The Empire of Shilin
Chapter 48

World Arbitration Organization

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Of course, we weren't really going to the square. As soon as we left the residential area, we turned into a small path and, after several twists and turns, arrived at a parking lot. There, an inconspicuous, plain gray sedan was parked.

I'd had enough of being carried on the little one's shoulder, flapping in the wind, so I let those Empire Commanders who spent all day playing guerrilla warfare with the city management occasionally do something useful, like preparing a car for me.

Don't be fooled by the car's unassuming exterior; that's just because I didn't want to attract attention. This car is an advanced piece of equipment that integrates technology and considers the life forms of Carbon-Based Lifeforms. Not only are its speed and safety exaggerated, but it also makes no noise when driven. It has also been fitted with many ridiculous functions by those commanders full of Empire ideology and militarism, such as a Phase Transition Engine, a Psionic Shield, two Re-Shaped Photon Cannons, a Tooth Bone Razor Missile Swarm using a Hyperspace Ammunition Supply Mechanism, and a whole dozen of the Ai Iijima Collection...

I'm going to kill that bastard Sikaro, I must kill him!!!

"Purely from a comedic standpoint, that subordinate of yours is quite valuable." Looking at the Japanese version of Animal World left by Sikaro in the driver's seat, Sandora gave a fair assessment.

"...Less nonsense, get in the car!"

Although I had learned to drive through Pandora's information sharing, only Pandora could fully unleash the potential of this car, which could almost be called a mobile war fortress. So, the driver's seat naturally went to Pandora. However, the little one was too short. Sitting in the driver's seat, she had to stretch her legs straight to reach the accelerator. There was nothing she could do about it; Pandora was almost the shortest in her class, practically like a primary school student. If No. 2 High School didn't have a primary school department, I would never have sent the little one to the Junior High Department. Pandora's small and cute size now became the first hurdle in driving. The little one struggled for a long time, her face slightly red, unsure if it was from anxiety or embarrassment about her height. Finally, there was no other way. She pressed a button next to the seat, and the driver's seat immediately lowered to a height that allowed her to step on the accelerator smoothly.

As a result, Pandora's little head was almost completely blocked by the steering wheel, so from the opposite side, the car looked like a driverless ghost car...

Fortunately, Pandora didn't observe the outside world through her eyes, so being blocked by the steering wheel didn't affect her driving. It was just that an old gray car silently speeding on the road at midnight, with no driver in the driver's seat, looked strange no matter how you saw it...

Thus, at midnight on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a bizarre car that seemed to have escaped from a ghost movie swept towards the suburbs like a white mist.

Sitting in the smoothly moving car, I finally had time to talk to the Shilin Apostle who called herself Alaya.

"It is an honor to be able to converse with you." As soon as the mental connection was established, a gentle female voice sounded in my mind.

"Your name is Alaya?" I was first attracted by the other party's name. The name Alaya has a significant origin. In Earth's legends, this name represents the consciousness formed by the thoughts of all humanity, an existence at the level of a deity. Coupled with Gaia, the World Arbitration Organization Unit Two of the Shilin Mother Planet, and Pandora, the Shilin General beside me, it seems that the Shilin Apostles under my command have intricate connections with Earth's myths and legends. However, due to missing information, Pandora could not organize enough data to answer my questions, and she herself couldn't remember how she got her name. Sandora, on the other hand, is an Emperor from a much more distant territory of the Empire and doesn't know much about the part of the Empire's territory under my name. Without more data, I couldn't make more guesses about the phenomenon of Shilin Apostle names coinciding with mythological legends.

"Alaya is honored to answer your question, my liege. Alaya is World Arbitration Organization Unit One."

"Sandora," I turned my head and asked the blonde girl beside me, "What does World Arbitration Organization mean?"

"You don't even know this?" Sandora said in surprise, "This is the most basic common sense question!"

Do you think any normal Earth high school student would consider the military knowledge of a cosmic empire as common sense?

Sandora seemed to have thought of this as well, shaking her head helplessly, and said, "I forgot that you are a bit different from ordinary Shilin Emperors. Then I will explain it to you in a way that is easier to understand - your humans have proposed a Three Sages theory, have you heard of it?"

