Chapter 48 is a living person
Zero was sitting in Mosanwu's car, a few kilometers ahead of them, the first echelon of the vanguard had already set out to explore the way.
On the left and right are the aileron squads led by the two vice presidents. Herman's bodyguards ride in other desert trucks, and together with a group of mechanical workers, they protect the expensive equipment from falling to the rear. The entire team is on the front line. Pulled very long.
Mo Sang Wu wore a pair of sunglasses on his face, revealing only his strong brow bones. He was holding the steering wheel with one hand and the other arm on the window. The collar of his combat uniform was not fully buckled, revealing a silver necklace around his neck.
The wind in the desert is very strong, the window of the car is not closed, and zero's hair is blown back by the wind. She subconsciously closes her eyes and enjoys this rare and peaceful sunshine.
Mo Sanwu glanced at her and said nothing.
The journey was silent except for the roar of the vehicle's engine and the whistling of the wind.
At this moment, "Bang Bang—"
Someone tapped the car wall on the outside.
Zero glanced back, and saw Herman poking at the small window of the rear car body and gesturing towards her.
The corners of his mouth were wide open and he looked elated, holding a yellow cardboard box in his hand.
"Fried-chicken!"
His voice was blown away by the wind and drifted into her ears intermittently.
Zero frowned: "Scum?"
The phrase "I want to eat fried chicken" from the Goddess of the Galaxy at the time that caused a sensation in the federation has been lingering in the minds of countless people. Herman hired a team of personal chefs to study 101 kinds of fried chicken. method, and finally figured out the most perfect frying method.
He fantasized and waited countless times, and if he had a chance to see her in person, he must let her taste it.
"Fried chicken - fried chicken -"
Herman waved his hands vigorously, this time Zero finally heard clearly.
As a result, the two of them sat in the car body together.
Mo Sangwu in the driver's seat couldn't go with him. He was angry, so he could only knock out a cigarette from his pocket and hold it in his mouth, stomping on the accelerator all the way.
Zero and Herman sat side by side against the goods. She opened the takeaway box in front of her, and the fried chicken inside was even simmering with oil.
"Where did you get the fried chicken in this kind of place?"
"It's a little early to leave today. I was afraid that you would be hungry, so I used my drone to deliver it.
" ...is this a local tyrant?
"Herman, you are amazing!" The
wind was so strong that the man couldn't hear clearly, so he subconsciously moved closer: "Zero, what did you say?"
Zero leaned close to his ear and amplified his voice: "I said, shouldn't you? Have the ability to make money!"
Her words exhaled hot air on his ear, causing a slight tremor and tremor to his body.
Herman's breathing was a little disturbed. He didn't know why he was eager to express himself, and said eagerly: "Zero, I have a lot of money! I have two branches, five factories, and three cruise ships under my name."
"I also have a personal Island."
"Really?!"
"It's called Lamo Island, located on the southern side of the Pacific Ocean, with lush vegetation and a very good environment, I can give it to you!" The
wind was too strong, and this series of words heard in Zero's ears: "Huh? Hudao... South Pacific... Huhu, lush vegetation... Huhuhuhu."
But he seemed to be in a good mood, and Zero still responded with a smile: "You are amazing!"
Herman was excited and smiled. Even more brilliant, I can't wait to turn in the deposit immediately and make her smile.
The two people's laughter and laughter came from the truck's body. The ruts left long winding traces on the sand, rolling in smoke and dust, and slowly drove into the depths of the desert.
As the closest settlement to the mining area, Heisha City is absolutely safe after the aberrant cleanup work of the first stage mission.
When she set foot on this land again, Zero found that some of the tree species left by her last planting had already sprouted and grown leaves.
She crouched down, carefully holding a new leaf that had just grown.
This little green leaves a tiny bit of vitality in the abandoned city.
"Zero, we're going." Herman called her from behind.
"Okay! Come now!"
Because there were robot sentries arranged in advance along the way, the mining work went very smoothly.
All the technicians and mercenaries formed their own teams and followed the assigned route to the mining area. There were a total of 134 points in a chessboard-like series. Two hours later, Herman received the news that all construction had started one after another. .
The fastest point has even dug out the energy source stone mine for the first time.
Zero, together with Herman, Mosanwu, and Anling, went to the No. 1 mining site.
She sat under a huge parasol, holding a water bottle to watch the rumble of the burrowing scene in the distance. Under the excavation of huge equipment, a deep pit in the desert depression exposed the rock layer below.
