Volume 16: The Wheel of Reincarnation Chapter 5 'Losers'
After confirming through the scanning system that there was no problem with the topographic map, Zhang Lingmeng moved underground without hesitation.
AI will not lie. Since it has given the route, there must be no problem. Although the biological sensor can detect what some people are doing underground, Zhang Lingmeng is not even a little curious about their actions. She just wants to complete her mission.
This is the possible flaw after being injected with the inhibitor. They tend to be stubborn in completing the tasks they set at the beginning, and turn a blind eye to the possibility of emotional association. Biological experts have made adjustments many times, but there is always no significant effect . However, this is not a big flaw for Zhang Lingmeng. She doesn't like to cause trouble. If those people like to stay underground, let them go. She just needs to confirm Li Lin's information.
Follow the track opened by the freight elevator - it's really amazing that this facility has such an ancient structure - straight down to a straight downward corridor, turn slightly and walk to another more secret underground passage staircase, walk down along that staircase, and you will reach the space where Fan Jia Yi Tian is. Zhang Lingmeng quickly followed the arrow to find the hidden small door in the corridor, then opened it, took the lead and walked to the beginning of the unlit downward stairs, and then turned on the lights directly. But the biological structure that suddenly appeared on both sides of the wall scared Zhang Lingmeng.
"……Um?"
Looking at the biological structure culture dishes on both sides of the wall under the light, Zhang Lingmeng raised her eyebrows.
Oh, to be precise, if she hadn't taken the inhibitor, she would have been frightened. But now Zhang Lingmeng has taken the inhibitor, and the girl who came from the ecological park can be said to be well-informed. It's no big deal to be frightened suddenly. She just looked at the contents of the two petri dishes and developed a little curiosity.
"appendix?"
Why is this useless evolution failure placed here?
Facing the decorations on both sides of the stairs, Zhang Lingmeng really couldn't agree with this aesthetic point of view. But after all, this was the prison staff's own artistic re-creation, and there was nothing he could say. Maybe the people in here are really mentally abnormal. With such a comforting emotion, Zhang Lingmeng walked down to the second floor, but on the way he found that there were two other huge things on the wall next to him that could not be ignored.
"…Difference Engine?"
Why build the Difference Engine into a wall?
Looking at the two extremely huge machines under the spotlight, Zhang Lingmeng felt that his thought process was about to stop.
But it was obvious, or rather, natural, that the two difference engines and the appendix were just the beginning. The further down you went, the more things you would find decorated on the walls. A strange and twisted atmosphere seemed to be vaguely shrouded in this small downward staircase.
"Airship... Mechanical locomotive... Ternary computer... Space platform... Artificial world... Orbital garden... Symbiote... Thought chain..."
All of them are failures.
Whether they are parts of failed products, conceptual drafts, or just a few pictures, these failed products are piled up on both sides of the wall like tombstones.
They may not be due to overall design failures, nor are they not excellent. In fact, in many cases, these products are even better than the ones that were actually chosen. However, there is no "if" in history. They are indeed failures, failures that did not get the correct development track.
There is a limit to the direction of human development . There is no way to expand more shooting space on the same type of creation. With tanks, other ground armored weapon platforms will not be built, but other facilities will be optimized and installed based on the tank's own structure. Similar products such as chain cars and mobile fortresses hidden behind history will be labeled as losers, and no one will take a second look at them, unless there are very few people with nothing to do.
The Hindenburg disaster ended the era of airships, and the internal combustion engine completely destroyed the feasibility of mechanical vehicles. The universality of binary defeated the future of ternary. The simpler and more convenient land-based system replaced the energy-intensive aerospace platform , and the failure of the biosphere experiment frustrated the dream of an artificial world. The high cost caused the orbital garden to be completely abandoned after only three were built. The possible genetic pollution and rejection reactions brought by the symbiont made humans reject the biological symbiosis plan. Although the chain of thought has been successful, not many people like to be told what to do when they are working. So it is still abandoned.
It's like putting people into a vortex full of failure, helplessness, and pain. Lines of introductory text and related comments all indicate that this place is full of all kinds of losers. The strong downward feeling and vague artistic sense seem to have some strong psychological implications.
In this underground corridor, there are countless specimens of such failed products, and countless failed products form a vortex in the stairwell. It is like an inexplicable curse.
There is not a single winner, all of them are things that have been defeated in history.
This depressing feeling is almost suffocating.
“…”
Let's walk faster.
With this thought in mind, Zhang Lingmeng sighed and walked down quickly.
The seventh floor underground was not far away. The door that looked like it was finely carved appeared in front of Zhang Lingmeng at the bottom of the stairs. There were two extremely asymmetrical pictures carved on the door. On both sides of the door was an extremely fine human model that looked like a living person. The other was a cross with a few nail marks left. If it weren't for the effect of the inhibitor, Zhang Lingmeng might not even have the courage to push open the door.
But fortunately, she had taken the inhibitor, and it worked very well. Without changing her expression or heartbeat, she pushed open the door that looked extremely ominous. What came into view was a spherical pedestal and densely packed machinery that was no different from his Great Freedom Heaven.
Zhang Lingmeng plugged the universal interface into the round AI server without hesitation, and the azure data appeared in front of Zhang Lingmeng.
But what is a little strange is that what is displayed on it is not the virtual image of AI, but lines of strings.
'The prison management system Fanjia Yitian has confirmed the administrator sequence, and the workshop is open to you.'
'Number change confirmed, codename: Loser.'
'Start playing the video message now.'
"...It seems that you have figured out some of the suspicious points I set up and found this place. Very good."
Under Zhang Lingmeng's stunned gaze, a familiar figure stood in the backlight and whispered:
"Since you have found the suspicious points that I left behind, it means that you are good at analysis. Then you should listen carefully to the following story. Make a decision after listening."
