"[Shelter]...... I did get the impression of being a little embarrassed......"

Lloyd whispered the name of the system, and couldn't help but pout.

His views and evaluations of [Asylum] have always been not very good, and it is not only him, but also the reputation outside, and it is generally believed that it is completely impossible to compare with the popularity and strength of the [Veto], [Intelligence], and [Manifestation] systems, and it is like a small transparency among the six legal systems.

However, Professor Toledo has some of his own opinions:

"Although [Sanctuary] has many problems, strictly speaking, it is actually the oldest system, older than [Redemption], and its original origins can be traced back to the time when spiritual pollution began to spread, that is, the end of the last glorious era before the end of the apocalypse......

From the very beginning, it was a system developed by the people of that era to deal with spiritual pollution, well...... This may not be accurate, after all, there was no such concept of transcendent systems and transcendental beings in that era, and it would be more appropriate to say that it was 'power'. ”

Obviously, he didn't know much about Twisted, and he didn't know that Twisted had a much longer history.

But Lloyd didn't come to do popular science, so he didn't refute the mistake in this small detail, but just asked curiously:

"Since this is the background and premise, the performance of [Asylum Shelter] today is disappointing, does it mean that it is not really suitable for us today?"

"I don't think it's that yet...... The core problem is still their Sage, which is 0-006, which is incomplete......"

Professor Toledo shook his head, reached out and tapped on the table again, asking a coffee pot with small wheels underneath to come over and refill the two of them, and then went on to elaborate on his opinion:

"I actually like to participate in archaeological activities in the history department, and I have studied the history of that period carefully, at the end of that era...... Let's just call it the 'Twilight Age'? Historians generally believe that it should have started with the inexplicable disappearance of the first [Brilliant Gold].

Although in everyone's impression, that period seems to be just a short moment, but in fact it lasted for 22 years, until the bizarre fall of the last [Brilliant Gold] known to mankind, historians believe that the end of the era has officially arrived.

Therefore, the human beings of that twilight era are still quite rich and accumulated, and all kinds of knowledge are not in danger to the point where they are now, and even Mizkatok has not yet fallen, so that people can make a lot of attempts and efforts against the threat of spiritual pollution.

0-006 is the result of this, and it is relatively complete and effective.

We have unearthed a design plan for 0-006, and if 0-006 can live up to the original design expectations, then [Shelter] should be better at dealing with spiritual pollution than [Redemption], and it will be the all-round kind!

From the monsters that emanate, to the forbidden knowledge carried, to those who are in high positions are spreading, they can all be handled.

It should even theoretically have the effect of transforming spiritual pollution into supernatural power, but ...... Belch? Lloyd? What happened to you? ”

Professor Toledo had said it well, but he saw Lloyd's eyes widen suddenly, and his face was full of shock, as if he had heard some explosive news.

But I'm just talking about some publicly accessible historical materials, right? Although this information is forbidden in the outside world, it is not difficult to learn about it in Mizkatokry, right?

As for being so shocked?

But Lloyd was stunned for three seconds before he came back to his senses and explained with some embarrassment:

"Ah...... Sorry for the sudden misconception, please continue. ”

As he spoke, he poured a few sips of sweet coffee and let himself be shocked.

He was clearly shocked by the phrase 'turning mental pollution into supernatural power'.

He can be said to be very familiar with this......

But at the moment, before Lloyd could continue to make associations, he heard Professor Toledo continue:

"Okay...... It's just that 0-006 still didn't meet the initial expectations, probably because it was incomplete at the beginning, or because the excavation process of it went awry, which led to the embarrassing situation that [Asylum] is in today's situation.

This is undoubtedly a great pity, so to this day, there are still people who have high hopes for [Asylum] and 0-006, and I can be considered one of them, right? He has also been involved in several projects to improve and repair 0-006. ”

Professor Toledo said, smiled helplessly, shook his head, and continued:

"It's a pity that it didn't have any effect, and even maintaining the status quo is very reluctant, and another ancient creation, codenamed 0-266, is needed to help assist and stabilize in order to maintain the current stability.

But speaking of this 0-266, it's also very magical, she looks like a beautiful and cute little girl, looks about the same age as my daughter, and also has a complete sense of self and self-awareness of human identity, it feels like a real human girl, so that the academy is not very good to do too much research on her......

And she's actually the prototype of 0-006? I've always been puzzled, why did 0-006 give up humanity and self-consciousness when humans were able to make 'sages' that were almost the same as human beings?

By the way, I also heard a while ago that there was a bold fanatic who appeared out of nowhere, and when he saw 0-266 beautiful and cute, he wanted to kidnap her home, and almost detonated a big bomb, but fortunately, Professor Hiltina of the academy, that is, the veto saint outside, stopped this crazy act in time.

Hum! I really don't know what that madman thinks, has he never seen a woman? How dare you do such a crazy thing? If I meet that guy, I'm going to have to let him know about my ...... Belch? Lloyd? Why is your face getting more and more ugly? Is coffee too bitter? ”

"I didn't ...... No...... I was just thinking, that madman is really hateful, but luckily this matter has passed and nothing has gone wrong, haha, haha......"

