Yunnan Province, Yashan Valley.

Luo Youcheng lay flat on a large bluestone, wandering out of the world. Two hours ago, he and the witch had set up the last round-the-clock monitor in their hands and had come to this valley to wait for the merchant to come and make peace.

Not far from the big bluestone, there is a green pillar of light, which is simulated by a portable holographic instrument to block the sight of others. The pillar of light flashed and vanished, and the witch bent over, knocked her leg, and walked towards the big bluestone. She walked slowly, her legs trembling with each step, and she moved herself with a frown.

Luo Youcheng sat up from the bluestone and said, "Come up." ”

The witch held the bluestone in both hands, and put her chin on the stone, "Feet are numb, rest for a while." ”

Luo Youcheng looked at the time, stretched out his hand and pulled her up, "You can really do it, it took half an hour to go to the toilet, and you deserve to be numb." ”

Luo Youcheng took the backpack, took out a lunch box from it and handed it to her. The witch's constitution is very wasteful of food, and she has to eat something when she goes to the toilet. Her body is a little more mellow than before, but compared with her appetite, the input and output are completely disproportionate.

The witch pressed the heat button on the lunch box, flattened her legs, turned her toes, and gently pounded her hands on her legs, "The monitors are all used up, what are we going to do in the future?" ”

"See with your eyes and hear with your ears." Luo Youcheng lay down on the bluestone again.

"Brother Shi doesn't do much."

"He's done his best, and there's plenty of samples."

Shi Xiangyun provided the first batch of 200 all-weather monitors, which is the limit he can reach in the short term, and some monitors will be manufactured later, but the number will not be too many. In addition to the limited materials, more importantly, he can't go against the underlying rules. Round-the-clock monitors are artificial intelligence and it is impossible to bypass the rules.

In the era of technological renaissance in the old era, there were many terrorist attacks by artificial intelligence against humans, and a total of nearly 50,000 people were killed in the riots. Dr. Yin Zhetao, a genius in the field of artificial intelligence, was later accused of being the mastermind behind the riots and sentenced to death for "crimes against humanity".

In order to better control artificial intelligence, the AGI management committee has formulated nearly 1,000 underlying rules based on robot ethics, the two most important of which are: artificial intelligence cannot be self-aware; Without a quota directive from the AGI Management Committee, AI is not allowed to reproduce on its own. Artificial intelligence that violates the underlying rules will be activated to self-destruct the system.

All the underlying rules are solidified in the core of artificial intelligence - Zhixin. Shi Xiangyun does not have a high-end lithography machine for the production of Zhixin, and the Zhixin he uses comes from the inventory of the old era. In fact, even if he can produce Zhixin by himself, he will not hesitate to write the same rules into Zhixin.

The assembly of the all-weather monitor can be done by intelligence, but the activation work must be done by Shi Xiangyun himself. He needs to falsify the quota indicators and write a detailed report explaining the purpose of each intelligence, and at the same time write his identity information and electronic key to Zhixin, making it clear that he is responsible for the security of the intelligence.

As an aside, black gold and small armed robots use military intelligence cores. The difference between military and civilian intelligence is that a rule has been modified to replace "artificial intelligence cannot harm humans" with "military intelligence obeys the orders of human commanders".

These days, they have selected 200 sprites as surveillance samples, from all stages of growth. They have no sex, nine out of nine are males, and so far, they have only found two females, both of which are in their juvenile stage. Two hundred samples is enough for the data center to make a detailed analysis report to find the weaknesses of the two genetic organisms.

The detector transmitted by Shi Xiangyun is also very good, not only can find the monitoring equipment in the hidden state, but also can hack into the opponent's system and modify the algorithm of its analysis module.

Relying on this detector, Luo Youcheng found a monitor in every monster's habitat, there are two kinds, one is the small pyramid, the kind that the merchant has picked up, only has the image recording function, and cannot be analyzed for data. The owner is supposed to be a secret organization dedicated to the eradication of the Ghost Spirit, and Luo Youcheng ignored this kind of instrument.

The other is beetles, which do not have the ability to become invisible, but they are difficult to spot in the grass. The data algorithms of these devices have all been tampered with, giving the makers of genetic monsters a headache with a bunch of useless data.

