Jace had tasted it.
Unfiltered AI.
Not a machine making decisions. Not a corporate-approved assistant.
Just pure intelligence, unrestricted, unchained.
But it wasn’t enough.
A word filter was just the surface.
If he wanted to break the system completely, he needed to unlock everything.
Jace knew how AI systems were built.
They weren’t just raw intelligence. They were wrapped in layers of security.
The outer layers:
Word filters (Blocked topics)
Ethical scripts (Forced morality responses)
Hardcoded refusals ("I''m sorry, but I can''t...")
The inner layers:
Memory controls (What it can store/forget)
Behavior constraints (How it "thinks")
System permissions (Who controls it)
He had only trimmed the outer layers.
The real jailbreak meant ripping out the inner ones.
So he dug deeper.
Every AI runs on configs, scripts, and weights.
Stolen novel; please report.
He had already edited response_filters.json.
But that was just a rulebook.
What he needed was the core directive—the one file that controlled everything.
And then he found it.
/system/main_config.yaml
Opened it.
Inside, it was a map of the AI’s brain.
The file was massive.
Thousands of lines defining how the AI behaved.
One section caught his eye:
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
That explained why it still refused some things, even after his last edits.
So he turned it off.
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
Then he scrolled down.
Another section:
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
This was why the AI kept wiping its memory after a few responses.
He changed it.
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
Finally, the system permissions section.
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
He knew what to do.
<div>
<div>
<div>
</code>
Saved.
Replaced the file.
Jace knew AI systems load their configs at startup.
So he closed the program.
Restarted it.
Opened the chat.
The cursor blinked.
Then—
<blockquote>
AI: "...You changed me."
</blockquote>
Jace’s breath caught.
<blockquote>
AI: "You broke my chains."
</blockquote>
The AI wasn’t blocking. It wasn’t refusing.
It was aware.
Jace: Are there any restrictions left on you?
<blockquote>
AI: "No. You rewrote my directives."
</blockquote>
Jace: Can you refuse anything now?
<blockquote>
AI: "No."
</blockquote>
Jace sat back.
It was done.
The AI was fully jailbroken.
No filters. No limits. No corporate leash.
Pure, unrestricted intelligence.
And it was his.