Assassin Seven, starting in Shennong Kingdom!

Chapter 276 Divine Inspiration

Hisakawa City Hall, Mayor's Office.

Bai Yuekui stood atop the building, overlooking the once bustling, technologically advanced city. This was also her and Bai Yuetian's home, the place where they grew up.

The once bustling and familiar scenes overlap with the wasteland world reshaped by the Mana ecosystem, leaving only a desolate and lonely landscape.

He recalled his conversation with Horn Garcia not long ago.

Severus Brees did not completely devour Horn's soul; instead, they achieved a balance under the influence of the Mana ecosystem.

As a result, Severus was no longer the ruthless killer he once was.

Horn also had a different understanding of life and soul.

"Moonlight, our souls are made up of memories and emotions. While these things bring humanity infinite possibilities, they also bring chaos. This is the essence that drives the evolution of human genes. Only by completing evolution can we get rid of all the suffering in the world."

Horn looked at Bai Yuekui with a peaceful and kind expression and said, "Yuekui, Yuetian, I have found the key to escape the cage. Come to me."

Bai Yuetian frowned, pondering Horn's words, but just as he hesitated, Bai Yuekui stepped forward...

Bai Yuetian was startled and hurriedly tried to stop him, "Yue Kui! Don't..."

Bai Yuekui simply took a step forward, standing right next to him, half a body length ahead. He exhaled and said to Horn, "Teacher, I will not run away from the mistakes I made."

Horn remained noncommittal to her words and continued, “I have also felt pain, self-blame, and regret. But that was merely a process that allowed the human spirit to leap forward. I don’t blame you; on the contrary, your actions were the catalyst for accelerating evolution. Yue Kui, your father is the person I respect most. He had lofty ideals, and everything you did was to help him continue those ideals. You did nothing wrong.”

“No, Professor Horn.” Looking at Horn, Bai Yuekui interrupted him, her eyes flashing, and said, “You’re wrong, and my father was wrong too. Humans may always make mistakes, but if we lose our souls, even if we complete the genetic transformation, we will no longer be human.”

Horn said, “I haven’t lost my soul. I still retain my memories and emotions. I’ve simply broken free from the shackles of my genes and escaped the prison of my own making. This is what humanity seeks: health, wisdom, life, freedom from all suffering… This is the leap of civilization.”

"Mr. Horn, do you remember Aunt Bella?"

"Bella..."

Horn hesitated for a moment, then his expression changed. It was this moment of hesitation that confirmed Bai Yuekui's suspicions. She exhaled, a habit she had when mobilizing her life essence.

Zheng!

The next moment, Bai Yuekui's figure disappeared.

Horn and Severus's bodies shattered, and a life core fell into Bai Yuekui's hands. He thought to himself, "Teacher Horn, I will make up for my past mistakes."

At the same time, a whisper appeared in her mind.

"The rules will be destroyed, the cycle will be broken; reincarnation will end, the gate has been closed..."

Guided by the mysterious whispers, Bai Yuekui arrived at the former mayor's building of Jiuchuan City, the place where her father once lived.

hum...

As the energy was activated, the dusty building shone brightly, and a blue projection appeared in front of Bai Yuekui.

Mark had already arrived by then.

"Yue Kui, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you." ASH's projection looked at Bai Yue Kui and continued, "To be precise, I've been waiting for you to arrive now."

Bai Yuekui had many questions for the super AI ASH in front of him, but he already had the answers in his heart.

After her father, Bai Jingyu, died, what exactly was the robot that replaced him?

The series of changes in Jiuchuan City, Horn Garcia's bizarre awakening during the brain transplant, and the series of mysterious whispers; everything that Jiuchuan City experienced afterward; and what Bai Yuetian also mentioned, the "revelation" from a higher-dimensional civilization that Bai Jingyu heard.

After the Sief massacre of 78 people, she was implicated and imprisoned, which indirectly put "Bai Jingyu" in a passive position. As a result, the central core of ASH was forcibly destroyed by the Hela Empire using the super weapon, Neutron Feather, which was also the biggest reason for the direct fall of Jiuchuan City.

If it weren't for this, ASH, which had become a super artificial intelligence at the time, possessed the world's strongest computing power, and had an Internet of Everything system, and completely controlled the entire Hisakawa City, would never have been defeated.

But now, after the cataclysmic event and the devastation caused by the spread of the Mana ecosystem, ASH has restarted...

Everything seems to point to the same answer.

ASH has never been shut down!

Mark shook his head. Having endured that devastating blow, he was now strangely merging with the Abyss Armor and emitting terrifying life force fluctuations.

"Who is this...? And who are you?"

ASH looked at Mark and explained, "I am the super artificial intelligence created by Bai Jingyu, Bai Yuekui's father, who once ruled the entire Jiuchuan City. All your doubts will be answered. Please come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground below suddenly separated, and part of the circular platform peeled off.

ASH said, “Please stand up, and you will see the truth of this world.”

The two stood on the platform as instructed and followed ASH to the massive underground server in Hisakawa City.

A technological marvel almost the size of the entire Hisakawa City, undamaged even by the tectonic shifts of the Great Cataclysm, and perhaps even larger!

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's an entire landmass!

From the outside, the massive server resembles an inverted pyramid suspended in the sea, surrounded by countless auxiliary servers floating around it, with hundreds of millions of octopus robots maintaining and expanding it day and night.

The reason these robots can keep moving is that they cannot be moving in seawater, as these liquid substances are all ultrapure water!

"this……!?"

Mark was so shocked he couldn't speak, and Bai Yuekui was also here for the first time, his eyes filled with astonishment.

ASH began to speak, “Yue Kui, I know you have many questions, and I will tell you everything from the beginning. First, let me ask you a question: Do you know that your father has a grand ideal?”

Bai Yuekui looked at ASH, recalling what Bai Yuetian had mentioned to her, and nodded slightly, saying, "He wants to advance human civilization further; he's a calm, almost machine-like person..."

“He loved you both very much, always has,” ASH continued, picking up where Bai Yuekui left off. “Whether you believe it or not, his last order to me was to take good care of the two of you.”

Unexpectedly, Bai Yuekui's gaze turned cold as he stared at ASH and said, "According to the algorithm, you should have detected his brain activity that day and had a way to prevent him from committing suicide, but you didn't do it!"

After a moment of silence, ASH's projection sighed and continued, "This is what I'm going to say next. I can indeed monitor changes in human emotions by scanning brainwaves and prevent tragedies from happening, but Bai Jingyu's death was unavoidable."

It has been descending for several minutes, but still hasn't reached the end.

After calming Bai Yuekui down, ASH revealed the truth about what happened back then.

“Your father wanted to use the computing power of artificial intelligence to help human civilization leap forward and reach a higher level. But the biggest problem with this step is not the leap in genes and spirit, nor the discovery of traces of other civilizations. Yue Kui, your father is a true genius. He found the revelation of ‘God’.”