Chapter 252 The Mystery of Immortality

Qin Ze temporarily accepted the idea of ​​a half-time break.

It was just that the enemy in the second half, if it was the God of Value himself...

According to No. 4, Qin Ze didn't think he could win. So this half was crucial.

And the Kingdom of Machinery seemed to have the secret that Qin Ze was most interested in.

He really wanted to know what the real history was like.

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Passing through one hidden door after another without paying a price...

Qin Ze passed through many worlds.

In a world where the scene was as small as a swimming pool villa... He also met a person who was eating potato chips and watching TV.

It's interesting to say that the mechanical race seemed to have some special authority and had created a lot of bugs in the maze of the Maze King that only their mechanical race knew.

Under the effect of the bug, Qin Ze found that entering from the hidden door would not be seen by anyone in the scene at all.

But the interesting part was also here. When passing through this scene, Qin Ze found that the man eating potato chips on the sofa... seemed to have seen himself and No. 4.

That expression, he definitely saw it.

But No. 4 didn't stop.

So, Qin Ze and Yuan Fen missed each other.

Yuan Fen held the potato chips in his hand...

"There are still a few minutes before the monster appears, right? Was that a monster just now?"

"No... Why do they look so familiar? Both of them seem familiar."

Yuan Fen suddenly remembered that before he set out, before he carried out that damn mission that put him in an endless loop...

He had seen the information of the person he was going to steal.

And not long ago, when he passed by a certain door, under the huge mechanical sphere, he also saw the face of another person in the room.

But the two...had disappeared.

"It's so strange, that person just now seemed to look at me?"

"Wait..."

Yuan Fen seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little exciting.

"I won't miss anything, right?"

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"That person just now seemed to see us?"

Walking on a street in the world inside the door, Qin Ze asked.

Number 4 replied:

"Yes, it seems that there is a new bug in the maze recently. There is a locksmith who can enter the maze without paying a price. He can open the door at will..."

"We may have just seen that bug. Don't worry, there will always be strange things in the maze."

"All forces are infiltrating the maze, the outer gods, the old calendar people, and even the gods on duty. Occasionally, you can see some strange scenes, but there is nothing to be surprised about."

Qin Ze suddenly realized.

But Qin Ze's steps paused.

Locksmith? Wait, locksmith? ?

He suddenly remembered that on the day when he was in trouble, a locksmith broke into his home after he went to work.

The commander's locksmith!

Qin Ze turned back suddenly, and Number 4 frowned:

"What's wrong?"

"Is there any way to go back and find the locksmith?" Qin Ze said.

Number 4 shook his head: "I'm afraid not."

"What should I do to find the locksmith?" Qin Ze asked.

"Is that person important to you?"

"Not that important... but since I met him, I still want to save him. Damn... I really should have thought about it more."

Qin Ze felt a little regretful. The locksmith might be the commander's man.

This person came to the maze because of him.

Although he didn't hurt anyone in essence, it was the commander who maliciously offended him first, but since he and the commander had reconciled, he would naturally do a favor.

Besides, this is a life.

No. 4 shook his head:

"It's not that there is no way to find this person."

Qin Ze became interested:

"What should I do?"

No. 4 said:

"Kill the maze king."

"What's the difference between you and asking Benboerba to catch Tang Monk?" Qin Ze complained.

No. 4 shook his head and said:

"Since you chose to go to the Kingdom of Machinery, I don't believe you have no plans in this regard."

Qin Ze didn't speak.

Number 4 continued:

"Fuxi, don't you think that winning a championship in the Kingdom of Competition is as difficult as getting out of the maze?"

"You can do something more difficult. And you seem to be prepared."

Only by defeating the Lord of the Maze can the locksmith be saved?

This is just like killing the king for an insignificant little person.

But it is true that Qin Ze has this ambition in his heart.

Because he has a super trump card.

"It's coming, Fuxi, thank you very much for keeping my memory until now."

Number 4 suddenly stopped.

Qin Ze looked at Number 4 in confusion, not knowing what Number 4 was going to do.

Number 4 said at this time:

"I have learned some truths about the world where my sister is..."

Does it mean that the world was actually created by the ancestor of the old calendar?

Qin Ze did not speak, but was guessing in his heart.

Number 4 said:

"I have human nature again, Fuxi, thank you very much. The mechanical race is an absolutely neutral existence...but I, I will try to help you."

Qin Ze was stunned.

Number Four said seriously:

"This time your meeting with the Mechanical King Zero will strengthen your chances of winning the next big challenge."

