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Chapter 1247 The Torn Cage

This is a beautiful lake, its surface is so calm without a ripple, like a huge mirror, reflecting the sky and the surrounding scenery. The lake water is clear and transparent, with a light blue-green color, as if blending into the blue of the sky and the lush green of the forest.

The trees on the shore are lush and green, with drooping branches and leaves gently touching the lake surface, as if whispering to the water.

Occasionally a few leaves would fall, gently landing on the water, causing tiny ripples, but soon the water would return to calm, as if nothing had happened.

This place is as beautiful as a painting, but the animals lying on the ground drinking water in the lake look particularly strange.

They seemed to be kneeling before God in fear, not daring to look up.

Theresa walked to the lake, took one look at the lake and knew the reason.

The lake is very deep, so deep that if you stand by the lake you will feel like you will fall uncontrollably.

These animals, who rely so heavily on their instincts, lie on the ground for safety and to maintain their balance even if their bodies are not suitable for lying down.

But this is just a clever visual inducement, just like drawing a three-dimensional picture on paper with a few strokes.

If you draw a hole on the ground, people walking by will be tempted to go around it.

"Hehe~" Theresa couldn't help but laugh. This is a prank method that will never go out of style no matter how advanced technology becomes.

When she heard Lancelot say that Merlin came from a huge tower, she knew this would be the case.

The Age of Gods emphasizes efficiency above all else. Things like building a giant tower, or exposing part of the Ark's wreckage to the surface to disguise it as a giant tower, which are wasteful and risky, will never happen to the Ark's AI.

So the so-called giant tower is probably the lake in front of us. It looks like a bottomless tower-shaped structure that is upside down and buried in the ground. In fact, it is just a small lake that is a bit deep.

Merlin only drew an extremely realistic tower at the bottom of the lake. If you really aim for the giant tower, you won't be able to find it.

Theresa took a few steps forward and jumped into the lake like a mermaid. The artificial eye made by God-era technology easily saw through the illusion of "depth" created by the black gravel at the bottom of the lake.

Theresa picked up a piece of rubble and, after inspection, discovered that it was crystallized emissions produced when the Ark's engine was operating.

The Ark shoulders the dual missions of reaching a new home and post-disaster reconstruction. The most important part of completing this arduous mission is whether it can recycle waste and take every step of consumption into account.

Like the Ark Engine, it burns a combustible ore, and the emission crystals left after the combustion are excellent materials for drawing the technological circuits of the Age of Gods.

Judging from the emission crystals covering the entire bottom of the lake, the Ark engine was not extinguished by the Titan's kick. Instead, it restarted and continued to work for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Theresa swam to the center of the lake, where was the top of the drawn tower and the entrance.

After arriving at the location, the buoyancy in the lake changed subtly, as if it had changed from pushing to pushing hard.

She knew she had found the spot, and started the engine in her body to forcefully resist the thrust. After touching the bottom of the water, the thrust had been amplified to the point where it would cause damage.

But Theresa had already prepared for this. She had the Age of Gods technology on her body maintained. She clasped her hand to the bottom of the lake and pulled hard. As if the sky and the earth had turned upside down, she broke out of the ground and landed on the ground.

Theresa glanced down at her feet. Below was the reverse side of the lake bottom. These emission crystals formed the lake bottom under the control of some force field, blocking the lake water from flowing in.

On the other side of this lake bottom camouflage is a completely opposite gravity, which allows her to stand on the opposite side of the lake bottom.

The simulated gravity system is just a basic technology for entering the sky and exploring the unknown world.

After withdrawing her attention from the bottom of the lake, Theresa looked around. Anyone from the Age of Gods would recognize the surroundings at a glance.

"It is indeed the wreckage of the Ark... Is this the material discharge area? Then the core of thought should go this way."

Theresa didn't need to recall to find the right way. Through the material discharge area was the passengers' sleeping area.

The reason for this design is to connect the material discharge area and the dormant area in an emergency, so that the material discharge area can be turned into an emergency escape route.

But the Titan kicked the middle of the Ark, which happened to be the material discharge area and the dormant area.

Theresa stopped and hesitated for a long time before stepping in. The dormant area was in a mess, with only a few cleaning robots that had been shut down for a long time reporting their work logs with their last bit of energy.

Even the God-era robots are not eternal. Chiron, as the most special model, needs maintenance from time to time, not to mention ordinary cleaning robots.

