Chapter 228 Meat Grinder (Part 9)
Along the way, Jie Fangcheng had glimpsed the grandeur of this central city in countless movies. When the vehicle actually drove to the edge of the central city, Jie Fangcheng truly felt how grand this city was.
The end of the world has been here for so long that other places, even the once endless mountain ranges, have now turned into a vast expanse of yellow sand, with no scenery recognizable.
But from afar, as soon as you get close to the central city, you can vaguely see some bizarre scenery standing in the yellow sand, like a mirage.
When the vehicle got closer, Xie Fangcheng discovered that it was a rare sight of a city that had not been flattened by the hurricane.
But compared to ordinary cities, the central city standing in front of Jie Fangcheng looked like it was built for giants. There were only some broken walls and ruins left in various buildings, but it was also possible to see how tall these buildings were before they were destroyed by the yellow sand.
Seeing Jie Fangcheng's confusion, Yan Xun explained, "At the beginning of the apocalypse, humans once thought of building a fortress that could not be destroyed by wind based on the central city. So in the first few years of the apocalypse, human technology development first entered a period of rapid development. At that time, the sky was almost covered by various types of spacecraft. In order to facilitate the entry of spacecraft and large machines, the gates of the central city were built wider and wider, and the buildings were built higher and higher, and larger and larger."
"What happened next?" Xie Fangcheng asked, "Was it because the wind was too strong that all the buildings were blown down?"
Yan Xun shook his head.
"The Central City was not blown down by the wind. Seventeen years after the end of the world, a war broke out among humans."
At that time, the population of the Central City increased, and the environment outside became increasingly harsh, with volcanic eruptions, seawater backflows, and even plants that seemed harmless became weapons that could kill humans. Countless people poured into the Central City, but even after countless expansions and even the opening of underground cities, it still could not accommodate so many people.
The speed of human influx was much faster than the speed of urban construction, and in the end everything became chaotic.
It was not just a simple war, but a protracted war that was the sum of countless wars before the end of the world.
At the end of the war, no one was willing to build the fortress that everyone wanted to build to protect everyone when the apocalypse first began.
The Central City became the last modern city, and it was also a city that was destroyed before it was even built.
At this time, the city finally welcomed the first wave of guests after the apocalypse.
Yan Xun said: "There is nothing left above the city, but the underground city may still have the materials we need."
Xie Fangcheng nodded.
There was also a fallen elf in the car that was undergoing memory transformation, but Yan Xun was not an ordinary robot anyway. When he was on the Green Island, he could divide his thoughts into thousands of parts, and this time was no exception.
The vehicle was left in the yellow sand, forming a windbreak barrier. The unconscious Xiao Qi continued to undergo memory transformation, while Yan Xun had expanded the entrance to the underground city.
Compared to the above-ground city which is only left with yellow sand, the underground city is indeed better preserved.
When entering the underground city, Yan Xun placed the compressed energy block into the underground city's central control system.
Soon, the remaining functioning street lights throughout the underground city lit up.
"This way." Yan Xun led the way.
A robot that stored all the maps would never get lost, and the two walked on the wide road at a fairly fast pace. Along the way, Jie Fangcheng gazed at this once magnificent underground city.
There was no one around and only the sound of two people's footsteps could be heard.
In such a quiet environment, Jie Fangcheng couldn't help but want to chat with the robot beside him.
"Come to think of it, are you Yan Xun himself now?"
Jie Fangcheng asked the question he had always wanted to ask.
If we don't count the real person, the current robot possesses all of Yan Xun's memories, as well as the memories of Zhang Siquan, Luke, and Zhang Daoan. It can be considered as the return of the soul.
But if this is Yan Xun himself, I always feel something is weird.
After all...well, even the species has changed.
The robot did not shy away from answering this question: “Yes and no.”
He said: "In terms of physics, I am just the last mechanical guardian created by Professor Yan Xun to protect Cangcui. But in terms of thinking, I have inherited all of Yan Xun's thoughts. What controls my actions is not the chip in my body, but Yan Xun's thinking. So you can understand that I am Yan Xun's soul, but I don't have Yan Xun's own body."
Of course, the robot has no emotions, and all his words now are reactions under the control of the thinking cells left by Yan Xun.
Jie Fangcheng nodded thoughtfully: "I don't quite understand you robots."
The robot showed a perfect smile on its face. Under a large amount of calculations, it did not need to think like a human. As long as the data was sufficient, the robot in front of it could reflect the answer to any question within one second.
"Perhaps you can also understand that I am the person whose love has been taken away from those movies and TV shows in your world."
Jie Fangcheng couldn't help but laugh: "You have quite a diverse range of knowledge!"
