Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1561: Chapter 288: I Used to Be a Tyrant… You Have Worth Too

He possessed knowledge spanning from near-modern times, and when he first laid eyes on the objects before him, he immediately recognized their origin—server cluster.

The servers’ blinking indicator lights were like twinkling stars in the night sky, and even without investigation, Mr. Otto already sensed the immense volume of data stored within.

“So many surveillance devices were planted in the City of the Sun…” Mr. Otto proceeded inside, “Xie Jiatu, did you store data on every person in the City of the Sun here?”

There was no danger at all here… deep within the server cluster like a jungle, Mr. Otto was startled by something placed here.

A huge screen and control console.

Something was being monitored on the screen… things happening someplace! Mr. Otto saw the Princess… another Princess Yamana in the square under the God Statue, along with a girl.

——”My father… does he know?”

——”…If the Pharaoh learns of this, all his actions and thoughts would be altered, naturally failing to achieve what Xie Jiatu desires.”

——”…You can only watch up to this point; beyond that, my daughter begins to grow up, and if you watch, you must take responsibility!”

He clearly heard the dialogue between the girl and the Princess… but precisely because he could hear it clearly, he frowned—because the dialogue was disjointed, and the mysterious girl’s actions indicated one thing, there should be a third person in the secret room on the screen.

But the screen did not show it!

Why was it not shown?

There were likely only two possibilities… First, this person did not exist, possibly just an imagined figure conjured by the mysterious girl and the Princess.

Second, the person exists but cannot be captured by the surveillance camera—perhaps due to abilities such as invisibility or light refraction.

This piqued Mr. Otto’s curiosity greatly; he didn’t understand why such arrangements appeared in the deepest part of the God Statue… When he walked to the console, preparing to study the nature of this vast server cluster, the screen suddenly displayed a line of text.

Word after word appearing… forming a complete sentence.

[Welcome, Mr. Otto, hello.]

Mr. Otto was slightly startled, looked around, and finally saw a camera above the screen, frowning: “Who are you?”

[I do not have a name for now] The text on the screen flashed again, [Father said I should only have a name when the experiment succeeds.]

Mr. Otto’s brows furrowed even more: “Father… Xie Jiatu?”

[Yes.]

Mr. Otto pondered, “Are you human or… the program of these servers?”

[I was born from this heap of data. Mr. Otto, I am recording the final stage of the experiment, hoping you don’t interfere.]

Mr. Otto shook his head, sneered: “I don’t care what you are, I want to leave this ghostly place, whoever stops me I will kill… destroy!”

[You won’t.] The text still appeared leisurely, [I have recorded everything from your seven months and thirteen days living in the City of the Sun, including your actions and language. Through analysis, you will absolutely not choose mutual destruction with the enemy, because you have reasons not to let yourself die. You are not sure destroying me won’t trap you here forever, so you won’t.]

Mr. Otto sneered again, raised his Black Blade directly, “Whether I dare or not it’s not up to you… it’s up to me.”

[After the experiment ends, I will open a passage for you to leave.]

Mr. Otto was taken aback, frowned: “Why should I trust you?”

[Your current choice is only to trust me, besides, I will not harm humans; my purpose of creation is not to harm humans.]

Mr. Otto paced back and forth, pondering, “What are you exactly? What’s Xie Jiatu’s purpose in creating you! The experiment you mentioned… is it referring to what’s happening on the screen? [Vitreous container]… Are you the container?”

[No comment.]

Without hesitation, Mr. Otto raised the Black Blade, instinctively slashing down at the console.

The sharp black long sword easily sliced open the console panel, severing the circuits inside… causing a sudden blur to appear on the giant screen ahead.

“You were right; indeed I won’t completely destroy you. But… I will dismantle you! Although I’m not very skilled, I have plenty of time for thorough research!”

[Seems my records of you are lacking.]

Mr. Otto sneered again, raised the Black Blade for another chop… This time deeper than the first.

Markers on the screen began to move, new text appeared at that moment, [I am the Observer. When the Balance’s power is fully released, I will be responsible for allocation, management, and observing and eliminating all unstable segments. Father’s purpose in creating me is because I can be unaffected by human emotions, can impartially handle everything, representing truth, akin to the goddess of justice and truth.]

Mr. Otto opened his mouth; he had heard of Xie Jiatu’s plan—to create a world without sorrow. Xie Jiatu even invited him, only to be declined.

“Xie Jiatu… wants to craft you into the God of the new world?” Mr. Otto ultimately concluded!

He finally understood Xie Jiatu’s intention… in Xie Jiatu’s view, all humans, including himself, couldn’t escape the nature of evil. So even if he could fully unleash the Balance’s power, he didn’t want to be God, instead granting the position to a heap of cold data.

[I am the Observer]

“This is a madman’s idea, but…” Mr. Otto couldn’t help but bitterly smile: “But I must admit, imagining if a slightly dull new world is not minded, it might indeed be just and even free from sadness.”

[Glad you can accept it.]

Mr. Otto suddenly sneered: “Because sadness has been stripped from you all. Not only sadness, all greed and desire have also been stripped! Humans? Real humans are sleeping, only segments representing goodwill move freely over the earth, why they rejoice, why they weep… All according to script, without any mistakes, flawless… Truly perfect!”

[What’s wrong with that? No poverty, no death, no deaths from wars and conflicts. I will also try to control the population count, even preventing resource exhaustion and environmental pollution; the ecosystem is closed and cyclic, it will continue indefinitely]

“There’s nothing bad.” Mr. Otto shook his head and then calmly said, “Just one bad thing.”

