I upgrade points in the Holy Inquisition

Chapter 627 629. Suddenly getting hot?

Lloyd's speculation was indeed a bit outrageous and unrestrained, and there was no basis for it. Soon even he himself was overturning this overly bold assumption.

A civilization whose overall technology was still in the first engineering era suddenly broke out into an "intelligent machine crisis". No matter how you think about it, it's a bit too much.

And even if you take a step back, although this world has the technical strength to produce high-performance and high-intelligence AI, and even if he is still in love with one of them, the entire world does not have the basic conditions for the outbreak of an "intelligent machine crisis", so there is no need to worry too much about this.

Especially after the absence of the species of the devil, even if all the densely packed stuff in the storage area is released, the number is not enough to conquer human civilization, even at the current stage of human civilization.

So Lloyd changed his mind and pondered the origin of the large number of mechanical soldiers.

According to the professors of engineering, these robots were not produced by the autonomous array, but the engineering department had already started producing these things before the outbreak of the doomsday.

This sounds strange. Mizzkatoke, which has always regarded itself as an academic institution, is preparing a bunch of war weapons. It doesn't seem right no matter how you think about it.

Although from the development of the plot later, this can be regarded as "preparing for a rainy day" to some extent, it just didn't come in handy, and Mizzkatoke fell first...

However, according to Lloyd's current understanding, mental pollution is the final emergency measure of the "good brothers" to deal with the "reduction" of high-level existence. It suddenly came when no one had any signs. Even Mizzkatoke, who is at the forefront of the times, could not foresee this scene.

Otherwise, the entire college would not have fallen to the point where it is today.

If it is said that it was influenced by Lloyd and believed that robots should be relied on to fight against the ancient gods, there are also inexplicable places.

For example, these mechanical soldiers are obviously not the same as the extra-large ones; for example, the professors who believed in the contents of the "Book of Madness" were not all at that time, and they have been facing various oppositions and obstacles.

So after denying his own question, Lloyd couldn't help but be very curious. What are these large numbers of mechanical soldiers prepared in advance going to deal with?

He discussed this issue with several professors such as Toledo, and the results obtained in the end were also varied.

Some said that this was just a verification to test whether Mizkatok had the ability to prepare an army in a short period of time to resist foreign enemies;

Some said that the financial situation of the college was not very optimistic at the time, so someone secretly took over the "order" from the outside world to produce this kind of weapon for them;

Some people naively believed that it was because the college was short of manpower and needed to use these mechanical soldiers as "Palu" to supplement the labor force.

Finally, who is this naive guy, you don't need to name it...

In short, these unresolved issues need further exploration.

However, the college still hasn't come up with an analysis report, so Lloyd and his team can only continue to wait.

Every day, I fish, play "puzzles", and absorb some engineering knowledge.

When I get angry with the fish, I go to the living area to find the "seniors" to vent my anger.

Life was quite leisurely, but Lloyd did not give up improving himself and made up for a lot of basic knowledge in engineering.

With the help of 10,500 points of [Cognition] attribute, high cognitive level, and [Focus on Learning] skills, his current engineering attainments can be considered as entry-level.

At least he can design some simple mechanical devices, repair household appliances, and even make some innovative kitchen utensils.

Not to mention compared with Toledo, at least if he goes to the engineering or mechanical design disciplines of other universities, it will not be a big problem to graduate with an undergraduate degree.

Unfortunately, he was unable to comprehend the corresponding skills, and even did not get any skill fragments...

In fact, Lloyd could roughly feel that there should have been some, even very strong skill fragments such as "Mechanical Domination" and "Engineering Domination".

But with [Space Domination] already, there is really no way to obtain a second domination skill.

It's not that he didn't work hard or that "The Book of Madness" was not powerful, but it was restricted by some underlying rules of the world.

It can be said that this is the limit of himself and "The Book of Madness".

Although it was a pity, there was nothing he could do. He couldn't tear it up and rewrite it, right?

And if he had to choose between [Space Domination] and [Machine Domination], Lloyd would definitely prefer [Space Domination].

In short, after a few days of temporary repairs, Lloyd finally received the preliminary report from the academy.

In short, his previous speculation was correct. The autonomous array was indeed still functioning, and its performance was even better than the best expectations before. Not only was it not affected by the fall of the academy, it even improved itself and was slightly stronger than before?

But the problem was that it was so much beyond expectations that it seemed weird...

Especially the self-improvement part, which made the academy begin to doubt whether the autonomous array had evolved self-awareness. If so, what kind of self-awareness was it?

But they speculated that this self-awareness should have been awakened slowly over a long period of time, rather than being present from the beginning as Lloyd had boldly guessed before.

In short, the autonomous array has indeed become different from what is recorded in the literature, and it is not clear whether such a change is good or bad.

As for whether to continue the exploration, the college is also divided into two factions. The one led by Toledo suggested suspending the exploration and returning immediately for safety reasons;

But the old professors of another faction hope that Lloyd and his team can continue at the risk of conquering and recovering the autonomous array.

Neither side can convince the other in a short time, so the decision is handed over to Lloyd.

"What else is there to say? Go on, otherwise I will not be willing to return empty-handed after wasting time these days."

"But..."

"Okay, okay, I know you are worried about my safety, but didn't I say it before? I have a space storm as a backup. When the situation is really out of control, I will completely destroy it."

So, the exploration of the core area was restarted again.

……………………

"How is it?"

