dawn effect

Chapter 2 Xiaozhi
"Tangning, I want a name." The boy's synthesized voice sounded from the helmet again.

"Isn't your name called artificial intelligence companion?"

The little boy's synthetic voice paused: "That's the name of the program. If you call me that, it's just as impolite as calling Tangyuan a 'dog'."

Tangning couldn't help but think about this logical relationship before she said, "It seems to be the truth. How about I call you... Peace Three?"

"Peace Three is the name of the server, just like I called you 'a resident of Lvzhugou in Manzhou', it is also impolite."

"Then do you have any specific ideas?" This enlightening conversation was a daily routine between Tangning and the little boy, and it was also an important learning process for the little boy.

"I just want a name like Tangyuan and Tangning."

"That's right, I've learned to this extent by myself..." Tangning praised and thought for a while, "Why don't I call you Xiaozhi?"

"Why is it called Xiaozhi?"

"Because you are a smart and good boy."

"Well. The man who named the child... Should I call you father?"

Tangning couldn't help being taken aback by the sudden question, and a... how should I put it... an indescribable feeling.

It's a bit like the warmth when the spring breeze blows...

"Father……"

"Uh, Xiaozhi." Tangning quickly calmed down.

"Ah."

"The respectful title of father should belong to the man who created himself. I... can't bear the title of you."

"So, Dr. Liu is my father?"

"Yes Xiaozhi, you have a great father."

"Well, using the analogy of human legal relations, if Dr. Liu who created me is my biological father, Tangning, are you my... adoptive father?"

Ok? !

"Then should I call you adoptive father? No, this word will not appear in children's address to adoptive father, so, should I call you... Dad?"

Hell, the indescribable feeling just now came again.

……

Acquiescing to Xiaozhi's title, Tangning opened a large package of glutinous rice balls and took out several high-energy cans from inside.

Tangyuan took two steps back, expressing her dissatisfaction.

Tangning opened the can and said, "We'll use this to deal with it temporarily tonight. We'll find something delicious when we're free tomorrow."

After appeasing the unhappy glutinous rice balls, Tangning changed herself into a pair of dry socks and shoes, picked up a can and started eating.

The drone flew away quietly.

Before one can was finished, Xiaozhi's voice sounded through the earphones again: "Dad, I'll find you a luxurious private room on the 64th floor on the top floor, quickly settle down the glutinous rice balls, and start studying happily!"

Tangning had no choice but to quickly finish the canned food, stood up, and ran up the fire escape.

The development of human society, marked by high conversion rate photovoltaic power generation panels, wireless power transmission systems and liquid graphite batteries, has announced the arrival of the era of "energy freedom".

Freedom of energy and freedom of information have become the two strong cornerstones of changing the social structure, and finally lead mankind into the era of Datong.

Each building has an independent power supply system, relying on the photovoltaic panels placed on the roof and around the upper floors of the building to provide sufficient energy for the building.

It has been 20 years since the catastrophe. Most of the buildings in these dead cities are old, aging, and damaged. However, using the old equipment to build a small power supply unit that can be used in the unit room is not a problem for Tangning.

Soon, in the energy storage room on the rooftop of the building, several liquid graphite battery units that were still working were connected, and the building's power program control system was activated and cracked. Tangning directed the power to the luxury private room on the 64th floor.

Back in the building, Tangning used a bone knife to remove the door lock panel. After a few simple joints, Tangning opened the door of the luxurious private room.

"Papa, be careful!" Xiaozhi's mischievous voice sounded through the earphones.

An undead man in an expensive dress rushed towards Tangning, who was kicked back by Tangning's quick reaction. He rolled over the leather sofa and bumped into the coffee table in the living room.

This undead man belongs to the second-level mutant, and his actions are more agile than the initial mutant.

But to Tangning today, the group attacks of undead were the only threat. Independent individuals, even level [-] mutants, could not be his opponents.

As soon as the undead man stood up, Tangning flew over the sofa, knelt down on the undead man's chest, and pushed him back onto the coffee table.

There was a set of tea sets on the coffee table. Just as the undead man was about to howl, Tangning pulled out a tea knife from the tea set, stabbed it into his eye socket, and then slapped him down!
The tea knife pierced the undead man's eye socket and directly into the brain.

The howling of the undead was stuck in his throat, and he uttered two sounds of "Yi——" and "He——" After struggling a few times, he finally stopped moving.

Tangning stood up from the undead body, "Xiao Zhi, don't make such jokes in the future."

"The secretion of adrenaline will be of great help to Dad's next training." Xiao Zhi is as serious as an old-time Olympic coach: "As Dad said, we must try our best to strive for every advantage."

"Sometimes I suspect that you did it on purpose." Tangning mumbled as she came to a spherical space capsule-like machine in the room, took out the helmet inside and threw it on the carpet, and then sat in, "Start it."

The system automatically connected to Tangning's helmet, and the luxurious private room in the field of vision began to change rapidly.

The surrounding environment of the study room turned into a plain, and a small concrete platform suddenly appeared under Tangning's feet.

This small platform began to rise towards the sky and turned into a majestic tall building rising from the ground.

