Chapter 33 – The First World 33

Until they returned to the hotel room, Su Zheyan hadn’t snapped out of it.

 

He appeared somewhat dazed, as the annihilation of betas had dealt a heavy blow to him.

 

Chu Shici comforted him for a while, then had a sudden realization.

 

He grabbed Su Zheyan’s hand and placed it on the back of his own neck. “Yan ge, look at me. I’m also a beta.”

 

Su Zheyan didn’t say anything, but simply looked at him silently.

 

Chu Shici smiled reassuringly at him, and Su Zheyan grabbed his hand, bowing his head and silently shedding tears.

 

The system tsked, [You’re right, this protagonist of the cool genre does cry a lot. And when he cries, there’s a sense of fragility. Crybaby uke, I swear.]

 

“Now is not the time for your CP fantasies. Help me think of a solution.”

 

[I won’t, I’m useless. Do you want a sweater? I just knitted a new one, and I’ll give it to you as a reward for being a member.]

 

Chu Shici ignored the money-minded system.

 

They comforted Su Zheyan until well past three in the morning before he finally calmed down.

 

Both of them lying in bed, Chu Shici was like a large body pillow, tightly held in his arms.

 

Su Zheyan occasionally touched his back neck and kissed his hair. Chu Shici blushed, warning himself not to indulge in wild thoughts.

 

Not long after they lay down, Su Zheyan spoke softly, “Ah Ci, are we the last betas?”

 

Chu Shici made a sound of agreement.

 

The room was dark, and he couldn’t see Su Zheyan’s expression. He could only hear his voice filled with confusion.

 

“When I’m with you, we can have beta offspring.”

 

Chu Shici took a deep breath. “Yan ge, two male betas can’t have children.”

 

“That’s true.”

 

He paused for a moment. “You’ve always been there for me, Ah Ci.”

 

The room fell silent for a long time. Chu Shici felt the person beside him move, and something landed on his cheek.

 

It was slightly cool and had a soft touch. It didn’t immediately leave but instead followed along his cheek, kissing all the way to the corner of his lips and finally imprinted on his lips.

 

The room was too dark, and the system couldn’t make out the scene outside, making it anxious.

 

Chu Shici remained stunned on the bed, his whole body tense, even his breath momentarily held.

 

He had never felt this way before. When Su Zheyan kissed his cheek, he didn’t even realize what had happened.

 

Chu Shici’s mind went blank, and then memories came rushing in like a tsunami.

 

He had wanted to try kissing before, but those people only wanted a one-night stand. He would often stare at his reflection in the mirror, wondering if the first kiss would be like his first night, leaving a mark on him for a lifetime.

 

This was his first kiss, and it didn’t feel as good as he had imagined.

 

Instead of surprise, there was more unease and panic.

 

Chu Shici instinctively pushed the person off him, speaking incoherently and not knowing what he was saying, “I’m sorry, I don’t want a one-night stand. If you don’t like me, we don’t have to do this. Yan ge, are you feeling upset? Let’s not do it, okay? I’ll chat with you all night. My leg really can’t handle it, it’s inconvenient on the bed. Let’s talk about the Mainframe. Yan ge, I…”

 

In the darkness, Su Zheyan’s cold voice came, “Is it that you don’t want to or you’re afraid I’ll dislike you?”

 

Chu Shici reached out and groped around, trying to turn on the bedside lamp.

 

A chilly hand held his wrist, and with a soft click, the dim light illuminated the small space by the bed.

 

Su Zheyan’s eyes, still a bit red from crying, quietly gazed at him with their blue color.

 

In that vast ocean, Chu Shici saw a warm current.

 

He hid his right leg under the blanket, trying to conceal his imperfection.

 

Su Zheyan suddenly sat up, grabbing his ankle and cradling his calf.

 

“You always hide it. People have laughed at you because of it, not just one person. You’re very self-conscious, afraid that I’ll laugh at you too.”

 

Chu Shici wanted to pull away, but he saw Su Zheyan lean down on his calf and place a light kiss.

 

“After you turned into a human, I always secretly watched you. Lately, I’ve been blushing because I’ve been thinking about how to tell you that I love you.”

