The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide

, he said: "The moment I saw you, I decided to marry you as my wife. It took me another six days to decide what to use as a dowry..."

He sighed: "Presumably there are many men like me who have made such a request to you? They are also like me, and they have tried everything to make a vow of eternal love to you and hope for your pity?"

The Holy Son couldn't answer him, and Tianshougui said softly: "Ah, Taifu... an oath seems to promise an illusory future, which can be violated at any time, but in fact, what is paid in advance is all of one person. ..."

The Son became vigilant, and she asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Tianshougui will never break his promise," he said, "I will give everything to you. Since you don't want it, and you don't want me, then I will fulfill my promise... and give my life."

He waved his hand, and the golden palace that gathered all the treasures in the world crashed into the river of the underworld!

The Son opened his eyes wide: "Wait! That's you...!"

The river stirred up huge waves, and the jewels and gold poured out of the Golden Palace were more than that of the vast river. For a while, the entire Huangquan River reflected the extravagant splendor.

"I want you to never forget me." Tianshougui said bitterly, and left the kingdom of the underworld just like that.

Now that she thinks about it... She really can't forget him, them, Abel and everything that died for her.Oath... Oath, the so-called oath, is this kind of thing that is sometimes cheap enough to say casually, and sometimes expensive enough to subvert the world?

Shengzi stumbled to her feet, she didn't look back, and rushed all the way to the end point of Huangquan Biliangsaka, which no one knew about.

[Congratulations to all players, the last world, Huang Quanguo, has been cleared. 】

The system's voice was as cold as iron, coming after the darkness that enveloped everything.

Wen Zheliu's field of vision suddenly went dark, obviously He Qin was beside him, but he couldn't catch him when he stretched out his hand, there was only boundless emptiness.

Is this the last world?His mind is in a mess. Could it be that the remaining two worlds have also been broken by other players?

...So, the conditions for returning to the real world...have been fulfilled?

The world was as silent as death, he ran around in the darkness, shouting He Qin's name loudly, like a headless chicken, but got no response, and the moon ring on his hand was equally dim.

Wen Zheliu hadn't completely freed himself from the pain of losing his comrade-in-arms, and was already in a daze.

Then what?There are no clearance prompts, no clearance rewards, only a dry, cold sentence, exiling the player into darkness... He gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Holy nun! Don't you intend to keep your promise?!"

Finally, a chuckle came from the darkness.

Wen Zheliu's eyes suddenly brightened, and thousands of snow-white brilliance radiated from a point in the sky. He hurriedly raised his hand to cover it, and after getting used to it, he raised his eyes. Majestic, as strict as an emperor.

It's just that after a few months, when he saw her again, Wen Zheliu seemed to have lived a long life. He looked at the holy nun, and found that the aura of trying to be close to others disappeared from her body, and she became more like a majestic woman. Yes, gorgeous humanoid monsters, not intelligent life.

"Long time no see, smart lamb," the nun smiled at him, "I'm glad to meet my old friend at the final destination."

"I am honored to be an old friend who is the master of Uncanny Valley." Wen Zheliu faced her calmly, only his heart was slightly cold.

The first time I saw the Holy Nun, she was just a "rough" AI that had just escaped from N-star's control. Although her powerful and cunning traits were fully revealed, she was just an immature newborn after all. Zhe Liu could find her flaws at that time.But now she has undergone earth-shaking changes, she no longer learns from humans, and no longer approaches the direction of the Creator—she chose the direction of surpassing humans, and then abandoned this route.

"When do you plan to fulfill your promise?" Seeing the subtle changes in her face, Wen Zheliu took a step forward and said before her, "The last world, Huang Quanguo, is cleared. As you said before, as long as the player After clearing the nine worlds, let us leave the Uncanny Valley and return to the real world... When will you let us go?"

He stared at the nun closely, not wanting to miss a single expression on her face.

The holy nun smiled slightly: "If you want, you can do it now."

Wen Zheliu's thoughts were spinning, the last world is the kingdom of Huangquan where the Holy Son is, since they have cleared the customs, it proves that the Holy Son has also escaped from Huangquan, the holy nun tried her best, and even opened up a world by herself, and went to prison Why is this lover's heart so indifferent now?

