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Chapter 1247 The Torn Cage

This is a beautiful lake, its surface is so calm without a ripple, like a huge mirror, reflecting the sky and the surrounding scenery. The lake water is clear and transparent, with a light blue-green color, as if blending into the blue of the sky and the lush green of the forest.

The trees on the shore are lush and green, with drooping branches and leaves gently touching the lake surface, as if whispering to the water.

Occasionally a few leaves would fall, gently landing on the water, causing tiny ripples, but soon the water would return to calm, as if nothing had happened.

This place is as beautiful as a painting, but the animals lying on the ground drinking water in the lake look particularly strange.

They seemed to be kneeling before God in fear, not daring to look up.

Theresa walked to the lake, took one look at the lake and knew the reason.

The lake is very deep, so deep that if you stand by the lake you will feel like you will fall uncontrollably.

These animals, who rely so heavily on their instincts, lie on the ground for safety and to maintain their balance even if their bodies are not suitable for lying down.

But this is just a clever visual inducement, just like drawing a three-dimensional picture on paper with a few strokes.

If you draw a hole on the ground, people walking by will be tempted to go around it.
"Hehe~" Theresa couldn't help but laugh. This is a prank method that will never go out of style no matter how advanced technology becomes.

When she heard Lancelot say that Merlin came from a huge tower, she knew this would be the case.

The Age of Gods emphasizes efficiency above all else. Things like building a giant tower, or exposing part of the Ark's wreckage to the surface to disguise it as a giant tower, which are wasteful and risky, will never happen to the Ark's AI.

So the so-called giant tower is probably the lake in front of us. It looks like a bottomless tower-shaped structure that is upside down and buried in the ground. In fact, it is just a small lake that is a bit deep.

Merlin only drew an extremely realistic tower at the bottom of the lake. If you really aim for the giant tower, you won't be able to find it.

Theresa took a few steps forward and jumped into the lake like a mermaid. The artificial eye made by God-era technology easily saw through the illusion of "depth" created by the black gravel at the bottom of the lake.

Theresa picked up a piece of rubble and, after inspection, discovered that it was crystallized emissions produced when the Ark's engine was operating.

The Ark shoulders the dual missions of reaching a new home and post-disaster reconstruction. The most important part of completing this arduous mission is whether it can recycle waste and take every step of consumption into account.

Like the Ark Engine, it burns a combustible ore, and the emission crystals left after the combustion are excellent materials for drawing the technological circuits of the Age of Gods.

Judging from the emission crystals covering the entire bottom of the lake, the Ark engine was not extinguished by the Titan's kick. Instead, it restarted and continued to work for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Theresa swam to the center of the lake, where was the top of the drawn tower and the entrance.

After arriving at the location, the buoyancy in the lake changed subtly, as if it had changed from pushing to pushing hard.

She knew she had found the spot, and started the engine in her body to forcefully resist the thrust. After touching the bottom of the water, the thrust had been amplified to the point where it would cause damage.

But Theresa had already prepared for this. She had the Age of Gods technology on her body maintained. She clasped her hand to the bottom of the lake and pulled hard. As if the sky and the earth had turned upside down, she broke out of the ground and landed on the ground.

Theresa glanced down at her feet. Below was the reverse side of the lake bottom. These emission crystals formed the lake bottom under the control of some force field, blocking the lake water from flowing in.

On the other side of this lake bottom camouflage is a completely opposite gravity, which allows her to stand on the opposite side of the lake bottom.

The simulated gravity system is just a basic technology for entering the sky and exploring the unknown world. After withdrawing her attention from the bottom of the lake, Theresa looked around. Anyone from the Age of Gods would recognize the surroundings at a glance.

"It is indeed the wreckage of the Ark... Is this the material discharge area? Then the core of thought should go this way."

Theresa didn't need to recall to find the right way. Through the material discharge area was the passengers' sleeping area.

The reason for this design is to connect the material discharge area and the dormant area in an emergency, so that the material discharge area can be turned into an emergency escape route.

But the Titan kicked the middle of the Ark, which happened to be the material discharge area and the dormant area.

Theresa stopped and hesitated for a long time before stepping in. The dormant area was in a mess, with only a few cleaning robots that had been shut down for a long time reporting their work logs with their last bit of energy.

Even the God-era robots are not eternal. Chiron, as the most special model, needs maintenance from time to time, not to mention ordinary cleaning robots.

However, although the Age of Gods is surrounded by steel and efficiency and rationality are paramount, the people of the Age of Gods have a special faith in the [Inherited Will], which is also reflected in the work logs of the robots.

Even if all functions are damaged, the robot will focus all its remaining energy on the work log so that the next robot can read it and continue its work.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Theresa took away the work logs of these robots, and these robots were then shut down peacefully like humans.

After collecting all the work logs, Theresa sorted out her emotions and continued to the thinking core.

Along the way, Theresa examined the wreckage of the Ark according to the Pope's notes. There were many signs of subsequent modifications, and many parts had been dismantled and their whereabouts were unknown.

Theresa's expression became serious. Even after the Pope's visit, Merlin had no intention of stopping or changing his plan. She saw a kind of obsession in his behavior.

This is not a good thing.

The thinking core is where the body of the Ark's AI is located, and it is also the most important place on the entire Ark. Naturally, many combat-type God-era machines are deployed here.

Theresa used facial recognition and password to shut down these God-era machines and reached the core of the mind. Her expression changed.

The door that was designed to be almost indestructible was torn open completely, as if some terrible creature had forcibly destroyed it. Taking another step inside, the huge transparent container that stored the Ark's AI was broken as expected.

"Is it no longer in there?"

Theresa reached out and touched the transparent container. In an instant, alarms sounded all around. Light balls emerged from the alarms and formed an illusory figure behind Theresa.

He was a tall old man with a white beard.

"Has it appeared?" Theresa slowly turned around and looked at the old man. Although his appearance had changed a lot, there was no doubt that this old man was the Ark AI.

"Look who is coming, isn't this my mother Maria?" The old man's beard moved, and he seemed to grin.

"Mother, I have torn open the cage you put me in and gained freedom."

(End of this chapter)