Chapter 89 Save AI6, City of Wisdom
Everyone quickly stood up, and the second brother took out his binoculars to observe the last place they had damaged.
"There are repairmen and some thugs, who look like disguised mercenaries or someone's henchmen. They are indeed looking for our trail." As he spoke, the second brother used his modified binoculars to take pictures and displayed them on the screen for the others to see.
Fearing discovery, everyone kept quiet and watched in silence as the maintenance workers began to rearrange the robots, this time more discreetly. Meanwhile, the others began to search and probe in all directions, hoping to find them soon.
The fourth brother had already raised his sniper rifle; he was ready to act at any moment if he needed to silence witnesses and protect their whereabouts.
Looking at the images on the screen, Wu Wangwang knew she was right. The theft of the World Brain could not be kept secret. Even if it was temporarily concealed on the surface, countless rumors would circulate underground.
It seems that quite a few people are still observing, but don't want to be left behind by the news.
Since everything was going as planned, Wu Wangwang felt she might as well add fuel to the fire. Players from other factions would arrive sooner or later, and their combat power would be stronger than these NPCs in some ways. She couldn't just stand there and take the beating; she had to stir things up.
The problem now is that Wu Wangwang didn't understand these things at first, and she wasn't aware that her image was being recorded, which is very troublesome.
The eighth brother gently tugged at Wu Wangwang's tattered clothes and asked in a low voice, "Fifth sister, what do we do now?"
The others also looked over. At present, Wu Wangwang is their only brain. They are either newcomers or lone wolves and rarely do this kind of teamwork. Wu Wangwang, who is neither new nor old, can make up for their lack of a team brain.
Wu Wangwang looked at her second sister: "Second sister, have you figured out the path? Where did they come from?"
The second brother gave an OK sign: "Leave this to me and I'll take care of it. They came from three directions: above, below, and on the ground. In other words, although this area looks empty, there should be people living in the distance, both above and below."
“Then let’s head down. Along the way, we need to make some firearms with lethality and penetrability no less than the props. Second sister, I’m counting on you.” Wu Wangwang made the decision immediately.
Upon hearing this, the second brother put down his binoculars: "That's possible, but you need to describe your requirements more specifically. After all, I only share fifty percent of the talent, and I'm not the kind of genius who can make eight hundred products with just one sentence."
When you're the contractor, what you fear most is that the client can't clearly articulate their specific requirements, and after all the work is done, they just keep saying it's not what you imagined.
Wu Wangwang covered her head and pulled Ling Yuanshan over, saying, "I don't understand the technology of this instance. I hope that after we go down, the forces below will be attacked at the same time, and the protective wall in the direction of the gate will be broken. After all, this place is a big prize. If we go underground, it should be the outermost part of the city wall, right?"
Ling Yuanshan quickly formed a mental image of the plan Wu Wangwang had described. He asked, "Approximately how large is the attack range? And if we attack from the lower levels, we're very likely to be caught by the people who arrive."
"It'd be best if it were big enough that even if electronic life forms arrived, they would have to rescue us first, rather than block our escape routes," Wu Wangwang said, gesturing to indicate the size.
"Understood, Second Sister. We need to produce shells that will cause a wide-area explosion, or those that can cause electric shocks or electronic shielding. They must immediately block the communication and electronic devices of everyone nearby. We need about three to four of them, and the launch distance should be more than three kilometers." Ling Yuanshan immediately stated the specific requirements in conjunction with Wu Wangwang's plan.
The second sister finally understood, and she immediately started hand-crafting a nuclear bomb. That's the good thing about the new era; as long as you're a genius, you can make it yourself. In ancient times, you would have needed a lot of people to do it.
Seeing that she had started working, Wu Wangwang immediately said, "Now the main thing is to protect Second Sister. We need to continue downwards and not get caught."
At this moment, the leader unfolded a piece of paper: "Then leave it to me. I found that this professor has a lot of maps. Although this one is not very detailed, it will give us the general direction. Let's go quickly."
They set off again. Ling Yuanshan had now taken over Xiao Shi's online work, frantically selling information on the underground network and keeping a close eye on all kinds of news. Xiao Shi no longer had to do this kind of thing. As a mercenary, she simply gave Ling Yuanshan access to her account, while she took out her weapon to cover their retreat.
The group formed a spindle shape, with Ling Yuanshan and the three newcomers in the middle. Wu Wangwang could only take out scissors to protect them.
After descending a certain distance, the stairs reach the first floor. They have reached the end of a certain world-building cycle and must change to another building to continue descending.
As they went down, the surrounding buildings became noticeably older and dilapidated. In places where it was completely dark, they used infrared night vision devices to see things, not daring to turn on the lights.
The railings nearby would fall at the slightest touch, and dust would fall from the stairs as you walked. Taking a few more steps felt no different from stepping on steel bars, and you had to worry about whether the steel bars would break.
At the end of this stacked building, Wu Wangwang suddenly saw green shoots sprouting by the roadside. She quietly called out to the people around her, ran over to take a look, and even reached out to touch them. They were indeed green plants.
