Although Xiao Wei Ming is still very idle today, she did not run to the smuggler's woodland to pick up the little jackal as usual, nor did she take the new players to brush the dungeon, she secretly and eagerly took the things she had ordered a few days ago from Tracey's alchemy hut, and slipped to the periphery of the Scarlet Keep like a thief.

Instead of even stopping in the Silvermoon Pride's camp outside the city, they continued to flap their wings and fly in the afternoon sun. She flew far away, in the woods outside the former survivor camp and now the Cadman People's Army barracks.

Khaki Tony and Mud Luda Oil were attacked by witch hunters here, and it was here that Brother Meow's transfer ceremony was completed, and it was here that Murphy and Old Finok made an agreement.

The grove may be unremarkable, but it can be said to have played an important role in the "new history" of Translancia and the players, but it has been completely quiet after the witch hunters have become part of Translancia.

At this time, in the depths of the forest, seeing Xiao Wei Ming flapping his wings and flying over, the new member of the Silver Moon Troupe, who had been waiting here, finally smiled.

She beckoned to Reed like an underground party, who approached her and handed her the tools in his hand.

Seeing Meng Haha stretch her body and touch out her own calculation orb, Xiao Weiming, who has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, also rarely showed a trace of hesitation and nervousness.

She whispered:

"Do you really want to tear it down? Aren't you afraid of this thing exploding? I've heard that the method of making the orb is a secret even among the halflings, and maybe those clever little dwarfs have put something strange in it. ”

"Wouldn't you like to stay away?"

Meng Haha, who put on a pair of alchemist gloves for herself, waved her hand indifferently and said:

"I've studied this little thing, and while it's supposed to be true that there's a bomb in it, it's too small to have enough space for a bomb to house those complex psionic devices in such a large size.

At most, it will only destroy the device itself, and it will not affect the dismantler.

And even if it does explode, it will only hurt me, but the best part is that it only takes three days for me to be resurrected, this mechanic is really great! I can finally try a lot of things here that I wouldn't normally dare to do.

Seriously, I'm still curious, you've been using this thing for almost three months, isn't anyone trying to take it apart and see what's inside? ”

She tied up her hair, revealing a sleek look that was completely different from her usual slow gesture, and said suspiciously:

"It stands to reason that the players' curiosity and action shouldn't be so bad."

"Someone thought about disassembling it, and Ah Ru and Che Che in the student party almost did it, but as soon as they found the tool, they were warned by the Calculation Orb."

Xiao Wei Ming was suspended beside her, watching Meng Haha fix the orb on the stump and pick up a tweezer-like psionic probe, she replied honestly:

"This thing has a protection mechanism, it won't allow anyone to take it apart."

"It's just a warning, it's not going to jump up and hit me, and it's not going to break my head."

Moe Ha scoffed at this.

The young physicist touched the bridge of her nose and said:

"If we don't dare to continue just because we have received verbal warnings, then the human race is extinct long ago, and curiosity and the desire to explore are necessary conditions for us to build civilization."

"Uh, I feel like I'm driving. But I don't have proof. ”

Xiao Wei Ming complained:

"Okay in advance, I'm just helping you get tools, and I'm not responsible for everything that happens after that, and if your calculation orb is damaged by you, then you will pay for the repurchase."

"Anla, I'm aware of the risks, now be quiet, cutie, stay away by the way, just watch me operate."

Meng Ha waved his hand and motioned for Xiao Wei to stay away.

She wasn't afraid that this thing would have an accident and kill herself.

As she says, the necessary desire to explore (to die) is a fundamental trait of being a researcher, but it is not necessary to involve other people in doing your own experiments.

She took a deep breath and brought the tweezer-like psionic probe closer to the orb in front of her.

Looking at the small arc of lightning bursting out in front of his eyes caused by the clash of psionic energy caused by the two things approaching, the desire to explore in Menghaha's eyes became stronger.

She had been very, very curious about the orb since she started the game, and she was eager to know how it worked, and as a practitioner, she couldn't stand to have to follow the player interface and quest system set up by the "development team".

She didn't allow herself to wander around a world she was interested in, blindfolded. Prefer to explore areas that no one has visited or even paid attention to.

Like what

Uncover the "truth" that this world has always been there but has been hidden.

"Smack"

When the psionic probe touched the main body of the orb, a strong vibration made Meng Haha's wrist hurt, and a dazzling prompt popped up on the interface of the orb in front of her:

【Warning! The user is carrying out a high-risk dismantling operation! Please stop all actions immediately and wait for the Calculation Orb to self-test! Warn! If you do not have sufficient knowledge of steam engineering, please do not disassemble the Orb!

Warn!

The self-destruct process has started! 】

In the face of the warning, Moe Haha chose to continue with an expressionless face.

Her hands are very steady.

The two-handed psionic tweezers snap very precisely into the junction between the gray orb panel and the hemispherical hemer, where there is almost no room for manipulation, but it does allow for tiny holes for manipulation.