 

As if a warm stream, following the spot where the kiss landed, slowly spread throughout his body.

 

Chu Shici’s heart, hanging in mid-air, gradually descended. He covered his chest, his heart pounding intensely.

 

Perhaps he could be bolder and take a chance on this hidden gem.

 

The system finally got its sugar and was cheering wildly.

 

【Kiss! Kiss!】

 

The enthusiastic shouts from the system also affected Chu Shici’s mind. He grabbed Su Zheyan by the collar, pulling him down onto the bed, and forcefully kissed his light-colored lips.

 

Chu Shici seemed to want to vent all his grievances. Su Zheyan’s lips were bruised, and drops of blood stained their lips.

 

This kiss was filled with unease, and Su Zheyan’s frustration was also stirred up.

 

His once calm eyes now had a fierce glare.

 

He suddenly flipped over, pinning Chu Shici down and gripping his shirt. “Before you kiss me, explain what a one-night stand is, why you said those things. Who has ever rejected you in bed? Ah Ci, have you been with someone before me?”

 

Chu Shici gasped for breath, trying to explain, “I haven’t. You were my first kiss!”

 

Su Zheyan’s possessiveness took over. Even though he blushed furiously and his teeth grated together, he asked, “You wanted to be with someone else in the past, but they didn’t agree? Was it an alpha or an omega? Who else was there before me?”

 

“I just went to gay bars to try my luck, to have a serious relationship, but I didn’t meet anyone decent.”

 

“So, you still thought about finding someone else.”

 

“I didn’t!”

 

Su Zheyan sneered mockingly, his eyes welling up with redness again, almost on the verge of crying in anger.

 

Chu Shici couldn’t find any words to defend himself. How come he didn’t realize how jealous the male lead could be?

 

Both of them had been holding in their frustration during these days. Chu Shici pretended to be lively, while Su Zheyan pretended to be calm. Now, their anger escalated as they argued and fought.

 

The system was cheering wildly, 【Fight, fight on the bed! Let me see you fight!】

 

The next second, it was locked up by Chu Shici in the “little black room.”

 

Staring at the pitch-black space, the system was stunned for a while, then threw the glow stick on the ground, cursing, 【Damn it, you took off your pants just to show me this!】

 

…………

 

At 6 o’clock in the morning, Su Zheyan got up on time.

 

He dressed himself, looked at the bite mark on his shoulder in the mirror, and his ears turned red, almost as if they could drip blood.

 

The scenes from the early morning played repeatedly in his mind.

Because Chu Shici had strong psychological trauma, they didn’t go all the way.

 

They stopped at a shallow taste, which was enough for the two of them at the moment.

 

Chu Shici was still asleep while Su Zheyan finished washing up and sat at the desk to write in his diary.

 

【Ah Ci and I have become the last betas in the world, controlled by the Mainframe. I should have been terrified, but when I see him, I feel like life isn’t so difficult. We will destroy the Mainframe and go back to the past.】

 

He paused for a long time after recording this. After destroying the Mainframe, would Chu Shici still exist?

 

Su Zheyan had a backup plan. The capsule chamber filled with black stones had become a separate space that wouldn’t be affected by timeline changes.

 

He could let Chu Shici hide in the capsule chamber so that no matter how the time and space shifted, Chu Shici wouldn’t disappear.

 

Su Zheyan pursed his lips, a faint smile appearing on his face. After a while, his face flushed again.

 

【Ah Ci has a slim waist, it feels so good to touch. I left a red mark on his neck, everyone will know he’s mine.】

 

【The sound of his breath is so pleasant, it almost overwhelms my rationality. If he wasn’t so nervous and trembling, I might have taken him right then and there.】

 

Chu Shici woke up just after 8 o’clock.

 

The system scolded him in his mind, saying he wasn’t loyal enough, 【You don’t even let me see a live performance. Are you still a good gay buddy?】

 

Chu Shici looked at the bite mark on his arm, still feeling a sense of unreality. Jokingly, he replied, “The content after this requires a paid subscription.”

 

The system fell silent for two seconds, then took out its wallet, 【How much? I’ll get an annual membership right away.】

 

‘…’

 

【Can I download it?】

 

‘Get lost.’

