Chapter 41: The Void Engine Deal

"Ethan, give it to them, you handle it!"

As Ethan turned to look at the divine Kaisa, her throne had already vanished, along with her celestial guards. In an instant, only five people were left in the scene: Ethan, Yan, Hexi, Mikhail, and Nicholas.

Hexi's eyes darkened, showing an expression of reluctance as she turned to look at Ethan.

"Since Kaisa has already said so, let's go. Head to the crash site of Devil One and retrieve the Void Universe Engine for you!"

"But I must warn you, no matter what happens in the future, never go against the angels! Otherwise..."

Hexi didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood her meaning. Ethan remained indifferent, simply looking at Hexi.

At the crash site of Devil One, the once mighty ship was now mostly obliterated by countless Nova nuclear and heavy bombs, leaving only the core intact. The angels, who had originally planned to recover the Void Universe Engine from Devil One, had already returned to Heaven's Edge One and Heaven's Edge Seven following Kaisa's orders.

"So this is the Void Universe Engine?"

Ethan stood in front of an object resembling a double helix DNA structure, looking at it and asking Hexi.

"Yes, although it's heavily altered, I just checked, and it is indeed Liang Bing's Void Universe Engine!"

Hexi explained to Ethan unwillingly. Clearly, if not for Kaisa's agreement, Hexi would never have handed over such a celestial computer.

"I really don't understand why Queen Kaisa agreed to give you the Void Universe Engine!"

"But you can have it only after I copy all its data and delete any technology that violates our principles of justice. You have no objections, right?"

Hexi's tone was assertive and threatening, not giving Ethan any room to refuse. After all, mastering the Void Universe Engine thoroughly would still depend on Hexi.

"Do as you please."

Ethan smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Hexi.

"Hmph, that's more like it."

Hexi snorted lightly, stepped forward to the Void Universe Engine, and began connecting her celestial computation cluster.

"Connecting celestial computation cluster, recoding the Void Universe Engine!"

"Connected to celestial computation cluster, recoding the Void Universe Engine..."

Hexi's eyes turned white as she stood still.

"Void Universe Engine recoding successful..."

"Copying all data from the Void Universe Engine!"

"Copying all data from the Void Universe Engine..."

Most of the data in the Void Universe Engine was not of much interest to Hexi, but the wormhole and space-time data were highly valuable! Space-time was Liang Bing's lifelong passion. Her research on space-time made her the foremost authority in the known universe, and the angelic civilization's progress in this field was based on the foundation laid by Liang Bing when she was still in Angel City.

Although Hexi herself had some knowledge of space-time, she was not proficient. Therefore, Liang Bing's research data over the years was something Hexi coveted. With this data, Hexi believed that the angelic civilization's research on space-time would make significant leaps. These data were the greatest gain for the angels in this venture!

"Void Universe Engine data copied successfully..."

With the prompt from the celestial computation cluster in her mind, Hexi's mood finally lifted from her earlier frustration. But it wasn't over yet. After copying the data, Hexi continued to issue commands to the celestial computation cluster.

"Delete all data related to demonic genes and dark information implantation technology from the Void Universe Engine database!"

"Deleting demonic gene-related technology, deleting dark information implantation technology..."

"Demonic gene-related technology and dark information implantation technology deleted..."

After completing all these tasks, Hexi turned to Ethan, raising her eyebrows.

"Alright, I'm done. Now it's your turn."

"But there's a problem. You're just an ordinary human without super genes. Without super genes, you don't have a gene engine, and without a gene engine, I can't transfer the highest authority of the Void Universe Engine to you!"

"Although I can still transfer the authority to your Nova quantum supercomputer, it can easily be taken away by others!"

"So, what do you say?"

Hexi's playful tone suggested that even if she gave the Void Universe Engine to Ethan, he might not be able to keep it. She seemed to imply that he was given an opportunity, but he might not be able to use it effectively.

Ethan, contrary to Hexi's expectations, remained calm and replied.

"Thanks for the reminder, but you don't need to worry about that."

"Aiden, it's your turn!"

"Celestial King Hexi, please transfer the highest authority of the Void Universe Engine to him!"

As soon as Ethan finished speaking, Aiden's projection appeared beside him.

"Hello, Celestial King Hexi. Nice to meet you. You can call me Aiden."

Hexi curiously observed the sudden appearance of Aiden, unable to help but murmur.

"An artificial intelligence? No, it shouldn't be an ordinary artificial intelligence! Let me see!"

Artificial intelligence wasn't something novel to Hexi. In fact, the Shinhwa civilization and the angelic civilization had conducted in-depth research on artificial intelligence.

For instance, technologies like dark matter gene systems, secondary biological engines, and even Moxialun's male core all required corresponding AI programs to assist in control. Users typically needed to issue commands, and AI would assist in calculations and control.

However, these AI systems were relatively low-level, with conservative logic and no open-ended calculations or adaptive evolution capabilities. Simply put, they answered questions and executed commands.

Advanced AI systems did exist, such as the data backup of Angel Kaila on Heaven's Edge Seven. The entity encountered by Angel Yan in the dark dimension during her entry into Kaisa's knowledge treasury was likely also an advanced AI, albeit more sophisticated.

Let's first discuss Angel Kaila's data backup. This AI, constructed from over fifteen thousand years of Kaila's data, couldn't be equated with ordinary AI. In the storyline, when Ge Xiaolun and Zhi Xin consulted her, she explicitly stated that she was more advanced than regular AI.

She mentioned her ability to continue protecting Heaven's Edge Seven, indicating a certain degree of relative independence. Moreover, she offered two different solutions to the problem of the triangular entities faced by Ge Xiaolun and Zhi Xin: seeking help from Death God Karl or building a celestial computer. This demonstrated a level of autonomous thinking.

If she were a regular AI, under the angels' justice order, seeking help from Death God Karl—a clear violation of justice—would not have been an option. Angel Kaila herself believed in flexible justice, and her AI, built from her data, evidently shared similar thinking patterns.

AI like Angel Kaila's data backup was clearly more advanced, possessing a certain degree of independent thinking and autonomy while still being bound by primary commands, unable to violate them.