"Herman, since the precious energy source quarry has been surveyed here, why doesn't the government send someone to mine it by itself?" The
man put a straw hat on her head: "The reason given by the federal government at the time of bidding was: nearby aberrants There are too many, and they are extremely dangerous. It is difficult to clean up, and the mining cost is too high, so the project has been shelved."
Ling remembered the army of deformers in Heisha City, and the big A-level deformed centipede, and nodded: "Indeed, waste. The city is very dangerous."
But no matter how dangerous it was, the enemy was eventually killed by Mo Sanwu. And as a huge government army, wouldn't even the mercenary guild be incomparable?
Such a big piece of fat, the greedy federal government should not let it go.
A conspiracy for the Baker Group? It is not so, the government should not be the enemy of the chaebol.
Zero subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
At this time, the rumbling voice finally changed, and Lawrence waved to them from a distance.
"Master, we have dug out the ore." The
crowd crowded around excitedly. In the depths of the dark mine, the mechanical equipment cast a strong beam of light, squinting, and seemed to see a little blue light coming out.
It wasn't until the workers sent the ore out that she could see what was called [solid alien life].
Pieces of irregular energy source stone exudes a fascinating color, and the outer skin is wrapped in thick rocks. I usually don't feel it, but now put it together, the dark or light blue is particularly eye-catching.
"The darker the color, the higher the level, the more likely it is to activate special abilities."
"However, because the hardness is too high to be cut, it can only be transported back in its current form for further processing." The
huge blue ore has a natural deterrent power. Soldiers and many skilled workers stood by and watched, but no one dared to touch it.
Zero took two steps closer, and Herman reminded him: "Be careful, the untreated energy source stone will be very sharp."
Zero's outstretched hand paused slightly, but it still lightly touched the surface of the ore.
"It's okay." Not only did the
sharp stone not hurt her, but she also felt that the surface of it was slightly warm under her palm.
According to the regulations, all mercenaries who accept the mission need to go to their respective mining areas to be stationed, and deal with the nearby wild aberrations by the way, and wait for a month after the construction period is stable before returning.
Mo Sang Wu was setting up a tent when a mercenary under his command suddenly ran over.
"Team Mo, we have found out."
"Are there aberrants?" The
mercenary hesitated: "It's not... it's a living person."
Mo Sangwu frowned: "How could there be a living person in the desert of death."
"We found an oasis on patrol, not far from the southeast of the mining area. There are traces of long-term human activities around the oasis."
Mo Sang Wu immediately led people to the location that the mercenary said.
When he saw it with his own eyes, he felt that what his subordinates said was completely wrong.
This is more than a trace of long-term activity... It has even formed a human gathering village.
The so-called oasis is a lake with some vegetation growing around it, like a crystal gem in the desert. But this village has nothing to do with 'beauty' at all.
The villagers didn't even have a house. They lived in scrawl shacks. Their bodies were tanned after long-term exposure to the sun. None of them wore protective masks. They were all skinny and scantily clad.
A few still moving were catching something by the lake, possibly fish. The rest were almost all lying under the shacks waiting to die.
Their exposed facial features and limbs have terrible lesions. Some have fat heads and big ears, and their hair falls off, and some joints are deformed and cannot stand upright.
Zero also saw a man who had completely lost both human legs and could only crawl on his arms.
No one would have thought that such a strange place would exist in the desert only a few kilometers away from the mining area.
Zero: "...Are they aberrants?"
Mo Sanwu: "No, they are still human."
An Ling explained: "Long-term exposure to the desert will cause a huge amount of radiation, and they have not taken special medicines, genetic diseases. The accelerated outbreak has caused physical lesions and deformities. But despite this, these people still retain human consciousness and do not belong to the ranks of deformers."
Even if they no longer look like normal people, they are just ordinary people until they die.
Zero and the others stood high in the dunes and were finally discovered by the other party.
Looking at this group of mercenaries armed with live ammunition and fully armed, a few people who were fishing for food on the edge of the lake turned their heads and stared at them blankly.
After a long while, a skinny old man staggered towards them.
There is only one eye left on the old man's face, and the other eye is completely distorted and has lost its normal appearance.
He stumbled with outstretched arms, almost falling into the sand, but Mo Sangwu held him up.
