“Miss Wei has come to register with the Hero Association, hasn’t she? If the predictions of the Hero Network all come true, you can convince Shinmon.”
Upon leaving the Control Center, Alice stood in front of the door and said that.
A system that could predict the future also had a certain guarantee of safety.
This AI black box could only be accessed by Alice. Even a high-performance A-class hero like her would almost burn herself out when connecting to the Hero Network, so hacking it was not that easy.
At that moment, there were still frost crystals from the cooling spray on her body.
No wonder the Association was so confident.
‘Nyx hasn’t made a move yet. How do you know it’s impossible?’
‘Ask her now if you can visit the “god’s relic.” Hurry.’
Nyx’s impatient urging made Clara slightly irritated.
But unable to resist her, Clara pretended to ask casually:
“Speaking of which, Miss Alice, what exactly is inside the glass jar that was taken from the laboratory the other day? I searched online, but there’s very little information about the ‘god’s relic’ you mentioned. I only know that it’s a controlled item.”
“Hmm, was my previous explanation too brief?”
Alice closed her eyes and put on an expression of reverence.
“That is a lost heritage that surpasses our era.”
‘Even briefer! Who would understand that?!’
“Did our civilization experience a regression or gap? Why is ancient technology so much more advanced than modern times?”
“No, it’s simply because those relics all come from the hands of gods, created by gods themselves—miracles that can break the rules of the universe.”
Even though they were discussing science and technology, it was tied to gods.
‘Do gods exist? So the god of this universe is a scientist? That sounds a bit mystical.’
“I still don’t quite understand… Is that thing still in the Association? If so, could you take me to see it?”
‘I blurted it out.’
“The storage room is nearby.”
Alice just rested her chin in thought for a moment, then made a decision.
“It’s not impossible. Follow me.”
“Huh?”
‘She actually agreed just like that.’
Clara had been thinking that if she were refused, she would just give up.
Alice led Clara to the storage room, saying on the way:
“However, I still can’t show you what’s inside the jar. The relic is a controlled item, and it would have a bad mental influence on you.”
“Huh?”
‘Is it some mental contaminant that would drive someone mad if they see it?’
At least being allowed to visit would slightly appease Nyx’s little mood.
‘Just visiting isn’t enough. We need to find a way to get it.’
‘Well, don’t ask for the impossible.’
This storage room definitely contained other relics. Even if it was impossible to take this relic today, it could be considered reconnaissance to know where to look later.
‘Nyx doesn’t need other relics.’
At this moment, Nyx gave Clara the impression of a child who wanted a toy and wouldn’t leave the toy store entrance no matter how much she was pulled.
But that Alice was so agreeable still surprised Clara.
With preconceived prejudice, she even had the conflicting thought, ‘Could she be a good person?!’
In fact, the other party’s identity was indeed a hero, but Clara had always…
‘No matter her character, you don’t need to feel any fondness for her. The positions of heroes and the Undercover Department are naturally opposed. You’re only approaching her to complete the mission; any fondness now will only become a burden.’
‘I know.’
Not to mention the stance of the Undercover Department, the other party was also Fran’s father’s murderer.
Until she clarified the truth, Clara would keep an eye on her.
The storage room was just a few steps away.
As Nyx said, the security here was tight.
There were even hidden sentry guns buried on both sides of the entrance.
If the storage room was invaded, these two sentry guns would pop out from the wall, sealing the entrance while using firepower to eliminate the intruder.
Invisibility was not invincible. Among these armed sensors, there would always be one that could detect her. If she really came to steal, her fate would likely be to get riddled with bullets.
‘Nyx will hack the system to disable the alarms. That’s an unnecessary worry.’
Nyx’s consolation seemed somewhat pale in the face of reality.
Fortunately, Clara still had Alice with her. The moment the latter stood in front of the door, the thick isolation door of the storage room automatically opened.
“Come in, let me tell you about these relics.”
At Alice’s invitation, Clara craned her neck and walked into the storage room.
As a temporary storage room before transfer to the Administration Bureau, the area here was not too large.
Upon opening the door, she could see the glass jar she had seen before, floating unsupported in a light pillar in the void.
Besides that, there were a few other relics without containers.
They were some strange constructs, or blobs of indescribable energy, but all of them lacked a definite shape.
‘Nyx, what you want is here.’
‘Nyx?’
Clara thought silently in her heart. She expected Nyx to shout that she should find a way to get rid of Alice, but Nyx lost her response again at that moment.
“Are the things inside that jar also this kind of thing?”
“I can’t say, and you shouldn’t know.”
Alice shook her head in refusal and then paced inside the storage room with her hands behind her back.
“Although they are controlled items, the development of this world and the advancement of technology cannot be separated from the exploration of relics.”
“Human technology seems to have a ceiling. If we cannot find answers from the relics, humans alone cannot achieve breakthroughs in science and technology.”
‘So technology isn’t researched by scientists, but dug out from these relics one by one…’
‘Then they might as well be called archaeologists rather than scientists.’
“If all organizations and individuals are prohibited from possessing relics, then who is extracting technology from them?”
“The Administration Bureau, of course.”
Alice did not avoid the topic and said directly:
“The Administration Bureau conducts unified research on the contained relics on behalf of the authorities. Their mission is to prevent relics from spreading in the outside world while advancing human science…”
“Is this a monopoly?”
“No, it’s for safety considerations. Before the unified management of relics, there were many catastrophic accidents.”
The Administration Bureau’s official mission was to manage the Abyss.
If you followed Alice’s line of thought, it seemed the most well-known relic was the God Abyss System.
“Where do these relics come from?”
“Clara, have you ever considered… why is this era’s most advanced super metropolis built on the Moon, such an inconvenient place?”
Even though she was an AI, Alice’s way of speaking was like a pedantic old scholar, always answering any question by first asking another question, guiding Clara to find the answer herself.
“Could it be that all relics are excavated from the Moon?!”
“That’s right.”
‘So, Central City is essentially a lunar archaeological front?’
Alice’s words made Clara feel her mind overloaded, and her worldview so far was overturned.
‘Don’t listen to this blasphemous speech. You can go back now.’
Nyx, who finally appeared, voluntarily gave up the plan to steal the jar, and her tone sounded a bit displeased.
“Huh? Why?”
‘The jar is empty. As for the remaining relics…’
‘Nyx doesn’t feel anything for them.’
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Why would Nyx call this blasphemous, seems a bit weird for ai.