Chapter 646 Exit

More and more vehicles and various robots appear on the streets of the city, as if they are coming from all corners of the city. However, they have not shown any clear signs of hostility or blocking intentions yet. They just appear next to everyone, following Hao Ren's team forward, and making constant noises. Those robots even continued their work while traveling - wiping the light poles and guardrails on the roadside, cleaning the already spotless streets, and tightening the screws under the street billboards over and over again. They must maintain these activities under any circumstances, with only one purpose, and that is to keep the city in a "alive" state and pretend 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 flying saucer-shaped robot responsible for cleaning the building's exterior wall flew around Yitzhaks, calling in a cheerful female voice as it flew: "Citizen, does your apartment need exterior wall maintenance? Do you need to give it to me?" Do you want to clean the outside of your own glass windows? The R-33 model from VeggieCarrie is ready to serve you."

Yzaks patiently waved the little robot aside again and again: "No, we are ready to leave this city."

"Citizen, your choice is very irrational. Leaving the shelter means death. The outside environment is not suitable for human survival." The billboard on the roadside emits a high-pitched tone, and as the people move forward, the sound jumps along with it, "With the cold, vacuum, and toxic air near the engine, you can only survive for two hours wearing protective clothing - why not wait quietly in the shelter? In a thousand years, we will arrive at a stable new home, the planet There will be a thaw, all things will revive, sowing will restore the ecosystem on the surface, and you...your descendants will survive in this world safely."

"You are finally willing to say something meaningful," Yzaks turned to look at the street advertising screen that was making noise, "but this has nothing to do with us. If the controllers behind you still have some logic and intelligence, You should come out and talk to us now.”

The picture of a happy family was playing on the promotional screen - Hao Ren had seen this public service announcement on the bus yesterday. After Yzaks finished speaking, the little boy in the public service announcement immediately showed a sad expression on his face. He wrung his hands and stood in the center of the screen: "Leave this city, you will be hurt."

"I knew there was something very wrong with these shows." Yzaks grinned when he saw the strange situation on the screen.

Hao Ren connected to the space connection: "Terminal, what are the scan results?"

"This machine has scanned the entire planet and found no shelter that meets your requirements," the voice of the data terminal sounded in my mind, "but this machine has discovered something else. There is a structure similar to an energy node deep in the planet. The energy flow throughout the planet ultimately converges in that place, which is like the heart of the planet. If you want to find 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 the latter couldn't help but whistle: "It's awesome - it's close to the core of the earth."

The group of people came to the last crossroads leading to the city boundary. In the memory of Nangong and his wife, not far from here was the largest city gate. However, a row of tall mechanical guards stood in the middle of the road, wearing traffic management signs.

The mechanical guard standing in the center raised his hand to Hao Ren: "Citizens, please do not pass. There is an accident ahead, the road is congested, and it is easy to be dangerous."

A large number of vehicles came from all directions, swarming at the intersection and all the surrounding roads, blaring their horns, while a large number of robots were interspersed in the gaps in the road, wandering around aimlessly, while using weird and ridiculous expressions. Ways to maintain one's "job".

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 here in the process. A powerful, solid logic runs in all these machines. With.

This abnormal behavior no longer seems like the result of human control, but like some kind of program that has gone wrong.

Hao Ren smiled, reached out and patted the robot policeman's steel chest: "I know there is a controller behind you - it may be a crazy human, or it may be 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 dangerous."

Hao Ren sighed: "We have no ill intentions - we just want to know what's wrong with this planet."

As he spoke, he looked at the vehicles and robots jammed 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 come from space, And there is an advanced spacecraft hovering above this planet. We have no ill intentions, and if you encounter any trouble, you can tell it and I will be happy to help - provided that we talk openly and honestly."

No one jumped out to respond. Lily muttered next to her: "It doesn't work. Didn't I yell on 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 there was no more congestion. The scene fell into a strange state of silence. The small robots running around in the gaps also stopped what they were doing and quietly He looked at the small group of people surrounded. For the first time, Hao Ren realized that the feeling of being "watched" by a group of machines was also so weird, almost indistinguishable from the gaze of a crowd.

Vivian tentatively walked forward, and all the robots on the road immediately followed her figure and diverted their attention. Countless steel bearings made a slight creaking and friction sound at the same time, but other than these tracking gazes, no machines came up. Interception.

It's a weird compromise, very different from human behavior.

A group of people advanced through the gaps in the machine, with the sound of steel heads turning constantly from both sides. The whole scene was like a weird thriller. Hao Ren walked past a small cleaning robot, which raised its head and said in a cheerful male voice: "Vijekari..."

"Weijiekari Company, experts in manufacturing cleaning equipment, I remember it." Hao Ren smiled and tapped the little robot's head.

They arrived at 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 the 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 won't help open the door."

The robot said nothing, its electronic eyes flashing with an elusive light.

Hao Ren raised his silver spear with his backhand, and a burst of pale plasma flame erupted from the tip of the spear. He began to use this thing to cut the gate. Bright cutting sparks burst out and danced on the crystal surface of countless pairs of electronic eyes, but the machines just watched all this quietly, neither stepping forward to help nor stopping.

It's as if a program is stuck.

When the gate was cut with a crack, Hao Ren felt a strange air flow coming in. He handed the two life-support collars to Nangong Wudi and Elsa: "Put on these, they will allow you to Survive 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 pass side by side was quickly cut out. Hao Ren kicked away the thick, red-burned steel, revealing the deep and long passage behind it. There was a dim yellow light in the passage, and some old machinery that had been abandoned for unknown years could be vaguely seen parked 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, where there should be something waiting for us. "

"Have you thought about your speech?" Vivian glanced at him.

Hao Ren jumped into the passage immediately: "You have to believe in my eloquence on the spot!"

Others followed one after another, while Vivian shook her head and sighed: "I can trust you in everything else..."

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