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Chapter 640 Hometown and Ceremony

Navigator·Fourth Annulus
A blast of hot plasma cannon pierced through the narrow door, as well as through the wriggling tentacles falling from the ceiling.

"Yusi?"

Yuan Guo, who was sitting in the room, looked up at the door pierced by the plasma cannon and the woman standing behind the door.

And during the time when she was surprised, Shu Gui, who was standing next to Zhang Yusi, kicked open the door, pulled her and ran out.

"What happened?"

Yuan Guo looked at the two in shock,

Immediately afterwards, she saw Zhang Yusi turn around and shoot through the huge leech-like monster that had been lurking in the corridor.

"He Bu asked us to save you."

Zhang Yusi glanced at Yuan Guo, the two of them had socialized on the plane before, "Trust me, it's not a hallucination."

Then she glanced back at Shu Gui, "Retreat, let's go back."

Down the dark corridor, a rustling sound gradually sounded.

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Navigator Core Control Room

At this moment, He Ao's distance is extremely close to that of Daviela.

And almost at the same time when he got close to David's body, a bright brilliance burst out from the eyes of the giant robot behind David that had been staring at He Ao.

The powerful laser almost flew past He Ao's body, part of it was shot at the gate that had not been completely broken, and part of it was irradiated on the steel slope at the gate.

While the laser light was shining on the gate, huge energy shocks leaped from the depths of the hall. At the same time, some slight energy shocks also appeared at the gate. These energy shocks interfered with the laser and weakened the laser to a certain extent. strength.

But the gate, which had been opened with a hole, was partially melted again.

And what melted together with the gate was the steel fragments piled up one by one below. These molten steels were intertwined, and the fiery brilliance swept He Ao's cheeks with the wind and waves.

David raised that mechanical arm, and a giant mechanical snake wrapped in molten steel emerged from the steel ruins under his feet, flying him backwards, and entangled towards He Ao at the same time.

He Ao raised the mechanical broadsword, ignited the flames, chopped off the giant snake with one blow, and with his toes pointing to the ground, he leaped upwards, chasing David in the sky.

At this moment, a giant mechanical hand stretched out from the air and slapped He Ao. At the same time, another giant hand stretched out and grabbed David in the air.

He Ao didn't have any point of leverage in the air, he put the mechanical broadsword across his chest, blocked the slap, and then rolled backwards, landing in front of the huge gate that was still covered with molten flames.

He glanced back at the gate, and faint energy loops were still echoing on the gate.

This gate was also once part of the hall's power circuit, and appears to be a nested and reinforced daughter.

This gate should also have a strong ability to purify pollution.

At this moment, He Ao also fully understood why David went to great lengths to lure Evel here.

Monsters made of pollution cannot break through the gate with the ability to purify pollution.

Because they will be removed by purification and pollution before they attack, so they can only lure a powerful C-level human to break through the door.

He Ao looked down at the steel slope under his feet.

After going through so many tosses, the shattered steel skeletons in this steel slope still can't see the bottom.

During these long years, countless monsters may have been driven over, trying to break through this gate.

He Ao withdrew his gaze, and looked at the half-flesh, half-mechanical mechanical giant again
David is standing firmly on the palm of the mechanical giant at this moment.

Although this guy just kept steady and didn't move, when He Ao approached, he had already condensed a big steel snake under his feet, and made the mechanical giant ready to run away once the battle started.

He was very aware of the power balance between himself and He Ao.

But at this moment, both he and the mechanical giant are tens of meters away from the gate.

Although the gate was damaged, the main body of the energy circuit behind the gate still maintained the ability to purify pollution. The mechanical giant covered in twisted flesh and blood did not dare to approach the area in front of the gate easily.

He Ao raised his hand and threw the bone sword directly at David who was standing on the hand of the mechanical giant.

"Those extraordinary people you saved? How did you do it?"

David manipulated the monster back and dodged the bone sword. He raised his head and glanced at the flaming ring cabin.

"There is no communication tool in this spacecraft, you are in the core area, and they are in the ring cabin, and the time you really separate from me is only the distance before arriving here.

"Even if you have seen my problem, how can you contact those people?"

In such a quiet situation, the distance of tens of meters does not affect the communication between D-level and above transcendents.

While speaking, the mechanical giant picked up a huge steel wall from the side and threw it at He Ao.

"The answer to this question, maybe you can ask the 'person' who guided you here,"

He Ao flashed across the steel wall, and glanced at the microcomputer that still maintained the research institute style in David's hand, "Is that right, A02?"

David's face froze.

And the screen of the microcomputer in his hand flickered, and the image of a silver-haired girl in tights appeared in He Ao's vision.