The countdown to the self-detonation on the player's interface has entered 20, and Xiao Wei Ming next to him covers his eyes and doesn't dare to look at it again.

But Moeha's eyes narrowed.

Her fingers moved quickly, allowing the two probes to run along the hedron junction, and soon she found the clasp where the hedron connected to the panel.

"The classic mechanical wedge structure is really the most uncreative and the most secure combination."

She whispered, then gritted her teeth and snapped the buckle in different directions with both hands, and then pulled it hard along the outward direction, and with a click, the entire spar jumped out of the gray panel, and was quickly clasped in her hand by Meng Ha's eyes.

The self-detonation process that counted down to 7 was terminated with a strong psionic interference on the interface, and not only that, but even the entire orb was put into a state of shutdown due to this precise "violent disassembly".

Without the help of the Orb, Moeha's character interface immediately disappears, leaving her back in a "primitive" state that only the first 16 players experienced.

She now had to feel for her level, skills, and map orientation, as if the game had been stripped of all the plug-ins and returned to its cleanest state.

"Is that how it feels? It's really no different from reality,"

Meng Ha reached out and touched the bridge of her nose, she looked at the dim spar in her hand, and said:

"This thing exists nominally as an auxiliary, but in fact it is just a cunning camouflage design to add a sense of 'gameplay' and 'immersion'. They set a 'boundary' for the player out of thin air, but that kind of inward-looking sabotage warning is itself a big failure.

Without it, I was closer to the true state of 'crossing'.

My judgment is absolutely correct!

Someone based on a real world and fictionalized the whole game!

Ah, what a cunning strategy. ”

"What are you talking about?"

Xiao Wei Ming hid far away, and after realizing that Meng Ha had dismantled the calculation orb and this thing did not explode, she put her mind at ease and flew over and circled around Meng Ha, and asked:

"So, can you find anything out of this thing by removing it?"

"Of course I can't study it, this dismantling is all of today's experiment."

Meng Ha seriously threw away the irregularly shaped spar in her hand, and took the gray panel with a simple sense of simplicity in her hand to carefully examine it, she said:

"I've only been here for less than a week, and I'm still in the early stages of testing and observing the rules of physics, so how can I have the time and energy to learn about psionic energy and steam engineering? I took it apart just to confirm something, and to confirm how this thing works.

But for now, it doesn't seem to be purely mechanical.

All the mysteries are encapsulated in this unique hedron, and if you can't harness the psionic powers, you'll never be able to crack the secrets. ”

Moe Ha was not disappointed, but put the dim spar in her hand in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, and through the light of dusk into the dim spar, she could barely make out that there were some indescribable black spots in it.

It's like the "impurities" in jade.

But she was sure that it was these "spots" in the stone that made this crystal decay into magic.

Unfortunately, this is a secret that only psionics know.

"Let's go!"

Satisfied, Meng Ha threw the arithmetic orb she had opened into her psionic bag, she put away the tools that Xiao Wei had ordered with a lot of money, and beckoned to her "little friend" and said:

"Go to the Adventurer's Guild and buy me a new one, don't worry, I'll pay for it."

"Huh"

Just as the two of them were about to leave, a scarlet door suddenly opened in front of their eyes, causing Xiao Wei Ming and Moe Haha to freeze in place, and then they saw Lord Murphy and Miss Femmis walking out of it with calm faces.

"Is this it?"

Murphy looked back and asked, and Phimis's blood-colored pupils stared at Meng Ha in front of her, and she confirmed:

"That's right, right here. The Orb of Operation, codenamed 641, had just been vandalized, and its wreckage was on this lady before it shut down and sent coordinates to the higher-level node I had. ”

Without the translation of the arithmetic orb, Meng Haha can no longer understand the conversation between Master Murphy and the eldest lady.

But Reed's name understood.

The dwarf was frightened by the content of the dialogue between the two main NPCs, and she hurriedly explained:

"It's not our fault, it's just that the orb was dropped."

"Are you sure you're going to deceive me? My warrior, for the sake of our very good personal relationship at the moment, I beg you not to do this.

Back off!

This has nothing to do with you. ”

Murphy glanced at Reed.

The unique light in his eyes made Xiao Wei Ming bite his lip and finally stop explaining, so that Lord Murphy could take the initiative to appear here to prove that Meng Haha's behavior just now may have violated some "taboos".

But she didn't back down, and she didn't leave Meng Ha alone in this dangerous situation.

Murphy shook his head and gave Philimis a look, and the eldest lady immediately cast a spell to forcibly teleport her and herself back to the Vulture Corridor amid the screams of Little Reed.

So only Murphy and Moe Haha were left in the woodland.

Physicists sense that something is wrong.

She realized that her search for the "truth" might have been a bit rushed.

If you think about it, if the Calculation Orb is a "limiter" used by "aliens" to blind players, then your behavior just now is equivalent to suddenly opening your eyes in a room of sleeping people.

