Stepping through the stone gate, the structure here doesn't even have a window, and you can't see your fingers, so you can't walk at all.

But I had a clever plan, and when I looked at the duck at my feet, a flame burst out, and the tongue of fire suddenly lit up the entire space, and with the help of this brief light, I clearly saw that there was only a staircase in front of me, and at the top of the staircase was a narrow door, which was not closed.

"Shh~!" The duck did his best, and when the tongue of fire disappeared, the surroundings were dark again, but I already knew what to do, so I felt the darkness and stepped forward step by step.

After passing the stairs, I used a flame blast again, and I saw that it was a corridor, and I could walk on the left and right, and I was wondering which way to go, when suddenly!

From the left, "Squeak~!" came from the left! The mouse-like cry immediately aroused my curiosity, and I immediately chose the left!

After walking for less than a minute, at the end of this dark road, there was a glimmer of light, and there was a strong smell of food, as if passing by a restaurant.

I strongly realized that the middle-aged man's master should be there, so I quickened my pace and ran towards the source of light!

Dozens of seconds later, I stood in a small single room, only to see a lot of book shelves around the room, full of books, a few little goblins on the ground tidying up a machine, squeaking as if discussing, just saw me, like a mouse saw a cat, they panicked, scurrying around.

This panic attracted the attention of the old man in the room, and I could faintly hear a heavy and vicissitudes of life: "Don't panic, don't panic, what's going on?" ”

I went deeper, and I could clearly see the goblins surrounding an old man, pointing and speaking in a language I didn't understand, the old man with the words 'Alchemist Cato' on his head, a long white beard, and an alchemist's suit.

As I stepped in, Cato noticed the arrival of an outsider, and looked up at me with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Year... How did you get here, young man? Cato said in a very unbelievable tone.

I took a few steps forward, put away my swords and showed that I had no malicious intentions, and said, "I came here on the commission of your apprentice, and your apprentice has been waiting for you at home, so I told you to go back quickly." ”

When Cato heard this, he suddenly shuddered, and then his eyes showed a sad look, and after raising his hand to let the little goblins leave, he said to me: "Sit down first, I believe you have spent a lot of energy to find me." ”

After I found a small wooden chair and sat down, Cato sat down across from me and muttered, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that I could still see living humans, I thought that this small house and these goblins were the companions of the rest of my life." ”

"Why would you come to live alone in such a place where people don't live?" I wondered.

Seeing that Cato didn't intend to hide it, he put his hands together and said word by word: "At the beginning, I saw that the apprentice was already able to take charge on his own and be self-reliant. As an alchemist, I have long put life and death aside, and only want to dedicate my life to alchemy, so I resolutely decided to come to this 'forgotten ancient city' to explore, although I also know that it is very selfish to leave everything behind the people who need me, but from the ancient texts, I learned that there are a large number of alchemy books that have been lost, this temptation is too great for me, and finally made this decision. ”

"I don't know if it's luck or God's arrangement, between the bumps and bumps, I really found this ancient city, so I explored this ancient city in one go, until I came to this room, I found the little goblins who have been living here, at first they kept a certain wariness of me, but after getting along for a long time, they became good partners with me."

When I heard this, I felt that something was wrong, there were so many mecha along the way, could I handle it with the old man in front of me? So I said, "How did you get to this room, aren't there a lot of mechs attacking people along the way?" ”

Cato shook his head and smiled, "Young man, please finish me." ”

"......" I was a little speechless.

So Cato continued to say seriously: "The whole ancient city, only this room is the most valuable, all about the ancient mysterious alchemy, are recorded in a book in this room, I was excited, immediately began to study alchemy, fortunately, the equipment here is very complete, the little goblins are also unexpectedly obedient, everywhere to help me find food, find tools, including the stone gate outside are made by them." ”

"Once I had my hands on some fur, I did my first daring experiment: build a mech! And this is all a loaded gun, which means that there is a certain risk, and finally after a month of my research and the help of the goblins, I finally made the first metal mecha, numbered MK-1"

"In terms of the AI setting, I programmed the 'patrol mode' to attack all invading enemies, and then sent them to various parts of the ancient city, and I was completely addicted to research at the time when I did this to prevent any intruders from coming."

