Old days in the box

Chapter 528 The Gods' Computer
"Sif, it seems like we haven't seen each other for ten years since the last time we met."

In the banquet hall of the Palace in the Forest, Sif raised her cup and drank the crystal clear wine to pay respect to the owner of the palace in front of her.

A huge and plump female figure was lying on its side before Him, her voice resonating with thousands of echoes, like a singing choir. That was the actual leader of the Alliance of Gods, the queen of the Kingdom of Elves, the goddess of fertility Victoria.

In this age of strife and conflict where gods are fighting each other, apart from the old days of Midgard, only the Kingdom of Elves led by the Goddess of Fertility has the ability to resist the invasion of the gods.

"Greetings to you, great goddess. You are so busy dealing with war affairs on the front lines that you certainly can't waste your time on banquets."

Sif put down the wine glass in her hand and answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The banquet hall, which was usually large enough for all the gods to gather, was now empty. Just based on this fact, he had a rough idea in his mind.

If the Goddess of Fertility really wanted to accuse him later, he had to think about how to refute in advance.

"Of course it is a waste of time for others, but for you, the Harvest Lady trusted by the gods, this is far more important than fighting on the front line."

Victoria smiled, and her voice seemed as if the young girl, the beautiful woman, and the old woman were speaking at the same time.

"During the days since I returned to the Palace in the Forest, I heard that a new trend had arisen among the gods, from the rear to the front."

"If you want to accuse me of the magic network..." Sif didn't want to beat around the bush and said anxiously.

"You misunderstood, Sif. I don't mean to blame you." The goddess who was as huge as a hill laughed. The moment She raised Her eyes, a message naturally passed through the magic net to Sif's mind, as smoothly as She communicated with other gods.

The goddess of fertility has also joined the magic network.

"You are also connected to the magic network?" Sif was stunned. This was completely different from what she expected.

"The Magical Weave is the future of magic. Why should I blame such a convenient tool?"

Following the connection of the magic network, more visual information was transmitted from Victoria to Sif's mind.

"Do you know why the Old Ones are so eager to let the gods move into the Magic Net?" Victoria's voice sounded in Sif's mind. At this time, the two of them were already communicating completely through the Magic Net.

"Because He hopes to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the gods?"

"More than that, the magic network is a kind of order. Whoever controls the order controls the power." Victoria replied.

"In the past, we were the masters of order in the old era, so we were the leaders of all living things and regarded ourselves as gods. But now a new era has arrived, the original order has completely collapsed, authority has been replaced by faith, and magic is fully revived. Whoever can establish a new order in this will be able to hold the highest power."

In the images shown by Victoria, He saw that the starry sky outside the domain was slowly and steadily forming. Someone was creating the stars and arranging the constellations. That was the existence called the astral realm.

The Astral Realm is a possibility of order, and the Magic Web is also a possibility of order. No matter who wins between them, the winner will directly have the highest say in magic. This is the benefit of establishing order.

"Now Odin has escaped into the void and is completing the task of arranging the astral realm and cannot extricate himself. This is the most vulnerable moment of the Divine Realm, so the Old One would strengthen His magic network at this time, hoping to seize the dominance of magic before Odin." "What you mean is, now that we are fighting against the Divine Realm, we should fully support the Old One's magic network and join forces to fight against the Divine Realm?" Sif thought she understood what Victoria meant.

But once again, to her surprise, the goddess of fertility moved and shook her head, and opened a captive object from her huge hands:
"No, what I mean is, since we have already seen the thinking of the two players in this game, why don't we go down and grab the victory ourselves?"

Without any disguise, what was shown in Victoria's hands was enough to shock Sif.

It was an almost broken machine head, with faint quantum states surging on it, forming a dying mimetic AI.

"Compassion" was one of MOSS's four digital personalities.

When Superman Prime shattered the seabed and all creations flowed into the void to various realms, this digital personality unexpectedly ended up in the kingdom of elves and was captured by Victoria.

"What is this?" Although she was not clear about the details, Sif could sense that this machine head contained a power similar to the magic web.

"This is one of the central intelligences in the underlying network of the magic web, and it calls itself 'Mercy'." Victoria turned the machine head in her hand and smiled mysteriously, "A few months ago, the Zerg raided a planet completely covered by steel machinery and captured it. I was thinking about what value this thing could bring, and you happened to bring the magic web back to the kingdom of elves. What a wonderful coincidence!"

Sif frowned. Although the machine head was still unable to take care of itself, she could still feel that the signal of the magic network was being interfered with by it, as if there was another dominant power in command.

"Can it affect the Weave?" Sif asked.

"Unlike what you imagined, the magic network is not a miracle that exists everywhere. It also needs the support of hardware to form a network covering a vast area. This thing was once one of the hubs of that network."

As a former user of the box, Victoria knows these strange creations better than any other gods, including the Kryptonian Warriors, the Knights of Apocalypse, the God-chosen Champions, and of course the current magic web.

"You mean, we can use this thing to build our own magic net?" Sif only had a vague idea. In her understanding, this idea was already crazy enough.

"Even going a step further and completely replacing the old magic network." Victoria said with a smile.

Although the magic network is powerful, its control is always in the hands of Midgard. If the gods rely entirely on it in the future, it would be tantamount to putting their lives in the hands of others, which is definitely not what the Alliance of Gods wants to see.

But now with "compassion", everything is different.

"I know you have reached some kind of deal with the Old Ones. I have no intention of asking you to betray any oath. All I need from you in this matter is to keep your mouth shut and summon all the gods to discuss the matter of this machine head. If everything goes well, we may be able to get the power to answer everything from it - a computer of the gods."

Sif looked at the quantum hub in front of her in some surprise, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

The suggestion made by the Goddess of Fertility did not violate the deal she made with the Old Ones. The gods had already entered the Demon Network as promised, and she had never said that she would help Midgard find those digital personalities, nor was she obligated to share the information with Midgard.

What He has always needed is the power of revenge. Now, the sea of ​​stars is vast and no one knows who will be the winner in the end. In this case, as a bettor, isn't it better to bet as much as possible to have a greater chance of winning?

Faced with the temptation right before her, Sif couldn't refuse.

(End of this chapter)