Chapter 7: The Explorer's Map

"Hello, I'm J7." I passed a message to Hachi through the data cable. It was the first time we had such a conversation, but it felt familiar.

"Did you come with the Maker, too?" Hachi's wording is a bit blunt, this may be a common problem for all robots, after all, exceptions like mine, I'm afraid it's not easy to find.

"Yes."

A friendly expression appeared on Hachi's monitor again, and then said, "My maker is an explorer, and he usually likes to explore everywhere, and recently he just came here, and he came here when he heard that there was a bar." ”

Explorer? Looks like I should be able to ask something from it, and apparently the gods of luck have favored me once again.

"Has your maker been to many places?" I asked.

"Yes, he was very famous as an explorer, and he went to many places, and many people have seen him." With that, Hachi leaned to the side and stretched out a pincer-like finger to point at a small wave of people not far away.

"In the middle is my maker, who seems to have met acquaintances, drinking and chatting with them, and telling me to walk around."

I nodded, "It seems that your maker does know quite a few people, is this your first time in Tisball?" ”

"No, this is the second time, the previous time I came here for exploration, I haven't been to the underground, this time the destination is just nearby, I heard that the underground Tisball is very lively, but I haven't had time to come before, after this time I finished the thing, the maker specially made time to take a look."

It seems that you have really caught a big fish, and if you go on an expedition near Tisbor, then the answer is already on the surface.

"There are often dragons around Tisbor, and with the drab desert all around, there shouldn't be much to explore." Such an obvious clichΓ©, if the other party is a human, I'm afraid it will be difficult to work, but if it is a machine, it is different, although the robots in this world have good intelligence, but it is far less intelligent than humans.

"It's true, there's really not much to explore around here for the average adventurer, but my maker is too fanatical about adventure, and the last time he came here was to get to the Black Deadland."

Sure enough, as I suspected, if there's one place around here worth adventuring, it's the Black Dead Realm. From the moment I woke up in this world, whether it was the history of the place, the records in my notebook, or the conversations around me, they all revolved around one place: the Black Dead Realm.

There are too many signs that there must be some secret hidden there, and that is probably the key to my meeting with Cher.

"The Black Dead Realm, which is said to be very dangerous, there is a dragon's lair there, almost no one has been there, it should be easy to get lost, how did your maker get in?" I continued, if I were human, I believe the tone would have seemed a little anxious.

"My maker stumbled upon a map that showed a path to the Dragon's Lair." Hachi said.

I'm afraid this map is also related to the author of the note, and if the guess is correct, it is possible that the author is still alive and back in Tisball. I really don't know if it's a coincidence, or if I'm too lucky, so lucky that it's a little unusual.

I didn't think much about it, as long as I could get the relevant clues, it was worth it. Now I feel more and more hopeful about seeing Cher again.

"Have you seen that map? I'm curious, can you show me. I asked a little impatiently.

After hearing this, Hachi did not answer my question directly as before, but put on a embarrassed expression on the monitor.

"Probably not, it's a maker's item, and I have to get the maker's permission to give it to you, but I can go and ask."

Looks like I'm getting a little anxious. Such an important map is likely to be an important clue to the destruction of dragon species by humans in this world, and if the adventurer really wanted to make it public, it would have been known to everyone by now. The only possibility that no one knows is that he wanted to keep the map as his personal collection.

No, I have to get this map. I thought so, my mind racing, racking my brains to figure out how to get the robot to loosen its mouth.

Suddenly, a thought popped into my mind, and although it was a bit of a strong idea, this logical trap was often more effective for these less intelligent robots.

I stretched out my hand to stop Hachi, who was about to ask the adventurer for instructions, and said, "You don't need to ask for instructions, I don't want to see the map of your maker." ”

"Not my maker's map?" Hachi's monitor had a confused expression, and he looked a little confused.

