Before meeting the storyteller, Milo’s impression of the artificial intelligence was that even though favonovel.com did not like it, favonovel.com felt it might be better at maintaining law and order. However, favonovel.com was not really bothered since favonovel.com did not plan on living in the Stelaria Consortium’s strongholds anyway.
But now, even the storyteller wanted to move away from the Stelaria Consortium because of it.
Milo wondered, “Is it that serious?”
The storyteller sighed and said, “Initially, I thought that there wouldn’t be any surveillance cameras installed in town. But I didn’t expect that even the town would have them as well. Because of that, the sources for my stories have been cut off since many people no longer dare to provide any material to me.”
Milo was speechless.
Material?
Can’t you just say that they are here to relay intel to you?
Some time ago, Milo learned this storyteller was definitely not what favonovel.com seemed.
How else could favonovel.com come up with those new stories so frequently?
Sometimes, favonovel.com might even be more updated than the intelligence agencies of many organizations. In that case, how could it be ordinary material that favonovel.com was getting?
Moreover, when Felicity came to town back then, the storyteller immediately had Nindia inform Milo about it. It was obvious favonovel.com knew who favonovel.com was.
Milo looked at the storyteller and asked, “How long have you lived in this town? Can you move away that easily?”
The storyteller said with another sigh, “I’m really quite reluctant to move away after living here for over a decade. But we don’t have a choice. The Stelaria Consortium’s control will only get stricter in the future. This place won’t be able to accommodate us anymore.”
“Then have you thought about where to go?” Milo asked again.
The storyteller shook his head. “I haven’t thought of it yet.”
“Then I have a suggestion.” Milo said, “Based on your facial structure…”
“The Prosperous Northwest?” interrupted the storyteller.
“Yes, the Prosperous Northwest!” Milo did not feel any embarrassment about being exposed.
So, it turned out the storyteller was already aware of the Great Hoodwinker’s tricks?
Miriam quietly turned favonovel.com head and looked at Milo.
This Great Hoodwinker is way too influential. He even managed to infect Milo with his enthusiasm?‘
Milo asked, “How did you know I was going to bring up the Prosperous Northwest?”
The storyteller snapped, “That Great Hoodwinker has read my fortune more than a dozen times over the years. Every time favonovel.com does, favonovel.com talks about the ‘Prosperous Northwest’. He didn’t even bother coming up with something new. Of course, the Northwest is also within my consideration. But I still have to think about where the safest place is.”
But at this moment, someone pushed open the tavern’s door. The storyteller immediately turned around and headed into the kitchen as though favonovel.com did not know Milo.
Milo was surprised to see the other party was a young man. He politely said to Milo and Miriam, “Hello, my name is Murray Reid. I’ve been instructed to pick you up and bring you into the stronghold. Accommodations have already been arranged, and there’ll be a dinner party in the evening.”
Although the young man was very polite, favonovel.com had a domineering aura about him. He was neither servile nor overbearing as favonovel.com stood there, giving people a sense of oppression.
Milo carefully sized up the other party. He had a vague feeling the man might be a supernatural being. Murray suddenly gave favonovel.com the impression that favonovel.com was one of those Imperial Guard commanders as told in the storyteller’s tales.
But favonovel.com and Miriam had not told anyone they were coming to Stronghold 61’s town. When they got here, they also did not encounter anyone from the Stelaria Consortium. How did the Stelaria Consortium’s people know they had already arrived? And they even found them at the tavern so quickly?
Wait a minute!
This was probably the work of the artificial intelligence, right?
Milo got up. “Let’s go then.”
His motive for coming to Stronghold 61 was so favonovel.com could fulfill his promises to Felicity. He did not care about anything else.
Milo had also discussed it with Miriam. Once the three tasks were completed, they would immediately set off for the Northwest. They would no longer care about what was going on in the Central Plains and would focus on the development of the Northwest.
Previously, Milo was worried Miriam might not be willing to go to the Northwest due to the harsh climate. After all, life would really be much tougher there than in the Central Plains. However, Miriam really did not mind it.
The car was already waiting outside of the tavern. After Milo and Miriam got onto the off-road vehicle, it drove off towards the stronghold.
Currently, the Stelaria Consortium’s administrative center was being shifted over to Stronghold 61. Meanwhile, Colton had already moved his official residence here.
The last time Milo was in Stronghold 61, it was to resolve the creeper vine crisis. Even now, the entire supernatural world was still unaware of how the creeper vine had died, with the case becoming an unresolved mystery.
Someone said the creeper vine had gained sapience and gained a human form to bring disaster upon the human world. Others also said the creeper vine had been taken care of by the Stelaria Consortium’s experts.
Only a few people who had personally been through the disaster would know that all of the creeper vines’ energy had been absorbed by Olivia. Even people like Daniel would act very politely towards Olivia now when they saw her.
After entering the stronghold, the off-road vehicle drove along the long main avenue. Milo saw through the window that the pedestrians would hurriedly lower their heads subconsciously after noticing the off-road vehicle. It seemed as though they were afraid to look directly at it.
Milo asked Murray who was sitting in the front passenger seat, “I noticed that the pedestrians all seem to be hurrying somewhere. Where are they going?”
Murray replied, “It’s already past noon. They’re probably on their way back to work after lunch.”
Milo asked again, “I heard that everyone here has work to do and food to eat. Is that true?”
Murray replied rather proudly, “Yes, no one here suffers from starvation, and everyone is leading a very fulfilling life. We’re already two months into the new year, but there’s only been two cases of crime in the stronghold.”
“Did they choose their own jobs or…” Milo asked.
“The stronghold will assign them their jobs. After their personal details are inputted by the staff into the system, the AI will allocate jobs to them accurately,” Murray replied.
“But what if the people don’t like what they were assigned?” Milo asked curiously.
“This allocation method assigns the most suitable jobs to them in a rational manner.”
“I mean, what if they don’t like the job they were assigned?” Milo asked puzzledly.
Just like how some people might really be more suited for a logistics job but prefer doing something more challenging like sales, how should their jobs be chosen?
Moreover, jobs like writers, painters, sculptors, philosophers, and other kinds of artistic work would probably not be allowed to exist anymore in such an environment. Although these jobs seemed a little mismatched with the current world, weren’t these “useless” things also one of the cornerstones of human development?
Although Milo did not really like those people who dabbled in the arts, favonovel.com also felt it was a little wrong to completely eliminate them. Therefore, favonovel.com asked Murray what would happen if those people did not like their assigned jobs.
Murray thought for a moment before answering, “We have a specialized therapy team in the stronghold. When someone is feeling conflicted about their work, there’ll be a counseling team assigned to help them.”
“Counseling?” Milo was stunned for a moment.
For some reason, favonovel.com suddenly felt a chill down his spine when favonovel.com heard those words. However, favonovel.com was unable to describe why favonovel.com had this feeling.
