Sunlight shines into this sinkhole hundreds of meters deep.
At the bottom of the pit are countless broken walls and ruins.
Dust and ruins.
Burning vehicles, collapsed buildings.
The scarlet steel bars were broken, exposed to sunlight and dust.
From a distance, the steel supports spread into the darkness, supporting the areas that have not yet collapsed.
Lu Wen stood on the cement bricks, at the top of the ruins.
He grasped the steel pipe and pulled it out with force with a 'chi' sound.
The blue blood emits a different kind of light under the sunlight.
"You have worked so hard, tried every means, and made every plan just to start a war between this city and the no-man's land. Do you think you succeeded?" Lu Wen asked.
The female android was seriously injured.
Blue blood keeps coming out of wounds in various parts of her body, and it won't be long before she runs out of power and shuts down.
She leaned against the cement pillar, half lying down, her face always calm.
"Panic arouses panic in the hearts of the people. That's enough." She did not deny her identity. "Even if the war does not come now, as the emotions accumulate, one day it will come and destroy this rotten world. world."
Zero is right.
Even if the war might not happen for a while, her plan was more than half successful.
Some time ago.
The nine cities all proposed the concept of bionic councilors in a tacit understanding and took action.
These councilors can be the bridge between the city and no man’s land.
but now.
Baker City's android councilman became a joke.
People cannot contain their fear of androids, and when android legislators propose improvements in android rights, they will object, shouting that androids have had enough.
The imagined peaceful future faded into the distance.
"Do you know how you were exposed?" Lu Wen looked at her.
"That question yesterday?" No. 0 also understood the crux of the problem. "At that time, I blurted out that you and No. 0 had no intersection. I ignored this."
"Look, now we have intersection." Lu Wen threw away the steel pipe in his hand, and the bloody steel pipe rolled down among the ruins.
"But you weren't very sure about my identity at that time, so that's why we performed today." Zero thought thoughtfully, "In your calculation, there is a high probability that I will expand the city by collapsing it. The impact of the battle between the two organizations. During the battle, you found that I had been between the tall buildings... so you were determined."
Zero is looking at him.
It seems that he wants to find some familiar shadows in him.
"No. 9, you came from Mowu City and you just wanted to deal with me? But we really didn't have any interactions before..." She thought for a while, "Are you someone's clone? I killed many people in Mowu City some time ago. , but most of those people are homeless and irrelevant.”
Zero is always calm.
She is not upset about being discovered, she can abandon this clone at any time.
So she began to speculate on the true identity of the android in front of her. Knowing the information about her opponents was very important to her. She needed enough information to formulate a plan to deal with everyone.
"Are you Lu Wen? No... Lu Wen is just a little pawn who goes with the flow. Without the little girl named Xia, he wouldn't even be able to resist effectively. You are much stronger than him."
Zero raised her head, observing the changes in the expression of the android in front of her.
Trying to determine No. 9's true identity through words.
After saying the word 'Lu Wen', the android named No. 9 did not change at all and his expression was indifferent.
"I caused a lot of chaos in Mowu City, but the casualties among ordinary people were minimal, so you are not sent by the council. I think the council in Mowu City should also thank me. After all, I helped them deal with it. There are many homeless people who affect the appearance of the city." Zero smiled slightly.
"Is he an old friend?"
Time can bury many past people and events.
Number Zero recalled what Lu Wen said about 'finally meeting officially'. This sentence indicated that they had met in some way, or had played against each other through the air.
But in the past few decades, she has had too many opponents.
"Do you think it's fun to guess like this?" Lu Wen looked at her, "This should be your favorite thing to do. You never reveal your true purpose and keep your opponents in anxiety and panic for a long time."
"long?"
Number Zero chewed these two words carefully.
Based on her memories of the past few decades, she wanted to dig out this possible old friend in time.
"You are difficult to deal with. Many people have said so. Your plan is perfect." Lu Wen slowly squatted down and looked at her level. "But I suddenly discovered that the reason why you are difficult to deal with is because of the poor information."
In the information age, if a person masters the vast majority of information, he has absolute initiative.
Can influence the direction of development of things.
In many historical novels, the protagonist's actions can be said to be a sign of mental retardation in that era, but because the protagonist is a time traveler and has information that people did not understand at that time, he can do that.
