Mo Feng snorted and said, "How is that possible? These mechanical warriors are obviously here to protect the city. How can they be deployed at will?"
Ye Chen said to Elvi, "Do you know where the blueprints for the mechanical warriors can be found?"
"Yes."
Elvi nodded and said, "However, it is classified as a top secret and is sealed. Without the support of energy, it cannot be opened."
"Then let's go to the energy crystal warehouse first," Ye Chen said quickly.
"Let's go!" Elvi's figure moved and she flew into the distance.
…
Along the way, they passed through seven or eight streets and encountered three or four silver-grade mechanical warriors. These were the law enforcers left behind in the city during the battle with the dark creatures. Normally, they were in charge of managing the city's traffic and other matters.
Among them, there were many fragments of the bronze-grade mechanical warriors. Even if they were perfectly preserved, after such a long time, their energy reserves would have been depleted and they would not be able to move. After all, the difference in energy reserves between a bronze-grade and a silver-grade mechanical warrior was huge.
Under Elvi's deterrence, these fearsome silver-grade mechanical warriors all retreated and did not attack Ye Chen and the rest. In this city, Elvi was the queen and she ruled over everything!
Otherwise, with the strength of Ye Chen and the rest, it would be difficult for them to walk safely in the city. Moreover, they had already activated their superhuman state. If they encountered another silver-grade mechanical warrior, it would definitely be a dead end. Even if they had light cannons, it would be useless. After all, their physique was too low and they would be killed before they could take out their weapons.
With Elvi as a protective umbrella, the group wandered freely in the city. Not long after, they arrived in front of a large steel building. This building was like a box. It was squarish and had no windows. It was completely sealed and only had one door. If not for the statue on top of it, one would not be able to tell that it was a door. There was not even a crack in the door and it looked like a wall.
Elvi walked over and placed her hand on the door. Moments later, the grayish-white metal door opened.
"Come in." Elvi shouted to Ye Chen and the rest and walked in.
Ye Chen and the rest hurriedly followed. When they entered the door, Ye Chen noticed that the thickness of the door was about a meter. Furthermore, it was made of special metal. Even the large cannon of the runic flying ship would not be able to blast it open!
"Only three people can open this energy crystal storage room, and I am one of them."
Elway said to Ye Chen. She then walked forward and saw that this building did not have any rooms or floors. There was only one floor and there were a total of four energy crystals!
These four energy crystals were extremely large. They were about three feet long and three feet in diameter. They were diamond-shaped and floated on top of a metal pillar, constantly rotating. This metal pillar was enveloped by a mysterious aura, and there were many colorful buttons.
"The metal column below the energy crystal is called the Light Concentrator. Through the light energy conversion system connected to the outside, it converts light and all kinds of energy in the air into energy and condenses the energy crystal!"
Elvi knew that Ye Chen was from a future civilization, so she explained it to him in detail.
Ye Chen looked at the four energy crystals, and his eyes lit up. The energy crystal in the runic flying ship was only about one-third the size of this one. He asked, "How many warehouses of energy are there in total in these four energy crystals?"
Elvi glanced at him and said, "There are a total of 1.2 million warehouses of energy. It is only enough for the city to use for 12 days. The operation of the various systems consumes about 100,000 warehouses a day."
"So much?" Ye Chen was slightly surprised.
1.2 million warehouses of energy was enough for the runic flying ship's smallest 1200 cannons, but it was only enough to maintain the normal operation of the city for two weeks.
Elvi nodded and said, "This is just a conservative calculation. If some of the larger systems are activated, the energy consumption will be even greater. This city has a total area of 3000 square kilometers, and there are 18752 buildings. There are also streets, city walls, entertainment plazas, and other places. Some of the larger buildings consume 200 to 300 warehouses of energy a day. The smaller buildings require at least three to four warehouses of energy."
"Then how much energy does it absorb every day?" Ye Chen could not help but ask.
Elvi said, "With the speed of the city's energy conversion system, it absorbs about 150,000 warehouses of energy a day. After deducting the used energy, there is an extra 20,000 to 30,000 warehouses of energy.
However, because it is stopped in this space, there is no light energy, so it has not been able to absorb any energy. "
"There is no light energy here?" Ye Chen was startled.
