The carriage was speeding through the sea of white sand, covered in smoke and dust along the way.
In the carriage, Li Liang held a map drawn on parchment, his heart filled with a sense of unreality.
This yellowed map has broken edges, as if it has been passed down for thousands of years. Seven different areas are outlined with rough brush strokes and marked with names: "Middle-earth", "Homeland", "Tannhäuser's Gate", "Freedom" "City", "Instantly", "Resonance", "Xi'an Library".
Touch the map surface at will and the corresponding area will be enlarged to reveal details.
"Middle-earth" is several pieces of land surrounded by oceans, "Tannhäuser's Gate" is a picture of a galaxy, "Free City" is composed of hundreds of "islands", and "Homeland" turns out to be a picture of a thousand years ago. Earth world map.
The styles of the next three areas suddenly changed. "Instantly" is a city map of four upper towns and the moon, "Resonance" locates the locations of all churches, and "Xi'an Library" is a standard circular independent space.
Based on Dr. Xisen's description of Neuromansion, Li Liang realized that the first four areas are games of different styles, and the latter is the real world. People in Shangcheng District can use Neuromansion to let their "senses" go there at any time. any position.
In addition, there is a slow-moving arrow on the map to represent himself. Strangely, the arrow is not located in any of the seven areas, but appears alone in the blank space, as if there is a bug in the game.
"We are in a data restricted area that humans cannot enter, the secret home of bionic people," Zero-One Zero sat upright and said with a smile.
Li Liang folded the map and looked at the android in front of him.
Perhaps because she is in the data world at this moment, Zero-One Zero has completely broken away from the body of an android, and looks like a mature and elegant human woman.
"Xian can't find this place either?"
"Before Zero wakes up, yes."
"And me?"
"Unless you reach the temple and log into Unit Zero."
Li Liang leaned against the wall of the compartment and fell silent.
Dr. Sisson guessed wrong. These androids do have self-awareness and are not restricted by Xi'an's authority. Calling him master only represents recognition of his identity, but does not mean that one will obey his orders.
But judging from Zero One Two's remarks last night, this meeting must not be a "Hongmen Banquet", but a discussion of cooperation.
In this case, everything will become clear when we meet the real leader of the androids.
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Since the neuromaneuvering control interface could not be invoked in this secret space, Li Liang did not know the exact time. It felt like the carriage had been running at full speed for at least an hour, and the unchanging sea of sand finally changed.
A huge pillar connecting the sky and the earth appeared at the end of the field of vision.
As he got closer, Li Liang gradually discovered that it was not a physical pillar, but a surge of energy from bottom to top, emitting a magnificent colorful light.
Soon, the carriage drove into a weird town.
The two-story single-family villas spread under the energy pillar like copy and paste. Each villa has a front yard, a red roof, white walls, and even the curtains in the floor-to-ceiling windows are the same color.
The crisp sound of horse hooves echoed, and the androids kept walking out of the villa and standing blankly at the door.
Li Liang looked through the window on the carriage and saw faces with calm expressions.
At this time.
The horses pulling the cart slowed down and stopped in front of a certain villa.
Li Liang got out of the car and stepped on the asphalt.
The energy pillar is not far away. It looks extremely majestic from this angle, but the light it emits is not dazzling.
"please."
Zero-one-zero stood in front of the front yard door, extending his hand to signal.
Withdrawing his gaze, Li Liang walked slowly through the front yard and walked into the villa.
Entering the door is a corridor, the door on the left leads to the kitchen, the door on the right leads to the living room, and at the end of the corridor is the stairs leading to the second floor.
He walked straight into the living room, and the three people sitting on the sofa immediately stood up and said in unison: "It's a pleasure to see you here, my master."
Three people, two men and one woman, with different ages and different bloodlines, spoke simultaneously, and the effect was like stereophonic sound.
"Hello," Li Liang glanced at the oldest of the three.
However, what happened next was completely beyond his expectation.
Zero-one walked into the living room and stood side by side with three companions. The four people's expressions suddenly became consistent and they said simultaneously: "You seem to have lost part of your memory, Master."
The stereo sound was stronger this time, and the four androids seemed to become one unit at this moment.
Li Liang was stunned for a moment and then felt relieved. Artificial intelligence cannot be reasoned out with common sense. Perhaps androids do not have a so-called leader. "Four-in-one" is the way artificial intelligence negotiates.
He sat down on the sofa on one side, thought for a while and said, "Yes."
"Unfortunately, for humans, memory is extremely precious." The four androids sat down at the same time, with their backs straight and their heads turned at exactly the same angle.
Li Liang thought of what happened in Zhongjing and his younger brother. He lowered his eyes and said, "Sometimes, memories can also bring pain."
"Based on the available data, there is a 99.1% probability that the pain you are suffering comes from the betrayal of an android."
"Android? Who?"
"Your spouse."
"Ah? What's mine?"
"spouse."
Li Liang's eyes swept across the faces of the four androids in turn, and said word by word: "Do I have a spouse?"
"Four-in-one" three-dimensional sound: "The accurate description is, an android that carries all the memories of your wife."
"What is your name?"
"zero one."
"I mean, what's my wife's name?"
"According to records, you once called it 'Xi Le' in Chinese and 'Candy·Putnam' in English."
Li Liang searched his mind and had no impression of these two names. I won't mention the Chinese name. The English name has a surname. Putnam?
Candy? This name is too common... Of course, "Joy" is not much better, it is very down-to-earth.
"What does this woman look like?"
The four androids raised their right hands at the same time, palms upward.
A picture appeared in the center of the living room. In the picture was a woman with blond hair, a solemn expression, and a sense of arrogance that she had been in a position of power for a long time.
In an instant, Li Liang recognized this woman. She turned out to be the girl in the photo found at the drone maintenance base, but she looked much more mature than in the photo.
If I remember correctly, there was a photo taken in Yalong Bay. There were no bionic people at that time, which means that the girl was an ordinary person, but now she has become a bionic person...
He asked in confusion: "This woman...is dead?"
"Yes, only the complete memory is preserved and loaded into the central nervous core of an android."
"and after?"
"What follows is what I want to tell you, a history of Zero and the androids."