"We're not aliens as you think we are"

Just as Moe Ha was thinking, Murphy suddenly spoke.

The Mandarin with a straight and round voice, and even a slight accent, frightened Meng Ha to the point that his hair stood upside down, and the whole person took a few steps back, tremblingly raised his hands and staggered them in front of him.

She felt that she had really encountered a "supernatural event" this time.

More likely, this "third type of contact" took her own unsuspecting step into conversation, and as a physicist, she knew better than anyone how dangerous it was.

"You guys. . . What exactly are you? ”

She asked, holding back the fear in her heart.

Murphy behaves like a "marionette" at this time, as if there is another mysterious consciousness hidden under the handsome body of a vampire, making the main NPC seem to move very stiffly, revealing a sense of incongruity.

The mysterious "it" said through Murphy's eyes to the frightened Moe Ha in front of him:

"We are observers, it is our duty to observe and collect and record information, we will not intervene in your world, but we know that you will not let your guard down because of this promise, so you can continue to test and continue to dig, and we will not stop the process.

But what you just did was inappropriate, Ms. Lin, who is currently living on the Bund! ”

“！！！”

Being called out by "Murphy" to reveal her real address and surname made the fear in Mengha's heart even worse, and then she heard "Murphy" say to her:

"This is not a threat that you believe in your heart at this time, my actions today are just to explain a bottom line to you! I hope that you and your friends will stick to this bottom line as you explore the so-called 'truth' that interests you!

That is, all your exploration must not come at the expense of other people's 'gaming experience'.

To put it simply, you can die yourself, but you can't pull in other people who don't know what's going on.

It's your freedom to tear down our 'hidden devices', but if others follow your example and cause a new wave in the current situation in Translasia, then we will blame you!

Beyond that, however, you will have no taboos here, and we will not be overly emotional about your unique 'sample'.

This is the first warning!

Ms. Lin, there won't be a second time. ”

After saying that, Murphy's body began to tremble, as if to indicate that the mysterious consciousness was "withdrawing", and Moe Ha realized that this conversation with the "man behind the scenes" was coming to an end, and she seized the time to overcome her fear and shouted:

"Here. Is Transncia real? ”

"Good question."

The mysterious "observer" manipulated Murphy's body to turn his head back and give Moe Haha a subtle smile, and he replied:

"Guess? Also, since your thinking has dabbled into the real and the unreal, why not consider another, more terrifying possibility. Are you really that sure you're the 'real' on your side? ”

“？？？”

In the confusion of Mohaha's round eyes, Lord Murphy, who was possessed by "dirty things", returned to his usual gentle and handsome demeanor in the next second.

He looked around in confusion, as if he didn't quite understand why he was here.

When he saw the frightened Moeha, Murphy said with great concern:

"My warrior, what's wrong with you? I seem to have been prompted by the destruction of your Orb of Arithmetic, which has never happened before. Do I have to make sure you're in danger?

Your face is really bad, like you've seen a ghost. ”

"Well, I really the hell just now."

Meng Haha nodded vigorously, and then she obediently handed the arithmetic orb she had opened to Murphy and said:

"I'm sorry, my lord, but I took it apart out of personal reckless curiosity, and I will take responsibility for it and promise not to teach anyone else how to disassemble it."

"Did you really rely on yourself to disassemble the orb and not trigger the self-detonation program? What an amazing feat! ”

Murphy was not angry, but exclaimed with satisfaction:

"It's something that almost no one can do except a halfling craftsman, and you have achieved a miracle on your own, and it seems that you are really talented in it.

And Miriam told me that it is not just anyone who can dismantle the Arithmetic Orb's hedron without harming it.

It seems that you are also extremely gifted in the field of psionic energy. So, do you need me to write you a letter of introduction to joining the Little Psionic Organization of Phimis? Perhaps you can join her in researching and deciphering the secrets hidden within these halfling hedrons. ”

Speaking of which, Murphy observed the state of the pale Meng Haha, and after confirming that this little player was frightened by his "superb acting skills", he said in a more gentle tone:

"Please understand, my warrior, that the Orb of Calculation has an important mission in the reconstruction of Translasia, and yet it worries me that we are not able to produce it ourselves.

If you can help Phimes and Sharon Jr. craft an orb that belongs to Translasia, I will reward you handsomely. ”

"Ding"

The prompt of the Calculation Orb sounded, indicating that a precious hidden task had been triggered, but this will be no longer in the mood to think about it.

Her mind was now full of the last words that the mysterious observer had just said to her.

Can she be sure that the world she lives in must be "real"?

No!

She couldn't be sure.

Because this is no longer a purely physical problem, it is an unsolvable philosophical problem!

If someone else said this to her, she would only be scoffed at by Moeha, but when this sentence came out of the mouth of an "alien", she had to seriously think about the possibility of being terrifying.

Scald!

I'll have to write another report myself.

(End of chapter)