Quick Travel: Card Destroyer

Chapter 362: Same Heart, Different Paths (Thirty-three)

"No matter what your impression of the White Pigeons is, I can only say that they are also seeking a way out for the city, and are essentially still on the same page as the Sharp Blade Faction. However, the path they are taking is likely to drag the city into the abyss, so they need your little ghost and the funeral home."

funeral parlor?

Bing Haoqi was not unfamiliar with this term.

From Fu Cangzhao's memory, we know that the funeral home is a dark organization in the card city, which is divided into undertakers and tomb keepers, among which the tomb keepers are divided into two factions, the southern and the northern. Fu Cangzhao is the only seedling of the southern tomb keepers, while the northern faction has always had sufficient manpower because of its extensive training method.

Compared to the more loose assassin undertakers, the tomb keepers were more tightly organized, and their training was different from that of ordinary citizens from the beginning. Fu Cangzhao always unconsciously added a bunch of decorative patterns to the cards, and would arbitrarily match various pattern structures regardless of urban regulations, which seemed to be due to that unique experience.

"The funeral home and the mayor may be holding some secrets of the city. All clues point to Su Sheng, or Ji Liangqi. You have to find Fu Cangzhao and Ji Liangqi."

Yi Chunzhan let out a long breath, paused, and then said, "In fact, I have tried to explore the secrets of the city by myself. Do you still remember Pepe? She is an obedient AI I created. To be precise, she was created based on the QY system..."

When Bing Haoqi heard the words "obedient AI", he said unhappily, "If it were any individual model, it wouldn't be so troublesome!"

"No," Yi Chunzhan retorted, "I deliberately designed her to be obedient just to avoid trouble. Only with absolute obedience can she live in peace. Other AIs can develop autonomous consciousness, but Pepe cannot."

"But she—"

"That's different!"

Yi Chunzhan's tone seemed a little excited: "Pepe still doesn't have a real sense of autonomy. She can only make her own judgments, which is still different from real human emotions!"

“What would happen if I switched to another model?”

"I don't know," the voice on the other end of the communication suddenly became more painful and hesitant, "I also want to know what it is, but I have a hunch that if I don't choose to design it into a compliant type, it will cause some trouble for the city. Trouble that the city can't solve."

Hearing this, Bing Haoqi's expression became more complicated: "I don't understand what you are saying."

"I didn't ask you to understand. I just asked you to remember it and pass it on to that little devil. That's enough. She might be able to think of something..."

The communication was suddenly disconnected.

Bing Haoqi was still confused and called out A Yao: "Can you help me sort out the information?"

"Okay, Ayao just saved all the call recordings faithfully!"

First of all, it is certain that both Ji Liangqi and the mayor had some problems. It is hard to say who implicated whom, but judging from Yi Chunzhan's tone, it should be Ji Liangqi who suddenly became the "Resurrection Goddess" and implicated the mayor's position.

Secondly, the city hides some secrets that even many people in high positions do not understand. The only ones who may know these secrets are the mayor and the funeral home. On the one hand, they do not have the authority of the mayor, and on the other hand, they cannot control the funeral home. They are eager to know the truth, so they each choose a different route to try to investigate. The sharp blade faction chose to clean up the alien species wandering outside first and then slowly dig up information, while the white dove faction chose a dangerous path - letting the alien species enter the city's ecological system. The report that Song Ximing gave to Fu Cangzhao is enough to prove that the alien species is likely to be "of the same origin" as the citizens, but because of the long-term geographical isolation, the two sides may not be compatible at present, and forced combination will only cause harm.

After thinking it over, Bing Haoqi suddenly understood what the old injuries on Song Ximing's body meant.

At some point in the past, a seed from an alien species was forcibly planted in Song Ximing's body. Because "the alien species may be of the same origin as the citizens", this seed did combine with her body to produce a strange combination. At first, Song Ximing herself might not have taken it seriously; however, to her body, this small combination was a complete invasive species, so her body began to fight against the combination spontaneously. But before the fight could be concluded, the host was about to be unable to bear it, so she had to use the city's medical system to treat it. Unfortunately, although the city's medical system is developed, there are few parts related to Song Ximing's situation. In the end, she paid a huge price to finally remove the thing.

"So, the White Doves want to use Song Ximing as an experiment?" The more Bing Haoqi thought about it, the more disappointed he became with the White Doves. "As long as they can confirm that the citizens may have the possibility—"

"Well," A Yao interrupted her thoughts weakly, "The QY system just told me that the White Doves' actions were probably intended to deduce the process of city formation."

"They shouldn't do this!" Bing Haoqi frowned even more.

A Yao continued to pass on the information: "Let's not comment on whether what they did was right or not. Think about it, since there have always been alien species in this world, and alien species are suspected to be of the same origin as humans, then why is there not a single alien species in the city?"

Bing Haoqi was too lazy to think and answered casually: "Clear it up, and then arm the city, and bomb any alien species that dare to come in again."

"Maybe this is the correct answer?" A Yao continued with her words.

"Ah?" Bing Haoqi cried in her heart, "What the hell are those Bai Ge and his gang investigating? They are pushing the city into a fire pit!"

A Yao reminded her: "Don't forget there is another clue, which is related to Ji Liangqi."

These words reminded Bing Haoqi that she had indeed forgotten about this in her momentary anger.

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Ji Liangqi is Su Sheng. Su Sheng's appearance will implicate the mayor, who may hold some secrets of the city, and part of this secret involves the connection between the citizens and the aliens...

In this way, although we cannot figure out what secrets the city is hiding, it is enough to deduce the logic of the White Doves.

The appearance of Su Sheng will bring about red earth, which means that the sub-reality encroaches on the reality, which is harmful to the city. Su Sheng happens to be "parasitic" on Ji Liangqi, who is the mayor's biological daughter, so it is normal for the mayor to be implicated.

On the other hand, the Doves wanted to investigate some of the city's secrets, and just at this time they caught the mayor with something on his hands, so they quickly initiated the impeachment process. Their real intention might not be to force the mayor out of office, but more likely to pry something out of the mayor.

There is also the third line that I have been deliberately ignoring - Yichunzhan, Pepe and the QY system.

Yi Chunzhan said that if Pepe was not an obedient AI, it would bring disaster to the city. Pepe is a replica of the QY system. Can it be said that if the QY system is not just an emotionless system, it will also cause trouble to the city? How much does this have to do with the secrets of the city?

All the clues seem to be independent of each other, yet they are vaguely intertwined, which leads to today's chaotic situation.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. I talked to my friends for a long time before I could sort out every line clearly.