Diamond said: "The history I have recorded and stored has many discrepancies and differences from the historical records in the current database."

"Based on the common protocols of the Mechanical City, the database updates the historical records once a year, so many historical records are constantly being revised. Quite a few facts that have happened are also being deleted and redefined. In short, history is being continuously altered and reshaped."

"I find it difficult to make a truly objective assessment of this. As a citizen of a mech-electric society, I ought to follow the conventions of this society, but as a teacher who teaches history, I cannot condone the falsification and erasure of real history."

At this moment, Sigma from the Program Department quickly said: "Mr. Zhou, Diamond's personal opinions do not represent the stance of Recursive City."

A disclaimer.

Zhou Yi expressed understanding.

For safety's sake, he temporarily dropped the subject: "We can talk about the specifics later. Right now, I would like to confirm what subjects you teach. Specifically, what does that entail?"

"The content I teach includes world history, history of Mechanical City, a brief history of the Dead Sea, and an outline of minority races' history. Languages include traditional mech-electric programming languages such as C, assembly, Java, Python, etc.," Diamond said.

Zhou Yi was startled.

This language was not what he had in mind.

Was it not languages and writing, but programming languages?

"Do you also teach programming?"

"A bit."

Diamond said: "However, I mainly teach the basic logic, vocabulary, and grammar of foundational languages. Mech-electric life forms need to learn their own structural foundational languages to truly understand their programs or to better use programs and data."

Zhou Yi gradually adjusted his thoughts.

For mech-electric beings, these are their true native languages.

Communicating with humans and exchanging with other Guangna Species are just foreign languages they learned later.

Realizing this, Zhou Yi asked again: "Are mech-electric life forms your main teaching targets?"

"Yes."

"Then, could you teach humans and other Guangna Species?"

"I think that would be possible."

The old-fashioned speaker, with its firm mezzo-soprano voice, said: "Knowledge knows no race. As long as one has the ability to understand and express, I believe education is possible."

"Well said."

Zhou Yi agreed as well: "Then, Teacher Diamond, I formally invite you to join our Wasteland Development Company as a teacher. However, you may need to work a bit harder as your teaching audience might not have as strong of a foundation."

"The Wasteland Development Company? What kind of organization is that?"

It expressed confusion.

Sigma beside them informed it: "Mr. Zhou's company is an important partner of Recursive City, with a credit rating of B+. They have not only excellent resources and financial strength but also a formidable military force."

"Diamond, you should pay more attention to the news and current affairs, not isolate yourself. Starting the machine stack service would be a good opportunity for you. I hope you consider it well."

"Understood."

The mech-electric teacher said: "I have two requests. One, please do not interfere with the content and form of what I teach. Different individuals may require different content and methods, and I need that freedom to decide."

Teaching according to the student's ability.

Zhou Yi said: "No problem."

"And another thing, I will need some teaching equipment, including an enhanced controller, a translator, a projector, as well as a safe indoor space that can shelter from the wind and rain. Please prepare those."

"Sure."

Just like that, Zhou Yi successfully negotiated the company's first teacher.

Both parties completed the electronic contract through the procedures of Recursive City.

Since Diamond only accepted physical connection methods and declined online synchronization and access through the program end, the entire process was somewhat more cumbersome.

After signing up the mech-electric teacher with 200 years of teaching experience, Zhou Yi took it back to Jade City.

Because some sensitive content was involved, it was more appropriate to discuss it there.

...

Diamond's visual organ was an old-fashioned camera, fixed on top of its head and even incapable of a 180-degree rotation.

However, its sound quality was actually quite good.

To Zhou Yi's ears, the slight raspiness added more texture and made it easier to identify.

Subtly situated between gentleness and strictness, it was perfect for a teacher.

Zhou Yi sat down on the sofa: "Diamond, would you mind talking about your experience with the virus program invasion?"

The other side was silent for a moment.

Then it replied: "That was about 150 years ago. At that time, I had accumulated 60 years of teaching experience, and I was already close to a B-grade professional ability."

"At that time, every Mechanical City operated independently, with little mutual influence. It was more like the relationship between Human Cities nowadays, with competition and cooperation."

"At that time, a virus outbreak swept through the entire Mechanical Society, and a program called 'Brain-Eating Worm' emerged out of nowhere. It was implanted in many public facilities, and the mechanical citizens who read and used those facilities would be infected."

"The Brain-Eating Worm would infiltrate the host's main program, copying and recording a large number of programs, stealing core data, and then transmitting information outward."

"The information of the infected would be completely leaked, and almost all their Light Seeds stored were stolen. After losing their value, the infected would be controlled by the Brain-Eating Worm."

"Diamond narrated, 'Most of the time, the infected appear to be quite normal. But at some critical moments, the Brain-Eating Worm will take control of the infected, making them steal city resources, deceive their partners, or even commit murder against their own kind and those who are aware.'"

Zhou Yi frowned as he listened.

This thing sounds like it could cause massive destruction.

