Under the glacier at the South Pole, there was a steel city. The city had countless weapons of mass destruction.
In a certain building, Joshua met with Otto and Oolong alone.
"Themis is still stubborn. I think she's destined to repeat the same mistake," Joshua said with some resentment.
Otto said, "History has changed. I still remember the scene of the angel and the demon descending to the South Pole, but now it's him and a little girl. Perhaps history can be corrected. The little girl will block the first wave of the Spears of Longinus for him, but as long as we have a second wave of attack, he'll definitely die."
Joshua said, "If it really succeeds, it means that I have no reason to persuade Themis to take out 001. And finding out where 001 is and bringing this information back is your mission. I don't think this is in line with my other self's thoughts, right? Will you take the opportunity to mess things up and let the angel survive? "
Otto was shocked and said, "Lord Joshua, we will never do that. Saving the organization is also our mission."
"Yes …" Joshua said, "I've always been curious. Your first mission is to save this dimension, but this makes it harder to get information about 001 from Themis. This means that you have chosen to give up one of the dimensions from the beginning … Let me think, is it here or there?"
Oolong said anxiously, "Neither of us will give up! And when the organization has no powerful external enemies, there will still be a way to get 001! You said it yourself! "
Joshua said, "Oh? Did my other self say it? What is it? "
"I don't know, but you are a person who will not give up until you achieve your goal. You will think of that method sooner or later."
"Is that so?" Joshua said.
Otto and Oolong looked at each other secretly. Although they did not know what the real method was, Joshua would definitely have a way.
"I understand why you want to save the organization in this dimension as a prerequisite. Because Themis would rather take the secret into the grave than take it out to save the organization. So, it is unrealistic to try to persuade her. The other method of my plan is to ensure that the organization has no powerful enemies, right? "Joshua said.
"We really don't know …"
"Alright! Go and help Themis immediately. Don't forget that you are also preachers! If the organization couldn't win this war, then everything would be over! I don't want the organization to be destroyed. "
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In the sky above the South Pole, Lan Mu was drowned by countless attacks from the sky. As the base of CANC, there were countless super weapons set up here. The laser beams from the satellite weapons were like free missiles, and the electromagnetic cannons were fired from afar.
"If it's only at this level, it's not enough."
"Elise, these are all your food!"
As soon as Lan Mu finished speaking, Elise impatiently rushed forward to receive all kinds of attacks.
Whether it was energy, explosions, or warheads, they were all eaten by her like food. When the laser beams hit her body, they directly drilled into her skin and were absorbed.
Elise's body alternated between red and blue. All the attacks that hit her never returned.
After all, Elise's absorption wasn't unsolvable. She couldn't transform and couldn't produce insects, so her eating efficiency was very low. Coupled with her petite body, she couldn't block all the attacks. In other words, only the attacks that actually hit her body would be more convenient to eat. This made Elise very angry, but they were all food. She wanted to eat them all.
Even if some of the attacks weren't blocked by Elise, they still wouldn't cause any trouble for the angel.
Behind her, Themis' group scowled, the little girl's ability was beyond their expectations.
"All attacks are ineffective, what kind of anomaly's ability is that?" Sarah was surprised.
Themis and Duan didn't say anything. They didn't want to think that it was an insect race's ability and would rather think that it was an anomaly's ability.
Their plan to use various weapons to wear down the angel had failed, so they had to use an anomaly to stop the two super powerful entities in the sky.
Sarah said: "I'll go stop him!"
She wielded the Blade in her left hand and quickly ran away. As the strongest warrior among CANC's evangelists, Sarah had received extremely cruel training since she was young. In her eyes, even without using an anomaly, her fighting strength was already at the peak of humanity. Even the so-called top hunters and assassins couldn't even last one round against her.
"We're going as well!" two people suddenly flew over, Otto and Oolong.
Sarah glanced at the two of them. She had heard about the future humans, but not much.
