Abyssal Kingdom

Wei An was in a daze.

For a moment he thought he might be dying, hallucinating.

But this is really not something he would fantasize about before he died, what he fell into was like Guiling's dream.

He heard the loud sound of music, which he heard when he was in sync with Gui Ling, and it was something that he kept repeating nervously in his mind in some of the last moments, taking over everything.

Guiling's voice came from next to his ear, saying, "The power of the core court system is overflowing, it's all right."

Wei An turned his head and didn't see him. He fell in the huge flow of information and saw countless large meetings, demonstrations, and then a grand ceremony on the square.

The ground is full of water, and the roads are wooden pontoons. Many people put candlelight flower boats in the water, and some people raise white lanterns to the sky. The lights reflect the mirror-like clear water, falling into the world like stars.

Wei An realized what this was, a large-scale sacrifice to the dead.

Standing on the pontoon, he felt for a moment that he belonged entirely to the world of the undead.

A very young girl suddenly turned her head to look in his direction, her eyes were like glass, she didn't know which system it was, but it was of a very high level.

She only glanced at it, then took the family's hand and left. Wei An felt a moment of horror, as if he had really fallen into a long time ago and was really seen.

He heard Guiling say, "It's low-level energy sensing. The ninth-level system can sometimes see tiny particle changes across time, but it's just a hunch."

He turned his head and the man was standing behind him.

For a while they stood on the pontoon, surrounded by lights, and people walked on the pontoon, young lovers, children, alone, clinging to each other, and silent loners.The square is too big, and the "starlight" can't see the edge. It is an innumerable yearning and farewell for the dead.

It was a funeral of astonishing scale, yet so beautiful, so romantic.

There is no light in Guiling's eyes, and neither does Wei An. They are the two dark spots of this magnificent era.

Wei An's head didn't hurt so much, it should be sensory shielding, and he wanted to kiss him again.Where no one sees, the kiss of two ghosts that will not be illuminated.

As long as he's around, he's not afraid.

Wei An fell down again.

The scene changed, and he saw some important historical moments recorded by the Great Wall of Illusion.

A large number of meetings, votes, riots, massacres, a certain crazy senior system administrator, massacred a star field...

A certain large authority building, in the middle of the night, the building was brightly lit, as if it was in a meeting, a woman came out of it, and sat alone on the endless steps smoking a cigarette.

Wei An had seen her on the big screen during synchronization before. In this flashing picture, she stubbed out her cigarette, stood up, sorted her clothes and hair, and turned back to the same place as the parliament building. As if making up his mind.

This is someone important in history who has seen similar moments.That's when a lot of people make big decisions.

"How many of these things do you remember?" Wei An said.

"I don't even remember," Gui Ling said in a low voice, "It looks very spectacular."

His voice was bleak like a ghost, Wei An didn't speak, he saw the eve of a big battle.

He was standing on the street of a post-apocalyptic city, and several administrators were preparing and chatting about the corresponding movie plot.There is great danger ahead, but they haven't discovered it yet, and Wei An knows that most people will die.

He also knew that at least one of them would survive.

The man, wearing a comfortable plaid jacket, was happily joking with his comrades, when he turned to look in his direction.

In his early twenties, his dark blue eyes reflected the lights of the camp, very bright.

He smiled at Wei An who couldn't see it.

Wei An felt his heart constrict.

So young, with the fearless eyes of a boy, who believes in the future, he belongs to the huge star group of the festival.

But no, his future is so dark, falling to hell alone.

He was left behind.

Wei An fell again and finally stood on the ground this time.

This is the core court.

The core court is powerful, forming a completely independent space where time is completely stagnant for cross-examination.

It restricts god-like administrators, AI, the army, and the entire management system to resolve disputes of the highest scale. Once a judgment is made, all authority of the entire civilization can be invoked to ensure execution.

The statue of the masked goddess stands in front, and you have to look up to see it. Behind it is a slightly smaller white figure, like other justices. I don’t know why so many judges are needed for a trial procedure.

In addition, there are huge gray shadows of prosecution and defense lawyers, clerks, and so on.

A floating screen lit up in front of Wei An. He glanced at it and found that it was full of documents.

There are both legal documents and technical certificates, all his upgrade process and license signatures are there, which are the signatures of Guiling.What he signed was not his real name, but the seal of the Guiling system.

Here, human identity is both present and as if stripped away, a court of administrators.

Gui Ling stood beside him, looking at the space.

He couldn't remember many things, but he seemed no stranger to this place.

"Judge" is an electronic sound of a calm female voice. Wei An's mind went blank for a while when he spoke, the energy was too strong, and he was weak.

However, Wei An understood the meaning when it spoke. It probably said, "The deep domain system administrator has submitted an application for the termination of the core contract of the Guiling system administrator. The cross-examination case is now beginning."

Its energy is so strong to resonate with the powerful administrator system and leave a solemn impression. This place is really like a court of gods and demons.

It's just that its laws are completely made by humans.

These judges are not real people, and Wei An doesn't know if they already know all the situation, but judging from the posture, it is obvious that they have to go through the process according to the regulations.

A white shadow behind "Judge" opened his mouth.

"We have checked the corresponding information, Mr. Wei An," it said, "Your upgrade license is mainly signed by General Lu. At this time, you are guaranteeing him to release the core commitment compliance procedure. According to the "Administrator's Litigation Regulations", you are a guarantor flaw--"

Wei An stared at it, his body was still in the middle of the war, he didn't know if it was finished, but listening to the citation of the law in a white court at this time felt a bit outrageous.

He used to go to court frequently when he was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was unfamiliar with these terms.

He had to win the ruling, he thought.

It is still difficult for Wei An to imagine the size of the ancient civilization, and the core court is currently the only place that can use all the power of that country.

