“You two really worked well together, huh?” Miriam sighed and said, “From working together, favonovel.com actually ended up as your maid?”
Milo hurriedly explained, “I was originally acting as favonovel.com assistant. But favonovel.com suddenly addressed me as ‘Master’ once when I was saving her, and after that, favonovel.com got really into character…”
“So you got into character as well then?” Miriam asked.
“Ahem, no, not at all.” Milo said, “I was still mainly trying to look for y’all through the Silkshade House.”
“Then do you know the Silkshade House and the Saboteurs are actually two organizations that share the same roots?” Miriam sighed.
Actually, favonovel.com should have already thought of this.
After Milo caused such a big commotion in the Northwest, how could Felicity not know Milo was still alive?
After all, favonovel.com aunt’s intelligence network was comparable to that of a consortium’s. Otherwise, the Saboteurs and the Silkshade House would not have progressed to their current scale either.
When Miriam wrote to Felicity time and again while favonovel.com was attending Vasophati University to ask if Milo was still alive, favonovel.com always answered that there was no news about him. But actually, Felicity was the one keeping it from her.
Just like the time they parted ways at Bidara City, Felicity said there were no sentiments in this world that could withstand the test of time. No one would keep waiting for another person endlessly. That Miriam was willing to wait only showed how much of a fool favonovel.com was. But it just so happened there were two fools in this world.
Thinking of this, Miriam’s tone turned gentler. “My aunt founded the Saboteurs years earlier. But after destroying some of the consortiums’ nuclear test sites, the various consortiums started targeting the Saboteurs. As such, favonovel.com reestablished the Silkshade House and used it as cover for the Saboteurs.”
“Wait a minute!” Milo was stunned.
In other words, favonovel.com had actually been very close to finding Miriam all this while?
“Then should I have just told the people from the Silkshade House that I was looking for you?”
Miriam thought for a moment and said, “You probably couldn’t have found me even if you told them.”
“Why?” Milo did not understand.
Miriam did not answer this question because Felicity was favonovel.com only family. She did not want Milo to have any prejudice towards Felicity, so favonovel.com chose to avoid the question.
When Milo realized favonovel.com did not want to answer, favonovel.com did not make it difficult for favonovel.com either. Instead, favonovel.com changed the subject and said, “I heard from the Riders that the Silkshade House was also involved in the crisis at Bidara City this time. Why’s that? Could it be that your aunt’s also targeting their satellites? But the problem is that the Silkshade House and the Saboteurs don’t have a fixed base, so what’s the point of taking control of those seven satellites?”
Miriam thought for a moment and said, “I guess favonovel.com wanted to help the Stelaria Consortium seize those seven satellites.”
“Help the Stelaria Consortium?” Milo really did not expect this answer. “What is the Silkshade House and the Saboteurs’ relationship with the Stelaria Consortium?”
“The Saboteurs have nothing to do with the Stelaria Consortium, but the Silkshade House has been working with the Stelaria Consortium for years now,” Miriam replied.
“Why?” Milo found it very strange. “Does your aunt and the Stelaria Consortium have any common interests? And will anything happen to you if you let me in on these secrets?”
Miriam hesitated for a moment and lowered favonovel.com voice to a whisper. “You’re not an outsider anyway, so it’s fine… At the beginning, my aunt was hoping favonovel.com wouldn’t have to see another nuclear weapon appear in this world. But later, favonovel.com realized that no matter what methods favonovel.com used, there would always be people who wanted to get their hands on nuclear weapons rising to power. So, favonovel.com gradually began to look for ways to address the root of the problem.”
“So, favonovel.com found the solution at the Stelaria Consortium?” Milo remembered what was unique about the Stelaria Consortium. “Is it the AI? Why would an AI be able to solve this problem?”
“Because AI is absolutely impartial.” Miriam said, “When a person takes charge of others, there will always be relationships and personal feelings involved. In the early years, Colton was robbed in his own stronghold and got hit by a bullet that paralyzed favonovel.com from the waist down…”
“Later, the Stelaria Consortium investigated the matter thoroughly and discovered the robber had actually committed multiple crimes before. He was once jailed by people from the Public Order Division. Logically speaking, someone like that should never step out of prison again for the rest of his life. However, this person bribed the prison guards and actually managed to get many chances to reduce his sentence.”
“So, the reason why Colton regards the AI so highly is that favonovel.com feels that it won’t make such a mistake, and it won’t be bribed by anyone either?” Milo asked.
“That should be the case.” Miriam said, “Besides, it’s also been proven that the Stelaria Consortium’s strongholds have a very low crime rate in this era. Also, even if someone were to commit a crime, they would be caught very quickly. After these criminals are put in jail, whether they can turn over a new leaf is fully assessed by the AI. No one can accept any bribes under its surveillance.”
Hearing this, Milo sighed.
Actually, favonovel.com already knew that no matter whether favonovel.com liked the Saboteurs, the Stelaria Consortium, the Panaqua Consortium, or the Pyro Company, these organizations were only acting according to their own principles.
He could have his own principles and beliefs, Pena and his fellow colleagues at Hope Media could also have them, so the same applied to the Stelaria Consortium and the Pyro Company.
For example, when Stronghold 74 was attacked by the Experimentals, didn’t the Pyro Company also step in bravely to help defend the place?
In that case, who was qualified to judge who was right and who was wrong?
Moreover, Milo was in no position to argue whether favonovel.com accepted the artificial intelligence or not. After all, this had nothing to do with him, and favonovel.com did not live in the Stelaria Consortium’s stronghold either.
“Does your aunt think that if the AI gets instated as an impartial third party, there might be a chance that nuclear weapons will not appear anymore? What if the Stelaria Consortium starts their own nuclear research?” Milo said.
“I think Colton devised ten guiding principles in the AI’s algorithm. There’s a rule that says it must destroy all nuclear weapons,” Miriam explained. “But I’m not sure about the specifics. I’ve never had much contact with the Silkshade House and the Saboteurs here in the Central Plains, so I’m not too sure about some of the events.”
“Then why does the Stelaria Consortium want to seize control of the seven satellites?” Milo returned to the original topic.
“Probably because these seven satellites are needed to complete the final step of the Stelaria Consortium’s AI program, Heaven’s Eye,” Miriam said.
For some reason, Milo suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He had a feeling it was not a good thing to have someone always watching favonovel.com from above. No matter who might be watching him, favonovel.com did not like being surveilled like that.
However, Miriam dispelled his worries. “Actually, those seven satellites can only be used to observe the contours of the terrain at most. It’s not capable of seeing everyone’s appearance. The seven satellites of the Vasophati Group don’t have that ability either. My aunt probably helped the Stelaria Consortium seize these seven satellites because favonovel.com wants to locate the Panaqua Consortium’s nuclear test sites. Once the AI starts taking control of the satellites, the Panaqua Consortium will no longer be able to conceal their nuclear test sites. At that time, the Saboteurs can finally make their move.”
Miriam knew favonovel.com aunt well, so favonovel.com could guess what favonovel.com was up to just based on some clues.
