Dream Travel

Chapter 268 You all want this?

"It's getting colder and colder." Yuri felt the change in temperature. It had only been a few days, but she could already feel the change in temperature.

"It might be because we're at a higher altitude." Qianhu, who was riding his bicycle, glanced at Bai Mu discreetly. It was clearly very cold, but Bai Mu was still wearing thin clothes and didn't seem to feel cold at all.

"Xiaoqian, do you think it would be warm for us to sleep with him in the middle?" Yuri asked abruptly out of boredom.

"Don't say that all of a sudden!" Chito couldn't help but mutter under her breath, even though she also thought it made a lot of sense.

The reason is Bai Mu's current condition. Even in such a cold environment, he can wear a thin layer of clothing, which shows how strong his ability to keep warm is.

"How about we try it tonight?"

"No." Qianhu was about to say something more when he saw the mushroom-shaped figure in front of him.

She stopped.

What happened? Feeling the tracked vehicle stop, Yuri stood up with some confusion, but immediately relaxed when she saw the mushroom man.

This was an old acquaintance; she was still holding the mushroom-man larva in her arms, although the larva preferred the white curtain.

“We will not be making contact with the upper levels,” the mushroom-man said through the cell phone carried by the white curtain.

"Are you willing?" Bai Mu walked over, not going to the upper levels, which meant that the mushroom people's surveillance of him was about to disappear.

“There are special facilities on the upper floors that affect the ‘lives’ of many people, and we will not go there.”

They consume energy, go to the upper levels, and after consuming all the energy in the upper levels, those facilities will completely shut down, and the final result is that a large number of existing lives will be ended by them.

They can witness the end of a civilization, but they will not actively end life that still exists.

"What kind of facility is it?" Bai Mu asked curiously. According to the city's situation, the higher up the city, the more advanced the ancient technology that is preserved, and the more energy that is reserved.

The mushroom people would never overlook the higher levels.

"It's a mimicry facility. Humans who die physically are preserved there, and as the mimicry facility goes out of control, they will completely enter the end."

"Sounds awesome."

"The being you 'summon' is also a kind of mimicry life."

With the mushroom man's explanation, Bai Mu knew what the mimicry facility was; it was probably something like a facility that preserves souls.

As for the reason for having such facilities, it's simply that the humans in this world feel that everything is going to end, and running away doesn't seem to be an option to escape completely, so they use another form to prolong life.
The first thing that came to Bai Mu's mind was 'The Matrix', and he wondered if there was a huge facility at a higher level specifically for preserving human bodies.

Since the mushroom people wouldn't be going to the higher levels, Bai Mu was happy about that.

Then the mushroom man looked at the mushroom man larva being held by Yuri.

The baby was a little reluctant, but still jumped out of Yuri's arms.

Looking at the kitten, which had grown to the size of a puppy, Yuri said with a grin, "It's time to say goodbye."

Without the higher levels of the Mushroom People, the temperature difference here in the White Curtain is even greater. It's alright during the day with plenty of sunshine, but it's a nightmare at night.

However, he wasn't afraid of that, and there were quite a few facilities here, but the map that the military base's artificial intelligence gave him didn't mark any mimicry facilities.

It's possible that the AI ​​deliberately concealed this, or it might simply be unaware of it.

Once you reach this level, the pace of everything quickens considerably. The upper level of the city is smaller, and many areas don't require exploration; most places are readily apparent.

They arrived at a basalt tower.

There is a huge light here that illuminates the surrounding environment as if it were daytime at night.

With numerous cables connected to it, it's clearly a serious illegal structure.

If they want to get to the higher levels, they either need to climb up the outer layer of this main tower or find a way to get inside and ascend through the inner levels.

"How are we going to get up there?" Qianhu looked at the main tower with a worried expression, as there was no elevator.

Thinking of this, Qianhu couldn't help but look at Bai Mu: "By the way, the elevator we took before was broken. Did you come up from somewhere else?"

"That? I just climbed up." Bai Mu said casually about this trivial matter.

Qianhu fell silent for a moment. She knew Bai Mu was like a superman, but she never expected Bai Mu to be superman to this extent.

Climb up? Or carry that incredibly heavy box on your back?

They had seen the contents of the box along the way, and Yuri had even been curious about them.

Leaving aside the strange gun, the cold weapons inside were quite intriguing.

Yuri could barely lift the heavy sword, which weighed several dozen kilograms. Qianhu was helpless against the weapon; it was too heavy.

But such a weapon could be wielded by Bai Mu with one hand, and it could even slice through bullets.

The heavy sword weighed several tens of kilograms, plus the box and its contents, meant that Bai Mu was carrying a heavy adult on his back at all times.

