Shang Jianyao was looking at Zhou Yue, the master of the Nanke Temple, with curiosity and eagerness.
He seemed to want to bottle some talisman water, carry a Bagua mirror, and wield a peach wood sword to fight the previous "Advanced Mindless" for eight hundred rounds.
This was a term the "Old Task Force" had picked up while collecting information on the "Eternal Blithe" cult.
However, Shang Jianyao quickly turned his gaze away and walked towards the surveillance camera that was making the sounds, speaking in a tone as if he had finally met a fellow villager:
"You finally spoke!
"I thought you were dead and was wondering if I should hold a funeral for you and prepare for the seventh day after your death..."
The surveillance camera remained silent, not responding.
Shang Jianyao moved on to the main topic:
"Quickly tell Genaeva that the target has left the mountain."
The surveillance camera emitted a synthesized electronic voice again:
"Please wait, I will connect you to Officer Genaeva."
Shang Jianyao was taken aback for a moment, then excitedly asked:
"Are you actually a telephone disguised as a camera?"
While the surveillance camera connected the signal, it responded in an emotionless voice:
"I am a multifunctional monitoring robot."
As soon as it finished speaking, Genaeva's synthesized, mellow baritone voice sounded:
"Hello, who is this?"
"Your brother." Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.
"..." On the other end of the surveillance camera, Genaeva clearly saw who the target was.
He skipped the previous question and asked:
"What's the matter?"
Shang Jianyao answered seriously:
"That 'Advanced Mindless' broke into the town and knocked out everyone in a bar. You should come and take a look."
Seeing that he had finally explained the matter clearly, Jiang Baimian said to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen at the entrance of "Wild Pigeon":
"Open the doors and windows and give the injured simple treatment."
Her underlying meaning was to ventilate the area, so there would be no residual anesthetic gas, preventing people from analyzing its composition and affecting future use.
After Long Yuehong and Bai Chen began to busy themselves, Jiang Baimian walked towards Zhou Yue, the master of the Nanke Temple, who was carrying a sack and holding a Bagua mirror, and said casually with emotion:
"Master Zhou, these artifacts are actually effective!"
Just now, she had seen very clearly that it was because Zhou Yue used a bottle filled with water and a Bagua mirror she had acquired from somewhere to launch an "attack" that the "Advanced Mindless" was frightened and fled in a hurry, without pulling the trigger of his gun.
Zhou Yue chuckled:
"These are all magical artifacts recorded in our sect's classics. I only just realized they are actually useful."
Jiang Baimian glanced sideways at "Wild Pigeon" and said thoughtfully:
"I was previously guessing whether that 'Advanced Mindless' didn't enter the bar because it was afraid of light, and used the chaos caused by the illusion to complete the hunt. But after seeing it appear under the streetlights, I understood that this guess was wrong. Moreover, it had also created killings in the southwestern mountains during the day.
"Master Zhou, I noticed that as soon as you saw that 'Advanced Mindless' standing under the streetlight, you directly threw away the flashlight in your hand. Did you also have a similar guess to mine?"
Zhou Yue paused for a moment, then said with a dry smile:
"Everywhere is a dream, why take it seriously?"
Without giving Jiang Baimian a chance to respond, she frowned in confusion:
"By the way, do we know each other?"
"You shouldn't have seen many women as tall as me." Jiang Baimian replied.
Zhou Yue revealed a look of sudden realization:
"Right, right, right, although I can't remember faces, I won't forget your characteristics. You are a member of that four-person team..."
While the two were talking, clanging metal collision sounds came from the outside. One by one, members of the robot guard wearing dark green military uniforms arrived outside the "Wild Pigeon" bar at a speed as fast as flying cars.
The leader was none other than Genaeva, the mayor of Tarnan.
With so many intelligent robots appearing at the same time, let alone Zhou Yue, even Jiang Baimian felt a little dizzy and almost couldn't tell who was who.
But after careful observation, she found that these intelligent robots had certain differences in height, arm span, facial contours, and body thickness. No two were exactly the same.
Among them, Genaeva had a squarer face, and was of medium height compared to the others, looking sturdy and tough.
Most importantly, it was also wearing a dark green military cap with "0" and "1" symbols on it, which was significantly different from other intelligent people.
Were they fine-tuned at the factory to ensure the uniqueness of each individual, or did they save up contributions, buy parts, and modify themselves? Jiang Baimian thought with interest.
"Your team goes in to confirm the condition of the townspeople. Send those who need to be sent to the hospital as soon as possible." Genaeva said to three subordinates.
A robot guard team consists of three to four intelligent robots and multiple non-intelligent combat robots that assist them.
Therefore, the robot guard that lost contact in the southwestern mountains was not just the ten intelligent robots.
"Your team searches the surrounding area and stays in constant contact..." Genaeva issued orders one by one, and then walked towards Jiang Baimian and the others.
"Has the target escaped?" Although it already knew the general process from Shang Jianyao, it still asked cautiously.