"Through the distortion of time and space when the time-space jumping tester is started, the surrounding light is distorted, which in turn causes the phenomenon of flickering and shifting of the stars. Continuously starting and closing the time-space jumping tester can pass through the flickering of the stars. way to transmit information."

A02's voice sounded slowly,
"It's a very smart way. These codes should be the standard codes of the research institute. You added a symbol group numbered [-] at the beginning. This symbol group means that the prefix of the code word in this paragraph is a non-agreed prefix. This symbol group is often used when there is no prior agreement on the prefix.

"However, in practice, this symbol group is often used as a reminder to remind the recipient of the code language to use some kind of spare prefix that is rarely used but known to both parties in advance.

"Judging from the expression on your face when you heard David mentioning standard code words, you don't actually use standard code words very often. Combined with your combat habits, the possibility that you and your companions have agreed on code words in advance is less than 1%.

"So if your companion wants to decipher this code word, he can only guess based on mutual understanding with you.

"But the time you spend with your companion is actually very short. According to the degree of mutual understanding between you, in order to facilitate understanding, the initials you convey to your companion will not be complicated.

"I tested all the 'prefixes' related to your name and position, and finally found that using the two prefixes 'river' and 'esoteric' can decipher code words into understandable sentences,
"It means, 'Watch out for alien monsters, don't leave the safehouse, wait for the ruins to end'."

Speaking of this, A02's voice also had some doubts,

"Logically speaking, your companion can't analyze the message of 'rescue Yuan Guo' from this code word, unless you use a more complicated and unassociated prefix, which can decipher the code word to a different meaning.

"However, complicated and hard-to-associate prefixes will greatly increase the difficulty for your companions to guess the correct answer. How did you do it?"

Hearing this question, He Ao raised his hand, took the bone sword back into his hand with telekinesis, and replied, "Maybe it's luck."

-

In the bright elevator area, Shu Gui destroyed the switch on the other side, and then closed the gate of the elevator area from the side of the elevator.

Accompanied by the sound of monsters hitting the gate, the three people who had been running all the way finally took a breath.

"He Bu told us not to stay outside and go back as soon as possible."

Zhang Yusi smashed the huge plasma cannon, which was about the same height as her, on the ground, and took a deep breath. After speaking, she picked up the plasma cannon again.

"it is good,"

Shu Gui nodded, he straightened up, led Yuan Guo forward, and soon reached the gate on the other side.

As he opened the gate, he asked curiously, "Yusi, how did you know that the prefix of the code word is 'mountains', 'blood', and 'turn back'?"

"what?"

This question was the last one to ask, and Zhang Yusi, who was behind the plasma cannon pad, was taken aback for a moment.

She glanced back at Shu Gui, stammered a little, "This is..."

"This is the hashtag of Minister He's hot post."

Yuan Guo on the side took a breath and continued.

"Ah! That's right, I happened to see that post too," Zhang Yusi nodded quickly, "I remembered it in a flash, a flash of inspiration."

Yuan Guo glanced at the miniature computer screen that Zhang Yusi accidentally touched during the battle just now, and did not speak.

The screen wallpaper set by Zhang Yusi is being displayed on the screen.

It was a photo of a bloody young man looking back at the collapsed vast mountains.

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core control room

"It seems that you used some kind of information about you that I don't understand, even if your companions are not familiar with you, and used this information to construct the prefix of the code word.

"It seems that at that time, you already had doubts about me."

A02 still had a gentle and friendly smile on his cheek, "Sir, please allow me to admire your wisdom. I believe that if my Lord knows what you have done, he will be surprised by you."

"Then thank your 'lord' for me in advance."

He Ao returned a gentle and calm smile.

In fact, there are not many suspicious points in the performance of A02, but the biggest doubtful point has been revealed from the very beginning.

In this ship, almost all the smart devices that could be seen were destroyed, and the more human beings resisted, the more so.

One or two computers were destroyed, and possibly accidental injury, but all the computers along the way were destroyed, there must be some common reason in it.

Among the series of destroyed smart devices, A02, which claims to be the master AI of the Navigator, and still maintains stable operation of the AI ​​itself is suspicious.

And in fact, He Ao had been reminded when he first entered this spaceship.

On the main console cover of the main console in that original hall, it was written in blood, 'Don't trust Zhi...'

Although He Ao didn't recognize the last word, but as he gradually explored, the only thing that could be associated with the word 'intelligence' was 'artificial intelligence'.

So the full meaning of that sentence should be "don't believe in intelligence". There may be suffixes such as "mechanical" and "equipment" after this "intelligence", but the person who may have written that sentence has no time to write it.

