"Who's talking?" asked Richard with an eyebrow.

"You can call me 'Uhgum', I'm a creature produced by the 'Odinade' Alliance, I'm not self-aware, but I'm able to do what I'm set to do. Of course, it is also one of my functions to provide assistance within the rules for visitors who have obtained passes. ”

Richard listened, blinked his eyes, thought for a few seconds, and asked the same question again: "Who's talking?"

"You can call me 'Ugam', I'm ......" the voice replied in the same way.

"Who's talking?"

"You can call me 'Woogem'......" or the same answer, the tone did not change at all, the same stiffness and mechanical, making people have no doubt, the same question a hundred times, still like this.

Really...... There is no self-consciousness indeed...... It is very likely that it will not pass the Turing test...... Of course, it may also be that the disguise is too good, but the probability is very low, after all, the other party didn't know that there were several machine spirits and other lives before, and they died tragically at his hands...... Richard thought to himself.

Pursing his lips, Richard asked again: "The creation of the 'Odinade' Alliance?

"The same can be said of your time. The voice replied.

"That ......," Richard narrowed, "that ...... Did the illusion have something to do with you? Or did you generate it?"

"Yes. The voice replied, without concealment or embarrassment, faithfully carrying out the set procedure, "The illusion I created just now is my defense to prevent people without permission from breaking in.

The basis of the formation of the illusion is the intruder's thinking and memory, and it is impossible for a person to defeat himself, so theoretically without external help, the intruder cannot solve the illusion and leave the illusion at all. But you are a little peculiar, and you have passed this verification in a way that I cannot understand, and according to the regulations, you are therefore given the minimum right of way. ”

"That's right. Richard listened, and there was no surprise, for he had some guesses about these in the illusion. "Sure enough, it is an illusion generated on the basis of personal thinking and memory. ”

So at the beginning, he kept his mind in check, without revealing any information, and all he saw was the white snow. It wasn't until later that he took the initiative to let go of some restrictions, thinking of the things of the Blue Lion Kingdom, and immediately the cavalry of the Blue Lion Kingdom appeared, and then entered the memory of the former Blue Lion Kingdom, constantly going back to the earlier time.

First the return to the palace ceremony, then the massacre, and then the children's reading themselves......

Only finally, before all the memories, he saw the huge house with a blank interior......

Richard pondered, his expression changed several times, and finally took a deep breath, regained his composure, looked at the air in front of him and said, "Okay, some of my doubts have been solved, and there are some speculations that have not been resolved." I'm kind of tempted to ask, what the hell is this place?" Richard gestured to the huge room where he was.

"This is 'Soandos Rogisdico'. "The sound gives a long, hard-to-read, hard-to-understand word," or you can simply call it 'Digo'. ”

"'Digo'?" Richard frowned, "what the hell is this, can you elaborate on that?"

"Sorry, this is beyond my means. I can only tell you that 'Digo' is a proper noun of the ancient wizarding civilization, and it explains its own meaning, just like 'hound' and 'wild boar'.

However, due to the current era, there is no 'Digo', so it is difficult to explain it from the side. It's like if you've never seen a 'hound' or a 'wild boar', then no matter how much I explain it, it's hard for you to fully understand. "So, my advice is to explore on your own, after all, you have obtained access to the first floor of Balta, a part of the 'Digo'. ”

"Balta, do you want to explore it yourself......" Richard muttered, looking at the black tower on the stone platform in front of him, and made a decision for a moment, "Okay." ”

"Welcome. The voice said, and then fell silent, no longer responding, as if it had never existed.

Richard stepped into the Black Tower, the surface of his body was wrapped in rich golden energy, cautiously touched the surface of the Black Tower, trying to inject energy.

The moment the energy was poured into the Black Tower, the whole world lit up.

......

As the light faded, Richard saw himself appear in a large space.

This space is a bit like the Garden of Eden, but larger than the Garden of Eden, with almost no edges. In the air, a soft light floats around, illuminating the surroundings.

Looking around, he saw that on the ground not far ahead, there was a sign more than ten meters high, with lines of characters written on it, which should be the translation of a sentence in dozens of different languages.

Looking at it from top to bottom, he found that all of them were unfamiliar, only the upper line in the middle, and he could not be sure how many characters could be recognized.

“...... Material...... Number...... Stand ......" Richard read out, slightly confused, unable to understand exactly what it meant.

He took a breath and turned his head to look straight ahead, his eyebrows furrowed.

I saw that in front of me, in the air, there were a large number of transparent squares floating, each of which was one meter in length, width and height. It looks like the material is a bit similar to glass, but it's actually an extremely special energy composition, and there are things inside.

What the hell is this place?

What is the explanation of the so-called "material station" of "Digo"?

Richard frowned, walked in front of the transparent square, and observed and guessed one by one.

Could it be that this is a museum, or is it an exhibition hall?

Or...... Guessing, Richard suddenly stopped in front of a floating square, and his eyes fell on what was inside the square.

The contents of the square were not very strange, but he was a little familiar.

Yes, he's kind of familiar.

It can be seen that it is divided into four parts according to the mathematical horizontal and vertical axis: the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant.

Among them, the first quadrant holds several large-capacity beakers, the second quadrant holds a bunch of Erlenmeyer flasks, the third quadrant holds dozens of test tubes, and the fourth quadrant holds glass tubes, funnels and other sundries.

These things were all carried by him inside a spatial iron ring on his body, so that if necessary, he could carry out experiments on the spot.

And now, in this so-called "Digo" space, he actually saw the same existence.

It's really exactly the same, not similar. The size, quantity, and arrangement of each container on it were exactly the same as he remembered.

It can't be such a coincidence.

Either he's in a fantasy again, or he's ......

Pursing his lips, Richard took out the spatial iron ring marked "Eight" that he was carrying, reached out and took out all the beakers in the first quadrant from it, and placed them on the ground next to him, and then he saw that a hand in the transparent square in front of him reached in and "stole" all the beakers.

He took out the Erlenmeyer flask in the second quadrant from the Spatial Iron Ring, and immediately, the hand in the transparent cube in front of him reappeared, "stealing" all the Erlenmeyer flasks.

Then there are the test tubes in the third quadrant, and the sundries in the fourth quadrant......

Waiting until he had taken everything out of the spatial iron ring, he thought about it, put his hand inside, and made a scissor gesture with his index and middle fingers.

I saw that the hand in the transparent square gave him the same scissor gesture.

All right...... Richard let out a sigh...... I think I can basically conclude that if there is no accident, the space in his spatial iron ring is the transparent square in front of him, and he is now "stealing his own things".

Well, it's okay!

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