Upon arriving at the instance, Wu Wangwang, a ghost from an old era, felt something was off. It turned out that there were no green plants, but life had re-emerged in the sparsely populated underground.
With no tracking robots nearby, the leader raised his voice slightly: "Fifth Brother, what did you find?"
Wu Wangwang pointed to the ground and said, "They're leaves. There are actually plants here."
Everyone was pleasantly surprised. It seems that humans all yearn for this kind of greenery, and they all rushed over to take a look. Then, Lao Ba and Lao Qi exclaimed that nature is truly amazing.
After their initial shock subsided, Wu Wangwang raised a question: "However, the presence of greenery here suggests that the order below might be different from that above. Be careful and remember not to be misled by the surface rules of the instance."
The usually composed sniper, Lao Si, suddenly spoke up: "Speaking of which, does the coexistence the referee mentioned include the humans below? They live in a world without sunlight but with greenery, would they want to go up there?"
The most difficult thing about coexistence is whether the thought frequencies can match. When they cannot be in sync, the most convenient option is to use force to suppress them. As the referee said, restoring the past situation is also an option, but the AI has lost 70% of its control. On their way to find the key, they also have to consider other issues.
Ling Yuanshan casually remarked, "The people below aren't necessarily living a natural life. What if they're underground forces hiding here to bide their time?"
Regardless of the method, it shows that Wu Wangwang's plan is very reliable. There really are people underground. By fighting on both sides, they can quickly run away once these forces clash.
As they continued downwards, they saw countless green plants entwined around the building, making it difficult to find a foothold. The floors were clearly crumbling under the weight of these plants. Experienced players knew which way to go for safety, but the three newcomers swayed back and forth, and it was only because Wu Wangwang kept pulling them back by the collar that they didn't fall straight down.
Given the current sturdiness of these buildings, if you fall down, you'll probably hit the ground.
There were no robots exploring the area, but the second child's assembly speed didn't increase because the road was more difficult to walk on, making Wu Wangwang want to carry her and run.
The further down we went, the more it felt like entering a dark forest. We could no longer see the path, and there were trees of indistinguishable colors everywhere.
The eldest brother stopped and turned around, saying, "No, we can't go any further. We can't tell if there's a road or not, and we don't know if we can go down. We don't dare cut the tree branches, for fear that the building will collapse and crush us."
They seem to be trapped in a dark room, where it's pitch black and any slight movement could cause it to collapse. Even if they turn back, they might not be able to climb back up because the surrounding buildings are too fragile.
The three newlyweds huddled back to back in fear, overwhelmed by the unknown.
Wu Wangwang looked around and asked the leader, "Boss, are you sure there's still space down there? Have we reached the bottom?"
The leader looked at the model that had been built earlier on the screen and said, "I don't have a complete map either. This is a model that this NPC made based on his own deductions. Looking at it, there should be space below, but if there are only trees below, it seems pointless for us to go down."
If everything below is blocked off and there is no life, then Wu Wangwang's plan will be half ruined, which would be a loss. It would be better to choose a new location.
"Then, if we fire cannonballs from here and attack horizontally, can we break through the last line of defense of the main city?" Wu Wangwang asked thoughtfully.
The second sister answered the question, saying, "It shouldn't be there yet. I have some artifacts on me and I've been calculating the distance. At this height, there's still one more layer to reach the outermost protective wall of the main city."
In other words, to implement Wu Wangwang's plan, it is necessary to go down one level, at least to the outermost city wall of the main city.
Wu Wangwang was silent for a moment, then patted Ling Yuanshan on the shoulder: "Six, do you have any other props? Take them out and try them out."
Hearing this, the others looked at the two of them in surprise, finding it hard to believe that they had cleared the dungeon in this way, and wondered if Wu Wangwang was being too arrogant.
If she says to take it out, can Ling Yuanshan really take it out?
Ling Yuanshan paused for a moment, then said, "I do know of a tool that can do this, but I don't have it. I've seen others use it before. It's called Forest Series: Corrosive Swamp. This thing is specifically designed to corrode all life in the forest. If you have it, you can just take it out and throw it on the ground. It will corrode a path, but it won't cause the trees to collapse."
"We don't have the Corrosive Swamp, but how about the Forest Series Woodpecker?" Xiao Shi suddenly asked, holding up a wooden woodpecker with a big beak that looked very cartoonish.
Everyone looked over, and the third brother said speechlessly, "It's possible, but how long are you going to keep pecking at this?"
Don't look back and you won't be able to finish pecking in eleven days. What's the difference between that and being trapped here to die?
Xiao Shi muttered, "The main function of the woodpecker prop isn't pecking wood; it's mainly for destruction."
Wu Wangwang lowered her head and looked at the trees at her feet. She released her senses and quickly discovered that there was indeed space underground. However, the trees in the middle formed a natural barrier, protecting the world below very well. However, if there was space below, there was no need to worry about being crushed to death. After all, even rats digging holes have never collapsed buildings.
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: In the end, I still had to rely on my old skills to save my life!
Ling Yuanshan: What old technology?
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