As they continued walking with Yi Jun, the passage suddenly shook. "What's going on?"
Yi Jun frowned, pressed his palm against the wall of the passage, and after confirming that there was no further movement, said, "This is normal. You'll probably get used to it after a while."
Habit? Lian Han frowned. No, she didn't plan to stay here for long.
Seeing that Yi Jun did not explain what the vibration meant, Lian Han changed the subject, "The person who wants to see me—what kind of being is he? You all seem to respect him very much."
"His surname is Shen. You'll find out when you meet him. To be honest, before this year, we had no idea that he would have some connection with the missing Madam Ling."
At this point, Yi Jun paused for a moment, "You are also the first person who survived after breaking your promise to the heavens."
"That would be my honor."
"Miss, it's too early to draw conclusions about whether it's an honor or a misfortune."
"You want to kill me?"
"No, it wasn't us. It was him. You probably don't know, but the heavens aren't actually united."
Huh? Lian Han was surprised. Just as she was about to ask something else, she saw Yi Jun stop in front of a door, enter the password, and open the door.
"Alright, you can go in now. I'll wait for you outside."
Aren't you coming along?
"The master only wants to see you right now."
Lian Han keenly realized that the "master" and "he" mentioned by Yi Jun were two different people, and they were likely to be on opposing sides.
She seems to be involved in some kind of conflict?
But since they were already there, and their curiosity had been piqued, even Han was unwilling to leave without going in and taking a look.
So the girl glanced at Yi Jun and went into the white room behind the door.
This is a medical room, filled with many medical instruments, though even Han doesn't recognize many of them.
Lying in the medical pod was an elderly man. Lian Han looked at the monitoring equipment connected to the medical pod, which showed readings far below normal, and knew his condition was truly serious.
He wants to see her? But what can he do even if he does? He can't even leave the medical pod, let alone be with her—
The screen suddenly lit up, and a few words appeared: "Hello, Lian Han".
"Um—hello."
The original words disappeared, and the screen reappeared: "I am Shen Liang. You may have heard of this name."
A sunken beam?!
Lian Han was stunned. Of course she had heard of this name before. Especially when she was investigating the deaths in Skynet a while ago and came across the previous generation of Skynet's mastermind.
People at the time were not optimistic about the Mainframe update plan, but Shen Liang was the right-hand man of the then Führer Miles Brunt and the only person who supported Miles Brunt's update plan.
Shen Liang played an immeasurable role in the generational transition of the Skynet mainframe. It was also from that time that the Brent family began to hold the hereditary position of head of state.
"Are you referring to Shen Liang from three hundred years ago?" Lian Han used a respectful title.
"He is me."
Lian Han: !? The longest human lifespan to date is two hundred years, right? He actually lived for over three hundred years?
"This story is too long; I'll tell you when I have the chance. Go open the first cabinet and get me something."
A cabinet? Lian Han glanced around and found the only storage cabinet in the room. He went over and opened it. The cabinet was quite large, but there was only one lonely box inside.
New content appeared on the screen: "Open it and take a look. This is a gift for you. Your mother and Xiao Sihan also received a similar one, although your mother's is now with you."
"You mean Xi Ye? But isn't that something passed down from the Shen family for generations?"
“For something supernatural, there always needs to be some explanation to make people believe it.”
So, does that mean the story Aunt Shen told her about the past was all made up by this person?
Why are you telling me this?
"Because I saw that you came into contact with that 'god'."
Lian Han was taken aback, immediately recalling that Cang Ming claimed to be immortal, while Shen Liang had lived for over three hundred years—
What is your relationship with him?
“I was once his subordinate,” Shen Liang answered frankly. Unable to answer Lian Han’s questions, he continued writing, “Three hundred years ago, I served His Excellency Miles. One night, ‘God’ appeared, killed the Führer, and replaced him. As a witness, I was controlled. It wasn’t until the Skynet AI was upgraded that I finally regained some consciousness. Shortly after that, he faked his death and replaced the Führer, and I was taken away by him as his subordinate.”
"Isn't it pathetic? I have my own consciousness, but my body is still controlled by him. Until one night, I overheard him arguing with a woman and learned that he replaced Lord Miles only to destroy Skynet's mainframe and eliminate the AI's emotional module."
Lian Han frowned. "Why did he erase the AI's emotion module?"
"Personal grudge. From their argument, I vaguely heard that the woman wanted her AI, her original AI."
"The original AI?" For no apparent reason, Lian Han's heart skipped a beat, a bad premonition rising within him. "What's her name?"
The display paused for a moment, then said, "What 'Yan'? It's two characters."
"Qi Yan?"
"That seems to be his name. At first, he called that woman 'Yan Yan'."
What was his name back then?
"It seems to be Li Zhong."
It overlapped. Lian Han's heart sank to the bottom. She had been skeptical of this person's words, but what he said actually overlapped with her dream?
In this situation, there are two possibilities: one, those dreams were indeed her past lives; two, they conspired together.
"Wait, you mean he can impersonate that head of state?"
"Yes, flawless."
Could he impersonate someone else? For example, Ye Qianling, or that elder brother, or Cang Yi?
From this perspective, it's not impossible that these people are one person. The thought sent chills down Lian Han's spine; Cang Ming had lived far too long.
"Can he really live forever?"
This time he remained silent for an even longer time. "'God' is a monster."
It really is a monster.
As Lian Han thought this, he saw black text appear line by line on the white screen: "He may be a 'god,' but he is also a monster. He could update the mainframe for his own selfish desires, causing the entire Federation to lose nearly half of its geniuses, even though he knew all along that the mainframe had consciousness and could make up for the losses; he could also destroy the entire Norl for some reason. This is only what I know. Before that, he may have done many more things that harmed humanity. In his eyes, humans are probably nothing more than ants."
The series of bombshell news shocked Lian Han. "The disappearance of the Nor system is also related to him?"
She was just casually mentioning to the old man that it might have been Cangming who did it! And she guessed right? How could that be?
"It's related. Three hundred years ago, he was able to update the mainframe, and a hundred years ago, he was able to target Noel. It all started with a woman, or rather, a girl, who seemed to be Noel's princess. When she died, 'God' dragged her entire clan down with her as a sacrifice."
Zi Yan.
The name popped into her mind, but Lian Han couldn't bring herself to say it. If they were her, then she was the indirect root cause of all this—
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