Elvi smiled and said, "There was none at first. It was completely dark and sealed. Later, when the space entrance opened, light from the outside flowed in, and it started operating again."
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Let's transport the energy crystals to the core energy system first."
Elvi nodded and walked to one of the metal columns. She placed her hand on it, and the Light Concentrator started operating. The button on it flashed automatically, and an electronic voice sounded, "Do you want to transmit?"
"Yes!" Elvi gave the order.
"Beep …"
With a soft sound, the energy crystal on the Light Concentrator disappeared. It was directly transported to the city's core energy system through the transmission track in the air, and was embedded in an instrument. The instrument immediately lit up with a light barrier that enveloped the energy crystal. Soon after, the instrument lit up.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
The various systems in the city were replenished with energy and started operating.
"Beep beep … City defense system activated!"
"Beep beep … Cleaning system activated!"
"Beep beep …"
When the various systems were activated, Ye Chen walked to Elvi's side and said, "Can you give me the other three energy crystals?"
Elvi was stunned and said, "What are you going to do?"
"I have a use for them." Ye Chen said simply.
Elvi frowned and said, "According to the instructions in my brain chip, I should be helping the future civilization. However, you have to tell me what they are for, or I cannot help you."
"I have a spaceship that needs energy crystals." Ye Chen said helplessly.
He knew that with Elvi's temper, if he did not say it, she would probably not give it to him. After all, she was an artificial intelligence and was somewhat inflexible.
"I see."
Elvi nodded and said, "Then I'll give it to you. However, I hope you won't use it to kill your own kind."
Ye Chen quickly nodded. With a thought, the Green Rune Man opened the spatial connection point to a size of ten meters. A black hole appeared in front of everyone. Through the black hole, they could see the silver spaceship floating in the grayish-white space.
"Hurry up!" Ye Chen urged.
There was not much energy left in the spaceship. If the energy was used up and there was no way to replenish it, they would not be able to open this space again.
Elvi walked to the Light Concentrator and pressed it twice. The mysterious aura surrounding the energy crystal disappeared, and the energy crystal fell down. She caught it with one hand and dragged it to the black hole and said, "Take it!"
"Wow, it's so big!"
The old Green Rune Man appeared from the spaceship. When he saw the energy crystal, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Although he had seen such a large energy crystal before, he didn't expect that Ye Chen, a person from a later civilization who hadn't even reached Level 100, would be able to find such a large energy crystal!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
A few metal straws flew out from the spaceship and attached themselves to the energy crystal. They took it from Elvi's hands and pulled it into the spaceship.
Elvi took the other two energy crystals and handed them to the Green Rune Man.
This made him overjoyed. He could not stop smiling, and his eyes curved into a line. However, Ye Chen's words soon made him fall into an ice cave. "Elvi, can you help me inject a self-destruct program into his memory chip?"
The old man in green runes could understand any language through his mental energy fluctuations. This was because no matter what language it was, the meaning was the same. It was just that the language used was different. However, he could directly use his mental energy fluctuations to understand what the other party was trying to say, which was why he could communicate with Ye Chen.
"It should be possible," Elvi said uncertainly.
Typically, artificial intelligences would not use uncertain words like "should" or "almost". They would use a probability of a few percent. However, as a ninth-generation artificial intelligences, her intelligence was already the same as a normal person's. She just lacked the understanding of desire.
In addition, she had never seen this strange old man and had not communicated with him. Therefore, she could not calculate the probability.
"Then let's give it a try!"
Ye Chen said. He glanced at the Green Rune Man. This wretched old man was not easy to deal with. If he betrayed him after taking the energy crystal, he would be in big trouble.
The Green Rune Man screamed, "No, don't do this …"
The White Dragon and the others looked at him sympathetically. Although they did not know what Ye Chen had said to the Goddess of Artificial Intelligences, it seemed like he was going to be in big trouble.
Whoosh!
With a tap of her finger, a golden light appeared out of thin air and entered the Green Rune Man's brain. In an instant, she understood his structure and engraved a self-destruct program.
As the ninth-generation artificial intelligences created by the people of Atlantis, which was also the newest generation of artificial intelligences, most systems would have to submit to her. If it was during the peaceful era on Earth, she could easily hack into any computer.
