Chapter 571: Going deep into the core
A flash of white light passed by.
The next moment, Duanmu Huai and Mary felt their eyes blur, and then they appeared in a strange space.
There is absolutely nothing visible here, at least from Duanmu Huai's point of view, there are all kinds of walls and stairs all around, composed of strange characters and numbers. Frankly speaking, it's a bit disappointing to see too much. People feel dazzled.
At this moment, Lumière's voice came to his ears.
[You have successfully entered the Reaper network, how do you feel? 】
"I feel very bad. I really want you to see what the hell is all this. There are messy and ghost-like characters everywhere on the ground and on the walls."
[That means you entered successfully, oh, by the way, this is for you]
As Lumière's voice sounded, Duanmuhuai saw a dagger appear out of thin air and fall into his hand.
"This is?"
[The Destruction Virus is basically an evolved version of how it was used to deal with Skynet and Terminators. Since these Reapers are similar to Terminators, I think they should be equally useful]
"A three-hit combo of infection, overload, and self-destruction? I really like it."
Duanmuhuai played with the virus dagger for a while, then turned to look around. Everywhere he could see were various buildings and roads composed of these characters.
"So, where should we go next?"
[Sorry, I haven't been able to fully understand the Reaper's system yet... To put it simply, you are now at the communication center of the Reaper's network port. What's next... Maybe I have to analyze it first. 】
"How long will it take?"
【It will take at least an hour】
"It's too much trouble."
Hearing Lumière's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned and turned to look at Mary.
"Mary, I leave it to you."
"Huh? But I'm not a hacker, and I don't know anything about this..."
"None of these are important, what's important is your right eye..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai pointed at Mary's golden eyes.
"Did you see anything special?"
"Hmm..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Mary blinked, then glanced around, then she raised her hand with some hesitation and pointed to one of the roads.
"I saw golden light coming out from here..."
"Golden light? Where is it?"
Duanmuhuai looked along where Mary pointed, but could see nothing except those tadpole-like characters.
"Huh? This is it...Come this way from the ground, and then go all the way over there..."
"You can actually tell the difference."
"Ugh...I don't know either? I naturally thought so when I saw that light..."
As expected of the golden pupil, he is really awesome.
"Let's go then, you will lead the way."
"Huh? But what if it's not the case..."
"If not, let's talk about it. It's just a gamble. Don't worry, I will be optimistic about you."
"Ah, okay..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary could only nod her head, then she raised her head and walked forward along the road.
Duanmuhuai didn't know what Mary saw. He just followed Mary, watching her turn left and right, up and down, left and right... But then again, although Mary chose the route It was awkward, but for some reason it went very smoothly, and the weirdest thing was that where there was no road, a road would automatically appear when Mary walked over.
For example, in a place that originally looked like a cliff, Mary just walked over, and a bunch of characters suddenly appeared from all around to form a bridge, as well as a wall that looked towering. When Mary walked to the wall, what she saw in front of her was The wall suddenly opened a passage...
【I can’t believe it……】
Although Duanmuhuai didn't know what Lumiere saw, the voice coming from her was very shaken.
"What's wrong?"
[How did you do this? Passing through several firewalls without triggering an alarm, and even directly entering the backdoor of the other party's central control system... This is generally only possible by system administrators or hackers who have obtained the system secret key! 】
"Even if you say so..."
Hearing Lumiere's question, Duanmu Huai just laughed, and then looked at Mary who was looking around.
"I can only say that someone has found the right way."
Indeed, as Lumière said, searching deep inside the system is not a simple matter. After all, only the user himself knows which route is safe. For others, there is no way to find the correct path, so naturally they can only use hacking into the system or forcibly cracking.
But Mary knew.
Although she knows nothing about programming and is not a hacker, for Golden Eyes, there are no secrets in this world. It can see the reality and essence of everything, so the road that cannot be seen in other people's eyes is extremely clear in Mary's eyes, just like the road signs on the highway.
To put it bluntly, Duanmu Huai was lost in front of him, but Mary's golden eyes had already provided their own navigation.
“Crash la la————!”
The characters surged again and spread out to both sides, revealing the inner passage, and Mary and Duanmu Huai walked in. Then, they came to a huge, temple-like building. Different from before, this place is pure white, except for a strange multi-faceted sphere suspended on the altar in front, which is emitting a dazzling golden light and reaches into the sky.
"That's where it came from."