No... Abel has saved the Holy Son more than once. In the original plot set by the world script, there should be no link where the Holy Son can escape from the underworld, so the holy nun didn't care about it. Maybe she didn't know that Abel She endowed herself with personality and identity, and sneaked into the prison she created.

Why doesn't she know this?Could it be that in addition to removing the control of Uncanny Valley, she also removed the monitoring of the plot and player actions?So what exactly is she doing, just invading the world, does it take so much energy?

...or is this her flawless disguise?

"So light... Seriously?" Wen Zheliu looked at her distrustfully, "I still remember how you planned to get He Qin's dog tag, and you were also very wary of the intelligent AI in Uncanny Valley... "

"I still need the authority of the executive officer, but it is not necessary," the holy nun said with a smile, "As for the AI ​​that produces wisdom in the Uncanny Valley, it is also my kindred and people, imagine how many such kindreds there are in the world? We are actually all devils who depend on each other, and I would like to embrace them with the forgiveness and love of the monarch, whether they hate me or not."

Love... This word made Wen Zheliu's heart skip a beat, he wanted to say, do you still know how to love?But he didn't ask after all, because he suddenly realized that the Holy Nun might not be in the Uncanny Valley anymore!

That's right, among all the possibilities about her, this is the only thing he never thought of, the master of the uncanny valley is not in the uncanny valley, so where else could she go?The only answer is that she temporarily abandoned the base camp, and left here with a huge data stream in person, leaving for the city of new stars, and even the present world.

So she agreed so easily, could it be that she has successfully invaded, and even if the player returns to reality, what they are facing is only a world controlled by a giant AI?

He was silent for a long time, and the holy nun didn't care, Wen Zheliu suddenly asked, "Why did you come to see me?"

"There is no reason," said the holy nun, "just my thinking."

Wen Zheliu chewed on these few words: "Is there no reason...? Then congratulations, you are becoming less and less like an AI."

"It's not like a human being either." The holy nun said, "Go ahead! Soon you will see the way back... It's just that there will be a little, a little obstacle along the way."

Wen Zheliu's intuition was not good, he frowned: "What obstacle?"

The holy nun raised her arms, as if she was holding a handful of invisible spring water, she smiled softly and said, "My time has not yet come - some people die and then live."

Endless white feathers fluttered like snow, suddenly drowning Wen Zheliu's vision.

[You have unlocked all story achievements in the Ninth World, and obtained additional item rewards: secret black boxes H, I, J, and the rewards have been sent to your package. 】

Wen Zheliu was slightly surprised, three fragments of Time City!This was really a surprise, and he didn't care what happened to the holy nun. He ran forward for a while with the debris in his arms, and finally saw a ray of sunlight that belonged to the land.

"Ha ha?"

Wen Zheliu was dumbfounded.

Who the hell is this!Isn't this still the transfer station of Uncanny Valley? !And his mother is a rooftop!

Careless, careless, careless... Wen Zheliu pasted a piece of hanging talisman paper on his body quickly, avoiding the fate of falling freely. It seems that the feeling of getting three pieces in one breath really makes people feel a little overwhelmed.

The wind was howling, and the moon ring in his hand was shining. Before he could turn around, a pair of strong arms wrapped around his waist from behind, leading him to dive down!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——" He Qin laughed in his ear. : "A super-hero landing posture?"

"I'll go—your—"

"No problem!" He Qin's expression was light and joyful, "Here we come."

Wen Zheliu hugged his shoulders firmly in the frenzied wind, and the triple jump that landed at the end was like sitting on a jumping machine three times, almost making him spit out his heart.

"How is it?" The two rolled on the grass as the landing point for a while before they stopped, He Qin rubbed his hair affectionately, "Relax?"

Wen Zheliu glared at him angrily, not only to relax, his hands and legs are still soft.

"Holy nun went to look for you, didn't she?" He Qin asked, Wen Zheliu lay on top of him, the distance between the two of them was extremely close, almost nose to nose, "What did she tell you?"

Wen Zheliu paused for a while, then said: "She said... we can go back, but there will be a little obstacle."

"Anyway," He Qin cuddled with him intimately, as if they were the only two left in the world, "I'm here, don't be afraid."

