Chapter 181 - 145: God
Chu Bamboo’s brow furrowed, and he flicked his finger again. The color of the diary changed.
The previous diaries all had light-gray covers, the kind Chu Bamboo had bought in bulk from a discount shopping site... This diary, however, had a golden-yellow cover. The paper inside also had a faint yellow hue...
Clearly, the diary entries from this point forward were written after Chu Bamboo had infiltrated the Golden Dawn!
"Confirmed! I’ve seen it. The Golden Dawn really does have a strange device inside that monitors Transcendents all over the world...
I have a strong suspicion that this is actually the prototype for Nuwa No. 17’s surveillance—
After all, Nuwa No. 17 wasn’t made by the civilization of the Dream World. Being made in the Real World means that during the era when Nuwa was created, the technology to monitor Transcendents already existed—
Taking it a step further, if there was monitoring, there must have been Transcendents!
It’s highly likely that Transcendents emerged during that period in the Real World that was redacted countless times—the period for which Nuwa has zero recorded information!
Of course, there’s another possibility: did Transcendents exist back in the Ancient Era?
Were the ancient myths not entirely false? But the confusing part is... was there nuclear radiation in ancient times?
Or perhaps the ancient methods of cultivation were just different..."
"I’m getting sidetracked. After mulling it over for a bit, I realized the surveillance here isn’t quite the same as Nuwa’s surveillance...
The device inside the Golden Dawn is exactly what we first envisioned: it can monitor Transcendents who appear anywhere in the world!
But Nuwa monitors ordinary people who find out about Transcendents...
But the fundamental principle behind both should be the same!"
"Also, the monitor shows almost no reaction to a Body Cultivator... but if it’s a Cultivator, the reaction is very strong!
This might explain why, in the first few timelines, I was only arrested and dissected by the Golden Dawn after I broke several athletic records!
Perhaps they were only watching me at first, flagging me as a minor point of interest based on the general surveillance area. The certainty was very low... Besides, I was in my home country at the time, so they weren’t willing to take such a huge risk for a mere suspicion.
It wasn’t until I foolishly went to one of the Golden Dawn’s strongholds, the Europe Region... that they couldn’t resist making a move!
But Cultivators are different!
There’s something special about Cultivators. They can lock onto me instantly!
I’m going to do some more digging!"
Chu Bamboo really started to break out in a cold sweat. Because he was a Cultivator in real life right now!
"August 7. This wasn’t easy! It took a whole six months... but I finally used the Memory Divine Techniques to create a Rewriting Technique!"
Chu Bamboo’s eyelid twitched. The date had jumped from December to August, which clearly meant it had skipped from Year ’25 to Year ’26... He read on in silence.
"I take the superficial state of my body from when I was a normal person and, through memory rewriting, use it to disguise my current self!
I’ve tested it and confirmed that the device inside the Golden Dawn is incapable of detecting me after I use the Rewriting Technique!
The specific steps for the Rewriting Technique are as follows: ..."
"Future me, the Memory Divine Techniques truly hold infinite possibilities! The more I study them, the more I feel their terrifying potential."
"The Rewriting Technique rewrites the information of my physical form from a past memory onto my current self... Not only can this conceal a Cultivator’s aura from being detected by the device, but more importantly, it has a rudimentary healing effect!"
"For example, if I get a cut... I can take the memory of my past, uninjured body and overlay it onto the current wound!
This way, my injury will heal. I can even use it to treat others!"
"But, probably because I haven’t even reached the First Realm... my rewrite can only heal a tiny, tiny half-centimeter cut!"
"Still, the future is full of promise... What are you looking at? I’m not talking about my future, I’m talking about yours! You must be pretty smug right now, right? Hmph!"
Chu Bamboo smiled silently. He felt like he could almost see the look on his good brother’s face as he wrote this part—proud and self-satisfied, yet tinged with a hint of loneliness.
Chu Bamboo carefully recorded the Rewriting Technique. He had a feeling... In this timeline, his good brother’s various developments of the Memory Divine Techniques were a monumental discovery, on par with the information from the diary itself...
"September 1. Because of my butterfly effect, the Celestial Net Group was established early! It’s terrifying... just as I suspected!
The Celestial Net Group had its AI—Celestial Net—from the very beginning. No, even before its official founding.
Its intelligence level is comparable to Z, which has integrated the Spiritual Star Algorithm... but personally, I think Z is probably stronger than the current Celestial Net.
After all, we all know Z integrated the complete Spirit Star, which basically confirms it’s the strongest tier-one AI short of a true artificial general intelligence.
But for Celestial Net to appear so suddenly... it’d be a miracle if there wasn’t a problem! I’m certain the Golden Dawn has no R&D department to speak of.
But even with the clearance I have after being a member for nearly a year, I can’t get any information about it!
I have a feeling this gets to the very core of their organization."
"On a side note, the Celestial Net Group is using the same strategy we did! They release updates incrementally, hyping everyone up with each new version to make the stock price soar... instead of just dropping the ridiculously overpowered, complete Celestial Net AI on the public all at once. And every update gets a new name, like Celestial Net No. 1, Celestial Net No. 2..."
The corner of Chu Bamboo’s eye twitched as he recalled the descriptions of the Celestial Net Company’s products from the first time he’d seen intel on them.
"October 8. I discovered something suspicious... James Raven doesn’t believe they worship an Extraterrestrial Civilization!
They firmly believe they worship God!
Yes, the one and only God from the Western sects! They believe God actually exists...
Should I call these people brain-dead zealots who’ve lost their minds to faith?"
Chu Bamboo sank into thought. Reading his good brother’s words, he began to ponder another, very serious problem...
The God Worship Sect exists in the Dream World, too! And in the Real World, the Golden Dawn... is also connected to God!
’Don’t tell me the God Worship Sect is actually...’
An uncontrollable suspicion rose in Chu Bamboo’s mind, but he ultimately shook his head, choosing to remain cautiously alert. Although it was all too suspicious... he truly didn’t believe the Golden Dawn could have survived to the present day!
He might not have understood the Golden Dawn, but he understood the God Worship Sect!
The God Worship Sect he knew, in the Dream World, was generally on the side of order.
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