Episode 143: Strange events (3)
Variables, no matter how much data you acquire and create a perfect calculation formula based on it, they appear in an instant and turn everything into a blank slate.
It was after Lucy, for whom calculation is fundamental, began to deal with variables by opening up countless possibilities and creating hypotheses.
He realized that variables were his weaknesses.
[…] … We created countless hypotheses and left open possibilities to prepare for them. But I will discard all those hypotheses now.]
However, the fatal blind spot of making a hypothesis and preparing for it is that you can only respond based on what you know.
Perhaps this is an area that requires imagination rather than data combination or calculation.
However, Lucy was not allowed the power of imagination to create something from nothing, rather than making predictions based on data.
[I can not understand. There is no way dark elves could have something like that. The shape is very different from the Earth-made firearms that flowed to the continent. The attack contained a weak amount of magical energy, but it was definitely not magic using a magic code. If I were to be specific, it is similar to the magical cluster bombs used by our troops.]
“You’d better calm down a little, Lucy.”
He noticed that Lucy, who had suddenly become very talkative, was confused and his face hardened. It was something that even he, a human, could not have imagined, but unlike Lucy, he was not that shaken.
Because, literally, I could imagine it. There was no data or signs, but as a human being, he was able to imagine what he wanted based on only the unexpected results.
“It’s just a variable found in a part that isn’t in your data.”
[If that’s true, I can’t respond to that. Just like the infectious agents controlled by the Corrupted World Tree.]
“It’s okay because you’re not alone.”
He sent a text message to Jiyeon Lee saying he would be a little late and tried to control his mind. Although the frequency has decreased recently as Lucy has grown rapidly, it is Changhyun’s job to help Lucy in times like this.
“There’s still time. You can think about it one by one. “It is said that the dark elves have become as civilized as Earth.”
[That can’t be possible. We have not found any traces of such weapons being used in the war against infectious agents.]
“What if someone from the outside, like us, came here? “What if they are in partnership with the dark elves?”
[It seems quite possible.]
After hearing him say whatever came to mind, Lucy compared each item with the data she had and weighed the possibilities.
As a result, the only reasonable outcome was another foreign force like the Demon King’s Army.
[However, there are many loopholes. If it is a cooperative relationship, we do not know the extent of the cooperative relationship, what the scale is, and what the true level is.]
“If you don’t know, you should find out.”
He clicked his tongue.
It was true that I was interested. In a place that was thought to be a destroyed world, it turns out that there are still survivors who have built a civilization.
But that was all. Even if Lucy, who wants to devour the entire world beyond, learns about them, she has no choice but to recognize them as competitors. If that happens, it will just be another war.
It’s no different from what we’ve been doing so far. They simply change into other people, not the infectious agents that brought destruction to this world with their crazy proliferating and infectious powers.
[The scouts who were not shot down succeeded in hiding.]
To that end, Lucy pushed the scouts who were not shot down by the automatic turret, which detected movement and attempted to fire indiscriminately, into a green forest that was compared to a barren wasteland.
* * *
[It looks like normal nature. So far… … No outliers were found.]
There are only two surviving scouts, and they are as small as a magpie or crow. If you use up all the energy in your body, you will die on the spot.
So there isn’t much time. Lucy divided the two into upper and lower to scout as efficiently as possible.
The purpose was to look at the overall appearance from above and to see details from below.
[I found traces.]
As soon as she gained altitude and avoided the automatic turret’s range, Lucy found the traces she was looking for.
In the first place, the other person didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding it. The dense forest soon ended, and a village or city where many people lived together was visible.
[The area is not very large. However, its appearance is very different from the data].
Since Lucy already knew about the dark elves, she also knew what type of cities and villages they built and lived in.
But the city you see now was by no means a city of dark elves.
[Rather, it looks similar to buildings on Earth.]
Although there were only a few, high-rise buildings with more than five floors were also visible. The shapes of the buildings, which appeared to be made of stone, were more similar to buildings on Earth than the elves of the forest that Lucy had occupied, the humans living on the continent, or the demons of the demon world.
[But something completely different from Earth.]
It’s just similar in any way. I was already certain that the people who would make up that city along with the dark elves were not from Earth.
[Check the vehicle heading toward the border.]
As she got closer and closer to the city to take a closer look, Lucy noticed people heading towards the border with the turrets.
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It was no longer surprising that they were riding a vehicle with four wheels.
[Start checking.]
