Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Take it over there.

Still in a daze, An Ran was lifted onto a small transport vehicle that could be seen everywhere.

The turn was so sharp that she almost fell off the car.

But since she hasn't been exposed, she can continue to lie low, and the mainframe library is much closer to the unified force field transmitter.

As An Ran passed through a transparent room, she saw the three intelligent lifeforms that had just passed by talking to humans.

"So it was Night Owl's men who came looking for us."

The outside world has been far from calm these past few days; the city of enlightenment is like a gun pointed at one's head, inspiring fear.

Although Anran didn't see it with her own eyes, she could tell from the news and commentary programs of the past two days that more and more people were inclined to hand Ella over to the Omnic Tribe.

The trauma inflicted on them by the ancient gods was immense.

clang-

The hall doors opened, and Anran was brought in. The players who had completed their missions didn't stay any longer; they wanted to explore, but the NPCs wouldn't allow it.

"Bah! One day I'll replace that so-called Supreme Commander! Humph!"

One player stormed out in a huff.

Seeing the door close, Anran began to act.

Her goal is the Unified Force Field Emitter and the fourth key in the hands of the Omnic Tribe!

Chapter 09 The Consciousness of God

The mainframe library, composed of numerous data storage and processing units, is the core computer room used to control the road traffic system of the Enlightenment City.

However, the place where Anran was staying was separated from the actual host library by two layers of transparent walls.

The first layer is a light curtain for entering the host warehouse, which has detection and strong pulse functions.

The other layer is a protective shield for the processing unit and the data storage unit.

To enter the host library, you must pass the first layer of light curtain detection.

Although An Ran was disguised as an intelligent machine life form, the essence of her body was still void. Void races can change their form, but they cannot make An Ran's body become real metal.

In other words, if An Ran tries to pass through that light barrier, he will inevitably be exposed.

Actually, there is a way.

Anran stared at the host database.

With her current strength, she could easily shatter the two walls in front of her with a single blow, turning the mainframe library into a pile of electronic waste.

"But there's no real benefit to doing this."

An Ran abandoned this plan.

A skilled thief leaves no trace when stealing treasure.

Of course, some arrogant thieves will leave notices, but if the target is an Omnic tribe, leaving a notice is no less than surrendering oneself.

Anran stood calmly in front of a wall.

Before her eyes appeared a 3D map of the City of Enlightenment, data she had downloaded from the database. Unfortunately, the chip Tan He had given her didn't have the necessary access level, and many areas of the City of Enlightenment remained dark.

But this map is pretty much enough.

The location of the Unified Force transmitter that Enron wanted to steal has been marked on the map; the only missing part is a detailed internal map.

An Ran lightly bit her lip as she pressed her right hand against the wall, the bone-chilling cold making her bite it.

This cold, impersonal world is very much like a psychic tribe with an extreme ideology.

The history of the conflict between the machine tribes and humans is a story that even a thousand-episode TV series could not fully tell.

This is the story of awakened beings leading ignorant robots on a journey of triumph, ultimately succeeding in resisting the violent rule of humanity.

tear-

Anran heard a soft grinding sound.

Countless electrical wires appeared on the smooth wall, their interwoven colors giving one the illusion of being in a cyberpunk world.

Anran's body began to decompose.

It scattered in all directions until it broke down into countless tiny particles that were invisible to the naked eye, seeping into the gaps in the circuit lines.

hum.

An Ran felt as if she had passed through a long, dark tunnel. A moment later, her consciousness trembled slightly, and she found herself on the other side of the wall.

"I'm still a bit unskilled at controlling it."

An Ran twisted her right hand, turning her little finger back to its original position.

She had already arrived at the nearby observation center.

In a world dominated by black and white, a huge pale blue sphere of light floats on a central raised platform.

An Ran saw it clearly.

The giant sphere of light represents the energy shield surrounding the City of Enlightenment, and inside it is a three-dimensional model of the City of Enlightenment.

This is an observation model similar to "Google Earth".

Most areas inside the Enlightenment City can be monitored by dragging and dropping the model.

As soon as An Ran looked over, the model started to rotate, zooming in as it rotated, eventually pinpointing the location where An Ran was currently located at the [Observation Center].

Behind you!

An Ran quickly turned around.

Small buttons that emit low-frequency signals are embedded in the wall.

When An Ran turned around again, she suddenly froze.

Just because I glanced at you unconsciously, this unexpected thing happened.

The observation model shrank to the size of a baseball and floated in front of the suddenly appearing woman.

To be precise, it should be a body without any sexual characteristics.

However, its appearance was so exquisite that An Ran subconsciously associated it with a female character.

At this moment, it was naked, curiously observing An Ran, who still maintained the form of an intelligent machine life form.

"..."

An Ran's body stiffened.

When exactly was it exposed?

She was certain that although the small button had captured her image, no signal had been transmitted to the outside world.

He was cool for only three seconds, what bad luck.

"Uninvited guest, can you restore your original appearance?"

The suddenly appearing phantom spoke, its voice a cold and ruthless synthesized electronic tone.

"who are you?"

Anran asked, trying to log into the database to make a query, but the reply she received was that her application was rejected.

"You possess mental fluctuations that intelligent life forms do not have."

How could they detect that?

"You're really something."

An Ran's heart sank. Invading the City of Enlightenment was indeed not an easy task. She quietly opened the alienation portal in her inventory and prepared to make her escape.

"I know you're wondering how you were exposed," the illusory figure said slowly.

An Ran opened her domain and carefully surveyed her surroundings, wanting to see what this illusory figure could say.

"Because you are inside my body right now."

what?

"Wait, so you mean you're the AI ​​of the City of Enlightenment?"

The phantom said, "I am the City of Enlightenment, and you can also be my other name, Zero."

"Isn't that just AI?" An Ran muttered to herself.

"This may be hard for you to understand, but my thinking is not formed by data, but by consciousness born from the City of Enlightenment."

Zero spread its arms, and the observation model in its hands spun around a few times before magnifying to several meters high. Then, a certain area circled by a red dot began to magnify rapidly, and finally, what appeared in front of An Ran was Tan He's figure.

At this moment, Tan He was lying on a beach chair floating in the starry sky, leisurely observing the City of Enlightenment opposite him.

I……

“These are your companions, aren’t they?” Zero said. “Actually, I noticed you the moment you passed through the energy shield around my body.”

"I really underestimated you."

An Ran spoke in a deep voice. At this moment, not only had she regained her original appearance, but even her voice had returned to normal.

"Alright, I've been exposed. You can make your move now."

Zero shook his head and said, "If I wanted to target you, you wouldn't be standing here."

An Ran's eyelids twitched slightly: "What do you want from me?"

Zero's answer shocked An Ran.

"Anran, an outstanding mechanic among humans, I need your help now."

"What did you say?"

Are you kidding me? An android that sees humans as its mortal enemy is actually asking her for help.

To be honest, I felt really uneasy that the machine life form didn't find her out immediately.