Wang Xiaotian hurriedly glanced up at Zhou Ziheng, and when he saw Zhou Ziheng's eyes staring at him fiercely, he was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head, and said expectantly: "Master...... I...... I...... I don't know. ”

Zhou Ziheng snorted and said, "You don't know? It's all with your surname, you dare to say that you don't know? Don't you have the audacity? Don't you have hard wings? Dare to lie!"

Wang Xiaotian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Master, it's not such a master. I didn't dare lie to you, I just didn't know what to say. ”

"Hmph. Forgive me for not daring. What the hell is going on, said. ”

Wang Xiaotian carefully organized his language and said, "Master, you have heard the sound of the fence system, right?"

Zhou Ziheng nodded, "That's the one you call Nana?"

"Yes, yes. That's her. Her name is Athena, and she is the administrator of the fence defense system. However, she's a real person, just an old-era smart program. ”

Zhou Ziheng touched his chin and said, "Athena, legend has it that she is the guardian of the city of Athens in the old era. It's also apt to name the fence defense system after that. Well, what about later? ”

Wang Xiaotian secretly thought, if you don't interject, I'm almost finished. He continued, "No, is the fence system running out of energy?" I asked her, and I said, 'What if I want to see you in the future?'"

"She said, 'She prepared a gift for me, a portion of hers, in a room on the negative tenth floor below. Then I went to the room and saw that Nana was there. However, she hadn't woken up yet. ”

Zhou Ziheng was stunned for a moment.

Wang Xiaotian didn't notice Zhou Ziheng's reaction, and continued: "I thought about it for a long time, and I felt that there was suddenly another person on the side, how can I explain it to you? It's nothing for her to follow me now, what if I go back to the Eastern Chu Kingdom in the future?"

"I was torn and couldn't make up my mind. And I was worried about the safety of the mercy, so I hurried out of there. I hurriedly searched around, but I couldn't find Mercy and Auntie. was so anxious that she stomped her feet, but found that Mercy was with her. ”

Zhou Ziheng reacted and said in surprise: "You mean, this little girl was actually not sent by Xuanying, but was given to you by the fence system?

He was now full of vigilance against Xuanying in his heart, for fear that she would abduct Wang Xiaotian again. But hearing that this Nana was not human shocked him even more.

Wang Xiaotian nodded lightly.

Zhou Ziheng suddenly grabbed Wang Xiaotian's shoulder and said solemnly: "Xiaotian, do you know what this means?"

Wang Xiaotian shook his head blankly.

Zhou Ziheng said in a deep voice: "This means that once her share is discovered, you will become a criminal who violates the electricity bill! You are the enemy of the whole country! You are also the enemy of Master!"

Wang Xiaotian was taken aback and said, "But, Master, didn't we just rely on the technology of the old era to withstand the beast tide?

On the issue of how to deal with the old era of technology, Zhou Ziheng was also full of entanglement.

He thought for a moment and said, "Xiaotian, this time and that time. What's more, it is the responsibility of all mankind to resist the tide of beasts. There's nothing wrong with using the technology of the old era. But now the beast tide is over. ”

Wang Xiaotian said angrily: "When the beast tide is over, can we cross the river and tear down the bridge? This is too unauthentic, right? Isn't there no beast tide in the future? Shouldn't we seriously study how to improve the fence system?"

Zhou Ziheng let go of Wang Xiaotian's shoulders and said worriedly: "Child, I haven't seen the power of the old era technology before, and I am still a little resistant to the electricity bill, thinking that those predecessors are making a big fuss, or even alarmist. ”

"However, after this beast wave, I have seen the power of technology. I think the electricity bill is very necessary. ”

Wang Xiaotian looked at Zhou Ziheng in surprise and said, "Master, you're not mistaken, right? The power of science and technology is powerful, shouldn't you find a way to develop science and technology?"

Zhou Ziheng shook his head, walked to the fence, bent down and crossed his hands, put his two elbows on the railing, looked at the thick metal column in front of him, and said: "The power of science and technology is indeed powerful, unimaginably powerful. For example, this pillar, with its particle beams, can easily kill a Force Grandmaster. ”

"Moreover, the technology does not depend on the strength of the user. For example, I can do it, you can do it, even ordinary people can do it. But its power can kill a sixth-level cultivator!"

"If these weapons were spread out and ordinary people had the strength to kill sixth-level cultivators, what would happen to the world?

Wang Xiaotian shook his head.

Zhou Ziheng sighed and said, "Actually, there is no need to imagine at all, the examples of the old era are there. The technology of the Old Era had advanced to an extremely high level, but the result was that it almost destroyed the entire world. ”

"If we continue to follow the technological path of the old era, it will only be a repetition of the old era. The end of the old era is already there, what's the point of repeating it again?"

"I think the people who came before me must have noticed this problem and started to reflect, 'Why don't you try it and try it another way?'"

"Perhaps it is for this reason that the Electricity Act was enacted in order to fundamentally stifle electronic technology and information technology and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. These are my guesses, but I think even if they don't hit, they won't be far off. ”

"That Nana is obviously the crystallization of the technology of the old era, and may even be the highest level of artificial intelligence at the end of the old era. Once someone finds out her true share, no one can keep her, not even you. ”

Wang Xiaotian nodded and said, "Master, I understand." What you mean is that the electricity bill, though it may seem cold, has the significance and necessity of its existence. So, to avoid breaking the Electricity Act, you don't want Nana to follow us. ”

Zhou Ziheng thought for a while and said, "You can understand the thoughts of the teacher, and the teacher is very pleased." But being a teacher doesn't exactly mean that. In the matter of treating Nana, the teacher has two opinions. ”

"First, don't be obsessed with and rely on the old era because of its technological prowess. In the end, you have to rely on yourself. Second, although Nana is a creature of the old era, it is not sinless. It is not appropriate to throw it away. ”

Wang Xiaotian was puzzled and said, "Then, Master, what should I do?"

