Hao Ren had always been curious about the "survivor society" living on the Zenith and the lunar base, but he had no way to contact them directly. His understanding of the society was based on Nolan's limited observation data, which was far from enough.
N-6's arrival brought him a huge surprise. Before he could ask N-6 about the society in the sky, another "intelligence source" came knocking on his door.
N-4 said that she knew a lot about the Zenith and the lunar base, and she knew more than N-6 because she had served for a long time. Although her service did not give her more comprehensive authority than N-6, she knew more about the survivor society. But before she revealed this information, she also wanted to know the background of Hao Ren's group of unknown "space visitors."
Trust was based on mutual sincerity. Even if Hao Ren only wanted to know the most basic information about the Zenith and the lunar base, which could be easily obtained by flying over in a spaceship, he had to exchange it with an equivalent bargaining chip.
"We are from outside your galaxy. I mean, outside your entire galaxy." Hao Ren felt that he had nothing to hide because his origin was meaningless to a native who had never left his own galaxy. The nobles and peddlers who were billions of light-years away were just a distant story to N-4, not to mention the distance of a world. "It was an accident to come to your planet. We came to this galaxy to find something … very, very old. But after entering the galaxy, we encountered a space disaster. The spaceship was severely damaged and had to make an emergency landing on this planet."
"We found traces of civilized civilization on this planet, so we were very curious," Vivian continued. After traveling with Hao Ren for years, she now had a good understanding of Hao Ren's workflow and professional vocabulary. She was fully qualified to be an inspector's spokesperson. "We travel in space all year round, dealing with various civilizations or relics of civilizations, observing and recording the ecology of civilizations, or collecting and preserving relics of civilizations. This is one of our main jobs. So while we were staying on this planet to repair the spaceship, we began to study the native civilization here."
"Observing the ecology of civilizations and collecting relics of civilizations?" N-4, as a high-level artificial intelligence, had rich emotions, so she was naturally surprised at this time. "Is there such a profession?"
Lily immediately jumped out with a flushed face. "Do you know how to collect corpses? That's what our landlord does, but he doesn't deal with dead people, but dead civilizations! "
When she said this, her eyes were bright, her ears perked up, and her tail wagged behind her as if it was a great honor. Hao Ren covered half of his face. "I clearly remember that's not what the work manual says. This is not the job of an inspector …"
The MDT gently knocked his head. "Buddy, don't take it too hard. It's mainly because you haven't done anything else for the past two years …"
But in any case, Lily's simple and crude explanation was the most effective. N-6 and N-4 immediately felt that Hao Ren's job was very understandable. There were also special recovery teams among the Executors. They could occasionally bring back injured and incapacitated soldiers from the battlefield, but more often than not, they would recover the wreckage of great value, such as the chip that recorded first-hand battlefield data. In the war with the planet devourer, there were far more wreckage than wounded.
"So obviously, we are pacifists," Hao Ren spread out his hand to N-4. "Protecting the achievements of civilization is what we are good at."
N-4 looked at the man in front of her, trying to determine the probability of him lying by detecting his facial expression changes, eye movements, heartbeat, body temperature, and other parameters. Although she had not been in contact with real humans, all the Executors knew about the physiological parameters of human beings. But soon she thought that perhaps those rigid parameters could not be used to judge the "person" in front of her. Because this was a visitor from space. He looked like a human, but only God knew what he looked like when he lied.
"I would like to believe you," N-4 thought for a moment and asked a question. "But I saw that you painted the image of the predator on the armor of the spacecraft as a totem. I think this is the way of a belligerent people. If there is anything wrong with my understanding, please explain."
Hao Ren thought for a long time before he realized what the "predator" was. It was Lily's sticker!
Nangong Sanba and Nangong Wuyue, who were standing behind, burst out laughing. Even little Y 'lisabet could not help but burst out laughing. Lily was furious when she heard the noise. She jumped up to defend the dignity of her race. "What are you laughing at! Don't you think I look mighty after I transform? Hey, the aliens can see how powerful my avatar is at a glance, okay?! You guys have a problem with your aesthetic standards … "
Hao Ren tried to hold back his laughter. "Ahem, I think there is nothing wrong with your aesthetic standards. You are actually quite … cute after you transform into a husky, but we really can't see how mighty you are."