And those destroyed host devices that may be running artificial intelligence, as well as the monsters intertwined with machinery and flesh in this spaceship, also confirmed his conjecture from the side.

The hall where He Ao first entered the spaceship once gathered a group of survivors, and the reason for their survival may be related to this 'hint'.

Inferring backwards, one of the reasons for the destruction of this spaceship may be 'artificial intelligence'.

And if artificial intelligence is really one of the reasons for the destruction of the spacecraft, there are no eggs under the overturned nest. How can A02, the largest main intelligence, have no problems at all.

In fact, the 'echoes' left by those who died in vain on that train also gave He Ao a hint.

After He Ao awakened A02, those people in the 'echo' stopped fleeing and turned to look at He Ao.

At that time, He Ao was reaching out to disconnect the connection between the front of the car and the rear compartment, and he was standing on the central axis of the tram, and A02 was also on that line, just behind He Ao.

Those echoes are probably not just looking at He Ao, but also watching the blocked 'A02' behind He Ao.

For 'Echoes', they are just the solidified obsessions of those who died in vain. In theory, they no longer have emotions. They will only respond to things that can cause fluctuations in their obsessions.

For example, the person who saw the echo by chance,
Another example is the executioner who created the killing.

In all the areas of the tram, only the front of the car where A02 is located has no trace of echo, and the instruments are well preserved.

At the moment when the destruction broke out, the door that separated the front of the car from other compartments was probably tightly closed under control.

And the "person" who created all this in the front of the car quietly watched the desperate cries of the passengers imprisoned in the car through the door with transparent windows, watching the blood stained the hanging Air handles.

The host equipment in the front of the tram is the best preserved equipment He Ao has seen, and it has not been destroyed by anyone, so He Ao met A02 there.

He Ao glanced back at the dodecahedron crystal in the middle of the hall, which seemed to be the core of the control room.

But inside that crystal, there are not necessarily densely packed computing units.

Because under the gaze of the divine consciousness, one can see the fuzzy energy running circuit inside the crystal.

An energy running circuit that barely maintains a 'human form'.

And at the moment when he cast his gaze, He Ao also activated his super memory.

In fact, when he was fighting Evel before, his eyes should have swept here several times, but he deliberately avoided the dodecahedron crystal, and didn't need Super Memory to stare at it.

One is to avoid alarming the enemy, and the other is to prevent seeing things that should not be seen and affect the state during fierce battles.

But this time, under his gaze, the 'soul' of this dodecahedral crystal finally appeared in front of He Ao.

A twisted, indescribable gray shadow mist coiled over the entire crystal, it seemed to have fallen into some kind of eternal sleep, expanding and contracting rhythmically, like breathing.

This is the source of the 'fog of shadow' covering the entire central axis of the core that Howo saw in the ring chamber before.

And combined with the scene seen by the spiritual consciousness, He Ao was able to see the truth of this 'breathing'.

Whenever the shadow mist coiled around the crystal wants to expand outward, the huge energy in the hall will gather on the golden bracelet along the entire energy circuit.

Then the mist from the expansion will be absorbed by the gold bracelet, suppressed, and changed from expansion to contraction.

Act out as if the fog is 'breathing'.

The energy circuit of the entire hall is actually a 'seal' with the gold bracelet as the core, a seal whose purpose is to suppress the pollution of the most central twelve-sided crystal.

All the lines connecting this room with the outside world have been 'cut off', probably to prevent further spread of pollution.

And almost at the moment of seeing this shadow and mist, endless twisted ravings exploded in He Ao's mind again.

"Sir, in theory, you should not spy on things beyond your own personality."

A02's gentle voice came.

Accompanied by this gentle sound, there are also flashing lasers.

But He Ao had been prepared for a long time, almost when he turned his head, his body made a dodge movement.

The flashing laser didn't hit him, but melted part of the gate and steel again.

He Ao stabilized his figure. He skillfully wiped away the nosebleed caused by the impact of pollution, looked at A02, and said thoughtfully, "Is that your 'body'? The 'body' you made for yourself? "

Walking all the way from the circular cabin, He Ao actually discovered a phenomenon, the more powerful the mechanical monster, the more 'human' it is.

The strongest mechanical monster He Ao has encountered so far is that monkey.

This phenomenon, like these machines, is trying to 'evolve' in the direction of 'human'.

Judging from the observations so far, He Ao has no doubt that the dodecahedron crystal is a complete human body.

And there is a high probability that it is flesh and blood.

On this spaceship, except for the flesh and blood entwined on some monsters and the bones behind the glass curtain wall, He Ao didn't see any traces of flesh and bones.

But the dried blood stains along the road reminded him countless times that many people died here.

Although machines can often show quick and powerful strength, only flesh and blood can use the 'talent sequence' to advance.

