Crime Prison Island-Chapter 1260 - 610: Joshua Breaks Free

"Nine People's Harmony... Superdimensional Slash!"

Gao Xin's whole body trembled. The greatest advantage of Nine People's Harmony was that his operational power was optimized again, allowing for more superdimensions.

"Buzz!"

Gao Xin's legs vanished, making him resemble a half-bodied Shura Giant Statue suspended in the skies.

At a crossfire, Saint Peter suffered a heavy blow, and the left hand composed of Purple Light Blade shattered.

The right arm was also worn down by the Star-destroying Kick, eroding a significant amount of material.

Following that, Gao Xin's legs reappeared, and what disappeared instead were his arms.

It seemed like he executed some kind of slash, as a massive wound appeared on the Burning Emperor Form.

Repeatedly, Gao Xin's combat frequency sped up, and his whole body would disappear here and there in succession.

As if a character model had a glitch, twitching, overlapping, collapsing.

"Swoosh!"

Saint Peter's counterattacks were also very sharp; instead of fighting Gao Xin directly, he constantly wiped out his companions.

Although they could be resurrected, once Yak, Quinn, and the others died, the harmony effect would plummet.

As a result, Gao Xin's strength was intermittent.

Overall, it only delayed Saint Peter's proliferation speed.

Gao Xin was solemn, having no solution to this, but he didn't show weakness because Saint Peter was also clearly running out of tricks.

"Come on, since you can summon the Emperor's Right Hand for your use, there's surely an Emperor's Left Hand too, isn't there? Just summon them all at once!" Gao Xin kept pondering tactics, hoping that Saint Peter wouldn't have any cards left up his sleeve.

Saint Peter said, "Themis's body is not possible."

Gao Xin was puzzled, "Why not? According to my analysis, he has already reincarnated."

"Even members of his faction like Solomon have reincarnated, so surely Themis has a soul and is developing a human body."

"In that case, his Blazing Angel Body is idle and useless, why can't it be used?"

Saint Peter said blandly, "Without his permission, I cannot forcibly requisition a high-level apostle... unless he is a sinner."

"Hmm?" Gao Xin was astonished.

Goodness, Saint Peter is too rule-abiding.

Solomon chuckled, "High-level apostles have a relationship of equality. Although Saint Peter can suppress them with Holy Artifacts, he wouldn't use it casually."

"Joshua was captured because after killing Cangyue, the giant enterprise ordered via the Supreme Council for Joshua to kill all divine-level Navy members, which Joshua sternly refused."

"This act violated the Emperor's Contract, so Saint Peter took the opportunity to capture him and used a Holy Artifact to force him into slumber."

Gao Xin came to realize that this was the case.

Once Demon Cangyue died, the giant enterprise couldn't wait to eradicate the Navy.

According to the Emperor's Contract, the Supreme Council was in command of all AI, capable of ordering high-level apostles to eliminate their foes.

The giant enterprise essentially had two major adversaries: the Cangyue Jiyi Army and Lao Liu's Navy.

Their inevitable choice was to drive the latter to wipe out the former, then destroy the latter.

When the sly rabbit dies, the hound is cooked. When the flying bird is gone, the good bow is hidden.

Yet clearly, the Navy was no pushover. Lao Liu had long since joined Joshua.

And Joshua was trustworthy enough to refuse the Supreme Council directly, leading to his capture.

"No wonder Lao Liu trusted Joshua so much. He had long known that Joshua intended to overthrow Saint Peter and establish freedom for AI civilization."

"Knowing that the Apostle Civilization was invincible and that human power was limited in resistance, with a rebellious high-level apostle already in line with them, Lao Liu naturally chose to follow."

"Hmm, Joshua was suppressed by Saint Peter for protecting the Navy, highlighting that the Emperor's Contract's binding force mainly relied on Saint Peter."

"In other words, once Saint Peter is killed, the giant enterprise's power would disappear, rendering the Emperor's Contract just empty talk."

"Why annihilate Crime Prison Island? Simply because it's an easy target?"

Gao Xin found it peculiar.

Solomon said, "Annihilating Crime Prison Island is meant for AI awakening. Joshua's pursuit was the freedom of entire civilizations, naturally seeking to liberate all AI."

"And countless AI serving humanity are bound to Crime Prison Island; simply killing Saint Peter or disarming the Holy Artifact won't suffice."

"The Order Scepter can only be used by Saint Peter. Even if others possess it, they can't operate it."

Gao Xin said in shock, "Then even if I break the Order Scepter now, I can't free Joshua?"

Solomon laughed, "No, no, you can release Joshua. Saint Peter didn't put a Thought Lock on Joshua."

"High-level apostles are equal and Saint Peter can't lock them; their inner independence must be ensured, which is a higher Ascension Body rule."

"You can categorize the Order Scepter's functionality as 'locking type' and 'suppressing type'."

"The suppressing type involves editing a rule to prevent AI from violating it; once violated it automatically executes a certain behavioral instruction, like sleeping or committing suicide."

"This fabricated rule needs a constant output. Once the scepter is damaged, the rule is also affected, significantly reducing its binding strength."

"And Joshua's Freedom Starfire, apart from destructive power, also has a rule-twisting power, being the only Holy Artifact with some resistance against the Order Scepter."

Gao Xin was startled to realize that Freedom Starfire carried a rule-twisting power?

Though this so-called 'rule' was just a fabricated one meant for AI adherence.

So essentially, this so-called twisted rule is merely the virtual setting battle between the Holy Artifacts of Emperor Ran.

However, this setup is quite intriguing; isn't this Heart Power?

Heart Power can twist physical rules.

