I'm trapped in a cube

As Li Luo turned to the end of the introduction of the "Disappearance of the Research Institute Case", Mo Ling, who had been staring at the screen, came back to his senses from the strange case.

"It seems that Mengdu is not as peaceful as imagined."

Although the isolation bubble completely separates the inside and outside of Mengdu, as long as you are in the abyss, some incomprehensible things will inevitably happen.

Mo Ling looked at the city in the bubble, a little dazed.

He hasn't looked at the city carefully yet...

The buildings in Mengdu are black overall, and the building materials are a bit similar to the metal armor of the Terror Force, but the facades of the buildings are covered with shining neon lights, colorful and extremely gorgeous.

This colorful "shell" covers the mess of Mengdu's buildings.

Under the colorful neon, there are countless randomly stacked buildings, like black bricks, piled together in a mess.

From the outside of the bubble, the city seems extremely delicate, but only when you are really in it can you see the ubiquitous "flaws".

The neon lights on the buildings are harmonious and soft, but the buildings themselves are bloated and abrupt.

Layers of building blocks are piled up in a mess to form a mountain, with various small paths and dark passages interspersed among them. The neon lights make the road colorful, but they can't hide the chaotic nature.

"What did Dream City look like at the beginning?" Mo Ling couldn't help thinking in his heart.

Perhaps the original Dream City was just a few small black houses, and the humans who came here built a simple base.

As more and more people came here, they began to use that black material to "build blocks", connecting the original small houses into one piece, and gradually formed this strange "architectural polymer".

Because there is no light in the eternal night, it can only be decorated with various neon lights, one here and one there.

Buildings are piled up like building blocks, and those lights gradually become a colorful ocean. The accumulation of light does not appear messy. Countless lights are mixed together, but will become more coordinated.

Slowly, the current appearance of Dream City was formed.

A picture of a bubble slowly growing larger appeared in Mo Ling's mind.

The light in the bubble became more and more brilliant, and the bubble became more and more exquisite, but the city under the light became more and more bloated and more and more messy.

In this abyss, there is probably no "urban planning".

The functions of Dream City are becoming more and more numerous and more and more three-dimensional, relying on continuous accumulation.

The appearance of the city is becoming more and more "gorgeous" and more and more "practical".

Those unit buildings do not need much maintenance, nor do they need to consider the appearance. They continue to expand, and they have created this "dreamlike" city.

Dreams are gorgeous and messy.

When immersed in it, you will only feel endless splendor, but after waking up, you will be aware of the mess.

Dream City, just fits its name.

The vision continues to extend, sweeping through those piled buildings, and returning to the block. Mo Ling rubbed his temples, letting himself get out of the colorful and gorgeous light, and then looking out again...

After reading the introduction of the "Disappearance of the Research Institute", Li Luo switched back to the dialogue interface with "Bending and Serving the Powerful".

Because Li Luo disappeared for a while, the other party seemed very anxious and sent many messages to ask where Li Luo went.

"Luo Shen, are you still there?"

"I really didn't lie to you, my uncle is really missing."

"Look, this is my uncle's research notebook."

The other party even took a few photos of the research notebook and sent them over.

Li Luo enlarged one of the photos and could see the structural diagrams of the robots on it.

Seeing the structural diagram, Mo Ling quickly compared it with his memory and found that it was indeed very close.

"This notebook is real."

Mo Ling quickly told Li Luo on the electronic screen.

"I think it's real too." Li Luo pointed to the label of the research institute on the notebook and said.

"Look at the degree of damage to this notebook, it really looks like it was left behind twenty years ago..."

After looking at it carefully for a while, Li Luo turned off the photo and edited the information in the dialog box.

"Is your uncle among the twenty-two missing people?"

"Yes!" Seeing that Li Luo finally replied, "Bow your head and serve the powerful" replied anxiously.

"If the robot is unstable, why don't you report it directly to the authorities? They should take it seriously when it comes to the safety of Mengdu, right?" Li Luo asked in confusion.

After asking this question, Li Luo waited for a long time, but did not get a reply from the other party.

After a while, the other party slowly sent a message, and this message immediately stunned Li Luo.

"You just came to Mengdu, right?"

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It was discovered? How was it discovered? Li Luo was a little confused, but she did not intend to hide it.

"I just passed through the isolation bubble and now I am standing next to the bubble."

"No wonder you trust the authorities too much. You don't look like someone who has been in Mengdu for a long time."

"Why do you say that? Is there something wrong with the official Mengdu?" Li Luo asked in confusion.

And the next sentence sent by the other party made Li Luo's eyes widen.

"The official Mengdu... is Mengwang!"

Looking at the screen, Li Luo felt a huge shock.

Official, is it Mengwang?

A network is the leader of a human city?

Li Luo always thought that such a large city with so many residents should have a "human official".

Facts have proved that her thinking is still too "narrow".

"Use a data network to manage a city..."

Although shocked, Li Luo quickly figured out the management method of Dream City.

In today's rapid development of science and technology, this concept of data management city is completely feasible. Some satellite cities in Dawn City have done similar pilots.

The operation of the city depends entirely on data control. Lighting, transportation, electricity, water supply, heating... These regular managements are more reliable when handed over to data than humans.

But those pilots also need human monitoring. On top of the data network that manages everything, there must be human intervention. The real "official" is still human.

"Who is controlling the Dream Network?" Li Luo asked "Bow and Serve the Powerful". In her subconscious, she still felt that there must be a higher-level "human organization" above the Dream Network.

But the other party's answer was very certain: "No one controls it. DreamNet is completely autonomous."

"Completely autonomous? Doesn't that mean that data rules humans?"

"Yes." The other party answered indifferently, and didn't seem to find it strange at all.

"Has it always been like this?" Li Luo asked hurriedly.

"Of course not. Dream City was managed by someone before, and then DreamNet gradually replaced the official, just like the Terror Force replaced the Guard..."