"Yes." I continued, "I'd like to see your map, and since you've seen your maker's map, you should have an image in your memory chip as well. ”

Hachi didn't answer, but continued to show a confused expression.

I continued: "This map is the map in your chip, not the map of your maker, so this map is yours, not your maker, and I want to see your map, so you don't have to ask your maker." ”

Hachi seemed to be lost in thought, for a robot with only ordinary intelligence, even this simple logical inference is difficult to find its flaws.

After about a minute, Hachi's expression on the monitor changed to his usual smile.

"That's true, okay, then I'll transfer the map to your chip."

Feeling something suddenly in my head, I held back my excitement and explored the message.

As I focused, a somewhat vague map appeared in my mind, vague but not intractable, the bottom half of the map depicting the terrain around Tisboor, and some iconic rocky mountains, while the top half was almost blank, except for a path marked in the middle to the left, leading to the center of the top half of the map, until a place surrounded by mountains did not disappear.

The mountain icon is a completely enclosed approximate ring, with a lake icon in the middle, which fits well with the basin where the Dragon's Lair is located mentioned in the previous note.

This time it was really a big gain, and even if I couldn't find the bottom half of the note, I now have a way to get to the dragon's den. But I don't know what the special dragons and glowing things mentioned in the notes are, and it would be best if I could find them, but if I can't find them in the three days I'm here, I'll definitely go to the dragon's lair to find out.

I got what I needed, I casually found an excuse and said goodbye to Hachi, and saw that the show was not over yet, and Oude and Ouya had no intention of leaving, so I went to the neighborhood and continued to walk around.

With Hachi's experience, my search for clues was mainly limited to the robots that came with the creators, and for the rest of the time, I talked to almost every single one of them, but disappointingly, I didn't get any valuable clues.

"Thank you for watching, so please go ahead and eat and may God be with you."

Amid applause, the steam bar show came to an end, the guests continued their meal, and it was time for me to go back.

"J7, how is it, do you know any friends, our performance here is very exciting." Oude walked up to me, and Ouya followed him, with a smile on his face, obviously in a much better mood.

"Okay, let's go, go back and rest for a while, we'll have to adjust the ordnance in the afternoon, so I won't take you with me this time." Oude Road.

"Oude, I want to drink soda." Ouya pulled the corner of Oude's clothes and said in a low voice.

"If you kiss me, I'll buy it for you." Ode said with a wicked smile.

"You ......" Ouya muttered with her head down.

"What?" Because Ouya's voice was a little small, Ou De deliberately put his ears closer, and what happened next was sure to make him regret his decision.

"Shame on you!" Suddenly, Ouya shouted loudly in Oude's ear at an extremely explosive volume, like a high-decibel speaker. instantly attracted the attention of a group of people, and Oude almost fell to the ground and fainted because of this sudden loud shout.

Oude covered his ears and took two steps back with a distorted expression, and it took a minute or so before he slowly recovered.

"You stinky girl, do you want to kill your brother!" Ode raised his hand and knocked Ouya twice on the head. Maybe it's because I'm really angry, and the strength of these two times is a little too big, and Ou Ya, who was hit by Ou De, snorted softly, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"You, you, you know how to bully me, woo woo woo ......" Ouya sobbed, looking how aggrieved she was.

"You!" Ou De was almost angry and had a heart attack, his face was red, and it was not difficult to see from his tangled expression that he must be more aggrieved than Ouya at this time.

"Hey!" After holding it for a long time, Oude finally let out a long sigh, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, okay if I don't cry, it's ...... to buy it for you"

Ou De shook his head helplessly, Ouya is like his nemesis, at least in similar situations I have seen, no matter who is right or wrong, in the end it is Ouya who has the absolute advantage.

After a long time of persuasion, Oude finally ordered a glass of the most expensive soda in the bar, called "Meteor in the Night Sky", from the name alone, you can feel its high price, and its appearance is indeed worthy of this poetic title, from Ouya's happy expression can be known, its taste is not bad either.