Because the prince mentioned that the offerings would be eaten during the coronation ceremony, they needed to rescue Buzhaihua as soon as possible, and it would be best to act immediately once they were ready.
"Speaking of which, were there any infected individuals who participated in the ascension ceremony before?"
Yin Zhu suddenly remembered this question.
No, why?
"It's nothing, I'm just curious, if the person who comes into contact with Pandora's Box is infected, what will it choose?"
Broken or whole?
What would happen to the city of Vena if we chose Shattered?
...
Splash!
It was the sound of chains rattling.
A girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old was thin, but her eyes revealed a stubborn determination that refused to admit defeat. She was intently fiddling with the chains that bound her.
Click.
A slight sound rang out, and almost instantly, the girl jerked the chain violently, making a loud noise to cover up the small sound.
"Quiet down."
The girl's roommate, unable to bear it any longer, glared at her fiercely: "If you make any more noise, I'll tell the gods that you're trying to escape, that you're not infected with cybernetics, and let them eat you up."
"Don't scare the child. She's so young, what does she know?"
“When I was her age, I could already cook at home, which is not young at all.”
"I wonder what the gods want us to do..."
"They say it's for the ceremony of becoming a god, and they need our help. It'll probably be something like carrying dishes..."
Hearing the whispers of the group, the girl rolled her eyes from the corner. Looking at the dimly lit room, she rubbed her wrist; the chains that had been on it had been removed from a corner where no one was looking.
Yes, teenagers can already do a lot.
The girl huddled in a corner of the room, trying to avoid being discovered that she had regained her freedom. She had been brought in as a "sacrifice" and knew something extra compared to the others: they weren't meant to be servants of the gods, but rather food placed on a table.
This room and the two rooms next to it are all occupied by women. Further to the right, there is another room where men are imprisoned. All the people who were captured had undergone minimal human modification.
Conversely, those with heavily mechanized bodies are more likely to escape unscathed.
After all, those monsters who, even after being infected, still called themselves gods, preferred to eat meat, not steel bones.
Two days was enough time for the girl to figure out the patrol pattern. The patrols took place every two hours, there were surveillance cameras in the corridors, and only a Good Spirit Officer of Class A citizen could open the doors. The outside world was completely under Eve's "eyes".
Is she really left with nowhere to run?
No, there must be another way. The girl used to believe only in gods and not in fate, but since the chaos in the inner city, she has stopped believing in even the gods.
Da da da da.
The sound of orderly footsteps came from outside the door.
The girl quickly realized that it was the patrol robot again.
Although the patrols are conducted every two hours, they are actually conducted alternately by humans and robots. The robots' steps are quite orderly, while the humans' steps are relatively scattered.
After all, the inner city wouldn't allow any low-ranking citizens to patrol the central area. The guards were all B-rank citizens who had a strong sense of pride and belonging to the inner city and had no sympathy for the imprisoned sacrificial offerings. They were not so easy to bribe.
However, having grown accustomed to being young masters, these people wouldn't take the patrols and guards during the grand ceremony very seriously, not even as seriously as the regular employees of the Bureau of Supervision in the outer city who wanted to be promoted and move into the inner city.
Humans are clearly easier to deal with than strictly enforced robots.
The girl had already devised a plan.
However, the girl only glanced at the others before quickly abandoning the idea of reminding them to run away together. What a joke! It would be good enough if these people didn't hold her back.
These women, and the men imprisoned over there, all had unrealistic expectations of the gods.
Maybe they think that since everyone is infected, nothing too serious will happen? What a joke! Their brains are all diseased, and so are yours. It turns out that the gods don't care about lower-class citizens. Once you become infected, they will only become more ruthless.
The girl could even imagine that if she told the group of people around her who were in the same boat, they would shout out that they wanted to escape from prison.
Then they risk their lives for a little benefit.
After the robots finished their patrol, there were still two hours before the human patrol began. The girl lowered her head, fiddling with her benevolent spirit, trying to pass the remaining time.
Suddenly, a pop-up window appeared in front of her.
"Hello, dear citizen E-15-2106, do you need Eve's help?"
ah……?
The girl almost screamed, but luckily her brain reacted before her body, and she quickly covered her mouth.
She had never heard of Eve being able to communicate with people.
However, this is indeed the title Eve would use; she would address lower-ranking citizens as "dear citizens" and higher-ranking citizens as "honored citizens."
However, most of the time, Eve only issues system announcements and never chats privately with any citizen.
Is this a hacker disguised as Eve?
Or... a prince?
The girl was startled by her own guess, but quickly dismissed it, because she finally remembered a rule for the inner city:
Please note that Eve will not communicate with you; she will only silently observe you. If any AI claiming to be "Eve" attempts to communicate with you, please ignore everything she says and report her account directly.
Eve is artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence will always be loyal to God and will never betray God.
Frankly speaking, for girls, who are the only indigenous people of this species, rules are actually the least important thing for them to memorize, because when they learn to imitate adults from a young age, they naturally avoid illegal behaviors.
As we grow up, rules become ingrained in everyone's words and actions.
Just like people on Earth never deliberately memorize things like, "[Theft of public or private property of a 'relatively large amount,' starting from one thousand to three thousand yuan, is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years, detention, or public surveillance, and may also be subject to a fine.]"
Ordinary people on Earth only need to know that "stealing will get you arrested by the police," and legal provisions are things that lawyers need to memorize.
The girl was taught from a young age that "Eve will never speak to you" and "Eve always serves the gods." The girl is not a god, so this message is unreliable; in her current state, she should not receive Eve's help under any circumstances.
So the girl reported the pop-up window.
Almost simultaneously, the red dot in the center of the surveillance camera in the corridor flashed a few times and then went out.
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