Abnormal crossing

Chapter 192 A Civilization Raised in Captivity (Part 1)

As a life form that was also born within the labyrinth.

When he was very young, Joe Cowen had heard the story of Stephen Doyle, or rather, Boska, more than once.

After all, it was the only fourth-order civilization within the Maze Zone, a benchmark in every sense of the word.

Despite admiring the achievements of the Persian civilization, Jokowi has never really believed in ancient legends that are clearly tinged with metaphysics.

At most, it's just a polite gesture out of respect for our ancestors; we won't go out of our way to refute or disprove it.

The result was unexpected.

This well-known but never-believed story is actually true to some extent:
Stephen Doyle is indeed the "chosen one," and he really has a connection to New Aurora.

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As Joe Cowen fell into deep thought, Milo, who had been listening in the entire time, took a step forward and spoke up: "Jin, so the information database passed down to Doyle contained certain memories that guided him to the cloth production workshop left behind in New Aurora?"

“No, you’re wrong about that,” Jin shook her head and explained, “Doyle’s appearance is a random result. Even New Aurora can only guarantee that such an integrator will be born on some day in the future. As for the exact time and place, it is impossible to determine—it could be the hundredth year or the millionth year. No one can say for sure about probabilities.”

"In this scenario, what are the chances that the cloth production workshops left behind by Doyle and New Aurora would appear on the same planet?"

Milo thought about it and agreed.

Although the Labyrinth has complex celestial conditions, the density of life, or rather planets, is far lower than that of the Star Sea.

But this place is still close to the size of a regular galaxy. Even if we take one-twentieth of the size of a regular galaxy, there are tens of billions of stars alone, not to mention the even greater number of planets.

In this situation.

The odds of Stephen Doyle being in the same place as a fabric production workshop are incredibly low.

Surely Stephen Doyle couldn't have flown off to another planet to build workshops during the primitive civilization stage, could he?

A question mark quickly appeared on Milo's face, and he seemed a little confused: "Then what exactly is this legend about?"

“It’s very simple,” Jin raised her chin and gestured towards Mellen Doth and the others on the high platform: “It wasn’t the Persians who fabricated it, but the Kingdom of Bhikkhu—remember that argument used to deny the Doyle legend?”

argument?

Milo frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I forgot."

"Alright, your memory's almost as bad as Nono's," Jin rolled her eyes at him, saying irritably, "That argument—or rather, the logic—is that [the Kingdom of Bijuli sent people to investigate the situation as soon as they learned of the relevant legend, but ultimately found nothing], you remember that, right?" This time, Milo paused for two seconds, then suddenly realized, "Holy crap... I get it, so this was a cover-up the Kingdom of Bijuli made for themselves?"

Jin nodded gently.

When most people mention the Doyle legend, they usually use this argument mentioned by Hibiscus as a rebuttal.

After all, the Kingdom of Bichuli is the mortal enemy of the Aurora Federation. If Doyle really found the remnants of New Aurora, how could he continue to live?

But in reality, there is another possibility for this legend:
The Kingdom of Bhikkhu had visited the Labyrinth at some stage of civilization and discovered Stephen Doyle's anomaly, but deliberately fabricated this rumor to cover their tracks.

Thus, the sequence of events was reversed: the Kingdom of Bhikkhu learned that New Aurora might have descendants and sent people to investigate, but ultimately found nothing.

While escaping scrutiny, Persian art continued to develop, and its ancestors gained an added layer of mystery.

Then Milo thought for a moment and asked, "Why would the Kingdom of Bhikkhu do this? If Stephen Doyle is related to that source, wouldn't it be simpler to just take him away?"

Upon hearing Milo's question, Jin was unusually silent for a few seconds before giving her answer: "The reason is simple: Stephen Doyle is an incomplete entity."

Before Milo could ask any further questions, Jin sighed, a hint of pity on her face: "Perhaps there was a problem with the technology design of New Aurora, or perhaps the civilization was destroyed too hastily, or perhaps the information was not fully combined. In any case, Stephen Doyle—or to be more precise, the first-generation carrier—only enriched a portion of the source information. I even suspect that he himself did not know how special he was at the beginning."

"On the contrary, the Kingdom of Bijuli noticed Stephen Doyle's odd behavior first—most likely during a routine observation of the civilization within the Maze Zone. However, after examination, they found that the source information on Stephen Doyle was incomplete, so the Kingdom of Bijuli laid a trap."

Milo blinked: "So you're saying you're setting up so-called watchmen to monitor Boska?"

"Surveillance?" Jin sneered upon hearing this: "Milo, you overestimate some people's moral bottom line."

Milo was taken aback again, but within a second he realized something and looked at Jin in astonishment: "You mean..."

“That’s right, just as you think,” Jin said with a somber expression. “After discovering Stephen Doyle’s special qualities, the Kingdom of Bhikkhu put the entire Boska civilization under its control.”

"The captivity here is not just confinement, but complete manipulation—they use technology similar to private game servers to control generation after generation of Persian royal family members. The entire civilization seems to be passed down stably, but in reality, it is just a puppet without any freedom. The purpose of the royal family's continuation is to continuously reproduce or purify a complete second-generation source carrier."

As she spoke, Jin looked up at the three people on the high platform: "But this kind of behavior is not well received in the Star Sea, especially since it involves that source item. So the Kingdom of Biquli used a method of being outwardly relaxed but inwardly tight to cover up its behavior."

"While fabricating legends to dispel the rumors that the Bosca civilization had nothing to do with New Aurora, they also supported the Tallinn Grand Alliance in external blockade around the Maze, and internally they used the royal mark to invade and control each generation of members. They also arranged three guardians to prevent accidents from happening in an all-round way - one person was responsible for internal affairs and personal care, the second person was responsible for real-time carrier research, and the third person handled the inheritance matters."

"The Persian civilization has been passed down for more than 30,000 years, and it has also been kept in captivity for more than 30,000 years."

"However, ironically, no matter how much the Kingdom of Bhikkhu planned, it never expected that, for some unknown reason, two traitors would appear within the current or previous generation of guardians, creating a scheme within a scheme."

(End of this chapter)