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[Confirm information, French cruise ship "Medan (Jericho)", deck: 12 floors, tonnage: 75,000 tons, length: 252 meters, beam: 32 meters, cabins: 964, crew: 744 people, maximum speed: 27 knots. 】

[Extended information: While touring the Great Lakes, the Medan ran aground near the shore of Detroit and sank, and due to the timely escape, there were no casualties among the passengers and crew, and an inspection later found that there were no reefs large enough in the nearby waters to sink them.] Notes: Some passengers and crew members insisted in their transcripts that they had seen a "giant water monster", but there was also no evidence of its existence. 】

[Extended information: Because the Medan has been in the water for more than ten years, its company has assessed that the total cost of salvage and repair and refurbishment has exceeded the cost of building a new cruise ship, so it made the decision to abandon the cruise ship, after which the Medan sank near the port of Detroit for 20 years, and then surfaced when Detroit reclaimed a large area of the lake to expand the urban area, Detroit officials tried to plan it as a tourist attraction, but ultimately failed.] 】

"I always think that there will be a bunch of big robots that can turn into cars." Anderson looked at the cruise ship that capsized on land and casually said something very old.

"But that's where we're going to sneak in, sir." Connor reluctantly glanced at the vice-captain who had infiltrated the Decepticon camp.

"Hmm...... How to infiltrate this time? It should be full of androids, and there is no way that there can be loopholes in the patrols and camera positions arranged by the androids. Anderson pulled out his telescope and began to look at it from afar.

"They may be able to prevent ordinary infiltration, but the data level is not good." Connor raised his hand and pressed it on the halo on his forehead - overload is such a thing, as long as you experience it once, it is quite easy to recreate it.

【Start connecting subspace...... The connection is successful. 】

When not summoned by the "Cloud City", Connor can also enter the "subspace", but in this case, you can only see the countless "spheres" composed of gray and white squares and the bridges between them, Connor has no relevant knowledge reserves, and cannot understand what is going on in that place, however, the androids with AI instead of VI will form a corresponding "consciousness projection" in this space with their true appearance and control it.

Connor had used this method to find possible androids with AI, but found nothing because the environment was too strange, so she used it at this time just to find Marcus, who must be here.

[Begin projecting consciousness...... The projection ends. 】

When Connor opened her eyes, she was immediately startled by the huge ship in front of her, which was made entirely of gray squares.

According to her estimates, the distance between each "sphere" in the "subspace" is not the actual distance, but the distance on a virtual level such as "delay", and the "big ship" is actually a large number of "spheres" grouped together at an almost close distance to each other, which is enough to prove that the anomalous androids who inhabit the ship have some kind of technology that can instantly exchange data with other people of the same kind, and this technology causes the distance between them to "be shortened rapidly, which produces the spectacle of a large ship in shape."

Considering that her body was still in a meditative posture with her hand on her forehead, Connor wasted no time and walked briskly towards the "big boat".

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"I'm sorry to invite you in this way, but I think it's necessary to show you the reality of the world."

"I don't think you're doing it right, ma'am, humans sometimes sympathize with stray cats and dogs, but not when they're scratched."

"Really? Even if these cats and dogs are so vigilant because they have been tortured by their compatriots? ”

When Connor arrived at the boarding gate of the "big ship", I don't know what triggered, a holographic projection of Noss and Marcus appeared in front of him, and the image was lifelike, but because of the projection, it looked a little blue.

Marcus is still wearing the android uniform of the day's show, and Noss is wearing the leather-clad goggles, the classic glider pilot attire, so this is actually a replay of the original situation, as for who arranged it...... Mostly Marcus.

After a brief conversation, images of Marcus and North disappear, and Connor ascends to the deck of the "Big Ship", where he unsurprisingly sees a second image.

This time, the android parts are piled up on the deck, and in addition to the limbs, there are also a large number of mass effect cores and heads, many of which are being selected and taken away, and if you look closely, they are either missing arms and legs or have been seriously injured.

"I've listened to your declaration, you think androids can coexist with humans, and the mild-mannered anomalous androids you have assembled support it, but do you think they're likely to accept it?" Noss asked, pointing to the "scavengers".

"This ......," Marcus was momentarily speechless.

Come on, Marcus, she's changing concepts to generalize.

Of course, it is impossible for Marcus, who is himself a historical image and is in the "past", to listen to her suggestion, and after he frowns and thinks for a while, the whole image disappears at the same time.

"What? Competing with humans for resources? That's impossible. ”

When the image reappears, Marcus is already on an observation deck on the second deck, and Noss is waving his arms to show something on the sea.

"The universe is so vast, we can set out to find a new planet to rebuild and live in after we are free, and androids will not complain at all because of the harsh environment."

"And how are you going to evolve?" Marcus, who is also a android, points out the loophole in the plan.

Indeed, if androids want to become a newly born people, ensuring reproduction and avoiding homogenization are paramount.

"As long as you bring back to Earth from time to time to pick up some newly awakened androids, because 'that word' is not completely forbidden by a few laws and regulations." Noss looked relaxed.

As if in a state of shock, the recording ends quickly, and another batch of footage is played.

This time, in the new footage, several powerful looking android men are holding Marcus between the left and the right, as if intending to send him somewhere.

"If you don't want to cooperate with us, then you can only be asked to stay a little longer on the Medan," Noss walked in front of him, without looking back, "You will be placed in a special room, where there is no communication between sound and airwaves." ”

Are you sure?

Connor looked at the well-informed, free-flowing footage.

I don't believe it.