Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

Cole, as the only cyborg among them, was actually able to understand some of these intelligent beings who had become intelligent programs.

But more often than not, it sends chills down one's spine.

The more she understood, the more terrified she became.

She even thought...

Perhaps the first human to transform into intelligent life, as Wendy mentioned, had already foreseen everything that was happening to the Societies.

Or rather, the end point of this technology.

Therefore, this completely erased all records related to it, and imprisoned the company and Wendy on this dead Earth.

And it has set up multiple layers of blockade.

This is precisely to prevent humanity from going down this path.

A path that is destined to self-destruct.

In Moss's words.

The Ghibli people and humans are no longer the same species.

After transforming into the GZ (Genius) nation.

They have lost the distinction between men and women, and young and old.

They don't even need to study anymore.

Because they are able to directly input and integrate any information into themselves.

The sheer volume of this information that can be loaded is terrifyingly unlimited.

if it is possible.

One person can even integrate all the information of all humankind into their system.

But by then, it might not be that the information is integrated into you, but rather that you are integrated into the information.

That's why.

If the master of this world hadn't been so abnormal.

Perhaps they still have some ideas.

After all, learning is also a way to become stronger.

But right now, all the three of them just want to get this over with as soon as possible.

That's the time.

A loud clattering sound followed.

A silver-white mech rose from the distant crystal ruins.

This half-collapsed crystal palace testifies that not long ago, this was a magnificent building that the Ghibli were proud of.

But at this moment, they have become victims of another force.

The liquid metal flowed to both sides, revealing Wells within.

The tall, strong man was panting heavily.

"I found it, I found it."

Beneath the crystal floor, a solid-state quantum storage facility shaped like a pyramid was exposed to their view.

Ripley approached.

Looking at the blue-gray pyramid whose surface was engraved with countless crystal patterns, he asked.

"This is the quantum storage device that Moss was talking about?"

"Is this a device that can prevent the loss of humanity?"

Cole nodded at first, then shook his head.

"That's what the Chilean said, but I don't really think it's possible."

"They are able to integrate various kinds of knowledge without limit. To prevent getting lost, they isolate quantum storage between the information and themselves, acting as a bridge."

"In my opinion, this is the difference between dying early and dying late."

"Once humans have experienced the convenience of loading information, they lose their true learning ability."

"The self-evolution that the GQ talks about is nothing more than a form of extinction."

Reeves and John, amidst the ruins, worked together to lift the pyramid out.

It just came out.

A blue stream of information emanated from the surface of this pyramid, which was no more than half a person tall, and quickly swept across the crystal patterns.

Fortunately, it only happened briefly.

"Holy crap, that scared me!"

"I almost threw him out."

John patted his chest and said.

Christie and the others huddled together.

Looking at it curiously.

Just as everyone's attention was turned to this pyramid.

"Buzz!"

A voice echoed in the minds of the four mercenaries, including Ripley.

Then a slight stinging sensation followed, and the crystal world before them blurred for a moment before becoming clear again.

However, they hadn't yet had a chance to fully grasp this clear world.

The whole world suddenly began to regress.

"thump!"

Wells and the others, who had fallen to the ground, all cried out in pain.

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong descended from the sky.

They simply put the newly unearthed pyramid away.

"Let's go, we've found the way."

After catching up.

Feeling guilty, Reeves whispered, "What just happened?"

Cole calmly replied, "It's nothing, it's just that you almost achieved immortality, which is a real shame."

Wells's lips twitched when he heard this.

"Fuck, that's why I love whipping corpses."

"Ahem, isn't immortality good enough?"

"Don't you want to live forever?"

As Reeves spoke, everyone else looked at him with strange expressions.

Fortunately, this person touched himself at a crucial moment, a good bad habit that fully demonstrates that he has not been replaced.

Christie said nonchalantly, "Always alive?"

Why should you want to live forever?

"Who else says that just staying alive is enough?"

Reeves paused for a moment:
"Didn't that Societies claim during their propaganda campaign that each consciousness can live in a world it creates?"

"Isn't it good to have unlimited material and spiritual satisfaction?"

