Zong Shen was like a startled tiger at that moment.
His voice trembled slightly, his emotions clearly affected.
After all, his greatest reliance since arriving—the Strategy Module—was hidden within his memories.
If the mysterious merchant Alpha could truly peer into memories, then the fact that he possessed the Strategy Module would be exposed!
Seeing his reaction, Alpha did not seem surprised.
His smile became even gentler.
"Hoho, don't be nervous."
"When all lords arrive, their memories are uniformly scanned once. This portion consists of memories related to life and daily habits in their pre-arrival worlds. Based on that, the Overseers adjust the management system to better suit the arrivals' habits."
"I have permission to access this portion of memory."
"My appearance, language, and the manner in which I interact with you all originate from this memory information."
"Besides that, while you are within the Mysterious Hall, I can also read some of your vague thoughts. This is to facilitate my duties of introducing and recommending items."
"Please rest assured. Neither the Overseers nor the management system will control your thoughts or memories. In fact, several batches of lords once developed in environments where their thoughts were under comprehensive surveillance. The development trajectories of those batches were barely satisfactory, far inferior to those of the other batches."
"Therefore, the Overseers concluded that preserving the lords' independence of thought and privacy was conducive to achieving the most beneficial outcome. To this day, independence of thought has become one of the fundamental laws. Even I cannot overstep it. Only the most supreme level can reach it, but the supreme..."
"Uh... my apologies. I spoke out of turn."
Alpha had been drawn into the topic by Zong Shen and was just about to launch into an endless explanation when he abruptly stopped, as though