Chapter 571: Getting to the Core

A white light flashed past.

The next moment, Duanmu Huai and Mary felt their eyes blur, and then they appeared in a strange space.

There is absolutely nothing visible here, at least from Duanmu Huai's point of view, there are all kinds of walls and stairs all around, composed of strange characters and numbers. Frankly speaking, it is even a bit disappointing to see too much. People feel dazzled.

At this moment, Lumière's voice came to his ears.

[You have successfully entered the Reaper network, how do you feel? 】

"I feel very bad. I really want you to see what the hell is all this. There are messy and ghostly symbols everywhere on the ground and on the walls."

[That means you entered successfully, oh, by the way, this is for you]

As Lumière's voice sounded, Duanmuhuai saw a dagger appear out of thin air and fall into his hand.

"This is?"

[The Destruction Virus is basically an evolved version of how it was used to deal with Skynet and Terminators. Since these Reapers are similar to Terminators, I think they should be equally useful]

"A three-hit combo of infection, overload, and self-destruction? I really like it."

Duanmuhuai played with the virus dagger for a while, then turned to look around. Everywhere he could see were various buildings and roads composed of these characters.

"So, where should we go next?"

[Sorry, I haven't been able to fully understand the Reaper's system yet... To put it simply, you are now at the communication center of the Reaper's network port. What's next... Maybe I have to analyze it first. 】

"how long?"

[It will take at least an hour]

"Too much trouble."

Hearing Lumière's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned and turned to look at Mary.

"Mary, I leave it to you."

"Huh? But I'm not a hacker, and I don't know much about this..."

"None of these are important. What's important is your right eye..."

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai pointed at Mary's golden eyes.

"Did you see anything special?"

"Um……………"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's question, Mary blinked, then glanced around, then she raised her hand with some hesitation and pointed to one of the roads.

"I saw golden light coming out from here..."

"Golden light? Where is it?"

Duanmuhuai looked along where Mary pointed, but could see nothing except those tadpole-like characters.

"Huh? It's right here...Come this way from the ground, and then keep going over there..."

"You can actually tell the difference."

"Ugh... I don't know either? I naturally thought so when I saw that light..."

As expected of the golden pupil, he is really awesome.

"Let's go then, you will lead the way."

"Huh? But what if it's not the case..."

"If not, let's talk about it. It's just a gamble. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on you."

"Ah, okay..."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary could only nod her head, then she raised her head and walked forward along the road.

Duanmuhuai didn't know what Mary saw. He just followed Mary, watching her turn left and right, up and down, left and right... But having said that, although Mary's route was chosen It was awkward, but for some reason it went very smoothly, and the weirdest thing was that where there was no road, a road would automatically appear when Mary walked over.

For example, in a place that originally looked like a cliff, Mary just walked over, and a bunch of characters suddenly appeared from all around to form a bridge, as well as a wall that seemed to tower into the clouds. When Mary walked to the wall, in front of her eyes The wall suddenly opened a passage...

【Can not believe it………】

Although Duanmuhuai didn't know what Lumiere saw, the voice coming from her was very shaken.

"What's wrong?"

[How did you do this? Passing through several firewalls without triggering an alarm, and even directly entering the backdoor of the other party's central control system... This is generally only possible by system administrators or hackers who have obtained the system secret key! 】

"Even if you say so......"

Hearing Lumiere's question, Duanmu Huai just laughed, and then looked at Mary who was looking around.

"I can only say that someone has found the right path."

Indeed, as Lumière said, searching deep inside the system is not a simple matter. After all, only the user himself knows which route is safe. For others, there is no way to find the correct path, so naturally they can only use hacking into the system or forcibly cracking.

But Mary knew.

Although she knows nothing about programming and is not a hacker, for Golden Eyes, there are no secrets in this world. It can see the reality and essence of everything, so the road that cannot be seen in other people's eyes is extremely clear in Mary's eyes, just like the road signs on the highway.

To put it bluntly, Duanmu Huai was lost in front of him, but Mary's golden eyes had already provided their own navigation.

"Crash la la la————!"

The characters once again surged and spread to both sides, revealing the passage inside, and Mary and Duanmu Huai walked in. Then, they came to a huge, temple-like building. Unlike before, this place was pure white, with only a strange multifaceted sphere suspended on the altar in front, emitting a dazzling golden glow, straight into the sky.

"It came out from there."

