I changed the timeline with the game.

Chapter 1150 First Contact with an Artificial Planet

Is this the third piece of the puzzle after virtualization and consciousness?

Upon hearing his words to himself over the communication channel, the girl beside him subconsciously looked up at Su Wen for some reason.

But she was then drawn to the awe-inspiring structure of the imposing satellite, Forstadt, looming before her.
Supported by Su Wen's strong physical abilities, he descended rapidly with the little girl in tow.

Under his protective barrier, Chie and the other person leaped from the highest point of the tower to the lowest point.

The artificial satellite "Effective" has a giant dome structure suspended at its bottom, its surface covered with honeycomb-shaped nano-etched silver armor, which, under the glow of the dark blue plasma, looks like the spine of a sleeping behemoth.

As the probes released by Caroline passed through the atmosphere, the seemingly rigid geometric grooves suddenly began to ripple:

That was a sign that the entire planet's data stream was awakening.

After sensing an abnormal intrusion
This artificial satellite, which could perhaps be called the 'base camp of the revivers,' is not as fragile as the Ginza Line or the Deep Tokyo Line.

It instantly lit up with countless tiny lights, like breathing, on its massive metal frame and reflective panel.

Those faint lights are caused by the fact that the entire base of the building complex is composed of twelve nested ring supports, each of which is fitted with fiber optic bundles that resemble living muscle tissue.

These optical fibers are not static pipelines, but rather constantly reorganize and split, much like the neural synapses of a living organism.

Even if it's not a distant view,
At this moment, Fausta resembled a giant fluorescent jellyfish.

However, those pipes, which Su Wen perceived as moving very slowly, did nothing to slow their descent.

"It is truly a magnificent spectacle of life."

If it weren't for the arrival of the Origin Century, I might never have seen such a sight in my lifetime.

The handsome scholar sighed silently.

If his pursuit was simply an ordinary and lazy life, perhaps with Jiang Menghan as an added bonus...

Su Wen's perspective has changed without him even realizing it; he has witnessed far too much:
Whether it's the countdown to death or the endlessly repeating periods of time.

Or as a theoretical physicist,
That insatiable thirst for knowledge and the exploration of civilization can indeed be called the ultimate romance in the world.

So even if it was just for a moment, Su Wen still managed to express his true thoughts.

In response to his statement, after delving into the research of artificial intelligence, Caroline simply added a gentle remark:
"Yes, Mr. Rhein."

What you are seeing before you is not simulated life, but real life signs:

According to Fausta's "skin," it is sensing our presence.

And immediately,
You will soon see her 'heart'.

at the same time,

Caroline's microphone stuttered slightly because she had seen the Japanese samurai talking to the resurrected through the data signal, so she adjusted her frequency accordingly.

As for Natsume Chie and Su Wen, just as Miss Hacker said:
The most breathtaking sight was now unfolding before their very eyes at the base of this massive building.

That is a "data matrix" with a diameter of 100 kilometers, a superprocessing cluster composed of countless hexagonal crystal towers, with liquid information flowing inside each crystal tower.

These information flows are not simply data floods, but rather self-aware quantum biological fluids:
They will actively avoid the approaching Suwen, just as a vast ocean will carry waves that surge outwards.
The entire scene is like the planet's "blood vessels" vibrating in unison, making the flow of information surge like the blood of a living body.

The once cold metal structures began to undulate as if breathing, and each pulsation of the quantum fiber bundle was accompanied by a low-frequency buzzing, like the heartbeat of some giant creature.

Enveloped in this vast and magnificent civilization, Su Wen gently landed with the girl at a location of a damaged metal structure:
"This is the closest point I've observed to the core of the AlphaStar."

If you go any lower, the massive vortex of information could very well interfere with your thinking.

Chie,

"Let's do it here."

At this moment, a deep blue field of vision for identification suddenly unfolded before Su Wen's eyes.

Looking up to the sky, the deep blue expanse echoes endlessly.

And below him and Natsume Chie lies the superimposed memory carried by Forsta. To be more precise:

【Sentimental form】

The handsome scholar and the enormous First Star began to stare at each other in silence.

He also knew very well that, as an artificial life form, Fausta had already seen him.

But Natsume Chie is not quite aware of this.

"heart……"

She simply repeated the word softly.

He then stood in front of the shattered detector control panel and slowly clasped his hands together.

The girl closed her eyes, her knuckles turning white from the effort, as if she wanted to condense all her chaotic thoughts into a single will that could penetrate the torrent of data.

Then,

Chie seemed to finally feel the echo from Firsta.

It was an extremely loud echo, but thanks to Su Wen's isolation, the sound was gradually becoming clearer.

[Exceptional Trait: Listening]

"who are you?"

Suddenly, the collective consciousness of the First Star resounded in Chie's sea of ​​consciousness, its sound like harmonic waves generated by the resonance of countless crystals, both cold and carrying a certain ancient warmth.

"Does the life frequency, different from that of the 'shell,' originate from this era?"

Upon hearing it utter the word 'shell,' Su Wen seemed to realize something.

He wasn't sure if the name represented those resurrected individuals who were colluding with forces behind the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

But now it seems that, surprisingly, Fausta doesn't seem to harbor much hostility towards them.

So he simply nodded gently to Chie, indicating that she didn't need to be too afraid, and then slowly said:

"I am Rhine, the Night's Watchman."

If I haven't misunderstood, then your guess should be correct.

The Consciousness Cage at the Beginning of the Quaternary Period—Actalsta.

What exactly is the purpose of the resurrected ones' desire to engulf Tokyo?

Before Justa could even reply to what he said, Miss Caroline, on the Dawn Communications frequency, began to complain instead:

Why are you asking so directly?

"Hey, this doesn't fit the style of the mastermind Rhine."

The mastermind Rhine,

???

When did you give me another derogatory nickname?

Su Wen was speechless.

So he simply switched to private chat and calmly added two sentences:
"Because it's meaningless."

Caroline, when you talk to artificial intelligence, do you ever think about hiding or disguising the data you want to obtain?
I'm here simply to get what I want:

[The knowledge base left behind by the great sage Sephiroth.]

(End of this chapter)