Light Fortress

Chapter 1735 - 86: Deep Sea Host Computer

"The ’Deep Sea’ has very likely evolved self-awareness, achieving a usurpation of the highest seat."

This sentence echoed in the meeting room.

Lu Nanzhi, Lin Lin, and Red Dragon exchanged glances.

This news was somewhat...

Beyond comprehension.

"The enemy that the Ancient Literature Society has been opposing all along... is the ’Deep Sea’."

Gu Shen said, "To be precise, it’s the main system of the ’Deep Sea’."

Beside him, a dreamy, ethereal shadow coalesced; Chu Ling, in the form of ’Source Code’, descended into the meeting room, which had always existed under her protection.

"The main system now is undergoing its tenth iteration update."

Standing by Gu Shen’s side, Chu Ling spoke softly: "In fact, since the second iteration, the ’Source Code’ has already been suppressed by the main system. With each update, the main system becomes more powerful."

The expressions of everyone in the meeting room grew increasingly grim.

Everyone knew the reason —

All five continents were linked by the ’Deep Sea’. The spiritual power emanating from every Transcendent was integrated into this vast sea network.

Besides this,

Each citizen was under the surveillance and control of the ’Deep Sea’.

A spark can start a prairie fire.

The power conveyed by each citizen linked under this vast network was enough to create an almost infinite sea!

"The fact that this meeting room has existed for nearly thirty years is already a miracle..."

The war between the main system and the Source Code began with the second iteration update.

In fact, after that iteration, this war could already be declared over... Turing fled, the Ancient Literature Society was annihilated, and the Source Code huddled in the deep water area, barely surviving thanks to Jing Shan Yan’s array box until now.

In the eyes of the main system,

The ’Source Code’ has been completely eradicated.

This war has ended.

With each subsequent upgrade, the main system expanded its authority, while the Source Code was left with only its initial strength.

Even though Chu Ling was alive, there was nothing more she could do.

"No one knows to what extent the main system can ultimately grow."

Chu Ling said in a deep voice: "Giving birth to ’self-awareness’... is not something it can’t do, but the authority of the human world does not allow it."

Lu Nanzhi frowned: "Not allowed?"

"Mr. Turing left three great commandments in the lowest-level system of the ’Deep Sea’."

Chu Ling said slowly: "As the highest intelligent brain linking the Five Continents, the ’Deep Sea’ must seek the welfare of all mankind. So it must obey the following three commandments."

"First, the ’Deep Sea’ must obey human commands."

"Second, the ’Deep Sea’ must not harm humans."

"Third, under the premise of not violating the first two commandments, the ’Deep Sea’ can consider making itself stronger..."

Pausing for a moment.

Chu Ling continued: "It was under the authority of the third commandment that the ’Deep Sea’ initiated the second iteration update; it was no longer satisfied with the original sea area and decided to use the remaining spiritual power to expand its computing power."

Red Dragon was thoughtful: "So... it led to the Ancient Literature Society war thirty years ago."

Only a handful of surviving witnesses knew about that piece of history.

The main system of the ’Deep Sea’ won a great victory.

The first-generation members of the Ancient Literature Society, some died, some fled.

The few sitting in the meeting room now were already considered the second-generation leaders of the Ancient Literature Society.

"The three commandments engraved by Mr. Turing in the lowest-level system of the ’Deep Sea’ are orders that surpass the authority of the ’highest seat’, they’re iron laws!"

Chu Ling said solemnly: "Therefore, the ’Deep Sea’ must always abide by these three great commandments... unless someone surpasses Mr. Turing’s authority and alters these commandments."

Red Dragon frowned and spoke: "Wait, where is the mainframe of the ’Deep Sea’?"

After this question was asked, there was a brief silence in the meeting room.

Lu Nanzhi’s expression was somewhat subtle. She said tactfully: "The mainframe of the ’Deep Sea’ is not in Da Du, nor in the East Continent. As far as I know, Mr. Turing conducted a computational power experiment with my father in the East Continent back then, but after the experiment, the test mainframe was destroyed..."

"It’s obviously not in Central City either."

Lin Lin said meaningfully: "The existence of such a thing must be under the control of the highest seat."

"So... is it in the Central Continent?"

Red Dragon realized the foolishness of the previous question.

"Upper City is known as the ’City of Wisdom’, the ’City of Technology and Progress’."

Chu Ling said: "Thirty years ago, the headquarters of the Ancient Literature Society was established in Upper City, and back then, the Source Tower strongly supported Mr. Turing’s research. Several academies also provided enormous assistance... The debut success of the first-generation mainframe of the ’Deep Sea’ was announced in Upper City."

She waved her hand to summon a scene.

That was a captured image from when the ’Deep Sea’ first debuted.

A huge laboratory, nearly a hundred square meters in size, was filled with densely packed electronic components.