Lloyd said weakly, and quickly diverted the topic:

"What would it look like if we were to have a complete [shelter] system, or 0-006 that met the design expectations?"

Professor Toledo didn't think much of it, and explained along the lines of Lloyd's question:

"This ...... According to the academy's initial expectation of [Shelter], it is believed that it should be able to help share the spiritual pollution, resist the attacks of monsters, and convert the spiritual pollution and the enemy's attacks into their own power, which can be used to counter the enemy, forming a very ideal offensive and defensive conversion effect......

And this effect should be collective, that is to say, every transcendent person in its system, every spiritual pollution suffered, can make 0-006 more powerful, and the subsequent counterattack will be more ferocious.

If it can really reach this level and realm, it will definitely be our most powerful weapon against spiritual pollution, and even those evil god heirs with ill intentions! ”

Professor Toledo said, waving his fist again, but immediately changed to a tone of regret, adding:

"There were many people who thought that [asylum] should be the future path of mankind, but unfortunately, the performance of 0-006 was really disappointing, maybe those beautiful ideas could not even be done by the ancients at that time, right?

Anyway, the research we did later on 0-006 found that it is still far from this design idea, and even lacks some of the most important core components, so it is now such an embarrassing appearance......

The point is, we can't be sure yet, is it really missing this design? Or are we not digging it out yet? If it's the latter, there's some hope, but if it's the former......

It's like a ticking time bomb, and at some point it will fail, and at that point, the whole City of Pleasure will probably be ruined, right? ”

After hearing this, Lloyd nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask:

"What about 0-266? What kind of being is she? Or rather, what is her design expectation? ”

"Unfortunately, we didn't find any design literature about her, but after a brief study, we can probably think of her as a rudimentary version of the artificial sage, with some subtle connection to 0-006, allowing her to exercise some control and restraint over 0-006.

So we generally believe that she may be a kind of insurance measure for 0-006 to prevent 0-006 from developing an uncontrolled sense of self, leading to a loss of control or something;

Of course, it is also possible that she is an enhancement and control measure? After all, if 0-006 can really transform spiritual pollution into extraordinary powers, it still needs a person to exert and exert them, or guide these powers.

In the final analysis, a little girl with blood and human identity is always easier to control and communicate with than a cold device. ”

"I see, does that sound like a more reasonable mode of operation?"

Lloyd continued to ask.

"Yes, from the point of view of design alone, it is more secure and stable than the existing Sage and Transcendent systems, but it is a pity that it has not been fully realized......"

"So now, are you still studying these two 'partners'?"

"Nope."

Professor Toledo spread his hands and said with a smile:

"Maybe the outside order and civil institutions are going on, right? In any case, after several studies conducted on Mitzkatok's side did not make effective progress, he gradually abandoned this route......

In the final analysis, our resources and manpower are always limited, not to mention that everyone has never had a decisive main idea for the future path, and they are all trying the possibilities of their own fields, and even the art department feels that singing, love, and hope can be used to save the world. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly showed a flash of inspiration, stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky, as if he wanted to give someone a bowl of noodles, and continued:

"Since you're so interested in 0-006, why don't we start a related academic project together?

It just so happens that the City of Pleasure may encounter trouble due to the changes outside, and if the [Shelter] system can be improved, not only can they easily solve their own crisis, but they can even help other cities better tide over the difficulties, which is very valuable for research! ”

Lloyd was excited when he heard this, but he couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, and hurriedly asked:

"It's good, but I'm from the space department, so I can't help, right? And strictly speaking, I haven't been with Mitzkatok for a long time, and although I nominally have the title of 'assistant coach', I ......"

But Professor Toledo laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged:

"That's how much you care, whether you are a teaching assistant or a freshman, just with your 'Outstanding Contribution' medal, you want to start an academic program, and who can oppose it?

No matter how much you can help, just by virtue of your title of 'Youngest Outstanding Contributor', you can attract a lot of people to participate in the project! Otherwise, how many people would be willing to participate in such a project with uncertain prospects?

What's more, your understanding and grasp of the space can help no matter what, otherwise just going back and forth between the academy and the city of pleasure can make people anxious. ”

Hearing his encouragement, Lloyd himself had no doubts, but was worried about Professor Toledo:

"I'm fine here, but you're busy, right? Wouldn't it be a bit ...... to participate in such a project that has a high probability of failure?"

"Haha! I'm even fine! I originally had high hopes for 0-006, and I never gave up this path, but I really couldn't find like-minded comrades to continue together, but fortunately I met you today!

And I've just come back from recuperation, and I'm worried that I don't have any interesting projects at hand, so if I don't find someone who interests me and get busy, maybe Professor Barry will stuff me with a package of jobs......"