Zhou Ziheng thought for a while and said, "It can follow us." However, you are a big and small man, and it is inconvenient to always follow a little girl on the side. If you are in love with it, you can let it follow it. said to the outside world that she was a pitiful maid. ”

Wang Xiaotian was very unhappy. Wang Nana was obviously given to her by Athena, but Zhou Ziheng said a few words, and it was returned to Cao Lianyou. Where is the reasoning on this? Daughter slave master, did you think that Cao Lianyou liked Nana, so she did this on purpose?

Zhou Ziheng didn't know that Wang Xiaotian's belly was slandered at this moment, otherwise he would have to give him a few chisels. Seeing that Wang Xiaotian agreed to his arrangement, he hurriedly said a word to take a bath and left.

Wang Xiaotian was bored and leaned on the railing, looking at the thick metal cylinder. Wang Nana and Cao Lianyou are together, he actually has no opinion. He has always regarded Cao Lianyou and Zhou Ziheng as relatives, and Wang Nana is also his relative. It's normal for relatives to be together.

What Wang Xiaotian is thinking about now is Zhou Ziheng's views on the technology of the old era. Perhaps it is the memory of fusing other soul fragments, he has his own understanding of the technology of the old era, and he also has a different view from Zhou Ziheng.

He has always believed that technology is a tool. It's like a sharp knife, using it to chop vegetables or cut people, or wipe the neck to commit suicide, it is completely up to the person holding the knife to decide, and the knife can only be passively obeyed.

A sharp knife may accidentally cut your hand when you are chopping vegetables, or you may accidentally cut a certain part of your body when you are playing handsome.

But all this is not the fault of the knife.

It's the people who use knives who are wrong.

Just because the knife cut the hand, throw the knife away? Or, deliberately sharpen the sharp knife and blunt it, isn't this because of choking?

The tragedy of the old era is very simple in Wang Xiaotian's opinion.

The technology of the old era is developing very rapidly, like a sharp and heavy knife. People in the old era, because they accidentally cut the artery in their thigh when they used a knife, almost lost their lives.

The person who wielded the knife was afraid that it would slash him again, so he threw the knife away, and stipulated that no one could pick it up again. So, everyone put away their knives and used rough stone tools to cut vegetables and cook.

Is this a fool? When a knife cuts his thigh, shouldn't he find the problem from the person himself? Why should he blame all the sins on the knife?

What did the people who made the electricity bill think? Did their brains get into the water?

However, no matter how much Wang Xiaotian complains in his heart, no matter how angry he is, he can't change the status quo. It can't be reversed, people's judgment on whether the development of science and technology is right or wrong. He could only sigh heavily and hurried back.

The next few days are the time for the tower keepers to reap the benefits. Countless homeless people and cultivators flocked to the towers, seeking permission from the tower guards to find animal bones with special textures from the corpses of mountain-like monsters and sell them to those in need.

Of course, the authorization is not given in vain, otherwise the tower keeper will desperately defend the tower for what? Generally speaking, the tower keeper will charge 30% of the income as the authorization fee. This is a very important source of income for the tower keepers.

In addition to delegating it to outsiders, the tower keeper could have preferred to pick one as his own benefit. It's also a very important source of revenue. Because the first pick, of course, is to pick the best to take.

Most of the animal bones have no value. Soon they will be eroded away by insects, rats and microorganisms along with the skin, turning into countless dusts that nourish the earth.

The remaining animal bones with special textures are also divided into three, six, nine and so on according to their texture and use.

The secondary, the most numerous, the largest, can be collected as building materials. Wind Wolf Castle, Red Flame Castle and other places are open for purchase, and the price is not cheap.

Further, it has been tempered by the Force all year round, and the bones of the beast have been jaded. This beast bone can conduct the Force, the quality is better than the silver, and the weight is very light, which is perfect for polishing into weapons.

The javelin used by Mo Li was made of such animal bones. Weapons made from such animal bones sometimes come with a special skill. As for what kind of skill it is, it can only depend on luck.

The highest level of animal bones is the one that has been completely forced. They only exist among the corpses of monsters above level seven, and their numbers are extremely rare.

These bones can be used to make trinkets, and can also be used to power certain special rune arrays. For example, the phase warping array of the Red Flame Castle needs such a beast bone as power. Therefore, the price of these animal bones is often high and scares individuals to death.

The next day, Wang Xiaotian had to wear a gas mask like a pig's nose and drill in and out of the corpses scattered all over the mountains outside, looking for useful animal bones.

Since they have a one-day priority period, the harvest is very rich. There are more than twenty top-grade beast bones of all kinds, and there are two or three hundred second-level beast bones, and as for the low-quality ones, they are not interested in picking them up.

Zhou Ziheng took more than 20 top-grade beast bones and hid in the room to work. In this way, Wang Xiaotianzi is much more comfortable.

He is now the steward of the tower, in charge of counting the people who enter it every day, and each person is given a piece of paper that he signs as proof of authorization. In the evening, the signature paper was recovered, the amount of each person's harvest was counted, the income was calculated, and then 30% was left as the license fee.

Wang Xiaotian was very happy with this job as a rent collector, because everyone nodded to him and was full of compliments, which made him feel that he was floating.

It's a pity that this kind of good son is too short-lived.

On the fifth day, Zhou Ziheng, who had been busy in the room, finally came out. He stuffed Wang Xiaotian with a necklace made of animal bones and two rings made of animal bones, and then kicked him to Hu Minghui.

Because, the expedition to the core area of the Great Wilderness has begun.