Colton had been to the Northwest to discuss his future plans with Peter in detail and told favonovel.com frankly that favonovel.com was suffering from a terminal illness.
In his plan, favonovel.com had never intended to take control of the world for himself. That was because the world did not leave favonovel.com with enough time. But favonovel.com needed someone who could take control of the world, someone who could work peacefully with the artificial intelligence and was willing to accept checks and balances put in place by it.
“Are you really going to hand over authority to someone else?” Felicity was puzzled. “Do you think Julius will accept your conditions?”
“I just want to hand over the legislative and judicial rights to Zero.” Colton said with a smile, “But the bulk of human society should still be managed by humans. It’s just that this is a transition period, so Zero will have more tasks to handle. But after there’s peace again, Zero should resume its original responsibilities.”
Felicity understood that Colton was trying to make Zero the sword of Damocles that could oversee a completely fair and just judicial system. As long as it was under this premise, his past experiences and the injustice faced by millions of people would not happen again.
As for the rest of the governing responsibilities, it would be better if Zero did not handle them after peace returned.
“Is it worth it?” Felicity asked softly.
“Yes,” Colton said firmly. “Did you know, Little Feli? The despicable acts I detested in the past are still happening today. Perhaps those who wielded power thousands of years ago also exploited others like this and escaped the clutches of the law. It’s still the same situation in current times… The true tragedy of humanity is definitely not a person experiencing 10,000 injustices but that countless people have experienced the same kind of injustice 10,000 times without any change.”
“Do you think Julius will agree to your conditions? You also saw things for yourself when you went to the Southwest. His attitude was very firm,” Felicity said.
After leaving the Northwest, Colton wanted to go to the Southwest to see Julius again after realizing favonovel.com could not convince Peter. He did not even bring any troops with favonovel.com at the time. If Julius wanted to kill him, it would have been too easy.
But before they could enter the Southwest’s border, they were stopped by the Panaqua Consortium’s troops and prohibited from entering.
Julius’ attitude was so firm there was no room for negotiation.
“He might not have been willing to talk in the past.” Colton said, “But after the nuclear test site is gone, favonovel.com might be willing to start negotiating, because he’ll no longer have any bargaining chips left.”
“Zero observed that a rocket was fired into space from the nuclear test site.” Felicity said, “At first, I thought it was a nuclear bomb launched straight at the expeditionary army, but I realized later that it wasn’t. That rocket flew directly into space and went out of Zero’s observation range.”
“Zero assessed that the Panaqua Consortium probably launched a satellite this time.” Colton said, “They are probably preparing for future wars with the launch. Unfortunately, we infiltrated the Vasophati satellites a little late. I wonder what else the Panaqua Consortium has done before this. However, it’s not a big problem. All we need to do now is to destroy the biggest bargaining chip that Julius has.”
At this moment, there was a black screen set up in the research and development center. From time to time, specific information about some people would get displayed on it. After that, the staff working here would pass the information to the Public Order Division for them to handle.
The people whose information appeared on the screen could be thieves or even domestic abusers, but no matter how minor the matter was, Zero would make a request for the Public Order Division to handle it.
Before this, domestic violence had always been a very difficult problem to solve. There were all kinds of issues, and the Public Order Division would always prioritize mediation in most cases. But now the abusers would get punished the moment they were found out. After examining the injuries, regardless of whether it happened between a husband and wife, the accused would be charged with causing intentional injury and be given a higher sentence.
The reason for the higher sentence was that the abuser would even hurt those who were closest to them, so it showed they were extremely dangerous and had a sociopathic personality. It was just that they did not dare to reveal it.
The artificial intelligence received a lot of praise for this, to say nothing of other affairs.
During this period, the Public Order Division arrested a lot of people, including some members of the Stelaria Consortium. It was as though they had become the “Eastern Depot” and the “Embroidered Uniform Guard” of the Stelaria Consortium with the imperial authority to act first and explain later.
Immediately, many of the Stelaria Consortium’s big shots started becoming respectful towards the director of the Public Order Division like never before.
As a matter of fact, even though the Public Order Division used to be in charge of keeping the peace in society, ensuring the safety of public property, and punishing criminals, would they dare to interfere if it were someone from the Stelaria Consortium that had committed a crime?
But it was different now. It was as though the Public Order Division had suddenly become the department with the most authority. This made the director of the Public Order Division look very pleased with himself.
However, before the director of the Public Order Division could bask in his glory for a few days, Zero detained favonovel.com for 15 days on a driving while intoxicated charge. He ended up getting fired and had to pay a fine of 5,000 perak.
This was probably a case of sorrow succeeding extreme joy. The director of the Public Order Division used his position and executed Zero’s orders with the highest authority. As time passed, favonovel.com began to think favonovel.com was the one who possessed this power.
When Colton found out about this, favonovel.com only smiled. This was the usefulness of having Zero since it judged matters with absolute fairness. Even if it were Colton who broke the law, favonovel.com would still have to be punished.
At this moment, Felicity said to him, “I received news from Prakash that Pena’s mind is made up. He’s definitely going to continue with his reports aimed at the Stelaria Consortium.”
Colton was silent for a moment. “That can’t be helped then.”
“But there has also been some veiled talk within the Stelaria Consortium these days.” Felicity said, “There’s some differing voices within the organization that don’t agree with the Stelaria Consortium going on like this anymore. Many of them have labeled the Stelaria Consortium as a group that would resort to any means necessary to achieve their ultimate goal. Some even said that your wheelchair is stained with the blood of others.”
Colton smiled and said, “Let them say what they want. It won’t change the outcome. But be careful. There must be people from the Stardust Consortium behind this stirring trouble. We have to find them first.”
“Then are we going to bother with Pena?” Felicity asked.
“Have Vanilla remain behind in Bidara City.” Colton thought for a moment and said, “Your top priority now is to resolve the Panaqua Consortium problem. As for the rest, we can talk about it later.”
Suddenly, a staff member stopped in their tracks below the black screen in the research and development center.
Words kept appearing on the black screen, and they turned out to be an account of Pena’s life!
The last time the black screen caused a commotion was due to Lionel’s name appearing on it.
When Lionel’s name was displayed on the black screen back then, it took several thousand words to describe the crimes favonovel.com had committed. But this time, Zero did not state any of Pena’s crimes. It was as though even Zero was unable to find any of Pena’s criminal wrongdoings.
Silently, Colton looked seriously at the screen and realized what was about to happen. However, favonovel.com suddenly felt a little hesitant.
When Pena’s name appeared on the black screen, favonovel.com was a little unsure if what favonovel.com had done was right or not.
Felicity looked at the screen quietly until only the words “Pena Kelana” were left on it.