The mercenaries standing not far away all clenched their guns, thinking that the other party would ask for food, but the old man just asked a question.
His skinny fingers gripped Mo Sang Wu's arm tightly, his eyes twinkling.
"My lord, do you know that Hongyan City is okay now?"
There was a mercenary from Hongyan City in the team, and they said strangely: "Very good, the environmental management has been good recently, and it has been rated as second-level suitable. I live in the city."
Hearing this, the old man's only remaining eye suddenly burst into tears, leaving mottled marks on his wrinkled face.
He muttered to himself and sat down on the ground: "Great, great..."
Everyone looked at him strangely.
Probably reminded by the old man's movements, those who could still move in the rest of the shack also ran over one after another. They were panting heavily, their faces grim, as if trying to grab the last straw.
The scene of this skinny person acting like this is a little terrifying.
"What are you doing?! All back!"
"Don't go any further, or we'll shoot..." Few of
Mosang's people blocked Zero behind. Who would have guessed that these villagers would be the same as the old man.
"My lord! Ladies and gentlemen! I just have one question. Is the second hospital in Baisha City still in operation ?
"
Don't wear it, just ask these unresolved questions, as if those cities can develop well, they can rest assured.
Mercenaries, you look at me, I look at you, but I don't understand the situation.
"What are you asking about?" Zero probed out and asked in a low voice.
From the intermittent words of the desert villagers, they pieced together another shocking news.
- These people all voluntarily entered the desert of death.
"I am a prisoner released after serving my sentence. The children of fifth-class citizens cannot go to school. I am wasting food when I live."
"If my mother can get a bed and sacrifice me, I don't care."
The one-eyed old man folded his hands and looked pious. : "God said that we are guilty people. There are too few places in the residential area. If I leave the city, the little granddaughter will live..."
Zero face was shocked, she turned her head suddenly.
An Ling nodded: "It's the god of machinery." The
small oasis could not give them much food. A few fish and a few coconut trees growing by the lake were all the food sources for the entire village.
Because they finally got the news from the outside, the villagers were very happy, and even brought out precious food to entertain them: some small dried fish...
Zero standing on a high place, looking at this isolated oasis, felt very uncomfortable. Comfortable.
"Team Mo, can we take them to Baita City?"
Mo Sanwu lowered his eyebrows: "This oasis can delay genetic diseases, but even if we take them back, they won't be able to live for long."
Ling held it tightly . Fist, whether it was to assassinate her before, or to take action against the mercenary guild, there are reasons to follow, but the group of unarmed ordinary people in front of them.
"What exactly does he want to do!"
Mo Sangwu shook his head: "I don't know."
After a while, An Ling, who was at the end, suddenly said, "I can probably understand some of his thoughts."
Everyone looked at him.
Anling said in a gentle tone: "For the sustainable and higher level of human survival, screening out the defective products in the settlement can preserve the material needs of more outstanding humans for a long time."
"These genetic diseases are serious, poor, Human beings who are disabled and have no intelligence are inferior products in His eyes."
Ling swallowed: "An Ling, what do you mean?" The
young man was expressionless: "He may be screening and eliminating humans.
" Mann couldn't hide his shock: "What kind of strange thinking of artificial intelligence is this! Wait, isn't he also an AI?"
Mosan asked without question: "But if the mechanical god is an AI, he should follow the The rule in the source: Do not harm human beings. What the church is doing has seriously violated the underlying logic of the robot."
Another robot present gave an explanation.
Mechanical Butler Lawrence: "Actually, the original logic of AI is interpretable. If I am a guard robot, I can kill the 'enemy that the system is set to think'. Similarly, this logic is also applicable to other occupations."
An Ling also nodded affirmatively: "If someone attacks Zero, I will kill him."
Everyone was silent.
Zero looked at the horrific villagers, "What the hell is the God of Machinery? We can only tell us this answer after Dong has returned." After
spending a lot of effort to appease the villagers in the desert, the mercenaries volunteered to help They repaired the shack.
Obviously they also believe in Mechanicism, but this group of people is extremely gentle and harmless. They dragged their broken bodies after them until they were sent out of the oasis.
The one -eyed old man folded his hands together, bowed his back and said, "The Lord God will keep you safe."
Zero glanced back and hesitated.
Until their military card left, those scrawny people were still standing on the edge of the oasis, looking at this side from a distance, their stature gradually became a little smaller.
It was finally buried by wind and sand.
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