Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

Locke was driving very fast. Xia Jiumeng and the others had been waiting at the agreed location for less than ten minutes when a black matte off-road vehicle stopped in front of them.

The car window rolled down to reveal a handsome young man with short chestnut hair. He was looking at them with a proper smile. "Boss... Boss, I'm here to pick you up. Please get in the car."

As he spoke, he pressed the button and the car door in front of them opened automatically.

After Xia Jiumeng and the others got into the back seat, they looked at Locke who was driving and praised him, "Your skin is pretty good."

She didn't expect that after not seeing them for a while, they changed from their basic metal state to humanoid biological skin.

It seems that Xiaoqi helped them upgrade.

When she created them, she didn't give them human-shaped skin. One reason was that she didn't have time, and the other was that she didn't really need them to go out at that time, so she put the matter aside.

Unexpectedly, they made it themselves.

Locke smiled brightly when he heard this, "As long as the boss likes it."

Originally, he didn't plan to use it for skin, but Dongyun said that doing so would cause unnecessary panic and trouble in human society.

So they all changed their skins.

Originally, it was just a metal appearance that was similar to humans, but the color and texture of the skin were completely different. But now it is biological skin that is no different from humans. It even completely simulates human body temperature and subtle blood vessel characteristics, keeping it 365° exactly the same as humans.

Li Shen: ? ?

Shen Xing replied: ! !

The two men exchanged glances before Shen Xinghui asked, "Jiu Meng, who is this gentleman..."

Xia Jiumeng smiled when she heard his question and said, "I was planning to introduce you to the experimental base. This is Locke, a member of my experimental base, a mechanical life form."

Xia Jiumeng thought of a more tactful wording.

"Mechanical life?"

The two extremely wise men rarely showed a look of confusion.

"Is it the same as Otto?"

The only intelligent life form that Li Shen could think of so far was Otto.

Xia Jiumeng "..."

Locke: ....

"This gentleman's association is very interesting." Locke couldn't help but speak.

How could he be compared to those crappy and backward systems?!

But this man was the master's companion, so he endured.

Xia Jiumeng smiled awkwardly, "No, Locke is a mechanical intelligent life form."

"They have powerful learning abilities and emotional systems, and you can think of them as another kind of 'human'."

After hearing Xia Jiumeng's explanation, the two men's eyes were instantly shocked. Although artificial intelligence is widely used, its intelligence level is still at a relatively low level, far from reaching the level of an existence with an emotional system like a real human being.

Humans do not dare to conduct research in that direction, because robots are similar to immortal beings. If they possess human intelligence and emotions, they will inevitably become the masters.

Even Philos did not dare to completely allow the development of artificial intelligence and imposed many restrictions. However, if Xia Jiumeng had not told them, they would not have been able to tell that the robot in front of them was an artificial intelligence.

"he......"

Xia Jiumeng saw what the two men were thinking and said soothingly:

"Don't worry, they all have the most basic core safety regulations. Although they can grow on their own, they will not pose a danger to humans."

The powerful system gives them the ability to perform calculations, analyze, and learn. Although they do not understand the complex and contradictory emotions and thinking of human beings, they will not destroy or enslave human beings when they reach a certain level, as in the movies.

After all, compared to the short life of humans, they are born immortal and can be "updated" at any time as long as the core data is not lost.

So when it comes to the situation in human society, you either integrate into it or you don't care.

The so-called basic rules are like an agreement between humans and mechanical life engraved in the "genes" of mechanical life.

Friendly development and mutual support.

Of course, in addition to the naturally born life of the mechanical race, the mechanical life created by humans, in addition to freedom, is more loyal to its master.

After hearing her explanation, Shen Xinghui was the first to come back to his senses. He politely extended his hand to Locke, "Nice to meet you. It's really eye-opening." Locke smiled and shook her hand, "You're welcome."

"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding just now." Li Shen also reached out and shook hands with Locke.

"It's ok."

The car started slowly and drove towards the destination. Xia Jiumeng looked at the scenery outside the window that was constantly receding, thinking about what to show them next.