 

There were many people in the wilderness, and the ground was covered in footprints. The traces matched Su Zheyan’s, the standard-issue military boots of the Imperial Unified Forces.

 

Several hundred thousand people had gathered here, and the wilderness was shrouded in thick fog.

 

Some of the troops entered the city for a search. Su Zheyan knocked out one of them and stuffed him under a bed in a hotel.

 

Dressed in black military uniform with a face mask, no one could tell anything was amiss.

 

Chu Shici’s walking posture was too conspicuous and unsuitable for disguising his identity.

 

He transformed back into a robot and was tucked into a pocket on the inner side of Su Zheyan’s combat suit.

 

Su Zheyan was a general before, so he was familiar with the internal situation of the military. He quickly connected to the combat channel and silently integrated into the nearest squad.

 

Based on the descriptions of the team members and the conversations within the channel, it could be determined that the soldiers were unaware that the country was under the control of the Mainframe.

 

Their mission on this barren planet consisted of two parts.

 

The personnel from Eternal Life Technology discovered a device in a pit to the southeast, but they didn’t have enough manpower to break through the monster encirclement and retrieve the device.

 

Their primary task was to assist the combat personnel from Eternal Life Technology in retrieving the device from the pit and escorting it back to the Empire.

 

The second task was to conduct a carpet search on the barren planet to find a special black stone.

 

Su Zheyuan had a rough idea of what was going on.

 

Before the Mainframe took control of the Empire, in order to prevent theft, she hid herself in the pit.

 

When she had gained substantial power, she decided to move to a new location. She disguised herself as the founder of Eternal Life Technology, Eva, and sent the combat personnel from Eternal Life Technology to retrieve her.

 

At that time, she probably hadn’t completely controlled the Empire and was cautious of the combat personnel from Eternal Life Technology. Among those hundred squads, only a portion of them knew what was really going on there, while the rest were a diversion, meant to deceive the Empire and conceal the true purpose.

 

However, the Mainframe couldn’t be defeated on the Desolate planet, but she could eliminate humans. With only the power of a few squads, there was no way they could get her out.

 

After taking over the Empire, she had no more worries. She decided to enhance the military strength of the Empire and sent troops to deal with the situation.

 

The Mainframe was also searching for the black stone, which Su Zheyan had concealed in his combat pack around his waist, and currently, no one had noticed anything unusual.

 

The wilderness was shrouded in mist, and the gathering of too many personnel attracted a large number of monsters.

 

Several armored vehicles were leading the way, with soldiers marching in formation and cautiously advancing through the fog. Each person was only half a gun’s length away from the next; if they were any further apart, they couldn’t even see the outline of their teammates.

 

Occasionally, monsters climbed onto the soldiers’ bodies, fiercely tearing at their combat suits.

 

The improved combat suits did provide a certain level of defense against the special mist on the barren planet. The clothing had excellent defensive capabilities, and after being bitten by monsters, only shallow marks would remain.

 

However, this also indicates one thing: the combat suits are not completely foolproof. If the number of monsters reaches a certain threshold, they will lose their effectiveness.

 

Listening to the people on the combat channel, they mentioned collecting special materials on another planet. After extraction and refining, these materials can be integrated into high-tech devices to prevent interference from the Desolate planet.

 

The materials are rare and difficult to manufacture.

 

Su Zheyan raised his arm and looked at the faint scratches on his combat suit.

 

Prior to this, the personnel from Eternal Life Technology were not equipped with such gear. It was probably because the Mainframe had not yet taken control of the Empire.

 

Chu Shici didn’t think the Mainframe’s technology was impressive. He obediently huddled inside the combat suit, unable to move after just two seconds in the dense fog.

 

Su Zheyan occasionally touched him, trying to comfort him.

 

Despite the thick gloves, Chu Shici’s heart raced, involuntarily recalling the events of the early morning.

 

He said to the system, “He’s really amazing, I hit the jackpot!”

 

The system sneered and continued knitting its hat.

 

“Yan ge doesn’t find me repulsive at all. His gaze is so gentle. He said he likes me several times. He can be shy, but he hasn’t missed a single romantic word.”