"Three Sages? I think I've seen this term somewhere. Is this related to the World Arbitration Organization?"

"The Three Sages is a hypothetical judgment system proposed by some of your brilliant scientists. The simplest model is applied when judging criminals. Three highly intelligent computers that know all human laws are set up, and the criminal's relevant crimes are told to these three machines. Then the three machines will make independent judgments based on the data in their own databases. Under normal circumstances, they will reach the same conclusion - guilty or not guilty. However, because these three machines possess high intelligence and a certain degree of flexibility, coupled with the fact that many real-life cases are not as rigid as programs, the existence of various external factors makes it difficult to determine whether a criminal is guilty. At this time, the three computers will reach conclusions that are not completely the same. According to the principle of the minority obeying the majority, the two computers with the same conclusion will make the final judgment. This is the basic idea of the Three Sages. Of course, the real Three Sages system is much more complex than this, and the judgment of affairs is not so hasty. It requires more precise reasoning and analysis, and there will also be situations where a certain judgment system has a veto power. Since machines do not have as many emotions as humans and cannot be bribed, this judgment method is far more just than human courts are now. Unfortunately, with current human technology, it is simply impossible to build three supercomputers that can act as judges. However, what is impossible for humans does not mean it is impossible for us. In fact, in the Empire, a final judgment system far more advanced and powerful than the Three Sages has already been widely used. Among them, the one with the highest authority is the World Arbitration Organization. When the three machines in the World Arbitration Organization reach completely identical conclusions, this conclusion can even have the same authority as the Shilin Emperor's command - this is also a defensive measure taken to prevent a certain Shilin Emperor from making mistakes due to accidents - do you understand?"

"Almost..." I shook my somewhat dizzy head, roughly understanding the function of the World Arbitration Organization. It is three ultimate consciousnesses with high intelligence that are specifically responsible for judging the right and wrong of things, helping the Shilin Emperor handle daily affairs according to the principle of the minority obeying the majority. It seems that during the days when I was a hands-off manager, Gaia, Alaya, and another World Arbitration Organization Unit Three whose name I don't know yet were fulfilling the Emperor's duties on the distant Shilin Mother Planet on my behalf. But why would Alaya, one of the arbitrators, come to Earth now - is she planning to drag me, this half-baked Emperor who has been skipping work for a long time, back to serve the Empire loyally?

Thinking of this possibility, I immediately shivered all over.

"What's wrong? Are you cold?" Sandora looked at me curiously, then shook her head and said, "The bodies of Carbon-Based Lifeforms are too fragile."

"It's nothing - by the way, you said that the World Arbitration Organization is far more powerful than the Three Sages envisioned by humans. How powerful can these three super consciousnesses be?"

Sandora showed a proud smile and said, "Just like their names~~"

"Like their names?"

"World Arbitration Organization - it is an organization that arbitrates the operation of the world," Sandora shook her white and tender fingers in front of me, "For example, how many tons of nuclear reactions a star should undergo per second, for example, when a certain planet should stop rotating, for example, whether a certain species should become stronger or weaker, and also - completing all the daily work that humans say deities should do. This is the work of the World Arbitration Organization. At our strongest, every inch of space in this universe is under our precise control. We have the same authority as deities!"

I was speechless with shock at this moment, making meaningless gurgling sounds in my throat, but completely unable to react - precisely controlling the operation of the universe? To have been so powerful at one point? Even deities are nothing more than this!

My first reaction to Sandora's words was disbelief, but I quickly overturned my doubts. Sandora and I have complete information sharing through our mental connection. When we open access to each other, we are even a part of each other. I would know immediately if she was lying to me - what Sandora just told me was completely true!

"Unfortunately," Sandora's face suddenly darkened, "Now, for unknown reasons, the Empire has fallen apart, and our strength has also greatly weakened. I believe the World Arbitration Organization is also like this. From what I can sense, the World Arbitration Organization called Alaya is very weak now, probably unable to exert even one-tenth of its strength..."

One-tenth - a deity, even if only one-tenth of its strength remains, is still terrifying enough!

I suddenly thought of something very absurd but also very possible: Could it be that the deities in human myths and legends are the Shilin Apostles who once came to Earth?

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