East of Eden

Chapter 27 HELIOS

After accepting the baptism of artificial intelligence knowledge for 15 minutes, the door of the main hall finally opened, and it took a while for Xing to adapt to the light inside.The main hall is built like a church. There are three stained glass floor-to-ceiling windows on the central staircase, murals are painted on the four corners of the ceiling, and the most luxurious crystal chandeliers are dazzling.

"Bringing you here is the end of my work." Claw flapped his wings and said happily, "The next thing is for the master."

"But where is your master?" Xing looked around. Although the lobby was brightly lit, magnificent, and surrounded by melodious classical music, there was no one there except them.

Zawba also looked around and said: "The master should be upstairs, I'll call him." Then he dragged his body and flew up.

Yun An looked at the thin and hard-working back of the claws, and said with emotion: "This kind of robot is quite easy to use. I wonder if I can take a few back?"

Shano: "As a pet?"

"It's not impossible, just to be a companion with my leopard."

While thinking about it, the young man put his hand on his chin and smiled slightly, but before he could finish his words, suddenly, a beam of light flashed in front of his eyes, and it disappeared in an instant.

This beam of light startled everyone, and the claws froze suddenly, and then broke into countless pieces without warning, as if an invisible paper shredder crushed it in the air .

The wreckage of the machine fell to the ground like snowflakes.

"Claw!"

Yun An couldn't believe the scene in front of him, how could the robot, which was still alive and kicking just now——?

But the claw was truly destroyed, and the light beam penetrated its thin body like a bullet.

Yun An took half a step back with a vigilant look on his face.

"It doesn't serve any purpose anymore."

At this time, a cold and calm voice sounded from the stairs.Looking around, I saw a man standing under the stained glass window, with waist-length black hair, a tuxedo, a tie, and a pair of white gloves. He put the light gun that had just been fired into his sleeve.

The man put his right hand on his chest, bowed gracefully, and introduced himself: "I am the housekeeper here, you don't need to call me by name, just call me the housekeeper."

"Why did you shoot the robot?" Yun An asked angrily.

"That kind of model is disposable, and it's useless to keep it. If you like it, we have a lot of it here. It doesn't matter if you take some away before you leave."

"But--"

"Please understand," the man interrupted him, changing into a stern tone, "because it has the address of Norton Manor written on it, it must be destroyed. This is the fate of robots."

He didn't seem to want to discuss too much on this issue, so he glanced at them coldly: "Next, I will introduce Mr. Helios to everyone. If there is nothing else, I will proceed to the next procedure."

Yun An calmed down and had to admit that what he said was reasonable, so he let go.After all, he didn't want to be too impatient in front of the leader of the Weaver Party.

It's just that the butler shot and killed the claw as soon as he came out, which inevitably cast a shadow in people's hearts.

The butler turned back in the darkness, and after a while, pushed a wheelchair and came out.I saw a bald old man sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a worn plaid shirt, his fingers trembling slightly, he looked like a paralyzed patient, and also suffered from dementia.

The old man has a pair of cloudy emerald eyes, and his gaze is scattered, making it impossible to figure out where the focus of his sight is.He looked very old, like a dying ancient tree, his exposed hands were so thin that only skin and bones remained, and the blue veins stood tall, which was a bit scary.

"Let me introduce to you, this is the leader of the Weaver Party, Mr. Helios." The butler said.

To be honest, this is nothing like the Helios that Star imagined.He originally thought that the leader of the Weaver Party was a figure like the sun or a golden-haired lion, not such a lifeless body.

This place is like a gloomy church in the Middle Ages. The aging pope is sitting on his holy seat, and the indifferent priest stands behind him. The atmosphere is depressing and weird.

"Mr. is old. As you can see, his muscles are atrophied and he can hardly speak. However, Mr.'s fingers can still move, and he can send messages to me through the buttons on the armrest of the wheelchair. Next, I will be Mr. Helios agent, to convey his words to you.”

The butler pushed the wheelchair forward and ran over the fragments of the claws on the ground indifferently. The old man's fingers were slowly moving on the armrest, typing on the keyboard, but his eyes continued to wander in the air.

