Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 400 Scoundrel

I plan to rewrite both this chapter and the previous one. I'll look at them tomorrow morning. I'll rewrite the previous chapter.

"Lin Xuan, when exactly do you plan to go to the capital planet?"

At night, Lin Xuan leaned back on the sofa in the living room, staring blankly at the floor-to-ceiling window in front of her. This apartment was located in the Midwar neighborhood in the city center.

Midval is the 13th CEO of Envan Technology on Mechanical Earth, and also the president of the Imperial Bank. It is said that the wealth he possesses, just the wealth that is visible on the surface, exceeds the total administrative expenditure of the entire capital planet for 300 years.

Lin Xuan had seen his portrait at Wali's house before. As a fellow businessman, Wali clearly regarded him as his idol.

While Lin Xuan was in a daze, the watch on her right hand suddenly rang with Zhi Zi's urging voice.

This wasn't the first time Zhizi had urged him like this. Ever since she last met Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan had acted as if she hadn't taken her words seriously at all, and was still staying at Revelation III, handling the aftermath work of the Spark Organization.

"Can't you stop spying on me all the time? I only started wearing this thing because you said it was useful, but all I've found out is that it does nothing but listen to this stupid AI nagging me all day long."

"Fine, if you don't want to listen to my nagging, then go and do as I say."

"Shock level from Zhizi +125!"

"Mr. Lin Xuan, please understand, your main task now is to go to the capital planet, then infiltrate the core of the main machine. I will find a way to help you enter the AI ​​network field, and then we will find Number One together. Mission accomplished, OK?"

Lin Xuan wondered if it was because Sophon's consciousness was gradually being replaced by Number One's self-awareness, but she felt that this woman was becoming more and more like a living person, rather than like before, who only had AI intelligence but lacked human emotions.

This can be seen from the shock level that Tomoko generates for herself every day; her emotions have indeed become much richer than before.

"No, no rush. I still have a ton of things to do, and I have a feeling that the Earth Alliance has already noticed my stay in the Elbato Cluster for so long. They'll be coming soon, and Bai Bing will definitely show up then. So why should I risk going against the suspicions of the Producers to infiltrate the core of the machine? Don't you think so?"

Lin Xuan started acting like a rogue. Since she wasn't going herself, it was Zhi Zi who was in trouble, and she wanted to see what kind of evil scheme this woman was up to.

The more anxious the other party is, the more you should remain calm and collected. Since you can't guess what the other party is trying to do, you should try your best to make them unhappy. That's the right approach.

Sure enough, Zhizi was about to break down from Lin Xuan's actions and couldn't help but complain.

"Lin Xuan, do you think we're playing a game right now? Are you planning to clear all the side quests and then go fight the boss?"

"Do you realize that every day you waste here, we are in danger?"

"You're the one in danger, not me."

Lin Xuan shrugged, her words leaving Zhi Zi speechless with anger for a long time.

“You know better than I do that she’s always wanted to kill you. I will definitely go to the capital planet, but not now, unless you can give me a reason why I absolutely have to go.”

Lin Xuan finally understood. According to Zhi Zi, she and the final productr were both part of Number One's consciousness. The current struggle for Number One's id consciousness was simply to decide who would eventually become the dominant consciousness.

But here's the problem: no matter who wins, it seems the outcome will be the same for Lin Xuan.

If Number One is resurrected and then voluntarily abstains, why should I still help Zhizi?