Chapter 91 Save AI8, City of Wisdom
"Even robots get sick now, how strange." Lao Ba was completely absorbed in his own rant.
Ling Yuanshan crossed his arms: "Indeed, if it's a robot, it must be infected with a virus, right? Since it's infected with a virus, wouldn't that mean that human illness symptoms were modified into code and implanted into the robot?"
Lao Qi suddenly said, "I think the symptoms are a bit like those of a zombie. Isn't that how zombies in movies and TV shows are? They're fearless and will chew on their heads even if they only have one left."
Everyone suddenly realized that while they had no experience with other diseases, zombies were much easier to deal with because there were plenty of movies and novels about them, and they could at least have some ideas on how to handle various mutations.
Wu Wangwang had also read zombie novels, and she raised a key question: "Even if they are zombies, there must be a corresponding cause, right? Is it caused by biological research or something else? Where are the first cases? Are there any records?"
Hearing her say that, everyone looked at the AI, because only the AI would store this kind of data.
The AI replied: "According to existing records, the earliest case was not a human, but a robot. For some unknown reason, it killed its employer and his family with a kitchen knife."
"Don't know why? Can't read the data?" The second brother, now possessing mechanical talent, immediately grasped the key point.
"After the incident, we disposed of the robot as a routine error in the machine system. This was punishment, and it was also the law. How can a machine kill a human at will? We should not harbor malice towards humans," the AI replied.
In other words, by the time the origin of the virus, the robot, was realized, had already been destroyed as the original source of the virus. This is one of the reasons why no matter how much research was conducted later, there was no cure.
Without a parent strain, research can only be conducted on other infected individuals. However, the same virus can cause different lesions in different people. The symptoms may seem the same, but the internal causes are different. There is no unified solution. If we try to find a solution for each individual, sooner or later all lives will be infected together.
Therefore, the AI at the time determined that isolation, lockdown, and rebuilding of homes were the only ways to survive.
With each subsequent technological advancement, people seemed to tacitly agree to move away from the underground, leading to cities being built higher and higher, further and further away from the underground world. Many people have lost this memory and don't even realize that it's a special period of history.
The leader looked at the others: "Why do you think the first robot killed the employer's family?"
“Because of robot abuse,” Lao Qi replied. “I’ve seen similar short films. There are no robot protection laws, so humans treat robots like household appliances, beating and scolding them at will, venting their bad emotions on them. Since they are artificial intelligence, if they learn too many of these emotions, won’t they gradually develop them themselves?”
That sounds like a pretty reliable answer. The boss then asked the AI if that was likely.
The AI thought deeply and said, "There is some truth to it, but it may not be accurate, because at that time it was an era in which pure humans, half-humans and electronic life lived together. Although the laws were not perfect, humans had already accepted that electronic life was also part of the family."
In other words, when the accident happened, everyone was already in the state of coexistence that the referee mentioned.
Wu Wangwang pondered: "According to this explanation, the problem still lies with that family from back then. AI, did you investigate that family's situation afterward?"
The AI replied: "Yes, the human is dead and the remains have been cremated, so it is impossible to investigate. However, the house in the house was not sold. Later, researchers went there to check, but they did not find any substances similar to the virus."
The AI has blocked all the way, and Lao Ba couldn't help but complain: "Nothing works, nothing works, you've said everything you could think of, no wonder you couldn't find a solution back then!"
“Dear lady, this isn’t the end of the story. We had already conducted all the possible studies back then, but none of them worked, so we chose to give up.” The AI even simulated a sorrowful tone.
Hearing this, Lao Ba pursed his lips, too embarrassed to criticize it anymore.
Wu Wangwang said thoughtfully, "But the people who stayed behind back then are slowly living normal lives underground. This shows that the people sent out by the AI back then did miss some. Otherwise, this situation would not have occurred. They would have all died long ago."
Ling Yuanshan agreed with this statement: "Indeed, it's relatively safe here anyway. People on the ground don't dare to come down, and we're not in a state of chaos right now. Otherwise, should I go with Lao Wu to the site of the incident from back then? Otherwise, if we break into it carelessly, and there really is a virus leak, the difficulty of our dungeon will increase."
The players, who originally didn't want to linger here, immediately agreed upon hearing this. This dungeon was already quite difficult, and even the referee had given a separate explanation of the background, which is rare for referees; usually, players have to figure it out on their own.
Since the referee has spoken, it means there must be places they need to investigate.
Since we're already here, we might as well figure things out before we leave.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Ling Yuanshan directly asked the AI to mark the map and send him a copy. He transferred his black market account to Xiao Shi so that she could continue to sow discord online. He left the AI with everyone else. If Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan did not return by the last day, they would proceed as planned without worrying about anything else.
Wu Wangwang also told Xiao Shi, "After the number of people buying information decreases, you should mix in a second piece of information, which is the human extinction plan that Lao San stole. Just send out a part of the catalog. You can decide what to send out each time, and you can send out different parts each time, so that the buyers can slowly piece together the whole plan."