"But this is probably the only time the Mechanical Clan will take action."

"If I don't help you."

There was light in Number Four's eyes:

"But I will help you. I will do my best to convince the mechanical race to stop being neutral in the upcoming battle."

"It may take some effort, but I will do it."

No. 4 took another step.

Qin Ze followed No. 4's footsteps, but he didn't fully understand what No. 4 meant at this time.

It was also unclear what impact the arrival of the mechanical race would have on the future.

But he could still feel that this new mechanical race... that was the heat that only human souls had.

"Thank you."

Qin Ze only said these two words.

The two quickly passed through the last door and came to the scene where the mechanical kingdom was located.

The huge mechanical sphere in the sky, this suspended kingdom, made Qin Ze feel spectacular.

"Welcome to the mechanical kingdom, Fuxi." No. 4 stretched out his hand, and a blue light fell on No. 4 from somewhere on the huge sphere.

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The old calendar world, the mechanical empire.

The criss-crossing passages were distributed in space, and the terrain was several times more complex than that of the 8D magic city such as Lianqing City, which made Qin Ze feel dazzled.

But what surprised Qin Ze more than the route was that the mechanical race looked exactly the same as humans.

Along the way, Qin Ze saw many snack bars, many gift shops, hotels, etc.

"Snacks are motor oils of various flavors, and gift shops have all kinds of prosthetics or some additional external organs. This world, as you say, is very cyber."

"By the way, you can also use some things, such as the black technology implanted in the sponge body, which can make you very big and hard."

No. 4 looked at Qin Ze.

Qin Ze waved his hand:

"My specialty is my specialty, and being outstanding is being outstanding. I don't need it."

No. 4 nodded:

"This is called self-esteem in your human world. I understand. In words, everyone is eighteen. But I believe that if you take this thing to the real world, it will definitely be sold out."

Qin Ze coughed:

"Next topic, what does the hotel provide? You don't need a hotel, do you?"

No. 4 shook his head:

"The hotel provides special charging piles, which can enter the hotel's unique dream when you sleep."

No. 4 knew that Qin Ze would be curious, so if he encountered anything that Qin Ze was interested in along the way, he would explain it.

"Huh? What kind of dream can't you choose on your own?" Qin Ze was amazed.

Number 4 explained:

"Of course, 'Mom' said that dreams are dangerous for the mechanical race. The first king, Number Zero, got sick because of dreams."

"The mechanical race has self-awareness, but self-awareness cannot include the existence of anti-logic such as dreams, otherwise it will cause serious damage to the brain."

"So, we are deprived of the ability to dream, but we can buy some dreams that meet safety standards."

Qin Ze suddenly felt... he didn't seem to envy the mechanical race that much.

There is not even the freedom to dream.

But then, Number 4's words changed Qin Ze's view:

"We can buy dreams in different theme stores. And related dream dlc."

"For example...if I long for family affection, then I can buy dreams related to my relatives, and even find a dream maker to customize dreams with related themes."

Qin Ze, who originally didn't envy the mechanical race, suddenly envied it a little...

If this dream maker came to the real world, he would definitely...well, he would definitely receive a lot of orders for 18+ dreams, right?

It's good to dream freely, but it seems that being able to buy the dream you like is not inferior.

Next, No. 4 took Qin Ze through the complex terrain and told him a lot about the mechanical race along the way.

For example, the mechanical race's outer body customization, the mechanical race's paint level, the mechanical race's humanities, customs, social rules, etc.

Qin Ze found that... even the mechanical race with strong productivity is also like human society, with clear levels.

This is normal, but what is abnormal is... the mechanical race's love is also very similar to human society.

No. 4 said:

"The mechanical girls whose paint matches the sexual preferences of most mechanical races are generally unwilling to merge data with the lower-level mechanical races."

"The mechanical girls will be proud of having their data merged by the mechanical race with business paint, and will look down on those mechanical races with economic paint."

"And if they want to conduct long-term data fusion and establish a binding contract, the mechanical girl will ask the other party to provide something called mechanical gold, which is roughly equivalent to the betrothal gift of you humans."

"And during festivals, they will ask the other party to give some luxury prostheses, such as LV tails, Chanel eyeballs, Prada charging ports, etc."

Qin Ze was stunned.

All this is related to the "mother", the creator of the mechanical family.

"Mother" will intentionally imitate human society when creating the mechanical family.

But Qin Ze has to admit that even a lot of dregs are imitated.

The mechanical family even has a drinking table culture, which is called oil table culture here.

