After settling near the obelisk, Lu Xiao finally had the information Aletheia discovered in the ruins of Gaia.
Just as Lu Xiao guessed, Ted Farrow is the kind of person who will be at a loss at critical moments.
The clue Aletheia found was the suicide note left by Farrow before his death.
Gaia was indeed prepared in advance to upload Elizabeth's consciousness to the Internet, and secretly developed the corresponding technology.
Elizabeth's self-sacrifice made Gaia very sad. Although she still fulfilled the mission given to her by Elizabeth, for a while, she lost interest in everything else.
Ted Farrow happened to launch an attack during this period, clearing the records in the Apollo subroutine, killing all members of the Alpha team, and stealing the consciousness uploading technology from the absent-minded Gaia.
This is a technology that has never been tested in any way. With the members of the Alpha team being killed, there are only a handful of humans left in the entire Gaia Sanctuary. Farro dare not let others try it easily to avoid what should be his own.
Stolen.
He is such a selfish and short-sighted person. If Elizabeth hadn't helped him when he was at his lowest, this guy would have gone bankrupt and slept on the street.
Uncertain whether the consciousness upload could be successful, Farrow left a suicide note amid anxiety and hesitation, and this suicide note became the most powerful evidence for Lu Xiao to determine his whereabouts.
Gaia is an artificial intelligence. Her computing power is by no means comparable to that of humans, and her rigor in scientific research is not comparable to that of "experts" who like to set up projects to defraud funds.
Facts have proved that the consciousness uploading technology studied by Gaia is real and feasible.
Ted Farrow uploaded his consciousness to the Internet, slipped out of the shelter without Gaia's knowledge, and hid and slept for a long time to adapt.
Although there is no definite evidence that Farrow was behind Hades's rampage, Lu Xiao's sixth sense derived from the Isu people was guided by various clues and locked the target in advance.
'Here comes the problem.'
Standing on the high mountain where the obelisk is located and looking out into the distance, Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes and thought, 'Where is Ted Farrow hiding?'
For Farrow, who is electronically aware, artificial intelligence Gaia is the only existence that can threaten him.
Gaia had self-destructed and disappeared more than ten years ago, but Faro did not rush out to take over the world. Instead, he allowed Hades to clear out the civilization established by the new generation of humans.
'What is that guy's purpose? Could it be that his brain was burned out during the process of uploading his consciousness?'
"Aletheia, activate the signal tower's amplification mode, with Meridian City as the center, scan the entire world's remaining network nodes with high power."
"Understood, the increase begins."
"Buzz~"
The pitch-black obelisk emitted a faint buzzing sound, and the ripples that ordinary people could not detect spread outward from the center of the obelisk. They soon swept across the entire Meridian City and were spreading further outwards.
While the obelisk was operating at full capacity, Aletheia and Consus were temporarily unable to distract themselves from other things.
Before obtaining further information, Lu Xiao had been sitting by the obelisk, silently waiting for news from Aletheia.
When the mechanical army was about to enter the forest, the reinforcements from the Nora tribe also bypassed Meridian City and entered the Sunset Forest.
The forest is the home ground of hunters, and the Nora tribe, who are good at hunting in the mountains and forests, use guerrilla attacks elusively.
"Whoosh!"
A special arrow with a concussive stripping effect accurately hit the back of a saboteur, stripping its built-in radar from its body.
A large number of hunters in primitive clothing can be vaguely seen in the forest, moving quickly.
According to the remaining information in Gaia's ruins, Lu Xiao and others gained a deeper understanding of the mechanical beast created by Gaia using the Hephaestus subroutine.
Among all the mechanical beasts, there are only three types equipped with radar systems. The most common one is the medium-sized mechanical beast Destroyer, and the other two are large machines.
The super-large mechanical beast giraffe is not aggressive in any way. It will only patrol within a certain area. It was originally designed to assist Gaia in observing the operation of local mechanical beasts and monitoring the progress of local ecological restoration.
After Gaia self-destructed, the giraffe lost its goal and wandered aimlessly between various areas.
Lu Xiao had encountered a giraffe in the wild before. It did not have any desire to attack and was not equipped with any weapons.
Hades may not be interested in this harmless super-large mechanical beast, and did not consider the giraffe when reversing the mechanical beast's calculation logic.
The last kind of mechanical beast equipped with radar is more troublesome. It is the overlord of ground mechanical beasts - Thunder Fang.
The good news among the misfortunes is that there are not many Thunderfangs, and the radar systems on them can be eliminated one by one with careful planning.
This task is relatively difficult and is carried out personally by elites such as Yongzhen and Aloy, while the larger number of saboteurs are handed over to ordinary warriors of the Nora tribe.
"Aloy, get ready."
On one of the big trees in the forest, Yongzhen fully drew the Japanese longbow in his hand and pointed the special arrow at one of the Thunder Fangs, which was searching around with radar.
Aloy, who was standing on another branch a few hundred meters away, also drew his bow and aimed at another target.
"3,2,1!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The two arrows flew out almost at the same time. The arrow shot by Yongzhen, who was more powerful, obviously exceeded the target and hit the radar on the target's back first.
"Bang!"
The radar components were stripped off by the shock wave, and Thunder Fang reacted quickly. The weapons on his body immediately fired in all directions, trying to kill the enemies attacking him.
But Yongzhen evacuated the place as soon as the attack hit. Although Thunder Fang's wild bombing cleared a large area of nearby woods, it did not pose any threat to Yongzhen.
Aloy's arrow also hit another Thunder Fang far away at this time. Under Yongzhen's order, she immediately retreated backwards and leapt forward on the branches.
The hilltop where the obelisk is located is the highest altitude nearby, and Lu Xiao can see the dust stirred up in the forest through the eagle's eyes.
"Yongzhen, Aloy, how is the situation?"
Through Focus's contact channel, the three of them can communicate smoothly even if they are far apart.
Yongzhen: "The radars of the last two Thunder Fangs have been removed. Next, it depends on the Nora warriors."
Lu Xiao: "Very good, Yongzhen, please withdraw first. Just in case, I need you to protect me while I am accumulating strength."
"clear."
After hanging up the contact, Yongzhen turned his head and said to Aloy, who was also moving at high speed: "I'll leave this to you, remember not to show off."
"We have delayed enough time. Oseland's reinforcements have just entered Meridian City and are installing heavy weapons at various defensive points on the city wall."
"In one day at most, all preparations will be completed. Let the Nora warriors prepare to evacuate."
There is no undead war in this world. Even if they are careful enough, Nora warriors will still inevitably suffer losses when they engage in guerrilla warfare with mechanical beasts.
Of the more than 130 soldiers who entered the forest, there are now only more than 50 left, and many of them are injured.
Aloy breathed a sigh of relief. The guerrilla war in the forest during this period also caused a lot of psychological burden on her. This was the first time she had to bear such an important responsibility. The death of every clan member would make her feel heartbroken.
"I understand. After dark, I will retreat with my tribe overnight."
After bidding farewell to Aloy, Yongzhen crushed the teleportation rune stone and returned directly to Ziwu City.
When the teleportation was about to end, Yongzhen looked at the dust rising in the forest and frowned, thinking, 'Where did Sirius go? Why didn't he see him behind the mechanical army?'