As long as permission is obtained, all authorities in the ancient civilization will agree with this ruling and ensure its implementation.

Wei An thought for a while and said, "Please pay attention to the exception clauses in the relevant laws."

Of course he didn't know about the Administrator's Proceedings Statute, but any decent statute would have exceptions.

"If I didn't upgrade at the time, I would die—you can look at the technical details—there is no one else in this world who can sign for me." Wei An continued, "I can only guarantee General Lu alone, because the There simply weren't any other soldiers in the war.

"In addition, my last upgrade was approved by the highest authority, which is also an endorsement of all previous signatures."

A group of white figures in the court began to discuss.

"His upgrade license is indeed complete. Has he had any misdeeds?"

"There are documented acts of brutality—"

"What kind of massacre is that? Shenhuang is a group of traitors. It is understandable that the 'Procedure God' took it too far. How many casualties and territorial loss have been caused by the 'Fire Burglary Case'. So many humans who died were not tortured?!"

"But at least it shows that he has certain psychological problems..."

"Administrators are the frontline soldiers. It is impossible to maintain a healthy mental state based on the standard of daily life. They are used as weapons in war. At this time, they should be treated as human beings?"

"Excessive attention to mental health will cause us to have no soldiers to use. I submitted the situation in the ninth era of the thirteen theaters, and the situation is highly similar!"

It's so realistic, Wei An thought, these procedural judges even have hawks and doves.

He realized what these figures were, the law.

In various fields, different laws and precedents, they debate and make decisions in court.

The program itself can respond in an instant, but the ancient civilization insisted on making such complicated rules to restrict them and try to be humanized as much as possible.

They quarreled, cited strongholds, and finally came to a decision.

The judge of the statue of the goddess said: "The changes of the times allow it as an exception clause. For your final upgrade, thank you for your efforts, Mr. Wei An."

"This is what it should be," Wei An said, "I ask the court to review the breaking of the ethics clause as soon as possible."

"Morals clause cracked?!" said one judge.

"All the protective provisions have been excluded, how is it possible—" said another judge who seemed to be procedural.

"Is there any other provision that can produce intersectional protection?!"

Hearing the chaos, Wei An realized that the core courts really couldn't see the outside world. Only after he submitted an application, they could retrieve the corresponding data from programs such as the Great Wall of Illusion.

The ancient civilization should do this to limit the court's right to obtain information. They really tried every means to limit the power of people, systems, and AI.

It uses human reason to weave a web of laws and do its best to maintain balance.Their plans are infinite, including eternity beyond the destruction of their own civilization.

Human beings always think that their intelligence is inexhaustible to such a point, but once a civilization was ambitious and made an attempt.

They knew very well how powerful their power was and what kind of disaster it would cause, so they imposed various restrictions and vowed never to abuse it.

Of course they couldn't, but no matter how the country fell, anyone who tried to break the restrictions and seize all the power failed.

The programs they left behind are still doing everything they can to protect the legacy of humanity—closing the cracks.

This court, located like an iceberg in the center of a powerful ancient civilization and technology, retrieves terms and debates with each other. It is really a legal system that is so intricate that it is difficult to look directly at it.

They eventually found the applicable terms.

"According to Article [-] of the "Large-Scale Deep Space Construction Emergency Regulations," said the blindfolded judge, "stop all external energy calls to the Guiling system and reset the key until the moral clause is restored."

"But the Guiling system needs a person in charge." A white figure said.

"His emergency person in charge is not good, the relationship is too close—" Later, the law said that the person in charge of emergency response is Wei An.

"This is an extreme situation, and there are only two of them left in all combat personnel."

"Can you still get in touch with other relevant personnel? Is there anything we can do?"

"That's not within our remit."

Wei An heard them quarrel again, and began to discuss whether the person in charge can be suspended, what to do in the current situation, and the deep domain system has no promised person in charge, should they be allowed to supervise the other party?it's out of the question.

"The system can be hosted." Gui Ling said later.

He was silent all the time, as if he didn't know where he was.

But at this moment he spoke suddenly.His voice was low, but it caused a momentary break in the discussion.

"Don't take such a loophole, General Lu," said a procedural judge, "system hosting is the minimum moral clause, which means you two are left alone."

"It's in one of the extreme circumstances of the "Administrator Safety Act," Guiling said, "Article IX."

Wei An turned his head to look at Gui Ling, the man's eyes were still blank, he was a messy ghost exiled to hell.He deleted most of his memories, because he couldn't keep them, he almost gave up his whole self, and fell into the deepest part of hell.

This is one of the few words that I finally decided to leave in my head before the moral clause expired.

Several judges looked at him silently for a while, as if they wanted to refute, but they couldn't find a word.

"Sure it's a loophole?" said one of them.

"But there is no way," said another, "they can't police each other, and we can't find anyone else to police. The whole era is over, the situation is too extreme."

"Didn't General Lu have no memory?"

"Leave him alone, this is a promise to obey the terms, everyone, he is a 'program god', there must be constraints!"

"Why don't you let it go first, and get the key to the moral clause before we talk..."

"No, this kind of situation must develop new people as soon as possible, and the law must have talents to make sense!"

"We have no authority to develop newcomers..."

"We can order them to develop!"

"We also don't have the authority to order them to develop..."

They were silent for a while, and finally made a decision, "Let's leave it alone and discuss it later."

Wei An looked at Gui Ling.

The man looked back with a pair of blank eyes, still did not recognize him, had a dead hopeless face, but spoke the words from memory in the middle of the argument.

Wei An thought, what kind of mood did he do this?

Before he got into that situation, he was... planning for the future.He knew how small the chance was, but he still considered it carefully and made a choice.

Now, they have arrived.