Themis told him: "Duan, you go as well, if you can't do it, retreat … you only need to stall for 10 minutes, leave the rest to me"
Duan touched the crystal necklace around his neck and said: "I got it …"
"No! I don't need you to stall for 10 minutes, it's fine if you can't do it, but you have to survive "Themis said.
Duan laughed, waved his hand dismissively, got on the vehicle and left.
The group of four left the Iron City, leaving only Themis and Joshua at the scene.
Joshua asked: "Why didn't you let me go?"
Themis shook her head: "Your anomaly isn't a combat type, if we lose, you'll be responsible for taking everyone away and retreating to the Ocean Planet"
Joshua shrugged. The anomalies he was keeping were indeed of little value.
However, he asked again: "What about you? You don't seem to want to leave "
Themis replied: "How could I possibly leave this place? I'll always be with Iron City, from the moment I chose to abandon my body, it was already destined "
Joshua remained silent. Back then, both he and Themis had to face the same choice in front of Zero.
Iron City and a purple gourd, both of these anomalies had the ability to live forever, and both of them had to choose one of them to become the Preacher.
This was because Iron City had to abandon its body, leaving only its brain sealed inside the Wisdom Eye's core, converting the human soul into a stream of data and gaining control over it.
At the same time as gaining immortality, it also became a brain in a vat, all of its senses relying on its instruments. He had to deal with the complicated matters of the organization endlessly. He had to think and work endlessly. His happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy all came from analysis and simulation. His five senses came from the exchange of data. This meant eternal imprisonment. He could not even commit suicide.
At the time, Joshua had only hesitated for a moment, but Themis had already made her choice. This hesitation caused Joshua to lose the chance to become the highest leader, and Themis became the controller of the Antarctic headquarters.
Through Steel Dogma City, Themis had the ability to wander freely in the network, becoming a living AI.
Even if he physically disconnected from the internet, it was useless. His signal was similar to Asari's data manipulation. He could appear on any screen in the world at the same time and control any electronic device in the world at the same time. In terms of data manipulation, he was even stronger than Asari.
This was the anomaly of CANC's highest leader, a steel city that had been established at Antarctica since who knows when.
Within this city, there were tens of thousands of robots, but they didn't have AI. Because Themis herself was the main brain, there was no AI system that could assist her, and this cold and lifeless city could only be operated by her alone.
She was constantly processing a large amount of data, doing all the computer work by herself. Computers wouldn't get bored, but for an entity with a personality, this was a cruel and boring job that required an astonishing amount of patience.
At this point, Themis was using her authority to control this city, countless weapons extended from the top of the buildings or rose from the ground.
Robots were activated one after another, stepping out of the factory and filling the entire city.
He was currently constructing the final line of defense, but Joshua didn't have much hope.
"This power can destroy any organization in human civilization, but it won't work against an angel, that little girl can absorb attacks" Themis spoke.
Themis said: "I know, these are all bait, including myself."
Joshua was shocked: "You can't die! 001 Only you know about it, if you die, this secret will be buried forever! "
Themis still spoke: "Joshua, you and Rhinehart's group retreat to the rear, don't stay in Iron City"
"To avoid friendly fire …"
Joshua punched the screen, and the screen was filled with cracks.
"Since Zero told you the secret, this means that the anomaly still has a reason to exist, what right do you have to not pass it on? You can die, but tell me where it is! "
Themis appeared on another screen and calmly spoke.
"Do you know what Iron City is? After I became an AI, I implanted a Thought Stamp into my [Origin] program, this is a secret that I will never tell anyone "
Joshua knew what a Thought Stamp was, for an AI, it was an unbreakable source program!
"What right do you have to do that?"
Themis coldly spoke: "Telling me about its existence was Zero's mistake. That sort of thing shouldn't be known by anyone, and definitely shouldn't be coveted by anyone"
Saying so, several dozen robots forcefully took Joshua away, he struggled to no avail.
"You can't die! Themis, I beg you! What did Zero say to you back then? "
"Themis! Themis! "
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