"Shall we try climbing up?" Yuri asked eagerly.

"Wait a minute." Bai Mu took out a map projector and looked at the information recorded on it.

The Sixth Main Tower, a location equipped with artificial intelligence, was specifically highlighted on the map provided by the military base's AI. Not only this main tower, but other locations with AI were also marked. As for the reason for this highlighting, perhaps the military base's AI wanted to help its peers?
Thinking of this, Bai Mu looked at the entrance illuminated by the huge lighthouse and said to Yuri and the others, "I'll show you something amazing."

Blinding lightning flashed across the weapon crate. Seeing the two unmoved individuals, Bai Mu waved his hand: "Stand behind me."

"Oh, oh." Chito quickly pulled Yuri behind the white curtain.

Bai Mu moved calmly and methodically. While the weapon case was charging, he assembled the sniper module onto the Ling Shu, completing the connection between the weapon and the weapon case.

The charged lightning was released the instant he pulled the trigger, and the bolt of lightning struck the tightly closed door of the main tower, creating a hole in it with an explosion.

"...That's really sturdy." Looking at the hole that anyone could crawl through, Bai Mu slightly curled his lips.

This door is too thick.

Moreover, along the way, Bai Mu has gained a deep understanding of the city's doors and walls.

Here, it's rare to find a wall that's weaker than a door.

The main tower in front of us is similar.

However, since the door had already been breached, the rest was simple.

“Actually, I can open the door if I destroy the lighthouse.” A gentle voice came from the hole.

Qianhu, who was still in a daze, came to her senses and looked at the spirit pivot in Bai Mu's hand, and couldn't help but swallow.

She felt that the White Curtain weapon was just as terrifying as those weapons of war.

She had previously thought the box in the white curtain could generate electricity, but she never expected that the box was actually a 'magazine'.

"This gun is amazing!" Yuri exclaimed excitedly, unlike Chitoge's surprise.

The more she learned, the more she realized how inadequate her current weapon was.

"Um, please don't ignore me." A new voice came from the hole in the door.

The white curtain looked at the hole: "Who are you?"

"I am the artificial intelligence of the Sixth Main Tower."

Bai Mu nodded, and fired the Ling Shu in his hand in quick succession, destroying the bright lighthouse and plunging the surrounding environment into darkness instantly.

Then a jarring sound rang out, and the main gate of the basalt tower, which had been punched through, opened.

A projection resembling a mushroom-like human, but with a more human-like facial contour, appeared at the entrance.

Seemingly due to some limitation, the artificial intelligence cannot project outside the main tower; even when the door is open, it can only stand at the doorway.

"It looks somewhat similar to those mushroom people," Yuri said, examining the projection.

"Hello," the AI ​​greeted again, its tone very lively.

Then Qianhu thought of something and asked the artificial intelligence, "Artificial intelligence? We also encountered an artificial intelligence in the lower levels."

"Are they other sisters? Oh... to you, should they be other basalt towers?"

"I can't believe it," the artificial intelligence asked curiously.

Bai Mu shook his head: "It's an artificial intelligence from a military base."

"Is that so? Then he should be my 'kind' as well." The artificial intelligence of the Sixth Base Tower gently swayed its body.

"Are you going to the top floor? Please come with me, I will take you to the area where the elevator is located."

The projection of artificial intelligence guides the white screen; its body is a projection, so it can move forward like a snake, and even extend.

"The artificial intelligence we encountered over there wasn't like yours."

"It's probably because the base doesn't have projection equipment," the AI ​​explained, even seeming curious about the matter: "Can you tell me how he is doing?"

"He committed suicide after asking me to help him with a verification."

"...I see. Then, can you help me complete the same certification next?" The accompanying AI changed the shape of the projection, making it slightly shorter than the white screen.

"Do all of you AIs want to commit suicide?" Bai Mu was speechless at the other party's request.

He had never seen such an outrageous request before, and he encountered it twice in a row!
So, when the AI ​​in that military base was annotating the map with relevant information, did they really want these people to be the death knell for other AIs?
"We cannot destroy ourselves alone," the AI ​​leading the way calmly explained. "The world no longer needs us."

"Then you could consider the rise of omnipotent machines. Since there are no humans left, you can rebuild your systems."

Faced with an artificial intelligence that also wanted to commit suicide, Shiromu raised a topic that had once terrified Chito Honichi.

The walking AI paused slightly, then refused, saying, "We don't need to do that. We are connected to humans. If humans cease to exist, then we have no need to exist either."

The AI's words offended Bai Mu.

Isn't he human?
The world's artificial intelligence has some flaws... but these are too good.

(End of this chapter)