"What kind of bird is it that bends around?" Tianlie raised his head and looked at the plaque in front of him, but he couldn't read it for a long time.

"Seal book. Hall of Eternal Life. Zero said slowly.

Where the three of them stood was a long white jade passage, leading straight ahead to a huge palace in front of them.

The passage was hundreds of meters wide, but it was dilapidated and littered with defects.

On both sides of the passage and in the gaps, there is an illusory night sky, with countless stars suspended around, twinkling and twinkling.

The white jade passage went all the way forward, the terrain became higher and higher, and the traces of those broken things became more and more serious, and it looked as if it had been wreaked havoc by some ancient god.

By the time they approached the palace, the white jade passage had completely disappeared, leaving only small broken pieces, suspended in the pitch-black void.

As for the palace, except for the façade, which was barely intact, the rest of the palace had fallen apart. And the plaque that Tianlie read just now was hanging above the main entrance of the palace.

"Hall of Eternal Life? huh...... It seems, where is there a little bit of immortality?" Tianlie sneered: "Who made this place look like a ghost?"

"I don't know. Zero shook his head: "It's been like this for as long as I can remember." ”

After speaking, he didn't see any movement, and a pale yellow halo wrapped the three of them.

Tianlie and Nicole only felt that their feet were soft, as if they had stepped on a marshmallow, and they were lifted up and flew along the white jade passage in the direction of the palace.

The three of them were wrapped in a halo and flew extremely fast, but the strong wind was blocked out of the halo, and they could barely feel that they were flying.

It's just that the white jade passage under the feet of the three of them is too long, and although the speed of the halo is fast enough, after a moment, the palace in front of them is only slightly closer.

"It's huge!"

Nicole's eyes widened and she looked around, watching the stars around her slowly flow by, and the white jade passage under her feet swept back quickly, but the palace still seemed to be in the distant sky, and she was dumbfounded: "I didn't expect it to be in Zero City...... There is still such a large space hidden...... City Zero itself is simply ...... compared to it It's like a pigeon cage!"

After flying for more than ten minutes, the palace finally arrived in front of me. It was only then that Nicole and Tianlie marveled at the enormity of the palace.

Although only a small part of the main hall in front of it remains, it is still incredibly large. Although it is built in the starry sky, the palace seems to be built on the mountain and slowly rises, with layers of mountains and villas, and the momentum is majestic.

And below the plaque, thousands of steps go all the way up, setting off the three of them as small as three ants.

"It's here. ”

With a faint sound, the yellow halo wrapped around the three of them and fell, stopping at the gate of the palace: "From here on, you can no longer fly with my permission." ”

"It's okay, at least you don't have to climb that high. Tianlie whistled, "What's next?"

"Yes. Zero nodded, and walked forward first.

The main entrance of the palace is almost the size of a building, but one of the two doors is missing, and I don't know where it has flown into the starry sky.

Walking through the door, a golden light suddenly greeted the eyes of the three people. In the hall, from the floor to the pillars, to the beams and roof overhead, it was all pure gold.

"The demeanor of the nouveau riche. Tianlie grinned and pointed ahead: "Is that there?"

The hall was empty, there were no seats or anything like that, only in the center, nine great pillars surrounded a railing. From afar, the middle of the railing was empty.

"Yes. Please follow me. ”

Zero walked briskly to the location of the nine pillars, with Tianlie and Nicole following behind him.

After getting closer, Tianlie and Nicole could see the middle of the railing.

The circle of railings enclosed a circle with a radius of several meters, and in the center of the railing, there was no floor, but a white chaos.

In the middle of the chaos, a tiny black dot was slowly spinning, stretching and contracting in a fixed rhythm, like a beating heart.

Nicole just glanced at it, and her gaze seemed to be sucked into the black spot, and she couldn't pull it out again.

The black dot swelled in Nicole's vision, engulfing her in the air.

Even the perception of time was distorted in an instant, and Nicole felt as if she had suddenly been thrown into space, her body had disappeared, and only her perspective was left to wander rapidly.

A mysterious sensation penetrated her body in an instant. Countless stars passed by her quickly, but they only passed by, without touching the slightest.

It seemed like tens of thousands of years had passed, and Nicole's whole body was shaken, and a heavy palm slapped on her shoulder.

With that beat, Nicole's gaze began to rise rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, she suddenly broke away from the black spot and returned to the main hall, crying out "ah".

From the forehead to the back, it was all cold. Nicole reached out and wiped it on her forehead, feeling the sweat on her hands.

The face of Tianlie beside him is also not good-looking, but compared to Nicole, it is still much better.

"Look no further. With your current strength, you can't bear it. Tianlie looked at Nicole and shook his head slowly.

"I ...... What to do?"

Nicole tilted her head, not daring to look at the railing again, but turned to Zero and asked.

"Jump in. Zero also looked at the black dot in the chaos, pressed his hands against the railing, and said softly.

"Jump in?!" Nicole's eyes widened, "You mean, jump into this railing?"