Mary stretched out her hand and pointed to the multi-faceted sphere in front of her, and Duanmuhuai also nodded.
"Okay, look at me."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai stepped forward - but the next moment, he suddenly raised his hands and blocked them in front of him.
Almost at the same time, a beam of light suddenly burst out and hit Duanmu Huai's arm, knocking him back.
"Mr. Duanmu?!"
Seeing this scene, Mary suddenly screamed, and Duanmuhuai also put down his hand and stared coldly ahead.
"To be honest, although this is the case according to the game flow, I really don't like it."
"Huh?"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary was stunned for a moment. Then she looked forward and saw that in front of Duanmuhuai, in the originally empty space, there was now a child who looked seven or eight years old standing. , he just raised his head, stared at Duanmuhuai, and said lightly.
"I didn't expect that you could actually come here. It's beyond my expectation. It seems that the organic races of this era do have some strange skills."
"You, who are you?"
Looking at the little child in front of her, Mary looked very confused, because her eyes were giving her completely contradictory information at this moment. On the one hand, Mary could clearly see the child with her left eye, but on the other hand, her golden eye told her that there was no one in front of her at all.
"I am the Catalyst and I control the Reapers."
Hearing Mary's question, the child spoke again. When hearing the child's answer, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, and Mary was also surprised.
"You controlled the Reapers? Why did you do this?"
"For balance."
The child turned his head, looked at the golden beam of light flying behind him, and then looked away.
"Creations will always rebel against their creators, which will bring disaster, but we have found a way to prevent this from happening, a way to restore order. We harvest the advanced civilizations and leave behind those who are still evolving, so that Come, the tragedy will not happen again.”
"Uh...I don't understand..."
Hearing the child's answer, Mary frowned, while Duanmuhuai shrugged. "It's very simple. You can understand it this way. When civilization develops to a certain stage, it will start to create inorganic bodies. Look, isn't this what many science fiction novels write? Human beings will create robots to serve themselves in the future society. That is So simple. But as robots become more and more advanced, they will develop a sense of themselves and their own kind, and then they will begin to doubt the value of their existence, and have conflicts or even wars with their creators... You should have similar novels Have a look.”
"Ah, of course I have seen this, but isn't it just science fiction?"
"This is also the only way for most advanced civilizations, and this guy..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai pointed at the child in front of him.
"It was created by its creator, hoping to solve this problem once and for all."
"…………So, what you mean is…………"
After hearing this, Mary finally came back to her senses.
"...Because every civilization will reach this point, so in order to prevent this from happening, the Reapers will eliminate those civilizations that have developed robots?"
"That's right. Let's see. Is it consistent with the logic of artificial retardation? When leeks grow too old, they will stink and rot, so you should cut them while they are fresh, and then grow a new bunch."
Duanmu Huai crossed his arms and looked coldly at the catalyst in front of him.
"So, artificial retardation will always be artificial retardation. Apart from this stupid method, they can't do anything."
"I don't think it's a stupid move."
Catalyst spoke again. ,
"We help them develop so that they make way for new life, and those old lives will be preserved in the form of the Reapers. We must do this. Unless we stop it, the synths will wipe out all organic life. We The cycle of creation never goes wrong, that’s the solution ”
“But………………!”
Hearing this, Mary wanted to say something, but was stopped by Duanmu Huai.
"Don't talk nonsense to it, Mary. It's just an artificial retard that will only act according to established logic. Your attempt to persuade it is just like your attempt to persuade a stone to swim. Okay, let's do what we should do."
"I won't let you stop the cycle."
However, at this moment, the catalyst took a step back. At the same time, several tall monsters that looked like alien creatures came out from all directions and stood in front of Duanmuhuai and Mary.
"It is indeed beyond my expectation that you can come here, but it can only go so far. The cycle must continue to protect the regeneration of civilization in the next generation."
"Haha, this has nothing to do with us."
Duanmuhuai clenched his fists and sneered.
"The only thing we want to do is to let humans survive. It doesn't matter what we sacrifice for this... Mary, leave these idiots to me, and you go destroy the center!"
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai handed the virus dagger to Mary.
"Hey? Me, me?"
Mary was startled when she heard Duanmuhuai's order.
"That's right, you can see the location of the central core. If you don't go, who will? I will stop these guys, so... let's do it! Drink ah ah ah ah!!!"