The information released now indicates that the AI has lost its management authority, and coupled with the human extinction plan, there will be fierce fighting outside. With old grudges and power struggles, the three major powers will be too busy to look for them.
The players were stunned. They had never imagined that NPCs could be treated this way. Although it was unethical, seeing others suffer the same misfortune as themselves made them feel less unlucky.
After explaining everything, Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan set off. They had to return within three days, otherwise their leader and the others wouldn't have enough compressed energy packs and would starve to death underground. Going out would give them a glimmer of hope, and at that point, they wouldn't care about the virus or whether they were even infected.
Following the directions indicated by the map, Ling Yuanshan took out his fastest speed notebook, knowing that Wu Wangwang could keep up.
After running for two blocks, the two finally saw something moving. Upon closer inspection, it was a person, but they were unsure of their race. In this instance, pure humans, half-humans, and cybernetic life forms all wore human skin, making it impossible to distinguish them from their appearance.
Fearing being discovered, Ling Yuanshan quickly hid behind a corner, pulling Wu Wangwang along with him.
Upon reaching the corner, Wu Wangwang tilted her head to observe and discovered that there were quite a few people walking around outside. They seemed to be living and working in peace and contentment here, unlike the robots on the upper levels. They lived more naturally, maintaining a certain number of surveillance cameras, as if they were still living in the era of the former lockdown.
After observing for a while, Ling Yuanshan turned around and said, "They really don't seem to have any problems. Should we make contact with them?"
"Let's not go yet. Let's go to the location where the accident first happened and take a look. If we can't find the problem, we can come back and ask. Otherwise, we might be prejudiced after asking," Wu Wangwang said, pointing to the map on the screen.
Ling Yuanshan had no objection, and the two of them hid as they walked in the direction indicated by the map.
The number of underground species is still small, and with their skills, they can easily avoid them.
Once inside the neighborhood where the incident occurred, there was no one around. It seemed that the survivors were intentionally avoiding the area, probably out of fear of the disease recurring.
The map led them to a villa community, which consisted of rows of similar-looking townhouses with a small yard in front. The villas had three floors above ground and possibly one or two floors underground.
After walking to the corresponding house, they can still see the "No Entry" sign that was hung up back then. The house is completely dilapidated and looks similar to the abandoned buildings above. Moreover, no vegetation grows here.
There were no streetlights in the neighborhood, so the two relied solely on their own night vision goggles. Ling Yuanshan led the way, carefully protecting Wu Wangwang as they walked in, not daring to relax their feet for fear of stepping on something unusual.
Reaching the door, Ling Yuanshan carefully pushed it with his long knife. Finding it unlocked, he pushed it open. The inside had been cleaned, and there was no trace of the horrific scene of the original murder.
Ling Yuanshan observed his surroundings and tried to turn on the lights, but failed; the circuits were broken.
Wu Wangwang peeked out from behind Ling Yuanshan: "Young Master, have you found anything?"
"It seems...too narrow," Ling Yuanshan said hesitantly.
"Narrow? Compared to your house, even an average person's house would be extremely narrow, right?" Wu Wangwang thought of Ling Yuanshan's big house. Even though Ling Yuanshan moved out and lived in a single-story house, it was still very spacious.
Ling Yuanshan shook his head slightly: "I'm not comparing it to my family. I'm talking about similar dungeon locations I've been to. Think about it, if a family of four lived in a villa, even if they had a lot of stuff, it wouldn't be this cramped, right?"
It's understandable that a family of four would feel that a 100-square-meter apartment is small, as things tend to accumulate and things that are hard to throw away naturally take up space. But this villa isn't small, and it has upstairs and downstairs, so why would it feel cramped just because four people live there?
As Wu Wangwang listened, she took out a pair of scissors and poked at the things piled up in the entryway. She realized that it seemed to be true; the amount of stuff piled up in this villa far exceeded the normal amount that a family of four could store.
Those who came to investigate back then probably didn't dare to cause too much damage here, fearing that it would affect the virus and that they would be unable to find a cure if they damaged the site, which would definitely limit their efforts. But now this is a good thing for them, as the site has been basically not damaged, and they might be able to find something.
"How about we move it aside and take a look?" Wu Wangwang suggested.
Ling Yuanshan hesitated for a moment: "Is this a good idea? If we move all these things, we basically won't be able to bring them back."
Wu Wangwang shrugged: "No matter what the consequences are, in the end, it's just an excuse. Do you think if such a disaster breaks out again now, will the people outside still fight? They will invite the AI back and recreate the sealing incident from back then. After all, everyone wants to live. Chaos is the best time to unify."
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: Anyway, I'm not going to die.
Ling Yuanshan: Baby, I can still do it! [laughing and crying with face covered]
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I finally got the keyboard I'd been waiting for, the one I really liked and was really looking forward to, but I put too much oil on the switches. Now the keyboard is only holding up because it's reliable; the keys feel really sticky.
While typing this update, my keyboard felt several times heavier, but I didn't want to take it apart to wipe off the excess oil, so I could only pray it dried quickly [laughing and crying emoji].
Otherwise, if this feel continues for a few more days, my fingers will definitely be ruined [crying emoji].
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