Chapter 957 Reason?

"They...are all abnormal, all crazy, can you understand? They were originally willing to protect their companions from danger...even if they sacrificed their lives for it, but now, they have become like this..."

This is somewhere in the central square of Atlan Void City, and Rosalie is with Lin's mechanical octopus.

Not long ago, Rosalie met her former scavenger companions, and of course these companions were the same as those of other Atlans.

They don't have any feelings, and they don't show any emotion towards Rosalie's return. The only thing they care about is Rosalie's... ability.

Because it is said that Rosalie was a very powerful scavenger in the past, this group of companions wanted her to join, but they had to conduct an ability test first. If they did not have the previous ability, they would not need Rosalie.

Rosalie couldn't accept their argument, so she rejected them, but the captain of this group of Atlan said that the current legal setting gave it the right to force Rosalie to join them, which showed that Rosalie was probably... ...Take the test after three thousand seconds, otherwise, it will be considered a violation of the law.

Lin found that the Atlans here seemed to use every possibility to enhance their own interests, without any 'humanity' at all.

This made Rosalie feel that she shouldn't stay here anymore, so she was quite hesitant here.

Lin wants to know the reasons for their changes. Generally speaking, it is the fastest to directly catch an Atlan for testing, but it is difficult to detect the current mechanical octopus without being discovered.

"I will investigate the reason for this situation here." After the mechanical octopus finished speaking to Rosalie, it walked in the other direction. At this time, Rosalie immediately said: "Wait a minute, I want to investigate too!"

"It's better if you choose to leave here." Lin said: "If they are affected by viruses or parasites, then this phenomenon may be... contagious."

"I'm not afraid!" Rosalie said, "I'm wearing armor, so it's definitely fine. I want to know why they become like this... I'm going to investigate!"

"But, where should we go to investigate?" Rosalie said: "This place has changed too much... Many facilities here did not exist before. For example, we used to share all equipment, items, food, etc. There is no trading at all. Situations like that.”

"Do you know where the leader is?" Lin asked.

"Chief?" Rosalie said: "I know where it lived before, but it must have changed now. The entire space here has changed a lot.

"

"Rosalie."

At this time, a voice sounded. The source of the voice was Atlan, Rosalie's previous teammate. The captain here said: "The time has come and you can go for the test. If you refuse to go, then I will treat you in accordance with the legal provisions. Carry out execution."

"You...really want to do this?" Rosalie turned to look at the captain. The expression beneath its helmet was full of anger.

"You refused to provide us with your abilities, so I have to use this method to let you provide them." The captain said: "If your skills are the same as before, we will never give up this opportunity. I must use all methods Strengthen your team.”

"...Okay." Rosalie looked at the captain for a while, and it agreed: "But I may not be as powerful as before."

"You need to conduct a test to know." The captain said: "Don't think of hiding your abilities. They can be discovered in the test. If you hide your abilities and don't use your full strength, it is also a crime."

"..." Rosalie didn't say anything, but followed them away. But on the way out, it poked the helmet.

As a result, the mechanical octopus's communicator also received a signal.

The content of this signal is...the previous map here?

It turns out that it has indeed changed a lot.

After Lin looked at the map, she found that the original Void City did not have a large square like it does now. It was basically composed of a large number of residences, restaurants, and storage rooms.

The length and width of these rooms are only more than ten meters at most. In fact, they are all very similar in size, and most of the rooms are connected by passages only two meters wide. It feels like a closed and narrow environment.

As for this place, Lin felt that it was now built like a city and was very lively, but it lacked the 'feelings' that individual creatures often have.

Now, Lin wanted to visit the leader's place. I don’t know if ‘exotic creatures’ like the mechanical octopus can go, but in short, I’ll just run around and see where I can go.

In the map, the leader is located in the center of Void City. Although it changes greatly, it can still be calculated based on this map. How Atlan modified the Void City, so the leader’s room should be in...

Lin looked into the distance. Under the wall in the corner of the square, there was the entrance to a passage. In fact, there were many passages under the walls around the square, and there were many Atlans coming in and out.

However, there was no Atlan coming in or out of that passage. There was only Atlan who looked like a guard standing there, so Lin walked towards that passage.

"What is this place? Can I go in?"

Lin asked the guard Atlan, and the guard immediately replied: "This leads to the old area. There are no regulations prohibiting the entry of alien creatures. You can go in."

"Old district?" Lin asked, "What kind of place is this?"

"Trying to get a more detailed reply? Please pay the fee." The guard said: "For ten void coins, I will introduce you to the situation here."

"..." The mechanical octopus raised its tentacles and placed ten void coins in its hands.

Void coins are the currency used here. They are made of a kind of metal. These coins were obtained by Lin when she was moving in the Atlan group before, because it is better to have some coins when moving in this place.

"This leads to an area that has not yet been transformed." Atlan said: "There are spaces such as residences left over from the old days."

"If you want to know more, please continue to pay."

"..." Lin did not continue to pay for it, but walked directly in.

After the mechanical octopus entered the passage, Lin discovered that the place was indeed very old, and the surrounding passage walls had not been maintained for a long time.

Moreover, the width of the passage here is the same as what Lin saw on the map. It seems that this should be the living space before Rosalie left.

At this time, Lin passed by a room. The door of this room was open, and there were scattered furniture everywhere. After a closer look, this place was very similar to Rosalie's room, both in size and furniture, except that there was no such... …figurines.

However, there is a sign on the ground here, which reads: 'It is illegal to take any items here. ’

Lin ignored the brand and walked directly in. After looking around, Lin found the remote control for the video screen.

Picking up the remote control and clicking on the screen, Lin saw darkness.

Generally speaking, this kind of video screen is for entertainment. Atlan here has no usual emotions, so there is no need for entertainment.

But they are still pursuing many things, such as more resources, higher status, etc. Lin has noticed it while listening to various Atlan conversations here.

It can be said that they are almost entirely pursuing one thing now, which is... to make themselves stronger.

The main reason is that it is stronger than the similar ones around it.

Therefore, they do not do "superfluous" things such as watching movies, but are active all day long. But in this case, what does this picture mean?

Lin can also click on a screen showing gravity balls here. This screen is indeed very special. Maybe it has something to do with them becoming like this?

Thinking about it, Lin continued to click.

this is……

When Lin clicked on the next screen, what came out was not darkness, but a flashing white light that flashed for about ten seconds and then disappeared.

‘Bang! ’ At this time, the door of the room also closed automatically, and Atlan’s face appeared on the screen.

"I don't care who you are. If you see this picture, it means you are not with those crazy people... Now let me introduce myself here. I am the leader here. If no one is watching here, just Just think I’m talking to myself.”

Is it the leader? Lin saw that Atlan looked very...'haggard', as if he hadn't had a good rest or meal.

"Those lunatics out there...they have completely lost their feelings. This is mainly caused by me."

"This happened before. I remember it was a heterogeneous creature... that came to us."

"At that time, we were all normal and we all had feelings. But once, a scavenger team brought back a certain creature. This creature was very small, but it understood our language and could communicate with us."

"It told us that their population lived nearby. Although I was very skeptical at the time, it said that it had many useful resources that could be traded with us, because at that time... we were indeed short of resources, so we They traded."

"After the initial deal, we got a lot of stuff, and they asked for stuff that we didn't use, so we quickly formed a deeper relationship and were going back and forth regularly, doing deals."

"But later, we discovered that this group of creatures had some...evil purpose. They have been contacting us all the time, just to understand us and control our thinking!"

"They have a special way of controlling us, and we have no way to resist it..." (To be continued.)

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