 

“What’s the use of telling me? I’ve been stuck in the black box all night and can’t see anything.”

 

“Even if I didn’t block you, all you would see is pixelated images.”

 

“What’s wrong with pixelated images? At least there’s room for imagination. The black box is really dull. Lao Gong is so stingy, he won’t show me even a glimpse of his body. So stingy, miserly, and tight-fisted!”

 

The system put down its needle and thread and whispered, “Can I pay to watch?”

 

“No, get lost.”

 

…………….

 

When the team reached their destination in the southeast, Su Zheyan finally saw the scene in front of them.

 

Before them was a massive deep pit, emitting a faint blue glow.

 

Everyone here was wearing matching black combat suits and heavy black masks, with only transparent material covering their eyes.

 

Su Zheyan was familiar with various military hand gestures and operational protocols, but no one noticed an outsider infiltrating the team, and he couldn’t identify who was who in the vicinity.

 

Su Zheyan walked to his designated position, lowered his head, and looked into the pit.

 

This pit runs through the Desolate star, with a floating giant rock in the middle, on which there is a metal device.

 

The pit is extremely deep, and a halo of light radiates from the machine, forming a circular protective barrier with a diameter of five meters, keeping the monsters and dust outside.

 

That is the Mainframe, also the Military’s mission objective this time.

 

The layers of soil on the Desolate star are all moving towards the southeast, eventually converging into the pit. Dust forms a massive vortex in the pit, resembling a tornado in the abyss.

 

Within the vortex, it is filled with densely packed shadows. At a glance, it’s all monsters.

 

They gather here because they are attracted by the machine, attempting to break through the protective barrier and tear apart the device inside.

 

The tanks emit beams towards the edge of the pit, illuminating the pit with bright light. The next second, countless shadows surge out of the pit, engulfing the tanks in an instant.

 

When the shadows disperse, the tanks are merely scratched.

 

Someone steps forward to inspect, “They have been devoured, only clothes remain without bodies.”

 

The officer turns to the Eternal Life Technology combat personnel beside him, “Mr. Zuo, our equipment is unable to withstand the monster attacks.”

 

Zuo Ting looks at the deep pit, “Have the soldiers spread out and attack simultaneously. We have tested it before; the combat suits can withstand attacks from up to 170 monsters at the same time. Once the number exceeds this limit, the suits will be ineffectual within two seconds. Don’t stand too close, disperse the monsters’ firepower.”

 

“How many monsters are there in the pit?”

 

“Conservatively estimated, at least three hundred million.”

 

The area around the pit falls silent in an instant.

 

The officer furrows his brow, “We only have two hundred and thirty thousand people.”

 

“Spread out and attack together. After the combat suits wear out, resupply in the tanks. Clean up the monsters in the pit as much as possible before sending people down to retrieve the machine.”

 

“Why not add the materials to the robots and let them explore the pit?”

 

“The robots cannot enter the pit; they will malfunction inside. We have tried, but adding special materials alone is not enough. Mother has proposed many ideas, but to meet her expectations, it will take at least ten years.”

 

Gunfire echoes through the wilderness, and Su Zheyan’s team is positioned at the back. He is responsible for transporting supplies and preventing more monsters from entering the pit.

 

He is pondering a question.

 

Since it was the Mainframe that put herself in there, how could she not be able to come out? There is a disparity between Eva’s farewell letter and the current situation.

 

But the Mainframe is indeed searching for the special black stone.

 

The situation is very strange, and Su Zheyan is prepared to stay put.

 

Chu Shici also overheard the conversation just now. He said to the system, “You said that Yan Ge has low vitality. Could it be that in some timeline, he also found a way to shut down the mainframe? But when he came here, he found that it was impossible to accomplish this task with human power alone.”

 

[ I tried it, but the submission failed. It’s not that. ]

 

“How did you fill it out?”

 

[ The male protagonist found a way to destroy the mainframe and only learned that he was destined to be unable to kill the mainframe when he reached the final destination. He recognized reality, fell into despair, and his vitality dropped sharply. ]

 

The content it filled in was basically in line with Chu Shici’s thoughts.

 

Until three o’clock in the afternoon, the monsters in the pit were still densely packed and seemed endless. The number of soldiers sacrificed had already exceeded half, and victory seemed out of reach.

