Those who reincarnate must die.

Zhang Lang was startled and instinctively turned around to retaliate, but missed. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the "attacker" had already jumped away and put his finger to his lips, making a gesture of silence.

At the same time, Zhang Lang noticed that the mechanical police that had surrounded them seemed to have lost their target. After lingering nearby for a few steps, they actually chased after them in another direction!

"This is……"

Zhang Lang touched the thing attached to the external brain chip and immediately realized that it was this thing that was interfering with the mechanical police's tracking and even the Tianluo Network's detection!

Could it be that this guy is here to help me?

Only then did Zhang Lang begin to examine the mysterious man in front of him.

This was a girl dressed in loose, casual clothes, who looked to be in her early twenties. She was short and slender, with a baseball cap covering her short, light purple hair. She had a small face with delicate features, and her hands were in her pockets as she tilted her head slightly, looking at Zhang Lang with a faint smile on her face...

Zhang Lang nodded to the girl: "Thank you..."

"Wow! You're quite sensible! And you're tall and imposing too..." The girl giggled, seemingly speaking to someone who wasn't there: "Jingyi, you have good taste!"

After saying that, the girl suddenly made a dodging motion: "Oh, okay, okay, it's your patient, alright... Alright, alright, it's your turn to control him. You can talk to him yourself..."

As she spoke, the girl paused briefly, then suddenly stood up straight, her expression changing from playful to serious. She took off her hat and nodded slightly to Zhang Lang: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, do you remember me?"

The girl before him instantly transformed from a lively and spirited girl into a serene and gentle one, even her voice changed. The voice sounded very familiar to Zhang Lang. He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and tentatively asked, "Dr. Zhao?"

The girl nodded and smiled: "I'm glad you still remember me! I'm also very sorry that my negligence caused some problems with your external brain chip... Normally, people who receive brain chip assistance wouldn't make such a basic mistake as tripping themselves up!"

Zhang Lang raised an eyebrow. The doctor seemed to have misunderstood something, but he was too lazy to explain. He was more curious about the body in front of him.

"What are you doing...?"

"Oh, this is the latest bionic mechanical body launched by Gongshu Company. Its appearance can be made exactly like a human's, and its physical strength and power far exceed those of a human... I am currently remotely controlling this body to talk to you from the Upper City. The person who was operating it just now is my friend. You can call her Alice!"

Zhang Lang nodded: "It's indeed incredibly realistic... Thank you for your help, goodbye!"

After saying that, the guy turned to leave.

"Huh?" Zhao Jingyi was taken aback, then stepped in front of Zhang Lang, "Wait!"

"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Zhao Jingyi looked into Zhang Lang's eyes. "I came to you hoping to help you fix the malfunction of your external brain chip. If, if you still want to go back to Central District, you'd better listen to me!"

"Central District?" Zhang Lang looked at her. "Why are you helping me?"

"I'm also responsible for your fall!" Zhao Jingyi said. "And I don't want you to get caught by the police, because they might find out that you received medical treatment here and that I made a false report... I don't want you to be in danger, and I don't want to cause trouble for myself!"

A very genuine person!

Zhao Jingyi revealed her motives without reservation, which made Zhang Lang feel somewhat favorably toward her.

He also needed to return to the central district, but he had some doubts about Zhao Jingyi's abilities.

"I'm being watched by the police!"

"You don't need to worry about that!"

The girl's demeanor and tone switched back to Alice's initial state, suggesting that a different person had taken over.

"I can completely edit your records, even tamper with the reports sent back by those robotic police officers!"

"Impressive!" Zhang Lang nodded in approval. "But the people interrogating me just now were also humans!"

"Human?" Alice exclaimed in surprise, turning her head to look to the side. "Jingyi, anyone who can remotely control a robotic police officer can't be an ordinary policeman... Alright then, I'll give it a try..."

After speaking, Alice turned to Zhang Lang and said, "I will try to erase the police dispatch record for this arrest. If there is only one party involved and no interrogation records can be produced as evidence, it won't be convincing!"

Although Zhang Lang didn't understand much about the internet, did he think that the arrests by government officials could be covered up?

"Can you really do it?"

"rest assured!"

Alice wagged her finger at him:

"Don't lump me in with those ordinary hackers. This is just a minor inconvenience for me!"

As she spoke, Alice glanced at Zhang Lang and said, "It's only because you only have an external brain chip. If it were implanted, I could just alter your medical records and memories. Why go through all this trouble!"

"You can actually do that?" Zhang Lang was secretly astonished. At that moment, Xu reminded him in his mind, "Don't worry, human memory is based on physical changes in the brain. Your brain can regenerate infinitely, and physical means cannot alter memories... Of course, we can't rule out the possibility of mystical powers having this ability, but your current ability to return to simplicity isn't just for show!"

Zhang Lang wasn't worried about that; he was just surprised by the girl Alice's abilities. In a world that heavily relies on the internet, having such power would make her an unstoppable force.

Whether what she said was true or false, Zhang Lang at least wanted to go to the Central District, so he simply agreed. Even if it didn't work out, he could always jump off the Central District again.

Having received Zhang Lang's reply, Alice immediately began to operate, and the android was switched to Zhao Jingyi's control, following Zhang Lang all the way.

"Do you often come to the Lower City?" Zhang Lang noticed that this female PhD, who worked in the Middle City and lived in the Upper City, seemed very familiar with the Lower City area...

"I myself have never been here!" Zhao Jingyi replied, "But Alice and I often come to the lower city to explore, thanks to this body."

"The Lower City is a magical place. It's home to most of Dream City's population, yet it's not considered part of the city. I once thought that the people here were oppressed by the Upper City and the Middle City, and I felt indignant on their behalf."

As Zhao Jingyi walked, she chatted with Zhang Lang:

"But later, my university sociology professor told me that it was the residents of the Midtown who were being oppressed. They earned meager wages and worked hard to create wealth for the rich in the Upper Town… But the Lower Town was different; they didn't create any value! If the Midtown were removed, the Upper Town would be paralyzed, the rich would have no employees or servants to do their bidding, and everything would fall into chaos. But if the Lower Town were removed, it wouldn't have any impact on either the Midtown or the Upper Town…"

At this point, Zhao Jingyi sighed: "This is a group of people who are unwanted and contribute nothing to society. Their jobs, or the jobs their parents and grandfathers did, have all been replaced by intelligent machines. Now, only those who are well-educated and capable of performing complex tasks that machines cannot do can find work. But with the development of artificial intelligence, such jobs will become increasingly scarce, and more and more residents of the central urban area will be relegated to the lower urban areas... Isn't that tragic?"

"Yes..." Zhang Lang nodded, "Even though there was no disaster, and technology was advancing, you have driven yourselves into a desperate situation..."

Zhang Lang's detached tone surprised Zhao Jingyi slightly, but she quickly shook her head with a wry smile: "Yes, why is that?"

Zhang Lang did not answer her, because he himself did not know the answer.

Watching the elderly struggling to survive in the thick fog, the children running and jumping happily in the streets and alleys, their bodies already showing signs of mutation, the men in the bars living a life of drunken revelry, and the streetwalkers waiting for customers, the two fell silent...

Zhao Jingyi suddenly had a feeling: what would happen to the residents of the lower city if the upper and middle city districts were gone? Would they perish without the supplies from the upper and middle city districts?

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