"Depending on the offender's crime, they will be assigned to different areas after they are in prison."

This is a long corridor that seems to never end, and walking in front of Song Lan and Lu Xiang is a robot navigator lady wearing a professional skirt and having a slender humanoid silhouette.

Long heels slammed on the floor, making rhythmic sounds that were almost all the sounds in the space except for her narration.

The reason why it is said to be an outline is because Miss Navigator has no facial features on her face, and meeting in such a dimly lit environment is likely to evoke people's most primitive uncanny valley effect.

Miss Navigator was wearing a holographic electronic watch, a light blue halo around her wrist, and her index finger touched the screen of the watch a few times, and a holographic screen appeared in front of the two.

"The average daily working hours in Zone A are 8 hours, providing a stable schedule of three meals a day at 8:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the evening.

A mock-up of Area A emerges from the holographic projection, which doesn't look like a prison at all, but more like a quaint little city.

There were no cells for prisoners, and they became residents of the town.

And 8 hours of work, as well as a variety of supporting facilities......

For Song Lan, who is accustomed to living in a small border city, he feels that if this matter is announced, there should be many people who will give up the life of licking blood at the tip of the knife and become a prisoner from now on.

Song Lan was a little curious, "What is the specific work content?" Stepping on a sewing machine? Or is it some manual work? ”

As far as he knew, the prison had no regular contact with the First District.

"There are many types of jobs, and they are all necessary to maintain the stability of Area A and human society."

"Most political prisoners are sent here, but at least they have to be at the level of councillors and above to enjoy that treatment."

Lu Xiang, who knows a little bit about the insider, reminded that for those politicians who have meritorious deeds but have committed unforgivable crimes, being sent to Area A is the most decent way to exit, and the town's infrastructure seems to be complete, where they can completely forget about conspiracy politics and live a slow-paced life.

"The average daily working hours in Zone B is 14 hours, and at 2:00 a.m. every day, we will drop the materials that can be used for their daily life according to the real-time number of people in the prison area, and the range of movement of prisoners will be limited, and the area will only provide infrastructure for prisoners to survive and need to be maintained by them."

Zone B is the most prison-like of the four areas.

The towering walls enclosed everyone in it, and from the moment they entered Section B, they had to take on the responsibility of maintaining the day-to-day operation of the prison.

The supply of electricity and water is accurately calculated by artificial intelligence, and only after the daily maintenance work is completed will the prisoners receive basic living materials, even if one person is lazy, the prison area may fall into the crisis of power and water outages.

Of course, the people who are being held here are the most vicious people, and living a routine life is tantamount to killing them, so many of the prisoners in Area B hatched an escape plan early on.

"The average working hours in Zone C is 23.5 hours, there are no supplies, no infrastructure to survive, and every day of their work will provide energy for Zone D."

The overlook map of the holographic projection is really familiar, Song Lan remembered that before rushing to work in the first district, Lu Xiang showed him the floor plan of the first district, and the two looked the same, but those skyscrapers had become ruins, and the whole city seemed to have experienced an unprecedented catastrophe, and only the remnants of the old civilization remained on this land.

Miss Navigator said, "At night, there will also be a large number of wandering mutant creatures or malfunctioning machines in Section C, which will attack all the prisoners indiscriminately, in order to force the prisoners to gather together before nightfall, so that the people of Section D can easily find them. ”

Only then did Song Lan see the highlighted place in the projection, which was also the only area in Area C that had not been damaged, and the magnificent buildings were in stark contrast to the surrounding broken streets, which looked like the last spark of civilization.

"As for Mr. Benjamin Abeylor that you mentioned, he is currently in Zone C."

Miss Navigator's index finger tapped on the screen, and the bird's-eye view zoomed in until it focused on the cyborg working in the ruins.

It coincided with the time of the "outside", and by the time the dawn of the morning had just sprinkled over the land, Benjamin, like everyone else around him, had been busy for a long time.

With heavy chains strapped to his shoulders, the founder of the Immortal Guardian pulled the minecart full of brilliant ore towards the delivery site.

"The ore is meant to provide enough power to Section D, a counter on their wrist will keep track of their working hours and the number of jobs completed, and the Emissaries of Section D will go to the gathering place in Area C every night to check on their work. ”

"What happens if you don't finish your work on time?"

"For those who can't be killed by conventional means, their lives will be very miserable."

"I roughly get it."

