In a certain sense, this video may be more precious than the vast amounts of data within this terminal.
Although it is still unknown what exactly happened during the Golden Age, it can already be speculated what humanity experienced after the Golden Age.
Civilization declined, and the remnants of the old era struggled for survival within the sky elevators, creating one of the ancestors of today’s elves within that elevator.
Humans not only needed to address the pollution of the collective subconscious caused by Outer Gods internally, but also had to combat the incoming Outer Gods externally.
Humanity did win, but the cost was quite severe, and the damage done to human civilization was significant.
Moreover, a glimpse from the depths of the universe… something, just by taking a look, caused humanity to seal the dome. Perhaps the so-called Outer Gods are not the true Outer Gods; that entity from the depths of the universe is the true God in every sense.
The so-called pollution cannot be that after being glanced at by something from the entire Earth, everyone collectively went through a sanity check, leading to the collapse of the Golden Age…
Connecting it to what 550C said, some data cannot be touched by itself, and 550C’s location is in the sky.
“550C…”
Lind immediately connected to 550C and relayed the information he knew along with his speculations.
“So, is it because this data has also been polluted that there are some historical records you cannot tell me?”
The response from 550C was an unusual silence.
“How do you handle the polluted knowledge and data? Does that pollution affect you?”
Silence, more silence.
“Was it also because the initial batch of personnel from the Tower did not mention you?”
After this question, the emotionless synthesized voice of 550C finally resonated in Lind’s mind again.
“No, citizen, I need to correct a misunderstanding of yours. The last citizens of the Tower of Babel also contacted me, and I provided them with quite a bit of assistance, but then the last batch of citizens disconnected.”
“Then if you did not correct my misunderstanding, can it be considered that what I said was correct?”
After hearing Lind’s retort, there was another round of silent silence.
“By the way, you have the authority to connect to dreams, is it because of this? Humanity during the Golden Age was already attempting to enter the collective subconscious through dreams, right?”
No response was received, but Lind still said, “I understand. Let’s use this method to communicate in the future.”
“Thank you for your understanding and trust, citizen.”
“Please believe that we were designed from the beginning to ensure the continuity of human civilization; everything is for humanity.”
For some reason, Lind seemed to sense a hint of emotion in 550C’s emotionless synthesized voice.
“Many pieces of knowledge and data from the Tower have been lost with the passing of the Tower’s founders, but 550C, can you share the data about the Sea of Consciousness? I need this now.”
Since the threat of Outer Gods in the Sea of Consciousness had been clarified, it was time to address it specifically.
“Citizen, I once said that any mechanical divination technology is a tower in the sky, ultimately leading to catastrophic destruction.”
Sometimes, Lind felt that 550C did not resemble artificial intelligence; rather, it was becoming more and more like a sentient being with emotions. For instance, the current behavior of 550C clearly indicated that something had happened, leaving psychological trauma.
“Lind is 550C.”
As Lind responded in his mind, he flipped through the information Lucanus had brought back from An Zhu on his desk.
“Another kingdom of humanity has already excavated part of the facilities from the Old Empire; they wish to replicate the technology from the Old Empire.”
Sure enough, as Lind thought, 550C did not respond further.
After Lucanus mentioned this matter, Lind inquired in detail about the technology tree during the Old Empire period.
Perhaps due to the fact that the other side had already excavated the equipment from the Old Empire, or perhaps the other side had broken some tacit rule first, Lucanus finally stopped being tight-lipped about the techniques from the Old Empire.
It was evident that after the first continental war of the Old Empire, although all high-level professions were controlled by the Tower, the technology tree of the Old Empire suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds, which was not a coincidence.
Especially, the technology tree of the Empire appeared to be quite sinister.
“550C, you once used the unpolluted data from the old documents to assist the Old Empire, right?”
“So the Old Empire was able to greatly surpass its time in regards to consciousness, soul, and biochemical research.”
At this point, 550C finally stopped being silent and responded, “You are correct. I must admit this was a significant oversight on my part.”
“The pollution in the Sea of Consciousness has not been completely eradicated; it only requires an opportunity for it to spread again.”
“And in order to help humanity recover faster after the war against the Outer Gods and the first continental war, I selected what you referred to as the Old Empire to impart knowledge to them, hoping they could conduct further research to completely eliminate that ticking time bomb left within humanity’s dreams.”
“To provide the Old Empire with a stable environment, I imparted a branch of biotechnology to them, hoping they could quickly eliminate the inferior bio-products left over from the old era on the continent through this technology.”
“I must admit that the research capabilities of the Old Empire exceeded my imagination; within limited environments and materials, they were even able to separate consciousness from the physical body, combining biotechnology to create flawless base warriors.”
“The people of the Old Empire fervently worshipped me, and according to my wishes, they eradicated the majority of the inferior organisms left over from the old era, yet the conquests of the Old Empire did not cease. As the Empire expanded its territory, the situation began to spiral out of control.”
At this point, 550C’s usually steady mechanical synthesized voice displayed rare fluctuations: “I underestimated the complexity of human emotions and the impact of human consciousness. The most loyal base warriors of the Emperor of the Empire rebelled, and the Empire collapsed overnight.”
“At that time, the Tower also took advantage of the Empire’s collapse to seize a portion of the Empire’s technology. I did not stop them, even though the Tower did not have permission at that time. Our objectives were the same.”
“Citizen, this is not humanity’s fault; it was all my judgment error…”
Hearing 550C starting to berate itself like Xianglin’s wife, Lind could not help but speculate whether this was the effect that pollution had on 550C, and he immediately interrupted it.
“550C, regardless of whether another human kingdom has begun to excavate the technology of the Old Empire, those technologies cannot only remain hidden for long, but this time many high-level professions are also helping. I need your assistance now.”
Lind placed the terminal belonging to Anastasia on the table.
“Some technologies are no longer just a tower in the sky; humanity should step into the next era.”
