Seized by the System

After Black Robe moved to the Morality City along with the Red Queen, Sir System could not contain himself.

“Say, Mr. Rich Boss, should I spy around, or should I spy around?” It asked Fang Ning.

“Eh, what’s the difference between these two options?” Fang Ning muttered. “Aren’t they the same?”

“Erm, no difference. My instinct tells me that the Red Queen must be extraordinary for it to be spied upon by the gods. If we can learn from their ways, we’ll be in luck.” Sir System suggested greedily.

“An honorable person should acquire wealth through honorable means. Since we’ve agreed to keep a secret for Black Robe, we mustn’t go against our principles, or else how could we call ourselves heroes?” Fang Ning rejected firmly.

“Huh, you can’t say that.” Sir System rebutted. “I’m required to obey Vigilante Rules, but you’re different. Why do you take things so seriously?”

“Silly you, it was because of this that I could unlock four Heroic Achievements.” Fang Ning asserted.

“Woah…” Sir System was astonished and in awe. “I see. I guess this is what they mean by fortune favoring fools…”

“Eh, I’m not impressed with such flattery.” Fang Ning shrugged. “A man of great wisdom often appears dim-witted. Some people assume that it’s stupid to walk the Path of Righteousness, but they don’t know that there are advantages to doing so.”

“Oh, I don’t see any advantages, but it did make me lose a lot of benefits…” Sir System commented sheepishly.

“You’re so short-sighted.” Fang Ning chided the System. “If Vigilante A hadn’t followed the Path of Righteousness, how could we enjoy today’s convenience? From the bottom-most civilians to the upper-most Heavenly Axiom, at least they aren’t against Vigilante A. This is the basis of the future.”

“Really? I can’t foresee such an unfathomable plan. I can only see material objects such as money and experience points.” Sir System replied dismissively.

“Bah… Stupid fool, we must always view things from a logical standpoint in order to make it to the end and create a perfect ending. You only have money and experience points in your eyes, and as such you’re unable to get more of them.” Fang Ning lectured.

“Enough of your nonsense! Since you’re against spying on Black Robe’s secret, fine, but don’t you regret it later.” Sir System snorted.

“Why would I regret it? In fact, I have also thought about the Red Queen’s architecture, about how it can possess the intelligence of a human and the computational powers of a supercomputer, but the thing is we can’t create it…” Fang Ning replied.

“Huh, you’ve not even seen it before, how could you know about it?” Sir System asked incredulously.

Fang Ning retorted vehemently. “Of course, don’t you underestimate my wits. If my guess is correct, Black Robe’s Red Queen must be a Soul Array Computer.”

“…” Sir System was dumbfounded and asked meekly after a few minutes. “Can you draw a picture or something? I don’t understand that intellectual brain of yours.”

“Hmph, I figured that you won’t understand.” Fang Ning replied smugly. He often read all kinds of novels and science fiction was one of his favorite genres.

Fang Ning pointed at a spot in the air and a strange image appeared.

Various imaginary human figures formed and arranged themselves in an “NXN” pattern with red interconnecting lines between them.

There were blue lines underneath the human figures that were connected to an actual server array.

Sir System was surprised. “What’s the meaning of this?”

“It’s that simple, but difficult to execute. Black Robe had probably used the vicious ways of the demons to fuse human souls and supercomputers together. This is because they have prior technological foundations of the robocops, hence they’re very familiar with modern computer architecture. Moreover, they come from the Path of Demons and have mastered the art of crafting souls. The combination of the two elements leads to a breathtaking A.I. like the Red Queen.” Fang Ning sighed in admiration.

“Eh, do explain further as I still don’t get it. So what if human souls fuse with computers? You humans are so slow and dim-witted, so how can human brains synchronize with computers that have billions of hertz of computing speed?” Sir System was in disbelief.

“That’s your limit, just like how I used to program software. I don’t have to keep up with the computer’s speed. I only need to know how to write codes and the computer will output the results. These souls work in the same way. They just have to comprehend and analyze Black Robe’s commands quickly, code and input them into the computer. It’s like a fake A.I. From the outside, it looks like the Red Queen knows how to code, but the computer’s merely stuffed with lots of people…” Fang Ning explained.

“Oh, I understand now, why couldn’t you explain like this earlier… Isn’t this like manually withdrawing money from the bank?” Sir System remarked proudly and displayed an image for Fang Ning.

In the image, a bank employee was squatting inside an ATM and handling withdrawal services on the outside…

“Eh, this is humor, yet in Black Robe’s hands, it has become a reality. He could evade many technological obstructions because of this and make the computer learn to program on its own within a short amount of time. It looks stupid but it’s actually ingenious, as it’s built on current technological foundations instead of relying on black technology. By combining all those existing technologies together, the success rate will be higher.” Fang Ning was in awe.

As a programmer with today’s cultivation skills, he was familiar with the demons’ strategies and could predict the Red Queen’s true nature.

If Black Robe was aware that Fang Ning alone could guess the real architecture of the Red Queen, he would surely be startled. At the same time, he would understand why the Devil Saint would notice this fellow. After all, the Devil Saint who mentioned the ten Demon Generals last time was referring to Fang Ning himself and not Sir System.

The Upper Realm gods could not foresee this as they lacked the relevant background. Perhaps they could quickly learn up the technological knowledge of the humans, but to put on their thinking caps and to guess the real architecture of the Red Queen was a wholly different matter and required more time.

Being omniscient was not within their abilities. That was only applicable to gods invented by humans.

Sir System listened and was overjoyed. “In that case, we can do it on our own.”

“How will you go about it? Lots of souls will be required and that’s not something to be done by a hero.” Fang Ning rebutted.

“Look at you, I think this whole charade of being a hero has gone into your head and messed with your brain! Regular souls are naturally out of the question, but sins aren’t limited here. Didn’t I craft talismans with sinful souls last time? There’s no difference between this computer and talismans.” Sir System asserted.

“… Eh, I, I’m not as adaptive as a System?” Fang Ning went pale. The System’s assertions were justified.

“Hehe, now you know that I’m a smart System that evolves with the times.” Sir System chuckled.

“Sigh, you never cease to impress me, Sir System…” Fang Ning muttered. “In that case, let’s do it. I do have an idea. As the precious game book can’t farm too many experience points on the outside, we shall make it the Soul Array Computer’s manager to suppress the sinful souls. The souls are powerful, born from sin and can’t be tamed. We’re not Black Robe and we aren’t as ruthless as the demons.”

“Hmph, you always have a soft spot for that stupid book. Fine, its experience points are nothing anyway, so I won’t bother about it. You can just let it come back.” Sir System replied.

“Listen to yourself, the precious game book’s always out and hard at work. Instead of rewarding it, you insult it frequently. What an envious System Daddy you are!” Fang Ning sneered.

“F*ck off!” A vexed Sir System roared.