After Tan Yan used a rope to grab the two temple guards and took them to a corner, Liang Xian also climbed up and walked over.
In order to prevent the two from escaping or using other methods to pass on the message, Tan Yan opened the protective shield to protect the two temple guards, himself and Liang Xian.
He first knocked on their helmets with his hands, and a hollow echo came out of the helmets.
The two were stunned. Tan Yan pinched their clothes and found that they were filled with gas. In other words, there was empty space underneath the clothes.
Although the situation in the clothes is shocking, it is also possible that they are very small and need to maintain their human form in this way. Liang Xian calmly pressed the helmet and asked: "What kind of creatures are you? Why do you disguise yourself as humans? Why do you treat humans like this? Are you protecting or killing them?"
The temple guards did not speak. The strangest thing was that their arms were still in the position of supporting Liang Xian, without moving.
Tan Yan wanted to pretend to be fierce and interrogate them, but these two guards didn't even have bodies, so how could he threaten them
Liang Xian lifted the temple guard up. He was very light. His clothes were not heavy and were filled with gas, so they had almost no weight. Now he had no reaction at all.
You can't see what's inside the helmet through the visual screen, you can only see the screen flashing yellow light.
Liang Xian pretended to be fierce and said, "If you don't speak, I will take off your protective suits. You don't have bodies, do you need protective suits to protect you?"
However, he was like asking two puppets, and the other party did not respond at all.
"I feel like I'm talking to two life-size mannequins..." Liang Xian was slightly stunned when he said this. He said to Tan Yan, "Could these two guys really be puppets?"
"What do you mean?" Tan Yan poked them, at a loss as to what to do with the situation.
Liang Xian said: "I feel that the two of them are a bit like two robots that can only function when connected to the Internet. Under the control of the operating system, they operate according to the originally set program. For example, if they see a human die or faint, they will go to help. When you use a protective shield to isolate them from the outside world, these two temple guards can no longer communicate with the system and lose their ability to move. Aren't they just two puppets controlled by the government? Combined with the empty protective suits on them, I have reason to suspect that these two people are not living creatures, but two artificial robots."
This guess was beyond Tan Yan's comprehension. He did not say anything, but turned the two guards over and over again, and finally found the hidden zipper on the protective suit.
Seeing the zipper, Tan Yan asked, "If it's a puppet, what will happen if we take off our clothes?"
"I don't know, but this is the only way we can do at this stage. The worst result is that they will send out a distress message after being forced to take off their protective suits, but with your protective shield, the message can't be sent out. Even if it can be sent out, the main system should be able to detect the loss of contact with the two guards at the moment of network disconnection, and will send people anyway. Whether they take off their clothes or not, they have already been alerted, so why not give it a try? I'll observe their insides."
After saying that, Liang Xian unzipped the protective suit. The moment the zipper opened, the gas filled in the suit spilled out, and the guard's entire body deflated, turning into an ordinary protective suit, while the yellow light on the helmet was still flashing.
Liang Xian rummaged around in the helmet and finally found a tiny chip inside the helmet's visual screen. It was only a quarter of the size of a little finger nail, very thin and transparent.
Liang Xian took out a flashlight, pointed the chip at the flashlight, and through the bright light, he saw the patterns inside.
"It's really just robots," he wondered, "Could it be that all the guards in the White Tower are also robots? Only the system that issued the alarm can control the other guards?"
"Who made these robots? Who created the weapon called 'Phantom Light'? Are they alien creatures? Or artificial intelligence?" Liang Xian asked a series of questions.
Tan Yan was more straightforward than him. He put on the protective suit and picked up the helmet and said, "It's useless to just guess. Now that we have the clothes that can resist the 'illusion light', let's act quickly."
"Don't worry," Liang Xian held Tan Yan down, "Let me see if there are any other control mechanisms on this protective suit. It would be troublesome if the main system can control the protective suit to take it off by itself."
He checked the protective suit from top to bottom, left to right, and only put it on after making sure there was no trap.
Strangely, the protective suit immediately becomes close-fitting after being put on. The material of the suit seems to be a memory material that can automatically change size and elasticity according to the wearer's body shape.
"This suit seems to be designed for humans." Tan Yan touched the protective suit and said, "If it is not for humans to wear, why is it so close-fitting? If the suit is just to imitate the human form, it doesn't need to be so comfortable. For example, the doll clothes in the mall are one-size-fits-all and can be worn by anyone, so they are very bulky to wear, but this protective suit is not like that."
"Let's go into the White Tower," Liang Xian held two chips in his hand, "We should have the answer after we enter."
Tan Yan opened the protective cover, and the two chips immediately lit up. Unlike the dullness just now, this was a vibrant brightness.
It's just a chip, but it gives Liang Xian a feeling of being "alive".
He did not destroy the chips, but placed them near the temple. If there really was a network, then the "God" would definitely be able to find them.