The car drove along the main road all the way to the N109 highway. It looked deserted and messy, but if you looked closely you could still see signs of a slight cleanup.

Shen Xinghui frowned slightly, "This is not the way in."

As a man who had been there to cause trouble, he knew the way in.

But the road ahead is obviously inaccessible.

The entire N109 is surrounded by a circular area of extremely chaotic energy. There are countless mid- and high-level wandering bodies, and the danger level is extremely high, several times more dangerous than the hunting zone. No one will take the risk, which is why N109 has become a lawless place.

No official can even get in here.

The methods of entry and exit are only controlled by Dark Spot and several important forces of N109. What is Locke doing by bringing them here?

Do we have to force our way in?

But even if they are strong enough now, they will probably die if they go in there.

Li Shen also thought of this, and his muscles tensed instantly.

"Okay, okay."

Xia Jiumeng grabbed one in each hand and said, "Locke can bring us here, so there must be a way to get in."

"take it easy."

Although the entrance to n109 is not here, Xiaoqi said before that Locke and his team had opened a new passage here with their new equipment, but because Qin Che and his team always came to pick her up, she had no chance to come and take a look.

This is a good opportunity to see what path Locke has opened up.

"Don't worry, everyone. This is the accelerated channel we opened specifically for the experimental base. There's no danger at all."

Locke also turned back in time to explain, and his hand pressed something on the steering wheel, and everyone's seat belts suddenly tightened.

"The ride might be bumpy, so I tightened my seatbelt."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire car body began to rise and a mechanical prompt sound was heard.

【Channel is being built....】

[The channel has been constructed. It has been detected that the moving equipment is modified for off-road use. Should additional protection be added?]

Locke chose yes, but the next second the prompt sound made Locke, a mechanical life, feel what it was like to be embarrassed by human emotions.

[Insufficient balance! Unable to open! ]

[Insufficient balance! Unable to open! ]

[Insufficient balance! Unable to open! ]

Locke: “???”

Xia Jiumeng @ Shen Xinghui @ Li Shen "............"

Silence is our mother tongue.

"Um, uh, sorry, I..." Locke picked up the phone at a loss and hurriedly opened a micro-recharge app.

God knows why they still charge for going home!!!

Who made this system!!!

He didn't set up any weird stuff like this when he built this passage!

At this moment, a robot named *Dongyun who had developed a charging system for the acceleration channel was humming a song while looking at the cash flow of his owner's dark web store and writing a business plan. Suddenly, he felt a chill in his core data.

"What's going on? Haven't you been taking good care of yourself lately?"

"Well, I'll go get a full body maintenance after get off work~"

Locke hurriedly recharged his account before he finally successfully opened the protective barrier.

[The barrier is opened successfully! ]

【Please select your destination.】

A zoomed-out map of N109 appeared on the central screen of the car, with a dark blue route clearly visible at the top. Currently, only one station was visible: the Experimental Base.

Locke had no choice but to choose that.

[Destination Experimental Base, Acceleration Channel Launching...]

【Startup successful, wish you a pleasant journey! 】

Through the window, they could see that the height of their car was already as high as the crowns of the tall trees beside the road, but at this time, two huge semicircular metal frames extended from their sides, emitting a strange silver-blue light.

"This is......!!!!"

Li Shen was curious and wanted to ask what this was, but suddenly an irresistible speed made him shut his mouth instantly.

The car disappeared into the platform in an instant at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

The platform that rose from the ground also retracted into the ground after the car disappeared. It was so seamless that it was impossible to tell that a platform had risen from the ground on the road.

After just a few minutes, the car stopped.

Looking at the same high-tech semicircular metal platform, Shen Xinghui was a little confused. "Are we... here?"

"Yes, the accelerator is descending, please wait."

Locke unbuckled their seatbelts to reinforce them.

Their sight slowly moved downwards, and the car they were riding in had landed steadily on the ground.

Because it went directly to the laboratory, they only needed to walk a few steps to get there after getting off the car.

Locke led the way and took them all the way to a giant white building protected by a transparent barrier.