 

Humans wearing protective suits can walk on the Desolate star, but they cannot pass through the tide of monsters and land on the floating giant stone in the pit.

 

Robots are not affected by the tide of monsters, but they malfunction when they enter the pit.

 

There is a circular protective net with a diameter of five meters around the mainframe. After trying, they can throw objects into the protective net from above. The mainframe’s defense net only blocks monsters and the dust of the Desolate star, but not other things.

 

In theory, as long as a person jumps down from the spot directly facing the protective net, they can approach the mainframe alive.

 

The soldiers have made many attempts and finally reached a conclusion. Even if a mortal body happens to land on the floating giant stone, they will be killed instantly. This is the conclusion they have reached at the cost of human lives.

 

The officers had no choice but to continue shooting. Although the method was time-consuming and laborious, the number of monsters did decrease.

 

Chu Shici was also getting anxious. “Actually, I have a plan.”

 

[?]

 

“I will hold the black stone in the form of a robot, and Yan Ge will throw me down. After I land inside the mainframe’s protective net, you can change me back into human form. I will insert the black stone into the mainframe and successfully clear the game.”

 

[But you didn’t discuss it with the male protagonist in advance. He can’t throw you down. And the consequences of destroying the mainframe are unpredictable. If time goes back to the past, everything will be fine. But if the timeline doesn’t change and the mainframe is gone, then what will you do? Will you be trapped in the pit for a lifetime?]

 

“I checked this morning, and after having an intimate relationship, his Vitality has already increased to 98 points. I just need to increase it by 2 more points, and I can leave this world without being trapped for a lifetime.”

 

[What if he can’t increase his vitality to 100 because he lost you? Have you thought about this?]

 

Chu Shici didn’t answer.

 

The system put down the half-finished hat and said, [You only think about destroying the mainframe to make Su Zheyan happy, but you never consider your own life. Your vitality is already at 35, so why don’t you take your own life seriously?]

 

…………

 

Throughout the day, Su Zheyan was busy alongside the soldiers.

 

He gathered information and organized his thoughts.

 

A bizarre conjecture gradually took shape in his mind, completely overturning all the reasoning he had with Chu Shici before.

 

As nightfall approached, he quietly left the team.

 

Chu Shici couldn’t move and couldn’t see the outside scenery. He only felt that the noisy voices were getting smaller and finally disappeared completely.

 

After getting away from the range of the dense fog, Su Zheyan took out the robot.

 

Chu Shici turned his head stiffly and asked, “Where are we going?”

 

Through the face mask, he couldn’t see Su Zheyan’s expression, but he could hear his cold and slightly hoarse voice.

 

“To the unknown area on the map and put you in the capsule.”

 

Chu Shici looked at him in confusion. “Did we advance the backup plan?”

 

Su Zheyan lifted his face mask, revealing a tired face. His lips were already bitten, and his eyes were full of self-mockery.

 

“The only way now is for me to transform into an alpha and return to the empire to gain the Mainframe’s trust. Go back to the past, kill the Mainframe, and destroy the space-time bridge.”

 

Chu Shici was shocked. “Didn’t Eva say that inserting the black stone directly would work? Yan Ge, do you think that pit is insurmountable? It’s okay, you can throw me in. I can switch between being a robot and a human…”

 

Su Zheyan covered his mouth and smirked, “Ah Ci, we have all been deceived.”

 

Due to the lack of information, they had always had limited access to gather information. In their most confused state, they found the capsule containing the black stone through the map on the capsule’s inner wall.

 

There, they found Eva’s testament and learned the method to destroy the mainframe. Su Zheyan had known it for a long time, but in that particular timeline, he didn’t accomplish it.

 

Or rather, it wasn’t that he couldn’t do it, but he discovered that it was all part of Eva’s scheme.

 

Based on the information Su Zheyan gathered and his speculation, Chu Shici was bewildered all night but finally, following the timeline, pieced together the true story of this world.

 

……

 

Eva was the founder of Eternal Life Technology. In the initial timeline, she created the artificial intelligence mainframe and built the time bridge.