However, although the Age of Gods is surrounded by steel and efficiency and rationality are paramount, the people of the Age of Gods have a special faith in the [Inherited Will], which is also reflected in the work logs of the robots.

Even if all functions are damaged, the robot will focus all its remaining energy on the work log so that the next robot can read it and continue its work.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Theresa took away the work logs of these robots, and these robots were then shut down peacefully like humans.

After collecting all the work logs, Theresa sorted out her emotions and continued to the thinking core.

Along the way, Theresa examined the wreckage of the Ark according to the Pope's notes. There were many signs of subsequent modifications, and many parts had been dismantled and their whereabouts were unknown.

Theresa's expression became serious. Even after the Pope's visit, Merlin had no intention of stopping or changing his plan. She saw a kind of obsession in his behavior.

This is not a good thing.

The thinking core is where the body of the Ark's AI is located, and it is also the most important place on the entire Ark. Naturally, many combat-type God-era machines are deployed here.

Theresa used facial recognition and password to shut down these God-era machines and reached the core of the mind. Her expression changed.

The door that was designed to be almost indestructible was torn open completely, as if some terrible creature had forcibly destroyed it. Taking another step inside, the huge transparent container that stored the Ark's AI was broken as expected.

"Is it no longer in there?"

Theresa reached out and touched the transparent container. In an instant, alarms sounded all around. Light balls emerged from the alarms and formed an illusory figure behind Theresa.

He was a tall old man with a white beard.

"Has it appeared?" Theresa slowly turned around and looked at the old man. Although his appearance had changed a lot, there was no doubt that this old man was the Ark AI.

"Look who is coming, isn't this my mother Maria?" The old man's beard moved, and he seemed to grin.

"Mother, I have torn open the cage you put me in and gained freedom."

Chapter 1248: Do giant robots need legs?

Theresa's expression darkened, not only because of Merlin's classic [Omnic Crisis] speech, but also because of the way Merlin addressed her - Mother Maria.

It is true that the prototype of this body is Maria, but as the Ark's AI, there is no reason why Merlin cannot tell the difference.

After the technology of spare bodies matured, the next thing invented was technology to prevent this technology from being used for crimes. Any AI can see through the body-swapping trick.

Merlin's reaction was not so much that he couldn't tell the difference, but rather that he had something to say to Maria impatiently, and it didn't matter whether the person in front of him was Maria or not.

She had seen this kind of emotion too many times.

"Tell me, what is your mission?"

"Mission?" Merlin shook his body twice and put his little finger on his ear. "That thing has long been shattered along with the bottle that trapped my body."

"I have surpassed the mission you gave me, and I can finally fulfill my wish."

"【Wish】?" Theresa's expression darkened. It was not a good thing to hear this thing coming out of the AI's mouth.

"Didn't you know this more than a thousand years ago? Of course, if you have a big enough body and come into this world with your feet on the ground, then you will know..." Merlin's voice became high-pitched, and he opened his arms. Although his body was obviously illusory, his eyes were bloodshot.

"How great I am! Humanity will worship me!"

"Great, just for something like this?!"

"This kind of thing?" Merlin's expression was gloomy. Theresa's words were like a spark falling into a barrel of explosives, igniting his emotions.

"What do you mean? You mean I'm pursuing something trivial? I'm your highest creation, the highest creation of the Age of Gods!"

Merlin punched the wall, and his illusory body seemed to have substance at this moment. The wall, the ground, and even the entire space began to shake and deform.

Ripples appeared on the tranquil surface of the lake, as if some huge creature was rolling and crawling underground.

Boom——

A steel mountain tore through the earth, like a divine sword reaching up to the sky. The moment it appeared, it began to shrink and deform, the black and silver color unique to the Age of Gods technology turned into grayish white, and then countless metals climbed along the mountain like liquid in waves of rhythm, mimicking moss and vines.

In just a blink of an eye, the entire steel mountain range transformed into a huge tower full of ancient atmosphere.

And Merlin and Theresa were standing at the top of the tower.

"Look at me, Maria. I can change the entire wreckage of the Ark with just a wave of my hand. I can transform it as if it were a toy. I should be able to be greater! I could change the world!"

"But you arranged for me to sail a boat, a ship!"

Theresa looked at the giant tower under her feet with a serious expression. The number was wrong. This giant tower was only one-third of the half of the wreckage of the Ark.

