A race against time

If the Li Consortium had not made a breakthrough in their research on neural interfacing, the nanomachines would still only be used as a medical technology to clear thromboses in blood vessels.

Without the nanomachines, Zero could only act as a regulator as an artificial intelligence. It could not become an enforcer.

But when all of these factors came together, the artificial intelligence suddenly gained a powerful ability in task execution. It could even take control of situations.

In this process, the most terrifying thing was that Zero itself had become the regulator without anyone regulating it.

The soldiers under its control shuttled freely through the various strongholds. Be it entering or leaving the cities, or assembling research workers, research materials, production equipment, and production materials from those places, there was no one to stop them.