Chapter 222 Collapse of the City (20)
"A cyber horror movie, right?" Zhao Shuo murmured.
Even though he knew there were no living things in the museum, he still felt a chill in his heart when he saw the red light.
Su Yue walked past him with a calm expression.
After all, he is the boss, and he has seen everything.
As expected, Su Yue had the same idea as Zhao Shuo. He stopped and took a quick look at the scene at the other end of the passage. Then he took the flashlight from Cangzhi and walked inside.
...But Cangzhi didn't give it to him.
Cangzhi retracted the flashlight, clearly saying, "I'll take it. I'll go ahead."
Su Yue glared at Cang Zhi, meaning "give it to me".
Cang Zhi's expression wasn't actually very explicit, but even Zhao Shuo could read the aggrieved look in it.
Just as Cangzhi was about to hand Suyue the flashlight as he had always done, Suyue unexpectedly refused to take it. With an expression that said, "I can't do anything to you," he sighed and said, "You take it."
Cang Zhi was stunned, and Zhao Shuo's expression turned into "0.0". Although he couldn't tell what had changed, he always felt that the atmosphere between Su Yue and Cang Zhi seemed to have changed.
To put it simply, Su Yue seems to have become a little gentler.
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With Su Yue's approval, Cang Zhi looked very happy. He walked at the front of the team with a flashlight. Although he was walking in the dark corridor of the museum, he felt like he was on a spring outing.
Zhao Shuo was also in a more relaxed mood, because after completing these copies, he also got to know Su Yue and Cang Zhi.
Su Yue judged that there was no danger in the museum, at least for the time being, so he changed the usual formation and let Cang Zhi walk in front of the team.
Su Yue walked at the back, almost at the same level as Zhao Shuo.
This passage slopes downwards at a gentle angle, which is actually equivalent to walking from one floor to the next. There are some display boards on the walls on both sides. Su Yue read through them one by one, and they all introduced the "Optical Brain Project".
The optical computer project was implemented when Mayor Kodo was in office and ended with the display board at the end of the passage. A total of five generations of innovations were made. The display board included the details of the host updates of each generation of the "Optical Computer Project", the responsible persons, etc., all of which were introduced in great detail, but it still did not explain what the optical computer project did.
It was as if the entire Night City should know what the "Optical Brain Project" was.
Or perhaps the "Optical Brain Project" should not be known to any resident of Night City.
"Which possibility is it?" Zhao Shuo asked in confusion as he looked at the last display board, which showed scientists in neat white coats taking smiling photos in front of the fifth-generation optical computer instrument.
"It's easy to verify." Su Yue said, turning on the watch on his hand.
The watch has a built-in chat room where residents chat. Su Yue has observed that for residents, it is just a local software in their mobile phones, but everyone is included in the chat room, and public chats posted here can be seen by everyone.
Su Yue opened the chat room.
The chat room connects to people nearby by default. Since this area is a restricted area that has just been lifted, there is very little chat content. The sporadic content marked from the left is probably the chat of residents on the edge of the restricted area.
-【What should I cook for dinner?】
-【Fry hairtail fish and cook a cold soup.】
-【Cold soup is the best choice in this season.】
Su Yue glanced at the chat history and didn't pay much attention. He opened the chat box and found that outsiders couldn't customize the content of the message. Su Yue thought about it and opened the friend list.
In the temporary conversation, there are NPCs such as [Yuuna] and [Boss Lady]. These are temporary conversations that appear when Su Yue hands over the task.
There are also chat pages for [Zhao Shuo] and [Cang Zhi], which are generated when sharing tasks after adding friends.
Su Yue opened the chat box with Cangzhi, and sure enough, he could customize the chat content here. He typed in the word "Optical Brain Project" and clicked send.
- [Send failed]
Su Yue lost again and sent.
- [Send failed]
Su Yue deleted "Light Brain Project", typed the word "light", and sent it.
- [Send failed]
brain.
- [Send failed]
Su Yue casually typed the word "pig" and sent it.
-[Moon: Pig]
Cangzhi's watch beeped, he looked down and looked at Su Yue in confusion, not understanding why he was being scolded.
Su Yue: "..."
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"Sure enough, 'Light Brain Project' is a banned word." Su Yue remained calm, as if the "pig" he had just sent to Cang Zhi was entirely his own illusion. "Even the two words 'Light Brain' are blocked when sent separately. It seems they are determined not to let the residents of Night City know about the existence of the plan."
"Perhaps the optical computer project is the core reason for all the strange phenomena in Night City." Zhao Shuo said.
Su Yue also thought so. It seemed that on the way to the Green Heart Key, they could finally understand some of the background of the game [Collapsing City].
After walking down the slope, they soon entered the underground exhibition hall, which was the hall where they had just seen countless "red eyes" in the darkness.
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After entering the exhibition hall, the light around was a little brighter, and the "red eyes" seen outside the passage did not look so scary anymore, because with the light emitted from the wall, you can see that these red eyes are the red lights on the machines. If you look closely, you will find that those machines are made in the shape of animals.
There are mechanical dogs that look like the prototypes of the mechanical dogs on the street, as well as mechanical birds, mechanical crocodiles, and even some mechanical synthetic beasts that Su Yue cannot recognize.
Those red lights are indeed "eyes", the eyes of these mechanical beasts. Although the museum has been covered in dust for a long time, the eyes of these mechanical beasts are still bright.
Su Yue turned the flashlight towards the mechanical bird in front of him. It was a proud giant bird with flapping wings and puffed out chest. It had striking feathers and thick claws. It looked a bit like an eagle, but was more slender than an eagle. It did not have the eagle's sense of power, but appeared sharper.
There was a sign under the mechanical bird that read "Pride."
"Arrogant?" Su Yue's eyebrows knitted together. "Is this the name of this mechanical bird? The naming style is very different from the first floor."
"But it matches the shape of this bird very well." Cang Zhi said.
Su Yue also agreed. The bird looked very proud with its chest puffed out and wings flapping, but it was neither cute nor gorgeous. On the contrary, its faint red eyes and mechanical-shaped beak and claws made it look quite violent.
It really fits the name "Arrogant".
Looking further back, all the mechanical beasts on the underground floor have similar names.
For example, the poisonous snake "Jealousy" with its half body standing tall and spitting out its tongue, and the mountain cat "Greed" with its mouth wide open and saliva dripping... These mechanical beasts seem to be expressing a certain emotion with their images, and their expression is quite vivid.
"What the hell are these?" Zhao Shuo walked slowly past the mechanical beasts, looking around and frowning nervously. "Why are they all so weird?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yue suddenly had a strange feeling. He seemed to see the eyes of all the mechanical beasts light up, but the next moment that feeling disappeared. The mechanical beasts stood quietly in the exhibition hall, serving as exhibits.
Su Yue was a little confused. He wondered if he had seen it wrong. As he was thinking this, Zhao Shuo asked in a trembling voice, "Boss, why did I see the eyes of these robot beasts glowing just now? Did I see it wrong..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of all the mechanical beasts lit up again, and the red light intensified at the same time, and the bodies and joints of the mechanical beasts were almost all reflected in red.
Su Yue: "..."
He looked at Zhao Shuo, whose face was pale, and sighed: "It seems you are not wrong."
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