Hogwarts Summoning Guide

People in each era have their own perspectives. Fujiwara Eko in the 1990s did not experience Bai Lin's time travel. Perhaps due to her desire to control his organization, or to cooperate with certain experiments, she created Zero, but she did not realize that within ten years, Earthlings would spread the Internet everywhere, thereby infinitely expanding Zero's abilities.

Of course, it's also possible that Fujiwara Eiko believes that within ten years, the whole world will grovel at her feet and bow down to her!

It was this arrogance that allowed Bai Lin to obtain Zero with minimal effort. From Zero's "confession," Bai Lin did indeed feel "its" loyalty, but he always maintained a cautious attitude towards this loyalty.

"Could you check if Fujiwara Eiko stole my summoning encyclopedia information through Edogawa Hiroyuki?" Bai Lin asked sharply.

This issue is not simple. On one hand, he does have this need. If Fujiwara Eiko has access to the internal information of the Summoning Encyclopedia, then the habitat may no longer be safe, which would be a huge blow to Bai Lin. He needs to conduct a thorough investigation. On the other hand, he sensed from Zero's statement that Zero seems to be able to access his Summoning Encyclopedia system. This is beyond his understanding of Zero as an artificial intelligence. If Zero can access the Summoning Encyclopedia system without his consent, then Zero's long-term threat may surpass that of Fujiwara Eiko.

Fujiwara Eko is, after all, a human being, and many of her ideas and goals are still within the realm of human thought. For example, she exhibits a desire for conquest and control. In other words, Fujiwara Eko wants to be the queen of the earth, not to destroy it entirely. The ideas and goals of AI are even more uncertain. Perhaps, after some kind of logical algorithm, AI will indeed make the destruction of the earth its behavioral goal, even if it destroys itself in the process.

Zero showed a slightly troubled expression and said, "In order to find information about 'The Chess Player,' I have tried to access the master's summoning encyclopedia system backend several times and retrieve some data from the main server with a lower authorization level, but the firewall set up by the gods is too strong and I am powerless. I think that Edogawa Hiroyuki, as an ordinary team member, should also be unable to easily bypass these firewalls."

Bai Lin felt a slight weight lift from his shoulders. If Zero were to truly overstep his bounds, he would have to immediately teleport to his secret data center in Beijing and destroy Zero's source code without hesitation. He couldn't allow this time bomb to grow stronger and stronger until it became uncontrollable. Fortunately, the divine legacy left by the gods wasn't so fragile. Even if Zero had such intentions, it would be constrained by the limitations of hardware technology. In other words, perhaps the combined computing power of all the computers in the world in this era couldn't even surpass one millionth of the Summoning Encyclopedia system.

"I'm very unhappy that you tried to access the Summoning Encyclopedia system without my permission!" Bai Lin said, feigning anger.

Yan Nishuang also realized the seriousness of their conversation, but she was also limited by the perspective of this era. She did not immediately connect Zero with the threat that could destroy the entire earth. However, she had absolute trust in Bai Lin. Since she could not understand, she would just silently support him!

"If this displeases you, here's an update! All the readers have already checked it out! I sincerely apologize. I've researched the attitudes that subjects should have towards the emperor in many classic Eastern works, and I think I'll evolve to a state that will satisfy my master!" Zero said with a devout expression.

After hearing this, Bai Lin couldn't stay angry anymore. After all, getting angry with a computer was pointless. He only had two choices: destroy it or continue using it.

Bai Lin scratched his head and said, "Let's get down to business. I want to wipe out Fujiwara Eiko and the others in one fell swoop. Can you devise the following strategy?"

Yan Nishuang looked slightly surprised. She couldn't understand why Bai Lin would suddenly start hoping that the "virtual character" in front of him could come up with a way to directly solve the biggest problem facing him, the Eastern Magic Execution Committee, and even the entire Earth. It was like asking your pen during the college entrance exam if it could write by itself and help you get into a top university. It seemed quite absurd.

Zero seemed to suddenly perk up; his avatar disappeared, and countless windows began to appear on the screen, flashing at a speed far exceeding human visual reaction capabilities.

"What is it doing?" Yan Nishuang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Well, I think he must have mobilized millions of computers and cameras around the world to search for the whereabouts of the Ship of Light..." Bai Lin shrugged and said matter-of-factly. If there was anyone in this era who could imagine the scope of artificial intelligence, it would probably be him.

Yan Nishuang's eyes widened in shock; she seemed to be slowly sensing the power of Zero.

"Times have changed. Perhaps magic and spells... are no longer the main characters of this new era..." Bai Lin murmured.

The wait wasn't long. About twenty minutes later, Zero reappeared on the screen, but this time, his hair was black like an East Asian's, and he was wearing Hanfu, which surprised Bai Lin.

"Master, while conducting a preliminary screening of terminal devices worldwide, I read through the very famous Eastern novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' and I think I understand now what abilities and attitudes you need Zero to demonstrate..." Zero said seriously.

Bai Lin and Yan Nishuang exchanged a glance, both speechless. How did these two things get so naturally mixed up? However, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does highly praise the loyalty of strategists and generals to their lords, so using it to "guide" Zero's self-moral cultivation doesn't seem so bad...

"Master, I have three strategies, the best, the middle, and the worst. Please make a decision!" Zero immediately got into character, as if he had suddenly become a loyal strategist like Pang Tong.

"I'd like to hear the details..." Bai Lin replied cooperatively. Yan Nishuang's lips twitched slightly.

"The best strategy is to harm others for one's own benefit. Currently, the Ship of Light, the American Ministry of Magic, the Hastur Church, and the remaining Death Eaters in Western Europe have united and formed a Universal Alliance. Because they fear Master's strength, they need a period of creation and nurturing. In other words, Master can confine their forces to America or Western Europe. Once the humans in these two regions have been largely depleted, the Universal Alliance will naturally appear before the entire Earth society. Master can send the strategic forces of various countries first and reap the benefits," Zero said eloquently.