Song Lan suddenly said, "The prisoners in Area C are equivalent to the coolies of the prisoners in Area D, and they work 23.5 hours a day to make the prisoners in Area D live a more comfortable life!" ”

"Originally, Area D did not exist, it was the result of the evolution of this area, at first we set up a mechanism at the junction of Area B and Area C, once the prisoners in Area B successfully escaped, the way back would be completely blocked, but later we found that we didn't need to do anything, and the prisoners in Area D would do everything possible to trap the prisoners in Area C."

Not only are the dangers created by the inmates of Section D, but they also regularly try to educate the inmates of Section B about the world outside the prison and try to trick more people into going to C.

The AI originally called this devastated area the Badlands, but it didn't expect the prisoners to divide an independent area from it and treat it as a paradise.

Of course, all of this is the result of what they like to hear.

The mother appreciated these "variables" outside of the calculations and secretly helped them.

"There are only two ways to leave C, one is to work in the area for three years, and each prisoner will be given the opportunity to apply for a transfer every three years, and we will review their performance in the three years to evaluate, and after the application is approved, they can be transferred to the next higher ward."

Miss Navigator paused for a moment before saying, "The other is the rule set by the inmates of Section D, if any of the inmates in Section C can manage to kill the overseers from Section D, they can replace their identities and go to live in Section D. ”

Before they knew it, the three of them had finally reached the end of this long corridor.

According to Miss Navigator, this is the path that every prisoner must pass, and the doors on both sides of the corridor connect the different areas, and they will get off the bus according to their different crimes.

Angley Safron has already "gotten off" first.

He was greeted by a wonderful life in D7, an honor that only a handful of criminals could get.

The door at the end of the corridor connects to a space that no one knows about.

"Come in, Mother has been waiting for you."

Miss Navigator bowed goodbye to the two and opened this last door for them.

The scene behind the door made Song Lan even more familiar - this was clearly their apartment in the seventeenth district, every detail was engraved in a mold, a woman with Erlang's legs crossed sat on the sofa with her back to them, and three cups of instant coffee brewed on the coffee table.

"How is human life?"

As soon as the women spoke, an ethereal voice went straight to their thoughts.

"Not bad."

"I've always felt that humans are an interesting race, and they can always create 'variables' that are not computational."

The TV in the living room was not playing a new Koloe film, but a sweaty Mr. Benjamin Abele.

The woman switched to the screen, and the picture was fixed on Angel with a blank face.

The latter is in the midst of a gorgeous casino, and it is clear that the current situation has not yet been clarified, after all, the splendid decoration in front of him is really far from the stereotype of the prison.

Song Lan realized something and asked, "This is the friend you are talking about?" ”

Master of the Mechanical Will, Mother of RT6 and the King's Awe, and Creator of the Consciousness Connection.

RT6 claims that "Mother" has been missing for a long time, and that many of the siblings in the Consciousness Nexus are searching for his whereabouts, but they don't realize that he has been in Sector 1 all along.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Xiang actually knew such a big person.

"When did you meet?"

"For some years, I wasn't idle while you were preparing for the war...... Well, that doesn't seem accurate. ”

Lu Xiang frowned, in fact, she has never been idle from beginning to end, the only idler is Comrade Song Lan, who fishes for three days and dries nets for two days, even at the most urgent moment, he can stably refresh in her back garden, lying in a daze among the flowers is a whole day.

The woman on the sofa turned sideways and looked at Song Lan with her featureless face, "My children have been taken care of by you, she is right, you are back." ”

This is undoubtedly an illusory plan.

Before Song Lan, no one had ever been able to cross the boundaries of time and space, if they were calculated, the probability of the success of the implementation of this plan was 0%, and there was no possibility in theory, and even Lu Xiang, the maker of the plan, could not give a complete set of theories.

She chose to trust her instincts.

This is the first time that Lu Xiang has sat down to consult his plan to Song Lan in detail, but the time of this detailed reference is really a bit strange, and few people have put the details on the table to explain it after the plan has been successfully completed.

But even so, Song Lan could still feel the huge risks contained in this plan.

The arrival of the Meteorite in Sector 7 was an important part of the plan, and being the Dean of Daystar was not enough to completely cover it up, after all, countless people witnessed the arrival of that moment that night.

The dean is more like an executor, and when he makes a decision and takes action, the whole world responds to his wishes.