Christie was unable to refute this at the moment.

However, Cole then said:
"Philosophers from before the interstellar age have said that having everything also means losing everything."

"The endless satisfaction of material and spiritual needs may seem wonderful, but what comes after the beauty? The endless emptiness will only impoverish the spirit and eventually kill it."

"Kerr said."

They all subconsciously recalled the Zhi people they had met before.

The reason they keep building space elevators and space stations over and over again is that they are pathologically destroying other spacecraft.

It's because they've developed mental problems.

The Ghibli were a single race, contrary to what they perceived themselves to be.

What they saw was more like a consciousness.

Or it could be a person, a person who has gone mad.

Of course, in Li Xiao's words, this is the evolution of a consciousness-based society.

When human consciousness is completely transformed into data.

It can delete and add data to itself.

Everyone wants to be perfect.

Therefore, they eliminated their own shortcomings.

They saw the strengths of others, so they copied those strengths.

It has become part of me.

As time goes by, this process of deletion and copying continues.

Different consciousnesses will begin to become the same.

So much so that they became exactly the same, and then it was only natural that they merged.

Eventually, this race, transformed from humans, will become a collective consciousness.

Or rather, it is a single individual.

And after a certain period of time, when only this one individual remains.

It will face a philosophical question: what is the meaning of its existence?

When it can't answer, or begins to doubt itself.

Disappearance and death will become the final point.

Or perhaps it will take a long time for the GQ (Gazetteer of England) to prove itself before it reaches the final stage.

But now, the Ghibli nation is being challenged by the appearance of a man and a woman.

They took a different path, but that's another story.

After the group left the crystal world and passed through the heavily guarded metal blockade,

A building that Li Xiao couldn't even imagine, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Even the usually calm and composed Zhao Yingkong showed a look of shock. It was clear that the scene before her was something she had never imagined in years.

Wells and his friends stared wide-eyed, looking at the scene from left to right and top to bottom.

Although they didn't understand, they were all impressed by what they didn't know.

Before them stood a massive, ancient-style building, its appearance and design truly magnificent.

From the outside alone, the door pillars, eaves, and carved beams and painted rafters are breathtakingly beautiful.

Li Xiao stopped.

Looking up at the plaque, he read aloud:

"Leiyin Temple???"

After saying that, Li Xiao turned to look at Zhao Yingkong.

Suppressing their doubts, the two stepped forward and ascended the white jade steps.

The door wasn't locked, and Li Xiao pushed it open.

With a creak, the door, studded with nails, slid open smoothly to both sides.

Ripley and Cole also snapped out of their daze and followed closely behind the two.

They could have simply waited on the Betty.

However, after witnessing all sorts of strange things on Earth, they were infected by a kind of "adventure spirit".

That's why I foolishly stood here.

Pushing open the doors on both sides, Wells and the others shuddered upon seeing what was happening.

Because there are two grotesque sculptures on each side, painted in bright red and green.

"The Four Heavenly Kings? That's quite a complete set."

Behind the all-wood gate is an open-air courtyard.

Mahavira Hall.

After glancing at the words on the plaque above his head, Li Xiao stepped inside.

Upon entering, everyone's vision suddenly went dark.

Then I smelled a strong, peculiar odor.

Wells and the others didn't know what was going on, but they felt a little awkward.

But Li Xiao knew in his heart that this smell was the unique incense from the temple.

Commonly known as incense.

Upon smelling the aroma, Li Xiao subconsciously frowned.

They began to mass-produce this inexplicable Mahavira Hall.

The main hall features red pillars and a colorful roof; the pillars are ten meters long and adorned with golden dragons.

The dragon's body is decorated with Sanskrit inscriptions forming scales, and each of its claws holds a Buddhist implement.

Standing at the entrance of the main hall, looking up, the golden dragon is breathtaking and captivating.

Even though they didn't understand the ways of gods and Buddhas, Revis and the others were all frozen in place when they saw this scene for the first time.

It was utterly astonishing.

Only Cole, Moss, Li Xiao, and Zhao Yingkong had the energy to continue observing the others.

