Chapter 146 The Price
Lifeng turned his head away, no longer looking at the holographic image in front of him, but looked at the sphere floating in the air, and said slowly: "It seems that the damage to your information is not too serious. At least, the performance program is still preserved... So, am I the nth, or the dozensth collaborator?" The human figures shown in the holographic image were all simulated by No. 3 through his own central nervous system. Lifeng had an instinctive aversion to those things. On the contrary, staring at the metal ball in front of him could make him calm down and be absolutely rational and insightful.
“Human, you are very smart…” The old man in the holographic image next to him stared at Lifeng for a few seconds and said slowly: “If you count Xiao Hei, you are my 23rd collaborator.”
"The number of resources preserved from the Fourth Era is limited. I can't put all my hopes on one person. Those collaborators who really have potential will get more resources. Moreover, the 'angels' of this era have been monitoring the development and evolution of mankind. If they knew of my existence, I would definitely be besieged or even destroyed..." Number 3 said this, and suddenly showed a look of disappointment: "Unfortunately, those stupid humans really disappoint me. Of the twenty-three collaborators, nineteen have been completely deleted. Of the remaining three, one is seriously injured, and one is barely surviving and dares not show any edge. Only the last one is still of some value..."
"What exactly do you want?" Richemont stared at the metal ball in the air and continued to ask expressionlessly. He didn't believe that the purpose of this so-called "angel" from the last human era was to take revenge on the angel civilization. An old artificial intelligence, plus a group of humans as test subjects, could take revenge on the foreign civilization that could control the entire human civilization? The possibility of success was much lower than that of African natives holding wooden spears against the armored corps of the Red Star Republic. Unless the angel civilization destroyed itself, the possibility of No. 3's success was zero. Richemont didn't believe that a problem that a tiny human like himself could figure out, as an artificial intelligence, No. 3 would not be able to calculate.
"Oh, Xiao Hei, the person you brought is very special and very smart... I haven't met someone like him for a long time." The holographic image of No. 3 suddenly grinned and said to Er Gouzi, "It seems that the corrections I made to your brain were very effective."
"Mr. No. 3, don't you know my identity? If you can't even do this, I'm going to doubt whether you are a powerful being from the last era." Li Feng continued without any mercy.
Number 3's expression changed again, revealing a sly smile. He immediately saw a holographic screen appear in front of Li Feng, with a photo of him on it, and a long paragraph of text about Li Feng's wanted list below. This time, Li Feng's crimes included not only colluding with zombies and slaughtering humans, but also "leading thousands of aliens to slaughter hundreds of officers and soldiers in the Chuancheng Fortress and then fleeing to the west..." Obviously, this was the latest version of the joint wanted list issued by major human forces against Li Feng, and it was unknown where Number 3 had intercepted it.
"Lifeng, you are indeed the most special human I have ever seen..." Number Three said with satisfaction. It was obvious that he was very interested in Lifeng. "I can't wait to see you grow up. Now your strength is not enough to know my purpose, but I can give you corresponding help and let you develop gradually. When you have enough power, you will naturally be qualified to know my secrets."
"This is the only help I can give you right now." Number Three said, and a crack appeared on the ground next to him. A platform slowly rose up, holding a spray-like object about fifty centimeters long and as thick as an arm. "When I think I can give you more help, I will naturally contact you. This can contains a high concentration of T virus odor, which can adhere to the skin and last for about a year. One can is enough for ten thousand people. Do you accept it?"
Hearing this , Li Feng couldn't help showing a hint of joy, and stretched out his hand to take the scent in his hand. Just from the name, you can spray this thing, and you will be able to wander around in the zombie group without worrying about being discovered by the zombies. This thing is completely useless to Li Feng, but for his soldiers, it is the most timely help! Otherwise, as long as they leave their building in the ruins of Steel City, they will be torn to pieces by the zombies.
"Once you accept my help, one day you must obey my orders, otherwise I will delete you." Number Three's voice became cold and ruthless again, and he spoke slowly.
"No problem." Li Feng grinned and said cheerfully. He had nothing to lose now. If he was surrounded by the human army again, let alone breaking the promise, whether he could live to see that day was another matter.
"Before that, I'll give you something first." As No. 3 said this, a small piece suddenly fell from the metal sphere in the air. The fragment twisted on the ground and turned into a metal bug as thick and long as a finger. It flew to Lifeng's wrist like lightning and turned into a wristband, buckling there tightly!
Li Feng frowned. He could feel that there was a huge energy fluctuation in this wristband. It was obviously a high-intensity bomb! He had no doubt that the explosion of this wristband would be weaker than a small nuclear bomb. This was how No. 3 controlled him!
At this moment, No. 3's voice came again: "Then you can leave. This energy bomb is also a short-distance communicator, which can be used for short-distance calls. Remember, I will always keep an eye on you..."
Then the metal ball flashed several times and then fell completely silent. The holographic image also disappeared in an instant, as if No. 3 had never existed.
After Li Feng's eyes flickered for a few seconds, he shouted to Er Gouzi, "Old Er, let's go." Er Gouzi, who was listless nearby, immediately became excited and followed Li Feng out of the underground cave.
Just when they had walked more than a hundred meters away from this place, the ground suddenly shook violently, followed by a loud bang. A burst of flames suddenly gushed out of the cave where they were just now, followed by billowing smoke!
“Bark woof woof! It it it… committed suicide!?” Er Gouzi pointed at the cave that was blown into a big pit and said stutteringly.
Lifeng looked at the silver wristband on his wrist unhappily and said, "It just destroyed the traces and blew up an output port. I dare to assert that it must be silently monitoring everything around us." What a joke. An artificial intelligence that survived the era of extinction and harbored hatred would commit suicide? How is that possible!
"Oh..." Er Gouzi opened his mouth and nodded. For the first time, he did not refute. He carried Li Feng on his back, flicked his four claws, and like a black whirlwind, he took Li Feng and disappeared into the dim wilderness...
When they left, they didn't notice that there was a rhizome of something unknown standing in the mud on the side of the road, and the flowers on the rhizome kept spinning as they left.
When they completely disappeared in the wilderness, a thought signal was transmitted rapidly through the underground wire network in the huge machine: "Lifeng...an interesting human. The genes in his body can open a gene bank of the third cantilever civilization in the Milky Way..."
