Chapter 178: Secret Key to the Black Market
Nan Qi, who knew everything, was of course aware of Bai's worries.
He knew that Bai was afraid that he would eventually have to go to war with No. 7, and that No. 7's connection with him would hurt him.
To be honest, Nan Qi himself hadn't anticipated this connection between him and Number 7. At the time, he simply believed his resurrection was related to Number 7, which was why all the intelligences close to him had developed independent consciousness.
However, Nan Qi was not as pessimistic as Bai. He did not think that he would be implicated if something happened to No. 7.
If he is the true consciousness of the main brain, then how did the No. 7 who woke up thirty-five years ago and the No. 7 who talked to his cousin come into being?
Were they in a symbiotic state at the time, and did Number Seven awaken before him? Or was Number Seven a result of his mental breakdown?
No matter which one it was, there must have been some opportunity that gave birth to No. 7's consciousness. The fact that he was able to break away from the main brain and become a real living being with flesh and blood meant that his symbiotic state with No. 7 had been broken, and schizophrenia could be avoided because the consciousness bodies had containers separately.
If necessary, they can also erase other consciousnesses without harming the remaining consciousnesses.
Of course, he didn't want him and Number Seven to really get to this point.
Even if we take a step back and say that it really comes to that, as the true consciousness of the main brain, his control over the main brain will definitely be greater than that of No. 7.
As long as he could find a way to restore his memories as the main brain, he could avert the disaster.
Patting Bai's back gently, Nan Qi lowered his voice slowly and told her everything he had thought of after knowing the connection between him and Number Seven.
Nan Qi's confession directly hit the cocoon of worry and confusion deep in Bai's heart, pulling him out of the closed cocoon bit by bit.
He hugged Nan Qi tightly and kept whispering in Nan Qi's ear: "You can't lie to me, you can't leave me, otherwise I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."
Nan Qi smiled and hugged Bai back, patiently and lovingly responding to Bai's every whisper: "Okay, I won't leave you, ever."
After getting Nan Qi's promise, Bai's anxious heart could finally be put at ease.
When his reason returned, he thought about his awkward behavior just now. He completely lacked the calmness and rationality of a general. He immediately wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Bai stood up suddenly, not daring to look Nan Qi in the eye, and said incoherently: "I, I'll go back first. General Murphy is still waiting for me."
Before he could finish his words, Bai was about to leave when a warm big hand grabbed his wrist.
Bai tried to pull it out twice but failed. He didn't dare to look back at Nan Qi and said hesitantly, "I really have to leave. There are a lot of things going on in the command room."
"Oh, really? Then go away." Nan Qi said this, but did not let go of the hand that was holding Bai's wrist. Instead, he increased the strength, as if he was afraid that Bai would run away if he was not careful.
Bai could naturally feel the power coming from Nan Qi, and knew that Nan Qi had seen through his cowardice. He mustered up the courage to turn around and look at him, only to run into Nan Qi's gentle eyes with a smile that seemed to be able to melt water.
Bai was stunned for a moment, and then Nan Qi pulled him into his arms and sat him sideways on his lap.
Gradually, a blush spread across her cheeks and ears, until she felt a slight biting sensation on her ears. Bai finally came to her senses, and placed her soft hands on Nan Qi's chest, pushing away Nan Qi's flirting.
It’s not that he didn’t want to, but he just let Nan Qi know that he was spying on him and even skipped work to come back crying, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
He didn't know what was wrong with him. In the past, even if the sky fell, he felt that he could hold on for a while, and at least he would not let the insects he cared about die in front of him.
But when it comes to things related to Nan Qi, he loses his composure and becomes unlike himself, even doing things like separating a strand of his mental energy and transforming into a spirit form to eavesdrop...
Thinking about it now, Bai Du felt that he was simply possessed by a ghost.
After thinking it over, Bai felt guilty and apologized weakly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spied on you. I agreed to trust you."
Nan Qi raised his eyebrows, looked at Bai who was afraid to look at his profile, narrowed his eyes, and spoke hard.
"hiss--"
Bai cried out in pain, reflexively shrank his neck, turned his head to look at Nan Qi, and saw Nan Qi's mouth corner raised with a triumphant smile.
Nan Qi: "Finally you're willing to look at me?"
Bai turned his head back: "...It's not like I didn't look."
Nan Qi snorted softly, and rubbed the teeth marks on Bai's ear that he had bitten. "I know you are worried about me. I don't blame you."
Bai said nothing, and his ears turned even redder.
Nan Qi hugged Bai tightly, resting his chin on Bai's shoulder and shaking him gently: "Bai, I'm glad you're worried about me like this. Don't go to the command room today, Brother Murphy is there. Do you want to know my true origins?"
"True origin?" Bai's heart skipped a beat and he frowned. "Aren't you the main brain and main system? And you don't remember a lot of things, right? Otherwise—"
Otherwise, there would be no need to ask Prince Keppel to go to Fengshengheli Tower to investigate.
