In the darkness, there seemed to be some kind of monster, its mouth wide open, ready to devour them.
The captain quickly looked around at the team members: "Check if anyone is missing?" In his memory, everyone had run into the room, because he was the only one who had opened the door to this room.
The team members looked at each other again and again.
"Captain, B-14-9146 is missing." A team member reported as usual, but from his trembling voice, everyone could sense his fear: "Just now... it seemed like he was the one who screamed first..."
"Don't exaggerate." The captain's eyes widened in anger, so frightened that he dared not utter the terrifying speculation that followed.
B-14-9146 is probably in grave danger.
The captain watched outside warily, glancing down at the note every now and then, waiting for the light in the corridor to return.
5. There is no such thing as eternal light or darkness.
The hallway lights would definitely come on eventually, and at that moment, the only question would be whether someone was playing a prank. He hoped for that outcome more than anyone else; otherwise…
The lights came back on.
A man in a patrol uniform lay motionless on the ground, his eyes wide open as if he had seen something terrifying.
The captain quickly walked to his side, turned his body over, and found that his wrists and ankles had the same bruises as his own. It seemed that something in the darkness had wrapped around his limbs, and he only had time to let out a scream to warn his companions before being swallowed by the monster in the darkness.
“It seems he was scared to death.” Another team member examined the body briefly, but he was more concerned about something else: “Captain, we need to get out of here as soon as possible. We can’t stay in this room any longer.”
"Yes, we need to find a way to contact the outside world!"
The captain snapped out of his daze and quickly led the others towards the lounge before the corridor lights dimmed. There, they found plenty of supplies to give them a sense of security.
That's so weird.
What exactly happened?
Could it be some terrifying being that even Eve couldn't fathom? Why would it be targeting us?
Human fear stems from the unknown dangers.
The inexplicable rules, the monsters lurking in the darkness, the inescapable Divine Concealment Tower... In an instant, the captain thought of many things. He even felt that the name of the tower was very ominous. The bad things he had encountered were just like a tower being hidden by a god, so that the outside world could not see these strange things.
The escaped girl was forgotten by them; the patrol was now preoccupied with only the most basic human need—survival.
Back in the lounge, they discovered they couldn't contact the outside world; even the Good Spirit Officer was blocked, as if they were completely cut off from the outside world.
Suddenly, one of the team members exclaimed with delight, "I received a message! My family says they're coming to see me! They'll definitely notice something's wrong and help us tell the gods! We're saved soon!"
Instantly, the lounge was filled with excited cheers.
The captain also breathed a sigh of relief. If they were just being shielded by someone, they definitely wouldn't be able to control the people outside.
"Beep beep beep."
News came from the team members' families.
However, the content of the message made the team member's vision go black:
"Xiao Bao, I'm relieved to see that you're interested in that girl. You two should get along well."
What girl? What are you interested in?
He didn't see anyone come, but according to his family, it seemed that there was someone outside who looked exactly like him, who took his place in dealing with his family and kept them completely in the dark.
The team member was terrified by his own guess and was on the verge of a breakdown: "No! That's not me! No!"
"Calm down!"
The captain slapped him across the face to force him to calm down.
"I'm afraid we need to find a way to save ourselves."
The captain, looking grim, glanced around at each team member and solemnly announced the result.
All of this was part of Yin Zhu and the others' plan.
"Eve's simulated family member is so realistic, no wonder she is the most advanced AI in Vena City."
Yin Zhu looked at the two messages that Eve sent in surprise, pretending to be a teammate's family member. One can imagine that the already terrified person on the other end was completely fooled by this little episode.
"Hmph, it's all thanks to my good intentions." Ever since the prince learned that he was currently the only normal Class A citizen, he had become a little smug.
Originally, the group only planned to rescue the person and then leave. With Eve providing cover, they were safe as the other side was in the open while they remained hidden. However, after learning that Nazar had been roughly locked up, the prince, harboring a grudge, decided to add fuel to the fire.
If they are still relatively calm, they will quickly realize that normal family members should not bring a girl to a blind date at this time.
But they were already stressed from the shock.
From the moment the first person was scared to death, it was all part of the worms' plan. Yin Zhu provided the background of a rule-based supernatural tale and gave the overall plan: through environmental stimulation, and then by finding people to be specifically frightened, they would make them believe that the rules were real.
The worm's plan involves finding someone who can use connections to get into the patrol team through back channels, and importantly, this person has a heart condition.
Eve manipulated the robot to intimidate him, and soon he was frightened to death.
Incidentally, this person's heart wasn't actually original, so when Eve approached him with the robot, she simultaneously released an electric current to ensure he was completely dead.
Ever since Eve appeared, Yin Zhu's attention has been focused on her.
The world's leading artificial intelligence, the AI of Vena City, is backed by the computing power of several supercomputers. More importantly, it has a relatively strong sense of self.
The prince merely showed anger, yet she was already prepared to kill the patrol.
And she guessed correctly.
Seeing the patrolmen fleeing in panic under the surveillance greatly pleased the prince, and Eve's smile seemed to deepen.
If we could get our hands on Eve's data... Earth would probably face annihilation.
Yin Zhu suddenly realized.
Many of the scientific explorations of artificial intelligence on Earth revolve around the idea of AI turning against humanity. If it were AI at the level of Eve... it might actually be able to do something so dangerous.
If technology falls into the hands of bad people or children, it can have terrible consequences for humanity.
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