The butler conveyed: "Sir, he said he welcomes three distinguished guests from afar. After a long journey, everyone must be hungry. The manor has prepared special delicacies. Please come to the restaurant for dinner." He walked towards the restaurant and said to the three at the same time, "Please follow me."

When the butler turned around, Shano noticed a blue spot on the back of his neck, which was half covered by the long black hair.

"Wait a minute, are you a bionic too?" Shano asked.

The man stopped and lifted the black hair on the back of his neck, completely exposing the artificial interface.

"As you can see."

After all, he put down his long hair and walked towards the restaurant without looking back.

The muscular leader and his android butler.

So weird.

However, the hot food in the restaurant eased the atmosphere a little: turkey, roast leg of lamb, chocolate fountain, the food in the manor is simply dreamy.

More artificial humans can be seen in the restaurant, and the scene seems to be lively.They serve tea and water in the attire of servants, they look like real people, and their service work is very considerate.

Xing was curious about how Helios should eat, and saw that he was still sitting in a wheelchair like a dead wood, and the housekeeper lifted an infusion bottle for him, probably to deliver nutrient solution.

"It's the first time I met the leader. I didn't expect you to be like this." After drinking and eating, Yun An regained some vitality, and even began to initiate conversations.

Anyway, the person in front of him at this moment is the leader of the Weaver Party after all, which is still full of mysterious aura for a low-level gangster like Yun An.

The steward is responsible for relaying the words of Helios:

"A lot of artificial intelligence is used in the manor, including my butler is also an artificial human, and they are all developed by me. I used to be a programmer and was responsible for developing robot software. After the release of "Ethical Wings", I lost my job , some chance coincidence, an Internet chat room I built before unknowingly developed into the Weaver Party."

Yun An was surprised: "The predecessor of the Weaver Party turned out to be an Internet chat room?"

"That's right, there was still freedom of speech on the Internet at that time. We were a group of lovers of Yin Qi civilization. I took the lead in creating a chat room. The name of the chat room was wildfire, wildfire. At first we were just a network organization , I didn’t expect that it would grow bigger and bigger, and it would become the scale it is today.”

Little is known about this period of history, one can imagine how the ancestors went through many hardships, expanded their website to avoid being hunted down, and worked hard to develop offline activities.

The haze in Yun An's heart gradually dissipated, and he couldn't help sighing: "It's so cool, I didn't expect the Weaver Party to start like this, you are actually a programmer!"

"That's it."

"Then how many people have met your real person?"

"Including you, there are six in total."

"Have you seen Dr. Shanmu?"

"No."

"Then I'm better than the doctor." Yun An secretly rejoiced.

Helios continued: "Not much to say, the main reason for inviting you this time is to hand over the Zhanfeng gun to Cang Xing."

Hearing his name, Xing raised his head.He didn't like the housekeeper of Helios at all. Out of instinctive repulsion, he couldn't explain why, so he glanced at Shano, who seemed to be doing the same, stirring the vegetables with a dignified expression.

"Great, I didn't expect Zhan Fengqiang to be here with the leader, it really saved a lot of effort." Among the three, only Yun An looked happier.

"But before I hand over the Zhanfeng gun to you, I have one condition." The housekeeper inherited Helios' will, and turned his cold eyes to Xing: "Cang Xing, please help me draw a portrait of Liang Shiheng."

Hearing this request, Xing slightly startled.

"I heard that you have an extraordinary relationship with Liang Shiheng, the magician of the Eastern Continent. Surely you won't forget his appearance?"

"I......"

Xing was speechless for a while, of course he remembered that person, even after 3000 years.After the Battle of Yelan City, his memory began to recover, and he recalled everything about Liang Shiheng clearly one by one.

But he didn't want the person in front of him to know.

Perhaps because he noticed Xing's defensive eyes, the butler explained: "Mr. Helios is a fan of Yin Qi civilization. He has admired Liang Shiheng since he was a child. If he can know the appearance of his idol 3000 years ago, he will be very happy."

"That's right, Xing, what are you hesitating about? Didn't I always see you drawing Liang Shiheng in your notebook before? I've seen it all." The pure-minded Yun An sold him out just like that.

