"Click."

The sound of the door opening echoed in the quiet living room.

Chen Fan walked out of the room with a grin.

After all the hardships, he is now a well-organized person.

Thinking of the permissions unlocked by the smart terminal, Chen Fan felt that the corners of his mouth were uncontrollably raised.

It's hard to press, the corners of this mouth are harder to press than AK.

“…… Chen Fan? ”

In the gloomy living room, Xu Huai looked at Chen Fan, who was in high spirits, and his face became more and more strange: "You...... What did you do in my room? ”

Chen Fanle waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just remembered something happy." ”

As he spoke, he glanced around the living room.

Some of the cramped living rooms were empty at this time.

"What about Takato and Isa?" Chen Fan was surprised and asked, "Where did they go?" ”

"Isha has already gone to church, and Gao Yuan said that the Divine Election Ceremony will be held in advance, and he must also make some preparations in advance."

Xu Huai's gaze at Chen Fan became more and more weird: "I said, how did you do it?" ”

"Is it reasonable to fool the priests and the chosen ones into helping you rebel against the church?"

Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders: "Let these trivial matters go first, I have more important things to ask you." ”

"You mean...... The truth of this world? ”

Xu Huai's expression was slightly gloomy: "You should already have some guesses by now, right?" ”

Chen Fan nodded and quickly said what he found:

"The oracle is a robot."

"The goddess is not really a god, but an alien visitor who has mastered more advanced technology."

"Today's Varela City is nothing more than the other party's 'human circle' of captive humans."

"And before the city of Varela, there was a time of prosperity for humanity."

"Am I right?"

There was silence in the gloomy living room.

Xu Huai's eyes widened, his rosy lips opened slightly, and he looked at Chen Fan in front of him with an incredible look: "You...... You know it all? ”

"Pretty much."

Chen Fan was noncommittal: "I just simply consulted the classics of the entire library. ”

Xu Huai: "......? ”

"If there's anything else I don't know, tell me everything."

Chen Fan sat on the chair with an indifferent expression and looked at Xu Huai with a confused expression: "According to what you said, I should have enough psychological capacity now, right?" ”

Xu Huai took a deep breath, as if calming the excitement in his heart.

Everyone was drunk and I woke up alone, which was a pretty cruel thing.

It's hard to have like-minded partners, and it's normal to be excited.

Chen Fan, who knew this well, did not urge, but just quietly waited for Xu Huai in front of him.

"First of all, I've got to struggle a little bit."

Xu Huai's voice was low: "The goddess is not an alien. ”

"He's a robot, like an oracle."

"More accurately, he's a robot made by humans in the age of prosperity."

"In times of prosperity, He has a special name."

"Intelligence."

……

The central area of Varela, the Episcopal Cathedral.

A short, black-robed priest walked through the arched metal door with a determined step.

Looking at the holographic statue of the goddess standing in the main hall of the church, she stretched out her bright silver mechanical prosthetic leg from under the wide sacrificial robe, and bowed to the goddess with great reverence.

"Priest Isa."

A dull mechanical synthesized sound came from the side, interrupting Isa's movements.

Isha turned her head to look in the direction from which the voice came: "Bishop Wallis, may the Lord be with you. ”

"Come with me."

Wallis ignored Isa's overtures, and said in a cold tone, "The archbishop is waiting for you in the side hall." ”

Archbishop?!

Isha was shocked, but her face didn't show anything unusual.

She nodded, and followed Wallis's unusually steady footsteps toward the side nave of the East Chapel.

A few minutes later.

Looking at the incomparably familiar side hall door, Isa's agile right eye revealed a little complicated color.

Just a few days ago, she was treated here as a pawn that could be sacrificed at will.

Squeak ......

The doors of the temple are opened.

"Let's go inside." Bishop Wallis stepped back slightly, "The archbishop wants to ask you something personally. ”

The archbishop personally asked!

Thinking of the unusually tall, oppressive, blood-colored figure, Isha felt her heart flutter slightly.

But thinking of the goddess's willingness to set things right, she felt a little inexplicable courage in her heart.

May the Goddess be with me.

Isha meditated in her heart as she stepped into the side hall without hesitation.

In the side hall, the tall blood-colored back figure also slowly turned around, and the four mechanical prosthetic eyes glowing red under the red hood stared at the oncoming Isha.

Squeak ......

Behind him, the heavy doors of the temple closed again under the pull of Bishop Wallis, blocking out all sounds inside the temple door.

……

Xu Huai's home.

A faint smile on the corner of Chen Fan's mouth froze on his face.

What did he just hear?

The goddess is not an alien, but a robot called a sapient machine?!

WTF？！！

How the is this possible!!

"It's hard to accept, isn't it?"

Xu Huai's cold face showed a somewhat bitter smile: "When I first learned the news, I had a similar reaction to you. ”

But when I think about it, the answer has long been hidden in the church.

"The higher the position of a clergyman, the more they look like robots, don't they?"

Chen Fan woke up suddenly.

Seem...... That's exactly what happened!

One's voice also sounded in his head at the same time.

[Chen Fan, the problem may be serious. 】

Chen Fan asked quietly in his heart: "...... How so? ’

[If what Xu Huai said is true, then you may face a dangerous technology in the true sense. 】

‘？？？ ’

[Artificial intelligence. 】

[To be precise, it's a rebellious artificial intelligence.] 】

Yi's voice was extremely serious: [In the division criteria of the People's Federation, this belongs to the dangerous technology with the highest danger level. 】

[It is harmful enough to wipe out all civilizations in the entire cosmic bubble.] 】

Hiss!!!

Chen Fan couldn't help but gasp, and at the same time let out a classic quintessence in his heart: '!! ’

He's just a trainee investigator, so it's not a difficult copy to come up, right?!

What the fuck is this......

Listen, is that reasonable!

"How did you know about this?"

Chen Fan suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and looked directly at Xu Huai in front of him: "In addition to the performance of the clergy of the church, is there any reliable direct evidence?" ”

Up to now, he can only hope that Xu Huai's cognition is wrong.

Facing Chen Fan's gaze, Xu Huai struggled for a moment, and then nodded slowly.

"This thing ......"

"My parents told me."

With that, she turned and walked towards her room.

A few minutes later, the door opened again.

Xu Huai cautiously walked out of the room with a pale yellow book.