Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 42 The title girl was pouted

"You have to follow me closely, otherwise it will be terrible if we are taken away and disintegrated by other armed men by chance."

After Jiang Ming and Schrodinger walked into a tree hole, the Red Kite Wing reminded them.

"Oh, I see."

Jiang Ming responded with a few words casually.

"Oh? It seems that Jiang Ming, do you have any means to deal with it?"

Schrodinger asked when he saw Jiang Ming looked nonchalant.

"Haha, how could that be? I just know a few ways to save my life. If there is any danger, I hope Dr. Schrodinger can protect me."

Jiang Ming smiled bitterly.

"Haha, Honkai energy has penetrated every inch of soil in this world. I am in a quantum state, so it doesn't matter. But Jiang Ming, you look different from me, but you don't feel uncomfortable in this world at all. From this point of view, you are not a powerless person."

"......"

"Okay, here we are."

The voice of Red Kite Wings was heard, and the two looked up, only to see that there were some small houses and some green plants almost everywhere in the big tree, and there was also a long row of stairs winding up.

“It’s quite spectacular.”

"Of course. We armed puppets have lived in this city for tens of thousands of years. Even I cannot trace its origins."

The Wings of Red Kite began to be introduced.

"The residents here are very casual. I can't remember how many times this place has been destroyed and rebuilt. It's a miracle that this city has survived until now."

"Is it you, Mr. Chiyuan, who caused a lot of the destruction? For example, explosions?"

Jiang Ming looked at the Wings of the Red Kite.

"Where...where is that?! It's just a little bit at most!"

"What is that place?"

Schrödinger pointed to a small temple not far away.

"You have good taste. That place is the most popular place in the whole city. We call it the Life Restarting House."

"Here the armed puppets can reshape themselves into whatever they like and start a new life."

"Most armed dolls choose their appearance based on the fashion trends in these ancient books. To put it bluntly, it's just a phenomenon of following the trend."

"However, a dedicated scholar like me has maintained this elegant image called Shenzhou clothing for nearly ten thousand years. Maybe I can even break the record."

Jiang Ming looked towards the small temple and found the Xiaoyue Requiem in the Doll Academy and the red-haired armed doll holding two knives. I remember it was called Xiaoran. Hmm? Why is there another armed figure with a strange style?

Schrödinger was thinking.

"Mu Continent..."

"Oh, that's the old name of this world. It seemed to be called this before humans became extinct. However, this cultural heritage is so old that no one cares about it now."

"By the way, speaking of human ruins, I'll take you to an important place. It's the most revered holy place for us armed puppets. Every year, everyone will offer their most important things to pray for a smooth life. It's a magnificent temple!"

Then the Red Kite Wing led them in one direction.

On the road.

"Jiang Ming, do you know anything about Mu Continent?"

"Eh?"

Jiang Ming didn't expect Schrödinger to ask him suddenly.

"Don't worry, I'm just asking."

"Well... according to the records of the previous civilization, Mu Continent seemed to be a relatively prosperous place at that time, but it was destroyed when the Ninth Ruler came."

"I see. So how did you know that? I was just asking you in the hope of giving it a try."

"Haha, if nothing else, I definitely know enough."

Jiang Ming smiled.

"Well, maybe the answer you want is just ahead."

After saying that, Jiang Ming followed the Red Kite Wings.

"......"

"Is this the place you are talking about......"

Schrödinger looked at the temple in front of him, which was not even as tall as himself, and fell into deep thought.

"Haha, a mountain doesn't have to be high, as long as there are immortals there, it will be magical."

"That's right~ This time I brought you here, in addition to seeing our temple, I also have an important favor to ask of you. Come in quickly."

The Red Kite Wing waved to the two of them.

Jiang Ming and Schrodinger squeezed together and crawled into the temple, where a somewhat old desktop computer was placed.

Red Kite Wing pointed at the desktop computer and said.

"This is a sacred artifact enshrined in the temple. It is the most precious legacy left to us by the Creator. It is said that the history of the birth of the armed puppets is preserved inside it."

After Schrödinger turned on the computer, a screen for entering a password appeared on the computer.

"It's a pity that the artifact was left as a puzzle by the Creator. Countless scholars have failed to solve it in the past ten thousand years, so everyone has given up now."

"But since you are humans like the Creator, you can definitely help us solve this mystery!"

Schrödinger put his hands on the keyboard and started working.

"Come on, it will take a long time. I'll make you a cup of tea. Do you want gasoline or diesel? Oh, by the way, you humans don't eat fuel, so I'll make you a cup of rubber."

After saying this, the Red Kite Wings floated away.

The computer also successfully displayed the image under Schrödinger's operation.

"Zizi-"

"I am Dr. EINSTEIN. Humanity is currently experiencing the collapse, an unprecedented catastrophe, and the plan you are looking at will be the key to humanity's victory over the collapse..."

Looking at Dr. EINSTEIN on the screen, Jiang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

"He looks a bit like Dr. Einstein."

In his message, Dr. EINSTEIN mentioned the Mu Continent where they were, which was a country at the pinnacle of their world civilization.

But even so, it was destroyed and only its ruins remained.

The power of mankind lies in collapse, and there is little left after the long-term confrontation.