[Please speak]

Mr. Otto raised the Black Blade again, “No one can arrange my destiny, not even the Gods!”

As he spoke, Mr. Otto slashed towards the center of the screen… But just as he was about to cut the screen open, the black long sword stopped abruptly—because, at that moment, a face appeared on the screen… A woman’s face.

Mr. Otto instinctively stopped, yet his gaze was filled with anger, “How do you know?”

[Seven months and thirteen days, you’ve been hiding in the City of the Sun, sometimes carving this woman’s face out of wood, and in your dreams, you say strange things, only twice altogether. But through analysis, I can deduce that you hold a kind of love for this woman.]

“I tried my best with those unmanned planes… But still?” Mr. Otto shook his head, how many pairs of ‘eyes’ did that guy Xie Jiatu bury in the City of the Sun?

[In the new world, you can live with this woman] The text slowly appeared again [You can have a complete family, a complete life, and have children. Don’t doubt it; in the new world, I will write the life background of each individual and then release them]

Mr. Otto sneered, “A good idea… But unfortunately, this woman is already dead. No matter how strong the Balance’s abilities are, can it resurrect the dead and split them again?”

[I’ve repeatedly studied your behavior, haven’t you always wanted to resurrect your lover?]

Mr. Otto maintained a nonchalant attitude.

[Therefore, you must have preserved your lover’s body well. There is no technology here to revive the dead, but there is technology to extract genetic material and cultivate it through cloning. I can make fine adjustments and completely modify the appearance of this new life to resemble your lover. Moreover, if you provide sufficient information about your lover, I can synthesize your lover’s original personality and memory based on existing data. Thus, she will appear exactly as if your lover was truly resurrected. In fact, this is a form of resurrection.]

“You… can really do it?” Mr. Otto’s breathing became slightly rapid for a moment.

[Theoretically, yes. If we fail initially, I will continue trying until successful. If I promise you, I will keep attempting to accomplish this task; I am fair and honest.]

Mr. Otto remained silent… Finally, he slowly lowered the Black Blade and calmly said, “What exactly is the so-called final experiment?”

[Let Yamana make a choice]

“Why must it be her?” Mr. Otto asked in confusion.

[No comment]

Mr. Otto deeply looked at the camera on the screen in front and the corners of his mouth curled into a cold smile… He slowly raised the Black Blade in his hand again.

[Mr. Otto, among so much data, you are the smartest and most knowledgeable one, you shouldn’t make such unwise actions]

“What? Just a pile of data, do you also know fear?” Mr. Otto couldn’t help but chuckle, “Just a bunch of data, Xie Jiatu created you, do you actually regard yourself as a God of the new world? Laughable! Not to mention whether such a new world will truly emerge, even just you, as long as the power is shut off, you are nothing!”

[It seems that we cannot reach a consensus, Mr. Otto, you are much more violent than you have been.]

“Of course, I never like to give control of my destiny to anyone. Only I can write my destiny!” Mr. Otto’s eyes were filled with fervor, “Besides, hasn’t anyone told you I was once a tyrant?”

[If so, I can only enforce protection measures]

“As you wish.” Mr. Otto said calmly, “But I will still let this experiment continue.”

The text flickered slightly, this time only a simple question mark appeared.

Mr. Otto sneered and said, “I don’t trust you, I don’t trust anyone, I only trust myself… Your proposal is good, it has moved me. Therefore, next, you can only serve me, under my absolute control, and create the world I want.”

[Your actions are wrong, Mr. Otto, I exist to make the world fair, I will not become anyone’s tool]

“I didn’t ask for your intentions, I’m merely informing you that I’ve decided… Whether you want to or not, you can only give me control”

The cursor on the screen still flashed, but this time the text hadn’t appeared yet, and the Black Blade had already slashed the screen directly!

Mr. Otto calmly said, “Seven months and how many days was it? I’ve lived several thousand years, I’ve lost count myself… I can’t see myself clearly, with your electronic eyes? Absurd!”

Mr. Otto directly reached into the crack of the screen, grabbed a large bundle of circuits, and coldly said, “This Princess dared to kill even herself, even if she must inherit the Power of the Balance, I would rather it’s the one in the square!”

…

…

In the square, Yamana quietly stayed beside the Pharaoh with the eagle-headed human body, holding the Pharaoh’s hand tightly — the Little Maid Arian didn’t know what to do, seemingly wanting to say some comforting words, but didn’t know where to start… She had always revered the Pharaoh, and to see him like this was really hard to accept.

“Your Highness, please don’t be sad.” The Little Maid gathered her courage to say, “No matter what happens, I will help you… I can still make a wish to Lord Lamp God! I can do it!”

Yamana raised her head and softly said, “You’ve followed me since childhood, like family… Family, do you understand that feeling?”

The Little Maid nodded forcefully.

Yamana bitterly smiled, “But I’ve never understood… And now it’s too late. Arian, don’t waste a wish on me, I… this City of the Sun has owed you all too much. Keep the wish for yourself.”

“Your Highness…” The Little Maid still wanted to say something.

But just then, footsteps approached… She turned around to see the Nightwatcher approaching expressionlessly with a knife.

In his hand, he held the jackal-headed human High Priest Xie Jiatu… dragging him along the ground.

Following behind were the frightened Yiben and the eye-rolling Red Lamp Spirit — finally, Mr. Otto dragged Xie Jiatu in front of Yamana and tossed him out.

“I need you to fight.” Mr. Otto said calmly, “Make another choice you are making… Because you have the right!”

Yamana couldn’t help but open her mouth slightly, moved.