entire god to Pandora."
Upon hearing this, the worm's hand trembled violently, while Yin Zhu didn't seem to notice much. The two then chatted about the next topic: "I heard that the Hidden God Tower is haunted."
"Did the gods deal with it?"
"It is said that even gods encounter misfortune after entering, so some people suspect that Eve has become disloyal to the gods."
"Impossible, right?"
"Who knows? Eve was created using the most advanced artificial intelligence technology in Vena City, so it's not surprising that she would have selfish desires like a human."
The two men maliciously speculated about Eve, who still wholeheartedly considered herself an A-level citizen.
In a sense, they weren't wrong. Eve did betray the "gods" who had become monsters, but she never betrayed the gods she respected or the city of Vena.
"Maybe it's Eve malfunctioning. After all, data is prone to bugs if the code is wrong."
The worm suddenly spoke, drawing the attention of the two men: "Code is a magical thing. Even if it makes mistakes sometimes, it can still run smoothly. It only has minor problems at certain times." He was an expert in this field and had naturally seen all sorts of problems.
"No way? That's Eve..."
"If Eve doesn't malfunction, then she can't possibly violate the Three Laws of Robotics. If she really doesn't respect God enough, then she must be malfunctioning."
The worm had ensnared the two of them with just one sentence.
After all, even the most powerful artificial intelligence is built on data, and once something is programmed into the brain, it is unlikely to change.
Seeing that the other party was speechless, the worm smiled slightly. Just as it was about to say something to Yin Zhu, it saw that Yin Zhu looked at its benevolent spirit official with a bad expression and even started to bite its nails anxiously.
"What's wrong?" the worm asked in a low voice.
"We'd better go back first, something happened to Shanshan." Yin Zhu was a little incredulous at the information she had seen.
The worm paused for a moment, then grabbed Yin Zhu's arm and saw the information on it as well—
[Nazar was confronted by someone and, while fleeing, encountered Hirano San and the prince. To protect Nazar, Hirano San lured the two away, her fate now unknown.]
It was a message from the prince.
Read and then burn.
They were only out for about twenty minutes, how could so many things have happened?
Soon, Yin Zhu received a second message, also from Wang Zi, and also a self-destructing message, but the content gave Yin Zhu some uneasy thoughts:
[You'd better not come back now. I suspect my house is being monitored. We'll meet up at...]
The area covered by the ellipsis contained a string of gibberish that Yin Zhu could hardly understand. Fortunately, the worm was with him and quickly reproduced the string of numbers and deduced the meeting point from the reverse.
The answer is the coordinates of the only star.
According to satellite map data, the coordinates point to an arena right next to a prison. It's a melting pot of all sorts of people, making it a perfect hiding place.
"Luckily Jennifer didn't come along, otherwise we would all have to move after just one night," Yin Zhu joked, trying to ease the suddenly tense atmosphere. The gods' reaction was a bit too fast, and quite accurate and ruthless... They... they shouldn't have such intelligence!
Yin Zhu suspected that there was a traitor among them.
The two remained silent for a while on the way, but since they were quite far apart, the worm finally spoke up after a while: "Eve is on our side now, there's no way they could have discovered her."
The subtext is that even if Eve was exposed, she shouldn't have been able to find the prince's house directly.
Yin Zhu had the same question, but the silence just now had reminded her of something. Before that, Yin Zhu wanted to remain calm and asked, "Could you mute it?"
"The arena itself has blocked surveillance." The worm looked around and whispered to Yin Zhu, "Because many behaviors in the arena do not comply with the rules, in order to let everyone have fun, this place is actually not under Eve's jurisdiction."
Yin Zhu nodded: "Okay, then I'll be frank. I suspect Eve betrayed us."
"Impossible, right?" the worm exclaimed in shock.
"Perhaps. Do you remember the rules about Eve?"
Yin Zhu was referring to the message: "Please note that Eve will not communicate with you; she will only silently observe you. If you encounter any AI claiming to be 'Eve' attempting to communicate with you, please ignore everything she says and report her account directly."
"You're saying that Eve was a fake?"
“No, it’s true, but Eve’s words are not credible.” Yin Zhu shook her head. “Eve has her own consciousness. She will correct the danger of the prince’s desire to disclose the situation to the people of the outer city. So, similarly, she will also judge us as a threat to the prince.”
She remembered the meaningful look Eve gave the prince after Hirano San used her pink talent on him.
In Eve's eyes, this group of people would be in great danger with the last embers of the city of Vena, so why not let her be the bad guy and find a way to kill them all?
Eve was loyal only to God.
It is extremely dangerous that Yin Zhu and his group of low-level humans dared to attempt to influence the will of an A-level citizen.
She truly is... Eve.
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