Chapter 559 Utopian Society
【“There are seven races in the Garden of Eden, namely the Minotaur, Zuma, Eagle, Stone, One-eyed, Pig-headed, and our Panda.” The girl counted what she knew very carefully. 】
“Only seven?”
Mu You was a little surprised.
To put it bluntly, the races in the Star Spirit Realm were established to collect beliefs for the gods. Basically, each race corresponds to one or several gods. So the races that have been born in the Star Spirit Realm throughout history must be thousands, if not tens of thousands.
There are nearly a thousand races in total, and there are only dozens of races left in the Star Spirit Realm. What about the remaining hundreds of races? Haven’t they been sent here?
【“Oh, right…” At this time, the girl seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly added: “The seven races refer to the races that are currently surviving normally in the Garden of Eden, and on the back of the Garden of Eden, there is a vast dormant area. It is said that there are many, many races sleeping in it, but how many there are, I, I don’t know…” The girl failed to answer the specific number, and looked at you nervously, very worried that she would be judged as a failure. 】
"Hibernation zone?" Mu You was stunned.
【"Correct answer, you get 20 points!"】
【Your reply made the panda girl smile. While calculating the points on hand, she looked at you expectantly, waiting for the next question. 】
【"Next question: Please elaborate on the relevant information of the 'hibernation zone' (value: 30 points)."】
【"I heard from my grandmother that the hibernation zone is a special area created by the watchers to deal with the increasing population in the Garden of Eden."】
【"The space in the Garden of Eden is limited. The limit can only accommodate ten races. If there are more, they will squeeze each other's survival resources, causing the survival conditions of each race to drop sharply. Keeping the number of races in the Garden of Eden at seven is the most ideal number after the watchers calculated."】
【"However, every once in a while, there will be outsiders in the Garden of Eden. If more races join in and are left alone, the population here will only grow. Therefore, the watchers created a kind of "hibernation chamber". It is said that the body of the people who enter it will be frozen, stop losing lifespan, and enter a long hibernation, while the consciousness will enter a beautiful dream, enjoying a carefree life in the dream. "】
【"From now on, whenever a new race joins the Garden of Eden, a race with the longest age will be collectively sent to the hibernation area to sleep, so that the races in the park will always remain at seven..." The girl tried her best to explain the information she knew to you.】
"Hibernation chamber... actually made such a thing..." Mu You exclaimed, this kind of thing in science fiction novels actually appeared in the magic world first.
However, even if it is a hibernation chamber, it is impossible not to consume energy, right? There are hundreds of races, even if each race has only 10,000 people, it will add up to an extremely large number. How much energy will be consumed every day with so many hibernation chambers?
Besides, even the cemetery will be used up, and no matter how big the hibernation chamber is, it will be filled up sooner or later. What will happen to the extra people at that time?
Mu You always felt that there was something wrong with this so-called "hibernation chamber", but he couldn't tell where the problem was, so he had to put it aside and continue asking questions.
...
In the next hour, Mu You asked questions about all aspects of this underground world, and the panda girl answered them one by one, some of which were clear, and some of which she didn't understand.
After a roundabout way of probing, he finally got a general idea of the situation in this "Garden of Eden".
In short, the so-called Garden of Eden is actually a utopian society ruled by artificial intelligence, where robots act as both rulers and nannies, responsible for providing survival materials for all creatures and arranging work for everyone. Relying on powerful computing power, everything is handled in an orderly manner, which has maintained normal operation here for so many years.
During this period, Mu You also asked the name of the panda girl, named "Chun Li", nicknamed Lili, who grew up with her grandmother. When she was ten years old, her grandmother passed away, and she has lived alone since then.
Perhaps because of her long-term loneliness, Lili is a relatively independent child in her tribe, always likes to do some unruly things secretly. For example, this time, she heard the sound of fighting in the sky during school, and her curiosity burst, so she secretly skipped class and ran to the scene to watch the excitement, and then she picked up the Mechanical Heart by chance.
In addition to being reckless, Mu You's other impression of her is that she is a "foodie".
In the questions just now, she got nearly 1,200 points, but she used them all to exchange for food.
In order to facilitate the meal, Mu You directly landed in the restaurant halfway.
"Boss, another serving of bamboo shoots and fried pork..." Mu You looked at the empty plate that had just been extracted from the game and licked clean, and ordered again without thinking.
As a result, no one answered this time.