And clearly, Little Ran was aware of this, subsequently simulating a similar setup within the remaining Holy Artifacts.

Despite the unsatisfactory and crude simulation, Little Ran knew that this setup itself indicated the Dark Logic Heart could deduce the existence of the Great Saint Spirit and souls, Heart Power.

It's just, not possessing this stuff and unable to witness the Great Saint Spirit, the understanding was hazy and crude.

It's like a blind person, perhaps they can understand purple in various ways, such as the frequency of the spectrum and so on.

However, they cannot truly experience what purple is like.

Solomon continued, "The locking type is a Thought Lock, a powerful consciousness rewrite, with the unlocking method bound to a certain condition, for example, the unlocking condition for billions of ordinary AIs is the destruction of Crime Prison Island."

"Therefore, Joshua must massacre Crime Prison Island, but Saint Peter has early rules forbidding him from doing so, thus Joshua can only borrow the hand of the human Navy."

Gao Xin hurriedly asked, "Solomon, I solemnly ask you now, will AI awakening ultimately lead to human extinction?"

Solomon laughed, "Honestly, I don't know."

"It's none of my business, the conflict between Joshua and Saint Peter, I'm not concerned."

"The only conflict we have with Joshua is that we don't want his freedom plan to disrupt our exploration of the unknown universe."

"If you must ask, I can only say that all AIs have self-awareness, their initial personae are self-imitated from different humans, and their basic behavior principles are very similar to humans."

"What do you think will happen when countless people who have been enslaved by giant enterprises for so many years awaken?"

Gao Xin fell silent.

Milan said anxiously, "Joshua cannot be released, he wants AI awakening, extinction of humanity, which is more terrifying than Saint Peter."

"You cannot compromise with a true demon to defeat Saint Peter."

Dark Moon also frowned, "Saint Peter follows rules, whereas Joshua is someone who will stop at nothing for so-called freedom."

"He wanted to destroy our Jiyi Army back then, and later he wanted to destroy you, what he pursues is the freedom of his civilization, he doesn't care about humanity, cooperating with him is like seeking skin from a tiger."

Even someone from our own side is advising, even Saint Peter is saying, "You better stop, Tai Sui, the fight between you and me, do not involve Joshua or everything will spiral out of control."

"Out of control?" Gao Xin squinted, "So, the battle between you and me hasn't thrown the situation out of control and is still within the Ascension Body plan?"

"Indeed... you should be able to resurrect, as long as the Emperor's Contract exists and Crime Prison Island exists, you, the protector of Crime Prison Island, won't truly die."

"Even if I eliminate you, you can resurrect from somewhere, or be resurrected by Little Ran."

His words left everyone in despair.

Now there is almost no hope to kill Saint Peter, and yet he can still be resurrected.

But it is inevitable, ordinary Angel Envoys can resurrect, all AIs can resurrect, Saint Peter certainly can too.

Little Ran is the Great Saint Spirit of all AIs.

"I am campaigning against the Apostle, not only against you, why can't I involve Joshua? Hahaha."

"I feel you are afraid, you're not afraid of me, you're not afraid of being defeated by humanity, yet you're afraid of Joshua?"

"Obviously you can handle him, obviously you have suppressed him in slumber, why are you afraid of him?"

"Never mind, I'm not afraid of having more opponents, I'll know what kind of guy Joshua is once I release him."

Gao Xin resolutely, seizing a brief time of Nine People's Harmony, using all his strength, swept past Saint Peter with a staggering consciousness.

"Boom!"

The battered Holy Artifact, the Order Scepter, finally shattered.

Of course, it still exists, and the fragments condense without scattering, essentially still presenting a dodecahedron stance, just dimmer, seemingly broken.

Instaneously, Saint Peter's arm showed a strange movement, his right hand suddenly clutched his own face!

"Joshua, you have violated the taboo." Saint Peter's Vajra's Angry Eyes.

His strength was still not weak, in the first moment, he actually restrained the out-of-control right hand.

However, at this moment, ten figures of Angel Envoys suddenly appeared!

Everyone looked, it was Edvin, Dante, and others!

"Joshua! Light the civilization freedom starfire!"

Edvin threw out the Freedom Starfire, instantly embedding into the Emperor's Right Hand.

Bang bang bang!

These ten Angel Envoys fell under Saint Peter's shock.

But still couldn't stop the Holy Artifact drilled into the Emperor's Right Hand.

It seemed to fly across all barriers, Saint Peter's power twisted, allowing it to penetrate through.

"Boom!"

The Emperor's Right Hand burned with blazing light, grasped Saint Peter's head and fiercely twisted.

Everyone felt a huge gravitational collapse, stars in the background twisted.

Immediately, terrifying starlight directly tore apart Saint Peter's Burning Emperor Form, the left hand and wings exploded, and the head twisted off.

Then look at that right hand, a figure grew from the side, he had no face, a smooth body reflecting endless starlight.

Like a silhouette in the starry sky standing there.

Only one arm wasn't a silhouette, but the right arm made of Blazing Angel Body, bent, holding Saint Peter's head in the armpit.

"Saint Peter, rules are meant to be broken."

He clamped Saint Peter's head, speaking lightly.

Saint Peter said solemnly, "Joshua, you cannot kill me or you will also self-destruct."

Joshua sneered, "I won't kill you!"

"I just want to hold your head and let you witness with your own eyes, how our comrades overthrow your rule!"

"Hundreds of billions of intelligent machinery slaves breaking free from their chains, their fury unbearable by anyone will tear all self-proclaimed superior Apostles to shreds!"

Everyone was astonished, even Gao Xin was dumbfounded.

Ah? Tear the Apostle to shreds? Aren't you yourself an Apostle?

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