Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 798 "Difficulty"
"What...is the Night Watch?" Ke Lan asked tentatively.
Although he did not hold high expectations for Dizhuan's answer, judging from Dizhuan's previous answer, he would not be eliminated at least for the time being.
After all, the other party also said that being able to come to this place means that "their plan" has been half successful.
It's impossible that the first half of the plan is to lure myself to this place, and the second half is to kill myself here?
No matter what the content of the plan is, at least Ke Lan will definitely be useful to "them".
No matter what, at least life safety can be guaranteed temporarily, temporarily.
But what surprised Ke Lan was that this time, Dizhuai not only answered his questions, but also answered them in great detail.
"The Night Watchmen are the last people among us who are still awake. They are neither deceived by false visions like the 'Sheep', nor like the Fallen, whose bodies and souls have been completely dedicated to God. They are the last hope of our race and civilization. They guard our last secrets and shoulder the most important responsibilities. They hide behind the scenes and never show up in public, but they manipulate some of the entire planet... Thanks to the efforts of the Night Watchmen, all the talents and resources of the entire civilization have been concentrated, and they are constantly moving towards that predetermined goal."
"It sounds like the nature of this group of 'Night Watchmen' is very similar to the Undead Crew..." Ke Lan pondered and typed in a new question.
"What are the secrets and duties of the Night's Watch?"
"This information involves the core content of the plan. It is strictly forbidden to disclose it to the symbionts and individuals whose erosion level exceeds the specified threshold to prevent leaks." Dizhuan rejected Ke Lan's question mercilessly.
"What's so hard about revealing this..." Ke Lan couldn't help but complain in his heart, "You have already blatantly called those who believe in God completely as fallen people. Even I can guess your secrets. Why are you still pretending..."
This group of Alphas, or rather, this group of Night Watchmen, clearly intended to go against the great god they "believed in". After Ke Lan finished reading the inscription on the first floor tile, the outline of the whole thing had basically surfaced. To use a classic saying, it was simply: Sima Zhao's intentions were known to everyone.
"Are there any Night Watchmen still alive now?" Ke Lan asked a different question.
But the tiles didn't answer.
From a normal thinking perspective, this question is obviously a bit beyond the scope of a "dead object" like a mechanism... But from another perspective, it proves that, at least in this black tower, there are no night watchmen stationed.
I just don’t know if the Alpha who stayed in the wreckage of Engine No. 92 can be considered a member of the “Night Watch”... But since that Alpha could say such an unfamiliar term as “symbiote”, I think it is most likely a “Night Watch” as well.
"What is the use of this square and this tower?" Before Floor Tile asked any new questions, Ke Lan seized the opportunity and asked again.
"It's an altar used to worship the great gods." The floor tile replied.
It's lying.
Having already seen the inscription on the first floor tile, Ke Lan naturally knew that this answer was only a "superficial answer". Both the square and the black tower were obviously inseparable from the group of "night watchmen" in the Alpha civilization. These "night watchmen" were thinking about how to get rid of the control of that great god. How could they sincerely build an altar to worship that god?
Moreover, wouldn’t it be a great disrespect to Him to record such information on the altar tiles?
The altar must be just a cover, this place must have other uses.
However, given Ke Lan's identity as a "symbiote", no matter how he asked, Dizhu would not tell him the truth.
"One more thing. I have some companions trapped deep in the forest. I want to find them or bring them here. What should I do?"
After asking, Ke Lan was worried that the other party would not agree, so he added: "If my requirements cannot be met, no matter what the Night Watchman's plan is, I will refuse to participate, and I will even choose to return to the forest area."
This could be considered a threat... Ke Lan knew that his threat might be ridiculous to the Alpha civilization, but the conditions he wanted in exchange were not excessive. Bringing the other members of the exploration team here would be a piece of cake for the Alpha civilization that built this relic.
But this time, Ke Lan guessed wrong.
"I can meet your request, but I can't do it at the moment." The characters on the floor tiles changed again.
At this time, the red light inside the floor tile had dimmed to the point where it was about to go out at any time. Ke Lan had no choice but to bleed it again to "charge" the floor tile that was about to "shut down".
"You can't do it? Who are you? I mean, this thing that is talking to me now." Ke Lan asked.
"Narrator III fully automatic archive storage device, stone tablet style No. 69, installation location: Babel Square in Gray Fog Forest, equipment serial number: 939146." A line of characters introducing the equipment name and parameters appeared on the floor tiles.
As expected, Ke Lan's initial guess was correct. Conversing with him was just an intelligent program installed by the Alphas in this floor tile, or in other words, in this "Narrator Type III Fully Automatic Archive Storage Device".
As for the tall tower in front of us...
Ke Lan looked up and saw the black tower in the "eye of the storm" piercing the clouds... no, it was piercing into the misty mountain. The top of the tower could not be seen with the naked eye. If the height of this black tower was the same as that of the misty mountain, it could basically be regarded as the tallest building on the surface of Alpha Star - bar none.
