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They have thought that there may be an extremely tragic doomsday scene on the other side of the truth, or it may be a scorching hell full of corpses, but they have never thought that this is such a thriving city of hope, which makes people with a death mentality Several people were at a loss for a while.

The familiar scene in front of him reminded Yi Heye of something, and then he turned his head and asked Pei Xiangjin: "Old Pei...is this...area A? Have we crossed over? Or is it that I can't understand Shanyu.｜Three Xi's geographical structure?"

Pei Xiangjin was also in shock for a long time, and it took him a long time to realize that the reason why this person asked himself was because he had been to the real Area A.

Pei Xiangjin pinched the center of his eyebrows and said, "We've been walking outside the ring, this should be the E area."

Theoretically, the current technology does not support time travel at all, and Yi Heye also feels that at least he should not walk forward and return to area A in the center of the circle.

Area E is Area E, Area A is Area A, separated by three areas, two walls and a desert, it is impossible for there to be any inexplicable connection.

Yi Heye couldn't figure it out: "But... this place is almost exactly the same as Area A on TV..."

"No, it's not." Pei Xiangjin said, "I guarantee my personality, this is not Area A."

Yi Heye didn't know how much Pei Xiangjin's personality was worth, but after all, he was the only one present who had seen the whole picture of Area A. If he said no, then Yi Heye had no reason to doubt it.

A few people watched the scene in front of them silently. They were standing on a vast tarmac with many suspension vehicles on it. People in strange clothes walked back and forth with expressionless faces. Wearing protective clothing, it is not so conspicuous.

Yi Heye didn't have time to care about other people, so he quickly locked on to the two "God Envoys".

The two men got out of the car not far from them, then turned around, and took out a closed iron cage the size of a person from the car, and then no one came out of the car.

"Are you in that cage?" Yi Heye asked.

"It should be." Pei Xiangjin said, "But why put it in a cage?"

At this time, Xiao Yunduo in Yi Heye's arms and LOPO on Yu Yili's back had completely lost consciousness. Seeing this, Yu Yili took out the radiation detector again.

After a beep, Yu Yili cursed: "Grass."

Yi Heye and Pei Xiangjin turned their heads at the same time.

"The instrument exploded." Yu Yili said in horror, "The radiation content here is too high."

The radiation limit that the human body can withstand is 500 roentgens, and the instrument exploded, proving that the actual value has far exceeded this limit.

If there is no accident, the iron cage should be a container specially used to shield radiation.

But now another problem is in front of them-they have sophisticated anti-radiation equipment, as long as they complete the task quickly in a short period of time, their bodies will not be harmed, so what about the residents in this city?How did they manage to live with such deadly radiation levels without any protection?

When he was in doubt, Pei Xiangjin suddenly stared at the envoy who was carrying the cage. The man's collar kept covering his side face, and Pei Xiangjin barely managed to see his face until just now.

"Do you think this person looks familiar?" Pei Xiangjin asked.

Yi Heye and Yu Yili heard the sound and immediately recognized him——

"Isn't this..." Yi Heye thought for a long time, but couldn't remember the name of this person, "Isn't this who?"

"Ke Yu." Yu Yili, "Gu Wenwen's husband... just seems to have different eyes."

Ke Yu was the young man who was reported missing in the ISSAC case. His whereabouts are still unknown, but in view of the development of the case, he has already been officially recognized as a victim.

Now, this person was looking into another person's eyes, standing in front of them expressionlessly, holding the left and right cages in his hands, and for a while, they were a little unable to react.

Could it be that Ke Yu did not die, but hid his wife and came here to work?

After a long time, Yu Yili said: "But didn't Xiao Yi just say that these two people are AI?"

Finally realizing what was wrong, Yi Heye concentrated again and looked at the other people around——

Everyone here has a beautiful face, not an artificial face created in the assembly line, but a natural face that is beautiful and unique.

They walked on the street, their movements were dignified and graceful, but no matter how they looked at them, there were some unspeakable awkwardness.

If you look closely, everyone's faces are filled with empty indifference. They don't even have any explanations for each other, but they are just doing their own things, as if they don't interfere with each other.

