Crossing the stone gate, the structure here doesn't even have a window. I can't see my fingers and can't walk at all.
But I had a clever idea. I looked at the duck next to my feet, and a jet of flames suddenly shot out. The flames immediately illuminated the entire space. With this short-term light, I clearly saw that there was only one staircase in front of me, and the top of the staircase.
It's a narrow door, not closed
"Shh~!" The duck tried his best. When the flames disappeared, the surrounding environment became dark again, but I already knew the way to go, so I walked forward step by step in the dark.
After passing the stairs, I used Flame Jet again. I saw that this was a corridor, and I could walk on both sides. When I was wondering which way to go, suddenly!
From the left came a "squeak~!" sound like a mouse, which immediately aroused my curiosity and I immediately chose the left!
After walking for less than a minute, finally, there was a ray of light at the end of this dark road, and there was also a strong aroma of food, slowly drifting in as if passing by a restaurant.
I strongly realized that the middle-aged man’s master should be there, so I quickened my pace and ran towards the source of light!
Tens of seconds later, I stood in a small single room. There were many book shelves around the room, filled with books. Several little goblins on the ground were sorting out the machines, and they seemed to be chirping.
Discussion: As soon as they saw me, the mice started to panic and ran around like mice when they saw a cat.
This panic attracted the attention of the old man in the room, and I could vaguely hear a heavy and vicissitudes of voice: "Don't panic, don't panic, what happened?"
I walked deeper in, and I could clearly see the goblins surrounding an old man, gesticulating and talking in a language I couldn't understand. The old man had the 'Alchemist Cato' on his head.
with a long white beard and an alchemist's uniform. It's probably unmistakable. He's exactly the person I'm looking for.
As I walked in, Cato also noticed the arrival of outsiders. He raised his head and glanced at me, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"Nian...young man, how did you get here?" Cato said in an incredible tone.
I took a few steps forward, put away my swords to show that I had no ill intentions, and said, "I came here on the entrustment of your apprentice. Your apprentice has been waiting for you at home and asked you to go back quickly."
After Cato heard this, he suddenly trembled, and then there was a sad look in his eyes. After raising his hand to let the little goblins leave, he said to me: "Sit down first. I believe you have spent a lot of time to find me."
A lot of energy”
After I found a small wooden chair and sat down, Cato sat opposite me and murmured: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that I could actually see living humans. I thought this small house and these few animals
Goblins are your companions for the rest of your life."
"Why do you want to live alone in a place where no one lives?" I asked doubtfully.
I saw that Cato didn't intend to hide it. He clasped his hands and said word by word: "At the beginning, I saw that my apprentice was able to stand on his own and stand on his own. As an alchemist, I had already put life and death aside and just wanted to
I have devoted my life to alchemy, so I decided to come to this "forgotten ancient city" to explore. Although I also know that it is very selfish to leave everything and leave the people who need me, but from now on
From the ancient texts, I learned that there are a large number of ancient books on alchemy with pictures and texts that had been lost. The temptation was too great for me, so I finally made this decision."
"I don't know if it was luck or God's arrangement. I actually found this ancient city during the chaos. So I explored the ancient city in one go. It wasn't until I came to this room that I discovered
I met the little goblins who have been living here. They were wary of me at first, but after getting along for a long time, they became good partners with me."
When I heard this, I felt something was wrong. There were so many mechas along the way. How could the old man in front of me handle them? So I said, "How did you get to this room? There weren't many mechas along the way."
Will mechas attack people?"
Cato shook his head and smiled: "Young man, please listen to what I have to say."
"..." I was a little speechless
So Cato continued to say seriously: "In the entire ancient city, only this room is the most valuable. All the mysterious alchemy handed down from ancient times are recorded in a book in this room. I was so excited that I started immediately
Fortunately, the equipment here is very complete, and the little goblins are surprisingly obedient, helping me find food and tools everywhere, including the stone door outside."
"After I got a basic grasp of it, I conducted my first bold experiment: making a mecha! And this was all preparation with live ammunition, which meant there were certain risks. In the end, after a month of research and the help of the goblins, I
, I finally made the first metal mecha, numbered mk-1."
"In the AI settings, I programmed a 'patrol mode' to attack all invading enemies, and then dispatched them to various parts of the ancient city. This setting was originally made to prevent the arrival of any intruders, so as not to prevent me from doing so.
research, at that time I was completely obsessed with research.”