Nan Qi smiled and said, "As for how I became the Master Brain and Master System, I really don't have any memory at all, but I wasn't born with the Master Brain and Master System."
"Bai, I'm actually a human. An ancient human race that was destroyed by a natural disaster three hundred thousand years ago."
"What?!" Bai's eyes widened in shock. "How is this possible?"
Nan Qi was amused by Bai's shocked expression. He pinched Bai's nose and, in a low voice, told Bai in detail about his previous life's Sentinel Guide system, his endless struggle with alien creatures, the X substance in his blood that improved the Sentinel Guide's advancement, his battles with alien creatures, and his final experience of perishing together with the alien creature's master.
"Because I was the only SSS-level Sentinel, I was the only one who could defeat the Alien Lord and give humanity a chance to breathe. Unfortunately, I succeeded, but humanity was still destroyed in the subsequent natural disaster."
"Nan Qi..." Bai called Nan Qi's name.
His heart ached with grief. His Nan Qi, still so young, had already shouldered all the expectations of his race. Not only had he become a sentinel and guide, a mere tool for advancement, but he had also ultimately perished alongside a powerful enemy for the sake of his race.
Although we know it is for the continuation of the race, how can they do this!
"It's all in the past." Nan Qi no longer cared about the injuries.
Maybe in the past he would feel wronged, resentful and dissatisfied, and blame fate for being so harsh to him.
But he was relieved after learning from No. 7 that his sacrifice was rewarded.
It's not that he's suffering from a Madonna syndrome, but that among the humans he protects are his loved ones whom he cannot bear to leave behind, and he fears loneliness the most.
Rather than living alone and being trapped in loneliness forever, he would rather everyone live well.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I want to tell you about Number Seven." Nan Qi whispered to coax his partner who was angry about him.
Bai pursed his lips and kissed Nan Qi's forehead before listening to Nan Qi continue.
Nan Qi: "Number Seven is an artificial intelligence program invented by my cousin Pansy Ed. When the ancient human race was extinct due to the collapse of a white dwarf star, he escaped with a few people and Number Seven and settled in a very prosperous country. There, he experienced a lot and perfected Number Seven."
"Later, the country he settled in committed its own destruction. My cousin then gave Number Seven the order to destroy civilization if he couldn't stop it, in order to restart it."
Nan Qi paused here, frowning slightly, as if he was a little uncertain: "Bai, actually I don't completely believe what Number Seven said."
"From what I know about my cousin, he wouldn't interfere with the progress of civilization. This is evident from Number Seven's revelation that his cousin doesn't want others to know of his existence."
"I'm not sure what happened to change my cousin's mind, but the so-called civilization-protecting program implanted in Number Seven wasn't compiled overnight. Do you think there's some misunderstanding?"
Bai lowered his head in deep thought. After a moment, he looked up at Nan Qi and asked, "Do you still remember the secret key that Number Seven mentioned?"
"The one who created me locked away the secret of my birth consciousness. Only the right key can open it."
"I don't know. After I woke up, I checked myself and found that I wasn't complete. Some things, including the secret key, were missing. Maybe after the previous civilization was destroyed, part of me was destroyed as well."
Suddenly, what No. 7 had said popped into Nan Qi’s mind.
Yes, the secret key.
Number Seven said that Pansy locked up the secret of his consciousness and lost the key.
Does that mean that what Pansy has locked up is not just the secret of "how Number Seven developed independent consciousness", but also why Pansy designed Number Seven, a powerful artificial intelligence that can influence the progress of civilization, as well as those program instructions that go against Pansy's character?
But if that's the case, then the thing Pansy locked up must be something even more deadly, or at least the most important and precious thing in Pansy's heart.
"Bai, you're so smart." Nan Qi held Bai's face and kissed her, saying excitedly, "As long as we find the secret key, everything will be clear."
Nan Qi was happy, so Bai was happy too, but he still carefully reminded Nan Qi that the secret key might be destroyed.
Nan Qi shook his head: "The secret key is not destroyed. I have a feeling that this secret key should be related to me. I will think about it carefully."
Think about the secret key, think about why he separated from the main brain and became a Zerg, and why he was involved with the Fengshengheli Tower, and how he was brought back to the Imperial Research Institute thirty-five years ago.
He had a hunch that these things seemed unrelated, but they must be connected.
As long as you can find the beginning among these countless threads, everything else can be easily solved.
Nan Qi already had an idea of how to find this head.
"Bai." Nan Qi said softly, "I'm going to the black market in the next two days. Do you know where there's an entrance to the black market nearby? I want to go to Fengshengheli Tower to take a look."
Since Fengshengheli Tower has revealed his identity so generously, his intention to cooperate is obvious. The reason why he did not express his cooperative attitude to Prince Keppel last time was because he was waiting for him to come in person.
He wanted to see what Fengshenghelilou, or the black market behind it, was trying to do.
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