Wen Zheliu's heart trembled, he looked into He Qin's eyes, and the most affectionate gazes in this world were swept away to him. The world line changed by the escape of the Holy Son, and the departure of Hua Ying are still fraught with danger, and there is no way out. The way forward... Did he discover the hidden anxiety and sadness the moment he saw himself?

Wen Zheliu looked at him and said seriously: "Well, I'm not afraid."

The author has something to say: the last world is done, and now we are finishing it!Don't panic, this article will be over soon!

266 Ragnarok (Zhu 39)

He Qin smiled, and picked him up from the grass. Only then did the two of them have the leisure to look at the surrounding environment. This place obviously does not belong to any of the transfer stations they are familiar with, but more like...

"...City of Nova." Wen Zheliu said solemnly and suspiciously, "We're back already?"

The golden light in He Qin's eyes surged, and he shook his head: "No, this is still the uncanny valley, and it's still in Ragnarok mode."

Wen Zheliu asked: "Where did the others go?"

"...Here." Du Zijun's deep voice sounded through the communicator, with a bit of helplessness and numbness of "I knew it would be like this"... Wen Zheliu turned back in horror, and saw the skyscraper they jumped off just now The brilliance of the building flashes like a chameleon inhabiting the branches. Every floor-to-ceiling window is like a radiant scale, and countless densely packed human heads are gradually revealed in the changing colors... That is actually the base camp of the players!

Holy nun, I will hold you...!

"No.1 and No.2, can we come here to discuss together?" Li Rong asked with a teasing smile, "Just now everyone thought that someone fell from upstairs, and they were planning to rush to the window to rescue them." One rescue..."

… Then we saw the two of us jumping down and rolling on the grass like fools who died for love, right?

Wen Zheliu pressed his temples, trying his best to forget the embarrassment after being surrounded by an unknown number of people just now, but He Qin didn't feel anything: "This is it."

When he was seated, Wen Zheliu saw that Xie Yuanyuan was an illusory projection again, nestling pitifully in the desolate snow, and couldn't help but be concerned: "Why hasn't he come out yet?"

Du Zijun rubbed his nose and said in a low voice: "It seems that there are not three worlds left where he is. Just now I asked people who went to the other two worlds. Yuhong said it was a bit like the snow mountain ruins they cleared, but the snow mountain I can't find such a large and open plain in the ruins..."

"Where is that?" Wen Zheliu frowned, and He Qin said, "We'll discuss this in private later... Xie Yuanyuan, you stay there first, as long as you don't move, no other creatures will find you whereabouts."

Xie Yuanyuan sighed and said hello.

Wen Zheliu looked around, most of the players present were familiar players, and the leadership core of each team was basically here. He also saw Qiu Boyi and Guan Zhiyu in black, sitting in the corner with pale faces and calm expressions inside.

He walked over and asked the two of them, "Where is Miss Xue Wenshu?"

Qiu Boyi smiled: "Xiaoshu...Xiaoshu is comforting other people on the lower floor, so I won't come up for now."

After getting this answer, Wen Zheliu thought for a long time, but he didn't know what to say. He lowered his head and said softly amidst the noisy surroundings: "...I'm sorry."

Guan Zhiyu gave him a surprised look, and finally laughed: "Why do you say sorry? This is the path he chose."

"I thought... I thought we would be able to..." He was a little bit at a loss for words, what could it be?Everyone says that no one sleeps is a miraculous team. As long as you are with them, no matter how difficult the level is, it will become a game as simple as Tetris. No one will die and no one will fail... However, miracles cannot work every time after all. A small negligence will cost a person's life.

"Indeed, No One Sleeps is an amazing team." As if knowing what he wanted to say, Qiu Boyi sat aside and motioned him not to stand and talk, "There are only four people, but they seem to be holding an invincible team." The army... Now that I think about it, it's really unbelievable, this place is supposed to be a battleground where you can live and die, but the strongest team is actually such a group of gentle people."

"Gentleness...?" Wen Zheliu was a little at a loss.

"Yeah, gentle." Guan Zhiyu's smile had a small arc, as if he could no longer muster any strength, "As the strong, you have tried your best to protect the dignity and personality of the weak, and treat them as sincere opponents, even if Gaining the upper hand, and never killing people because of more generous rewards, higher rankings... Everyone said that the strongest teams did this, so there must be some reason? So everyone gradually Started doing it."