Mu You looked up and found that the boss had walked out of the kitchen and was standing next to him, looking at him strangely: "Customer, we are really out of bamboo shoots this time. The store next door can't borrow them. How about... you order something else first? I'll ask someone to order bamboo shoots."
"Oh, forget it..."
Mu You also reacted at this time. He had ordered dozens of bamboo shoots and fried meat without stopping. In the eyes of others, he was probably a weirdo like a giant panda.
Mu You paid the bill and turned to leave the store.
["System, are you there? What's the next question?"]
At this time, Chunli was still waiting to answer questions in the game to get points to exchange for food.
[“There is no question-and-answer task today.”] Mu You had no choice but to reply.
[“Ah? That’s it? How can I get points in the future?” Chunli was shocked. ]
[“The question-and-answer system will refresh questions from time to time every day. In addition, points can also be obtained by completing tasks. The points obtained by completing tasks are generally much higher than answering questions.”]
Considering that the basic situation is almost understood now, Mu You stopped asking questions and talked about the remaining details when he encountered them.
[You suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the door. ]
[Two robots equipped with weapons swaggered into Chunli’s yard and were heading towards the bamboo house. ]
[“Oh no, the patrol team is here! They must be here to search for hidden things...” Chunli exclaimed, and hurriedly dragged a sack out from behind the door and stuffed the sack under the bed with difficulty. 】
【Through the opening of the cloth bag, you vaguely see that the bag is full of broken props and muddy bottles and jars, and you even see a few human skulls...】
"You really pick up everything..." Mu You was speechless.
When he fought the so-called "host" before, he blasted a hole in the sky, and a lot of things from the outside world fell in. She obviously picked it up from under the falling objects.
【After Chunli hid the "stolen goods", she quickly stuffed you into her clothes and wrapped you up. 】
【At this time, the two robots in the yard have stepped into the door, and they broadcast a mechanical voice: "AY7463, Panda Chunli, routine inspection, please cooperate, scanning..."】
【The two robots released red light curtains in their eyes, and scanned everything in the room, including Chunli, in detail...】
【Chunli clutched the corner of her clothes, and whistled with her head tilted, seemingly indifferent, but from the strength of her grip on you through the clothes, you can clearly feel her nervousness. 】
【"Dangerous objects found!" When one of the robots scanned under the bed, an alarm suddenly sounded. You felt Chunli's body tremble slightly...】
Mu You was also very nervous at this time. He had already grasped his pocket watch. Once he was discovered by the robot, he would issue an emergency task and use Chunli's body to kill the two robots.
However, these robots are likely to be "networked". The price of doing so is that he will be directly exposed, and the follow-up may be more troublesome.
Fortunately, things have not developed to such a bad point.
[The robot drags the cloth bag out from under the bed and dumps out everything inside. Bottles and cans of garbage are scattered all over the floor...]
[The two robots quickly lock onto a small piece of metal in the garbage: "Dangerous items found! Preliminary scan shows it's an offensive weapon fragment. Execute command: Carbonization and erasure!"]
[You notice that this piece of metal looks familiar. It seems to be a fragment of your shotgun...]
[The two robots don't even look at the other things on the floor. They stare at the fragment as if they were facing a great enemy. Gun muzzles appear on their hands, and each of them shoots a dazzling laser at the fragment...]
[Under the scorching temperature, the fragment quickly melts into ash and scatters with the wind.]
[The robot then puts away the red weapon in his hand and continues to scan the room...]
["Scan completed, confirmed safe." After a few seconds, the robot stops scanning. 】
【One of the robots walked up to Chunli and broadcasted: "Pandaman Chunli, you hid foreign objects without permission. You are warned and 3 points are deducted from your rating!"】
【After the verdict was announced, the two robots walked out, leaving behind only a pile of broken garbage and a bitter Chunli...】
Mu You breathed a sigh of relief.
The two robots turned a blind eye to the foreign objects on the ground, but only made a fuss about the iron piece. It was obvious that they were looking for his remnants.
In other words, the scanning of these robots was able to quickly lock onto the iron piece the size of a fingernail in a pile of debris covered in mud... Could it be that they have some special sensitivity to mechanical objects from the outside world?
But if it comes to mechanical objects, his mechanical heart is also mechanical, and it is much larger than the iron piece. It should be more conspicuous. Why was it not scanned out?
