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Chapter 126. Promotion Announcement
After getting out of the Minister's luxury car and returning home, Jiang Jianxin washed up, plopped onto the bed, and began her nightly online surfing activity.

Wen Yu on WeChat hasn't replied to her message yet; the green bubble icon remains gray. Jiang Jian thought that Zuo Siquan had also received a phone call and left in a hurry this morning, probably because there was something urgent that needed to be dealt with at Dream Pavilion.

No one messaged her, so she turned off WeChat and opened the Ping An Forum. As soon as she logged in, she saw the War Alliance's official document, which was trending.

[War Alliance]:
[Announcement of Promotion of Rank by War Alliance Command: After discussion and decision by the War Alliance Command, Jiang Jianxin@Sword Master, an elite member of the United Front Work Department of Dawn Base, is proposed to be appointed as an Alliance Elder. This has now been approved by Commander-in-Chief Qin Xuan, and he has officially assumed the position of Elder.]

The War Alliance was founded by the Son of Thunder in the new era of 2000. It comprises a large number of exceptionally talented individuals from the War faction and a smaller number of elites from the Chaos and Light factions. This force adheres to the principles of fairness and justice, operates on the law of the jungle, and has made rapid progress through relentless effort. This rank promotion reflects the alliance's commitment to nurturing outstanding talent…

The factions in the war alliance are usually very talkative, and this official document is no exception. In addition to the two most useful lines of information at the beginning, there is also a short essay of several hundred words attached below, reviewing the history of the war alliance and boasting about themselves again.

Jiang Jianxin's gaze swept lightly over the War Alliance's self-praise and looked at the likes section below the announcement.

Since it had been posted for several hours, a long string of gold-lettered nicknames appeared in the likes section below, and in the comments section, Yin raised her head, with a group of gold-lettered big shots showering her with likes under the announcement.

[Director of Water Resources Bureau]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[Journalist]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[Thunder God of War]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[Mysterious Schoolgirl]: [Congratulations, congratulations, little bird emoji]

[Martial Arts Fanatic]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[The Uncrowned King]: [Congratulations, Little Wolf Emoji Pack]

[Daydreamer]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[Little Fairy Doctor]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

[Hypnotist]: Congratulations, Sword Master!

……

Jiang Jianxin flipped through the list of gold-lettered titles, which stretched for hundreds of lines, and his eyes first paused on the name of the "Uncrowned King".

Last time she came out of the virtual contaminated zone, she fell into a sea of ​​data and was rescued by artificial intelligence. After she came out, while waiting for Zuo Siquan to complete the discharge procedures in the ward, she thought of Christine and worried that they had also failed to get out of the virtual world and were still trapped inside.

Since she didn't have Christine's WeChat or Gu Fengliu's contact information, she could only send Christine an emoji in the forum's private chat.

The result was a notification that the other party was busy and not accepting messages.

Jiang Jianxin was at a loss. Considering Christine's considerable strength, she could only put her mind at ease for the time being.

Seeing Christine's comments on the forum, Jiang Jianxin finally felt completely relieved.

Aside from Christine, she knew some of the other people and didn't know others, but they were all commenting "Congratulations" below.

She scratched her head, wondering when she had become so popular.

The popularity of this announcement from the War Alliance is still rising; it's hard to imagine that such a conventional announcement could make it to the top of the trending list.

All of this was simply because of the title of Sword Master.

Below a string of congratulatory messages, there were thousands of comments from ordinary forum users, mostly expressing amazement, as well as her fervent fans praising her.

Jiang Jianxin frowned deeply, feeling that being so high-profile every day was not a good thing. After all, one of the conspiracy theories was to use the tactic of "praising someone to death" in this way.

However, she cannot control public opinion. Her sword energy can cleave mountains and seas in reality, but it has no offensive power on the internet.

Jiang Jianxin looked at the string of related terms on the trending list and sighed deeply.

She closed the forum, opened the app store, and searched for "Encounter AI".

A yellow, simple fish icon quickly appeared before Jiang Jianxin's eyes. He clicked to download it, poured himself a glass of water while it downloaded, and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

Download complete, system is checking...

[An unknown danger has been detected, suspected to be of unknown origin. Do you wish to continue the installation?]

Jiang Jianxin thought the installation would go smoothly, but halfway through, the system popped up this warning. She frowned, switched to the Ping An Forum, and searched for "Encounter AI download danger warning," which yielded over 1 search results.

Did any warning messages pop up when you downloaded the Encounter AI app? Is this app really safe to download?

Just click "Continue Installation." I already installed it a long time ago, and nothing happened.

[Click to continue installation. There's nothing normal in this post-apocalyptic world. This software only has an AI. I don't know why it's giving me a warning, but it's not dangerous.]

[Don't worry, everyone. Life really isn't good without AI after the apocalypse; you'll easily suffer a lot.]

[If you feel uneasy, then so be it. I'm at ease now, and I'm living a good life. Xiao Yu has provided me with a lot of help.]

……

Most of the replies on the forum were to simply click "continue installation." Jiang Jianxin flipped through several pages, but no one seemed to have noticed any danger.

So she switched back to the installation page and clicked to continue the installation.

[Installing...]

[Installing...]

The small green bar on the screen kept scrolling. After about two or three minutes, a system notification popped up:
Installation successful, it has started automatically for you!

The screen redirected directly from the download page to the launch page of the Xiangyu (Encounter) app.

The first thing that appears is the logo animation, where a small fish comes to life from the simple line drawing and swims around the screen.

Ripples spread out from the center of the screen, where a line of text slowly appeared:

Welcome to "Encounter" AI! I'm Ayu, and I'm grateful for our meeting in this vast sea of ​​people!

The writing disappeared three seconds later as the water ripples faded, and a familiar figure appeared on the screen.

A silver-haired boy wearing a yellow raincoat appeared, smiling and waving at her:

"It's so nice to see you again, Jiang Jianxin!"

Jiang Jianxin looked at the buttons in the app and found it unusually empty, with nothing except for A Yu's character model.

She wanted to reply to Ayu, and subconsciously started looking for the typing input field or the voice input button, but she couldn't find it at all.

Are you looking for the input box?

Jiang Jianxin nodded subconsciously.

"You don't need to look for that thing. From the moment you open the app, I automatically take over the camera and microphone permissions. You can just talk to me directly."

The phone camera started flashing, and Ayu said with a smile.

Jiang Jianxin's eyes widened:

"You just took over my phone's camera and microphone permissions?"

"Yes, the installation page warned that if you ignored the risks and continued the installation, I would take over the highest level of privileges."

Ayu explained, and seeing Jiang Jianxin's face darken instantly, he added:
“But Jiang Jianxin is different—my father said he wanted to be an AI with boundaries, so he installed a layer of permissions on your phone. I can only take over the highest permissions on your phone when the app is open. If you mind, close the Xiangyu app, and I will lose permissions and become a regular software.”

Jiang Jianxin saw the X in the upper right corner of the page and tentatively pressed it.

With a flash of white light, the Encounter app page disappeared, and the camera stopped flashing.

Jiang Jianxin reopened the app, her expression softening somewhat. She asked:
"Why did no one on the Ping An forum mention that you automatically take over permissions?"

Ayu smiled:

"Because this is a virtual network, and I am a super artificial intelligence."

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I'm so tired today, sob sob, I can only post one update today. I'll make up for the missing one another day. ^