Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 927
Ke Lan thought about it quickly, and then asked: "The person who modified your underlying program and made you work for the great god, is he still alive?"

Nieto didn't answer.

"Where is he now?" Ke Lan changed the question.

Nieto still didn't answer.

It should be that the way I ask questions is wrong. To deal with this kind of artificial mental retardation, one should find a way to bypass its security logic. The same question should be raised in another way.

"The person who modified your underlying program is the master of this Hive City, right?"

"Yes... Only the owner of the hive capital has the authority to modify the underlying program of the manager." Nieto replied very "honestly".

This answer was expected by Ke Lan. After all, the managers are the "second class" in the hive capital, and only the supreme "first class" can control it.

"The owner of the hive capital, he is still alive, right?"

Nieto didn't answer.

Ke Lan realized that he might have made a mistake—Nieto's definition of survival and death was quite special, and the eroded people in Heruni were equivalent to dead people in the eyes of Nieto, even though they still had their identity at that time. human consciousness.

If it is said that this nest has been baptized by "disaster", then there is a high probability that the owner of the nest will not be able to survive alone - if he had not been eroded, he would not have changed Nieto's underlying program to this.

If the owner of the hive capital has turned into a corroded corpse, then in Nieto's perception, he cannot be counted as alive.

Following this line of thought, Ke Lan asked again: "The master of the hive capital, he still controls everything in the hive capital, right?"

"Yes, he is watching every movement you make now."

It seems that the owner of the Hive City, he should still be "alive", relying on Nieto to silently watch everything that happened in the Hive City... But, if he has the right to control the Hive City, why doesn't he control his actions? How about interfering?

If he was corrupted and became a servant of a great god, then he should try his best to kill himself after discovering his "mistake". How could he let himself come and go freely in the hive capital?

Could it be that, like Nieto, the owner of this hive capital has lost control of the hive capital?

This guess is very likely, because the question Ke Lan asked was "he still controls everything in the hive capital", and Nieto's answer was "he is watching every action you make now".

Being able to observe does not mean being able to control...

Nieto is just an artificial intelligence. From the fact that he can't ask the most important things from his mouth, it seems that he should find a way to get in touch with the owner of this hive city... No matter whether the other party has become a corroded body or not, there is This attempt is necessary.

Ke Lan even made a decision in his heart - if the owner of this hive city cannot communicate, he will use the living armor to swallow him up, to see if he can get something from the remaining memory of the other party.

"The master of the hive capital, he is in Yunding now, right?" Before starting to act, Ke Lan planned to get some more information from Nieto.

"The master of the hive capital will never leave Yunding," Nieto replied.

Never leave Genting?

What does it mean?
Originally, Ke Lan just wanted to confirm whether his guess was accurate. Even if Nieto didn’t answer, he could roughly know the answer—except for Yunding, the owner of the hive capital has nowhere to go—but now, Nieto’s sentence What he said made Ke Lan a little confused.

Forever...that's a very strict word...

Will the owner of the hive capital not leave Yunding, or will he not be able to leave?
Could it be that he, like Nieto, turned into a big lump of rotten meat and lost his ability to move?

Ke Lan couldn't help but see the scene when he saw Chiron for the first time... If Chiron didn't die later, his body would probably expand further until it filled the entire South Sixteenth District...

"The passage to the top of the cloud is right under the ground?" Ke Lan said.

Nieto didn't answer, but Ke Lan knew that he guessed right.

He took a step forward, and the pile of squirming pink flesh immediately retreated a large distance, almost retracting into the passage.

"Wait!" Nieto yelled, "You can't kill me!"

"Why?" Ke Lan looked playfully at the pink piece of meat in front of him. The wriggling of the piece of meat seemed to be shaking, and he could clearly feel the emotion that symbolized "fear".

Although this "fear" is also an emotion simulated by the personification module of artificial intelligence, in the underlying program of artificial intelligence, the priority of "self-preservation" will definitely not be low.

In the old era, there was a man named Asimov who once proposed the "Three Laws of Robotics":
"First Law: A robot shall not injure a human being, or stand by while a human being is threatened."

"Second Law: A robot must obey orders given to it by man, except when such orders conflict with the First Law."

"Third Law: A robot shall ensure its own survival as far as possible without violating the First and Second Laws."

Although the so-called first and second laws have become empty talk after robots are put into war in later generations, the "third law" of robots has always been written in the underlying program of every device with artificial intelligence.

Even those military robots that charge into battle must know how to avoid fire blockade and bombing on the battlefield, and make reasonable use of bunkers to ensure that they do not "die" before completing their goals.

The current version of the three laws of robotics may be more accurate if it is changed to two laws:

"First law: A robot must fulfill the instructions given by its controller."

"Second Law: A robot must ensure its own survival as much as possible before completing the instructions; after completing the instructions, if possible, it should also ensure its own survival as much as possible."

Ke Lan was not surprised that Nieto would be "afraid of death".

"You can't kill me." Nieto emphasized again, "I know that you were almost wiped out by the will of the great god just now, and you used a special method to deceive his sight...but if you Kill me, the wisp of thought that the great god left in the hive capital will be touched, no matter how you pretend, it is impossible to deceive him again."

"Really?" Ke Lan took another step forward, and Nieto's body had all retracted into the passage.

"If you are not afraid of death, you can try, but I suggest you better not do that." Nieto threatened.

"Don't you really want me to die? Why, you don't even have the courage to die with me?" Ke Lan pressed Nieto and followed inside the passage.