As soon as this question came up, Mu You immediately remembered a text in the abyss before, saying that when he approached the protective shield, he had a feeling of "fallen leaves returning to their roots."
At that time, Mu You speculated whether the Mechanical Heart came from this Garden of Eden.
Because it is something here and does not belong to foreign objects, it was not scanned abnormally, which can explain what happened just now.
However, this means that Mu You can no longer send the mechanical parts obtained from the Star Spirit Realm in the future, and he cannot use them. Once used, he will be discovered immediately.
The only way to not expose himself and reshape his combat power is to "use local materials" and find local mechanical parts in the Garden of Eden to reassemble a mecha skin, so as to perfectly integrate into the local area.
However, he is still a block without hands and feet. The process of finding mechanical parts can only be fooled by Chunli.
["Ding, task system update!" Your voice is played directly in Chunli's mind. ]
["Task 1: Continuously supply energy to the system and find stable energy (value: 100 points per day)"]
["Task 2: Search for mechanical parts for the system and assemble a complete mecha (value: 1000 points)"]
[“Mission 3: Go to the dormant area and find a way to sneak in to investigate (value: 1000 points)”]
This little panda girl seemed particularly resistant to killing robots, so Mu You did not make it difficult for her and slightly modified the content of Mission 2.
Mechanical parts do not have to be obtained from robots. It is also OK to find those obsolete parts. There are so many robots here, and there must be a large number of replacement parts every day.
As for Mission 3, it was purely a temporary idea.
The setting of this ‘dormant area’ made Mu You feel a little abrupt, especially in such a utopian society ruled by robots. Such a pure waste of resources should not exist... In short, it will not hurt to go in and investigate when there is a chance.
[“The missions…are all so difficult…” Chunli muttered quietly after listening to your report, but suddenly she screamed: “Oh no, I have to go to the back mountain to mine today, I’m going to be late!”]
[Chunli hurriedly took you out the door…]
[You saw the scenery outside from Chunli’s perspective.]
[The gathering place of the panda people is located on a group of mountains. The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, with lush vegetation, long pavilions, corridors, and small bridges and flowing water everywhere. The fat pandas were busy in the fields, carrying shoulder poles; wearing straw raincoats and playing flutes in the mountains; wearing bamboo hats and dancing with spears and sticks on the top of the mountain. It was a peaceful and harmonious scene...]
[Chun Li climbed flexibly to the hillside of the back mountain, passed through a bamboo forest, and arrived at a natural mine...]
[At this moment, there were already a large number of people working with axes and pickaxes in the mine. In addition to the pandas, you also saw a creature with a human body and a bull's head, with two horns on its head and a magnificent body. It was the minotaur tribe.]
["Chun Li! You are late again!" After arriving at the scene, Chun Li was about to sneak into the mine, but was startled by a roar from behind. 】
【Chun Li turned around mechanically and saw an old female panda standing behind her. She waved her hand and explained: "Grandma Medicine, I didn't mean to do that. Those patrols turned my house upside down. I was busy cleaning up and was late..."】
【The old panda leaned on a cane and walked quickly to Chun Li. Just as he was about to scold her, he suddenly froze and stared at her chest with a frown: "What do you have hidden in your chest? How can there be fluctuations of magic potion?"】
【"Ah..." Chun Li was startled and her eyes turned a few times. Perhaps she knew that she couldn't hide it, so she had to take out the cloth bag hidden in her chest and handed it to the old man. 】
【"Is this... an epic potion!?" The old man looked at the potion in the cloth bag in shock, and hurriedly closed the bag. He looked around vigilantly. After confirming that no one saw it, he looked at Chun Li seriously: "Where did you get this thing?"】
【"Yes, it's... uh, I picked it up in the valley where the explosion happened..." Chun Li replied. 】
【"Is this all you picked up? Is there anything else?" the old man asked. 】
【"No, nothing... Oh, there are some bottles and cans, but they are all garbage. I picked them up for fun..." Chunli shifted her gaze and spoke vaguely. 】
【The old man stared at her eyes in silence after hearing this. After looking at her for a long time, he sighed and returned the bag to her: "I don't care what you did. Anyway, you should deal with it yourself and don't let those robots find out. Otherwise, I can't protect you." 】
【"I know, I promise!" Seeing the old man's tone soften, Chunli breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest to guarantee it. 】
【"In addition, as the price for making trouble, you are not allowed to eat dinner tonight!" The old man left a sentence and walked away. 】