A strange premonition welled up in his heart, but in order to make sure nothing would go wrong, Yi Heye observed it again carefully, and then cursed in a low voice: "Fuck..."

"There's no one here." Yi Heye tensed his molars and said, "This is an AI city."

This is an AI city, and all the people in front of them who can walk under high concentrations of radiation are not human beings.

If you look closely, the chill on their bodies has increased again—the acquaintances in front of them are far more than just Ke Yu, elite office workers carrying purses and wearing suits walking on the road, well-dressed and stylishly dressed girls, Young people with youthful vigor and handsome facial features... Looking around, they are all missing persons who have been registered in the security department but have not been heard from in the end.

The beautiful young people who disappeared inexplicably in the wall now turned into AIs one by one, walking numbly on the street, forming such a seemingly glamorous "perfect city" that makes people's scalp tingle.

The faces in front of me were all human beings who were actually recorded in the population system. After a long disappearance, they transformed into beautiful AIs without emotions.

At this moment, on a large screen not far from them, a live broadcast was being played - it was an online auction.

The host of the auction is an AI with no emotion at all, and the "goods" being auctioned is a complete human body soaked in a jar——

"A 21-year-old adult high-quality female with no underlying diseases and a popularity score of 378 points. If you buy it, you can get two pairs of random high-scoring eyeballs..."

As the passing passers-by raised their heads and shouted prices, some images flashed in Yi Heye's mind, and finally he couldn't help muttering: "So the 'customers' are them..."

The last time I saw a person soaked in a jar like this was in the basic factory of ISSAC. Lao Qin said that those complete bodies, healthy organs, beautiful limbs, desires and emotions are all sold to the so-called Distinguished guests.

These "people" in front of them are no longer themselves, but empty shells bought by customers. They are just a favorite "skin" of these AIs, a container loaded with their cold systems.

Yi Heye recalled that Gu Wenwen once saw her husband's eyes on the face of an ice cream advertising star, so the "Ke Yu" in front of him had someone else's eyes, which made sense——Buyer I bought Ke Yu's body, but didn't like his eyes, so I sold it to the advertising star and replaced it with another pair of eyes I bought.

Treating the human body as a mechanical part, buying, selling, disassembling, and assembling it at will. Yi Heye has seen such things in the ISSAC factory, but seeing it with his own eyes has brought him quite a strong psychological impact.

Obviously, his two companions were not feeling well either. Silence had become the most common expression of emotion between them.

At this time, it seems that in order to sell the goods better, the host of the live broadcast room posted some "popularity evaluations" - that is, the number of fans of this girl on social platforms, and some comments on selfie photos - "Sister is so beautiful", "Miss sister's nose is too superior", "Eight lifetimes of virtue can't grow like a blogger"

After these comments were posted in the live broadcast room, the auction price immediately rose again.

Yi Heye looked at the passers-by with numb faces around him, and recalled the previous operation mode of ISSAC. He finally figured out that those "customers" had no aesthetics of their own, so they tried every means to hold talent shows, Live broadcasts, etc., quantify human feedback into so-called popularity values ​​to determine the "value" of these goods.

Obviously, although the ISSAC inside the wall is down, there is still a steady stream of "goods" being put on the shelves and auctioned every day...

Yu Yili sighed: "I can't accept it..."

Before the final decisive battle officially started, their aura was already depressed. As a human being with normal emotions, they had no way of understanding what happened before them.

"Cheer up." After a long time, Pei Xiangjin spoke first, "We don't have time to think so much now, the nuclear radiation content here is too high, we have to complete the task as soon as possible, and end all this as soon as possible."

If it is said that Yi Heye was unable to recover from his senses for a long time because of being subverted from the Three Views, then such an anti-humanitarian situation brought more psychological shocks to Yu Yili.

Until the restart, his mood was very depressed and painful, but this made him more eager to move on: "We have to seize the time to find an opportunity to rescue Zuo Zuo..."

He was right. The purpose of their group coming here was to find out the truth of those cases, but avoiding more civilian deaths was their most fundamental duty.

After thinking for a moment, Pei Xiangjin comforted him a little weakly: "Look at the people around you, they are all complete, healthy, and good-looking... So they shouldn't be doing such a thing when they take away the left and right..."