A02, trying to go from machine to 'human'.

And the person who created this seal saw her plan and sealed her body and computing core here.

Judging by the degree of contamination she exhibits, she has the 'footprints' of the gods in her body.

Not an angel, but almost an angel.

Once it becomes fully flesh and blood, it is very likely that it will be directly promoted to Angel.

That's why she lured Ho and Evel over to break the seal.

"Sir, you seem to know more about occultism than I expected."

A02 looked at He Ao, "If I hadn't met you this time, I would have tried to let you listen to the gospel of the gods."

"Forget it then,"

He Ao shrugged his shoulders. He thought of the babblings he had just heard, "Your God has an ugly voice. Although I have heard many ugly ones, He is still one of the worst ones in the middle."

David: ...

A02:······

A02's cheeks, which had been expressionless all the time, froze for a moment.

"Hey, I admit you're smart,"

David looked at He Ao and sighed, "But in the face of absolute power, all wisdom is vain. You successfully rescued that little girl, but you can't change her fate of death. She will fight with those of you. Those companions, together with you, will go to the end of death together."

His mechanically built left hand shattered little by little, "I know you can answer our questions with peace of mind, but you want to prolong the time, until the end of the ruins, until you and your companions return to the main world safely. "

The huge mechanical giant began to squirm with flesh and blood, spreading to David's feet, "But I told you from the beginning, you can't go back, do you think this is a ruin?"

He shook his head, "This is not a ruin!"

He raised his hands, a huge overlapping gear pattern was formed under his feet, the dazzling gray light illuminated the area under the dome, and also illuminated the starry sky outside the dome,

"I know that flesh and blood are weak, but I only see the eternity of machinery!"

Accompanied by the ancient and vast chant, the dodecahedron crystal in the control room behind He Ao suddenly jumped up.

Surging and terrifying pollution swept the entire space at this moment, endless ravings filled He Ao's mind, and then exploded.

The blazing gray light instantly enveloped David, as well as the huge mechanical giant.

Just looking at the light, He Ao felt as if his mind was about to burst.

This is a 'ritual', a ritual of 'praying' to the gods.

And the gods also lowered the 'gift'.

In the previous dungeon world, He Ao had also seen similar rituals.

The god that David believed in was the same god that Naja, who used the prosthetic body in the old man's copy, believed in.

This 'gift' was very short-lived, and the gray light quickly gathered up.

After the radiance dissipated, the huge mechanical giant still stood there, but his originally irregular half of the cheek wriggling with flesh and blood gradually took on the shape of a human being.

Looking carefully, it happened to be David's cheek.

And David, who was standing on the robot's hand, has disappeared.

Huge and terrifying coercion came from the mechanical giant.

Through the twisted ceremony just now, David seems to have completed the fusion with the mechanical giant, and his strength has also been strengthened and improved.

Although he hadn't reached the point where Evil was at his strongest, He Ao was still injured at the moment.

"Hey, it's all over."

The huge mechanical giant stared at He Ao, made a mechanical sound with a little friction sound, raised his footsteps, and walked forward.

The energy circuit in the hall suddenly lit up, trying to purify the pollution from the approaching giant monster.

But the effect is not very obvious.

The effect of purifying pollution in this hall is only effective against polluted monsters, and the effect on polluted 'humans' is not so strong.

Although Evel was suppressed in the hall before, he was not suppressed so strongly.

David should have figured out this loophole and fused himself with the mechanical giant, giving the mechanical giant the ability to enter near the energy circuit.

"It looks like I have no choice."

He Ao laughed and raised his sword.

At this moment, he is standing in front of this gate. If he does not stop David who has merged with the mechanical giant, David will most likely try to destroy the energy circle and release the sealed A02.

At that time, He Ao will most likely face an angel.

"He Ao, why are you so persistent?"

David opened his palms,

"You can't go back, even if you survive under my hands, you can't go back, this place is full of powerful monsters, there is no food, even if you survive the impact of monsters, wait until you and your companions After eating the dry food, you will still die in despair.

"In this boundless deep space, have you ever missed your friends and your hometown for a certain moment, as long as you agree to cooperate with me, I can weave the illusion of your hometown for you, so that you and your friends can feel the same Wouldn't it be nice to die in a beautiful dream?"

"It's because of my hometown,"

He Ao raised the mechanical sword, facing the towering giant who couldn't see the whole picture, "I will stand here."

He looked at David,

"You've gone to such lengths to get us on this ship, to make everyone feel homesick, and then let them die thinking of their hometown, not for fun, I think.

"It's a ritual, isn't it?"

　The ending failed, and it was a bit cavanced, let me take a look.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)