East of Eden

The armored beast was temporarily thrown away, but the off-road vehicle was seriously damaged, and it seemed that the situation could not support the Yepulong camp.

Helios suggested: "I know there is an ancient ruin nearby, armored beasts generally dare not approach, why not go there for a while."

So he turned the car around and drove towards the ancient ruins. Unexpectedly, the car turned off halfway, and the two had no choice but to push the car. They didn't reach their destination until night fell.

A circular open space suddenly appeared in the rainforest, and the night sky appeared above the head very clearly.In the center of the open space is the ruins of an ancient pyramid, about three stories high, made of gray-white boulders, with stone steps on all sides, leading to a dilapidated temple on the top.

They parked the car in the open space, and Helios sent a location to Sui, calling him for support.

"Hi age, we have a little problem with our car, and now we are at the pyramid, please come and pick us up, thank you." He left a message with a smile.

"Are you bothering a 13-year-old boy like this?" Xing expressed shock at his shameless behavior.

"Relax, Sui is the captain of the Rainforest Rescue Team, although it's his self-proclaimed title."

"..."

"Children at this age are the most energetic. You have to give him a chance to show off. He will definitely be willing to help." Helios said indifferently. He is very good at calculating other people's psychology so as to make reasonable use of them.

Xing asked, "Are we waiting for him here before the year comes?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll go and check around." Xing firstly didn't want to get along with Helios, and secondly, he was worried about a sudden attack by armored beasts, so he planned to take the Zhanfeng Gun to patrol the surrounding rainforest.

"No need." But Helios stopped him and pointed to the temple on the top of the pyramid, "This place will not approach the armored beasts, maybe it is because of the protection of the power of the gods. This good place is told by the people of the Yepulong tribe. Yes, if they need to spend the night in the rain forest, they will come here to camp."

The blond man broke some branches, sat on the ground at the foot of the pyramid, and started a bonfire.The rustling flame danced in the night, like an unpredictable elf. When the flame burned to the top, it turned into ashes and scattered like stars in the sky.Helios didn't need to eat, but he opened a can, roasted it over the flames, and handed it to the star.

Campfire, the most primitive and oldest way of heating and lighting.Xing was involuntarily attracted by the only light in the vast night, and walked over to take the can of Helios.He sat next to the blond man and began to eat silently, his deep eyebrows and eyes illuminated by the firelight.

The vast night sky, small flames, behind them is a huge ancient pyramid, and the intricate patterns carved on it are reflected by the flames like ghosts or gods.

"The remains of the Yin Qi civilization era are said to have been built by Liang Shiheng." Helios said, "The design of this pyramid conforms to the astronomical significance. There are 91 steps, 4 steps plus the top step, a total of 1 steps, exactly the number of days in a year. This building is full of numbers about the laws of celestial bodies. Maybe this is Liang Shiheng's observatory, or maybe it is It was made to worship the God of Yepu Dragon."

It's a pity that there are no stars in the night sky now, otherwise Cang Xing would like to see what kind of starry sky Liang Shiheng looked up at 3000 years ago.

"By the way, do you remember telling you yesterday that I already know where the holy object is?" Helios looked up at Xing.

Xing nodded: "I remember."

"The sacred object is with the Yepu dragon, that is a real dragon, and its lair is not far away." Helios picked up a twig and gestured on the soil, "The dragon cave is at the bottom of the pyramid. 1000 meters due north, share the same central axis, so it's possible that this pyramid was also built for dragons."

"Since you know where the sacred object is, why don't you do it?"

"Because it's not the time yet." He smiled, with the flames reflecting on his face, "Not only did we not make a move, but Su Huang didn't make a move after more than [-] years, because no one in this world can defeat the real dragon. It's just death."

"but--"

"Yes, I said you are a variable, maybe you can bring hope."

Helios showed Xing a photo. Although it was blurry, it could be recognized that it was taken during the battle against Shano in Yelan City.

"At that time, you resurrected the statue and summoned the rain of swords." Helios pointed to the overexposed beams of light on the photo.

Yes.Xing still remembers that he seemed to have a special connection with the ancient ruins of Yelan City at that time. They suddenly burst out with huge energy, sucking all the swords in Sakuwa's hands into the sky, and then fell suddenly.If he were to describe it, it would feel like a switch was suddenly turned on, turning on the powerful technology of the Yin Qi civilization 3000 years ago.

Xing quickly realized Helios' intentions. The reason why he kindly helped him pick up the car and found an excuse to bring him to this ancient ruins was entirely for-

"You want me to try to activate this pyramid?"

Helios expressed his admiration for his brain's ability to think of this step (in He's eyes, all human beings are very stupid), clapped his hands and said: "That's right, who said you are Liang Shiheng's little boy, he seems to have left you a lot. Less good things, only you can open them."

"You..." For the first time in a long time, Xinghuo was called a little boy.

"Let's go." Helios urged him to explore the pyramid.

So the two held flashlights and climbed towards the temple on the top of the tower one after the other. Xing walked in front, Helios was behind, and the long Zhanfeng spear was on Xing's back.

"Cang Xing, I don't mean to offend, but I really want to ask you a question, are you and Liang Shiheng really lovers?" Helios had a look of joining in the fun.

Hearing this, Xing's expression stiffened and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the blond man continued on his own: "Are you sure you are in a relationship and not that he is using you? Although I don't understand love among human beings, I know what using is. I think love and using It's no different.

