"Whew~"

Lu Xiao let out a long breath: "Although there are still many details that we haven't figured out, our goal is finally clear." ”

"Hades was originally just a sub-program of Gaia's subordinates, and did not have artificial intelligence itself, but would only be awakened under certain circumstances to snatch Gaia's permissions to the planetary transformation system."

"The definition of a particular situation is not yet known, and it doesn't matter to us."

"The important thing is that Hades now has advanced intelligence, and we must find the universal overwriter that Gaia is talking about, track down Hades's whereabouts, erase its distorted AI system, and seize its intelligence core."

"Altheia, where is the remains of the core power furnace of the Gaia system? Can you find out by comparing the terrain? ”

"Wait a minute."

Alethea used the base's main control system to make some calculations: "No, the range of the drone is not large enough to accurately locate the exact location of the Gaia ruins. ”

Lu Xiao scratched his head helplessly: "Can you get the answer by comparing it with the ancient map?" ”

"No, either."

Alethea smiled bitterly: "Nearly a thousand years have passed, and the territory of the North American continent has changed a lot, and it is impossible to find the way with the maps of the old era. ”

"Then it can't be helped."

Lu Xiao spread his hands and turned his head to look at Yongzhen: "Let's go our separate ways." ”

"Considering the forces of the Shadow Calgar and the Eclipse Cult that Hades' men may possess, it is best for us to obtain the official support of the Calga Kingdom."

"Yongzhen, you first make contact with Aloy, travel with her for the time being, and find a way to connect with the Nora clan through Aloy."

"I'll rush to Meridian City first, and see if I can rely on the information we have to meet the Sun King Javid, get the support of the Calga Kingdom, and by the way, meet with Orin."

Yongzhen nodded: "It's okay, Orin is an archaeologist, he should know something about the ruins around the world, and maybe he can ask the precise location of the Gaia ruins from his mouth." ”

"There's one more question."

Yongzhen asked with some hesitation, "Do I want to find a chance to tell her about Aloy's background?" Will she be able to accept her identity as a clone? ”

Lu Xiao shook her head: "With her current worldview, even if she knows the truth, she may not be able to understand the meaning it represents." ”

"Hide it from her for now, Aloy has Dr. Sobek's genes, and she can enter any ancient ruins at will."

Lu Xiao handed over the information recorder left by Gaia to Yongzhen: "Wait until Aloy has enough understanding of ancient technology, and then you can tell her the truth as appropriate." ”

"Be sure to pay attention to her mental state, guide Aloy to think on the bright side, and don't let her go to extremes because of her bizarre background."

……

In all fairness, if Lu Xiao suddenly learns that he is a clone one one day, it will be difficult for him to guarantee that he will be able to stay calm.

Clones are also called replicants, and in the era when Lu Xiao lived, cloning technology was still imperfect, and the lifespan of most cloned creatures would be far lower than their sampled versions.

The number of times a cell divides is limited.

In human, for example, if the clone cell is taken from a 30-year-old adult, the cell age will be 30 years old at the time of birth.

Assuming that the sampled version has a theoretical lifespan of 80 years, clones born from his cells will live up to 50 years at most.

After hundreds of years of evolution, Gaia may have solved the problem of the number of cell divisions in cloned human cells.

At least Aloy had grown to 16 years old and hadn't noticed any genetic diseases and clones aging too quickly.

You know, the cells that Gaia removed from Elizabeth Sobek were at least the same as when she was 40-50 years old.

It stands to reason that Aloy would quickly age when she reaches her teens, but this is not the case.

Yongzhen and Lu Xiao set off from Vault 53 on the same day, Yongzhen went south to join Aloy, who was chasing the Eclipse Cult, and Lu Xiao headed west to Meridian City, the capital of the Calga Kingdom.

Alethea left her electronic clone in the base, and her body possessed Yongzhen, following her to find Aloy, who could provide powerful assistance to Yongzhen if necessary.

Consus was more interested in the cultural heritage of the Calga Kingdom, and he continued to stay with Lu Xiao and follow Lu Xiao to Meridian City to witness the first kingdom of this world.

As Alethea said, the topography of the North American continent has changed a lot over the millennium.

Lu Xiao could hardly find the right road by relying on the map comparison, so he could only ask about the passing business travelers along the way and find a way to Meridian City.

Leaving Nora territory, the variety of automatons has become more abundant.

There is no large water source in the Nora territory, and at best there is a small river.

When Lu Xiao was passing through a vast large lake area, he found the first large mechanical beast by the lake.

Toothmouth Beast, an amphibious mechanical beast, is more than 10 meters long, and its appearance is similar to that of a crocodile, and it is highly aggressive, and anyone who dares to approach the lake or mechanical beast will be attacked by Toothmouth Beast.

In the face of this behemoth, Lu Xiao didn't want to fight with it at all.

After carefully provoking a tooth-mouth beast, Lu Xiao tried to engage it in a long-range guerrilla way, as if he had accumulated experience in fighting large mechanical beasts in advance.

With both a Flame Fuel Tank and a Frozen Fuel Tank, the Toothmouth can spew both flame and ice mist, making it a difficult task for those who are inexperienced in dealing with it.

"Whoosh!"

With Focus's assistance, Lu Xiao shot arrows as he ran, hitting the flame fuel canister on the back of the Tooth Mouth Beast.

"Boom!"

The ignited fuel tank exploded and spread to the nearby frozen fuel tank, causing the Toothmouth Beast to lose its combat effectiveness almost instantly.

"It's not that hard."

Using the Xuanyuan Sword to cut off the head of the Tooth Mouth Beast, Lu Xiao easily took out the intelligence core from its head.

"Maybe these automatons weren't designed to fight in the first place, and their strengths happen to be weaknesses. ”

In addition to the sharp metal claws, fuel canisters are an important part of the automatron's attacks, but most of them are not well protected.

If it is a machine specially designed for war, it should be able to protect its weaknesses, just like the degrader that Lu Xiao destroyed before, at least on the surface, there are no obvious loopholes.

In the process of continuing to go deeper into the kingdom of Calga, Lu Xiao saw more strange mechanical beasts.

In a valley near the heights of Meridian City, Lu Xiao saw for the first time the overlord of the ground mechanical beasts, Thunder Fang.

"That's a ......"

Lu Xiao, who was hiding in the shadows, looked at the huge mechanical monster that walked on two legs in amazement.

"This thing should be self-disciplined, right?"

Thundercliff is flanked by a weapon called a disc launcher, and a powerful cannon is mounted in its mouth.

Other parts include flame fuel canisters, frozen fuel canisters, power batteries, and a radar that scans for enemies on its back.

Lu Xiaoren, who had not turned on the battlefield ghost, was still a few hundred meters away, and the radar of Thunder Cliff scanned his location, and a thick red laser erupted from his mouth.

"it!"

While dodging out of the grass to avoid the rays, Lu Xiao turned on the two concealment skills at the same time.

Thunder Cliff relentlessly used the disc launcher to strafe Lu Xiao's location, and the huge energy frisbee hit the ground with dust.

Lu Xiao temporarily held her breath to prevent the wind and sand from entering her body and hurting her lungs.

"Forget it, if you don't want to fight this thing, try not to touch it, it's easy to attract other mechanical beasts if it's too loud, and there's no decent benefit from fighting." ’

'Weakness...... Is that the two-door disc launcher? ’