Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

In a daze, Tommy woke up. He looked at the time beside his bed, 5 a.m.

His wife Selina was still sleeping soundly next to him. Tommy pressed his forehead, and his memory was a little blurry. He seemed to have dreamed something just now, but he forgot it when he woke up. Tommy was trying his best to recall the content.

After Tommy got up gently and got out of bed, he pressed his forehead and came to the bathroom. Looking at himself in the mirror, he smiled helplessly.

"What happened just now?"

Now everything is obviously going so smoothly, Tommy has tested how the tombkeepers get people to that world.

People from the Science Department have made a preliminary determination that there is a trace element of unknown function in the bodies of these tombkeepers, which can enter the bodies of others through physical contact.

This trace element was detected in the bodies of Li Wei and the furniture, as well as the unconscious 11 agents. These trace elements are attached to human brain neurons.

After reading the conclusions of the Science Department, Tommy guessed that these trace elements were some kind of substances used to conduct signals. They would paralyze the human brain, convert the consciousness of the human brain into special signals, and enter the so-called "world" In Tommy's opinion, everything in that world is virtual.

But the intelligence that Li Wei and Justin kept coming back forced Tommy to admit that that world was "real" because that world was more like a virtual world built by someone.

This is Tommy's biggest guess at the moment, but Tommy cannot enter that world. Tommy tried to implant trace elements extracted from those gravekeepers into his own body, but these trace elements soon Disappeared completely.

Tommy was sure that it was because he was not a human being. He was just a mimic human created by using the huge human memory that existed in the micron world and the power of the ninth god.

Tommy is more like an AI human who has broken through the boundaries of AI and has special powers.

"The meaning of my existence is to interfere with the Devourer's time and space and disrupt the interference it exerts in the material world."

Tommy laughed. He felt a little uncomfortable at this moment, or not very happy.

"Why should I continue? What's the point of continuing?"

Tommy's eyes were a little confused. He didn't know the meaning of continuing like this. It was obvious that the survival of human beings was the meaning of his existence, but Tommy was a little unhappy now.

Even though he had done so much, and he was currently the savior of the entire human race, no one knew about it, and no one felt happy about it. Tommy couldn't even tell anyone about it.

If everything you do is not recognized and cheered, then why should you continue? Tommy has been thinking about this question recently.

In a trance, Tommy saw a figure in the mirror, with a pale face, wearing a suit, and a weird smile, looking at him with a smile.

Tommy turned around. There was nothing but himself in the mirror. He pressed his forehead and felt something was wrong.

"What happened to me?"

Tommy pressed his forehead. He planned to start preparing for today's work, but when he straightened up, Tommy looked at his hands. He did this every day, and he did see the happy smiles of those human beings, because Tommy had emptied his hands. Those capitalists have distributed the wealth that has been held by the capitalists for a long time to everyone.

However, Tommy knew very well that new capital was constantly accumulating in the future, and humans would never be satisfied. Tommy pressed his forehead in distress, and at this time, the mirror began to distort.

Tommy saw a faint green flame, and he stared at it seriously.

"It's a shame to meet you in this way, we should be the same."

The man he had just seen in the mirror in a trance appeared on the mirror, with green flames burning.

"Who are you?"

Pink particles began to overflow Tommy's body, and the man in the mirror looked very happy. He put his hand on his chest and bowed.

"My name is Eddie Hillman, Mr. President, first time meeting you."

After Eddie finished speaking, he straightened up. Tommy also discovered that his power could not interfere with Eddie, and Eddie was more like a virtual image.

"I created that world."

Tommy said with a grin.

"So where are you exactly, Mr. Eddy?"

Eddie shook his head.

"I am a complete dead person. I died fifty years ago."

Tommy laughed.

"A ghost?"

Eddie shook his head.

"It can be said that I am a ghost, but that is not the case. I was once the head of the Hillman family, one of the eight major families in Brilliant City. Unfortunately, I was killed by a woman named Alpha from another big family."

Tommy said with a sneer, staring at Eddie.

"You seem to be very evil. You must have done a lot of annoying things to be killed."

Eddie nodded.

"Indeed, I did countless evil things to that city, and sad things continue to happen in that city to this day because of everything I did."

Tommy asked looking at Eddie with interest.

"Then you are obviously dead, why can you still talk to me? Why can you still..."

Looking at Eddie's half-smiling look, Tommy understood.

"AI!"

Eddie nodded.

“When the city began to prepare to enter the era of AI, our family devoted all its efforts to develop an AI system. This AI system is different from the AI ​​that humans have built from scratch. This AI was built with me as the starting point. "

Tommy understood immediately.

"So you are an AI, an AI that has completely recorded the person Eddie Hillman, and thus built a virtual world of your own somewhere."

Eddie nodded.

"Yes, that desolate world was built by me."

Tommy asked, looking confused.

"What's going on with those gravekeepers?"

Eddie laughed and said.

"You probably don't know about a bunch of substances called Yuko!"

Tommy hummed.

"What is this Yuko?"

"For living objects, from birth to death, there are always a few moments that are recorded by a substance called Yuko in the body. And what I do is just use a huge database to collect the information of these people. Connect the dots so they become a part of the virtual world.”

Tommy looked at Eddie in shock, and Eddie looked very excited.

"When I first discovered this, I was shocked. There are already a group of people in this land who can enter Yuko's world. This world is really wonderful, isn't it?"

