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Chapter 1813 The Call of the Wild (Artificial Intelligence is Artificial Idiotism)

The evolution of Genestealers is divided into five generations. The first generation of hybrids looks more like twisted, mutated, and deformed monsters. Any sane person (except its parents) will regard it as an unclean monster. The second generation of hybrids looks slightly more normal, but still not like humans. From the third generation onwards, the situation will change, and they will gradually become more like humans. As for the fourth generation of Genestealers, there is no difference from the host race except that the skin is slightly purple, there are plate-like protrusions on the forehead, and they are bald.

The fifth generation of Genestealers will revert to their ancestral form and become pureblooded Genestealers again, starting a new round of infection.

For the Inquisition, generally speaking, when traces of Genestealer infection are found in a place, the safe way is to immediately issue an extermination order for that planet - the contamination of the host's genes by Genestealers is irreversible, so completely eliminating them is the only option.

——————The Tribunal's "Alien Trial Manual" page 325 (with comments from Grand Inquisitor Duanmu Huai: Anyone who sympathizes with the Genestealers is considered a potential infected person and can be executed on the spot)

Mary, who was familiar with the "Inquisition Manual", had always had an uneasy question in her heart, which was - since the lower urban areas of this city were already filled with third-generation and later gene stealers who were almost exactly the same as humans, then where did the first and second generation gene stealers go?

Now, she finally got the answer.

The girls were currently staying in a residence on the edge of the city. Although the governor invited them to spend the night in the magnificent governor's mansion, the girls would not accept such an invitation. At Mary's insistence, the governor used a private residence on the edge of the city as their temporary residence.

Judging from the magnificent decorations here, the original owner should have been a noble, but it is obvious that he no longer lives here.

As for the reason, that is not something the girls need to consider.

This mansion is located on a hillside on the edge of the city. Like almost all the self-righteous nobles in the world, it is far away from the city and shows a kind of arrogance of living in seclusion.

It also means that this would be the best place to attack - after all, this is a mansion, not a fortress.

So now, the attackers appeared.

They were a group of genestealers.

Their appearance is exactly the same as that of monsters, with long arms and claws, oval heads like winter melons, and tongues sticking out of their open mouths. They are no different from monsters that appear in cheap science fiction horror movies.

"Should we destroy them?"

Lorena, already holding the Holy Scripture tightly, asked. Mary frowned and looked at Kurokawa Akane, who shook his head.

"We'd better get out of here before they find us."

"Hey? Why?"

Hearing this, the one who was most unhappy was Myoume Satori. She was already eager to rush out and kill.

"Because Mr. Duanmu didn't eliminate them."

Kurokawa Akane quickly explained.

"Given Mr. Duanmu's character, it's obvious that the reason he didn't blow this place up immediately is that he deliberately left these Genestealers behind. And he pretended to know nothing about it. In this case, we'd better not ruin his plan. So I think we should leave here immediately before they launch an attack. This will give these Genestealers the illusion that we are not staying here, but going out of the city to investigate. Next, they may wait for us to come back in the city, and all we have to do is wait."

"Ugh..."

"When the time comes, I'll let you kill enough, Miss Satori."

"Well, I'll just be patient for a while."

Hearing Mary's comfort, Menme Satori nodded unhappily and let go of the hilt of the knife again.

"But we don't need to hide from people."

As she spoke, Mary picked up the communicator.

"I have a better way."

Then Mary turned on the communicator.

"Hello, hello, Governor. Yes, I am really sorry to bother you at this time. I still remember you said before that the Inquisitor went to the Dark Fortress to investigate... Yes, yes, we want to go there now to check the situation. Could you please send someone to pick us up..."

Mary whispered for a moment and then cut off the communication.

"The Governor will send a convoy to take us out of the city in five minutes."

She raised her head and looked at the others.

"As long as the Genestealers see us leaving, they will probably choose to continue their ambush. After all, it seems that they don't want to alert the city's top leaders and let them know of their presence."

"Then why would they risk attacking us?"

Kurokawa Akane was a little confused, while Mary looked at Neme Satori helplessly.

"It's possible that Miss Satori's previous actions made the Genestealers feel a sense of crisis. They may have mistakenly thought that they were discovered."

In fact, it was discovered.