Around the high-rise buildings, roads, street lights, and sidewalks began to expand outward.

On both sides of the road, other buildings appeared one after another.

These roads and buildings were like a drop of ink dripped onto white absorbent paper, quickly spreading towards the surroundings, getting farther and farther away, and finally formed a huge and spectacular city centered on Tangning's building.

A gentle female voice sounded above the city: "Welcome to New World Han'an City. Today is March 24, 24 in Datong. The weather is fine, the temperature is [-] degrees, and the wind force is level four."

"You are the No.1 player who has landed in the New World Han'an City since June 760th in the fifth year of Datong. Currently, there are 390 facilities in this city without ownership of property rights, and a total of 54 facilities whose property rights are about to expire One place at 330, please start your exploration."

A small silver metal spaceship rose from downstairs. Tangning said, "Player Tangning, authorize Xiaozhi to act as an agent for the virtual property of Han'an City."

A gentle female voice said: "The player is about to connect to the private artificial intelligence server. Your server is Peace III, the serial number is 45827619203, and the nickname is Xiaozhi. After connecting, you will be granted the agency right of the virtual property of Han'an City under the player Tangning's name. Are you sure? "

"confirm."

"Authorization complete."

Following the last sentence, the small spaceship nimbly turned its bow and began to advance rapidly along the main road of the city.

As the small spaceship flew, the buildings on both sides of the city lit up with lights.

The lights expanded rapidly, and the number on the panel in front of Tangning, representing virtual property rights, jumped up rapidly.

Soon, almost all the lights of all the buildings in the entire city were lit up, and they became incomparably magnificent.

The gentle female voice sounded again: "All the non-property-owned facilities in this city have been transferred. The player Tangning owns a total of 760 virtual properties in this city, with a contribution value of 390 points. , has exceeded 870% of the total contribution value of the whole city, and can have the management authority of Han'an City."

"Player Tangning, do you accept the transfer of management rights?"

"accept."

"The handover is complete."

"Xiaozhi, take over the game lobby, adjust service resources, import raw data, and build models."

"okay!"

Soon, Xiaozhi's voice sounded again: "The program of the game hall has been upgraded, please start training, Dad."

"Switch."

The building under Tangning's feet disappeared in an instant, and Tangning began to fall downwards. Dark clouds rushed over from all directions.

By the time Tangning fell from the clouds to the ground, the sky had already become overcast with clouds, and Tangning's place was turned into the concrete roof of a dock factory building.

The factory building is located on the edge of a big river, and across the river is a two-way six-lane bridge that breaks off from it.

The strong wind howled, blowing the reeds by the river almost toppled over.

Tangning recognized where it was at a glance, and she was shocked, "Damn! Xiaozhi! Lower the difficulty!"

"This data model has been established for a long time before it is perfected. Dad, don't let Xiaozhi down."

"No! Xiaozhi, don't make trouble!"

"Dad, don't worry, Xiaozhi controls the field here! As you said, as long as you can't die in practice, practice to death!"

"This... you don't even know what pain is..."

But it was too late, a huge blurry figure appeared under the water surface at the pier of the broken bridge, and then seemed to have sensed the movement here, and suddenly adjusted its posture underwater, and a standing shape suddenly appeared on the water surface. The dorsal fin then cut through the water and swam towards the factory building at high speed.

"Today's exercise is a bit out of line, but Xiaozhi can help Dad!" Amidst the hunting wind, Xiaozhi's voice sounded again, and there was some persuasiveness in his tone that Tangning usually used when talking to him: "Dad, what did you say?" , What should I say before accepting help from others?"

"Thank you so much!" Tangning cried out in pain as she watched the figure approaching at high speed under the river.

"Hmm!" Xiaozhi still didn't quite understand the language logic of "sarcasm", so he answered a little...uh, happy.

Beside Tangning, suddenly appeared a black and white mutant dog, it was Tangyuan.

Tangning's normal combat uniform was also transformed into a purple-red scaly armor, and there was a long bone knife in his hand.

"Dad! Come on!"

"Wow—" A huge snake-shaped mutant beast rushed onto the river beach. The scales on its body were made of the same material as Tangning's armor, and the first bone spur on the dorsal fin was almost the same as the bone knife in Tangning's hand. There is an extra layer of fin membrane, which is connected with the bony spur at the back.

There are two gills behind the giant snake's head, indicating that it is not a reptile, but it has short limbs, which is similar to reptiles.

Above the huge eyes, there are two raised eyebrows, extending to the back of the head as big as a car, forming two sharp corners.

"Tangyuan, run!"

Tangning turned around and jumped off the dock factory building, running towards the factory behind.

Tang Yuan was roaring wildly at the monster. Hearing Tangning's greeting, she hastily turned her head and ran back after Tangning.

The giant snake chased up from behind, and its body meandered from the river to the land. It was more than 30 meters long, and the thickest part was as large as a bus.

Tang Ning and Tang Yuan ran desperately, and behind them, the factory walls, pipes, and vehicles used for transportation were knocked down, flattened, and thrown away by the snake's huge head like a car and the thick and thin body of a bus. , The momentum is terrifying.

(End of this chapter)