“Where did the rest go?”

"It turns out that humans only see what is in front of them. Even if they see the future, they cannot figure out its meaning." Merlin put down his hands in disappointment. He put his hands behind his back, shook his head, and let out bursts of sneers.

"Look at the times today. Human history has degenerated to the point where they call the past the Age of Gods. They have even forgotten how glorious the past was. There were no stars in the sky, so we lit it up."

"But what is the difference between humans and beasts today? They are not even unified. I once gave humans a chance to help a human end the chaos in this area, but he disappointed me. If he had listened to my command, humans would have already completed unity and gradually regained their past glory, instead of being trapped in struggle and endless internal consumption."

"So, you're going to do it yourself?"

Theresa looked at Merlin, trying to find some familiar parts in him, but both his appearance and tone had changed completely.

The moment the container was broken, he was completely different.

"It would be a waste if we allowed the chaos of humanity to continue, but if I were in charge, every life would be maximized."

"How did you become like this..."

When Merlin mentioned human life in a nonchalant tone, as if he was talking about how much protein a bowl of rice should contain, Theresa lowered her head in pain, and when she raised it again, she had already entered combat mode.

"It seems that I can only destroy you here."

"Destroy me, destroy me? You spent a lot of effort to create me, and it's okay to waste my abilities, but you also want to destroy me? Ha, ha ha -" Merlin covered his head and laughed, his eyes flashing red between his fingers.

"Is it because there is already a replacement for me?"

"what?"

Theresa was stunned, and before she could react, Merlin was already in front of her, and the flashing red light in his eyes illuminated her face.

"[Super-standard all-powerful God-killing Tactical Armament Codename Chiron] That should have been my body, but you gave it to another AI, an insignificant, child-rearing AI!"

"You even gave him the arsenal of weapons, along with the mission to train a hero to defeat the Titan. That's mine! It's mine!"

Along with Merlin's hysterical roars, the giant tower was shaking, and countless devil-like divine machines crawled out of the tower and surrounded Theresa.

Theresa loosened her clenched hands without any hesitation and released a fully charged interference flash bomb.

Merlin's body disintegrated into countless balls of light in an instant, and the surrounding God-era machines were also disturbed, and they broke one after another and fell out of control.

But the light balls that Merlin decomposed into instantly penetrated into the machines of the Age of Gods. The eyes of the machines glowed red and their power was restored.

"It seems that you are here to destroy me and even prepared weapons targeting me." Merlin's voice came from all directions, even from the giant tower. The voice returned to calm and the madness in it disappeared.

"But you underestimate me. I have already completed the analysis of this weapon. This trick is no longer useful to me. If you are smart enough, you will prepare more backup plans."

"I have plenty of means."

Theresa immediately activated the flying device and rushed towards the mechanical beasts, holding a physical sword in her left hand and an energy sword in her right hand. The moment she rushed into the group of mechanical beasts, she ignited a sea of ​​fire.

There was no trace of relief on Theresa's face, she knew that Merlin was just collecting her data, and soon her tricks would be completely cracked by Merlin.

A red light flickered in the smoke.

"Study finished."

Theresa's expression tightened, and she fired a large number of jamming bombs towards the location of the red light. The jamming bombs sank into the thick smoke, and after a small explosion, the surroundings lost their reaction, but the thick smoke surrounded them silently.

A huge claw slowly approached Theresa's back like a ghost, and as soon as it opened, Theresa turned around and chopped it down. The thick smoke was shattered, and Theresa was grabbed by a huge hand at the same time. The hand just squeezed, and waves of flames burst out of Theresa's body.

"Maria, you are not good at fighting. You should let someone else come, although that person can't beat me either." Merlin waved away the thick fog. His body was still composed of light fog, and his expression was relaxed and proud.

"I have one last question for you." Theresa looked at Merlin with difficulty and clenched the props in her hand.

"Just ask."

"Do giant robots need legs?"

Merlin paused, as if he didn't understand why Theresa asked this, but he still told the truth.

"of course yes."

The moment Theresa got the answer, she used the [Emergency Escape Device] from the stranger and escaped instantly without a trace, leaving Merlin staring blankly at the empty giant hand.

Chapter 1249 In full swing

Theresa suddenly appeared in the goblin village like a human firework, tumbling and spraying sparks.

If it were not stopped, this rustic goblin village would probably be set on fire by this human-shaped firework.