The two were in a dark corner not far from the temple. They saw several guards rushing out, finding the location of the two chips and putting them away.
After seeing this scene, they knew that "God" would take action soon and they had to act as soon as possible.
The White Pagoda is right in the middle of the wildlife conservation area, not far away. They arrived at the foot of the White Pagoda in about ten minutes.
Tan Yan first took Liang Xian to the wall that he had smashed before. In less than eight hours, the huge hole had been repaired, but traces of damage were still visible.
Liang Xian observed the material of the wall. It was something he had never seen before, or rather...
"Could this be a substance that doesn't exist on Earth?" Liang Xian guessed, "I've never seen this kind of memory metal on Earth, and heavy metals generally have strong radiation... Protective clothing, shielding force field..."
Hearing his speculation, Tan Yan said: "Perhaps the shielding force field on the wall of the White Tower is not to trap humans, but to protect people from being harmed by radiation?"
Liang Xian thought about it and said in surprise: "It is really possible. What kind of situation would cause a large amount of metal that has never been seen before to appear on the earth?"
"Meteorite?" Tan Yan guessed based on his past experience.
"It's hard to say." Liang Xian asked, "Let's go in and take a look."
"You can't use your consciousness in the protective suit," Tan Yan said, "while defending yourself against the 'illusion light', you will also be in danger."
"Everything has two sides," Liang Xian looked at Tan Yan and held his hand through his protective suit. "Do you want to take a risk?"
"There's no other way out anyway, right?" Tan Yan also held him back tightly.
The two of them circled around the White Tower and found the entrance.
Unlike its interior, the White Pagoda is a sacred place in the hearts of humans in the conservation area, so it must have a majestic gate facing south and be protected by guards.
Tan Yan and Liang Xian knew that they had no choice but to force their way in here. Fortunately, the guards were holding weapons that could release "phantom light", so they could defend themselves.
The two men swaggered to the door, but the guards ignored them and let them go in without any communication.
"Why?" After walking through the gate and into the white tower, Tan Yan was puzzled, "Walk into a trap?"
"Not quite..." Liang Xian shook his head. A guess gradually arose in his mind, but he was not entirely sure because it was too unbelievable.
To verify this idea, he turned around and attacked a guard in white. Surprisingly, the other guard did not resist and allowed him to knock him down. The other guards did not take action either.
"We can talk online this time, right?" Liang Xian asked, "Who the hell are you? Why are you arresting our people? Can you give us an answer?"
Something flashed on the white guard's visual screen, and a voice suddenly came from his helmet: "Human? Wild?"
"What's wild or not wild?" Liang Xian hated this statement. "I am a human being, for sure."
"Wild protected animals need to be exposed to 'Phantom Light'." The voice did not respond to Liang Xian's question at all, but continued on its own, "If they are not purified by 'Phantom Light', there will be radiation, which will pollute the environment in the conservation area."
"We are wearing protective clothing," Tan Yan said, "Will this still have radiation?"
"Protective clothing?" A beam of light shot out from the visual screen, scanning Tan Yan and Liang Xian. "It is confirmed to be safe, you can enter the White Tower. What do you need?"
"Very polite..." Liang Xian said, "We want to know why the world has become like this. The world we imagine is not like this."
"Ordinary humans shouldn't know too much of the truth." The voice on the helmet seemed very rigid, as if there was some set program.
"We are not ordinary humans," Liang Xian said. "We are national soldiers who protect the people."
"Soldiers are the name for military personnel serving in a country's army, including combatants and non-combatants, similar to ancient warriors and knights. Their duties are to safeguard national security, protect and guard national borders, maintain government stability, and maintain social stability. Sometimes they also participate in non-combat work including disaster relief."
After reciting this definition of a soldier, the light on the screen began to become strange, sometimes red and sometimes yellow, as if it was shocked, or thinking: "Soldiers, there are no more soldiers on Earth. After the last soldier died in battle, I took over the responsibility of protecting mankind."
"You can only protect soldiers after they die? Are you artificial intelligence?" Liang Xian asked.
"Yes, I am the artificial intelligence jointly created by thirty-two countries, 'Tian Shen No. 1'. My mission is to assist the army in protecting ordinary people. After the last soldier died in battle, I can only act on my own." Tian Shen No. 1 replied, "May I ask your unit number so that I can confirm your identity."
How could Liang Xian's unit number be used in this world? After thinking about it, he said the number of a secret unit that has existed since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"The unit number is correct. It is a unit that perished thirty years ago. It meets the requirements. Open the permissions and come in."
As soon as God No. 1 finished speaking, a door opened in the passage, waiting for the two to enter.
The author has something to say: Someone guessed it right, it is artificial intelligence, created by humans to protect humans, but it is a bit rigid.
There is no second update today. My brain cells are dead in this world. I can only produce this much brain oil in a day_(:3∠)_