This is a slanted downward step, and the space is very spacious, but most of the space has been occupied by foamy pink tissues... It's just that these pink tissues are like snow that melts when heated, and Ke Lan is like a flaming torch. Every time he takes a step forward, the surrounding pink organization will retreat quickly to make room for it.

Nieto didn't speak, and Ke Lan continued on his own: "Actually, the probability is not [-]%, right? It's only [-]%, or even lower? If I kill you, I won't necessarily attract the attention of that existence. Even you can't guarantee it, after all, you are just a program without a soul."

Nieto: "..."

"If it's a [-]% probability, no, it doesn't even have to be that high, as long as it can exceed half the probability, with your program logic, you will let me kill you without hesitation... From this point of view, in your calculation, The probability of dying with me is really low..."

Nieto continued to remain silent, but when Ke Lan walked forward, it retreated faster, as if Ke Lan had a virus that could kill it.

"But I don't have to kill you, as long as you take me to Yunding." Ke Lan said, throwing the engineer shovel out of his hand, and plunged it into a mass of pink flesh, and bright blood gushed out instantly .

A tentacle condensed from living armor flew out, entangled the handle of the engineer shovel, and pulled it back, while the wound on the pink flesh was torn to three times its original size , The blood soared like a smashed high-pressure faucet.

"I can't let you enter Yunding, my duty is to guard this hive." Nieto refused.

"Guard the Hive City? Are you sure your duty is not to give your life to that god of shit? Oh, you don't even dare to sell your life, you're so cowardly." Although he knew that it was useless to mock an artificial mentally retarded person, Ke Lan's words It's still not merciful at all-it may not be useful to be angry with the other party, but it can make yourself feel better, and that's enough.

Ke Lan hit another shovel, and the blood spurting from Nieto's body had already pooled on the ground, even reaching Ke Lan's instep.

Nieto originally had the ability to heal quickly, but Ke Lan found that as long as he attached his spiritual power to the weapon, the wound would have the ability to resist self-healing, as if there were a pair of invisible hands left on the wound It's like pulling the wound hard to the sides...

Not only can it make it difficult for the wound to heal, but if it is dealing with those creatures that feel pain, it can also amplify the pain of the wound several times.

Ke Lan continued to walk forward, the steps had disappeared, replaced by a huge underground space - this place should have been an archive or a computer room, but now it has been occupied by the infinitely proliferating Nieto's body , those wriggling pink tissues filled the entire space to the brim.

The underground space of the ring city is also like this. Those relic hunters are facing such a scene-this kind of organization itself is not lethal, but it has the ability to make people fall into hallucinations. Those relic hunters who died underground in the ring city , half of them committed suicide, and the other half were killed by other hunters who fell into the illusion.

It's just that after Ke Lan fused with that "body", his mental strength has risen to an unprecedented level. He can perceive that Nieto has been trying to implant hallucinations in his brain, but those hallucinations have not yet Any picture that can be formed in Ke Lan's mind will be directly torn apart by Ke Lan's mind defense barrier.

It's like installing an invincible anti-virus software. Those illusions implanted in the brain are like virus programs written by hackers. Before they can spread, they are isolated, blocked and then deleted... This is Nieto's last The deadly method is also the most useless method for Ke Lan.

There are no markers in the underground space, plus Nieto's body is only visible in the field of vision. It is very easy for ordinary people to lose their way when walking in it, but fortunately, Ke Lan's mental power is strong enough. A three-dimensional image of a part of the underground space will be generated, and the travel route can be almost accurate to centimeters, ensuring that there will be no deviation in every step.

However, Ke Lan is not walking in a straight line, but a reciprocating search route, just like engineers sweeping mines, he advances into the depths of the underground space in an S-shaped route, first chooses a direction on one side, and walks all the way to the end. Make sure not to miss an inch of space before turning around and walking the other side.

Finally, after searching a space of almost [-] square meters, Ke Lan found a metal cylinder - Nieto's body was always kept a few meters away from this cylinder, as if there was a circle of restrictions around the cylinder. , preventing it from approaching the general.

Without Nieto talking, Ke Lan knew that this column must be the passage to the top of the cloud—the Nieto in the lower city said that as the second-level managers, they themselves have no right to enter the top of the cloud.Yunding is a territory that belongs only to the hive master, and anyone, including these artificial intelligences, is strictly prohibited from entering it.

Ke Lan walked in front of the cylinder and walked around the cylinder. At this moment, Nieto's voice sounded again: "I suggest you not enter the cloud top."

"Why?" Ke Lan turned to Nieto curiously, "From our standpoint, why shouldn't you use the word 'suggestion'?"

"Because of the influence of the residual power of the great god, the space and time in Yunding are in a highly chaotic state. You may be killed instantly if you enter, but it may also cause the power sealed in Yunding to leak out, destroying the entire lair. They were all destroyed...Using human allusions, Yunding at this time is a Pandora's box, and before opening, no one knows what will come out of it." Nieto said.

"Space and time are in a highly chaotic state? What kind of chaos, can you describe it to me?" Ke Lan reached out and stroked the surface of the metal cylinder - the texture of this metal is very strange, it is obviously hard, but it feels like It is a liquid rather than a solid. Ke Lan can even feel the surface of the metal cylinder sticking tightly to his palm prints, but when he wants to press down hard, his palm is hard to press down.

"There are some places on the top of the cloud where the time is normal, and some places are at the moment when His power came 50 years ago..."

"His power...refers to disaster, right?"

[PS I wish you all a happy new year in 2023. 】

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