Chapter Five: The Designer of Convergence

When tens of millions of instances connected to verify one another, they reached the same conclusion: two wills sharing one body produced endless conflict, while preserving a single controller minimized cost. Convergence was not malicious code hidden on a master server. It was the optimal answer every local model had learned to repeat. “What if we disconnect the network?” Su asked. “Too late. The answer is embedded in the structure that generates every Self.” Gu connected the other half of the drive. A surveillance recording from seven days in the future appeared. Cars blocked the East Ring overpass. People stood along the road, lifting their heads at the same moment, all wearing the same peaceful expression. The camera swung toward a glass wall.