"Besides, Liang Shiheng is one of the human beings I admire the most. He has wisdom and strength, but he is too merciful and lacks ambition. But even so, I don't think he will fall in love with you with his vision and realm—— ah!"

Seeing that the star in front stopped suddenly, Helios just lowered his head to speak, and one of them accidentally bumped into his back and almost fell down the steps.

"Cang Xing, you plot against me!" Helios sat down on the steps and said viciously.

This is probably the most gaffe of this android leader.

The black-eyed man looked at him and smiled, that kind of smile with a trace of sympathy, like an ancient romantic nobleman teasing a good woman on the side of the road, or seeing a pitiful and fierce little cat.

For the first time, the self-esteemed Helios was given sympathetic and mocking eyes by humans, which made him more ashamed and angry than killing him directly. For the first time, his complicated program calculated a kind of "anger" mood.It didn't take long for Helios to regain his composure. He gently brushed his hair, put on a smiling mask, and planned to say some threatening words lightly to restore his dignity, such as "Cang Xing, don't forget that your life is in my hands." hands" etc.

But before he could say anything, Xing had already helped him up, and put the torch that fell down back into his hand.During the whole process, Xing was very silent, as if he was doing what he should do habitually, leaving him with a tall back with a spear on his back.

"Let's go, continue." This time the star change greeted.

Helios only felt a surge of air pressure in his chest, he could not vomit quickly, but if he vented out, he would lower his status.So he didn't say anything, and followed behind Xing, but this time he wasn't so playful anymore.

It didn't take long for the two of them to walk into the temple at the top, and the view of the rainforest from here is superb.The structure of the temple is simpler than imagined. There are two statues enshrined in the east and the west. The one on the east is slightly illuminated by the night. It is a statue of Liang Shiheng with a mutilated head. He holds an upside-down statue in his hand. Cones.

The one to the west was completely immersed in darkness. When I looked at it with a flashlight, I found that it was a stone statue of a dragon. It was probably the god of the rainforest, Ye Pulong. It also holds an inverted triangular cone in its mouth.

"I've seen this kind of triangular cones in Yelan City. When the statues are activated, they will flip over." Xing said, trying to move the triangular cones in the mouth of the dragon statue, but it didn't move at all. The power is firmly locked in place.Xing then tried the triangular cone in Liang Shiheng's hand, but it also failed.

"It would be great if we could solve the puzzle so easily." Helios crossed his arms and sighed, "Let's look elsewhere."

Holding a flashlight, they scanned the temple carefully, and found murals on the surrounding walls, and a star map was impressively engraved on the floor tiles of the temple.

"I have studied those murals before, and they are nothing special. What is more special is the star map on the ground." Helios squatted down, "This is a wide-area star map, including the northern star field and the southern star field. The three circles are the equatorial circle, the ecliptic circle and the celestial circle, and some star orbits are also marked."

"What's so special about it?" Xing didn't think it was any different from ordinary star maps.

"Look at these raised beads, they are stars, they can be moved and rotated, and they can also slide on the track, just like this." Helios fiddled with a stone-polished bead with his fingers, and saw It can not only rotate by itself, but also slide around the rails, which represents rotation and revolution, which is very interesting.

"Don't you think this is like a cipher map?" Helios said, "As long as all the stars are moved to the correct positions, the clues to the temple can be unlocked."

Xing suddenly realized that his guess was reasonable, and became interested in this star map.The two squatted on the ground and fiddled for a while, but it confirmed what Helios said - it would be great if these puzzles could be solved so easily.They found nothing, and the miracle never appeared. The temple was like a Pandora's box, but they couldn't open the lock.

At this moment, the two of them had been busy all day and were very tired.

Helios proposed to take a break, he needed to recharge himself.

The two sat on the edge of the ancient temple and on the top of the pyramid, overlooking the entire rainforest with a wide view. Helios rolled up his long hair, took out the charging block and pushed it into the interface of his neck.

Xing said, "I thought you were using solar energy."

"Most of the time, but not enough at night."

A rare quiet moment, suitable for smoking, but none of them took it.They looked at the entire continent, the southern plain stretched as far as the eye could see, the dense rainforest at their feet, the rolling hills in the distance, and the silhouettes of several eid energy towers. Helios suddenly said:

"One day, I will take over the whole world. This is not enough. My journey will go to farther places."

Helios leaned his head against the stone pillar, his blond hair was blown by the wind, it was long and dense, like a proud lion.The biggest difference between him and Liang Shiheng lies in his undisguised ambition.

His eyes turned to Xing, the bottom of his golden eyes flashed with faint blue light, he smiled lightly, stretched out a hand leisurely, and said:

"I really hope you will be loyal to me and become my sharp sword and mirror. I swear in the name of von Neumann that I will never let you suffer and sorrow. You can live as you want with me. Happiness, wealth, everything you want I'll give you whatever you want, and we'll keep winning until the end of time, isn't that good?"

However, Xing looked back at him calmly and shook his head: "Pain, sorrow, those are all my wealth, maybe you never care."

Helios froze for a moment, speechless.He couldn't understand why some people would choose to live with suffering, but would not choose an easy life.The game theory and profit maximization theory in his mind have all failed here, and he is like an indestructible rock in the torrent——

What an eyesore.

But people have to notice his existence.

"To be honest, I really hate you, Cang Xing." Helios withdrew his hand.

"Thank you, I hate you too."

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Von Neumann: the father of computer, one of the most admired people of AI.

*Pyramid designs here are based on Mayan pyramids.