More and more vehicles and various robots appear on the streets of the city, as if they are coming from all corners of the city. However, they have not yet clearly shown hostility or blocking intentions. They just appear.
Around everyone, Hao Ren's team moved forward and kept making noises. The robots even continued their work while marching - wiping the light poles and guardrails on the roadside, cleaning the already spotless streets.
And they tighten the screws under the street billboards over and over again. They must maintain these activities under any circumstances, with only one purpose, and that is to keep the city "alive" and pretend that their masters are still alive in this world.
Hao Ren already vaguely felt that there were no survivors on this planet at all.
A flying saucer-shaped robot responsible for cleaning the building's exterior wall flew around Yitzhaks, calling in a cheerful female voice as it flew: "Citizen, does your apartment need exterior wall maintenance? Do you need to give it to me?"
Do you want to clean the outside of your own glass windows? The R-33 model from VeggieCarrie is always on standby to help you.”
Yzaks patiently waved the little robot aside again and again: "No, we are ready to leave this city."
"Citizen, your choice is very irrational. Leaving the shelter means death. The outside environment is not suitable for human survival." The billboard on the roadside emits a high-pitched tone, and as the people move forward, the sound jumps along with it.
, "With the cold, vacuum, and toxic air near the engine, you can only survive for two hours wearing protective clothing - why not wait quietly in the shelter? We will arrive in a stable new home in a thousand years,"
The planet will thaw. All things will revive, and seeds will be planted to restore the ecosystem on the surface. And you...your descendants will survive in this world safely."
"You are finally willing to say something meaningful," Yzaks turned to look at the street advertising screen that was making noise. "But this has nothing to do with us. If the controller behind you still has some logic and intelligence,
You should come out and talk to us now."
A scene of a happy family was playing on the promotional screen - Hao Ren had seen this public service announcement on the bus yesterday. After Yzaks finished speaking, the little boy in the public service announcement immediately showed a sad expression on his face.
, he stood in the center of the screen wringing his hands: "Leave this city, you will get hurt."
"I knew there was something very wrong with these shows." Yzaks grinned when he saw the strange situation on the screen.
Hao Ren connected to the connection in space: "Terminal, what are the scan results?"
"This machine has scanned the entire planet and found no shelter that meets your requirements," the voice of the data terminal sounded in my mind. "But this machine has discovered something else. There is a structure similar to an energy node deep in the planet.
The energy flow throughout the planet eventually converges in that place, which is like the heart of the planet. If you want to find something, you should go there and take a look."
"Tell me where it is," Hao Ren said quickly. "Also check the geological cavities around us. I need navigation, rough navigation."
The data terminal quickly transmitted the situation of the energy node to Hao Ren's mind. The latter couldn't help but whistle: "Awesome - it's close to the core of the earth."
The group of people came to the last crossroads leading to the city boundary. In the memory of Nangong and his wife, not far from here was the largest city gate. However, a row of tall mechanical guards stood in the middle of the road, wearing traffic control masks on their bodies.
's logo.
The mechanical guard standing in the center raised his hand to Hao Ren: "Citizens, please do not pass. There is an accident ahead and the road is congested. It is easy to be dangerous."
A large number of vehicles came from all directions, swarming at the intersection and all the surrounding roads. Honks were blaring, and a large number of robots were interspersed in the gaps in the road. They were wandering around aimlessly, while using weird and ridiculous expressions.
Ways to maintain one's "job".
Hao Ren understands that these machines will not allow the residents of the city to leave this place, but they will try their best to maintain the "normal" order here in the process. A powerful, solid logic runs in all these machines.
With.
This abnormal behavior no longer seems like the result of human control, but like some kind of program that has gone wrong.
Hao Ren smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the robot policeman's steel chest: "I know there is a controller behind you - it may be a crazy human, or it may be a broken host. I want to talk to him."
The robot policeman was silent for a few seconds and repeated dully: "Citizens, please do not pass. There is an accident ahead. The road is congested and 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 jammed on the road, suddenly raised his voice, and said loudly to a certain will behind these machines: "Listen, I know you are paying attention here, and you should understand that we come from space.
And there is an advanced spacecraft hovering above this planet. We have no ill intentions, and if you encounter any trouble, you can tell it and I will be happy to help - provided that we talk openly and honestly."
No one jumped out to respond. Lily muttered next to her: "It doesn't work. Didn't I yell on the balcony several times before?"
Hao Ren shrugged: "But I think it works."
The machines blocking the road on the street did not disperse, but they did not become more crowded. The scene fell into a strange state of silence. The small robots running around in the gaps also stopped what they were doing and quietly
He stared at the small group of people surrounded. For the first time, Hao Ren realized that the feeling of being "watched" by a group of machines was also so weird, almost no different from the gaze of the crowd.
Vivian tentatively walked forward, and all the robots on the road immediately followed her figure and diverted their attention. Countless steel bearings made a slight creaking and friction sound at the same time, but other than these tracking gazes, no machines came up.
intercept.
This is a weird compromise, very different from human behavior.
The group of people moved forward through the gaps in the machine, with the sound of steel heads turning constantly from both sides. The whole scene was like a weird thriller. Hao Ren walked past a small cleaning robot, and the latter raised its head.
Make a happy male voice: "Vijekari..."
"Weijikali Company, an expert in manufacturing cleaning equipment, I remember it." Hao Ren smiled and tapped the little robot's head.
They arrived at the gate at the outermost edge of the city.
A huge steel city wall surrounded the city. The upper part of the city wall was directly connected to the rock dome of the cave. The city gate was embedded in the wall. It was a circular gate with a diameter of more than ten meters. Hao Ren stepped forward and knocked on the gate.
He looked at the robot next to him who was watching him: "I guess you won't be able to help open the door."
The robot said nothing, its electronic eyes flashing with an elusive light.
Hao Ren raised his silver spear with his backhand, and a burst of pale plasma flame erupted from the tip of the spear. He began to use this thing to cut the gate. Bright cutting sparks burst out, jumping on the crystal surface of countless pairs of electronic eyes, but the machines were just silent.
Watching all this quietly, neither stepped forward to help nor stopped.
It's as if a program is stuck.
When the gate was cut open, Hao Ren felt a strange air flow coming in. He handed the two life-support collars to Nangong Wudi and Elsa: "Put on these, they will allow you to
Survive in a harsh environment. The environment outside is probably not very good, and I suspect that the life support system is limited to this city."
A hole large enough for two people to pass side by side was quickly cut out. Hao Ren kicked away the thick, red-burned steel block, revealing the deep and long passage behind it. There was a dim, dark yellow light in the passage.
Faintly visible in the light were some old machines that had been abandoned for who knows how many years.
Hao Ren compared the navigation map in his mind: "Starting from here, passing through a transportation hub, there will be a series of downward passages. Our final destination is near the core of the earth, and there should be something waiting for us there.
"
"Have you thought about the speech?" Vivian glanced at him.
Hao Ren jumped into the passage immediately: "You have to believe in my eloquence on the spot!"
Others followed one after another, but Vivian shook her head and sighed: "I can trust you in everything else..."
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