Free Web NovelChapter 151: Chapter 128: Uncrowned King of the Black Continent, C Corporation
’After all, if I really were an undercover agent, I probably would have sent some information back home back then... hmm!’
’But...’
Chu Bamboo clicked on the latest message and saw that the last one was sent on May 24th of ’41. He shrugged. ’Well, okay.’ ’It seems that although it was delayed for a while, the fight still broke out in the end!’
’Artificial intelligence is really something... I just wonder, if Celestial Net wasn’t created by aliens, could those two coexist peacefully with Z?’ Chu Bamboo sighed. Seeing that Z Company ultimately only created one artificial intelligence, Chu Bamboo had a theory. Either creating an AI was extremely difficult and couldn’t be mass-produced, or...
’The birth of two AIs meant they were destined to clash in the future until one emerged victorious. One mountain can’t hold two tigers... If that’s the case, then perhaps the number of AIs created in the past is much smaller than I thought?’
Chu Bamboo shook his head, scrolled back to the previous screen, and continued reading the comments.
"All of you above, stop arguing! I acknowledge Sect Leader Chu’s talent! I acknowledge his ability! And his genius goes without saying... But, a traitor! A great traitor. Even if what the second poster said is true, that Celestial Net really originated from Chu Bamboo, doesn’t that just prove his crimes are even greater? I reported this video! I can’t believe Big Rat is actually trying to whitewash Sect Leader Chu! Disgusting."
"You reported it, but the video wasn’t taken down! Doesn’t that just prove that Big Rat’s previous theory was correct? I suggest all you loyalists change your attitude towards Chu Bamboo based on the nation’s stance!"
"..." Chu Bamboo was speechless. ’What the hell does the birth of Celestial Net have to do with me?’
Wait a minute! A belated realization dawned on Chu Bamboo, and his expression turned strange. ’It seems like in this timeline, I really haven’t heard much about James Raven, have I?’
’Could it be because he went to the West and just sucked up all the attention? Or maybe he actually came into contact with the truth behind the Golden Dawn, so the suspected extraterrestrial organization behind it chose to promote him?’
’It’s also possible that James Raven is just deliberately keeping a low profile! Pushing me into the spotlight instead... There are just too many possibilities!’
’But thinking about it this way, Big Rat was implying that Celestial Net’s rise was all thanks to it feeding on C Mechanical Company’s legacy... Hmmm! So, in this timeline, is Celestial Net Group’s public image that of a freeloader who just coasted to victory? That can’t be right. After all, its market value is still there, so it must have some of its own R&D... Or rather, in the eyes of the public, Celestial Net Group just looks like a freeloader?’
For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what kind of expression to make. ’Does this count as me taking credit for something monumental I didn’t do?’
Rubbing his face, Chu Bamboo continued to read. However, the very next comment struck him like a bolt from the blue!
"Sigh, it’s such a shame! I was Sect Leader Chu’s childhood sweetheart, and I was always waiting for him to come back and marry me! Why did he have to die in South America?"
"?" Chu Bamboo wondered where he could have possibly gotten a childhood sweetheart from. ’Isn’t the closest thing I have to a childhood sweetheart Lin Xia? But he’s not a girl! Where did this bro... uh, sis... even pop up from?’
"??? Holy hell, is the person above one of Chu Bamboo’s obsessive fangirls? Damn, so has the standard fantasy man upgraded from a Prince of Saudi Arabia to Chu Bamboo now?"
"To be fair, Chu Bamboo perfectly fits the ’beautiful, powerful, and tragic’ archetype! In fact, no one fits it better... I’ll curse him out with the rest of you, but I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but for some of the most charismatic, mainstream villain characters from recent domestic games, I always feel like I can see a bit of Chu Bamboo’s shadow in them!"
"More than just villains... I’ve even seen his shadow in a few protagonists!"
"I can’t believe people actually admire Chu Bamboo, the so-called human embodiment of capitalism! Do you have any idea how insane the cyberpunk world he single-handedly built over in the Black State is? He nearly rendered the local governments there powerless! His talk about a Western shadow government is all just old clichés. I suspect it was simply the White-headed Eagle, afraid he’d pull the same crap there that he did in the Black Continent, so they brought the hammer down on him! Serves him right. As for aliens, that’s pure nonsense!"
