Li Ji was a little sick to his stomach because he remembered the meal he had eaten this morning.

In the beginning, the companies took over the farmers' water source, and then the land. Then, the radioactive fallout that fills the sky wipes everything up, including the seeds.

In the end, even they themselves were not spared.

"No wonder, no wonder there are often scavengers coming in and out here, and it's no wonder that almost everyone in Night City chooses cremation."

After this period of understanding, Li Ji has understood that in Night City, ninety percent of the cremation facilities are controlled by scavengers.

And almost all crematoriums have an unwritten rule: no visitation.

Now he really doubted that the jar that rolled down from under the crematorium like a can, was really filled with relatives?

What is the shrine in the corner of the Night City, what do people worship every day?

Looking around with a blank face, the noise of machinery came and went.

On the rumbling metal pincers, skeletons are undergoing reincarnation, transcending the stomachs of the inhabitants of Night City.

It was only then that he discovered that the huge device that was constantly storing the corpses resembled a human form.

The extended metal pole is the arm, the gear that smashes the corpse is the chest, and the light that shines from the skylight above is its two bright eyes.

At this time, a Buddha entrenched in the ground is no different from the tall Buddha statue in the Night City!

From life to death, from death to life. No wonder the machine is bald.

But Li Ji just wants to smash this entire factory to smithereens!

Just as he was about to return, he found that there was a secret door under the high platform where the Buddha was entrenched.

"Just let me see, what else is behind this door, can it be even more outrageous than now?"

Li Ji thought so, and then slowly approached the door.

"It's a mechanical lock? It's been gone for at least a century, right? ”

"Xiaosha, can you scan it and see if there are other mechanisms inside?"

Li Ji frowned, this kind of lock that requires a key can't be forcibly cracked by using AI's hacking technology.

"No unknown signals were found, and direct violent demolition was recommended."

Hearing Xiaosha's reminder, Li Ji was stunned, and at the same time secretly scolded himself for being stupid.

Although this body dish is okay now, it is also a body of steel, and it can still be done by breaking a door lock from the previous era.

As a result, this deeply hidden secret door was violently dismembered by Li Ji.

Behind the door is still a long corridor, and all the way down, the end is dark and shady, and it is not real.

After confirming that the signal in the USB flash drive could still be combined with Xiaosha, Li Ji continued to walk inside.

"Xiaosha, you said before that there is a large wireless signal shielding device underneath here, is it right down here?"

"Yes, the current extension of this road is just right to the location of the shield."

This time, it is easy to destroy, and the device can be destroyed directly, and there is no need to bother looking for any access points.

As Li Ji gradually went deeper, the surroundings were almost completely darkened, so he had to activate the night vision function that came with this body.

This is not a perk, it was originally intended to allow laborers to work in dark conditions, such as the deep sea or caves, or tunnels like that.

At this moment, Li Ji felt that the originally suppressed authority signal in his body had a posture that was about to move, as if he was trying to send positioning information to the outside world.

It seems that there is only so much time to leave the post without authorization, and beyond this time limit, it will be directly located in the location.

Even Li Ji felt that once this signal suppressed by him was successful, he might directly control his body and then go to the place of work on his own.

"It's really 360 degrees of control without dead ends, I didn't expect this kind of small company to have a set."

Li Ji sighed, and then suppressed this signal without hesitation.

The corridor is getting darker and darker, almost to the point where you can't see your fingers.

Li Ji estimated that he would go at least a few hundred meters underground!

"An underground facility of this scale is not like the handiwork of a mere food factory."

Finally, at the end of the road, an iron gate filled with mechanical gears appeared.

In front of the iron gate, there was a half-height platform, and the LCD screen on it was flickering.

"Xiaosha, scan it and see if this door can be opened."

"Unknown permission interface has been found, and docking is being requested."

Permission interface? Isn't there no wireless signal here?

"Xiaosha, what's the matter, didn't you say that there is a signal blocking device here?"

"Unknown signals have been scanned, and the clearance level is artificial intelligence, and life forms are forbidden to enter."

In other words, this door can only be entered by AI?

"Can it be cracked?"

"The algorithm is unknown, but it seems that there is no main system to control this, and the highest level of authority is vacant."

Is it abandoned? Could it be a fortress left over from the last corporate war?

"Xiaosha, can you complete the certification?"

"The code logic conforms to the authentication process, is it accessed?"

"Take it in, even if there is an accident, there will be no loss, but it's a pity for this person."

When Xiaosha completed the authentication permission, the metal gears slowly turned, and the mysterious door slowly opened.

Li Ji looked at the darkness inside the door and entered with high spirits.

He guessed correctly, it was indeed an abandoned fortress, but there was a high probability that it was not the company that made it.

The space inside the door is huge, like a skyscraper stuck upside down.

The metal walls extend from numerous platforms, connected to each other by wide railroad tracks.

And on top of each platform, there are hundreds of robot dolls!

There are countless such platforms densely packed, and Li Ji just swept them roughly, and found no less than a hundred!

"Is this the Arsenal?"

"The prototype weapon manufacturing plant to be exact, but it has been abandoned, and the last time it was started on the log was 2023, and since then, this factory has been abandoned."

2023？ It seems like a lot of great things have happened this year.

"You said you could see the logs here?"

"Yes, this is the rule that all AI must follow at the beginning of its existence, recording all its actions in the form of a log. This place is a product of a project called 'After Humanity'. ”

Logging behavior, is this the underlying code for AI? Wait a minute! AI？

In an instant, Li Ji thought of a conjecture that he couldn't believe.

"Xiaosha, is the last day of the log record the same day as the day when the first net was destroyed by Buckmoth?"

"Yes."

And so it was!

Doors that can only be opened by AI, magnificent buildings with no hint of human handiwork, thousands of intelligent robots......

All the clues converge into one answer, the owner of this magnificent underground palace is not a human at all, but a primordial AI who was isolated from the black wall by the network surveillance after the destruction of the first net!

That's right, the shield!

Li Ji suddenly realized that it was probably because of this shielding device that after so many years, the company, whether it was AI or not, did not find here!

So this thing can't be blown up now!