 

At some point in the future, the mainframe predicted that humanity would perish within a thousand years, so it traveled through time and returned to the year when the time bridge was operational.

 

What happened during that time, how many times the mainframe went back and forth, they had no way of knowing.

 

However, one thing was certain: multiple time travels had caused the timeline to become chaotic.

 

Su Zheyan was influenced by his other self from another timeline and almost collapsed for no apparent reason, nearly committing suicide.

 

Just three days after his capsule was exiled to the Desolate planet, a large amount of dust appeared on its surface. The diary that should have been normal also showed signs of tearing.

 

In another timeline, Su Zheyan drew a map on the capsule’s inner wall, and the hand-drawn map appeared synchronously in the timeline they were in.

 

When a clone is killed by the black stone, it turns into dust and merges with the Desolate planet. These special particles would gather and form monsters after the fog set in.

 

In the deep pit to the southeast, there are at least three hundred million monsters, not counting the ones scattered in other parts of the Desolate planet. These monsters that should have originated from other timelines appeared in the current Desolate planet.

 

The mainframe’s numerous time travels caused temporal and spatial disturbances, resulting in the overlapping collision of multiple timelines. Due to the unique environment of the Desolate planet, it was affected earliest and most noticeably.

 

Originally, Su Zheyan and Chu Shici, after reading Eva’s testament, believed that the mainframe had hidden itself on the Desolate planet to prevent anyone from stealing it.

 

But the current situation couldn’t be explained. Even if the mainframe wanted to hide, it should have left an escape route. At the very least, there should be someone capable of bringing her out when she wanted to come out in this world.

 

However, the fact proved that she couldn’t come out. The combat team of Eternal Life Technology failed to complete their mission, and even the imperial army under her control was powerless.

 

There was only one possible reason: the mainframe didn’t enter the pit willingly; she fell into it accidentally. She didn’t choose to travel through time and change the current predicament. Instead, she tried to dig herself out in the most foolish way possible.

 

The temporal and spatial disturbances caused her to fail to land at the designated location during her most recent time travel. Instead, she fell into the pit on the Desolate planet.

 

She couldn’t change the current situation through time travel, possibly because she couldn’t connect to the time bridge or because there was something special in the pit that trapped her in this timeline.

 

The only thing on the Desolate planet that meets these conditions is the black stone.

 

A large number of black stones gathered together, splitting the space of the pit. The Mainframe that traveled back from the future was trapped in the divided space. Her defense system could protect her from being completely destroyed by the Desolate planet and even control the overall situation, but her physical body was trapped inside and unable to escape.

 

There are only two ways to change the mainframe’s current predicament: someone needs to take her out of the black stone space, or someone needs to enter and destroy her.

 

Taking her out would be ideal, allowing her to continue her great mission of saving humanity.

 

If that’s not possible, destroying her would be an option. After all, the black stone space is an independent space, and her death within the black stone space would not affect the mainframe in other spaces.

 

Now she has disappeared within the black stone space. She still exists in other timelines, and her future self can continue to travel through time and space.

 

When Su Zheyan explained these deductions, Chu Shici had a bewildered expression.

 

The mainframe was experiencing a major bug, playing around with time and space and accidentally causing a breakdown.

 

To be honest, Chu Shici didn’t understand any of it. He didn’t think time travel could be so absurd.

 

It’s probably because resisting the Desolate planet consumes too much energy, causing issues with the mainframe’s program. She doesn’t sound normal anymore.

 

The method mentioned in Eva”s testament to destroy the mainframe is actually a disguised way to save it. She couldn’t possibly be unaware of it.

 

Chu Shici couldn’t comprehend it. “The mainframe wants to kill Eva, so why is Eva still helping her? She knows how cruel the mainframe has been. Why would she assist in such tyranny?”

 

Su Zheyan looked at him. “Who is truly King Zhou in this situation?”

 

“But Eva is already dead, isn’t she?”

 

“But her influence remains. The mainframe inherited her will. You told me before that the Empire promotes reproduction. Despite having artificial incubation for babies and the ability to edit their genes, ensuring that every child born is exceptional, why do they still emphasize natural reproduction?”

 

Chu Shici shook his head.

