Hades is the god of the underworld in Greek mythology, who rules over death and is at odds with Gaia, who leads the resurrection of life.

As they continued their exploration, the trio read the notes left by the various Gaia subprogram leaders through Focus, and they described in detail the purpose of each subprogram.

After listening to what the person in charge of the Hephaestus subprogram said, Aloy tried to understand the meaning of the other party's words: "In other words, the mechanical beasts that are rampant in the world today are not the enemies of humans, but designed by Gaia to help restore the ecology of the earth?" ”

"Then why would automatons attack humans? Won't Gaia restrain them? ”

Lu Xiao and Yongzhen glanced at each other and exchanged opinions through their eyes.

"Perhaps, it's time."

"Well, tell her."

Aloy was stunned and asked, "It's time to tell me?" What are you talking about? Is there anything I don't know? ”

Yongzhen retrieved Gaia's hologram recorder from the Cauldron and handed it to Aloy.

"After reading this, you should understand your background, Gaia's whereabouts, and the reason why the mechanical beast went berserk."

Aloy took the recorder from Yongzhen's hand in a daze, and the truth she had been seeking was in front of her, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

"Don't run away."

Yongzhen rubbed Aloy's messy hair: "Be brave and face everything about yourself, I look forward to the choices you make after knowing the truth of everything." ”

"Whew~"

Aloy let out a breath, finally mustering up the courage to use Focus to activate the hologram recorder in her hand.

A scene that Lu Xiao and Yongzhen had seen was reproduced in front of Aloy.

Aloy is the junior who Yongzhen is responsible for guiding, Lu Xiao doesn't plan to intervene in it, he takes the first step and continues to explore, while Yongzhen stays where he is and pays attention to Aloy's emotional changes.

As Gaia's last words played, Aloy's face changed several times, and after the image disappeared, she stared blankly at the top of the underground vault, and the information recorder in her hand slipped to the ground.

"I ...... Don't have parents? Am I a machine-made tool to accomplish my mission? ”

"Of course not."

Yongzhen gently hugged Aloy into his arms: "You have two mothers, one is a genius scientist who retains hope for the revival of life on Earth, Elizabeth Sobek. ”

"And the other is Gaia, an artificial intelligence who trusts you wholeheartedly and pins all his hopes on you."

Yongzhen solemnly said to Aloy, who was still at a loss: "Aloy, it doesn't matter where a person comes from, what matters is what she can achieve in her short human life. ”

"I ask you, what are the beliefs that underpin your actions?"

"Do you want to remember the great achievements of the past in your old age, or do you want to usher in the end of your life in regret and remorse?"

"I ......"

Aloy is at the most volatile stage of her life, and while she can't accurately understand the concept of cloning, just being born by a machine is enough to keep her mind spinning.

Aloy lived in a time when civilization was beginning to grow again, and everyone had their own parents.

Aloy also hopes that her parents will just abandon her as a last resort, and she longs for family affection, and she fantasizes about a happy family after reuniting with her parents.

But now it's all in vain.

“…… Let's continue to explore and let me calm down. ”

Aloy rubbed her cheeks heavily, "Maybe getting more information will give me the motivation to keep going." ”

"It's fine."

Yongzhen took Aloy's hand: "Come on, follow Lu Xiao." ”

……

When the two found Lu Xiao, he was standing in front of a video recorder.

"What's wrong?"

"Huh?"

Yongzhen's call woke Lu Xiao up in his contemplation, he rubbed his temples and explained, "I just learned about the role of the Hades subprogram, you can also take a look." ”

"Di~"

Using Focus to reactivate the image, the head of Project Hades explains the purpose of this subprogram to Yongjin and Aloy in a cynical tone.

“…… Hades is Project Dawn Zero's Extinction Safeguards, the ultimate killer app. ”

"I know what you're thinking, Gaia's goal is to revive everything, so why give it a world-destroying subroutine? Have a problem with our brains? ”

"Puff~ Of course not, rebuilding the ecosystem is not as easy as you think."

"I'll give you an analogy, if you're Gaia, 200 years later, you'll find that the ecosystem you've worked so hard to transform has become a shit mess."

"Nitrogen concentrations have risen dramatically, super typhoons have ravaged the land, and there is so much precipitation that even Noah's Ark will be swallowed up."

"What are you going to do at this time? Put your newborn automaton in this shit and expect them to clean up the mess for you? ”

"Phew~ Of course not."

"All Gaia needs to do is give up his creation authority and hand over the terraforming system to Hades to do what good kids can't do."

"Burn that shit-like biome and get everything back to zero, so that Gaia can start all over again when she takes over."

"Well, it's not burning, it's reversing the use of the planetary transformation system, and then ...... You know the concept. ”

"Anyway, uh~ what should I say?"

"Welcome to the Hades subprogram, welcome to the Dark Void."

Yongzhen rubbed his eyebrows and asked uncertainly: "I don't know if my understanding is wrong, the Hades subprogram is the last insurance for problems in the ecosystem during the restoration process?" ”

Lu Xiao nodded: "That's right, from a rigorous point of view, this one-click restoration system is indeed necessary." ”

"The question is, why did Hades get out of control? Why do you have your own intelligence? ”

Elisabeth Sobeck designed the only real artificial intelligence that Gaia, and the subroutines under her name are only a part of her.

For example, Hades's mutation is like a human waking up one morning and suddenly finding his left hand greeting him, which is logically impossible.

Thinking that Gaia had self-destructed and disappeared, Aloy clenched his fist heavily: "What the hell is Hades going to do?" ”

Lu Xiao shrugged his shoulders self-deprecatingly: "What else can you do, you also heard the meaning of Hades being designed just now, right?" ”

Aloy muttered in disbelief, "It wants to restart the ecosystem and wipe out everything in the world?" ”

"To put it simply, it's just that, and the ultimate goal of Yongzhen and I is to organize Hades."

Lu Xiao looked up at the ceiling of the underground shelter, and several Shadow Calgar's soldiers were standing dozens of meters above them.

Eagle Vision can't see a machine that doesn't react to life, and Focus can't penetrate tens of meters of thick soil to capture the signal above.

But Lu Xiao could feel the shaking of the earth, and it was not difficult to guess that during the time they were exploring underground, Siris had already arrived with his mechanical army.

"Hurry up, we will evacuate immediately after exploring this ruin, and I am afraid it will be difficult to leave if it is too late."