"Lawu virus? What is that?"
The white mist was still very calm, so calm that Xie Xingzhi felt that this might be the mysterious composure of a novice.
"This is something that is complicated to explain. The Rawu virus is an old problem in this place, but if you choose another profession, it's okay and you basically won't have to deal with it."
The two were walking on the streets of the outer city at the moment. Facing many relatively kind eyes, Xie Xingzhi said:
"Let's find a place to spend the night. I have a lot to explain to you. The street is not safe."
"What do you mean? Can't we enter the inner city today?"
"What are you thinking about? The contribution points required to enter the inner city are higher than the price of the weapons you heard in the advertisement."
Bai Wu frowned:
“This is too slow.”
"This place is not something you can rush into. If you want to enter the inner city, you have to slowly explore, but I have experience."
"How long will it take for you to enter the inner city based on your experience?"
"About twenty days?"
"Twenty days? That's too slow. I need something faster."
Bai Wu knew that it might take a long time to meet Zero in this operation, but he didn't expect it would take twenty days to enter the inner city.
What he didn't know was that when the Xie family came to this area before, it took at least half a year to enter the core city.
Xie Xingzhi looked at Bai Wu with a strange expression:
"Although the outer city is very dangerous and you may encounter beetles and steel-fang pirates, the inner city is also dangerous, and the contribution points required to enter are stuck there, unless you can accept a mission in the inner city. However, even if you accept a mission that is willing to help you with all the procedures, it will be very difficult. What's more, you have chosen the most dangerous profession."
Xie Xingzhi's plan was to take Bai Wu to the Red Hotel next door. The Red Hotel was called the Red Hotel because the graffiti on all four sides were red.
There are too many things to pay attention to in the Mechanical City, and he needs to tell Bai Wu about them.
However, before going to the hotel, Xie Xingzhi first took Bai Wu to a vending machine.
There are many such vending machines around the Mechanical City. You can buy many items from the vending machines, but they also have a pawn function.
Bai Wu actually observed that there was a pile of waste around each vending machine.
This place seemed like a junkyard in the past life. In the early morning, these mechanical creatures still looked lazy. Most of them were homeless people and unemployed people. No one noticed Bai Wu and Xie Xingzhi.
After loading the professions, the professions of these people will be displayed in Baiwu's eyes, but there are some that cannot be displayed.
"Why can't some mechanical professions be displayed?"
"Because they have defensive devices on them, if you have more contribution points, you can buy a peep device. This thing is very expensive."
Being able to view other people's panels must be expensive, but what Xie Xing didn't know was that Bai Wu didn't need a peeping device. To be precise, he had the most powerful peeping device - the Eye of Prell.
Xie Xingzhi walked to the vending machine, and Bai Wu guessed what he wanted to buy:
“We can’t afford anything right now.”
"Yes, but we can mortgage it. We just happen to have something that can be mortgaged now."
Xie Xingzhi took off a small device on his body. It was something similar to a pocket watch. Bai Wu knew that this thing was the Xie family's mechanical weapon activation device.
This was the configuration Xie Xingzhi used when dealing with the Tower God Society.
"I thought we would choose to wear it and rob people around us?" Bai Wu asked.
"Robbery? Do you think this thing is very powerful when I deal with the Tower God Society?" Xie Xingzhi said with a smile.
“It’s really good, better than I expected.”
"But this thing is about the same level as the weapons you hear in the advertisements in the outer city. The good stuff is all in the inner city. So it's better to sell it for contribution points."
"What's going on? Can this vending machine recognize your device? Or is this thing not made by you?"
"We made it, but anything can be mortgaged through the vending machine, including the spirit-hosting items on you. But to be honest, the things that our Xie family has worked hard for hundreds of years are only considered mid-range goods in the Science and Technology City."
Xie Xingzhi smiled bitterly, his hands moving swiftly. The Xie family's technology was very powerful, but the cooperation between the Xie family and Zero did not really receive much guidance. Most of the Xie family's technology was researched by the Xie family themselves, and Zero never paid attention to the principles, but only provided some products.
The Xie family is already able to manufacture some of these products, but for others they still have to rely on Zero because their internal structures are too complicated.
"The Colonial Body Devilish Mecha can be exchanged for fifty-five contribution points. Your suit can also be exchanged for fifty contribution points. Contribution points are very important. We can earn about twenty points a day, and we can all enter the inner city in about twenty days."
Bai Wu discovered that after Xie Xingzhi chose to confirm the mortgage, the activation device of the colonial body actually disappeared.
The technology here is indeed beyond imagination. Bai Wu said:
"Can any item be mortgaged?"