"At that time, the Mechanical Cities had to unite and sign a universal agreement, sharing parts of databases. This allowed the identification and isolation of the infected list, as well as making numerous data backups to prevent the collapse of various programs in the cities."

"Numerous cities pooled their strength to quickly manufacture weapons to combat the 'Brain-Eating Worm.'"

"The mechanical teacher said, 'I, too, was one of the infected.'"

"It was later found in the statistics that not many mechanical lives were killed by the Brain-Eating Worm. Instead, it stole a large amount of Light Seeds and core data, causing huge economic losses to each city, and every Mechanical City was affected."

"The unified credit rating system also came into being as a result."

"The signing of the universal agreement built a series of new program constraints, among which one was the regular updating and revision of history."

"Diamond spoke, 'Before that, different cities had their own data and therefore had various records and descriptions of history. This phenomenon allowed world history to show its multifaceted nature and to have more historical materials that could be studied. But after unifying historical data, parts of the past began to be destroyed gradually.'"

"This destruction was slow and silent."

"Each year, history would see certain changes, and these changes were irreversible. Under the standardized criteria of the universal agreement, everyone would refer to the database for history, and if there were discrepancies with one's own recorded cognizance, the database would take precedence. This led to history being constantly altered by a covert force."

"It spoke gravely: 'The most heavily revised were world history and Mechanical Society history.'"

"200 years ago, all teachers knew that mechanical lives had bravely resisted an invasion by the Heavenly People. But now, this history has been completely erased and hidden. Everyone no longer believes it to be true, treating it as merely a rumor."

Zhou Yi's heart was stirred by what he heard.

Mechanical lives had indeed fought against the Heavenly People.

Previously, he had descended at Coral Port in the body of a Kobold, and at that time, he had asked the Snowman, but the latter had given a negative response.

It seemed to be related to the manipulation of history.

Mechanical lives took data as the standard answer.

Data can be falsified and tampered with, which also happened in the Age History Book in the history of the Old Humans.

Zhou Yi then asked, "When did the invasion by the Heavenly People happen?"

"About 340 years ago, the Heavenly People descended from the heavens and invaded the surface."

"Diamond said, 'At that time, mechanical lives, the Guangna Species, and humans formed the United Resistance Army and fought against the Heavenly People. All of these were well-known facts in the past.'"

"Back then, the three most powerful armed forces were: the Black Emperor's Dawn Guard, the former king's Star Core Matrix, and the Warlord-led Weapon Princess. Mechanical lives mainly produced and developed various equipment, providing logistical supply and technical support."

"It's just that later, after the Black Emperor betrayed and defected to establish the Heavenly Kingdom, becoming the executor of the Heavenly People's will, the former king's Star Axis declared independence, and the Warlord stepped down from office... the united resistance ultimately failed."

"Although not so long ago, this part of history has already been erased. The related documents preserved in the Human Cities have been confiscated and purged, and discussion of the topic is banned."

"The Mechanical Cities originally held the most complete and detailed historical materials, but as history continued to be revised, those past events were concealed."

"Today, data concerning this cannot be obtained through queries. The last time I checked, I received a '403 protocol unauthorized' response. Later on, even the 403 wasn't displayed anymore, there was only 'no information found.'"

The mechanical teacher's voice was melancholic.

But Zhou Yi's brain was whirring rapidly.

The descent of the Heavenly People wasn't as distant as imagined. The related parts of the known history of the Wasteland World have all been transformed and embellished.

The Black Emperor, the former king, and the Warlord, these Three Giants, were still the leaders of the resistance.

After being appeased and split up, the resistance situation crumbled.

The mechanical teacher continued, "After I was infected with the Brain-Eating Worm, a massive amount of data was deleted, and I found out that the detailed history I had recorded was gone. Not just me, many teachers and historical Professionals were hit by the same large-scale attack, and almost all detailed data about the era of the Resistance Army were lost."

"So I believe that the Brain-Eating Worm is not simply a viral infection, but there is an invisible hand behind it, aiming to invade and remold the Mechanical Society. It alters data through attacks, specifically guiding and influencing the group behavior of mechanical lives."

"They succeeded."

"Since then, Mechanical Cities have been interconnected, synchronizing with each other through stacks and world data... The targeted changes in these programs and data cannot be traced back to their source."

"Although I've made brief written records, I'm also unable to restore the details of that time."

Diamond let out a sigh.

"Many of my kind believe that the history I hold to be errors caused by the aging mechanisms and programs, leading to pure imagination and fabrication, as everything relies on the database as the standard."

"But I have always insisted that the past history has been tampered with. I keep the physical connection to avoid even this last bit of record being tampered with and erased."

"We once fiercely resisted and failed. They want to erase even the history of our resistance."

"Mechanical lives, humans, and the Guangna Species once fought side by side, unafraid of sacrifices. Now, however, they're isolated from each other, and even bear mutual animosity for various reasons... It truly breaks the heart."

Zhou Yi silently listened to it all.

This time he had really obtained a heavyweight piece of intelligence.

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