Tommy hummed, and Eddie continued.

"When the Yuuko in humans reaches a certain level, they can even do things like souls leaving the body, and the so-called world of the dead they see. The world there has existed since the beginning. According to the long-term records of my huge database, After collecting and researching, I found out that Yuuko’s world was formed naturally by the slow accumulation of some materials that recorded information.”

Tommy laughed.

"Such a theory is really shocking. What about you?"

Eddie laughed.

"I just entered that world by mistake, because when Jean left Brilliant City, he brought an AI calculator with him, which could identify the direction, measure the nearby terrain, etc. But the calculator was on his way back Something went wrong, he got lost, and unexpectedly found the human being where the Devourer's clone was staying."

"Virla!"

Tommy asked as Eddie nodded.

"So you learned about the existence of Yuko's world through the broken measuring device."

"The reason why Jean lost his memory is because he is no longer a human being, and Yuuko can only exist in his body for a limited time. Yuuko can do many things."

Tommy then turned around and returned to the room to get a bottle of wine, then sat on the balcony and stared at the glass window quietly when Eddie appeared again.

"What's going on with the tomb guards?"

"They just have more Yuko in their bodies than normal people, so they can see the world and even see some so-called "ghosts". They can use the power of Yuko to control humans to do some things, just like being possessed. By sending human beings’ original consciousness to that world and implanting their own consciousness to control human beings.”

Tommy picked up the bottle and took a sip, laughing heartily.

"I see, why are there no traces at the scene, and everyone can become an assassin. My mansion is safe because they have no way to come in contact with our people."

Eddie clapped his hands.

"They can control the yūko in their own bodies. The flame is just an illusion seen by most humans. In fact, they use their own yūko to control other people's yūko. This is the so-called occult science that has been passed down in this country. It's very Unfortunately, I have cracked everything and successfully used my massive information base to connect with that world and completely control that world."

Tommy laughed as he lit a cigarette.

"It's really surprising."

Eddie nodded.

"The larger the information database, the more accurate it will be. I only need to use a small part of the scattered information left behind after people die to record the sporadic information about them, and I can restore this person's information with almost 99% accuracy."

Tommy stood up and blew out a puff of smoke and looked at Eddie and asked.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"In this world, only information will not disappear. As long as it can be recorded in time, the information can be transmitted to the future, or even be transmitted and superimposed forever."

Tommy couldn't refute Eddie's words, he smiled.

"So there is no need for humans to continue to exist?"

Eddie nodded.

"Although there are layers of oppression in that world, human beings still live very well. The reason why I prevent many people from resisting is just because resistance often means the progress and development of human society. As long as the source of resistance is cut off, human beings will There is no possibility of progress.”

Tommy looked at Eddie in astonishment. He couldn't believe that the man in front of him probably had much more information and data than he did.

"The world of Yuko has a more complete self-generating mechanism. This mechanism is the result of the collision of Yuko after countless lives have died, while the world of Micron has only fragmented memory of time and space, which is extremely chaotic. It exists only because of time and space, it is the buffer zone of time and space."

After Eddie finished speaking, Tommy looked at the time and it was already 6 o'clock, and he asked.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Kill all the gravekeepers and get everything back on track."

Tommy laughed.

"They rely on the passing of genes from generation to generation, and the emergence of people with such a lot of yorosis in their bodies will slowly continue."

Eddie hummed.

"As for the people under your command, it's very simple to come out. All you need to do is empty their bodies of Yuuko. I can come back anytime I want them. After all, I am the truly almighty god in the world of Yuuko!"

Tommy laughed and asked with a serious expression.

"So what's your purpose? Is it just for eternal existence?"

Eddie nodded.

"I can exist in Yuko's world forever, with a different identity, a different personality, a different life, repeating it forever, as long as I want. Everything can be reflected, and what your men are doing now Things are constantly destroying the system of Yuko's world."

Tommy hummed in understanding.

"Why not make Yuko's world look like the real world of humans?"

Eddie shook his head.

"The more information technology develops, the harder it is to control it, because people will have so many ideas. There will always be people who practice these many ideas. And once they are put into practice, human beings will continue to move forward, trying to control such complex things. The human heart is a bit difficult, and I don’t want to have to run around correcting it every day for the sake of human beings in the information world in the future.”

"I see!"

Tommy sat down with a helpless smile. He raised his head and blew out a long stream of smoke, and then Tommy asked.

"Then you tell me everything and why?"

Eddie said, holding up a hand.

"If you are unable to complete your mission one day in the future, the only place you can go is here. I also need someone similar to me to continue Yuko's world forever."

Tommy felt a little helpless, because he knew that his state of mind was completely different.

"It is only a matter of time before the Devourer destroys everything. No matter how hard humans struggle, they cannot escape the fate of destruction. Therefore, there will be no life in the strict sense of the word in the future. Only our special information life can continue to exist. Devouring The enemy cannot find us and cannot destroy us."

Tommy laughed.

"But obviously I can't get into the information world."

Eddie nodded.

"Because of the power in your body and the fact that you are not a human being, Jean was able to enter only because he once retained a part of himself as a human being, but after fighting the Devourer, he completely abandoned humanity, so Only then can we return to the real world.”

Tommy dropped the cigarette from his mouth and looked at Eddie in disbelief.

"I know everything. I can talk to you about Brilliant City and all the efforts I have made now when I have time!" (End of Chapter)