"Then I had my first production experience, and soon I improved the metal mecha MK-1 to the metal mecha MK-2, and began mass production until I covered the entire ancient city with my mecha. Afterwards, there were many desert thieves who strayed into the ancient city, thinking that there were some rare treasures in the ancient city, so they began to invade, but they were all killed by the mecha I developed, and even the corpses were melted away with high-temperature flames, leaving no trace. ”

"Even if the group destroyed the desert bandits, it still couldn't satisfy my desire at that time, so I spent all my energy and frenzied for more than two months to collect all the materials in this room, and finally! I've created a terrifying being: armed destroyers! ”

"My family is in the alchemy industry, just when I was complacent, thinking that my research had been able to glorify my ancestors, and I was about to go back to Shaohui City to tell my apprentices and relatives the good news, but I found out what the problem was, the original AI 'attack all invading enemies' said this, will the mecha recognize me as an enemy?"

"I left this room cautiously, and when I stepped out of the stone door made of goblins, I found my own highest masterpiece, the armed destroyer, guarding the door, and if I took a step to launch an attack, I almost died at the hands of my own crystal, and then I realized that the meaning of 'attacking all invading enemies' was a bit too vague, and perhaps the mech regarded its own location as a stronghold, and then everything that came close to it was considered an enemy."

"When I realized this, it was too late to regret it, and I knew that maybe the only thing that would accompany me for the rest of my life was these goblins and this room. When I regret it, I miss my family and apprentices, but unfortunately I want to leave this ancient city, it is not easy to say it, and it is difficult for others to want to enter, this is a situation caused by myself. ”

"In that darkest time for my life, I finally realized the highest level of alchemy to make mechas, a program called 'heart', as long as the mecha has this program, it has its own thoughts, self-judgment, self-analysis, the ability to communicate and communicate with others, if the mecha outside has this program, I can communicate with them, and it will not cause the current situation!"

"With the last glimmer of hope, I created the last mecha, like a miracle, a mecha with a 'heart' was born, it was the crystallization of my heart's work, and I also believe that this mecha will help me clean up those mecha without a 'heart' and let me regain my freedom!"

"But at this time, a group of desert thieves actually climbed from the appearance of the ancient castle to the rooftop with tools, and then fell from the rooftop, avoiding all the guards' mechas, and the room I was in became the first target targeted by the thieves!"

"It is estimated that those thieves are determined to think that there are some treasures here, I can't help but panic, because this mecha with the 'heart' program has not been completely completed, I have to write the AI program first, let it kill these thieves, this latest mecha combat effectiveness is really extraordinary, and after a while, more than a dozen thieves will be killed in one go, and I am using this time to finally debug the 'heart' program."

"When it completed the task of killing the thief, and its hands were covered in blood, I officially activated the 'Heart' program for the first time!"

"This mecha was set by me to be a girl's appearance, a girl's characteristics, a girl's heart, when the program was started, its eyes that were originally not a trace of life suddenly became bright, and became so vibrant, the whole mecha... No, it should be called 'people', the whole person is full of life! ”

"When I was about to ask 'her' to help me deal with the mecha outside so that I could leave, I found that she looked at her hands stained with human blood, and her eyes were full of surprise!"

"I was stunned at the time, only to see her glance at me with resentful eyes, and then one turned away, and afterwards, according to the description of the goblin, she hid alone on the rooftop of the ancient city, and refused to see anyone."

"I didn't realize until the end that I had done a very excessive thing, a mecha with a 'heart' program is no different from a human being, and I do this is equivalent to making a newborn baby's hands stained with human blood, I guess she must be complaining to me, why let her kill people, because at the beginning of her 'heart' program, I set a kind character."

……

After saying so many words in one breath, he told me all about his experience in the ancient city, Cato was a little tired, and he didn't know whether it was mentally tired or physical, and his last sentence made me particularly eye-catching: "Young warrior, I guess you came in after solving the mecha outside." ”

I nodded.

Cato continued, "Very well, I have finally waited for the day to come, and I can finally return to Shaohui City to meet my apprentices and my relatives!" ”

The old man's eyes were suddenly moist, and it was estimated that his wish for many years had finally been fulfilled.

Cato stood up and led the little goblins and said, "Thank you very much, warrior, but I have something to ask you, please go to the rooftop of the ancient city and talk to 'her', I really can't bear to watch a being with feelings, life, and independent thoughts just nest there until death." ”

I was slightly stunned, you want me to communicate with the robot?