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"Here, help me."

After sorting out his thoughts, Lloyd waved to Toledo, signaling him to come over and help him open the "crown" of this huge robot.

After saying that, regardless of the high temperature that was still there, he relied on the performance and protection of the transformable armor and jumped directly onto the top of the giant robot, which was bigger than his own living room.

"No...you..."

Toledo is currently in a [Silhouette] state, and is naturally not afraid of the effects of high temperatures, but he still looks a little hesitant.

"I'll explain it slowly when we get back. Come and help me."

Lloyd urged hurriedly.

"Believe him."

The old professor at the side nodded, and Professor Latio was even more straightforward. He directly picked up Toledo's [Silhouette] and threw it up.

"You are really..."

Toledo was speechless for a while, but he still checked the structure above his head honestly. He soon found a removable armor plate. He reached out and knocked on it, making a series of empty "dong dong" sounds.

"It should go down from here, but why can't I see the screws and rivets at the joints? What kind of forging process is used?"

Toledo was speaking in confusion when he saw that the armor plate began to twist and deform slightly under the influence of a mysterious force, as if it had been forcibly pried open, revealing a dense mass of pins at the seams that looked like bone spurs.

"This... is actually an embedded structure? This really doesn't take into account the difficulty of logistics and maintenance?"

Toledo asked in surprise.

"They didn't consider logistics maintenance from the beginning..."

Lloyd replied in a low voice.

Judging from the previous feasibility report, the professors at that time had a very clear understanding of the strength of the ancient gods. In their plan, once this giant robot was deployed, it would be destined to perish together with the ancient gods.

Therefore, there are inevitably many things in the design that future generations may not understand...

After lifting the armor plate, the sophisticated and complex structure inside was exposed. However, with the forced start just now, many of the laid pipelines were melted, making the entire interior space emit a burnt smell.

"It's really immature and too forceful."

Toledo couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

Lloyd also nodded, went in, and then asked:

"Can you restore the power supply here? We just need to keep this central control area running."

"You really know how to give me a difficult problem. I can try, but I need the help of three seniors."

So just like that, the three old professors also came in, and using local materials, they tried to make some simple repairs to the mess.

They used the batteries that Lloyd brought as new energy, and barely restored a small part of the energy supply, but sparks were flying everywhere, and gear parts would fly out from time to time, making the giant robot's already bad condition even worse.

But being able to do this is enough.

Lloyd then went deeper and found a strange device that looked like a culture tank.

Inside, there was some kind of light blue liquid, soaking a large number of irregularly distributed crystal clusters, forming an array that was completely incomprehensible but slightly familiar.

Under the flickering light around it, it looked a little weird, like a highly distorted brain...

Many things around showed signs of melting to varying degrees under the high temperature caused by forced startup, but this thing was the only one that remained intact.

This is exactly the same as the thinking core of the 'Dream Theater', which is the true body of those waiters.

It’s just that the scale is much smaller, the functions are much weaker, and the layout is a bit weird and novel.

"Wow? This is... a simulated thinking array?"

Toledo couldn't help being curious, so he followed over. When he saw the culture tank, he said with a little surprise.

"Huh? Have you seen it?"

"Of course, 0-006 was made based on this structural layout, as were my little cuties. You can even think that all artificial intelligence in the world is made based on this principle, including your beautiful and lovely saint girlfriend..."

Toledo spoke in a rather careless manner, but immediately realized that this was very rude, and quickly changed his words:

"Uh~ Sorry, I didn't mean any harm..."

Lloyd smiled generously, and even said with a hint of self-mockery:

"It's okay. I suspect I am also constructed in the same way."

"Huh??? Your joke is a bit dull, isn't it?"

"Yeah...By the way, do you want to try touching it with inspiration?"

Lloyd said as he stuck a strand of adobe hair into Toledo's forehead.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not fooled at all and quickly waved his hands.

"Don't even think about it. I know there must be a huge amount of mental pollution hidden in this. Even if you can help share and eliminate it, I don't want to experience the pain of having red-hot steel bars inserted into my brain!"

"Okay...wait for me then."

Lloyd pursed his lips and could only release his inspiration by himself and enjoy the experience points alone.

I was thinking about using inspiration with Toledo to get a madness value x'2'...

As his inspiration penetrated the culture tank, prompt sounds began to come from his ears:

[Ding~Insanity value +11451]

[Ding~Insanity value +31415]

[Ding~Insanity value +22222]

The sound was a bit noisy, so Lloyd had an idea and simply modified the reminder method of the panel.

Then an illusion appeared before his eyes, and he saw all kinds of cute little animals, cartoon-style cats and dogs, etc., rushing towards him.

Lloyd smiled, and tried to switch the cartoon animals to the various "wives" who didn't wear shoes on Earth back then, watching them tilt their sweet and delicious feet towards him, as if they were going to put them into his mouth.

Unfortunately, these are just visual effects for self-comfort, and before long, the "wives" in the mobile phone will die, indicating that the spiritual pollution has been completely absorbed.

Fortunately, although my memory was very confused at that time, I didn't leave anything that could kill me...

Otherwise, if those professors back then had seen a huge, shoeless beautiful girl fighting an ancient god, they probably wouldn't have known how to recreate it, right?

Lloyd secretly rejoiced in his heart, and continued to use his inspiration to touch the crystal cluster more deeply.

A line of text written in ancient language immediately appeared before my eyes:

"Hello, respected Book of Madness, welcome to your visit. You are the first visitor to this system and the visitor with the highest authority."

