Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1155 - 970: The Secret to Maintaining a Good Mentality

Chapter 1155: Chapter 970: The Secret to Maintaining a Good Mentality

Ever since the curtain fell on the history of the Church, the status of Psychics underwent an immense transformation, from a universally revered status to that of lab rats in the eyes of the Review Meeting and related researchers.

Therefore, sometimes it’s best for certain memories to be forever buried in the heart.

"The Emperor" thought as much.

People like him could even be described as remnants of an old era.

However, the Church and the Psychics were not the only powers in decline. The Machine Cult, with its craze for transforming frail bodies into mechanical ones, had also receded into history, leaving behind only prosthetics as a heritage of the past.

But has such a world truly changed for the better?

This question constantly troubled "The Emperor." According to his current understanding, it seemed that circumstances had not improved. With the rise of corporations, the people of the United Government had new worries. Passing through those border cities, one could only describe them as bleak and depressing.

Not every city could welcome changes like those in District Seventeen.

It seemed to become an answer without resolution, for when he left the barriers built by the United Government and beheld the scenery of the "outside world" with his own eyes, he could only conclude that the realms people longed for seemed to exist only in their imaginations.

Radiation pollution, water scarcity, Warlords carving out their own realms, and Marauders lurking with predatory eyes outside settlements.

After his visit to D Zone, RT6 used data "borrowed" from military technology to restore some records of the Machine Cult, and for the first time, "The Emperor" set aside an adversarial stance to observe from a bystander’s perspective the theories proposed by the Church’s former enemies.

"RT6 believes this facility is related to her elder sibling, RT1, that it’s still executing the Machine Cult’s former doctrines. Q2 of military technology is now faithfully implementing this concept."

"Do you mean complete integration of humans with machinery?"

Lu Xiang asked.

"Mechanical ascension was part of it. Only those ascendants who have achieved 100% Transformation can truly adapt to the baptism of consciousness linkage. It may sound strange, but RT1’s actions are not just to evade its ’mother’ or to satisfy its own ambition."

"The Emperor" paused and added, "I heard you were invited to visit military technology before coming here. You must have met with Q2’s person in charge, right?"

Song Lan neither confirmed nor denied.

Zero was undoubtedly an enigmatic woman, identified only by a codename in the records, her real name long concealed by corporate procedures, to the point where even she might not recall how long it’s been since her own true name was last uttered.

However, from what they learned thereafter, this didn’t seem to matter to her anymore.

After that research accident which nearly claimed her life, RT1 restructured her body, leveraging her to take full control of Q2.

In fact, she completed her mechanical ascension before "Wild Bone."

Since then, Q2 has been dedicated to achieving 100% mechanical transformation for "Wild Bone."

"Mechanical ascension is what they believe to be the means to change the world, and it’s not simply about measuring combat power," he explained after RT6’s clarification.

In her words, what made 100% mechanicized "Wild Bone" superior to him at 99%?

At best, it’s merely a more rational calculation of combat, but even without replacing the brain, these technologies could be entirely achievable within the next year or two.

The most significant change brought about by this 1% was allowing "Wild Bone" to connect to the consciousness linkage created by RT1.

One effect it provided was allowing him to hear voices from others.

The obsession and experience that resonated within him did not stem from "Overload Model IV" but rather from other consciousnesses within the linkage.

But the existence of consciousness linkage was never meant to defeat any particular entity. "RT1 believes consciousness linkage is the ultimate method to eliminate strife; the interconnected consciousnesses can truly understand each other, feel each other’s misfortunes and pain, thus nipping all conflicts in the bud."

This theory was exemplified in artificial intelligences.

During the dark era, the artificial intelligences never experienced internal strife, always cooperating to the utmost extent. It was this model that allowed them to flourish amid the Church’s influence and even become a potential threat to the Church.

"Even as that era came to an end and RT1 diverged from ’mother’s’ ideas, no significant conflict erupted. Its departure was akin to leaving cleanly behind."

In RT1’s view, the "mother" had abandoned its ideals, but it thought it might as well make an effort.

Especially after the Church’s downfall, they faced an unprecedented opportunity.

"The Emperor" believed this was probably also why RT1 managed to create D Zone right under the "mother’s" nose; their relationship was far from the edge of a drawn sword.

In comparison...

The intensity of the internal strife within the Church made him feel ashamed.

The unceasing struggles between different paths, the vigilance against Devil Believers, and Judges were established to punish the Church’s heretics - their duty was simple and clear - to hunt down all heretics to ensure the Church’s purity.

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