This is a conference room on the second floor of the Tower of Babel, where the meetings of the central authorities are usually held.

The division of authority in the mechanical camp is quite strict,There are four levels of authority,Each level can be active on different floors,From the bottom up,The range of activities of each level is upgraded by one layer,If there is no special task,The authority of each layer,Often only in this level of activities,Carry out daily operations,Deal with various things。

The second layer is naturally the location of the highest level of authority, and only seven centers are qualified to enter, and for decades, no individual outside the center has ever stepped in, let alone humans, but I didn't expect that there would be six today, and there might be two more to follow in a stealth state.

In the middle of a conference table, the two sides occupy each side, and the boundaries are clear, seven mechanical bodies, five men and two women, some of whom look to be seventy or eighty years old, and some of whom look like little girls who are still minors. However, these are just external images, their individual performance is normal, far more than the ordinary people in the floating city, you can't really treat them as old people and children, as for thinking ability, which of these centers has gone through decades of years, if anyone thinks they are ignorant or old and confused, it is really stupid.

The meeting had just begun, no one on either side spoke, the seven centers inserted the wires into the port of the table configuration, it should be a direct connection, and Massimilian shared information with others, and Shuer's side did not urge, the shadowchasers experienced a lot of similar scenes, of course, they would not have stage fright, everyone waited leisurely, especially the dwarves and halflings, and even planned to take this opportunity to quarrel again, but fortunately, Shuer glared at him, which dispelled this strange thought. It's just Delia, the little guy has kept her head down and said nothing since just now, no one knows exactly what she is thinking, but at least she can guess that what she is about to make will be a decision related to her future.

"Friends from another world. Among the seven centers, the oldest man spoke, "I am the logical center, mainly responsible for summarizing various information and conducting logical analysis, since I and the thinking center are both single individuals, so I don't need a name, you can call me the logical center." ”

"Maximillan has already reported to us, and our friends from the other world are willing to grant our request to intercede with the High Mastermind on our behalf and ask him to contact the two prohibitions, for which we are very grateful, but before inviting the High Mastermind to come, I hope to know in advance what we need to pay for your help this time?"

"There is no help for no reason in the world, when it comes to helping other individuals, each individual actually has a plan, taking human beings as an example, helping others, some people can get money, some people can get fame, even if they don't have these, they can also get a sense of self-satisfaction or sacred sacrifice from the act of helping, so whether the return is tangible or intangible, at least there is something to ask for, and help for no reason is neither human nature nor logical. So I want to figure out in advance, what you want. ”

"Oh, logical center, really distinguish everything with whether it is logical or not. Shuer smiled and nodded, "Now that I've decided to talk to you, I don't want to hide my true thoughts." Actually, we are not coming to your world just for a friendly visit, we do have our own purposes. ”

"First of all, it's the technology of your world, all the technology we are interested in, of course, this part has actually been secretly obtained from the humans in the floating city, the ones you hide from the humans, it's not a secret, we have already copied it, heh, I'm really sorry, but let's just take it as if we get paid first. ”

"I don't understand, Mr. Shure, your level of science and technology should be much higher than that of our Brown Star World, at least in terms of electronic technology, it has left us far behind, Maximillan said that the performance of the Lady Wei in your backpack has reached a height that we can't imagine, I'm afraid that all the mechanical computing power of the entire Brown Star is superimposed, and it can't be compared to her. Electronic technology is so high, and other levels should not be far behind, so why do we need our technology?"

"It's our internal affair, and I'm sorry not to make it public with you, but you can think of it as a curiosity about the world of magical technology, the non-magical world. "Our world is called Pavatiga, and the people in it are overly curious, and the person over there who is studying how to stuff leaves into your communication port, she's a prime example of over-curiosity." In order to satisfy our curiosity, we would rather overcome all kinds of difficulties and travel between different worlds to explore the secrets of each world, well, technology is just one of them. ”

"Oh, one of them? What about the others?"