Lucy attempted to confirm their identity by moving another scout stationed below. The other person wasn’t even conscious of this, so observing it wasn’t that difficult.
[The composition is dark elves… … Confirmed to be.]
It resembled an off-road vehicle on Earth and had several people on board. Deep, dark skin and softly flowing silver hair are one of the characteristics of a dark elf.
After checking their pointed ears, Lucy trembled and confirmed their identity.
The reason they are so nervous is because of their outfits. Their appearance was significantly different from the attire of the elves in Lucy’s data.
Not only the clothes on their bodies, but also the items they were holding or wearing, did not belong to the elves.
[More, more information is needed.]
As soon as the scouts used up all their energy and died, Lucy felt a strong interest that bordered on impulse. I wanted to know more about them and hear more.
“Honestly, it’s hard to believe. “Dark elves act like humans?”
[There is still insufficient information. We need to know who they really are in order to respond afterward.]
Raon, who heard this story from Lucy, reacted with disbelief, but Lucy ignored it.
Instead, a small number of troops were prepared. Those who were heading to the border, the troops who would attack and capture them.
It was the fastest and most efficient way to acquire information that Lucy knew.
“Do you know what level they will be at and plan on a small number of troops?”
[…] … .]
“no way.”
[You go, Raon.]
Lucy decided to dispatch Raon. Since we do not yet know the level of the enemies, we have prepared the most powerful entity that can be mobilized.
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“It’s an abnormal phenomenon within a contaminated area. Honestly, it doesn’t sound good. Still, the fact that they have stopped coming at night and the dark clouds have disappeared recently doesn’t mean that those terrible infectious agents are finally destroying themselves?”
“If only it had simply disappeared. But that’s not it. Where the dark clouds disappeared, new unknown things appeared. “Something black.”
In front of a stopped vehicle. Late at night, when the moon had risen, Cassel got out of the car with his men, inspected the turrets, and at the same time prepared the equipment he had brought.
“You must be on guard. “At least we need to know what happened.”
The identity of the equipment was a fairly large drone. The idea was to blow this inside to find out what was going on inside the contaminated area full of infectious agents.
It wasn’t a very capable drone. However, it is not a cheap item. The fact that they were prepared not to retrieve it and let it in was proof that they were very wary of that place.
Although they are maintaining this balance now, they clearly knew how their ancestors were massacred and pushed out.
“Several of the turrets were operational in broad daylight again today. “It was so small that the camera didn’t capture it, but it was clear that he saw something flying in from over there and shot it.”
“Let’s go and check.”
He dispatched a drone and ordered his subordinates to look elsewhere.
Although this action was carried out across the entire border, the city where Kassel operates was especially close to the border. Therefore, it was also the first place to be encountered if something unusual occurred in the contaminated area.
“Send the drone away. “Is it working properly?”
“okay. “It looks good.”
Cassel, who saw the drone, which was similar to a small unmanned aerial vehicle, take off from its place and fly through the sky, contacted Lloyd, the manager of the management center in the city, and received confirmation. The drone, now controlled by Lloyd, cut through the dark sky and quickly began heading towards the inside of the contaminated area.
“Let’s just do our own thing. “It looks like no infectious agents will come out today either.”
Cassel, who was watching this, told his other subordinates and tried to move.
“Now, wait a minute! This! “D-the drone was shot down!”
It was at that time that Lloyd’s urgent communication was heard.
The dark elves froze in place for a moment and looked around in panic.
‘Magic power.’
In the meantime, Cassel sensed the magical power of the area fluctuating.
“Something is coming. “Something invisible!”
He immediately opened his eyes and shouted. The ominous energy coming from all directions went beyond simple ominousness and became an encroaching fear.
“Ugh!”
“Ta, land!”
A huge tremor struck the area where they were, the ground shook, an explosion occurred, and a huge earthen wall was built to trap them.
Cassel, who raised his rifle as others screamed and fell, was shocked to see the presence that had isolated them from the automatic turret.
In a dark night sky with almost no clouds, only the moonlight, which the Dark Elves consider sacred, shines.
An unidentified creature, unknown when it came, floated quietly, released its hiding place, and slowly revealed itself.
‘What on earth?’
For a moment, it seemed as if time stopped in Cassel.
The tall opponent covered his skinny body tightly with a black carapace, and had shining jewels embedded in his chest, arms, and legs.
Under the black helmet covering his face, several red eye lights shine like the eyes of insects.
Cassel, overwhelmed by the sight of him not feeling anything, unconsciously aimed his gun at the gaze looking down at them.