Light Banquet looked up and said:
"But what confuses me is-if we were already preparing to undergo this evolution-why did he still make contact with that calamity-"
Lynn narrowed his eyes and said:
"Because you know that even if you become a microscopic civilization, you'll still be no match for that calamity. If it wants to deal with you, you'll die no matter what you do. But if you choose to become its slaves, at least you can survive until it arrives, right?"
Light Banquet said calmly, "That isn't the ending I want-I will get to the bottom of all this-"
"One last question."
Light Banquet turned her gaze toward him.
Lynn adjusted his Monocle solemnly and frowned. "If you've already made a plan like that, why are you still pursuing Miss Machine Intelligence? Couldn't you achieve this evolution without her? Or does she also play some indispensable role in it?"
Light Banquet raised her head and said:
"Because she has always been an indispensable part of us-whether we become the God of Ten Thousand Machines again-or evolve into a microscopic civilization-we need unity of will to achieve it-if even a single component is missing-we cannot achieve evolution in any form-"
"This was the first principle established after the Purification Council was founded-and a prerequisite and constraint imposed to preserve our unity-"
But after saying that, she lowered her head.
"The God of Ten Thousand Machines should never have split her off-she represents our attachment to the pastoral days of our civilization's early history-but we all know-our civilization can never return to that kind of society-"
"And something else is strange-"
"Even after being split off-the mechanical part of her consciousness should still have been dominant-how did she develop humanity so quickly-that defies all reason-"
She frowned.
Lynn instinctively rubbed