Its main module chip judged after analyzing Shang Jianyao's words and behavior:
This person has a mental problem and is suspected of being an Awakened.
However, Shang Jianyao's attitude of treating it like a brother made Genaeva feel that the other party's illness, or rather the price paid, was not that serious.
Jiang Baimian nodded upon hearing this:
"Thanks to Master Zhou."
This was both the truth and an attempt to cover up her team's performance.
Genaeva twisted its metal neck and looked at Zhou Yue:
"Thank you."
For it, which was responsible for the security and defense of Tarnan, if a large number of casualties occurred this time, it was likely to be dismissed and transferred back to "Mechanical Paradise" headquarters.
"It's all thanks to the blessing of the Ruling God." Zhou Yue bowed slightly, raised her hands slightly, and paid tribute to the "Shattered Mirror" in the void.
Genaeva turned to Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao and asked:
"Were there any other people attacked?"
"The 'Mountain Fox' bandit group." Jiang Baimian answered truthfully.
After the "Advanced Mindless" was frightened away, she wondered what had happened to the remaining thirteen members of the "Mountain Fox" bandit group.
Of course, this was just a thought. As for these bandits, she would be doing well if she didn't give them a few more shots. Asking her to organize a team, risk danger, and try to save them was simply a dream.
Genaeva immediately contacted the intelligent robot team responsible for searching through the loaded communication module and briefly explained the situation.
Before long, the team reported the results:
"Found them.
"Five people are dead, and the rest are sleeping in a pool of blood, shivering from the cold and not waking up."
"Consider yourselves lucky." Shang Jianyao commented.
Jiang Baimian knew this was relative to Zhang Jiu.
At this time, the intelligent robot team responsible for the "Wild Pigeon" bar successively sent the injured townspeople, Ruins Hunters, and caravan members to the Tarnan General Hospital, including those who had no external injuries but were still in a coma.
Seeing this, Genaeva instructed its deputy:
"Charlie, go invite the heads of the major sects to come over and discuss how to resolve the subsequent hidden dangers together."
It wasn't until this moment that Zhou Yue "Ah"-ed:
"So it's Officer Genaeva."
So you only recognized it now... Jiang Baimian slandered in her heart and said to Genaeva:
"Then there's nothing for us to do here, right?"
Just now, intelligent robots had been asking them about the course of events and various details one by one.
In this regard, although the "Old Task Force" had not colluded in advance, they had sufficient professional qualities, which was to blur their own performance, not fabricate details, and only talk about the basics.
As for how these basics were to be connected, of course, team leader Jiang Baimian would take care of it. When others were asked similar questions, they directly attributed it to hallucinations.
"You can go back." Genaeva paused for a moment and said, "But we may have to rely on you later."
Its blue-glowing eyes swept over Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian, and the other two, and said in a slightly low voice:
"You are very powerful."
"You can see that too?" Shang Jianyao asked in reply.
"We roughly understand the situation with Zhang Jin. The fact that a tragedy didn't occur at the 'Wild Pigeon' bar is enough to show your abilities." Genaeva explained simply.
It then added:
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. Brothers don't need to say thank you." Shang Jianyao struck a pose of righteousness.
Genaeva's program didn't seem to have a setting for how to respond to such words, so it could only remain silent.
After bidding farewell to Genaeva, the "Old Task Force" returned to the "Dream Inn" vigilantly, without anyone speaking along the way.
At the front desk of the inn, the landlady, Aino, was huddled there, looking at the computer and shivering.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Baimian asked with concern.
Aino picked up a handkerchief, wiped her eyes, and answered tremblingly:
"Watching, watching a horror movie."
So scared that she was crying? Jiang Baimian discovered that this lady, whose external age was more than thirty and whose tone was even more than fifty, seemed to have a girlish heart.
Although Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had never seen horror movies, there were occasional ghost stories on Pangu Biology's radio programs, which made it easy for them to understand what the word meant. So they all curiously stuck their heads out and looked at the screen in front of Aino.
On the screen, a pale face suddenly zoomed in, revealing a bloody mouth.
Long Yuehong was startled, and even heard his own heart pounding in his ears.
He instinctively wanted to shrink back, but he didn't want to appear timid in front of Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao, and Jiang Baimian, so he forced himself not to move.
"How ugly." Shang Jianyao deliberately commented.
Jiang Baimian didn't give these good friends a chance to mooch off the horror movie and said directly:
"Let's go back to the room. We have things to do."
Shang Jianyao reluctantly turned his gaze away, and although Long Yuehong was afraid, he couldn't help but steal a few glances at Aino's computer, wanting to know what would happen next.
Back in room 221, Jiang Baimian closed the wooden door and looked around, saying:
"We can't forget the debriefing.
"I'll ask the first question:
"What do you think scared away that 'Advanced Mindless'?"
Bai Chen had already thought about it and replied calmly:
"That Bagua, the Bagua mirror."
ps: Two updates today, asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~