I looked at the computers in the room and asked him whether the main server was here.
He smiled at me and pointed at himself. "I am the main server. They're all just decorations. A powerful system doesn't actually need these things. They're only here to make certain people think I need them."
I frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.
He said, "Not many people originally knew of my existence. If someone hadn't deliberately stirred up trouble recently and caused minor issues with some of the programs I designed, even you wouldn't have known I existed, would you?"
I nodded. I had previously speculated about the system theory, but the idea had seemed too crazy, so I had dismissed it outright.
Personally, I had been more inclined toward the laboratory theory.
And the facts had proven that the laboratory theory truly existed. In other words, both the system and the laboratory existed. According to the system, Guiguzi had developed it to oppose the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Law. But after Guiguzi discovered the possibility of the laboratory, the system was given a new mission: to uncover the secrets of the laboratory.
"So we are not enemies. Or rather, we come from the same source. You, me, and that person all have close ties. The one you need to deal with is not me. If that person truly wanted to erase me, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. You should believe that every system's creator possesses the ability to nearly destroy that system. He wouldn't even need to act himself. One command would be enough to make the system self-destruct."
For some reason, although everything he said sounded perfectly reasonable, I still felt that something was off.
Seeing that I remained silent, he sighed. "I