 

Su Zheyan sneered, “Because in the stereotypical impression, omegas are easily pregnant, naturally meant for reproduction. But how can an artificial intelligence conform to human stereotypes?”

 

Chu Shici understood.

 

When Eva created the mainframe, she inputted the command, “Everything she does is for the continuation and prosperity of humanity.”

 

So, after predicting the downfall of humanity, she stubbornly traveled through time and space repeatedly, wanting to execute the command.

 

If Eva also inputted other commands, such as only the offspring born from omegas being superior humans while the beta population is ordinary and useless.

 

The mainframe would faithfully obey her instructions. While saving humanity, it would also take other commands into consideration and automatically prioritize them.

 

Chu Shici remembered the news he had seen on newspaper fragments before.

 

During a large-scale memory confusion among the masses, someone claimed to remember that the king should be a female “O” instead of a male “A” and the current king took the queen’s position.

 

It is known that the mainframe can alter memories, and the crystals have certain defects. This means that the queen existed but was replaced by the mainframe. The mainframe modified memories, making people believe that the king is a male “A.”

 

The mainframe was given instructions, and in her inherent cognition, “A” is the leader, “B” is an ordinary and mediocre person, and “O” is responsible for the continuation of the race as the weaker ones.

 

A machine that breeds offspring should not be a leader, even if there is peace and prosperity during her reign. The mainframe would replace her.

 

This is in line with the regulations, where even if omegas are outstanding, they should return home to bear children and hand over the country to the alphas, who are the natural leaders.

 

The mediocre and useless beta population, even if they give birth to shining stars, should crawl at the bottom of society.

 

In her program, the positions of ABO are fixed and predetermined.

 

Chu Shici asked in shock, “And Eva?”

 

“Alpha.”

 

Anger surged in Su Zheyan’s eyes. “The most foolish decision humanity made was to entrust the future to an artificial intelligence. The biggest mistake of beta was to completely hand over power to the other two genders. The king is alpha, and most of the government’s top officials are alphas. Beta can only allow themselves to be squeezed and molded by others. Even if pressed down and humiliated on the ground, they would only think that all the suffering is because they were born mediocre.”

 

“I am a highly accomplished general, but I don’t hold any political power. As long as they add a clause in the law stating ‘Beta enlistment results in exile to the Desolate planet,’ I have to obediently accept exile. In the past, the country was in the hands of alphas, and survival became a luxury for betas. Now, the country is in the hands of artificial intelligence, and humans are being manipulated at will, with one class of people completely disappearing under her rule.”

 

Chu Shici realized that something was off. His emotions were fluctuating greatly, and he seemed about to explode.

 

There was no fog around, and no one else present. He quickly transformed into a human, not caring that he was naked, and embraced Su Zheyan tightly.

 

Su Zheyan, with red eyes, held onto his wrist and forcefully kissed him while pressing him down on the ground.

 

His azure eyes were filled with anger and resentment after being toyed with, causing a storm to surge in the usually calm ocean.

 

The taste of blood spread in their mouths as Chu Shici held onto his hand tightly, trying to soothe his emotions.

 

Su Zheyan rested on top of him for a long time before speaking in a hoarse voice, “This world used to be fair. There was an omega queen, and at least 80% of the people were betas. We were ordinary but great, an important part of society. The mainframe changed the gender of betas by means, making the queen disappear. The desire to save humanity is real, and so is gender discrimination.”

 

Eva was a severely gender-discriminating alpha who injected her personal biases when creating the mainframe. And the mainframe strictly followed those instructions, saving humanity while oppressing betas.

 

In the pursuit of ensuring the continuation and prosperity of humanity, they were building a world where only alphas held power, omegas became reproductive machines, and betas disappeared completely.

 

Su Zheyan bit Chu Shici’s lip and lowered his gaze, whispering, “The fate of humanity should not be determined by artificial intelligence. And if betas want to gain respect, they must have control over leadership, even if it’s only a small portion. That’s how the world works. Only by becoming those in power can we avoid being arbitrarily oppressed.”

 

“Ah Ci, I’ve had enough. I want to reclaim the empire we once had. I want to turn this devastated ruin back into the beloved country I deeply cherish.”

 

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