novelraw Chapter 48 – Mechanical Kingdom
Chapter 48 – Mechanical Kingdom
"Zhuo Xinyuan, can you figure out what these scribbles on the draft paper mean?"
Watching Zhuo Xinyuan engrossed in thought, Qiao Yu couldn't help but interrupt.
"I can, but I need your help!" Zhuo Xinyuan's face was full of excitement.
"How can I help you?" Qiao Yu asked.
"The C language was lost in ancient times. Compiling all the code on this draft paper is like writing this language from scratch."
"With the computational power of the human brain, it's impossible to complete. I need the Heart of Mechanics!"
"The Heart of Mechanics?" Qiao Yu asked in confusion.
"Yes, the Heart of Mechanics is a treasure from ancient times. It's said that someone with the Heart of Mechanics can have mental computational power comparable to artificial intelligence!" Zhuo Xinyuan explained.
"Alright! Tell me where I can find it?"
...
When Yang Xiangdi and the others opened their eyes again, they were greeted by a massive gear.
The gear slowly turned, and the strong smell of machine oil filled Yang Xiangdi and the others' nostrils.
"So this is the Grade E dungeon, the Mechanical Kingdom?"
Ma Fei's eyes were filled with curiosity; this was their first dungeon after leaving the novice phase.
Typically, most players choose a Grade F difficulty for their first dungeon after the novice phase, as taking too big a step can lead to trouble.
But for Ma Fei and the others, who had already cleared the Nightmare Village dungeon, this wasn't a concern.
They were now on a street filled with a cyberpunk style, as described in the background setting given by Yi Lianen.
In the Mechanical Kingdom, intelligent robots had become an important part of society. After many years of loyal service to humans, machine consciousness began to awaken.
The creations demanded freedom and independence from their creator.
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Naturally, humans wouldn't allow it, and a new civilization challenged the old order, with war on the brink of breaking out.
The war's ultimate result was a peace agreement between humans and robots, granting robots their own independent land.
This area was known as the Mechanical Kingdom.
"This place is so cool, with its mechanical punk style everywhere. Yu would definitely regret not coming with us!"
Yang Xiangdi was fascinated by the slowly turning giant gears, looking around eagerly. This mechanical style had an unparalleled allure for boys.
To put it in perspective, it's like a girl entering a kingdom made entirely of lipsticks...
Other players entering the Mechanical Kingdom for the first time were just like Yang Xiangdi, unable to extricate themselves from the mechanical-style cityscape.
The Mechanical Kingdom is an open dungeon, meaning players not only have to watch out for the dangers within the dungeon but also be wary of other players...
"Alright, Yang Xiangdi, stop playing around, we're here to do a quest!" Zuo You shook her head helplessly, wondering why boys always seemed like they never grew up.
"Oh right! What's the quest again?" Yang Xiangdi looked at the system panel.
[Quest Requirement: Destroy the Tiger Ben Legion in the north of the Mechanical Kingdom. Difficulty: Grade E]
[Quest Reward: Depends on the number of kills.]
[Friendly Reminder: Killing players also counts towards the kill count~]
"Damn, this dungeon is too evil, isn't it just encouraging players to kill each other?" Yang Xiangdi complained.
"Don't have malicious intent, but be cautious of others. Let's be careful of other people, complete the quest, and then leave!" Zuo You said.
"Don't worry, with me, Ma Fei, here, if anyone dares to have ill intentions, my sword will teach them a lesson!"
Ma Fei was eager to try; he was just one level away from being able to use the Dragon-Piercing Sword, just a thousand experience points short.
Meanwhile, Qiao Yu's figure appeared in the Mechanical Kingdom dungeon.
He held a strategy map, scrutinizing the land before him.
As a dungeon that had long been cleared, the Mechanical Kingdom naturally had strategies circulating outside.
To obtain the Heart of Mechanics, one must trigger the hidden quest in the Mechanical Kingdom.
"The strategy says to trigger the hidden quest, you need to protect an old professor named Hua Jun, got it!"
Qiao Yu turned and disappeared into the human city.
In a corner of the city, an old man wearing reading glasses carried a large bottle of mineral water and two steamed buns, muttering words that no one could understand.
"mc^2=hv, since actual particles don't move at the speed of light in a vacuum, assuming the efficiency of both is equal... no, no!"
The old man muttered while denying his own hypothesis, and because he wasn't watching where he was going, he soon bumped into someone.
"Ouch!"
A woman wearing rimless glasses was knocked to the ground.
The woman had fair skin, a tall figure, and exquisite features with golden proportions, as if sculpted by an artist.
At first glance, one couldn't help but marvel at her beauty.
The men on the street all showed their gentlemanly demeanor, starting to stand up for the woman.
"What's wrong with you, old man? How can you bump into someone while walking?"
"Could he be an old pervert, taking advantage on purpose?"
"I bet he is, shameless old man, I spit on you!"
Facing the crowd's accusations, the old man looked ashamed and quickly apologized to the woman.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you alright?"
The old man reached out to help the woman up, making the onlooking men envious; this old man actually touched the beauty's hand!
"I might have twisted my ankle, could you take me to the hospital?" The woman showed a pitiful expression, truly making one feel sympathetic.
Just as the old man was about to agree, a foul smell wafted from the woman, reaching his nose.
"You're not human!"
The old man's expression changed slightly; how could a normal human have the smell of machine oil!
"Hehe, as expected of the top artificial intelligence expert in the human world, Professor Hua Jun can tell I'm not human at a glance."
Seeing her identity exposed, the woman no longer hid it and instantly transformed into a robot. Her once beautiful face turned sinister and terrifying, with blood-red eyes exuding a chilling killing intent.
"Ah, a ghost! Help!"
"Mom, save me!"
The men who had just stood up for the woman fled in panic upon seeing her true form.
"Professor Hua Jun, hello, allow me to introduce myself. You can call me Mechanical Lady, I'm a mechanical spy infiltrating human society."
"Our king of the Mechanical Kingdom greatly admires your high intelligence and academic prowess, so he sent me to invite you to join our Mechanical Kingdom."
The Mechanical Lady gave Hua Jun a standard human salute.
"Ridiculous, I'm a flesh-and-blood human, and you want me to betray my own kind to join a robot kingdom? Absurd!" Old man Hua Jun was clearly disdainful.
"Professor Hua Jun, flesh is weak, but machinery is eternal. Why cling to this fragile human shell?"
The Mechanical Lady laughed as she flicked a steel wire around Professor Hua Jun's neck, and blood instantly seeped from his neck.
"If Professor Hua Jun refuses, I'll have to take your head back as a report."
The intense suffocation turned Hua Jun's face red; at this rate, he would die from brain hypoxia in less than three minutes.
No, perhaps before hypoxia, the Mechanical Lady's steel wire would decapitate him!
A bloodthirsty and cruel expression appeared on the Mechanical Lady's face. Seeing Hua Jun still unwilling to yield, she finally lost her patience.
"Since you're so stubborn, old man, then die!"