"Yes, but it's better to have something valuable, such as a spirit-hosting item. Most non-spirit-hosting items have very low contribution points for exchange zones."
Bai Wu finally pawned the machine given by the Xie family, because he suddenly discovered that although Xie Xingzhi said that the Xie family's equipment was mid-range, it required a certain level of prestige to use.
That is to say, in this mechanical city, if you are a homeless person, even if you are lucky enough to get a batch of equipment, you cannot wear it.
This is a place where waste is truly not tolerated.
After getting fifty contribution points, Bai Wu knew he still needed one hundred and fifty points. He looked at Xie Xingzhi:
"Since the soul-sending items can be exchanged, why don't you use the sequence?"
Xie Xingzhi's talent sequence 66 - Imperial Weapon Summoning, can randomly summon three existing spirit-bearing items in the world, and can give a spirit to any item once, lasting for thirty minutes.
Xie Xingzhi was not surprised that Bai Wu knew his sequence. He said:
"It's useless. Time-limited items are all calculated based on their value after the expiration date. My abilities may be useful here, but they cannot be used as collateral for contribution points unless I mortgage the sequence."
In fact, when Bai Wu met Xie Xingzhi for the first time, he really wanted to try something, so he took out a pot from Ji Ling's bag.
"Brother Xie, I have a humble request that only you can do, and it's very easy. Can you use your sequence to help me send it to the spirit once?"
Bai Wu's eyes were full of desire, but Xie Xingzhi shook his head without even thinking:
"I can only activate the sequence a limited number of times a day. It's very dangerous here. We'd better not waste our energy if we're fine. A broken pot is useless even if it's filled with spirits. And it only lasts for 30 minutes."
"This is a pot! An electric rice cooker!" Bai Wu did not give up.
“That’s why this thing is useless.”
Xie Xingzhi ignored it. Based on his many years of experience in summoning spirits, he knew that the rice cooker would most likely not be of much use after being summoned by spirits.
He walked towards the Red Hotel, and Bai Wu had no choice but to follow him.
The owner of the hotel is an old man wearing a cowboy hat. He is called an old man because he has a cable beard like a sideburn. The old man has only one arm, and there is a device similar to a revolver wheel on his shoulder. His eyes look like the cat's eyes of a security door.
"You two are going to stay at the hotel? You look like strangers."
"Yes, get us a room."
"Huh? One room? Two men in one room? Damn it, don't merge your data in my place. This is not a hotel for men to make friends in the city." The boss was surprised.
Xie Xingzhi completely ignored it and said:
"Are you still going to do business? You're talking too much nonsense."
"Four contribution points." The boss held up four fingers.
"Why don't you go and rob it?" Xie Xingzhi asked angrily.
"I am a civilized person. I can stay here if I want."
"… "
"… "
Finally, Bai Wu and Xie Xingzhi had no choice but to stay in this hotel, because according to Bai Wu's observation, this hotel was the most stable.
The houses around here all looked run-down.
After finding a place to live, Bai Wu and Xie Xingzhi turned on the advertising receiver in the house and listened to the latest news.
The room in the Red Hotel is very simple, as simple as a prison cell. There is only a bed with various cable interfaces on the bed. Basically, all kinds of robots can be charged here, but charging can only replenish daily energy, not combat energy.
Combat energy requires fuel.
Xie Xingzhi quickly began to share some scientific knowledge with Bai Wu:
"The robots here have different shapes, but generally speaking, they can be classified into different danger levels based on the parts on their bodies. Now you can see the panels of some of the mechanical families, which will display their danger levels. There are six danger levels in total, from E-class to S-class."
"Robots usually have names, just like us. Most of the people here have names that are not much different from the names in the tower. Although their souls were created by Zero, they seem to correspond to the humans who died in the escape seven hundred years ago."
This is very valuable information. Bai Wu asked:
"In other words, it is very likely that the souls of those who died in the tower will be created by Zero and given to a certain machine?"
"exactly."
Bai Wu said:
"Will the inner city encounter a technological unit stronger than your Xie family?"
"Not only that, there have always been some rebels over the years, and their technology is enough to threaten the Core City. Zero is the God of Machinery, but the things it created also have the potential to kill God. When machines have souls, their creativity is simply incomparable to us humans."
Xie Xingzhi obviously had some experience in the inner city. His words also made Bai Wu vaguely feel that No. 0 gave these native humans initial professions, obviously hoping that humans could correct this society.
Of course, Zero himself is also working hard to correct himself.
So Bai Wu asked the original question:
"What is the Rawu virus?"