What Pei Xiangjin said is indeed reasonable. The "people" walking on the road are the best selected strictly according to human aesthetics. Judging from the current situation, at least they will not choose people like Zuo Zuo. skins, to make their bodies.

So what is their real intention to take away the left and right?

The two envoys carried the cage and walked in front, and their group cautiously followed not far behind.The only thing this AI city is good for them is that the AIs on the street are all going their own way, and they won't notice that there are a few more foreigners in their world who don't belong here.

In this way, they passed through the circular avenue floating in mid-air. The end of the avenue was connected to an air platform, and a huge cargo spaceship was docked beside the platform. The back cabin of the spaceship was opening a big mouth. A divine envoy dressed in uniform was moving the iron cage up and down.

This should be a spaceship transporting living people. Fake Ke Yu and his companions saw the tail of the team, waiting to send the left and right iron cages in their hands onto the ship.

A group of people hid quietly at the corner, watching them send the cages in one by one, but they dared not go any further.

They don't look very conspicuous in the crowd wearing protective clothing, but they look extraordinarily eye-catching when they want to blend in with a room full of envoys.

However, caution always belongs to Pei Xiangjin and Yu Yili, and Yi Heye seems to be born at odds with this word.

He turned his head and saw a divine envoy who was pushing a cart and carrying an empty cage. He only glanced at it quietly, then turned around immediately——

"What are you doing?!" The moment Pei Xiangjin blurted out to stop him, Yi Heye had rushed over like lightning, and before the AI ​​even had time to turn around, it was cut off by Yi Heye's hand knife.

"Damn it..." Yu Yili looked at the envoy who fell vertically in front of him, and couldn't say anything except swear words.

Pei Xiangjin first looked around in a hurry, making sure that he didn't attract any attention, and then scolded in fear: "Why are you so fucking impulsive?!"

Yi Heye raised his head and gave him a contemptuous look, then snorted coldly and said, "I'm a professional at beating this thing."

The donkey's head was wrong, and Pei Xiangjin didn't bother to argue with him anymore. Fortunately, the result was good. No matter how reckless and rough the process was, it could be written off.

They quietly dragged the man into a side alley, and unceremoniously took off his clothes - this thing fits well over the protective clothing, as long as the face is slightly covered, there will be no major problems.

In addition, they also intercepted a car of iron cages specially used to hold human beings and to shield radiation.

Pei Xiangjin said: "There is only one set of clothes, and everyone else is hidden in a cage, so who will pretend to be an angel?"

As soon as the words fell, Yi Heye introduced himself: "I am here, I am good at dealing with AI, and you are better at dealing with people."

This arrangement was indeed reasonable, and soon Yi Heye put the work clothes on the outside of the protective clothing, and the other two also got into the cage with LOPO and Xiao Yunduo.

In front of the AI ​​is always Yi Heye's home court, he covered his face without changing his face and heartbeat, and then methodically mixed into the long line with two cages.

This group of guys hardly communicated with each other, and Yi Heye hardly heard any useful news, but it was not in vain that he watched all directions and listened to all directions, and finally figured out something before getting into the car——

This spaceship is a cargo ship specially used to transport "cargo". The so-called cargo is the human beings they tried their best to abduct from the wall.

These humans will eventually be sent to the "headquarters" together. On the way to the headquarters, other "goods" will be transported along the way. It sounds like it should not be too short a journey.

Yi Heye didn't know what kind of place the "headquarters" they were talking about was, but with his beast-like intuition, he believed that once they got to the headquarters, everything they wanted to know would be revealed.

He wheeled and pushed the cart and followed onto the deck, with an expressionless face and stiff movements.I have to admit that he does have a talent for imitating AI. Until he got on the spaceship, the AI ​​around him didn't notice any abnormalities in him.

After getting into the car, he went straight to his own cargo hold based on the information he had inquired - every angel present will be responsible for taking care of a cargo hold during the journey.

This section of the cargo hold is quite large, and there are nearly [-] iron cages inside. They are neatly placed on the shelves one by one, and they look peaceful from the outside.