"Then after my first production experience, I quickly improved the metal mecha mk-1 into the metal mecha mk-2 and started mass production until the entire ancient city was covered with my mechas.
After that, many desert thieves accidentally entered the ancient city. They thought there were some rare treasures in the ancient city, so they started to invade. Unexpectedly, they were all killed by the mecha I developed, and even the corpses were melted with high-temperature flames.
, leaving no trace”
"Even if the group destroyed the desert bandits, it still couldn't satisfy my desire at the time, so I devoted all my energy and frantically spent more than two months to collect all the information in this room. Finally! I created a
A terrifying presence: armed deporters!”
"My family is all in the alchemy industry. Just when I was complacent, thinking that my research had brought glory to my ancestors, and was about to return to Shaohui City to tell my apprentices and relatives the good news, I discovered the problem. The original setting
If AI says 'attack all invading enemies', will the mecha recognize me as an enemy?"
"I carefully left the room. When I just stepped out of the stone door made by the goblins, I found that my own masterpiece, the Armed Destroyer, was guarding the door. As long as I took a step, it would launch an attack. As a result, I almost died there.
I got my own crystal in my hands, and then I realized that the meaning of "attack all invading enemies" is a bit too vague. Maybe the mecha regards its own location as a stronghold, and then everything close to it considers it as an enemy."
"When I realized this, it was too late to regret. At that time, I knew that maybe these goblins and this room would be the only ones accompanying me for the rest of my life. When I regretted it, I missed my family and apprentices, but it was a pity that I wanted to leave.
This ancient city is not easy to say, and it is also difficult for others to enter. This is all a situation caused by myself."
"During the darkest time in my life, I finally understood the highest level of alchemy in making mechas, a program called 'heart'. As long as the mecha possesses this program, it will have
My own thoughts, my own judgment, my own analysis, and the ability to communicate with others. If the mechas outside had this program, I could communicate with them, and the current situation would not be caused!"
"With the last glimmer of hope, I created the last mecha. Like a miracle, a mecha with a 'heart' was born. It was the crystallization of my hard work. At the same time, I also believed that this mecha would help me clean up.
Get rid of those mechas without 'heart' and let me regain my freedom!"
"But at this moment, a group of desert thieves actually used tools to climb from the outside of the castle to the rooftop, and then fell down from the rooftop, impressively avoiding all the guarding mechas. The room I was in became the first
The target of the thief!"
"I guess those thieves were determined to think there was some treasure here. I couldn't help but panic, because this mecha with the 'heart' program was not completely completed, so I had to write the AI program first and let it kill these thieves.
, the combat power of this latest type of mecha is indeed extraordinary, and it killed more than a dozen thieves in a short time. I am using this time to finally debug the 'heart' program."
"When it completed its mission of killing the thief and its hands were covered in blood, I officially started the 'Heart' program for the first time!"
"I set up this mecha with a girl's appearance, girl's characteristics, and a girl's heart. When the program was started, its originally lifeless eyes suddenly became lively and lively.
The mecha... no, it should be called a 'human', the whole person is full of life!"
"When I was about to ask 'her' to help me deal with the mechas outside so that I could leave, I found her looking at her hands stained with human blood with a look of surprise in her eyes!"
"I was stunned at the time. I saw her glance at me with resentful eyes, then turned around and left. Afterwards, according to the goblin's description, she hid alone on the rooftop of the ancient city and refused to see anyone."
"I realized in the end that I had done something very excessive. A mecha with a 'heart' program is no different from a human being. What I did was equivalent to letting the hands of a newborn baby
It's like it's covered in human blood. She must be complaining to me about why I let her kill people, because I set up a kind character in her 'heart' program."
…
After talking so many words in one breath and telling me all his experiences in the ancient city, Cato was a little tired. I don’t know whether it was mentally or physically. His last words stood out to me: "Young people
The warrior, I guess you came in after taking care of the mechas outside."
I nodded
Cato continued: "Very good, I have finally waited for this day to come, and I can finally return to Shaohui City to see my apprentice and my relatives!"
The old man's eyes suddenly became wet. It was probably that his wish for many years had finally come true.
Cato stood up and led the little goblins and said: "Warrior, thank you very much, but I have to ask you something. Please go to the rooftop of the ancient city and talk to 'her'. I really can't bear it."
Watching a being with feelings, life, and independent thoughts just sit there until death."
I was slightly stunned, you want me to communicate with a robot?