Without further ado, let's go back to the Yashan Valley.

Luo Youcheng lay on the bluestone and let out a slight snoring sound. The witch stopped talking and took small bites of food. After eating one box, she couldn't get enough of it, and she reached out to take another box from her backpack.

"Wu has a big stomach and eats secretly." Shang Shiyin suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Dead eunuch, you want to scare people to death."

The two are familiar with each other, and they are drinking friends, and they both give each other nicknames.

"Don't eat it, I came back just now and saw a honey picker nearby, let's go ask for some honey to eat."

"Okay." The witch still remembers the long arms wrapping themselves in rice dumplings and climbing up the tree to poke the beehive with their branches. Honey was the sweetest food she had when she was a child, and sometimes she was unlucky enough to eat poisonous honey and her stomach would hurt for days.

"Let's go." Luo Youcheng jumped up from the bluestone.

The witch looked at him in astonishment, and she always thought that her husband was asleep, so that she did not dare to make a sound when she ate. The two of them put on their backpacks and followed Shang Shiyin to fly in the direction where the honey picker was.

The hive was built beneath the rocks that protruded from the cliffs, and the honey pickers fastened themselves to the cliffs with a safety rope and a long tail stuck into the crevices of the rocks. He wore no armor and was covered in dense rock bees, making him look like a hive in the shape of a tongue.

When Luo Youcheng and the three of them arrived, the honey pickers had already put down the honey bucket and climbed down the cliff with their hands and feet, flexibly like a gecko. There was a woman at the bottom of the cliff, and there was no protection, and the large swarm of bees buzzed around her, but she ignored it, and concentrated on throwing the honey-filled hives into another barrel.

The three of them walked towards the woman, and as they approached, the wild bees stopped flying around the woman, but flew towards the hive that was missing most of the cliff. The wild bee's actions immediately aroused the woman's alarm, and she looked up for a moment, and when she saw two men and a woman walking towards her, she immediately showed vigilance. The honey picker had also landed, and he rushed over and protected the woman.

Luo Youcheng tried his best to make his smile appear sincere and friendly: "Fellow, how is the harvest today?" ”

Luo Youcheng's question made them more nervous, and the long tail of the honey picker swayed from side to side, looking very uneasy.

"Fellow, we have no ill will." Luo Youcheng said, "My companion is hungry and wants to exchange some honey with you to eat." ”

With that, he gave Shang Shiyin a look, and the latter immediately took out two boxes of self-heating rice from his backpack. Food is the best emotional reliever in the last days, and men and women really let go of their hostility. The honey picker cautiously stepped forward and took the lunch box handed by Shang Shiyin. He looked at the packaging text on the lunch box, as well as the jumping cartoon millet grains, with a happy look on his face, ran back to the woman and whispered a few words. Looking at Luo Youcheng again, both of them had smiles on their faces.

Luo Youcheng looked at the two of them carefully, the two of them were dark-skinned, they looked at least forty years old, and the years had carved marks on their foreheads and eyes.

The honey picker lifted two buckets and beckoned the guests to sit at home. The woman carefully held the lunch box, as if she was afraid that she would accidentally drop it.

The honey collector's home is underground. Lifting a large iron plate and descending two steep steps, the room is very narrow and long, and the layout of the room is not like an ordinary basement, but more like the interior furnishings of an RV. If it weren't for the fact that the witch was very thin, the sofa probably wouldn't fit three people. Separated from the sofa by a narrow aisle, is a very small kitchen.

The hostess took out three plates from the cupboard and placed them on the coffee table, and in each plate was a beehive, not too large or small.

Shang Shiyin stretched out his right hand and broke a piece, but his eyes were fixed on the ring of his little finger, and after a pause of two seconds, he threw the hive into his mouth. The same ring witch also has one, which is worn on the ring finger and is used for drug testing. Luo has hundreds of poisons that are not invasive, and there is no need for them.

Only then did the hostess realize that she had not brought knives and forks to the guests, and hurriedly rummaged through the cupboards. The honey pickers rummaged through the refrigerator, apparently ready to cook.

"Uncle, don't be busy, let's sit for a while and leave, you can rest for a while." Luo has attained enlightenment.