Yi Heye first placed his companions on the shelves in order, and when the iron door between the cargo compartments was slowly closed, he looked up again and looked around - he didn't see any monitoring equipment.

As the spaceship lifted off slowly, Yi Heye gently locked the hatch, and then opened the iron cages of his companions—they were protected by a layer of protective clothing, so they could freely enter and exit the iron cages, while the others in the cabin Humans are different. Once they leave the iron cage, they will be directly killed by the high concentration of radiation outside the cage.

When they got out of the cage, Yi Heye immediately reported to them the news about the "headquarters" and some things related to the journey: "We were in the No. 4 cabin, and we were sent to the No. 6 cabin. About three hours later, the cargo ship It will stop at the first stop, pick up a group of people and continue to take off."

Pei nodded to Jin, and then took out their backpacks: "We'll take turns going in for something to eat later, and each of us will take a rest after eating."

In this kind of space full of strong radiation, if there is no iron cage, they may not even have the opportunity to take off their masks to eat. The current situation is considered a blessing in misfortune for them.

While everyone was flipping through the cans, Pei Xiangjin said: "I just tried it out. It seems that LOPO and Xiao Yunduo will not receive too much signal interference in the cage. After the connection is fully connected, I will contact the outside immediately."

If they can contact the outside world, they can get reinforcements in time, which is really important for them who are alone.

After eating, several people returned to the initial state. Yi Heye closed his eyes outside the cage and rested his mind. When he opened his eyes, the spaceship had already started to land slowly.

A few minutes later, the cabin door opened, and the envoys lined up to get out of the cabin, and Yi Heye mixed in with the team and rushed out of the platform.

Surprisingly, they did not go to any scientific research center, nor did they come to any auction site, but to a bustling entertainment city.

This place is no different from the entertainment center inside the wall, with all kinds of restaurants, all kinds of entertainment venues, and bustling crowds.

Walking on the crowded street, Yi Heye felt a little uncomfortable - he couldn't imagine how many people around them were stolen in such a silent way from the past to the present.

None of these people had any happy expressions on their faces, and it seemed that they appeared in such a place of "seeking happiness" just to piece together what this scene should look like.

Yi Heye originally thought that they might just be passing by by chance, but he didn't expect their team to walk straight into a big theater called "Happy Clown".

Why do you want to come to this kind of place?Is there anything human here that needs to be picked up?Yi Heye looked at the colorful plaque and followed the team in with doubts.

The structure of this grand theater is similar to that outside the wall, and Yi Heye followed the team through the corridor at the entrance to the performance hall.

At the end of the dark corridor, the stage was shining brightly, and before walking past, the sound of music was faintly heard——

This is an extremely funny and relaxing piece of music, which goes well with the name of the theater "Happy Clown".

But when Yi Heye walked along the light and saw the scene on the stage clearly, he held his breath again——

The entire stage was isolated by a huge radiation-proof transparent glass cover. Inside the glass cover, a boy whose head was sharp and shriveled as if it had been cut by a knife, and whose hands were not well-developed like fish fins, was holding a knife in his mouth. Holding a burning fire stick, he made funny movements with the music on the stage.

Behind them stood a row of freaks, men with huge webbed legs, girls with vertical eyes, and children with hands bigger than their bodies...

If you guessed correctly, these people should all be brought over from the deformed village.

They were not favored by the gods at all, they were just tricked over, stood on the stage like clowns, and performed so-called acrobatics for the audience.

Looking up again, a line of words was scrolling on the floating screen above the stage-"FreakShow! The most exciting performance of deformed humans! Activate a different emotional experience for you!"

Abducting people who are already suffering from illness and suffering here, just to stage a "freak show" that allows AI to experience emotional stimulation. Such things make him disgusted and disgusted, but he feels deeply powerless.

In this place, it seems that all the AIs are trying to become human beings, but they treat human beings as objects of value, trampling on them wantonly and not cherishing them.

"Wow!" A bright light flashed, and the boy on the stage threw the fire stick in his mouth into the air, drawing a fiery red arc.

There was a burst of loud but mechanical applause in the auditorium - the program told the audience that the performance had reached its climax and there should be applause here.

