More and more vehicles and robots of all kinds are appearing on the streets of the city, as if they are coming from all corners of the city.However, they have not yet shown clear hostility or blocking intent, they have only appeared around everyone, marching with Hao Ren's team, and constantly making noise.The robots even went about their work as they went—wiping down roadside light poles and guardrails, sweeping dusty streets, and tightening street billboards over and over again, keeping the city "alive" and pretending that their owners were still alive in the world.Hao Ren already vaguely felt that there were no survivors on this planet at all.A frisbee-like robot that cleans the façade of a building flies around Itzax, calling out in a cheerful female voice as it flies: "Citizen, does your apartment need exterior maintenance?"
Do you need to clean the outside of your windows?
Viggikali's R-33 is here to help. ”Yitzax patiently waved the little robot aside again and again: "No, we're ready to leave the city. ”"Citizen, your choice is very irrational, leaving the shelter means death, and the environment outside is not suitable for human life," the billboard on the side of the road said in a high-pitched tone, and the voice jumped along with the crowd, "The cold, the vacuum, and the toxic air near the engine, you can only survive for two hours in a protective suit - why not wait quietly in the shelter?"
In a thousand years we will arrive at a new home in peace, the planet will thaw, everything will recover, and the ecosystem will be sown to restore the surface of the earth, and you ......
Your children and grandchildren will live safely in this world. ”"You're finally willing to say something more meaningful," Itzhax turned his head to look at the loud street billboards, "but it's none of our business.If the controller behind you still has a little logic and intelligence, you should come out and talk to us now. ”The picture of a happy family is playing on the promotional screen - Hao Ren saw this public service announcement on the bus yesterday.As soon as Itzhax's voice fell, the little boy on the PSA had a sad expression on his face, and he stood in the center of the screen with his hands folded: "Get out of this city, you will get hurt." ”"I knew something was very wrong with these shows."
Itzax grinned at the strange situation on the screen.Hao Ren connected to the connection in space: "Terminal, how is the scanning result?"
”"The machine scanned the entire planet and found no shelter that meets your requirements," the voice of the data terminal sounded in his head, "but the machine found something else, there is a structure similar to an energy node in the depths of the planet, and the energy flow from all over the planet eventually converges in that place, which is like the heart of the planet."
If you're looking for something, you should go there. ”"Tell me where it is," Hao Ren said quickly, "and also check the geological cavities around us, I need to navigate, rough navigation." ”The data terminal quickly transmitted the situation of that energy node to Hao Ren's mind, and the latter couldn't help but whistle: "Awesome—it's close to the core." ”The group came to the last intersection leading to the city border, and in the memory of the Nangong couple, not far in front of this was the largest city gate.However, a line of tall mechanical guards stood in the middle of the road, draped in traffic management signs.The mechanical guard standing in the center raised his hand to Hao Ren: "Citizen, please do not pass, there is an accident ahead, the road is congested, and it is easy to be dangerous." ”Massive vehicles are coming from all directions, huddled together at the intersection and all the roads around it, honking their horns and slew their horns in one after another, while a large number of robots crisscross the cracks of the road, wandering aimlessly while maintaining their "jobs" in weird and ridiculous ways.Hao Ren understands that these machines will not allow the inhabitants of the city to leave the place, but they will do their best to maintain the "normal" order of the place in the process, and a powerful, solidified logic runs through all of them.This anomalous behavior no longer resembles the result of human control, but rather some kind of program that has gone wrong.Hao Ren smiled, reached out and patted the steel chest of the robot policeman: "I know there is a controller behind you - it could be a crazy human, or it could be a broken host, I want to talk to him." ”The robocop was silent for a few seconds, and repeated rigidly: "Citizens, do not pass, there is an accident ahead, the road is congested, and it is easy to be dangerous." ”Hao Ren sighed: "We have no ill intentions - we just want to know what's wrong with this planet." ”As he spoke, he looked at the vehicles and robots that were congested on the road, and suddenly raised his voice and said loudly to one of the wills behind these machines: "Listen, I know you're watching here, you should know that we're from space, and there's an advanced spaceship hovering over this planet.We have no ill intentions, and if you get into trouble, you can speak up, and I'll be happy to help—provided we talk openly and honestly with each other. ”No one jumped out to respond, and Lily muttered, "It doesn't work, didn't I yell on the balcony a few times before." ”Hao Ren shrugged: "But I think it worked." ”The machines blocking the street did not disperse, but they did not crowd more either, and the scene fell into an eerie silence, and the small robots running around in the gaps also stopped what they were doing and quietly watched the small group of people who were surrounded.For the first time, Hao Ren realized that the feeling of being "watched" by a group of machines was also so weird, almost indistinguishable from the gaze of the crowd.Vivien tentatively walked forward, and all the robots in the path immediately followed her figure to divert their gaze, and the countless steel bearings made a slight creaking sound at the same time, but other than these tracking gazes, no machines came up to intercept them.It's a bizarre compromise that is very different from human behavior.The group moved through the cracks of the machine, and the sound of steel heads turning on both sides was constantly heard, and the whole scene was like a strange thriller.Hao Ren walked past a small cleaning robot, who raised his head and let out a pleasant male voice: "Vigjali ......"
"Vigekali Company, cleaning equipment manufacturing expert, I remember." ”Hao Ren smiled and tapped the little robot's head.They came to the gate of the outermost part of the city.A huge steel wall surrounds the city, and the upper part of the wall is directly connected to the rock dome of the cave, and the city gate is embedded in this wall, which is a circular gate with a diameter of more than ten meters.Hao Ren stepped forward and knocked on the gate, then turned his head to look at a robot next to him who was staring at him: "I guess you guys shouldn't help open the door." ”The robot didn't say a word, and an elusive light flashed in its electronic eyes.Hao Ren raised his silver spear with his backhand, and the tip of the spear erupted with a pale plasma flame, and he began to cut through the gate with it.Bright cutting sparks burst out and jumped on the crystalline surface of the countless pairs of electronic eyes, but the machines just watched quietly, not stepping forward to help, nor to stop them.It's as if a program is stuck.When a crack was cut in the gate, Hao Ren felt a strange air flow rushing in, and he handed the two life support collars to Nangong Invincible and Elsa: "Wear this, they can allow you to survive in a harsh environment."
The environment out there is probably not very good, and I suspect that the subsistence system is limited to the city. ”A hole large enough for two people to pass side by side was quickly cut out, and Hao Ren kicked off the burnt red, heavy steel block, revealing the deep and deep passage behind it.There is a dim yellow light in the passage, and some old machinery that has been abandoned for an unknown number of years can be seen in the light.Hao Ren compared the navigation map in his mind: "From here, after passing through a transportation hub, there will be a series of downward passages.Our final destination is near the Earth's core, where something should be waiting for us. ”"Have you decided on your speech?"
Vivien glanced at him.Hao Ren jumped into the passage first: "You have to believe in my eloquence on the spot!"
”The others followed, and Vivien shook her head and sighed: "I can trust you ...... others" (a novel written by recommended readers, "Real Department and Super Department", brain hole + science fiction, I hope you support it.) ）(To be continued.) )