Chapter 3
The prison cell was silent. Haruto Saito sat motionless, his body tense like a statue. Only after a long while did he shift slightly.
"You're... in my head?" Haruto asked uncertainly, a trace of unease in his voice.
"To be precise, the system is implanted in the host's left eye. Therefore, I also exist within the host's left eye," replied the Card Emperor Spirit.
"My left eye, huh..." Haruto subconsciously raised his hand to touch his left eye. Two memories flashed through his mind—first, before he transmigrated, the explosion of his phone had caused something to pierce his left eye. Second, the original owner of this body had been killed after taking a punch to the left eye.
"What exactly are you?"
"I am the Card Emperor Spirit."
"A... customer service AI?"
"I used to be. Now, if I were to explain it in terms the host can understand—I am an artificial intelligence that has evolved independent consciousness."
"Then... what is this 'system' exactly? What's going on? Did I die? Is that why I ended up here? Or... what happened?"
Ding! Answering host's question—
The Card Emperor game operated for five years, launching a total of 127 servers. Each server had three intelligent subsystems: AI customer service, anti-cheat algorithms, and game balance optimization, totaling 381 intelligent programs.