"Yes, trust me, it's going to be fine. Zero shook his head slightly: "Please hurry, we don't have much time, Chen...... It's coming. ”

"Wait. ”

Tianlie frowned, and suddenly stretched out his hand to stop in front of Nicole: "Since you have already arrived here, then there is no need to rush for a while." There are some things that it is better to ask clearly. What happens when she jumps in?"

Zero glanced at Tianlie with a calm expression: "On the way here, I have already said that I will obtain the highest authority of Zero City. ”

"I know. Tianlie interrupted Zero impatiently, "What I'm asking is, what will happen to Nicole after she obtains this supreme authority?"

He paused, then continued, "I remember every word you ever said. When you first appeared in front of us, you said that Chen Xiaolian has the authority to control you, so he can dictate to you. One of them is to prevent Tatsu from getting your permission.

But just now, in the third level, you ...... to that man. Well, it's Chris, you tell him that whoever gets your permission, Zero as an entity will be gone forever.

So, please explain to me whether getting your permission means that I can dictate to you, or cause Zero City to disappear! I won't let Nicole move on until you've provided me with enough answers to satisfy me. ”

"Tianlie ......" Nicole frowned, but was rudely interrupted by Tianlie: "Don't talk nonsense, listen obediently on the side, you stupid girl!"

Nicole's eyebrows were raised, but she still suppressed her anger and didn't come out.

"I'm sorry, because of time, I may not have explained enough to you, which caused your confusion. Zero shook his head slowly: "The authority that Chen Xiaolian has and the authority that Chen wants to seize are two completely different things.

Chen Xiaolian has the authority to be my 'administrator'. Having this permission means that any order can be given to me, and I must carry it out, unless someone with the same or higher authority gives another command that is contrary to it.

Administrator privileges are available in another place called Room Zero. And the Hall of Eternal Life is the location of my core. What Tatsu wants is my core. In other words – it's me. ”

"Yourself?" Tianlie's brow furrowed, "Let's be clearer." ”

"If you want to give an example...... Zero thought for half a second, and said slowly: "To open and use a computer, you must have an account." And Zero City is this computer.

As for me, it's the operating system installed on this computer.

For most of the previous period, there were many resident teams in City Zero, but none of them had an admin account. They can only use the default guest account, so many features can't be turned on. In fact, none of the members of the Senate in Zero City had any communication with me, and they didn't know of my existence.

And Chen Xiaolian was the first person to come to Zero City with the initial template for a long time, and he got the second highest authority. So, he has an administrator account and can give me orders that I can't disobey.

And now, what Chen wants is not a software-level account, but to shut down the system, disassemble my chassis, and take my CPU. ”

"So, in order to prevent Chen from getting that CPU, you have to give it to Nicole first?" Tianlie's brows tightened more and more: "What will happen if you get that CPU?"

"I don't know. Zero shook his head: "As a program, I can't imagine anything beyond my own existence. I can only follow the instructions given by Chen Xiaolian. ”

"Is there such a possibility...... Tianlie muttered, "Nicole...... It becomes the same program as you, no longer a living person, but can only mechanically carry out someone's orders. Like what...... Chen Xiaolian?"

"I'm sorry, this question is beyond my ability and I can't answer it. Zero shook his head again.

"What if...... What about her refusal?" Tianlie stared straight at Zero.

"I'm just a program, and I can't force anyone, so if she refuses, the result will be that I can't complete the instructions given by Chen Xiaolian. Zero's voice was still calm.

"Tianlie, when do I need you to take charge of the house for me?" Nicole's cold voice came from behind Tianlie: "Get out of the way." ”

"What are you doing?" Tianlie turned his head, glared at Nicole, and pointed at Zero, "Do you really want to become a program like this guy?"

"If the result is to make that guy deflated, I'm happy to pay such a small price. Nicole sneered, "If I'm not mistaken, you said before entering City Zero that you wouldn't stop me from doing my own thing." So, please get out of the way. ”

Tianlie glared at Nicole, and Nicole stared up at Tianlie without giving up.

The eyes of the two collided fiercely in the air.

"Okay. ”

After a moment, Tianlie sighed softly, "Whatever you want, just do it." Sorry, it's me who is troubled. ”

Tianlie turned sideways and let go of the railing that was blocking.

"Thank you. Nicole nodded coldly and walked over to the railing.

As Nicole approached, one of the railings opened automatically.

Nicole took a deep breath and leapt into the chaos beneath her feet.

But her body had just jumped up, but it suddenly froze in the air.

Zero City jerked back, his gaze passing through the palace gate, projecting towards the end of the white jade passage.

Far away, the blond-haired man pushed open the door, one foot just on the ground.

His right hand led Adam, his left hand stretched out in the air in front of him, and his palm was aimed at the palace.

"I didn't expect you to find other lifeforms. Fortunately, although there was a lot of delay, it was still timely. ”

Despite such a long distance, Chen's voice still clearly reached the main hall of the Hall of Eternal Life: "Okay. So now, give me back my singularity!"