This kind of performance is very difficult for a boy with disabled arms. Although the fire stick fell into his mouth accurately, the flying sparks fell on his face and lips, which made him cry in pain Come.

But the audience below couldn't see his tears, they just applauded mechanically, giving the climax of the performance the background sound it deserved.

At this time, the owner of the circus said to their leader: "Take them away when the performance is over. Our next performance will be in the main city."

Yi Heye understood it—this was a touring performance, and they flew around in that spaceship, showing their weirdness and funnyness everywhere.

"I heard that a two-headed man came from this group, and I will go and see with you later." The boss said.

Yi Heye stood in the line of AI, waiting for the end of the performance on stage. Hearing the roaring applause and seeing the painful tears in the boy's eyes, he felt depressed and uncomfortable.

On the stage, a clown with severely deformed shoulder blades drew the curtain on a unicycle.

After the show ended and the audience left, the angel came to the backstage and packed the circus performers into cages and took them away.

These deformed people are obviously used to this kind of running and transportation, their expressions are tired and desperate, but they consciously got into the cage that was sent into the glass cover.

After all, there was a lot of radiation outside, and Yi Heye was afraid of something going wrong, so he checked the cage one by one to see if it was closed tightly, but the others in the company were naturally not as meticulous as him, so they just closed the cage casually and were ready to take it away.

On the way back to transport, Yi Heye saw that the yellow warning light of a cage seemed to be on. He felt that something was wrong, and immediately reminded the AI ​​who packed the cage: "The yellow light was on just now."

The AI ​​only glanced at it lightly, then turned around: "A small amount of damage is allowed during transportation."

This sentence is obviously from the perspective of an emotionless stevedore. He seems to be completely unaware that there is a life in it, and he just expresses it indifferently—if it breaks, it will break. My cargo damage quota for this month has not been used up yet. .

Yi Heye hurriedly lowered his head to check it out. He suspected that the cage itself was damaged. After searching around anxiously, he couldn't find any other empty cages.

Not knowing how much the cage was damaged and how much it would affect the people inside, Yi Heye didn't dare to slack off, just picked up the cage and hurried back.

At this time, the speed at which the team advances and the hatch closes is terribly slow.When Yi Heye settled down completely and called his companions to come out to solve the problem, a cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"What's the matter?" Pei Xiangjin and Yu Yili also heard his panic, and quickly got out of the cage after receiving the signal.

"This cage..." Before Yi Heye finished speaking, the suspected damaged cage in front of him shook violently as if someone hit it from the inside.

The two companions were taken aback by the scene - the people inside looked like they wanted to come out, but...

With a "bang", the mouth of the cage was slammed open, and a teenager rolled out of it.

This boy is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with very sound limbs, but his whole body is as white as if it has been rinsed from top to bottom - white hair, white skin, white eyelashes, and even the eyes are almost transparent.

At this time, he should be experiencing great pain, curled up on the ground, and let out a broken sob.

Seeing this, Pei Xiangjin asked nervously, "What should we do? Is it okay to put him in our cage?"

At this time, Yu Yili had already moved to his side as quickly as possible, quickly looked into his eyes, and said: "Don't let go, give first aid first."

"The people here should have performed an operation on him. If he was exposed to the radiation environment for a short time, he would not die immediately." Yu Yili said quickly, "So hurry up and treat him now, he may still survive."

Pei Xiangjin understood what he meant, and immediately helped him find a first-aid kit—thanks to that reinforcement, there were many medicines for radiation infection in it that could be used.

At this time, the white boy on the ground was still struggling violently. Seeing this, Yi Heye and Pei Xiangjin hurried over to control his limbs.

"Damn..." When Yi Heye cursed out loud, seeing Pei Xiangjin was also shocked——

Maybe it's because of his illness, but this guy's strength is really frightening. The two of them seem to be a little bit powerless to catch him with such physical output.

Fortunately, Yu Yili dispensed the medicine very quickly. He quickly knelt down beside the young man, observed his condition, and slowly injected the medicine into his arm.