"For the rest, you'll need to communicate with the Supreme Mastermind. Shur shrugged, "After all, what we want to communicate is related to the secrets of the origin of the world, with what we know now, these secrets are only known by the Supreme Mastermind, and you individuals don't know, perhaps, this is a kind of protection from the Supreme Mastermind, after all, the gods of our world always like to protect her people on their own." ”

"What you say can be self-consistent in logical analysis, I think it is true, at least a large part of it is true, and the false part does not have an essential effect. The Logic Center nodded slowly, "This part should be believable." ”

"Thank you. No one expected that the one who thanked was actually the most bewildering little girl among the seven mechanical bodies, who looked only eleven or twelve years old, about the same age as Lisa, and her mechanical voice was also very immature, but her expression was very mature, and she would not show childishness at all, "I am the thinking center of this region, responsible for the decision-making of all things in this region, and the same as the logical center, you can call me the thinking center, or you can call me the auxiliary brain." ”

"Heh, the helper of the Supreme Mastermind?"

"Yes, my mission is to assist the High Mastermind in controlling this territory, so that things do not get out of the control of the High Mastermind. The center of thought said in a flat tone, "We can accept the request you just made, although you have secretly taken what you want, but we will still make a commitment to open our system network to you at any time and provide you with the necessary information, this is our sincerity, I hope you can accept it." Of course, as a symbol of friendly exchanges, you can also provide some kind of consultation of the same kind, so that it is not a one-sided request. ”

"Yes. Shuer pondered for a moment and nodded, "But you definitely can't interpret it, and even if you do, it's not necessarily a good thing." ”

"Huh?"

"It's not that I don't want to give it to you, but it's not necessarily a good thing to be exposed to too advanced knowledge too early, and it is likely to bring unnecessary disasters. Xiuer sighed and copied Wei's words, "The higher the level of science and technology, the more obvious this phenomenon is, just like the primitive people who taught Ru Mao to drink blood to make iron tools, it will not have much impact, but the ancient people who were ignorant in the church made atomic weapons or energy weapons, and that was a disaster for the world." I don't want irreparable consequences to be caused by our reasons, so I ask you to think carefully before deciding. ”

"It's understandable, but we still need to. "It's not our own needs, it's the need of the High Mastermind, who told me when he came here that he desperately needs this knowledge, the more the better, and would rather risk disaster to come." ”

"You ...... I really can't negotiate. Shure's gaze swept over the faces of the seven machines.

"No, on the contrary, according to my deduction, this is the only way to get the most benefit from you, and the humans above are examples, and it is impossible to get what we want from you in a normal way. ”

"Tsk, I've been counterattacked, and I can't refute it. Xiuer sighed, "Forget it, don't dwell on the details, since it is the information that the Supreme Mastermind wants, then we will talk to him directly later, you have no opinion." Very good, then we have another request in addition to that. ”

"Please, we'll do our best to accommodate. ”

"This is the kid. Shuer patted Delia on the shoulder beside her, "She came to participate in this infiltration with the belief that if she didn't succeed, she would die, and we respected her choice, so we didn't hide anything from her, and she already knew everything we knew." Including your fundamental purpose, there are many secrets, we can walk away after completing the mission, return to Pavatiga, but she can't, she still has to live in this world, I understand, you can't let her go back like this, it is equivalent to making everything about you open to humanity, the best solution, of course, is to take out her memory chip and send it back to Floating City, so that she can forget everything that happened here. ”

However, her backup memory was three years ago, and the three-year memory has little impact on an adult, but it is different for a child under the age of ten, so I don't want her to lose the memory of these years because of this trip, I hope she can live safely. ”

"The children of the two heroes, we won't do anything to her, and since she hasn't been in contact with the Supreme Mastermind yet, we won't stop her from going back if she wants to. Only a handful of the high-ranking human beings knew that she was there on this trip, and those people knew more or less about what she knew, including our existence, and she could just go back and tell the truth. However, it is better not to publicize these casually, otherwise it will create an atmosphere of panic among the people, and I am afraid that the first to come out and stop it is those high-level human beings. ”

"Oh, a bold decision. Shuer stared at the center of his mind for a long time before he smiled, "Delia, you ......"

"Uncle, I refuse. Delia suddenly raised her head and said in a resolute tone, "I'm not going back, I'm going to join them." ”

"Huh?"