Mary stretched out her hand and pointed to the multifaceted sphere in front, and Duanmu Huai nodded.

"Okay, watch me."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai walked forward - but the next moment, he suddenly raised his hands and blocked in front of him.

Almost at the same time, a beam of light suddenly burst out and hit Duanmu Huai's arm, knocking him back.

"Mr. Duanmu?!"

Seeing this scene, Mary screamed, and Duanmu Huai also put down his hand and stared coldly at the front.

"To be honest, although it's the same as the game process, I really don't like it."

"Huh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary was stunned for a moment, then she looked forward and saw that in front of Duanmu Huai, in the empty space, there was a child who looked seven or eight years old. He just raised his head, stared at Duanmu Huai, and spoke lightly.

"I didn't expect you to be able to come here. It's really beyond my expectation. It seems that the organic races of this era do seem to have some strange skills."

"You, who are you?"

Looking at the child in front of her, Mary seemed very confused, because the information her eyes gave her was completely contradictory at the moment. On the one hand, Mary's left eye could clearly see the child, but on the other hand, her golden pupil told her that there was no one in front of her.

"I am the catalyst, and I control the harvester."

Hearing Mary's question, the child spoke again, and Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows when he heard the child's answer, and Mary was also shocked.

"You control the harvesters? Why do you do this?"

"For balance."

The child turned his head and looked at the golden beams flying behind him, then looked away.

"Creatures will always rebel against their creators, which will bring disaster, but we have found a way to prevent this from happening, a way to restore order. We harvest advanced civilizations and leave those that are still evolving, so that the tragedy will not happen again."

"Uh... I don't understand..."

Hearing the child's answer, Mary frowned, while Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"It's very simple. You can understand it by saying this. When civilization develops to a certain stage, it will start to create inorganic bodies. You see, many science fiction novels also write about this. In the future society, humans will create robots to serve themselves. It's that simple. But as robots become more and more advanced, they will develop self-awareness and same-race consciousness, and then they will begin to doubt their own existence value, and have conflicts and even wars with their creators... You should have read similar novels."

"Ah, of course I have read this, but isn't it just science fiction?"

"This is also the inevitable path for most advanced civilizations, and this guy..."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai pointed at the child in front of him.

"It was created by its creator, hoping to solve this problem once and for all."

"………………So, what you mean is...…………"

Hearing this, Mary came back to her senses.

"………Because every civilization will reach this point, so in order to avoid this situation, the harvesters will destroy those civilizations that have developed robots?"

"Yes, look, doesn't it conform to the logic of artificial intelligence? If the leek grows too old, it will stink and rot, so it should be cut while it is fresh, and then a new one will grow."

Duanmu Huai folded his arms and looked coldly at the catalyst in front of him.

"So, artificial intelligence will always be artificial intelligence. Apart from this stupid method, they can't do anything else."

"I don't think this is a stupid act."

The catalyst spoke again. ,

"We help them develop so that they make way for new life, and those old lives will be preserved in the form of harvesters. We must do this. If we don't stop it, the synths will destroy all organic life. The cycle we created has never been wrong. This is the solution."

"But............!"

Hearing this, Mary wanted to say something, but was stopped by Duanmu Huai.

"Don't waste your time talking to it, Mary. It's just an artificial idiot that only acts according to established logic. You want to convince it, just like you want to convince a stone to swim. Well, let's do what we should do."

"I won't let you stop the cycle."

However, at this moment, the catalyst took a step back. At the same time, several tall monsters that looked like alien creatures came out from all directions and blocked Duanmu Huai and Mary.

"It's really beyond my expectation that you can come here, but it can only stop here. The cycle must continue to protect the regeneration of civilization in the next generation."

"Haha, what does this have to do with us."

Duanmu Huai clenched his fists and sneered.

"The only thing we want to do is to keep humans alive. As for what we have to sacrifice for this, it doesn't matter... Mary, leave these idiots to me, you go and destroy the core!"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai handed the virus dagger to Mary.

"Hey? Me, me?"

Mary was shocked when she heard Duanmu Huai's order.

"That's right, you can see the location of the core. If you don't go, who will? I will stop these guys, so... do it! Drink ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

After saying this, Duanmu Huai roared, and then he rushed directly to the human wall in front of him like an angry bull, and those aliens also raised their hands to try to block Duanmu Huai's way. But the next moment, they were hit head-on by Duanmu Huai and flew out directly!