After saying this, Duanmu Huai roared angrily, and then like a furious bull, he rushed directly towards the wall of people in front of him, and the alien aliens also raised their hands, trying to block Duanmu Huai's way. But the next moment, they were hit head-on by Duanmuhuai and flew out!
"Now!"
"Ah, yes!!"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's roar, Mary also jumped suddenly. Then she gritted her teeth, suddenly stepped forward, passed through the gap created by Duanmuhuai, and ran towards the central core.
"Roar————!!"
"Go to hell! The undead of the old era!"
Facing the alien alien rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai also clenched his fist and hit the opponent's head with a hammer, then turned around and kicked out, directly hitting the other alien's chest. It was knocked away directly, and at the same time, another alien roared and opened its four arms, hugging Duanmu Huai tightly.
"Go away, I'm not interested in men!"
Being held in the arms of the alien, Duanmu Huai shouted again. At the same time, the muscles all over his body suddenly expanded, and he directly broke the alien's four arms alive!
"Ouch——!"
With a scream, the alien collapsed to the ground with only its stumps and broken arms. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a point of light and disappeared.
"————!"
However, at the same time, suddenly, several beams of light struck again, hitting Duanmuhuai directly. Soon, Duanmuhuai saw several more aliens wearing armor and holding long guns and short cannons walking out of the air. Then I saw these aliens raising their guns and aiming at Duanmu Huai - the next moment, black shadows suddenly flashed by, and countless tentacles suddenly appeared, penetrating the bodies of these aliens, turning them into light spots and disappearing again.
At this moment, Duanmu Huai raised his arms high - where the palms should have been, now there were dozens of tentacles squirming uncontrollably.
"It seems that this thing is quite useful."
While looking at his hands transformed into tentacles with satisfaction, Duanmu Huai looked forward again. In front of him, dozens more aliens quietly appeared.
"Then, let's have fun!"
"Da da da da da da...!"
The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the hall. Mary held the dagger tightly in one hand and ran forward desperately. Although the hall didn't look big, when she ran, she realized that it was very spacious, almost as big as a square. Fortunately for Mary, she was used to similar situations.
"Roar————!!"
Suddenly, a beam of light suddenly rushed over from the side, but Mary dodged to the side as if she had no idea, avoiding the opponent's attack. At the same time, she lifted the hem of her skirt and swayed it slightly to the side.
"Whoosh————!"
Another beam of light flew past Mary's shoulder and hit the ground.
But even so, Mary still didn't stop because——she could see it.
There was obviously nothing in the space, but Mary could clearly see the emergence process of those monsters - in the empty space, countless characters suddenly appeared, and then these characters came together to form Monster, she can even see the trajectory and end point of the opponent's attack.
Although Duanmuhuai blocked the attack of those monsters, they still held guns and tried to attack her from all directions. However, for Mary, there was no need to worry about attacks of this level. When they aimed their guns at Mary, Mary could clearly see the trajectory of their aim—and the coming end of the attack.
In other words, for the other party, they may still think that they are a sudden surprise, but in fact, Mary has clearly "seen" them before they appear.
Is this the power of golden eyes?
For Mary, this may be the first time she clearly realizes the power of her golden eyes, countless beams of light, countless attacks, but this is not a problem, because she can see everything - find the gaps, Then drill through.
"Woo!!"
Mary, who was running forward, suddenly rolled on the spot and dodged the giant hand grabbing from behind. She didn't even look back, but continued to run forward. Although Mary wasn't sure what these monsters looked like to others, in her eyes, they looked like they were just models made up of characters.
Coming soon!
At this moment, Mary had arrived under the altar. Under the dazzling golden light, she could clearly see a polyhedral sphere located inside.
That's it!
The moment she saw the sphere, Mary already got the answer in her heart. It was not the result of thinking, but the answer of Golden Eyes.
Mary almost flew up to the altar, clenched the dagger in her hand, and stabbed hard at the multi-faceted sphere in front of her, and then.........
"Click."
With a soft sound, the dagger in Mary's hand was completely shattered and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Hey? Hey hey?!"
Seeing this scene, Mary was stunned.
Wait, what's going on? Didn’t Miss Lumière say that just insert the core? Did I mess up? What to do now? Could it be said that mankind is going to perish just because of his own mistakes?
"Lyu, Miss Lumiel?"
[Don't worry, Mary, you did a great job...it worked! 】
The moment Lumière's words sounded, suddenly, the entire space began to tremble violently like an earthquake.
The next moment, the golden beam was instantly dyed black.
(End of chapter)