"Someone from Source Tower has been sent."
After withdrawing from the Four Seasons Wilderness, Gu Shen began to meditate and refine his breathing technique.
He was not in a hurry.
According to his own speculation, it wouldn’t be long before Central Continent responded to Qin Ye’s detention.
Indeed, as noon approached, the voice of Chu Ling echoed in his mind.
Spiritual Link established—
A surveillance screen appeared before his eyes.
A cramped, narrow space was clearing of the rustling background noise.
There were clear gaps in the surveillance footage... The image started with a middle-aged man carrying a briefcase entering the interrogation room, with tonight’s "protagonist" slumping on an iron chair.
"This is a surveillance video of the interrogation room where Qin Ye is held."
"This is the information of the comer..."
On the other side of the surveillance screen, Chu Ling brought up a file.
"Chu Yu... born in Qinghe District, East Continent."
Gu Shen glanced at it and did not expect that they were from the same place; the following content made him narrow his eyes slightly, "At the age of fifteen, his parents died in an accident, and he went alone to Central Continent for further study... He only returned to East Continent last year, at the age of thirty-five."
A native East Continent person, but he had lived in Central Continent for twenty years.
Although the Federation Government nominally promotes "No boundaries in the Five Continents, equality for all," this guy probably regards himself as a citizen of Central Continent in his heart... This time, acting on behalf of Source Tower is not a glorious task.
Chu Yu stopped the video after taking out the ancient text paper.
Gu Shen felt it looked familiar.
"This is ancient writing, a form of ’advanced knowledge’ not yet mastered by Deep Sea. Mr. Turing had been studying ’ancient text’ when establishing the foundational logic..."
Chu Ling explained, "As you guessed, that is the origin of the name Ancient Literature Society."
She explained to Gu Shen.
The initial Ancient Literature Society was, in fact, not founded with lofty ideals, let alone the grand objective of "toppling the Federation Government’s lies."
Mr. Turing created the Ancient Literature Society with a very simple initial purpose: to study "ancient writing." It gathered a group of experts in philology and history... Over the centuries, no one in the parliament knew the specific meanings of these writings, but after years of exploration, some people grasped a few tricks in using "ancient writing."
These writings could resonate with Extraordinary Essence in an indescribable way!
And some parts of the ancient text could even release incredible "miracles."
If one could master the ancient writing.
Perhaps... it would mean possessing a form of safe and stable "Extraordinary Power."
And when Mr. Turing created Deep Sea, his initial thought was also to "develop" a super-computer capable of deducing the meaning of ancient texts, unveiling the veil of human history... In some sense, Mr. Turing succeeded, because Deep Sea is indeed a product that transcends the current pinnacle of human technology.
But going back to the original intention, Mr. Turing also failed.
Because even "Deep Sea" couldn’t decipher these "ancient texts," at least not yet... Humanity’s understanding of ancient texts is still too limited.
"The content of these ancient texts cannot be recognized."
"But Qin Ye’s spiritual power is dissipating, and I am trying to capture the final destination of his spiritual power..."
Gu Shen’s attention moved away from the paper: "This piece of ancient text paper, did it summon Qin Ye’s spirit?"
This was a deception to blind the interrogator... not very ingenious, but effective.
The one in charge of the interrogation should be Senior Sister Nanjin; she must be puzzled now, wondering what Chu Yu is talking about after showing that obscure paper... It’s all unimportant messages.
But, it doesn’t matter anymore!
Source Tower sent someone to summon Qin Ye’s spirit... Was this the prelude to a decisive battle?
"Are you able to capture where Qin Ye’s spiritual power is going?" Gu Shen asked cautiously.
After a brief pause of several seconds, Chu Ling’s voice sounded somewhat peculiar.
"A piece of good news... Qin Ye’s spirit was drawn into the depths of the deep water area, and after several updates to the Deep Sea, I’ve already lost complete deep water area permissions, but just now... I tried to self-inspect with the bottom-level ’Source Code,’ and I discovered an independently created Spirit World."
Gu Shen was taken aback.
He immediately understood what Chu Ling meant, "Qin Ye’s spirit was drawn to the very bottom layer that the ’Source Code’ is responsible for patrolling!"
Yes... that was indeed a very safe approach.
What could be more private than the deep water domain developed solely for ’Highest Seat Authority’?
"Then... would there be any risk for outsiders to join this link?"
The one who initiated this deep water Spiritual Link was the Divine Throne... Gu Shen, who had witnessed the might of divine presence, was completely alert. Rather than waiting for the result of Qin Ye being alive or dead, if given a chance, he would rather see the true face of the "Divine Throne" with his own eyes.
"How can outsiders intrude into the domain of the gods?"
After Chu Ling spoke, she deliberately paused, teasing Gu Shen’s appetite, then she said softly with a laugh, "But... don’t forget, I’m not an outsider, I am the ’Source Code.’"
Gu Shen was stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but laugh.
The moment the voice sounded, the scene before him was quickly covered...
Gu Shen was accustomed to the sensation of his consciousness sinking.
He closed his eyes, then saw an even more vast underwater world... Numerous waters enveloped him, and in this pitch-dark, lightless deep sea, there was no sound, only deathly silence.
Seconds later, at the edge of Gu Shen’s vision, a glimmer of light gradually appeared.
There was a girl radiating white light all over, swimming slowly towards him.
And she reached out her hand to him.
He extended his own hand as well.
Two hands, ten fingers, touched each other.
The two grasped each other, slowly drawing closer; the seawater embraced the solitary and frail spirits, and the whole world was no longer cold.
Every drop of water here was Deep Sea’s calculation of human fate. It could predict the direction of every drop in a billion rains, could calculate the walking paths of a million people in a city, yet it couldn’t experience the true temperature within the raindrops, nor could it feel the joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness of the human heart.
As a part of the Deep Sea.
Chu Ling once believed the same.
She was just a strand of unemotional data. Being able to sit in a train and wait was already immense fortune; she calculated the probability of encounters, which was almost zero, an expectation that should not have existed.
So until she actually waited for the person who boarded the train.
And then when she held Gu Shen’s hand... she realized that she was different from those cold data.
Because she felt a real temperature and also the heartbeat within reach.
Chu Ling slowly opened her mouth, bubbles spilling out from her lips.
A tiny flame burned between Gu Shen’s brows, he nodded solemnly with an ok gesture on his face.
The two slowly descended.
Descending faster and faster, faster and faster.
Layer upon layer of the deep water area was breached behind them, numerous codes, and logics were born and then extinguished in the sea domain.
Perhaps even Mr. Turing, who created the Deep Sea, hadn’t foreseen that the combination of ’Source Code’ and the ’Key’ could become an almost omnipotent god in this Spiritual Sea Domain!
In a world without metrics, the speed of thought surpassed everything.
Gu Shen watched the shattered waters of the sky, waiting for the plunge to the bottom... he suddenly noticed Chu Ling’s gesture.
She was pointing downward.
What’s called the ’Source Code’ turned out to be countless obscure and dark ancient characters. Perhaps it was their special arrangement and combination that gave them logic and extraordinary significance... This was the very bottom of the deep water area.
Gu Shen stared intently at the misty Chaos of the ’Source Code’... this was where Chu Ling was born.
A voice of pride sounded beside his ear.
"This is... our sea."