If there were no outsiders present, Lily would have gnawed on Hao Ren's head.
"Your reaction … Is there really something wrong with my perception?" N-4 looked at the group of people, confused.
"The predator you are talking about …" Hao Ren dragged Lily, who was sulking, over and pointed to the ear on the latter's head. "In fact, it is her. That is not a war totem at all. That is a decoration of the spacecraft. This guy coaxed me to paint it."
N-4 tilted her head. As an artificial intelligence, she made a nearly human gesture that was almost beyond her perceptual range to express her doubts. "I think there is nothing wrong with my optical observation module. Her appearance …"
"She has another appearance." Hao Ren patted the back of Lily's head. The husky maiden immediately retracted her ears as if someone had flipped a switch. Even her hair turned into short black hair in her human form. Hao Ren patted her again, and her ears and hair appeared again. The whole process was so coordinated that no one could tell that the husky was sulking just now. "She can change her form. You have seen two forms. She has a third form, which is the predator you are talking about. In fact, you should also see that her ears are the same as the ears of the creature you saw on the spacecraft. "
"It's not just her. Most of us have more than one form," Y 'zaks said in a muffled voice. Red lines appeared on his face like flowing magma, and his skin showed faint signs of petrification. "Changing forms is our basic ability."
N-4 felt that her logic circuit had experienced a high-speed operation that she had never experienced since she left the factory in just a few hours. She opened her mouth, and finally her eyes fell on Lily. "It's beyond my scope of cognition … I didn't expect there to be such a magical life in the universe. I saw the creature on the spacecraft had majestic eyes and sharp fangs. I thought it was a dangerous predator, but … "
She was too embarrassed to say the second half of the sentence, because she wanted to say that Lily's current dazed look was a little … silly.
Hao Ren scratched his nose and laughed awkwardly. He thought to himself, "The husky's serious eyes... Well, the husky does have serious eyes. Anyone who has owned this kind of creature would know that whenever their eyes are sharp, it usually means that they have a very sharp idea. This applies to Lily as well." Well, that's right, "Lily said.
"I think we have now preliminarily cleared up the misunderstanding between the two sides," Hao Ren said, spreading out his hands. "You got what you wanted to know. Now I want to ask you what I want to know. Before explaining the information blockade in the Zenith, can I ask you an additional question?"
N-4 nodded. "Go ahead."
"I found that your team members are all robots like you," Hao Ren said curiously. "Why don't I see any humans? Don't tell me there aren't any humans in your sanctuary? "
This was an irrepressible thought that came to his mind when he saw the team members brought by N-4. Although this conjecture was a little strange, after years of exploration in the Plane of Dreams, he was no longer surprised.
After all, he had seen with his own eyes an ark world that was still functioning after the extinction of humans.
And there was a saying that went, "How can you be an inspector if you don't have the ability to imagine?"
According to the pictures on the reliefs, the humans on this planet had successfully launched an escape spaceship into the sky, and now there were various signs that the escape spaceship was not destroyed by the First Born, but was still hanging in the sky, and the people in the spaceship had successfully established a base on the moon. But no one could guarantee that there were no accidents in the process. Maybe humans had gone extinct in the process? Looking at N-4 and N-6, these almost human-like artificial intelligences seemed to be fully capable of maintaining the space station and the lunar base after their human creators went extinct.
But in the face of Hao Ren's question, N-4 immediately shook her head and denied it. "No, humans have not gone extinct, and they will not go extinct. They live in the lunar base, in the safest 'fortress.'"
"Fortress?" Hao Ren repeated the word and looked at N-6 on the other side.
The other robot girl nodded and said in the same unquestionable tone, "Humans have not gone extinct, and they will not go extinct. The fortress is the most powerful and sturdy fortress on the lunar base. Humans moved there thousands of years ago, and the Titanium Guards and the Cortex Prime protect the place. But because the surface of the home planet is occupied by the planet devourer, humans will be attacked as soon as they get close to the home planet. So they can only live in the fortress and cannot participate in any action near the home planet. "
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