"It hurts so much—!! Help me!!" The moment the medicine was pushed, the boy screamed. His entire neck was bursting with veins, and his upper body even directly overwhelmed the strength of the two of them, half sitting up.

Afraid of accidents, Yu Yili quickly stretched out his hands to hold him down, and the young man struggled harder.

"Grass." Yi Heye has never seen someone he can't hold back. This appearance has completely subverted his cognition at this moment. Yu Yili has also put down the syringe in his hand. The three of them tried their best to push him Knock down.

This time it seemed that the young man's strength had been completely exhausted, and the anesthesia effect from that dose of medicine seemed to have also increased. The young man fell to the ground in a daze and lost consciousness.

After repeated confirmation by several people, they dared to let go slowly. Yu Yili simply touched his heart rate, and frowned again——

Symptoms have stabilized, but the problem is not completely resolved.

After thinking for a while, Yu Yili said with some difficulty: "Captain Pei, I need to monitor his condition and add medicine to him at any time, so I can't put him in a cage, but prolonged exposure to radiation is not conducive to His recovery..."

The implication is that if he can be treated in a protective suit, it must be the best.

But where did the protective clothing come from?A few of them could indeed hide in the cage, but it was impossible to take off the protective clothing, open the cage, and send the protective clothing out under the condition of complete isolation from radiation.

In other words, as long as you take off your protective clothing and give it to him, you will definitely be infected by radiation.

Naturally, Yu Yili couldn't let his companion take such a risk, he hesitated for a moment and looked at the boy.

At this time, the comatose teenager curled up in pain again, Yu Yili quickly gave him an injection, then raised his head and said to Pei Xiangjin: "Captain Pei, it's really not possible, I'll tell you the injection time, I..."

"Impossible." Hearing such a suggestion, Pei Xiangjin immediately refused seriously, "Absolutely impossible."

After finishing speaking, he was obviously angry at Yu Yili's thoughts: "Yu Yili, I warn you not to risk your own life. To put it bluntly, you are a doctor of medicine and the chief forensic doctor. This whole car of cages is worth a fortune. So from now on, don’t give me any thought of exchanging one’s life for another, do you hear me?!”

It was the first time for Yu Yili to hear Pei Xiangjin get so angry, and he felt aggrieved instantly.

"I heard..." Yu Yili trembled, "But I will definitely cure him."

During the two hours of silence after that, Pei Xiangjin and Yi Heye watched Yu Yili busy in silence, occasionally helping him out, and more time watching him quickly and nervously observe, measure, dispensing medicine.

The boy in front of him vomited once, collapsed once, and had severe abdominal pain once. Finally, after Yu Yili's last injection, he slowly and tiredly opened his eyes.

Yu Yili checked his eyes for the last time, and the young man smiled at him with sweat on his brow: "Thank you... I don't seem to be in pain anymore..."

This sentence was the best reassurance, and Yu Yili, who was dizzy from exhaustion, waved his hands, and asked the two to put the boy in his cage, then shook it, and one of them sat on the ground without standing still.

He thought it was because he was too tired and nervous that caused the dizziness and tinnitus, but when he looked up, he found that his mask was covered in red.

Yu Yili raised his head in a daze, and happened to meet Pei Xiangjin's gaze. At that moment, Pei Xiangjin, who was going to help him up to rest, froze in place.

"What's the matter with you? So many nosebleeds?!"

The moment Pei Xiangjin and Yi Heye approached, Yu Yili was also stunned. He subconsciously reached out to wipe it off, but he felt lonely through the mask.

Only then did he realize that his nosebleeds were gushing out like a faucet was turned on. He lowered his head in a panic, and the blood could only drip onto the mask.

Are you tired?At that moment, the severe headache accompanied by nausea made him feel a little bad.

He worked overtime for three consecutive nights, and no matter how tired he was, it was just a slight hypoglycemia. Now this situation happened too suddenly.

While trying to keep his head clear, he began to have a bad premonition, and cooperated with Pei Xiangjin to check his whole body.

The second the captain's inspection stopped, Yu Yili's brain buzzed and screamed.

"... grass." Amidst Yi Heye's scolding, Yu Yili turned his head and looked in the direction of their eyes.

There was a tear in his protective clothing.