Light Fortress-Chapter 1588 - 275: Are You Here to Draw the Sword Too?

Chapter 1588: Chapter 275: Are You Here to Draw the Sword Too?

"Elder..."

Gu Shen hesitantly began to speak, wanting to discern whether this was the voice of Heart Lake or an ancient message lurking within the Dream, so he probed cautiously.

The golden master within the Dream didn’t respond to Gu Shen but rather asked himself,

"What year is this?"

"It should be New Era 647." Gu Shen thought for a moment and replied somewhat clumsily.

After all, he had been trapped beneath the Ice Sea for nearly six years.

"...should be?"

This statement from the Lord of Love caught Gu Shen off guard.

The other party promptly countered based on his words.

He stared blankly at the golden figure on the throne, which seemed so unreal amidst the swirling gales.

This was certainly not a whisper left in the Dream.

Then... the response could only come from his own Heart Lake.

The flame of the Lord of Love had extinguished; it couldn’t possibly be the Lord of Love himself from a thousand years ago, could it?

Gu Shen quickly regained his composure, realizing a more crucial detail.

After he answered about the time, the Lord of Love was curious about the term "should be" but didn’t ask what "New Era" meant.

"...I don’t keep track of time."

Gu Shen offered no further explanation, glossing over it: "So I’m not very clear about the specific day outside."

"Heh..."

The golden figure on the throne chuckled softly.

Despite the fierce winds and overwhelming pressure, her voice was exceedingly gentle: "People like you... are rare."

Gu Shen rubbed his temples.

Every sentence from the Lord of Love carried significant information.

And she didn’t let him think too much.

"So..."

The Lord of Love asked, word by word: "Have you also come to draw the sword?"

With the word "also," Gu Shen no longer responded.

He seriously stared at the skeleton.

The skeleton on the throne was wrapped in golden silk, its posture graceful and elegant, yet unfortunately the Heavenly Spirit was pierced through, so even in the Dream, there was an element of bloody horror.

After a long time, Gu Shen shook his head and bowed: "Forgive me, elder... I’ve disturbed you."

He stepped back.

The Lord of Love did not make things difficult.

This golden illusion appeared without the slightest resistance.

Gu Shen simply walked step by step out of the range of the golden silk’s sway, the pressure diminished, the wind ceased, and finally, he completely withdrew from the Dream, returning to the bronze hall.

"Gu Shen bro, how was it?!"

Gu Xiaoman approached him anxiously.

Gu Shen’s gaze was still fixed on the skeleton on the throne; after leaving the Dream, the skeleton no longer moved, and the flesh dissipated as well...

The taste of reality and Dream being inverted was unpleasant.

Even though his Spirit was now strong enough, it still took time to digest this perfect inversion.

Minutes later, Gu Shen exhaled deeply.

Now he could distinguish between the real world and the illusory Dream.

"No harm... I’m not hurt."

He first reassured the worried Gu Xiaoman, then looked towards Alf on the other side.

The little robot blinked in the air: "Gu Shen, what did you see?"

"..."

Gu Shen did not answer Alf.

He simply stared straight into Alf’s eyes.

Although this guy had no eyes, after a long gaze, the small cube subconsciously moved its shell; when it comes to humans, the fear of eye contact is a sign of guilt.

"...Gu Shen bro?"

Gu Xiaoman sensed a bit of tension in the atmosphere, feeling uneasy, and instinctively tugged at Gu Shen’s sleeve.

Gu Shen reached out and patted the little fellow on the head.

He threw out the old question once more: "Alf... there’s a question I’d like to ask again, has there been only you on the initial number all these years?"

"If you consider me ’human’..."

Alf’s answer was identical to earlier.

But this time, Gu Shen interrupted him.

"I’ll phrase it differently."

Gu Shen asked, "In all these years, besides Gu Xiaoman and me, has anyone else entered the initial number and come to this bronze hall?"

"..."

Alf fell silent.

"You know, AI is a creation close to perfection, but the more perfect something is, the more it has flaws in places unnoticed." Gu Shen earnestly reminded: "You were born too early and haven’t learned how to lie; little did you know... sometimes, silence itself is an answer."

"Let me answer for you. Someone has been to this bronze hall."

Gu Shen turned his gaze towards the golden illusion.

He spoke word by word: "If you want to know what I saw in the ’Lord of Love’s’ Dream, you must tell me who that person is? When did he come? Did you give him access to the ’initial number’?"

Once again, a long silence.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Gu Shen. I have no intention of opposing you."

Alf’s voice was low but extremely serious: "Due to the master’s setup, I cannot lie, so I’m unable to conceal some truths... but as for the other part of the truth, I firmly choose silence. Because I promised him to keep it secret; I cannot break that promise."

"After all this time, now the initial number has chosen to submerge, and the possibility of another visitor in the distant future is close to zero."

Gu Shen asked coldly: "Is it alright to choose secrecy and miss the chance to understand the Dream again?"

Alf’s answer remained the same.

"...It’s okay."

"Alright."

Gu Shen suddenly wore a smile, patting the small cube’s head, grinning: "Looks like you were rejected last time, quite unlucky."

Alf: "???"

It hovered dumbly in the air, realizing that Gu Shen had again trapped it with his words.

Once again missing out on understanding the content of the Dream.

Once again.

Meaning... it always didn’t know what the Dream was.

"Don’t be too nervous, I just wanted to see what the bottom logic of your program looks like." Gu Shen chuckled, then suddenly asked: "Speaking of upper-level visitor matters, as long as you don’t actively tell me, it’s not considered a leak, right?"

"..."

Alf cautiously flew back a bit.

The humans who came to the initial number this time, in terms of cunning, were no less adept than the previous one.

"Gu Shen, don’t think of extracting information from my mouth!"

Alf looked at the increasingly insistent Gu Shen, voice furious.

"Calm down, calm down..."

Gu Shen slowly approached, adjusted Alf’s head, forcing eye contact: "I’ll only ask you one question, if you don’t answer, I’ll take it as ’yes’..."

"!!!" Alf’s pupils flashed with high-frequency red light, indicating he was very anxious.

Gu Shen smiled and asked: "The last person who came to the initial number, was his name Allen Turing?"

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(The third update is complete, good night everyone.)