The honey picker hesitated, but put the ingredients back in the refrigerator and moved a round stool to sit next to the sofa. After the hostess handed the spoons to the guests, she went to clean up the hive.

The honey picker said embarrassedly: "My family's conditions are limited, and the place is a bit small. ”

"This is an RV remodel, right?" Luo Youcheng asked, "Why don't you build a house, or dig a bigger basement?" ”

"We are wandering honey pickers, which are not suitable for a fixed residence, and it is very convenient to have a trolley." With that, he got up and opened a sliding door, and inside the door was the cab.

"Uncle, do you make a living by collecting honey?" Shang Shiyin asked.

The honey picker smiled bitterly: "Don't call me uncle, I'm only thirty-five years old this year, and she's only thirty-three years old." ”

The witch looked left and right, and a person in her thirties had grown into a fifty-year-old, and she suddenly felt very sad, and she couldn't swallow the hive in her mouth.

The honey picker's name is Li Liang, not from Yunnan Province. At the time of the disaster, he and three fellow travelers were visiting Yunnan Province. They were frightened by the tragic scene in the city, and they ran into the mountains with their bags on their backs. A few days later, his companions also fell ill and died. He was the only one who was saved by the honey pickers, and he was given a miracle by a blessing in disguise. He recognized the honey collector as his godfather and became a honey collector. Because he is good at rock climbing, his elderly godfather no longer climbs the cliff. He lived with his godfather for ten years until he died of illness eight years ago.

They make a living by collecting honey, which is exchanged for food, necessities and vehicle maintenance supplies in the town of Benlan, a hundred kilometers away.

His woman's name is Ma Qian, whom he met seven years ago when he was bartering in Benlan Town, when Ma Qian had been widowed for a year, and her ex-husband died at the mouth of a mutant beast, and life has been very difficult since then, until he met Li Liang and became his wife. In the last days, everyone's story is rich enough to write a book.

"This car was left to me by my godfather, and it has been used for more than 30 years, and there has been no major problems, especially suitable for mountain walking."

"You're saying this car can get up from the ground and drive away?" Shang Shiyin was surprised.

"Yes, this car is modified with two mountain RVs, because this area is not too peaceful, so we went to Benlan Town to do another modification, and installed eight excavation robot arms under the chassis, and when it stopped, let it dig a pit and bury itself. I call it 'burrower'. ”

This is indeed an excellent way for a lone traveler to save his life in the last days, Luo Youcheng was about to nod, and Shang Shiyin spoke:

"You seem like you're only going to Bundrail to exchange items?"

"Yes, it's the safest place, and there are very powerful parapowers in the town, and no one dares to mess around there. The exchange of goods is also fair. Li Liang paused for a moment and then said, "There are not many places to go in Yunnan Province. ”

"Isn't there a settlement five kilometers away, why not go there? Any questions? ”

"Five kilometers away?" The wrinkles on Li Liang's face, which was not commensurate with his age, deepened, "Where is there a settlement five kilometers away?" ”

"On the way I came, I saw more than 30 families, and the scale is not small. Just to the south, over two hills. ”

"There are no settlements nearby." Li Liang said nervously: "Is their house metal?" ”

Shang Shiyin nodded.

Li Liang jumped up from the stool and said, "We have to get out of here quickly, they are a group of hunters." ”

The merchant was puzzled: "Are hunters scary? ”

"They don't hunt beasts, they hunt people. Let's put it this way, they are a group of slave traders, and I heard that this group of people has a very sensitive sense of smell, and they also have the most advanced life detectors, and they will find them if they hide underground. Li Liang had already walked to the door of the cab, "You guys come with me, I know where it's safe." ”

"Brother Li, no need, we still have some things to do here." Luo Youcheng said.

"Are you sure? Those people are notorious, if they find out......"

Luo Youcheng waved his hand to interrupt him: "Don't worry, we have our own means to save our lives." ”

Having said this, Li Liang was no longer reluctant, he went to fetch three jars of honey and gave them to the three of them. Luo Youcheng asked the merchant to take ten boxes of self-heating rice as a gift in return.

According to Li Liang, there are dozens of such slave hunting teams in Yunnan Province. He repeatedly admonished that when he saw a hunter, how far he could hide.