Chapter 1217: 385. Enter Urban Area_3
A man, a woman, and a little boy, presumably parents and their son.
The three of them sat next to a round table, on which lay a cake that had long since rotted away.
Joyful expressions adorned their faces; the parents were beaming, seemingly celebrating their son’s birthday.
What was peculiar was that their movements and expressions were all frozen at the second the boy blew out the candles, and their eyes glinted with green light, devoid of any liveliness.
The Mechanos flew nimbly over the family of three, passed through the open door of the house, and entered the corridor.
This building must be an apartment with a high population density.
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On just one floor level, there were no fewer than 20 households.
The doors on both sides of the corridor were wide open, with several figures in each room.
They were either families of three or four members, single bachelors living alone, or elderly couples living together.
The scenes featuring fridges, TVs, microwaves, seemed familiar to Noland Lee, but the figures with green glinting eyes made it hard for him to harbor any desires to reminisce about the past.
Similar to the first family of three he saw, all the figures in the rooms were frozen in moments of joy and excitement.
Noland Lee chose a figure with a lower Deconstruction Consumption and initiated Deconstruction.
Due to his insufficient knowledge reserves, the results he obtained from Deconstruction were severely incomplete, yet it didn’t stop him from discerning the underlying principles.
[System Information:]
[You have obtained the Panel Information of “Human Torch N32”.]
[Name]Human Torch N32
[Type]Technological-side Human Brain Computer
[Usage]
Provide a thought anchor for the reset function of the Death Protocol.
Provide computational power for the root server of the Death Protocol.
[Description]
Lack of knowledge reserves prevented obtaining more information.
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Literally, this was a computer technology built on the human brain.
As for the specific technical details and theory, Noland Lee was in the dark.
If only the Assassin Angel were here…
Noland Lee sighed and had Nolin avoid these eerie figures, delve deeper into the urban area, and explore the different regions. noveldrama
In the results of the Protective Shield Deconstruction, the system mentioned the term “Underground Hub”.
This meant that beneath the urban area lay another world.
Nolin focused on finding the road leading to the underground, and 10 minutes later, she found the entrance to the so-called “Underground Hub”.
It was indeed the subway entrance.
Looking at the unfamiliar characters on the subway entrance sign, Noland Lee realized that he could not recognize the writing in the urban area, making it clear that this place was not a transformation of his previous world.
After initiating Deconstruction, Noland Lee learned that, as he had anticipated, the street signs bore the names of shops and were also direction markers, and their meanings had not changed significantly.
So it was true that, in this vast Universe, there indeed existed other planetospheres with a civilization progression similar to the one in his world.
He just didn’t know what had become of his original world now…
Noland Lee’s thoughts were interrupted by Nolin.
“Sir, there seems to be something moving in the passage leading underground.”
Noland Lee cast aside his stray thoughts and listened to the sounds coming from underground.
From the darkness came a rhythmic whooshing sound, getting closer and closer, heading towards the subway entrance.
“Let the Mechanos ascend and find a place to stop, then enter silent mode.”
At Noland Lee’s command, Nolin set to work.
Just seconds after all the Mechanos had halted their tasks, gaunt figures with skin stretched over bones appeared at the various subway entrances.
“Death Steel Soldiers…”
Noland Lee murmured, eyeing the figures that appeared on his visor.
Groups of ten, each led by one C-Class soldier.
These Death Steel Soldier squads emerged from the subway entrances at the same time, timing their appearance precisely, then began patrolling the city in accordance with a predetermined route, like well-designed machines.