"Now!"

"Ah, yes!!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's roar, Mary also jumped suddenly, then she gritted her teeth, took a step suddenly, passed through the gap created by Duanmu Huai, and ran towards the core.

"Roar————!"

"Go to hell! The dead of the old times!"

Facing the alien alien that was rushing towards him, Duanmu Huai also clenched his fists and smashed the opponent's head with a hammer, then turned around and kicked out, directly kicking another alien in the chest. He was directly knocked away, and at the same time, another alien roared and opened his four arms, hugging Duanmu Huai tightly.

"Get out, I'm not interested in men!"

Duanmu Huai, who was captured in the arms of the alien, shouted again, and at the same time, his muscles suddenly expanded, and he directly broke the alien's four arms alive!

"Ouch——!"

Accompanied by a scream, the alien with only broken limbs and arms collapsed to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a light spot and disappeared.

"————!"

At the same time, however, suddenly, several beams of light came again and hit Duanmu Huai directly. Soon, Duanmu Huai saw several more aliens wearing armor and holding guns and cannons walking out of the air. Then, these aliens raised their guns and aimed at Duanmu Huai. The next moment, a black shadow flashed by, and countless tentacles suddenly emerged, piercing through the bodies of these aliens, turning them into light spots and disappearing again.

At this moment, Duanmu Huai raised his arms high. Originally, there were dozens of tentacles wriggling where the palms should have been.

"It seems that this thing is quite useful."

While looking at his hands transformed into tentacles with satisfaction, Duanmu Huai looked forward again. In front of him, dozens of aliens appeared quietly.

"Then, let's have fun!"

"Da Da Da Da Da Da............!"

The crisp footsteps echoed in the hall. Mary held the dagger tightly in one hand and ran forward desperately. Although the hall looked small, it was very spacious when she ran, almost as big as a square. Fortunately, for Mary, she was used to similar situations.

"Roar---!"

Suddenly, a beam of light rushed over from the side, but Mary dodged the opponent's attack as if she had predicted it. At the same time, she lifted the hem of her skirt and shook it lightly to the side.

"Swoosh---!"

Another beam of light almost brushed Mary's shoulder and flew past, hitting the ground.

But even so, Mary still didn't stop, because--she could see.

It was obviously a space with nothing, but Mary could clearly see the process of the appearance of those monsters--in the empty space, countless characters suddenly appeared, and then these characters gathered together to form monsters, and she could even see the trajectory and end point of the opponent's attack.

Although Duanmu Huai blocked the attacks of those monsters, they still held guns and tried to attack them from all directions. However, for Mary, this level of attack was not a concern. When they aimed their guns at Mary, Mary had clearly seen the trajectory of the aiming and the upcoming attack destination.

In other words, for the other party, they might still think that they were a sudden attack, but in fact, Mary had clearly "seen" them before they appeared.

Is this the power of the golden pupil?

For Mary, this might be the first time she clearly realized the power of her golden pupil, countless beams, countless attacks, but this was not a problem, because she could see everything - find the gap and then drill through.

"Woo!!"

Mary, who was originally running forward, suddenly rolled on the ground and avoided the giant hand that grabbed her from behind. She didn't even look back, but continued to run forward. Although Mary was not sure what these monsters looked like in the eyes of others, in her eyes, they looked like models made up of characters.

It's almost there!

At this moment, Mary had come to the bottom of the altar. Under the dazzling golden light, she could clearly see a multi-faceted sphere in the middle.

That's it!

The moment she saw the sphere, Mary had already gotten the answer in her heart. It was not the result of thinking, but the answer of the golden eyes.

Mary almost ran up to the altar, holding the dagger tightly in her hand, and stabbed the multifaceted sphere in front of her with force, and then...

"Crack."

With a slight sound, the dagger in Mary's hand was completely broken, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hey? Hey hey hey?!"

Seeing this scene, Mary was stunned.

Wait, what's going on? Didn't Miss Lumiel say that as long as the core is inserted, it will be fine? Did I mess up? What should I do now? Could it be that because of my mistake, mankind will perish?

"Ryu, Miss Lumiel?"

[Don't worry, Mary, you did a good job... You succeeded! ]

At the moment when Lumiel's voice sounded, suddenly, the whole space began to shake violently like an earthquake.

The next moment, the golden beam was instantly dyed black.