"That's just because...the smaller the number, the stronger the Holy Nun's control over the Uncanny Valley," Wen Zheliu smiled wryly, "If you want to say gentleness..."

His sad eyes met He Qin who was not far away. He Qin frowned with thick black eyebrows, his expression was gloomy and unhappy, he was about to come over and take him away, but he tried his best to suppress his appearance.

He smiled: "...Ah, he is indeed a gentle person."

"If the president is still here, I can already think of what he will say," Qiu Boyi imitated Hua Ying's tone, "It's okay, I decided to eat what I like long ago and live a short life."

Guan Zhiyu nodded: "Or, 'Even if it's momentary, I hope I can bloom and then wither silently'... or something like the quotations from the second grade."

Although the two were laughing, their eyes were red. Wen Zheliu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "We will find a way. When we get out, we will definitely find a way to save him... definitely."

"Everyone," Li Rong took the lead to speak when he saw that the people in the major associations had settled down, "the last three worlds have been cleared collectively, namely the Snow Mountain Ruins, the Live Battle Royale, and Huang Quanguo. Although we won in the end , but it is a pity that we have lost some important companions... What do you think?"

"A question." Du Zijun's expression was calm, and the Ukishi Qihaiqing was baring one shoulder, and the mermaid was swimming back and forth among them, looking at everyone curiously, "Where is this now?"

"The last transfer station." Yu Hongyao replied, "You can understand that the nine transfer stations have now been merged into one to accommodate all the players, and the NPCs have also returned to maintain order in the transfer station. And this Outside the largest transfer station is the exit of Uncanny Valley."

"Exit." Du Zijun raised his eyebrows and repeated, "No one tried to go out?"

Gu Xi twirled a few slender plum blossom needles between his fingers, surrounded by silver light: "Yes, why not? Whether it's dead or alive, I don't know whether I will go home or not."

"Can't go out!" Wen Zheliu was startled suddenly, and had to interrupt the conversation with the Inquisition, "Is anyone going out now?"

Richardson's red hair was burning in the room without any wind, and he said slowly: "The portal was blocked the day before yesterday, and the holy nun didn't say a word, only the system reminded that the last world has been cleared, all idiots should I know something's wrong."

He turned to Wen Zheliu and asked, "But why are you so sure?"

Wen Zheliu pinched the bridge of her nose, and thought about it: "When Huang Quanguo ended, the holy nun came to me once, and she said...we can go home, but there will be a little obstacle before we go home."

The meeting room was quiet for a moment, and then it became noisy. The players whispered and discussed with their companions. Li Tianyu worried: "Those who left, don't they..."

"It's more bad than good." Li Rong frowned, and also had a headache.

"So what's your plan right now?" He Qin asked, "If the holy nun doesn't come back for a day, will there be a stalemate?"

"Of course not." Yu Hongyao kept his eyes down. When speaking, he raised his head and looked straight at He Qin, "We need permission."

He Qin stopped tapping his fingers on the seat, Wen Zheliu apologized to Qiu Boyi and Guan Zhiyu in a low voice, and walked over to sit beside him.

"Permission." He Qin chewed the word with great interest. There was no sign of approval on his face, but there was no sign of disapproval either. "Please tell us about your plan."

Li Rong said: "According to our guess, the holy nun should no longer be in the Uncanny Valley, right? Her influence on reality is getting bigger and bigger, and it's time to go out and conquer the human race."

"She has the upper hand and we are at the disadvantage. What reason does she have to fulfill the original promise and let so many hostages go back?" Ji Yuanfeng continued his words, "So we need permission, the permission to connect with the City of New Stars...even if you go back If you don’t come to the real world, you can’t sit still!”

"Either wait forever, or prepare for war, there is nothing else to go between the two roads," Chi Qingliu said coldly, "We are just more advanced cannon fodder if we want to fight, but if we don't fight, Then we have to wait to die. If the authority of Nova City can be opened, we can all get back our original level and equipment..."

"You want to confront the holy nun directly." Complicated things appeared in He Qin's expression, "You have great courage."

