Poverty makes me capable of anything.

You should have said that earlier.

Anran's flight speed is no slower than that of a regular frigate, but even so, it will take several hours to reach the vicinity of the City of Enlightenment.

The City of Enlightenment's self-detection range was too wide, and Anran dared not tamper with the signals it emitted.

According to Tan He, the AI ​​pursuers in the City of Enlightenment have set an extremely high alert level. Anything that is not in the database of the Intelligent Machine Tribe will be violently attacked and eventually disappear completely if it gets close.

This unreasonable vigilance policy stems from the omnic tribes' hostility towards humanity.

whoosh-

The flight came to a safe stop.

What appeared before her was the first layer of energy shield.

"The energy shield fluctuates; as long as you find the moment of fluctuation, you can pass through smoothly!"

An Ran's chest heaved slightly; she was still somewhat nervous. If she were exposed, she would have to resort to Plan B: storming into the City of Enlightenment.

But just as An Ran was hesitating and unsure whether to go forward or retreat, Tan He walked straight over.

"you……"

Fine.

An Ran shut her mouth.

The energy shield was useless against Tan He.

Tan He said, "Let's go, we can just come here from where I just walked."

An Ran looked at him with suspicion. What should I do? I now seriously suspect that this Tan He is a spy sent by the Mechanized Tribe!

Tan He was so angry he was practically blowing his beard: "Do young people these days even understand what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young!"

"How can you blame me? It's because you're unwilling to say anything."

Tan He remained silent for a long time before finally nodding: "There are some things I can't tell you yet. I can only say that the person who created the ancient essence made me the way I am now."

"Is it the Star Domain Ruler?" An Ran asked.

Tan He remained silent, which An Ran took as a tacit agreement.

She successfully passed through the gap Tan had created, and after passing through two energy shields, the City of Enlightenment was already in sight.

Tan He said, "Move towards the Prophet-class warship. You can start transforming now."

"Transformation?"

"Can't the void take any shape?" Tan asked rhetorically.

"You know so much."

A moment later, Anran transformed into an intelligent mechanical life form.

"With this, you can disguise yourself as an intelligent machine life form in the City of Enlightenment." Tan He tossed a chip over.

Red item: [Core Command]

When the power of ether entered the chip, An Ran's world of consciousness was filled with crisscrossing silver lines.

Boom!

Under the onslaught of data flow, Anran successfully connected to the information database of the Intelligent Machine Tribe.

Amidst the vast sea of ​​information, Anran discovered the "female" robot sitting in the "library".

Their eyes met.

Anran then received the instructions—

The malfunctioning deflector launcher from Prophet-class warship No. 3 was moved to the repair warehouse in Enlightenment City.

Upon receiving the order, An Ran was forcibly removed from the database.

Tan He looked at her and said, "From now on, you'll have to rely on yourself. You can find the information I know in the database, but remember not to check it too frequently. With the Pursuer's computing power, it will quickly detect the anomaly."

"I understand!"

An Ran took a deep breath; she had already landed on the Prophet-class warship No. 3.

Small working robots occasionally swept overhead. Although Anran could not interfere with their internal structure, turning herself into an "invisible unit" was not difficult.

Click—

After opening a small hole, Anran, who was made of water, flowed directly into it. Following the map provided by the database, she found the deflector that had been dismantled.

Pulling the deflector into the interior of the City of Enlightenment, An Ran encountered no trouble along the way.

Every android she saw was acting according to the highest command. Rather than individual "life forms," ​​they were more like "working cells" within the giant android tribe.

Countless intelligent life forms have formed the behemoth that is the Mechanized Tribe. This unified way of doing things is even more awe-inspiring than that of the Zerg!

An Ran sighed inwardly.

until--

"Huh, is it another mission?"

"It's a transportation and maintenance mission!"

"Brother, let me take this. I'll deliver it for you."

"Put down that deflector and let me handle it!"

A group of intelligent lifeforms with strange names above their heads ran over and surrounded An Ran, chattering incessantly.

Ha ha……

An Ran had to work extremely hard to keep from laughing out loud.

Even the most meticulous species lose their meticulous image once they adopt the identity of a player.

An Ran calmly pushed the cart forward, while the players who hadn't received the mission were still unwilling to give up and followed behind her.

Only after An Ran entered the repair warehouse did they have no choice but to leave.

"Ugh, this NPC isn't friendly at all today."

One player remarked.

"I feel like we've been targeted lately. There are fewer and fewer missions available, and we just can't seem to raise our favorability with these silly NPCs no matter what we do."

"Alright, alright, what's the use of goodwill? Even if you raise it high, you won't be interested in these robots. Oh, right, I forgot we don't have any tools, and they don't have any containers either."

"It can be modified."

"emmm..."

An Ran, who had just come out of the repair warehouse, was completely stunned when she heard this. Not only her, but the other players around her were also taken aback.

Strictly speaking, intelligent machine life forms do not have gender.

But if you add some props, it'll be different!

Grass!

The few people who were on good terms with that player hurriedly took several steps back.

I always feel a bit cold in my butt.

"Hey, why are you guys looking at me like that? Isn't what I said a normal suggestion that's easy to come up with?" the player explained.

It would have been fine if he hadn't explained, but the moment he did, An Ran and the other players' expressions became even stranger.

"No, this is not normal at all!"

"Exactly, normal people would never think in this direction, let alone consider whether it's easy or not."

The player's "encirclement" became increasingly loose, and the player became anxious.

No, if he doesn't explain this clearly now, his reputation will be ruined!

"Listen to me, I just... I just..."

Just as he was getting desperate, several intelligent mechanical beings suddenly walked out from the passage on the left side of the repair warehouse.

The clanging footsteps were easily recognizable; they had already locked onto Anran.

Oops!

exposed!

An Ran became alert, wondering whether to make a move now or simply slip away.

Just as she hesitated, an intelligent machine said, "Its mind is malfunctioning. Send it to the mainframe warehouse."

huh huh?

Players who were struggling with their modifications were surprised to find themselves receiving a new mission.

"And what about you?"

One player asked.

In the past, when this kind of thing happened, the NPCs would transport the goods themselves.

Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!

The Cold Path of Intelligent Life.

These androids whose consciousness is not connected to the highest command are simply a wrinkle on a perfect circle.

It not only ruins the aesthetics, but it also can't be wiped off.

That's enough.

Even if they were thrown into the furnace, they would pop up again after a while. After repeated attempts, the Omnic Horde had to accept the existence of the players and began to consider how to bring them under their control.

Unfortunately, players cannot be controlled.

They are only susceptible to "deception" and "temptation".

After giving the instructions, the three intelligent lifeforms strode away.

At this point, the players were no longer in the mood to discuss modifications; the mission was the priority.

"Why don't we just use a car to transport them there?" one player suggested.