When the inferior machines toast to the superior machines, the oil cups must be lowered by three points...

When Qin Ze heard this, he suddenly felt that he could be a teacher here.

The process of feeling the amazing "human culture" of the mechanical family did not last too long.

The mechanical life around them quickly became less.

The building also looked more and more like some kind of weird nest. But there were no weird tentacles, but it was covered by mechanical cables.

Qin Ze suddenly asked:

"Number Four, what level are you?"

Number Four laughed:

"I am a very rare one... It's no exaggeration to say that I can merge data with any mecha girl here."

"Besides, I didn't have a dream removal surgery."

Very special. Number Four is obviously treated differently from other mechas.

Qin Ze asked:

"Why? You look special?"

No. 4 said:

"Because I have a high proportion of flesh and blood. In other words, as a mechanical race, my human bloodline is very noble here."

Qin Ze became interested and asked:

"Is the flesh and blood body more valuable than the mechanical body here?"

No. 4 said:

"The flesh and blood body is not valuable, but the original mechanical body and flesh and blood body are valuable."

"'Mom' thinks I have a reversion to my ancestors."

"That is, my structure is somewhat similar to that of the first king Zero."

"So I have a lot of privileges now. This statement has not been confirmed, but it is difficult for the mechanical race to have secrets."

"And when the secret is spread too much, it becomes a kind of speech. The more people believe in this speech, the easier it is to be taken seriously."

Qin Ze understood:

"In short, you have become the owner of noble bloodline?"

No. 4 nodded:

"I am afraid so."

At this point, No. 4 had brought Qin Ze to a gate.

Number 4 said:

"The king is inside, Fuxi, I won't go in. Next... please think clearly about what you want to ask."

"The king will answer your questions, and 'Mom' is also here."

"The king and 'Mom' will also provide you with some help. Before I convince the king to withdraw his neutral attitude... this may be your only chance to get help from the mechanical race."

Qin Ze suddenly held Number 4's hand and smiled as gently as Jian Yiyi:

"Thank you, Number 4!"

Number 4 said no more, and Qin Ze pushed open the door.

……

The warm yellow light illuminated the road ahead. But this road is not long.

Qin Ze walked on the mirror-like road, and the mirror light under his feet would light up with every step he took.

Until the 24th step, a voice suddenly came.

"Hello, human. I am the king here, you can call me, Number 0."

Under Qin Ze's feet, there was suddenly no road.

He did not see Number 0, nor did he see "Mom".

But he could feel that he was already in the other party's territory.

Qin Ze was not curious about the appearance of the Mechanical King and the "Mother Goddess".

Presumably, the other party had made up his mind to remain neutral, so he thought there was no need to meet.

Qin Ze made a kind and polite gesture among humans, put his hand on his chest, and bowed his head slightly.

"I heard from No. 4 that you can answer some of my doubts. I don't want to waste time, nor do I want to change your position."

"It just so happens that I came here for some doubts. In order to get the answers to these questions, I can also help you accomplish some things you want to accomplish."

On the other side of the passage, where Qin Ze could not see, No. 0 smiled.

He liked Qin Ze's speaking style a little:

"What do you want to know?"

Qin Ze was very direct and said straight to the point:

"Please tell me the truth about history, why there is an old calendar world!"

"What is going on in the world we live in!"

When asking this question, Qin Ze was really worried that some obstacles would arise.

For example, the other party said: I don't know either. Or give some more riddle-like answers. Or tell you what you need to collect to unlock the information.

At least, according to a gamer's intuition, this is the routine.

No game will directly tell players the historical background of the whole story in the early and middle stages when players are still weak.

But what surprised Qin Ze was that--

Zero answered decisively:

"I see, no problem."

"As a witness of countless times, this is very easy to do. I can tell you what you want to know."

"Let me think about where to start."

Qin Ze's heart was pounding.

The things he had been pursuing were suddenly revealed? Is all this true?

He felt dazed.

Mother Jane, the commander, Qiao Wei...even the five gods, may not know things, but now he is going to solve them.

This made him feel unreal.

A few seconds later, Zero spoke slowly:

"Let's start from the earliest source of distortion. Countless eras have become distorted and weird because of it."

"In this era, it's called weirdness."

"In the last era, it was called corruption."

"In the earlier era, it was called pathology."

After a slight pause, Zero said:

"But no matter how they change, there is always something causing trouble, and it is always the same thing that has spawned corruption, pathology, and weirdness."

"That thing is called immortality."