Before the words had even finished falling.
"Buzz..."
The light in Afu's eyes had already gone out.
He ran away?
Gu Shen looked at the little cube before him and shook his head.
Afu's furious voice drifted down from above the Bronze Great Hall.
"Gu Shen, how can someone like you exist?"
Its programming was indeed imperfect. Judging solely by its duty to guard the Origin, Afu had flawlessly fulfilled the responsibilities entrusted to it. Yet the God of Smelting and Craftsmen had never expected that, after humanity's successful escape, divisions would arise within human civilization, and each subsequent evolver would prove more calculating than the last.
Gu Shen was one of the very best among them.
He knew far too well how to deal with AI.
Afu was wise and rational most of the time.
But the God of Craftsmen had endowed him with certain other qualities. In areas his programming had not covered, he was still rather "immature."
Unlike Deep Sea, the Origin's code could not upgrade itself.
Thus, in Gu Shen's eyes, Afu was like a child when it came to "getting along with people."
"All right, I won't ask anymore."
Gu Shen helplessly waved toward the direction Afu's voice was coming from in the Bronze Great Hall. "Come down. I'll tell you what I saw in the Lord of Love's dream."
Afu asked warily, "Really?"
"Really."
After Gu Shen nodded, the little cube whose glow had gone out trembled again.
Seeing the cautious look Afu gave him,
Gu Shen smiled. "In the Lord of Love's dream, I saw what she looked like when she was alive. The Gospel Box Fragment's power probably hadn't completely dissipated. She even spoke to me."
"She spoke to you?"
Afu became excited. "What did Lord Love say to you?"
"She asked