More and more vehicles and people of all kinds appeared on the streets of the city, as if they were coming from all corners of the city. However, they had not yet clearly expressed their hostility or obstruction intentions, they had only appeared around everyone, following Hao Ren's team, and constantly making noise. The men marched and even went about their work—wiping down light poles and guardrails on the side of the road, sweeping the streets that were already dusty, and tightening the screws under street billboards over and over again. They maintain these activities in any case, with the sole purpose of keeping the city "alive", pretending that their owners are still alive in the world.

Hao Ren already vaguely felt that there were no survivors on this planet at all.

A Frisbee-like machine that was responsible for cleaning the façade of the building flew around Izzax, calling out in a pleasant female voice as he flew, "Citizen, does your apartment need exterior maintenance?" Do you need to clean the outside of your windows? Viggikali's R-33 is here to help. ”

Yizax patiently waved the little machine aside again and again: "No, we are ready to leave the city. ”

"Citizen, your choice is very irrational, leaving the shelter means death, and the environment outside is not suitable for human life," the billboard on the side of the road said in a high-pitched tone, and the voice jumped along with the crowd, "The cold, the vacuum, and the toxic air near the engine, you can only survive for two hours in a protective suit - why not wait quietly in the shelter?" In a thousand years, we will arrive at a new home in peace, and the planet will thaw. All things will be restored, sowing ecosystems that will restore the surface of the earth. And you...... Your children and grandchildren will live peacefully in this world. ”

"You're finally willing to say something meaningful," Itzhax said, turning his head to the loud street billboards. "But it's none of our business. If you still have a little logic and intelligence behind you, you should come out and talk to us now. ”

The picture of a happy family is playing on the propaganda screen -- Hao Ren saw this public service announcement on the bus yesterday. As soon as Itzhax's voice fell, the little boy on the PSA had a sad expression on his face, and he stood in the center of the screen with his hands folded: "Get out of this city, you will get hurt." ”

"I knew something was very wrong with these shows." Itzax grinned at the strange situation on the screen.

Hao Ren connected to the connection in space: "Terminal, how is the scanning result?" ”

"The machine scanned the entire planet and found no shelter that met your requirements," the voice of the number jù terminal sounded in his head. "But there is something else in the machine, there is a structure similar to an energy node in the depths of the planet, and the energy flow from all over the planet eventually converges in that place, which is like the heart of the planet. If you're looking for something, you should go there. ”

"Tell me where it is," Hao Ren said quickly, "and also check the geological cavities around us, I need to navigate, rough navigation." ”

The number jù terminal quickly transmitted the situation of that energy node to Hao Ren's mind. The latter couldn't help but whistle: "Awesome - close to the core." ”

The group came to the last intersection leading to the city border, and in the memory of the Nangong couple, not far in front of this was the largest city gate. However, a line of tall mechanical guards stood in the middle of the road, draped in traffic management signs.

The mechanical guard standing in the center raised his hand to Hao Ren: "Citizen." Do not pass, accidents ahead, road congestion. Prone to danger. ”

A large number of vehicles are pouring in from all directions, huddled together at the intersection and on all the roads around it. The sound of horns rang out, and a large number of people interspersed in the cracks of the road. Wandering aimlessly while maintaining his "job" in a quirky and ridiculous way.

Hao Ren understands that these machines will not allow the inhabitants of the city to leave the place, but they will do their best to maintain the "normal" order of the place in the process, and a powerful, solidified logic runs through all of them.

This anomalous behavior no longer resembles the result of human control, but rather some kind of program that has gone wrong.

Hao Ren smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the steel chest of the policeman: "I know that there is a controller behind you - it may be a crazy human or a broken host, I want to talk to him." ”

The police officer was silent for a few seconds and repeated rigidly: "Citizens, do not pass, there is an accident ahead, the road is congested, and it is easy to be dangerous." ”

Hao Ren sighed: "We have no ill intentions - we just want to know what's wrong with this planet." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the vehicles and people congested on the road, suddenly raised his voice, and said loudly to a certain will behind these machines: "Listen, I know you're watching here, you should understand that we are from space, and there is an advanced spaceship hovering above this planet. We have no ill intentions, and if you have any trouble, you can speak up, and I'm happy to help—provided we talk openly and honestly with each other. ”

No one jumped out to respond, and Lily muttered, "It doesn't work, didn't I yell on the balcony a few times before." ”

Hao Ren shrugged: "But I think it worked." ”

The machines blocking the street did not disperse, but they did not crowd more either, and the scene fell into a strange silence, and those who were running around in the gaps also stopped what they were doing and quietly looked at the small group of people who were surrounded. Hao Ren realized for the first time that the feeling of being "watched" by a group of machines was also so weird, almost indistinguishable from the gaze of the crowd.

Vivien tentatively walked forward, and all the people on the road immediately followed her figure to divert their gaze, and the countless steel bearings made a slight creaking sound at the same time, but except for these tracking gazes, no machine came up to intercept them.

It's a bizarre compromise that is very different from human behavior.

The group moved forward in the cracks of the machine, and the sound of steel heads turning constantly came from both sides, and the whole scene was like a strange thriller. Hao Ren walked past a small cleaning machine, who then raised his head and let out a pleasant male voice: "Weijiekali......"

"Viggie Cari, an expert in the manufacture of cleaning equipment, I remember." Hao Ren smiled and knocked on the head of this little machine.

They came to the gate of the outermost part of the city.

A huge steel wall surrounds the city, and the upper part of the wall is directly connected to the rock dome of the cave, and the city gate is embedded in this wall, which is a circular gate with a diameter of more than ten meters. Hao Ren stepped forward and knocked on the gate, and turned his head to look at a person next to him who was staring at him: "I guess you guys shouldn't help open the door." ”

The machine didn't say a word, and an elusive light flashed in his electronic eyes.

Hao Ren raised his silver spear with his backhand, and the tip of the spear erupted with a pale plasma flame, and he began to cut through the gate with it. Bright cutting sparks burst out, jumping on the crystalline surface of the countless pairs of electronic eyes, but the machines just watched this qiē quietly, and did not step forward to help, nor did they step forward to stop it.

It's as if a program is stuck.

When a crack was cut in the gate, Hao Ren felt a strange air flow rushing in, and he handed the two life support collars to Nangong Invincible and Elsa: "Wear this, they can allow you to survive in a harsh environment." The environment out there is probably not very good, and I suspect that the subsistence system is limited to the city. ”

A hole large enough for two people to pass side by side was quickly cut out, and Hao Ren kicked off the burnt red, heavy steel block, revealing the deep and deep passage behind it. There is a dim yellow light in the passage, and some old machinery that has been abandoned for an unknown number of years can be seen in the light.

Hao Ren compared the navigation map in his mind: "From here, after passing through a transportation hub, there will be a series of downward passages. Our final destination is near the Earth's core, where something should be waiting for us. ”

"Have you decided on your speech?" Vivien glanced at him.

Hao Ren jumped into the passage first: "You have to believe in my eloquence on the spot!" ”

While the others followed, Vivien shook her head and sighed, "I can trust you for anything else......"

(A novel written by a recommended reader, "Real Department and Super Department", brain hole + science fiction, I hope you will support it.) (To be continued......)