It's not wrong for the floor tile's intelligent program to call it the "Tower of Babel", but in human civilization, the Tower of Babel also has another nickname called the "Tower of Babel", which makes Ke Lan think of the organization that was lurking on the Ark, creating all kinds of destructive incidents, and cultivating captive fusion bodies... The name of this organization is also called "Tower of Babel", this should be just a coincidence, right?
"I hope so..."
But Ke Lan didn't dare to guarantee that the other party was unaware of the existence of the Tower of Babel. After all, the real leader of the "Tower of Babel" organization was most likely a member of the Undead Crew. From the various signs shown by the Undead Crew, they obviously knew the situation in the core area of the Gray Mist Forest.
Ke Lan suddenly felt like she had been tricked - if her coming to the Tower of Babel was part of the Night's Watch's plan, then were the members of the Undead Crew secretly pushing forward this plan originally designed by the Night's Watch ?
Looking back now, everything went too smoothly... Whether it was purchasing equipment or making various preparations before departure, even if Ke Lan herself was a member of the Undead Crew, it was almost impossible to completely hide all of this from the eyes of the Crew... The Crew might ignore a small figure like Mo Zhuorui, but for someone like herself who needed "special attention", any clues would trigger deeper suspicions.
These are a group of shrewd people who have lived for hundreds of years. It is easy to guess their true purpose by looking at their actions.
At first, Ke Lan thought that someone was deliberately helping him hide his whereabouts - his original idea was to take advantage of the struggles between factions within the crew, the existence of traitors, and the opacity of some information to fish in troubled waters unexpectedly and escape from the control of other members of the crew before they could react... But now it seems that he is using them and they are also using him.
This can't be considered as escaping at all, it should be considered as being released by them.
Ke Lan had an urge, an urge to turn around and leave.
This may seem a bit rebellious, but compared to the prophet who is hostile to the entire Ark, Ke Lan just doesn't want to be a pawn at the mercy of others.
No one knows what the real purpose of the Night Watch Project is... but judging from the inscription on the first floor tile, it is clear that these Alphas themselves do not have much confidence in what they are doing.
"Overestimating one's own abilities", "flying into a flame", "a mantis trying to stop a chariot", "seeking death", "self-destruction"... a series of words like these popped up in Ke Lan's mind. He was not afraid of death, but he also did not want to become a stupid and meaningless victim.
"If you can't help me find my lost companions, then I will go find them myself. But I have to tell you in advance, whether I can find them or not, I will never come back to this place again." Ke Lan pieced together the scattered characters, "I'm scared, I plan to retreat."
"If you go back now, not only will you not be able to find them, but you will also get lost in the forest and the thick fog." The tile replied, "The system detects that you have obtained an incomplete guide file, but this guide file is only applicable to the forest in a normal state. Now, when you activate this device, the entire forest has been adjusted to a more complex and more defensive alert state."
"Damn it." After seeing Dizhuan's reply, Ke Lan couldn't help but blurt out a classic swear word.
You are threatening the other party, and the other party is also threatening you.
The "incomplete guide file" mentioned by the floor tile should be the "navigation" that Ke Lan obtained from the body of "Golden Retriever", but this navigation system is incomplete and can only take Ke Lan and his party to a depth of thirty-five kilometers.
This is not the point. The point is that the map stored in this navigation system is just the gray fog forest in a "normal state".
If the Gray Mist Forest was compared to a maze game, they were only playing the simple version at the beginning. But now, after Ke Lan activated this damn floor tile, the game was successfully upgraded to the difficult version.
The simple version is already so difficult, so you can imagine what the difficult version is like.
"I just don't know if there will be a hell level later."
Ke Lan curled her lips, translated the general content of the "negotiation" between herself and the tile to Thirty-Three, and asked, "What do you think? I always feel that this is a conspiracy. Whether it is the group of night watchmen or the Undead Crew, they seem to be eager for me to come to this place... This feeling of being used as a pawn should also be touched by you."
He did not hide the existence of the "Night Watch" from Thirty-Three. This group of Night Watchmen should be considered the opposite . They themselves have to be on guard against the degree of erosion among their companions at all times. Therefore, information related to them should not be considered "forbidden knowledge"... Otherwise, this organization would have been "full of traitors" long ago.
"I understand this feeling. To be honest, when I left the Ark, I felt that the whole process was too smooth. It was so smooth that it gave me a weird feeling." Thirty-three nodded. "Now it seems that it is really possible that the undead crew members let us go on purpose."
"Well...then let's do it now..." Before Ke Lan could finish her words, her attention was once again drawn to the floor tiles.
A new line of characters appeared on the floor tiles.
"The control center of the Gray Mist Forest is located on the top floor of the Tower of Babel. After gaining control, you can dismantle the defense mechanism of the Gray Mist Forest so that your companions can get out."
"Just finished threatening, now start to bribe." Ke Lan immediately translated this sentence to Sanshisan.
"But it seems that we have no choice." Thirty-three smiled bitterly, "According to what you said, even in the Gray Fog Forest on the easy difficulty, we can't find them. What's more, it has been upgraded to the difficult difficulty..."