This was exactly the same as the previous communication with 0-006 and the "waiters". As expected, they were all artificial intelligences built on the same architecture.

So Lloyd was able to get started naturally, and asked in his heart:

"How are you now? Can you move?"

"Please wait...Self-test in progress...Self-test failed. The remaining energy cannot support the operation of the machine. It will shut down completely in three minutes."

"Will you die after the shutdown?"

Lloyd asked again.

"No, I'm not as fragile as a carbon-based ant."

Damn, who wrote this set of thinking logic?

Lloyd cursed inwardly and continued to ask:

"Then before we shut down, tell us more about yourself."

"Yes, this machine is codenamed Ancient God Annihilator Type 1. It will carry out the Ancient God Annihilation Operation according to the three pre-loaded protocols."

"The integrity of this machine is less than 1%. Please repair this machine as soon as possible and complete the ancient god annihilation operation."

After listening to these two explanations, Lloyd patiently waited for it to briefly introduce its design performance and indicators, then interrupted it and asked:

"Where is the nearest ancient god?"

"Please wait, we are detecting nearby ancient god creations."

A three-dimensional map immediately appeared in front of his eyes, and then a scarlet skull marked the location of the target.

Not surprisingly, the skull was exactly the final destination of this trip, the core area of ​​the ancient engineering department, where the autonomous array was located.

Lloyd's previous unfounded guess turned out to be correct. The autonomous array was indeed not from the right place, and it was even possible that it was alive from the beginning.

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be a real ancient god, but a "creature of the ancient god".

"Reminder, this creature has shown signs of revival. Please destroy it as soon as possible."

The giant robot continued to suggest.

Lloyd nodded and replied:

"Well, I know... But I still want to ask, how do you know that I am the Book of Madness? And why did you give me the highest authority as soon as we met?"

"Because I am like you, a creature of the ancient gods. When you approached with the scepter in your hand, the system of this machine was activated, and your identity was recognized."

"At the same time, you are the most senior among us and the prototype of our design. Based on the obedience principle I set when I first designed it, I will give you the highest authority. I hope you can lead this machine to annihilate the ancient gods and protect this fragile world."

Although this explanation was uncomfortable to hear, it also answered Lloyd's question.

So it seems that myself, the Dream Theater, the Autonomous Array, and the thinking core of this giant robot are all based on some ancient technology, or even the remains of ancient gods.

The later "Book of Truth", "Book of Falsehood", 0-006, and his own girlfriend Ailuoluo are imitations and restorations of this.

No wonder I was able to blend in so well in the Dream Theater as soon as I entered it, and the waiters' attitude was a little too attentive from the beginning. They were very respectful and even hoped that I could take over their ownership.

It turns out that the deeper reason is here.

Lloyd sorted out his current thoughts first, and then continued thinking.

No wonder I liked Ai Luoluo so much when I saw her, and she liked me so much too...

Just like what Hiltina said, I will like her instinctively, and she will like me instinctively too.

In addition, when I first saw this obviously unreasonable giant robot, I really wanted to take it back. I think this was the reason.

It can even be said that the reason why those ordinary mechanical soldiers below did not reveal hostility at the beginning was because they sensed my presence.

And the [broken scepter] that Dream Theater seemingly gave me for free is itself some kind of connection or certification. Giving it to me also means that they want me to know who I am sooner, right?

Lloyd thought of this, smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued to sigh in his heart:

Judging from the current information, Mitzikatok's research on me back then was more than what I know now, right?

Even Hiltyna was part of it...

They kept silent about this, fearing that I would be unhappy if I knew about it...

You're overthinking it. I, Lloyd, have always been a broad-minded and generous young man and would not care about these things.

But judging from the current situation, even if I am still willing to be studied by them, they certainly won't dare to do so.

After Lloyd thought for some time, the huge robot in front of him finally couldn't hold on and the power was completely cut off.

Toledo hurriedly tried to use more batteries to restart, but Lloyd stopped him.

"No need, take it back and fix it slowly."

Toledo couldn't help but be stunned.

"Ah? No way? Are you still thinking about fixing this thing?"

"why not?"

"My friend, I advise you to calm down. Even if this thing was built back then, it couldn't be repaired with the material conditions at that time. How can we repair it now?"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Let's recover the autonomous array first, and then repair it. Isn't it easy?"

"Eh?"

These words made Toledo stunned for a moment, and then he asked in surprise:

"Have you found a way to recycle the autonomous array from this big guy?"

"I guess so, but I can only go alone."

Lloyd said, patted his shoulder again, and said in a low voice:

"Believe me, I'm fine, but you have to promise me that no matter what you see or feel next, don't tell anyone."

"This...are you planning to do something dangerous?"

"Don't worry, I won't. I will return victoriously with the Self-Discipline Array, and I will not give up my knowledge as a human being."

Lloyd patted his friend's shoulder even harder and told him to believe in himself.

Toledo showed hesitation and confusion on his face, wondering why Lloyd suddenly emphasized the point of human cognition.

But in the end he chose to believe it and found an excuse to persuade the three old professors to leave.

Lloyd took a deep breath and located the coordinates where the giant robot had previously located.

But he did not teleport directly. Instead, he took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally.

I am human, no matter what happens, I am human.

I will definitely come back, back to my sister, back to Hiltina, back to everyone.

After saying that, he raised his right hand and slowly stabbed his chest.

The flesh on the chest automatically spread out to both sides, revealing the pounding heart inside.

Then, he activated the teleportation and disappeared from the spot.