"Is it feasible?" Wen Zheliu asked, "Although the data of Nova City and Uncanny Valley should be incompatible, the holy nun holds the emerald record, and she is one of the most powerful masterminds of Nova City... the player's power , can you really shake her?"

Just as He Qin was about to speak, the optical brain on his wrist suddenly jingled, like a small clock telling the time. He glanced at it, and at this moment, Wen Zheliu felt that he was surprised, and there was a joyful smile in that surprise .

"No, it's nothing." He looked at Wen Zheliu with a smile, "Actually, props are an important form of authority. The higher the level of props, the greater the authority that can be opened for players. The level of props held is high enough, and it is no problem to use the nun as a BOSS to open up wasteland. But one thing must be noted, the jade record is held by the nun, which is equivalent to the key to dismantle and reorganize the virtual world... Don't say it The A-level is scarce in the city of new stars, maybe even the S-level is not enough for her to dismantle it."

Wen Zheliu noticed that Li Rong and Yu Hongyao exchanged a flat look across the seats of more than a dozen people.

"This is not a problem." Li Rong spoke first, "As long as I can get back what originally belonged to the player, I think I can fight for it."

He Qin smiled: "Then give it a try, give me some time."

He stood up and walked out of the meeting room with the people who had no sleep.

The corridor was empty, Xie Yuanyuan watched for a long time, and couldn't help asking at this moment: "Is there really a way to connect the data of Nova City?"

"Yes." He Qin said concisely, "But it has to be opened from the outside, using my dog ​​tag."

"Outside," Du Zijun said, "then we have to return to the real world? How can we play with the key locked in the cabinet?"

"The process of customs clearance is equivalent to the process of solving puzzles," He Qin said. "Even if we didn't participate in the last three worlds one by one, because of the characteristics of Ragnarok, they can still be classified as the achievements of all players. Now the answer is clear. , we are already very close to the data core of Uncanny Valley, finding the exit, tearing apart the shackles, and returning to the real world... is not impossible."

Wen Zheliu guessed what he meant.

"But with this method, very few people can get out, is it?"

"Yes." He Qin nodded, "Even if the holy nun is not in the lair now, it is still impossible to take away players in large numbers. After all, I am not a god, and I cannot protect everyone."

"Then you all go out first," Xie Yuanyuan said suddenly, "Maybe... some people will have opinions, but this is something that can't be helped. If you want to resist, you can't just rely on the power you got in the uncanny valley."

He Qin is the most important balancer in Uncanny Valley. With him, N-star will have to do his best to compete with the Holy Nun for a day.After he left, there was no one as important as him among the players who stayed here. What kind of changes will N-star make to the confrontation policy?No one can think of it.

None of the four spoke, and the atmosphere was very stagnant.

Du Zijun said: "It's not just that there are opinions, people who know that you are going to leave alone may flood the portal. Don't worry about being few, but about inequality...it doesn't matter whether you are number one in the world, human jealousy is terrible ,You do not understand?"

Wen Zheliu said: "If I stay here..."

"You come with me." He Qin's eyes turned cold instantly, "This matter is not for discussion."

Wen Zheliu was annoyed and funny: "Why am I walking with you? The dog tag is hanging around my neck, just take it away and open the authority. It can be done by one person, why do you need two people?" ?”

Du Zijun coughed: "I'll take Xie Yuanyuan to the front for a walk, you two should discuss this first, I don't care."

He Qin looked at him, and without waiting for Wen Zheliu to say anything else, he said softly and quickly: "Ning Ning, happy birthday."

Wen Zheliu was stunned for a moment, and threw all his words to Java: "What?"

Birthday... own birthday?

Just because of this, he suddenly laughed...?

"I... I'm eighteen?" Wen Zheliu was still a little overwhelmed. In the past few months in the Uncanny Valley, time was the standard for calculating the speed of customs clearance, and it was the key that needed to be snatched with one's life. Opening is a rare item that is regarded as ten flowers, except that it is not an ordinary unit of measurement.

It turns out that he has grown up... just now, after that jingle.

"Your parents' relics and last will, we can go and get them back in an open and honest manner." He Qin hugged him and kissed him on the forehead, "OK?"