Human life has become the most precious resource, and humanity can no longer accept any more sacrifices.

How to preserve human combat effectiveness has become the biggest headache for scientists.

Humans hope to create autonomous weapons that can fight on behalf of humans, thereby reducing casualties. Then a project called "Equipment: Living Form" was born.

Robots that fight automatically are created by combining programmed Soul Steel Mimic Cores with weapons. These robots inherit the combat data of the weapons and are experienced warriors from the moment they are born.

Therefore they are also called - armed puppets.

Each armed puppet has simple thinking ability and can respond to the battlefield environment at any time without human instructions.

They abide by the principle of being hostile to Honkai and not harming humans, but the doctor gave them another rule: survival.

A large number of armed puppets were produced. They were connected to each other through AI networks to form an army. This army will act like an organic life, constantly learning and evolving in the war.

Tens of thousands of armed puppets have joined the fight against the collapse. In the trend of survival, they will use every possible strategy to fight.

Lure the enemy, outflank, sacrifice, annihilate... just to win a battle.

After hundreds of battles, this mechanical army finally repelled the tide of Honkai beasts and won the victory for mankind against Honkai.

As the price of victory, the armed puppets also suffered heavy losses and their numbers were almost gone.

Having survived the test of life and death, the puppet colony evolved more complex intelligence.

The alarm of the "survival" law was sounded, and as a whole, the puppets felt an unprecedented crisis.

The puppets' swarm AI gradually realized that humans were the indirect cause of their own extinction, and that if it weren't for the puppets armed with Honkai fighting against humans, there wouldn't have been so many casualties.

Since humans want the armed puppets to survive, the armed puppets must do so.

Therefore, AI finally decided that it could no longer accept orders from humans.

The armed puppets conveyed their demands to humans in an attempt to attract their attention. However, in the eyes of humans, they are just tools to fight the Honkai.

Although they are unable to harm humans, conflicts between armed puppets and humans still occur.

The helpless human government could only accept negotiations. They sent Dr. EINSTEIN, the designer of the armed puppets, to try to quell the rebellion.

But in the end, Dr. EINSTEIN chose to give the armed puppets freedom, hoping that they could live happily.

In this way, the new law of "freedom" was written in the hearts of the puppets. Every puppet has the right to freedom, and every puppet has the right not to be forced by any external consciousness, including the AI that has always connected them together. The armed puppets as a whole disintegrated, but the armed puppets as individuals became a mess, but they have never been threatened again - from now on, they will only hear their own voices.

However, the armed puppet's freedom did not last long.

The following year, Mu Continent was attacked by the black hole of the Ninth Ruler, and the armed puppets were also involved in this devastating disaster along with humans.

In order to survive this catastrophe, Dr. EINSTEIN activated the portal to the Quantum Sea.

Along with the huge space distortion, the place where the puppets lived disappeared along with the human city, and became one of the many world bubbles floating in the quantum sea.

Although they escaped, a more cruel future awaits humans and armed puppets.

Affected by the power of the Herrscher, the entire country fell apart, and the Honkai energy seeped into the soil. Today, Mu Continent has lost its environment for human habitation.

"Ultimately, humanity will be doomed to destruction after half an era."

Dr. EINSTEIN appears on the screen, but she looks noticeably older than before.

"Today may be the last time I update the video data of the armed puppets."

"Those kids don't have to work for humanity anymore now."

"Because in a little while the last human being in this world will die..."

"I spent my whole life trying to save the human race, but in the end, none of them survived. However, the children I created to save humanity finally survived. This may be the proudest honor in my life. Perhaps they will live happily according to their own preferences and leave the footprints of our civilization on behalf of humans. From now on, nothing can restrain their freedom. This lifeless and dead land will become a new paradise."

“This is the last thing I can do for them.”

As the words fell, a choice appeared on the screen.

Delete the Armed Doll's records of humans.

Y / N

Schrodinger looked at Jiang Ming beside him.

"......I'm going out for a walk."

Jiang Ming stood up and left the temple.

After seeing Jiang Ming leave, Schrödinger clicked the confirmation button, took out the CD and violently broke it in half, and finally walked out of the temple.

Jiang Ming knew that she would make such a choice. If it was Otto instead of her who was here, perhaps he would take away all the armed dolls and all the information here, and conduct experiments on them to fight against the collapse.

But Schrödinger is kind-hearted. She doesn't want the armed puppets living here to encounter things from their previous civilization again.

At this time, Red Kite Wing had also made tea and came to them.

"How's it going, human? Have you solved the puzzle?"

Schrodinger didn't know how to answer her.

The two of them just stared at each other.

"Haha, sorry, we can't crack this code either."

Jiang Ming came out to help.

"Ah, it seems that the humans in the rumors are just like this. They can't even fix the things they made. They are really too stupid. I'd better rely on myself."

After speaking, he turned around.

"Come on, I'll take you to some other fun place."

Jiang Ming and Schrödinger looked at each other and smiled, then followed.

"You already knew?"

“I know almost everything.”

"hehe."

Schrödinger only took Jiang Ming's words as a joke.

"Ding! Time has been detected to be over, and we are starting to return."

"Ok?"

Jiang Ming was stunned by the system’s words.

"What's wrong."

Schrodinger turned around and asked.