"Safe!"

"Safe!"

"They really can't see us anymore, this is amazing!"

"Do you know how powerful our [Distortion] department is? Everyone is welcome to apply."

This time, Lloyd went back to the storage area with full preparation, and he would not be as flustered as before.

Through the engineering knowledge that he had learned before, Lloyd could understand the research reports and inventory documents on mechanical soldiers brought back by Toledo, and figured out their search principles.

Although it is a very ancient model, it is very powerful in this regard. It can be said that all the means imaginable are used, such as temperature sensing, spiritual power fluctuation sensing, visual and auditory recognition, etc.

There are even special models that are responsible for monitoring heartbeat and breathing. As long as a person is alive, it is impossible to escape their sight.

And they are in a state of "networking" with each other. Even if they are discovered by an ordinary freight robot, their whereabouts will be exposed.

It can be said that all kinds of "stealth" equipment at this stage cannot deal with such comprehensive monitoring and perception methods.

As for the previous encounter, they simply had no hostility towards Lloyd and his group of "invaders", otherwise they would have surrounded them when they landed in the outer storage area.

Since the opponent's monitoring methods and situational awareness capabilities are so amazing, Lloyd has to use the power of [Distortion] and [Veto].

Although [Distortion] and [Veto] do not have much effect on those mechanical soldiers, they can have a great impact on their own people.

Then combine the two powers to create a perfect stealth area!

Not only is physical invisibility created through light distortion, but even subtle fluctuations such as breathing and heartbeat are automatically distorted and will not be transmitted.

Coupled with the cooperation of [Veto], these subtle fluctuations are directly [Veto]ed, and a perfect stealth area is created.

As long as there is no physical contact with the opponent, it will definitely not be discovered. Even if it gets close to a mechanical soldier, it will not react.

Of course, this also brought a lot of burden to Lloyd, but fortunately, his basic attributes were high enough, his spiritual power and inspiration were sufficient, and with the help of equipment and potions, he could still hold on to the situation.

After returning to the core storage area again, the scene here was still as "lively" as before. The robots stood still in place, but there was no movement on their bodies, as if they had entered a certain energy-saving state.

But they returned to their previous positions, still densely packed in the square, surrounding the portal where Lloyd and others had retreated before, as if they had guessed that the invaders would definitely come back.

So even if these things couldn't find Lloyd and others for the time being, they blocked the way, and it was difficult to leave without touching them.

Fortunately, this didn't bother Lloyd, and he just opened the portals one by one.

However, when he was calculating the coordinates, Professor Latio suddenly proposed an interesting conjecture:

"Why do you think they would leave such a gap for us to stand?"

He pointed to the area where everyone was currently located, just below the flashy giant robot, covered by the shadow cast by its huge body.

"Hmm? Isn't it because we ran fast enough that they didn't have time to approach us?"

Toledo in the [Silhouette] form said curiously, but after a closer look, he found something wrong.

Because behind the circle of robots closest to him, and the crowded layers, the details of the positions were much denser than those farther away, which surrounded them.

But in the slightly farther area, each robot still maintained the most accurate and rigorous spacing, and the positions were neat and tidy, unlike the dense and messy ones here.

This is enough to show that their actions are very regular and they will automatically maintain a certain neat queue.

So the mess in the near distance looked a bit strange, as if the mechanical soldiers in front were forced to stop, and the ones behind squeezed in again.

"It's a bit strange indeed, but professor, you can even notice such details?"

Lloyd also noticed it, temporarily stopped the calculation at hand, and asked.

"It's all thanks to you, right? Some of the scenes you designed are full of very detailed puzzle elements. If you don't pay attention, you will miss the opportunity to get a high score, so it also trained my observation ability in this regard."

"Uh... okay, sorry, some of the designs are indeed my bad taste..."

Lloyd said a little embarrassedly, thinking of the various puzzle elements he added to the trial, which were more or less referenced from the bad taste of various similar games on Earth.

Unexpectedly, Professor Latio did not accept his apology, but waved his hand and explained:

"No, no, no, my friend, this is not a bad taste, but a good design, and there is no need to apologize for it...

In order to keenly perceive various favorable details in a complex situation, in addition to talent and luck, you need training like this. If I were not enthusiastic about your trial, I would not have discovered this today."

I didn't expect him to give such a high evaluation...

As a result, Toledo still raised further questions:

"But even if it proves that these small ones dare not approach this big one, it will not help us much in the current situation, right?"

"No, that's not necessarily true."

An old professor beside him shook his head and pointed to the half-body giant robot above his head.

"Behind this big guy, there are several passages set up, and you can go up from there."

As he said, he pointed to a hanging ladder not far away.

"These are all left behind for the original purpose of making it. If you climb up along this path, you can bypass the group of small robots below and reach a deeper area."

"Well, this is indeed a route that looks pretty good."

Lloyd nodded.

In this environment where you don't know where the enemy will appear, it is better to take the visible path than to open the portal step by step. After all, no one knows what the situation will be behind the door.

So everyone climbed up the ladder and planned to take this relatively smooth path.

But when Lloyd climbed several ladders and got closer and closer to the giant robot, he suddenly felt that something in the storage bag was heating up rapidly?

I don't have a BB machine with me?

He quickly reached in to search, and finally took out a stick-like object that was so hot that he could hardly hold it.

It turned out to be the [Almighty Spinning Stick] that Dream Theater gave him before?