"As expected, you still remember." There was a hint of a winning smile on the butler's gloomy face.

Star has no way out.Thinking that everyone has been running around for Zhanfeng Gun for a long time, it would be a pity to give up the deal now, so they just nodded, which is regarded as agreement.

So after eating, he was dragged into the studio.

Cang Xing, who was galloping on the grassland 3000 years ago, would never have imagined that he would be locked in a studio with a pile of expensive paint brushes that he could not understand, and was forced to trace Liang Shiheng's painting. appearance.

"This room completely reproduces the appearance of the aristocratic palace in Yin Qi's era. For example, this item, a treasure box inlaid with red and inlaid jasper, came from the imperial palace in the Eastern Continent. The crystal dagger was unearthed in the tombs of princes in Xizhou, and was once worn by nobles."

The butler introduced Helios' collections to Yun'an and Xano in turn.The entire studio is arranged as an exhibition hall, and any inconspicuous object may have a history of thousands of years.

"This is the weapon cabinet. The Zhanfeng gun used to hang here." The housekeeper pointed to the dazzling array of swords on the wall: "Now it is temporarily leased to the museum, but as long as the sir says hello, it will be returned to you immediately."

——Of course, the premise is to complete Liang Shiheng's portrait.Star thought to himself.

There is a picture frame above the closet in the center of the room, with "Liang Shiheng" marked on the bottom, but the picture frame is empty and blank.The housekeeper explained that it was because the husband didn't know his appearance, so he hadn't added a portrait yet.

If Cang Xing finishes painting, his portrait will be put into this frame.

Yun An visited the ancient cultural relics in the room and asked: "Xing, are the objects from your era like this?"

While drawing, Xing said angrily, "I live in the grassland."

The northern grassland is a place with snow-capped mountains, flying birds, streams and coniferous forests. They live in tents that migrate with the seasons. How can they know the things of the nobles?

The steward said humbly: "We really haven't collected the cultural relics of the northern nomads."

"We didn't leave anything behind, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Xing was very calm.

A nation that performed sky burials after death, even the flesh was pecked by eagles, and then turned into dust and entered reincarnation.They have never believed in immortality, nor do they believe that the wealth of this world can be brought to future generations. Unlike other tribes, they left huge monuments and relics. They have nothing left, like the passing wind blowing on the grassland.

At this time, Xing's pencil has already traced the outline of Liang Shiheng, and the next step is to draw the facial features.

When painting, Xing was surprised to find that the drawing paper and brushes here are also AI, which can automatically adjust according to the strokes, even people with poor painting skills can draw close to accurate portraits.

The warm sea breeze blows from the window, bringing a few rose petals, and the afternoon sun falls on the gauze curtain, gently swaying with the wind.

Xing carefully groped for the appearance of that person in his memory.

Long golden hair, golden eyes, like the sun.He looked eternally lonely, eternally holy, as if all the stars revolved around him.He has a neutral appearance, but is never weak. He often looks down at the world with those golden eyes, with a kind of ridicule from the level of wisdom, as if he can easily see through people, but pretends not to know.

Xing didn't want to give Helios his real appearance, but Paintbrush followed the inner trajectory honestly and uncontrollably.

Gradually, the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, and the lips also appeared on the canvas stroke by stroke...

At last the star remembered the golden field.

If the world has an end, the end of the world belonging to the stars is the wheat field.

No matter how the world line ends, no matter how many dreams and reincarnations he experiences, his memory will always return to the field in late autumn, and he can even clearly hear the sound of wheat ears scraping in the wind.

Liang Chen was standing not far in front of the wheat field, his snow-white robes were like a flock of flying pigeons.

"Chang Xing."

Xing subconsciously tightened his breath, because he was about to see that person's face.The person in the memory turned around, and at the same time, a real cry came from his ear.

"Chang Xing."

Someone called his name and patted him on the shoulder.

Xing came back to his senses and raised his head, but what he met was not Liang Chen's golden eyes, but the butler's pair of artificial human eyes shining with light blue luster.

"You did a great job, thank you very much," said the housekeeper.