The golden Buddha statue is directly in front, surrounded by colorful murals.

On both sides are golden prayer wheels.

There's also a sandalwood cabinet in the corner.

Look closer.

Glazed tiles, gold and jade plaques, and brass incense burners.

Everything in it can be said to be exquisite.

Even after taking a few more breaths, the ordinary people felt refreshed and invigorated.

Of course, Li Xiao and his companions' gazes eventually fell upon the incense burner.

This is the back view of a machine kneeling before a golden Buddha statue.

You don't even need to ask.

At that moment, they knew that this person must be Wendy.

However, just when Li Xiao thought he would have to spend some time and effort, and even resort to verbal persuasion, things took a turn for the better.

The girl who had transformed into a death god walked straight past him.

They removed the robot's drooping skull.

Zhao Yingkong looked at the dull, lackluster mechanical chip.

Then a clear, cold voice rang out from the main hall.

"The core has stopped working."

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Yingkong looked up: "So, he's dead!"

Moss's body immediately liquefied, and he lunged at it.

However, the final result remained unchanged.

ten minutes later.

"Does Moss mean that Wendy committed suicide three days ago, no, that she passed away?"

Ripley asked after the question was asked.

Then they saw Li Xiao rubbing his forehead, which was unusual for him.

"That's right, as I just said, the chip last operated three days ago."

"And he wasn't murdered; records show he died of natural causes."

"Of course, this scene should be called Nirvana."

“Zheng Zha once told me that the end of science is metaphysics.”

"I didn't believe it at the time, but judging from the reaction, tsk tsk tsk."

"Also, it's best to stay away from things like Buddha, otherwise they'll kill themselves without us even having to lift a finger..."

Li Xiao glanced at Wendy's devout expression.

Shaking his head, he put away the prototype and then walked outside.

Zhao Yingkong saw several people stuffing things into their arms, then pretended not to see them and followed them.

In the very center of the hall, where Wendy is kneeling.

Cole looked at the Buddha statue in front of him.

"who am I?"

Ripley, who was groping for the golden dragon nearby, heard the sound and looked at Cole: "What's wrong?"

Cole shook his head:

"It's nothing, I was just standing here and a question suddenly popped into my head."

"what is the problem?"

"who am I?"

"Aren't you Cole?"

"A third-rate mercenary."

"how about you?"

Ripley raised his hand and shrugged: "A clone of Ripley, or more accurately, the eighth clone."

"By the way, Cole, aren't you going to decorate it?"

"Revis said none of the things in here are cheap."

The two looked at the people clinging to the pillar, using daggers to pry open gems, exchanged a smile, and followed Zhao Yingkong.

A few minutes later.

"Spaceship engines activated, positioning complete, one-minute countdown begins!"

“The four of you, if you don’t come back soon, we’re leaving. By the way, Li Xiao has already discussed it with the Zhi Clan. You can go and join them later.”

Mahavira Hall.

Upon hearing the communicator in his pocket, Reeves jumped down immediately.

Wells, John, and Christie all turned and ran away immediately.

As they ran, they didn't forget to hold onto the treasures in their hands.

Wells, relying on his height and strength, directly carried a vajra from the Golden Dragon Claw.

Although he didn't recognize the thing, his intuition told him that if they got it, they might have the money to buy a new spaceship.

"It must have been Ripley piloting the spaceship. I told her long ago not to let her fly it!"

Christie: "It's all because you were taking the time to pick the gems. I told you we should leave earlier."

Listening to the countdown on the communicator, the four of them quickened their pace while loudly complaining.

Four figures flashed by in succession.

They fell onto the deck like monsters who had just exploded with gold coins and items.

Various gold and gemstones were scattered all over the ground.

Centrifugal force pressed several people against the metal floor.

All four of them skillfully found a position they liked.

The Betty burst out of the underground and flew straight into space.

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They are genuinely afraid that Wendy or the GQ might have a backup plan.

Looking at the gray-white planet through the window, Li Xiao murmured, "Goodbye, Earth!"

Li Xiao originally wanted to say goodbye, but after thinking about it, she thought seeing him again would be better. (End of Chapter)