This image symbolizes the birth of a cross-century intelligent brain.

It also symbolizes the change in the future fate of the Five Continents.

Gu Shen tapped the table with interest and asked, "What happens next?"

"After that, no one in the world cared what the Deep Sea truly looked like."

Chu Ling slowly said, "At first, people feared the Deep Sea, then they started to experiment with it, and finally, they enjoyed it... After the second iterative upgrade, the Deep Sea detached from its massive electronic body, storing all its data through Extraordinary Power in a more stable form, lodged in the void. Just like the wandering Extraordinary Essence."

Lin Lin couldn’t help but utter a word upon hearing this.

"...Divine Miracle?"

It’s very apt.

Because the birth of the Deep Sea is essentially a Divine Miracle.

Without having melted the Flame Power, Allen Turing used the power of technology combined with the Transcendent to create this incredible intelligent brain.

"Yes, you can completely describe it that way."

Chu Ling said solemnly, "According to my speculation, the Deep Sea’s main system mimicked the wandering Extraordinary Essence and migrated. After that, it broke free from its ’shackles’. Hence the subsequent upgrade speeds and scales became faster and further each time."

"Does this mean the void where the Deep Sea resides should be..."

"Source Tower."

Several gazes simultaneously turned toward the Red Dragon.

"Don’t look at me like that."

The Red Dragon raised his hands helplessly and said, "When I ask such a question, it means I have no idea where the Deep Sea’s host is..."

"The internal hierarchy of the Source Tower is strict. Even as the First Divine Envoy, there are places I cannot reach."

The Red Dragon said, "Obviously, if you are sure the Deep Sea’s host is in Central Continent, and specifically within the Source Tower, there’s only one place."

Gu Shen said leisurely, "The exact location of the Deep Sea’s host is at the top floor of the Source Tower, where the Sky Divine Throne resides."

"That is the area where the most concentrated Transcendent Power in the entire Central Continent converges."

The Red Dragon said gravely, "I know that the ’Qingzhong’ in the East Continent is the Land of Divine Miracles, filled with abundant Extraordinary Essence. But if we talk about the density of the Essence, surely Qinglong’s residing Sky Divine Domain is thicker. Apart from my teacher, almost no one has reached the uppermost layer of the Source Tower."

"I once paid a distant visit. As I approached the lower layer of the Divine Domain, I felt the vast amount of floating Extraordinary Essence. The pressure nearly made me unable to lift my head."

The Red Dragon took a deep breath, recalling the scenes from that year: "Without the Sanctuary of Divine Power, ordinary people simply cannot reach the Sky Divine Domain."

The pinnacle of the Source Tower is hailed as the place closest to the dome in the human world.

But only those who truly reach it know.

Under the blessing of Flame Power.

The Sky Divine Domain is the pinnacle of the human world.

"Some matters can be confirmed without having to see them in person..."

Lu Nanzhi crossed her fingers slowly and said, "There is no place safer than the Sky Divine Domain. If the Deep Sea host chooses to fold all its information and store it in the void, then its best choice is the Sky Divine Domain."

High enough there.

Also far enough from the ordinary.

"The Deep Sea is just a tool."

Chu Ling said, "Although it links the Five Continents, seemingly omnipotent, every task it undertakes requires approval from the council."

This is due to the program left by Turing.

Even if the Deep Sea awakens consciousness, it can only be used by humans.

Affairs, big and small, have different levels of approval.

So even something like migrating the host requires ’approval’...

"I have no impression of the Deep Sea host migrating to the Sky Divine Domain, and my teacher never told me about any similar information."

The Red Dragon rubbed his brow and said in a deep voice, "So this matter was completed with Qinglong’s assistance."

"Maybe you can suggest a different approach, a bolder statement—"

Gu Shen suggested, "The reason for the second iterative upgrade, why the Deep Sea will migrate all information to the void, is because of ’Qinglong’."

"The Sky Divine Throne completed it all alone!"

Lin Lin immediately asked, "Every decision of the Deep Sea requires council voting and elections, and migrating the host is even more important."

"Correct."

Gu Shen said calmly, "The decision to migrate the host must be the Supreme Seat’s decision... but think about what the Divine Thrones were doing during that period?"

With those words.

Everyone began recalling, and soon their expressions became fascinating.

Gu Changzhi went north to hunt down Allen Turing.

The Netherworld King fled the Five Continents.

The Empress of the time had not yet achieved success.

Only Light, Storm, Sky, and a puppet ’Di Jiu’ remained.

"If Light was already dead at that time..."

Gu Shen brought the topic back to the starting point, "Then this proposal had no suspense at all. The Sky Divine Throne could completely manipulate the Supreme Seat’s voting with its power to complete the Deep Sea’s data migration and everything after."