"How can we explain this thing? In short, it is something that distorts the soul. It is not clear why the Rawu virus appeared, but the Rawu virus has appeared in the Mechanical City for hundreds of years."
"The first case of the Rawu virus came from the core city, but no one knew who the first patient was. The Rawu virus spread quickly, and at its worst, it even paralyzed the inner city. The inner city became extremely distorted, and the mechanical race killed each other, suffering heavy losses. In the end, the Rawu virus was modified by Zero using macro data and temporarily suppressed, and then Zero established an anti-virus guard team."
"Anti-Virus Guard? They sound powerful."
"They are very powerful. If you encounter them, it is best to hide aside and keep quiet. If they judge that you are mentally unstable and have a high desire to commit a crime, they will directly judge you as a virus carrier. The equipment they carry... is very powerful, even more powerful than the strongest technology of our Xie family. They are basically the royal troops who directly obey Zero."
"Criminal desire? Can this kind of thing be detected?"
"Yes, it is a soul sin value measuring instrument, which is a unique equipment for the security team."
Good job.
Bai Wu didn't expect the science and technology city to be so complicated.
Old Xie has seen Zero, but the Xie family’s equipment is still not as good as some of the elite mechanical tribes in the inner city of the Science and Technology City. It seems that Old Xie wants another kind of technology...
Bai Wu did not ask this question, but continued to ask about the Lawu virus. He vaguely felt that this virus was an opportunity.
"How do people infected with the Rawu virus manifest themselves?"
"Emotions are becoming abnormal. There is a predictor of the manifestation of the Rawu virus in the inner city."
"This... The inner city is indeed a must-go place for this adventure. What the hell is the predictor of the manifestation of the Rawu virus?"
"Similar to the earthquake predictor from 700 years ago, which could predict earthquakes, the virus predictor can predict the symptoms of virus patients in the next few days."
Xie Xingzhi explained very seriously, because Bai Wu's work was destined to deal with the Rawu virus. As a member of the Xie family who also studied artificial intelligence, he was also interested in viruses:
"The Lawu virus has four manifestations: fear, anger, joy, and sadness. These are the same as human fear, joy, sadness, and anger."
"Each manifestation can last for several days or even more than ten days. For example, if it is fear, the mechanical race infected with the Rawu virus will become suspicious and fearful of the things around them, suspicious of the people around them, and even kill their loved ones in their dreams."
Cao Cao is in the late stage of cancer
After this example, Bai Wu roughly understood it.
"The four symptoms cycle like the four seasons, but there is no objective law of change. It is said that there was a time when there was anger for sixty consecutive days, so much so that one-third of the entire inner city was destroyed by the anger of the Rawu virus infected people."
"Can the Lawu virus be cured?" Bai Wu said.
"I don't know... Although some machines have great emotional inclinations between shock, anger, sadness and joy, they can still remain rational in the end. Some of them go crazy and cannot be controlled. Most of the latter are destroyed by the security team, while some of the former... heal themselves. In your work, you are likely to come into contact with patients with the Rawu virus."
Bai Wu said:
“Do people with deep infection have other symptoms?”
"There is."
Xie Xingzhi's expression became solemn:
"This is the world outside the tower. Emotions in the world outside the tower are very scary. The mechanical race is different from humans. Humans can control their emotions by suppressing or stimulating hormone secretion, but the mechanical race controls them through data."
"But the Ruwu virus can make this control out of control. When it gets serious, anger, sadness, and fear can distort them."
"Distortion?"
"Yes, that's the word used for protists: degeneration..."
Bai Wu was shocked.
Therefore, these homeless people, including the security forces mentioned by Xie Xingzhi, are not evil.
Can people infected with the Lao virus still become evil and degenerate
"After being twisted, they may have some powerful entries. Believe me, after the mechanical race is corrupted... it will be very troublesome. You don't know whether those machines belong to the category of science or magic."
Although Bai Wu thought this setting was very exciting, he also knew that Xie Xingzhi's warning was correct.
These mechanical creatures are not the same as the Steel Garuru and Captain Gorilla that he had seen in the Baichuan City Zoo. They are not humans that have degenerated into evil and turned into mechanical bodies.
Rather, souls were inserted into the machines, so they were able to degenerate again in this special way.
What we need to do is to correct their souls before they become evil.
“No wonder it’s a high-risk profession.”
"Why do I feel that you are even more excited?" Xie Xingzhi suddenly found that Bai Wu's mood was very strange. Doesn't this kid have any sense of fear
Bai Wu did not hide the excitement in his eyes. He stood up and said:
"It's time to work and earn money. Let's see what tasks are available. I can't wait twenty days."
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