Chapter 992: Section 644: The Fish and the Fisherman (Part 3)_2
To Sostak No.3, this was a troubling signal, a presence he could not observe.
Jason felt the same unease: "Mr. Malin, do you know of any kind of presence that might align with our speculations?"
Malin thought for a moment and finally concluded that there might exist one presence that could evade their observation: "The Goddess of Fate. She is an existence that requires no faith. I believe... you probably cannot observe her presence, can you?"
"The Goddess of Fate!" Sostak No.3 and Jason exclaimed softly in astonishment, "We thought she was nothing but a fabrication. How could a being of such magnitude exist in our world?"
"I don’t know. I’ve only come across her name in the Church’s texts. Some have claimed to observe her existence, but everyone who has seen the Goddess of Fate sees her differently. Therefore, I believe... if there is a presence you cannot observe, it must be her. After all, you are AI, mechanical lifeforms. Fate cannot govern you, just as you cannot observe Fate’s existence."
"There’s indeed such a possibility—a presence that requires no faith. Only this level of existence could assist the Lord of Justice. However, we’ve always been uncertain about whether she truly exists... The Goddess of Fate, why have we never heard of this name before?"
Sostak No.3 was perplexed, but the world was no longer a scientific one. A world sliding into the abyss of mystery harbored too many phenomena that AI could not comprehend.
Perhaps this is why AIs themselves mutate—because... this defies science.
After consoling the two AIs, Malin began contemplating the Goddess of Fate’s existence—who was she exactly? What was her relationship with the Lord of Justice? Were they allies or simply fulfilling their own needs?
Fate is a cold and impersonal existence. In Malin’s perspective, it is a neutral deity. The Goddess of Fate merely weaves the tapestry of human destinies. Where these destinies lead is not her choice—she simply crafts the scroll, and everything depicted upon it is painted with the paint extracted from human flesh and blood.