Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 467 466. Things between honesty and dishonesty are really hard to deal with

Another self-test, but this time the thing didn't make a jamming sound. Instead, it gave the answer after a slight pause of a few seconds.

[A biological sample matching the comparison was detected. The machine has restarted and is undergoing a self-check of its damage level... Damage level is 7%, indicating normal operation.]

The others didn't understand, but Seifer did. He confirmed once again that this thing definitely came from the vision. But why was it in such a safe chamber with a countdown, and why did it seem to have no brains...

We'll talk about that later.

Cypher asked bluntly, "What are you?"

[This unit is a unit for exploring and detecting anomalies, numbered S-1-343. Biological samples confirm that this unit has moved away from the anomaly.]

It paused, then soared again, aiming at Miss Nana. "Please calibrate the time and inform this machine of the current planet's environment and conditions."

Miss Nana blinked her eyes and said, "I don't understand."

Xiao Tao also shook her head: "I don't understand what it's saying either. Teacher, do you understand?"

"Of course I have my own way of understanding. This thing is asking Nana a question. It wants to know where it is now."

Miss Nana blinked her eyes. "In...the desert?"

The thing remained indifferent, so Seifer had to repeat it. To the others, it sounded like he was suddenly reciting a string of zeros and ones at a very fast speed.

This so-called [detection unit] paused for a moment, seemed to turn towards Cypher, and then after automatically judging for a while, it suddenly began to move.

It flew straight to the sealed door, its eyes emitting the kind of scanning beams often seen in science fiction movies, and continued to fly forward after opening the door.

Sefer ran over and grabbed the ball to stop it from moving forward, but it stubbornly continued to fly forward - not to mention, Sefer even felt that his body had become a little lighter.

This means that the anti-gravity device of this thing can actually affect the surroundings, but he will not allow such a thing to run around in his car.

The car belongs to him, and the property in the car also belongs to him. A thing with an unknown threat level must be thoroughly investigated before its threat level is determined!

Without hesitation, he pulled the dagger from his ribs. Just as Cypher was about to swing, the sphere suddenly turned and the light in his eyes turned red.

[Threat behavior detected. Warning: Continuing to interfere with the machine's actions will lead to unpredictable consequences. In the worst case, you may lose your life.]

Without hesitation, Cypher brought it to the ground, the dagger close. "This is my car. You, your alien machine brain, are obligated to explain the purpose and reasons for this operation. You must answer in this way."

"Otherwise I'll throw you into the desert, and when the sun comes out, you'll become a meaningless piece of scrap metal."

[Verbal threat...judgment completed, extremely high probability.]

This thing finally stopped running around. It floated calmly at a height as high as a person's head. Its eyes flickered for a while before it slowly replied, saying that it was a reconnaissance unit.

The mission is to investigate the weak points of the anomalous space and transmit the data back to the host, but the external signal is currently offline - then Sefer realized that the internal timer of this thing had broken down a long time ago.

It couldn't tell how long it had been in the jar. The theoretical design life of that thing was two hundred years, but no one knew how long it had actually been there.

The sphere hovered quietly. After Seifer finished explaining its mission, Miss Nana blinked. "What a troublesome story. So, this sphere came from a vision, right?"

"The vision seems to be another world, but it is just a sealed trajectory of a certain period of time... My head hurts, and I don't want to think!"

This is the logic of Zhuangzi's dream of the butterfly. It's best not to get yourself trapped in it.

Sefer told the ball not to run around and wait here, and at the same time sent messages to two people, one was Dr. Mei and the other was Feldrich.

The former said he would come over in a few minutes, and the latter... Feldrich was silent for a long time, then said he would come over.

After having Xiaotao take Marian back to bed, leaving only Seifer, Miss Nana, and the sphere at the scene, she suddenly said something startling: "Since it's a reconnaissance device, it should contain a lot of photos, right?"

"What's the connection between the detector and the photo?"

"Hmm—reconnaissance means taking a lot of pictures that can't be shown to anyone else?"

I have to say that this logic is quite coherent. Cypher nodded and asked the sphere to hand over the data stored inside, but the sphere replied magnanimously that it had none.

It was sealed after the command was entered until it was released just now. During this process, it had never been turned on. The storage space was like Lin Shenxue's brain when he was drunk.

There is nothing in fact.

After hearing Saifu's translation, Miss Nana immediately put on a very spirited pose: "Then come and take a picture of me~ Hehe, how does it feel?"

The detector was also very obedient. It turned directly towards Miss Nana, blinked its "eyes", and then projected the photo using stereoscopic projection.

You know what, this environment and the poses are really nice, but...what does this have to do with exploring the anomaly?

Dr. Mei arrived late, still in her blonde mimic form. She looked at the sphere for a few seconds and immediately asked Cypher, "Why didn't you take it apart?"

"I've thought about it, but the threat level of this thing is too low. Although it has a certain range of anti-gravity function...it doesn't seem to have any weapons."

"Well, it's fine if you don't tear it down, but since something intelligent has emerged from the vision, I advise you to be on high alert."

After hearing this, even Miss Nana began to sweat and looked to the side, not daring to look directly at him.

Fortunately, Dr. Mei was not concerned about this. She took out a portable inspection tool from under her arm, motioned for Seifer to bring the sphere over, and then took out a bunch of probes from somewhere.

Only now did Cypher think that this guy looked like a technical talent, rather than a weirdo who lay in the bathtub every day pretending to be the pool water.

The sphere did not resist, and when various probes penetrated through the cracks in the outer shell, they only caused a slight anti-gravity reaction.

While I was busy here, Feldrich finally arrived late - and he came sitting in the chair that Dr. Mei had provided to Sefer, which had four legs that could move by themselves.

I don't know where she got it from, but she sat on the chair the whole time, looking up with a look of contempt: "Mercenary, what dangerous thing did you bring here?"

It's not that dangerous. It looks calm now and is actually not armed. It is indeed quite harmless, but the problem is... it is obvious that it will not be satisfied with the status quo.

As Dr. May began to use probes to investigate and reverse-crack its internal code, it suddenly rose again.

[Fuzzy signal identification completed, fuzzy project identification completed, corresponding policy found in internal files.]

Before it was ready to do anything, Cypher pressed it down with one hand and pressed it onto the pedestal while asking Dr. Mei to help. Together, they used the restraint tools that had been prepared long ago to clamp it firmly into the square-structured restraint cage.

[Warning, this machine has found the task location, and any project should be prioritized for this machine's task.]

It even caused a small amount of anti-gravity, but unfortunately, Cypher had just welded the table to the floor, so it couldn't escape even if it wanted to.

At this moment, Feldridge glanced at Dr. Mei's analytical tool floating in the air. She reached out and took a look at it, then suddenly frowned.

"The North Pole? Why is it the North Pole again? It's the time of rebirth, so all kinds of weird things are starting to gather here."

Dr. Mei took back his board and said, "There's more than just the North Pole. There are eight coordinate points in total. You only saw the North Pole."

(End of this chapter)