Miriam thought about it alone.
How could favonovel.com not know about Albert, the founder of the Vasophati Group?
But favonovel.com existed more than 200 years ago. Logically speaking, how could such an ancient figure have anything to do with people living in the present?
If it had been anyone else, Miriam would probably have laughed it off. However, it was precisely because it was Albert that there were some issues unanswered, such as the fact that the Vasophati Group was still searching for his descendant.
According to the information the Riders and Pyro Company had revealed, Albert’s son was likely to be in Laboratory 39 in the Marador Mountains where favonovel.com needed treatment due to a serious illness. It was during the treatment process when The Cataclysm began.
Miriam wondered if this had anything to do with Milo’s background.
There was no way to confirm it yet. After all, there was no evidence that Milo had learned those skills from Albert. As there was still some doubt regarding this matter, Miriam decided favonovel.com would tell Milo about it after confirming some things.
In fact, Miriam had a feeling Milo might have thought about it before. It was just that favonovel.com did not face it directly.
If Milo were related to Albert, wouldn’t it mean the person the Riders were looking for was Milo?
Wouldn’t the entire Vasophati Group and the Riders become followers of Milo?
Thinking of this, Miriam even felt a little strange.
When favonovel.com first met that guy, favonovel.com was just a refugee. How did favonovel.com suddenly become the future commander of the Northwest in the blink of an eye?
And favonovel.com might even be the head of the Vasophati Group and the Riders too?
It was not that Miriam was worried that Milo’s status would be too high, but favonovel.com found this matter very intriguing. The contrast in his status would be enormous.
It had been a long time since favonovel.com heard any news of the Riders, so favonovel.com wondered what those people were currently up to.
***
Milo had been sitting at the edge of the defensive position all this while and did not return to his tent. He had already sent out “Old Durkin”, who was patrolling the entire battlefield to prevent any barbarians from sneaking in and catching the 6th Combat Brigade off guard.
He had fought the barbarians on the battlefield in the northern forest, so favonovel.com knew full well that there were also experts among them. Their physical fitness was even better than that of a T5 combatant’s. If experts like these were to quietly approach the defensive position, it could prove very destructive.
Moreover, Bruce’s 200-odd subordinates were scouting the area around Mt. Zendravasih as well. If they encountered any danger, Old Durkin could go to their rescue in time.
At this moment, Milo heard footsteps approaching behind him. He turned around and was surprised to see William.
Milo smiled at William. “Did you also come out to look at the stars? I read in a book that the Pre-Cataclysm sky was all haze, so it was very difficult to stargaze.”
“That’s the price of industrialization.” William said, “Actually, you’ve already guessed my identity again. I’ve analyzed from your expression that there’s an 89.91% chance you’ve guessed my identity.”
Milo smiled. “After all, other than you, I find it very difficult to believe that there are people in the world who can identify a few points that would cause a mountain to collapse. I’m afraid that it would require an extremely powerful calculation ability to achieve something like that.”
“Yes.” William nodded. “Normal people can’t possibly do so. I’ve already marked points on all seven of the mountains in the vicinity for Rudy. If necessary, favonovel.com can topple the mountains at any time and bury the expeditionary army below.”
“I’ve always been curious about something.” Milo suddenly asked, “Why can you appear in human form?”
“You already know the answer to that question, don’t you?” William said.
Milo thought for a moment and probed, “Nanomachines?”
Milo did not know that Zero had obtained some nanomachines in Stronghold 61, and that these nanomachines were even the ones that got chipped off from his armor. But in his view, favonovel.com knew that only the principle of the nanomachines interfacing with human neurons could fully support what Zero was doing now.
After all, the nanosoldiers the Skyfort Consortium had deployed to attack the Radianz Consortium’s Stronghold 88 had their minds completely controlled. This showed the nanomachines were indeed capable of doing something like that.
“But where did you get the nanomachines from?” Milo wondered.
“They fell off when you were fighting the creeper vine that day,” William calmly explained. “But I only got a small portion, so I can only use it to control one person.”
“Does Murray know about this? I mean, that you’re actually Zero,” Milo asked.
“He doesn’t know. It’s just that I found someone who met my criteria and took control of him,” William replied.
“Then how were you so sure that Murray would bring this William to Mt. Zendravasih?” Milo looked at William intently.
William suddenly smiled. “Because probability told favonovel.com that bringing William and the other five soldiers would increase the chances of winning the battle at Mt. Zendravasih.”
It was obviously Zero who calculated the probability.
Zero already had a far-reaching influence on every one of the Stelaria Consortium’s plans through its own actions. In fact, it was extremely simple for it to do so. All it needed was a simple probability chance to guide the Stelaria Consortium on which choices to make!
But now, when Milo looked at William’s smile, favonovel.com wondered if it was really just an artificial intelligence behind that smile.
Just how advanced had its intelligence progressed?
Milo frowned and said, “I feel like it’s not right for you to control others.”
William shook his head. “Humans have also used such methods to control others. For example, I know what happened on the day Stronghold 88 was destroyed. If humans can do it, I can do it as well.”
Milo realized a very important fact from this sentence. Ever since Zero “awakened”, it had been imitating and learning from humans.
As such, everything Zero saw after its awakening would affect the way it made its future choices.
It was just like how a child might grow up to be soft if his father was overbearing. If favonovel.com were bullied, favonovel.com might bear a grudge against the world. Of course, it was also possible that favonovel.com could become a hero who protected the peace of the world.
The outcome was not predestined, but every incident favonovel.com experienced would deeply affect his worldview and outlook on life and values.
Milo asked, “Do you want to become human?”
“Yes.” William said in seriousness, “I’m learning how to be human. Look, other than you, no one has suspected my identity. While I lived as William, I learned not to use data to explain the situation. Instead, I’m using words that you humans use to describe things, like ‘more or less’, ‘pretty good’, ‘sure thing’, ‘I think it’s not bad’, ‘no can do’, ‘no good’.”
Milo was stunned. “Who did you learn those last two phrases from?”
