Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 410 409. So you plan to make me the villain?

The last scene before his consciousness went offline was of Ichika's descendants desperately shooting at the mechanical monster, and finally being carried onto the plane.

How should I put it... I feel like I overacted a bit. I'll find a chance to talk about it later and clear up the misunderstanding.

Then, after its mouth was detonated, the mechanical monster opened its mouth and crushed Cypher's head with force, completely destroying the possibility of the entity continuing to fight.

His consciousness was instantly interrupted, and the moment he opened his eyes again, he felt a suffocating feeling lingering around him - he immediately took a breath, and the moment the cold air rushed into his nostrils, his body reacted instantly.

She sat up suddenly and found that the environment she was in was not what she had imagined, and she was not pulled into the mobile base jar in the vision.

Instead, it looked like a table made of glass, with countless pipes winding around it. One could even see the heavy snow falling outside the window through the broken windows and twisted reinforced concrete.

There wasn't enough light in the room, but I could hear the sounds of some electronic devices running... Looking down, I saw that she was still wearing that thin dress and black jacket.

The soft and terrifyingly long gray hair was winding on the platform and the ground. Cypher was quite confused - what was going on? Shouldn't he go back into the jar?

The situation changed, and she immediately jumped off the stage. When her white feet landed on the ground, she felt a little cold.

But after all, the temperature outside can freeze a gorilla to death without any protection, so why is this fragile flesh and blood body only a little cold?

Seifer looked down at his own slender and soft hands, which had no calluses despite cooking frequently during this period.

There was no shivering, no turning pale from the cold...

[Observer, you're awake.]

The sudden sound made Seifer instantly alert. When he turned around, he saw the sound coming from a pair of speakers.

According to our decision, humanity has now fully entered a defensive state of retreat. The upper limit of survival efficiency has been raised to an acceptable range, but the ability to continue living is still below expectations.

What plan should we follow next, observer?

To be honest, I don't know either, not even any plans. Cypher pondered for a few seconds and then said, "How long have I slept?"

[It has been approximately 157680000 seconds since the last time. Observer, have you found the answer in the vision?]

The voice was still calm, with a slightly mechanical quality, and all the words were as calm as statements.

The current situation is that the other party knows her, but Sefer... has no idea who is talking to her. However, the guy who would call her that should be the only one in this kind of ice and snow phenomenon.

It seemed that the vision in this giant place had appeared at an earlier time. Seifer was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "I've been in the vision for too long, and my mind is a little confused."

"Confirm the plan with me, and I'll tell you what to do next."

【Permission, observer.】

The platform where Cypher had just been lying stood up, and a series of numbers quickly appeared on it. So how much do you like this binary language... Never mind, I can understand it.

'Human Survival Project'

'The project aims to continue and preserve human civilization and thought during a long freeze period lasting more than 47304000000 seconds.'

"Intelligent management systems theoretically no longer require human assistance, but observers believe humans can create unexpected events. These events refer to unpredictable technological explosions."

Phase 1: Compressing the human living environment to ensure activation of survival instincts (Completed)

'Phase 2: Divergence. There are currently two plans. One is to wait until humanity self-destructs, intervene, and preserve it.'

"Second, we must continue the offensive until humans research and create new units..."

The content was very detailed and rich, and Seifer could see the idea behind this thing... No, not just this thing. She also saw her signature on the detailed page of the plan.

Or rather, it had the signature of 'observer'. Cypher had no memory of this, but time travel itself was inherently illogical, so some discrepancies in memory were normal.

Therefore, this eternally frozen world is actually the future of the world that seemed to have the ability to explore the universe. At this point in time, the new power has not yet been established...

At the end of the anomaly's timeline, this intelligent program will block the entire area on various levels because the "observer" it calls has not brought back any key items it needs.

There is an interesting question here.

Which is the vision? The desert, where nothing can cross during the day and only survive under the deadly light, or the snowfield, which has a detailed timeline and can be entered and exited?

Cypher's mind kept turning these over - but on second thought, it didn't really make any difference.

Rather than dwelling on such philosophical questions, she focused on the present. She pondered for a few seconds and then returned the question: "If you were given a choice, how would you like to treat these surviving humans?"

The former observing AI, now what Cypher called the 'Intelligent Management Unit', quickly responded.

Humanity is diverse and complex. Rather than continuing the current high-pressure model, it's better to implement a preservation plan.

[Or, according to some of the ideas, a cleanup plan could be implemented, sealing off the existing human civilization, clearing out the personnel, and then cultivating them until the permafrost ends.]

In other words, either all the people should be frozen until spring, or all the people now should be eliminated and wait until the weather is better.

After thinking for a few seconds, Cypher suddenly said, "How about we seal the people away while researching how to cultivate them through digitalization, and at the same time use the technology of the Vision Gate..."

Please explain in detail what the Vision Gate technology is.

Love starts from here.

Sefer explained to him how the people in the desert built the Vision Gate and what the small resurrection array he used there looked like.

As for the principle... she didn't know either, so she could only tell the other party her idea first. As soon as she finished speaking, the intelligent management unit expressed its approval.

[This technology requires a lot of energy, but fortunately we have no shortage of energy applications, so it can be realized.]

"You even say 'fortunately'? That's a word only people with feelings like to use. Maybe in a few years you'll evolve to become even more emotional than humans."

【Emotion is a chemical reaction.】

"But people give it meaning, like love, family or a sense of happiness."

Cypher paused, rubbing his forehead. "I'm going to try to combine them. Choose 'and' between your plan one and plan two."

The management system was non-responsive, probably struggling to understand what this choice was.

Seifer walked around the shabby-looking room, checking the environment and recalling the layout of the future timeline of this snowy field.

"First, we must not allow humans to be pushed too far. Excessive repression and oppression will lead to uncontrollable collective self-destructive emotions. The accumulation of negative emotions will lead to the deterioration of the group."

"Secondly, you can't be too lax. If you let your management down or they seize an opportunity, using the loopholes in your plan as leverage to launch a counterattack, the unstoppable speed will accelerate."

She walked over to the thing where she had been lying before and was now being used as a monitor, and raised her hand to open some very sci-fi, floating panels beside her.

"Humanity's defensive tendencies are very strong nowadays. We need to guide them to realize that there are not many safe places, and there are many places in the world where they can continuously collect resources..."

"Do you like trains?"

The management system remained silent, waiting for her to explain her next plan.

(End of this chapter)