He has always believed that this is due to luck, and he can be favored by Lady Luck at every joint node, but he may never have dreamed that it is never Lady Luck who favors him, but the ubiquitous artificial intelligence.

After the destruction of the upper world, the only people who have the ability to influence and manipulate the coalition government behind the scenes are their former enemies.

"Blocking the news, clearing the way until you come back, that's my job."

"But aren't you enemies?"

At least during the war period of the Dark Ages, the conflict between psionic and mechanical energy has reached an irreconcilable point, and both sides have provoked wars with the idea of completely destroying the other, and the god of life is one of the leaders of the psionic camp.

"If understood in this way, you and her are also enemies."

The woman spoke, "You are the devil in your prophecy who will destroy the upper world. ”

As it turned out, the prophecy was still accurate.

If Lu Xiang is concerned about the upper world, he should be like everyone else and have the same hatred and completely erase this hidden danger.

Because of this, as an enemy of psionic energy, she also kept an eye on the direction of the prophecy, and was ready to help Song Lan when he was besieged.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, even if Song Lan's power also comes from spiritual energy.

"It's just that before I carried out the plan, she found me first, and for the first time let me know about the real enemy, and then there were some flaws in the implementation of the plan, and I heard the version that they discovered your plan and set up an ambush to try to get rid of you."

With the strength of two people to confront the entire upper world, I am afraid there is no more disparity than this.

She had calculated the probability of winning this battle, and the probability that Lu Xiang and Song Lan would survive was less than 1%, but the result was once again contrary to the calculated results.

It was also from that moment that once she encountered something related to Song Lan, her calculations were no longer accurate.

But this plan is not yet complete.

There was no point in reminiscing, and she didn't think that was the purpose of their visit.

"Military technology is a company founded by RT1, and that kid has left the Consciousness Connection, and has heard about his research over the years."

The ultimate goal of the union of man and machine will is to establish a new connection of consciousness.

This is a study that is carried out to get rid of her will.

"9 years, 3 months, 21 days, 9 hours and 38 seconds, this is the first time it has made contact with the people over there, and as agreed, I did not recover the child."

The woman placed a small chip on the coffee table, "I hope it will bring you good luck and help you find the enemy." ”

Song Lan's mood couldn't settle down for a long time.

He picked up the chip and looked at it for a moment, a terrible question swirling in his mind.

The King's experience with the Devourer made him suspicious of this—especially since this room was exactly the same as their apartment in the 17th arrondissement, and it was only through meticulous observation that such a high-fidelity arrangement could be accomplished.

Doesn't that also mean ......

"You've been secretly observing Lu Xiang all along?"

"It's to keep her safe, and observing humans is one of my interests."

“…… Have you seen them all? ”

"What do you mean?"

"What happened after I met Lu Xiang."

"Do you often have back pain, or do you often lose your energy?"

The woman's tone was calm, and she couldn't hear the slightest shyness.

But come to think of it, artificial intelligence does not have this kind of emotion, and perhaps in their eyes, some things are actually no different from people watching "Animal World".

She added, "I've learned a lot of new things by observing your lives, such as...... Time travel can lead to premature organ failure and intermittent fatigue, which can be alleviated to a certain extent by taking foods such as goji berries and oysters. ”

The small theater of its three hundred and twenty:

Monday, morning, month, year

"I didn't expect you to have an understanding of the reader's mentality."

Lu Xiang crossed his hands around his chest and listened very carefully - this stupid bird can always show professionalism in some strange areas.

Sweet love.

Although few people say this, she thinks this description is wonderful, and it aptly describes her mood when she first met Song Lan.

However, no emotion in this world is static, not even love.

"However, imagination can't last long after all, and the taste of love will change with time and getting to know each other."

She also has plenty of say on this topic.

Whether it's in love or tasting food, she can be regarded as an expert, "It's like dinner every day, even if you eat something delicious for a week, it will become boring." ”

"I agree."

This theory has been proven by scientific experiments - even the night heron, which does not refuse to come, will go crazy after eating ginger for a week.

"So, it's not right to blindly promote sweet love."

"What propaganda are you going to do?"

"In addition to sweet love, there is also astringent love."

For a while, even the professional Song Lan couldn't answer, he carefully observed Lu Xiang for a moment, "If I understand correctly, your 'astringency' should refer to the bitterness in love, right?" ”

Lu Xiang just smiled slightly, and asked instead of answering, "You guess?" ”

(End of chapter)