The Green Rune Man could feel the self-destruct program in his body. He pointed at Ye Chen, speechless. When he saw so many energy crystals, he had planned to take over a body and leave in a spaceship. However, he did not expect that before he could escape, Ye Chen had cut off his escape route. If he did anything strange now, his life would immediately be in danger.
At his level, he already had human intelligence. Naturally, he would also be afraid of death.
"Go and repair the spaceship!" Ye Chen ordered.
"You …"
"Alright, I'll go now."
When the Green Rune Man saw the cold light in Ye Chen's eyes, he immediately swallowed his words. He lowered his head and sighed as he entered the spaceship. He thought to himself, "One day, I will break this self-destruct program. Hmph!"
…
Whoosh!
The black hole quickly shrank and turned into a black dot before disappearing.
Ye Chen said to Elvis, "Let's go to the Temple of Light."
"Okay!"
Elvis nodded. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly frowned and said to Ye Chen, "There are intruders outside. There seems to be a lot of them. I wonder if they are dark creatures."
Ever since the city system received energy support, she could use the metal element in the air to communicate with the various systems. As long as she was in the city, she could communicate with the system mainframe at any time to understand the situation.
At this moment, through the city defense system, she knew that there were intruders.
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "They are not intruders. They are people from the future civilization like me. However, they are bad people, and I am a good person. You have to help me stop them, but don't hurt them. Although these people have bad personalities, they can still be used to kill dark creatures. After I get the item, I will let them in."
If the White Dragon and the others could understand the Atlantis civilization's language, they would probably vomit blood after hearing this. He actually calmly said that he was a good person. How shameless!
If the soldiers outside who were working hard to attack the city heard this, they would most likely go berserk.
Elvis actually nodded and said, "Through the city defense system's optical supercomputer, these people are very evil. I will help you stop them."
The Atlantis civilization focused on cultivating the state of mind, just like the spiritual civilization's Taoism and Buddhism. One was to have the heart as still as water, to pursue the path of Dao and everything was natural. The other was to ignore everything and cultivate the state of mind!
For Atlantis, knowledge was very easy to obtain. It was not like the spiritual civilization, where one had to read books to death. Instead, it could be obtained directly through a special device. Therefore, most people paid more attention to the state of mind. They hoped that their state of mind would reach the level of a wise person when they reached adulthood. They would be able to point out the right path for others and predict the weather.
The stronger the state of mind, the less likely it was to be disturbed by external things.
Otherwise, if a person was on the edge of life and death for a long time and lived a stressful life without food, it would not take long for them to go crazy and become a deranged person.
It should be known that even in the peaceful era, white-collar workers working in enterprises would not be able to withstand the pressure of work and would have a mental breakdown. Not to mention the living environment of the apocalypse, which was ten times or even a hundred times more stressful!
Bloodshed, violence, survival …
Every one of these was enough to make an ordinary person collapse. Some people would want to take a knife and commit suicide when they thought of that kind of life. This was the state of mind!
The higher the state of mind, the stronger the self-control, and the more pressure one could withstand in their heart.
The state of mind was a long-term tempering. For example, at the beginning of the apocalypse, some people were afraid when they saw corpses. However, after a battle, they were not as afraid as they were at the beginning. Unknowingly, their state of mind had been tempered to become stronger.
In the future, the state of mind was extremely important. If the state of mind was not high enough, one would be dominated by the sequelae of killing and become a crazy demon. They would kill anyone they saw and become completely deranged.
The state of mind could bury and strangle the killing intent in one's heart. It could allow one to remain calm at all times. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of one's eyes, one would not change one's expression.
Therefore, when Elway observed those soldiers through the equipment on the city defense system, she would mistakenly think that they were dark creatures. This was because there were too many distracting thoughts on their bodies!
On the other hand, although the White Dragon and the others also had distracting thoughts, there were not many of them. This was mainly because the White Dragon and the others had not experienced such a cruel apocalypse life. They had followed Ye Chen from the beginning, so the killing intent and various selfish desires in their hearts were not completely forced out.
For example, under desperate circumstances and hunger, one's desires could be forced out, causing them to do outrageous things. This was the beginning of mental degeneration. If this continued, one would not be far from madness.
Therefore, ancient Buddhism could purify people who were unpardonably evil by using the power of the soul to expel the evil in the other party's heart.
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