No one could answer Xiang Xue's question.
In the end, Jia Shuiqing said, "It feels like First One has been much more restrained in his use of computational power lately. The problem should be serious."
She had observed things very carefully, but she truly could not tell where the change had occurred.
Zi Jiuxian, who had always been immersed in academic work, offered a bold hypothesis. "Could First One himself... be a Digital Lifeform?"
The guess was utterly shocking, but for researchers, imagination itself was a kind of talent.
It was nothing more than boldly hypothesizing and carefully verifying. The real fear was having no imagination at all.
And her guess was actually somewhat close to the truth.
"How is that possible?" Hua Xiezhi nearly laughed out loud. "First One had such powerful divine sense when he was still A-rank?"
She knew Qu Jianlei's history of growth all too well. Back in the Wasteland, there had not even been personal terminals. How could artificial intelligence have emerged there?
Zi Jiuxian asked very seriously, "Couldn't First One have created artificial intelligence after reaching Above Supreme?"
"I disagree," Xiang Xue retorted seriously. "First One already had Storm and even Vortex when he was A-rank."
They all came from the Empire and knew these personal terminals very well.
In the old Hope Star Region, Pioneer was already considered the top-tier personal terminal. As for Storm and Vortex, what respectable person would use those things? "I know that," Zi Jiuxian nodded, but she still asked seriously.
"Then couldn't he have begun researching artificial intelligence back then?"
Xiang Xue had to admit that people engaged in academic work really did have wild imaginations.
She had not intended to argue with Zi Jiuxian, so she simply nodded.
"Then for now, we should follow First One's wishes