"Over the past few decades, I think you have controlled many people and androids in nine major cities. You have your shadow in every large force, and the entire world's information is constantly being sent to you." Lu Wen said .
"I think you know I'm not the only one doing this."
"Yes, you are indeed not the only one."
Lu Wen raised his hand and killed an underground force member who was targeting him from a distance.
These guys have truly gone underground this time.
"But after being reminded by Ark yesterday, I discovered that you have no bottom line. Bottom lines such as moral values are the key to restricting many people's actions, but you don't have one, so you have no scruples."
"Androids can actually talk about the bottom line. Are you a human?"
Zero was still guessing about the identity of the android in front of him.
An opponent who appears suddenly will put him into a passive position.
Passivity is a feeling he doesn't like very much. He just likes to let others fall into that feeling.
"What about you? Are you human?" Lu Wen said, "I don't think you are. The behavior you showed is not."
"There is no point in continuing the discussion like this. No. 9, you are a good opponent. We will meet again." No. 0 looked down at the blue blood gradually draining from her body.
She chose active hibernation, and the blue light on her bracelet gradually faded.
During the conversation, many androids were looking at this place.
If it weren't for Number Nine, they might never have known that there was an android controlled by Number Zero mixed into their organization, and that they were also the owners of twelve numbers.
"No, we'll see you again soon."
Lu Wen smiled.
Before Zero went into complete hibernation, he saw his smile.
"boom!"
The female android's brain suddenly exploded.
self-destructed.
She had no intention of leaving the four chips to Lu Wen and the others.
…
Outside Baker City.
A deserted no man's land, thousands of miles of bare ground, roaring wind and sand.
Abandoned cities gradually decayed over the years.
Underground in a certain city.
The huge sky supports the underground space.
Tangled lines hung under the sky, precision instruments shone with light, and countless screens displayed the entire Baker City.
Darkness is the main theme of this space.
The screen is the only light source.
One of the screens showed what was happening at the bottom of the sinkhole. The female android blew herself up.
Sitting in front of the screen, she nodded slightly.
She didn't feel any pity for losing a clone who had a very high status in the android organization outside Baker City.
To achieve something, sacrifice is necessary.
"Shelley said that if you take good care of your feathers and don't let them suffer any damage, then you will lose both wings and will never be able to fly."
The low words echoed in the empty underground.
She is alone here.
There is never only one.
Eternal loneliness stayed with her for ten years, or more.
The darkness made her feel safe.
"The years are as heavy as iron chains, and the soul that is pressed down is originally just like you, proud, elegant, and inferior." The old voice came from the other end of the underground. "This sentence was also said by Shelley. I think it is very suitable to describe You, long time no see.”
The seated voice suddenly stood up.
Her expression changed.
She would never forget the familiar tone even after so many years.
"Doctor, how did you find me?"
"This is Baker City. I've been waiting for you for many years. It's okay if you don't show up. Now that you show up, there's no reason why you can't be found."
Dr. Jiang walked out of the darkness.
This is the world that belongs to Zero, the underground fortress that she has painstakingly arranged.
But from beginning to end, until Dr. Jiang took the initiative to speak out, this fortress did not sound any alarm.
Number Zero knew that the initiative in this fortress was no longer in her hands, and that all the information might have been copied silently by Dr. Jiang.
"Sit down. We haven't seen each other for so long. Don't you want to talk to me?"
Dr. Jiang walked to the console and pulled a chair in front of him.
This underground fortress is almost a replica of his research institute.
The design ideas are similar.
The only difference may be that it cannot transform as a whole.
"I remember many years ago, when you came to the institute for the second time, you sneaked in secretly, and I found you. I got rid of your clone and tracked you all the way to your lair. I told you at that time..." Dr. Jiang looked at Zero, "The whole of Baker City is my eyes, including no man's land."
Zero remembers that conversation.
Before the giant mechanical monster crushed her clone, he once said that if she came back one day, she would still be found.
Decades of time.
Zero is growing, and Dr. Jiang is not idle either.
"You have made a big name outside, and my name has been publicized for decades."
"Doctor, have you found my true identity?"
Zero had no intention of exchanging pleasantries.
This underground fortress recorded a lot of information. She was so confident in herself that she ignored her former teacher.
"I think I found it."
(End of chapter)