"Emmm, although everyone lumps Zhao Shao and Chu Bamboo together, the two really can’t be compared... Of course, this might be because the White-headed Eagle is so permissive with capitalism... which is why C Mechanical Company ballooned to such an unimaginable size! Over here, Z Company is kept in check by the officials, so... But the conclusion is, when it comes to global influence, the two aren’t on the same level!"
"That’s right, the real counterpart to C Mechanical Company is Celestial Net Group! Their development paths are practically identical... I don’t know why people always compare Z and C, they’re clearly not even in the same race... Is it because their names are both single letters? Or is it because Chu Bamboo originally came from the Divine Continent?"
"Regarding Chu Bamboo’s death, all I can say is good riddance... No way, right? There can’t really be people who want to live a cyberpunk life, can there? If you love Chu Bamboo so much, I suggest you get sent directly to the Black Continent! Go have a good, long taste of it."
"Indeed, it’s not like the South Asian Ocean has a lid on it! I suggest you swim over."
"Damn! How can you all bash Chu Bamboo like this? Although there’s a lot he did that I don’t approve of, bashing him for the Black Continent cyberpunk stuff clearly misses the point! The cyberpunk society is indeed insane, but what kind of life were they living in the Black Continent before that? Do you even know how the locals in the Black State actually see him?! Stop sitting here and spouting your fantasies!"
"Exactly, I’m in Kenya right now! Over here, Chu Bamboo is seen as something like the Sun of the Peninsula. You have to understand, this is with Chu Bamboo dead, and having been dead for many years... It just goes to show he truly won the hearts of the people!"
"I’m in the Nosang Region, and if you say bad things about Chu Bamboo here, you’ll literally get a sack thrown over your head and get beaten up!"
"..." Chu Bamboo remained expressionless. He had a strange feeling of déjà vu.
After thinking for a long moment, the corner of Chu Bamboo’s eye began to twitch. ’Isn’t this the exact path Lin Xia complained to me about last time? Rising to power in the Black Continent or whatever... Did his words become a self-fulfilling prophecy this time? That damn jinx...’
After watching for a while longer, Chu Bamboo decided to leave the comment section. After a moment of thought, he clicked on other videos, but...
’Compared to Big Rat, the difference in quality is just too obvious!’ Chu Bamboo was a little disappointed.
Although Big Rat seemed to admire Chu Bamboo, he still maintained a relatively impartial stance. And he had genuinely dug up a lot of useful information from the past!
The other videos either simply stated that Chu Bamboo was trying to implement cyberpunk reforms in the South American Region, similar to what he did in the Black Continent, and after the White-headed Eagle found his weak spot, they immediately dispatched an airborne division!
In fact, the adjectives this creator used to describe the White-headed Eagle’s deployment almost made Chu Bamboo think he was watching the White-headed Eagle’s "heavenly soldiers" bringing the hammer down on Saddam—
Aside from these types of videos that didn’t involve personal feelings and simply explained what had happened, the rest were—
Either frantically hyping up Chu Bamboo!
Or frantically bashing Chu Bamboo.
’All I can say is, these people have really figured out the traffic game!’
Chu Bamboo was filled with emotion. But the fact that the debate was so fierce meant that he actually had a large group of supporters within the Divine Continent... which was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Chu Bamboo wasn’t sure about his situation in other countries, but based on his interpretation of the comment section’s atmosphere... within the Divine Continent, his reputation was likely a mixed bag of praise and condemnation.
He had a large number of fans and anti-fans, and both groups were extremely active, ready to start a war at the drop of a hat.
’Then again, with this face of mine! And those songs I sang! That alone could get me a bunch of fans...’ Chu Bamboo sighed wistfully.
Forget about those people from the past; even he himself, watching this video explaining his "good buddy’s" life story after so many years... could still appreciate that rich, irrepressible charisma that transcended the categories of good and evil.