The robot's smile remained unchanged. Just as he was about to say something, the detector suddenly sounded an alarm.
[Beep-beep-Warning! Warning! Dangerous species are approaching! Dangerous species are approaching! ]
And the moment the alarm sounded, Xie Fangcheng had already locked onto a certain direction.
"Something is coming."
After saying that, Xie Fangcheng took out the weapon that Yan Xun had prepared for him.
On the street in the east, a squeaking sound like that of a mouse was heard.
Soon, a group of rats indeed appeared in front of the two men, but each of these rats was more than two meters long, with red eyes flashing with ferocity, and their hair stuck together and stood up like a hedgehog.
Jie Fangcheng instinctively protected Yan Xun behind him, but the robot behind him reminded him: "I am a machine. Even if I die here, I still have countless nerve cells in Cang Cui Island. I can replicate Yan Xun again in a very short time."
The implication is that the robot Yan Xun should protect Jie Fangcheng. After all, no matter how strong Manager Jie is, he only has one life.
Jie Fangcheng was also stunned for a moment.
Before he could react, the robot had already stood in front of him. Its two arms turned into two laser guns, and two lasers shot at the mutant rat rushing towards it.
At this moment, they could hear something approaching from behind. Jie Fangcheng quickly came to his senses and turned his head to see what was happening. His scalp was tingling.
Behind the two men, several mutant centipede-like species, about five or six meters long, were approaching rapidly.
Those pairs of feet. Even though Jie Fangcheng himself did not have trypophobia, he still felt physical discomfort the moment he saw them.
"Damn!" Jie Fangcheng drew out the laser sword in his hand. Although his scalp was tingling, he did not hesitate when it came to fighting.
However, this time, Jie Fangcheng wanted to rush over despite the tingling feeling on his scalp, but the robot next to him seemed to have eyes on its back. The white military uniform on its body instantly changed shape and covered him like a mecha.
Immediately afterwards, two mechanical arms grew out from behind Yan Xun, and two laser guns shot at the approaching centipede without aiming.
After a few teeth-grinding noises, the rats and centipedes all died.
Xie Fangcheng was stunned.
Shit! What kind of mechanical Gundam is this?
I have to say that Professor Zhang's method is indeed extraordinary, and his main feature is mechanical ascension!
After killing the rats and centipedes, the robot's lethal weapons were put away again, the laser cannon turned into two bionic arms again, and the mecha that had just protected it turned back into a white military uniform.
Seeing this, Jie Fangcheng couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you keep the form you just had? Otherwise, wouldn't it be troublesome to transform again after encountering mutant creatures?"
Or does this transformation consume energy? That's why Yan Xun has to stay in the state of a bionic man instead of a human combat weapon?
Xie Fangcheng thought so in his heart.
The robot in front of him shook his head and said frankly: "After becoming a bionic man, I can provide you with higher emotional value. This is also my responsibility."
Jie Fangcheng felt inexplicably hot on his face. He just touched his nose when he seemed to see a red light out of the corner of his eye.
"Be careful!" Jie Fangcheng raised the sword in his hand to block the red light, and reflexively pulled Yan Xun behind him.
With this casual move of his sword, he chopped the attacking object several meters away. The two men then saw that it was a small mouse with a fur color different from that of ordinary mice, and a body size that was almost the same as before doomsday.
The robot behind Jie Fangcheng walked over and scanned the dead little mouse: "It's the Rat King."
With this incident, Jie Fangcheng looked around vigilantly, and only felt relieved after he found no other living creatures around.
"Without further delay, let's go get the seeds of that tree you mentioned!"
The robot nodded.
"And..." Jie Fangcheng looked at him: "Why don't you just go back to that, that look."
He gestured.
The robot reacted quickly and transformed again in the blink of an eye.
"Is that so?" The robot, who was always very quick in calculation, hesitated at this moment. "Wouldn't you find it strange if I were in this form?"
Humans naturally feel repulsed by species that are different from their own, especially combat forms like Yan Xun's.
But the human in front of him was cheerful: "No, it's pretty handsome."
Xie Fangcheng was indeed not kidding him, Professor Zhang had grown mechanical tentacles in the previous world! Xie Fangcheng just thought, "Oh my god, that's cool."
Who would resist a Transformer with a handsome appearance?
Seeing that he indeed did not show any unusual emotions, the robot nodded.
After the two walked for a while, the robot next to Jie Fangcheng suddenly asked, "Why do you want to protect me? I am a machine that can be damaged. This is not a good choice."
"Ah? Do I even need to choose?" Jie Fangcheng scratched his head. "I'm so strong, it's my duty to protect you!"
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