More and more vehicles and all kinds of robots appear on the streets of the city, as if they came from all corners of the city. However, they haven't clearly shown hostility or obstructive intentions. They just appear beside everyone, marching with Hao Ren's team, and keep making noise. Those robots even continued their work while walking—wiping the light poles and guardrails on the side of the road, cleaning the already spotless streets, and tightening the screws under the street billboards over and over again. They have to maintain these activities under any circumstances, with only one purpose, and that is to keep the city in a "alive" state, pretending 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 frisbee-shaped robot cleaning the exterior of the building flew around Izaks, calling in a cheerful female voice as it flew: "Citizen, does your apartment need exterior maintenance? Do you need to give it to me?" Do you want to clean the outside of your glass window? Vejacari's R-33 is on call to help you."
Y'zaks patiently waved the little robot aside again and again: "No, we are going to leave this city."
"Citizen, your choice is very irrational. Leaving the shelter means death, and the outside environment is not suitable for human survival," the billboard on the roadside made a high-pitched tone, and as the crowd moved forward, the voice jumped like a shadow, "The cold, the vacuum, and the toxic air around the engine, and you can only survive for two hours in a protective suit—why not wait quietly in the shelter? In a thousand years, we will arrive at a safe new home, and the planet will It will thaw, everything will recover, seed the ecosystem that will regenerate the surface, and you... your children and grandchildren will live in safety in this world."
"You guys are finally willing to say something meaningful." Izaks turned his head and looked at the street advertising screen that was making noise, "but this has nothing to do with us. If the controller behind you still has a little logic and intelligence, You should come out and talk to us now."
A picture of the happy family was playing on the promotional screen—Hao Ren had seen this public service advertisement on the bus yesterday. After Y'zaks finished speaking, the little boy in the public service advertisement immediately showed a sad expression on his face. He stood in the center of the screen wringing his hands: "Leave this city, you will be hurt."
"I knew these shows were very wrong." Y'zaks grinned when he saw the weird situation on the screen.
Hao Ren connected with the space: "Terminal. How's the scan result?"
"This machine has scanned the entire planet, and found no shelter that meets your requirements," the voice of the data terminal sounded in the mind, "but this machine has found something else. There is a structure similar to an energy node deep in the planet. The flow of energy from all over the planet ends up in that place, and it's like the heart of the planet. If you're looking for something, you should go there."
"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, and Hao Ren couldn't help but whistle: "That's great—it's close to the core of the earth."
A group of people came to the last crossroad leading to the city boundary. In the memory of Nangong and his wife, the largest city gate was not far in front of this place. However, a row of tall mechanical guards stood in the middle of the road, wearing traffic management signs on their bodies.
The mechanical guard standing in the center raised his hand to Hao Ren: "Citizens, please do not pass. There are accidents ahead and the road is congested, which is prone to danger."
A large number of vehicles came from all directions. Crowded and honking at intersections and all the surrounding roads, and hordes of robots weaving in and out of the way, wandering aimlessly while maintaining their " Work".
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 in this process. A powerful and solidified logic runs in all these machines with.
This abnormal behavior no longer looks like the result of human control, but like some kind of program that has gone wrong.
Hao Ren smiled, and patted the steel police robot's chest: "I know there is a controller behind you—maybe a crazy human being, or 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 it is prone to danger."
Hao Ren sighed: "We don't have any malicious intentions—we just want to know what's wrong with this planet."
Then, he looked at the vehicles and robots that were congested 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, you should understand that we are from space, And there's a state-of-the-art ship hovering over this planet. We mean no harm, and if you're in any trouble, you can speak up and I'll be happy to help—provided we have an open and honest conversation."
No one jumped out to respond, and Lily muttered beside her: "It doesn't work, didn't I yell at 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 congested. The scene fell into a strange silence, and the little robots running around in the gaps also stopped their work, quietly looking at the small group of people surrounded. Hao Ren realized for the first time that the feeling of being "watched" by a group of machines is so weird, almost indistinguishable from the crowd's gaze.
Vivienne tentatively walked forward, and all the robots on the road immediately followed her figure and shifted their gazes. Numerous steel bearings made a slight creaking sound at the same time, but apart from these stalking and staring, no machines came up. intercept.
It's a weird compromise that's very different from human behavior.
A group of people moved forward in the gaps of the machine, and the sound of steel heads turning continuously came from both sides. The whole scene was like a strange thriller. Hao Ren walked past a small cleaning robot, which then raised its head and let out a pleasant male voice: "Weijiekali..."
"Weijiekali Company, an expert in cleaning equipment manufacturing, I remember." Hao Ren smiled and tapped the little robot on the head.
They came to the gate at the outermost edge of the city.
A huge steel city wall surrounds the city. The upper part of the city wall is directly connected to the rock dome of the cave, and the city gate is embedded in this wall. It is a circular gate with a diameter of more than ten meters. Hao Ren stepped forward and knocked on the gate, then turned to look at a robot watching him, "I guess you guys won't help open the door."
The robot didn't say a word, an elusive light flickered in the electronic eyes.
Hao Ren raised his silver spear with his backhand, a pale plasma flame erupted from the tip of the spear, and he began to cut the gate with it. Bright cutting sparks shot out, jumping on the crystal surface of countless pairs of electronic eyes, but the machines just watched all this quietly, neither stepped forward to help, nor stepped forward to stop.
It's as if a program is stuck.
When a gap was cut in the gate, Hao Ren felt a strange air rushing in, and he handed two life-support collars to Nangong Wudi and Elsa: "Put this on, they can keep you alive. Survival 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 big enough for two people to walk side by side was quickly cut out, and Hao Ren kicked off the burnt red thick steel block, revealing the deep and long passage behind. There is a dizzy, dim yellow light in the passage, and some obsolete machines that have been abandoned for many years are vaguely visible in the light.
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 decided on your speech?" Vivienne glanced at him.
Hao Ren jumped into the passageway first: "You have to trust my eloquence on the spot!"
The others followed in a file, while Vivian shook her head and sighed: "I can trust you in everything else..."
(Recommend a novel written by readers, "Reality and Super", brain hole + science fiction, I hope everyone supports it.) (To be continued~^~)