"I hope the governor is diligent enough."

Alicia, who was in charge of monitoring at the window, still had a lively tone, as if she didn't care about the danger in front of her at all.

"Those Genestealers are getting closer and closer."

"Do you need me to build defenses?"

Naruse Mio has already placed her hands on the wall. With just a thought from her, this magnificent building will instantly turn into an impenetrable fortress.

"Wait a little longer...it seems that it is not necessary."

Just as the Genestealers hiding in the shadows were about to emerge, bright car lights flashed at the end of the road. After hearing the sound of the hovercraft, the Genestealers shrank back and hid back in the shadows.

"Huh......" Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If these Genestealers wanted to attack without hesitation, then they would have no choice but to fight back. Of course, this doesn't mean that the girls can't defeat these Genestealers, but if they do, they will have to explain to the Governor why aliens appeared in a place where the Inquisition judged everything was normal... Well, although this is not impossible to fool them, it will obviously shake the Governor's trust in the Inquisition.

"Three minutes. That's faster than you said."

Alicia looked at the time and joked to Mary with a smile.

"It seems that the governor likes you very much."

"Xia Li taught me how to deal with men. I put myself in a weak position and used a gentle and polite attitude and a slightly pleading tone to make it easier for the other party to accept my conditions. But Mr. Duanmu would do better. He would only say, 'I'll give you a minute, send a car over,' and the other party would not dare to disobey."

"Can't you learn it?"

"Maybe Miss Chiyin can do it, but I can't learn it."

Mary smiled bitterly and shook her head. After all, she was a well-educated lady from a wealthy family, and was not suitable to learn from Duanmu Huai and use those crude threats and blackmail methods.

“I can’t learn it either.”

Kurokawa Akane had no choice but to surrender.

The girls packed their luggage, walked out of the mansion and left in the hovercraft. Although no one else noticed, they were very clear that the gene stealers had been hiding in the shadows and following them. They did not stop until the hovercraft left the city.

Afterwards, the group got off the car at the Dark Fortress. Although the driver enthusiastically expressed his willingness to act with the girls (after all, no one would object to being with a group of beautiful girls), Mary still sent him away under the guise of "carrying out a mission for the Inquisition."

"What are we going to do next?"

"Find a spot, hold your defenses, and wait."

In response to Lorena's question, Mary sighed silently and looked at Alicia again.

"Then wait for Mr. Duanmu to come and look for his crown."

"…………………"

Hearing this, the girls fell silent.

"and then?"

"I will try to find out what's wrong with Mr. Duanmu. Maybe I can help him get out of that state."

Mary can only rely on her Golden Eyes now. After all, Duanmu Huai has said more than once that his Golden Eyes is a plug-in among plug-ins. All Mary can do now is to hope that this "plug-in" is still as useful as Duanmu Huai said.

"This is very dangerous."

Lorena reminded him softly. As the old man who had fought alongside Duanmu Huai for the longest time, she knew better than anyone how powerful Duanmu Huai was. However, Duanmu Huai was in an abnormal situation at the moment, and even Lorena was not sure whether he would attack Mary.

"I have decided."

"……………………?"

At this moment, Alicia suddenly frowned and looked around.

"What's wrong? Alicia?"

"A voice is calling me."

Alicia pointed to her ears.

"Didn't you hear?"

"sound?"

The girls fell silent, then listened carefully.

"Didn't you hear anything?"

"That's weird, did I hear it wrong?"

Alicia blinked and showed a puzzled expression.

"But he was clearly calling me..."

"Do you know where the sound came from?"

"Right there."

Alicia pointed at the "Dark Fortress" in front of her, or to be more precise, the wreckage of the huge battleship.

"What did the voice say?"

"He calls himself the Emperor, and also says... he hopes to meet me?"

"Emperor?"

The others were stunned by this answer, and Mary hesitated.

"Let's go and take a look. After all, Mr. Duanmu has come here to investigate before. I think he should have discovered the existence of this Emperor. Well... since he didn't destroy him directly, Mr. Duanmu should have judged that leaving him here would not cause any harm."

I suspect that using AI for customer service is just lazy. I can't get through to the human customer service. The damn AI keeps repeating nonsense, which makes me angry to death. I'm thinking about whether to file a complaint or something...