So in this way, the two hit it off, roughly settled on this new academic project, and simply worked out a set of directions and plans, and clarified the division of labor between the two in the early stage of the project-

Professor Toledo is mainly responsible for the established projects of filling out the form and going through the process, as well as the subsequent recruitment; Lloyd was mainly responsible for getting the dean to agree and allocate funds, and then set up a convenient passage to the City of Pleasure in advance, similar to the teleportation array commonly used in the academy.

Then the two of them went about their work according to the division of labor, Professor Toledo began to make the papers, and Lloyd went directly to the dean and gave him a brief plan.

After listening to this, the dean's invisible body took on a posture of tapping the back of his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Hmm...... Hasn't Toledo given up yet? I managed to pull you into the gang......"

With that, he fell silent again, and thought about it in front of Lloyd for half an hour, as if he had encountered some very difficult question?

This made Lloyd's heart start to beat a little bit, is this kind of thing so difficult to decide? Is it because of financial problems? Is the academy already so tight?

Fortunately, in the end, the dean nodded and said:

"Well, I agree in principle, but with one condition, you need to convince Hiltina to agree to your participation first."

Lloyd was stunned, he didn't expect the dean to make such a request?

Belch...... I want to go to the City of Pleasure to help my 'little girlfriend', how dare I tell my 'childhood sweetheart'?

Do you have an opinion about me, Dean, and want to see me catch fire in my backyard and rush to the end of blood?

Lloyd didn't think about how to defend himself for a while, and then he heard the dean urging:

"How? Is it acceptable? ”

"Of course it's fine, it's just ...... It's nothing to do with Hiltina, right? She must still be busy dealing with the anomalies on her own turf, right? ”

"Huh? How can it be okay? It's very close to her, didn't she tell you? ”

The dean's rhetorical question directly made Lloyd scratch his head.

"Tell me what?"

"It seems that she really didn't tell you, so you'll have to ask her yourself."

……………………

Lloyd couldn't refuse the dean's offer, so he finally agreed, and then went back to his dormitory, cooking with tongs and hammers, while digesting the large amount of information he had obtained today.

The first thing that can be confirmed is that the embarrassment he showed in front of Professor Toledo was actually scaring himself.

Although his own panel also has the function of absorbing spiritual pollution, it obviously has nothing to do with the Sage of the City of Pleasure.

Well, absolutely not, I am such a big human being, and I have a lot of advantages such as humility, low-key, maturity, stability, reserve, introvertedness, jealousy, hatred, and exquisite cooking skills, how can I have anything to do with a dead thing without self-awareness?

What's more, his own panel was awakened by his own hard work, and it has nothing to do with any ancient civilization.

So it's impossible, it's just a coincidence of design ideas, which shows that the ancients were still very smart and knew how to turn spiritual pollution into power.

Then he strengthened his feelings for Elolo, it must be because she is beautiful and cute, good-looking and licking, simple-minded, miserable experience, easy to awaken the inner desire to protect, and very coquettish and clingy, and every time I see her, she still looks like she is picked......

Definitely not for some other inexplicable reason!

As for Elolo's feelings for herself, it should also be because she is handsome, patient, considerate and gentle, and she has saved her.

Definitely not for some other inexplicable reason!

Then Lloyd summed up his thoughts on the 'artificial sage' of 0-006 and the regrettable system of [Asylum].

It's probably that the idea is very dreamy, and the reality is very skinny......

Although the ancients put forward a good idea, it is indeed a pity that they could not implement it, perhaps due to time constraints or other reasons.

So let's try it yourself and see if you can make up for this regret, which is also reasonable and beneficial to the future of mankind!

Definitely not because I really want to help my 'little girlfriend'!

Well! So I have to stand my ground, and when I meet Hiltina, I can convince her with my position and ideas!

If you can't convince her, then ......

Convince her?

In the end, Lloyd's cranky thoughts came back to Hiltina's 'little secret' that she didn't tell herself......

Although the dean didn't reveal it at all, Lloyd had been tired of Hiltina for so long, and he could guess something.

Anyway, it must not be an emotional problem between men and women, otherwise the dean would definitely say it directly.

So it is more likely that it should be the form of existence? Or rather...... Organizational structure?

In Lloyd's view, no matter how disappointing 0-006 is today, its unconscious machinery is responsible for resisting spiritual pollution, and the conscious beautiful girl is responsible for restraining and controlling.

And Lloyd could vaguely feel that Hiltina might have borrowed this method as well......

Although he didn't have any tangible evidence, he just found that Hiltina could only reveal that beautiful figure in front of his eyes when he was in her [Mind Domain] and her boudoir, as well as when she occupied her own [Projection].

And in the eyes of outsiders, Hiltina conforms to all the imagination of human beings for saints;

But Hiltina in her arms conforms to all her fantasies about 'childhood sweethearts'.

It is difficult to achieve such a stark difference between people before and after......

Considering the mental state of several other sages, they are generally not optimistic......

That's why Lloyd thought of that.

(End of chapter)