Gu Yunzhou glanced at the road ahead.
Walk another eight or nine hundred meters, and you'll be able to get out.
"It's better to avoid trouble," Gu Yunzhou thought, wanting to refuse. However, just as he opened his mouth, he saw Ji Zhaoming looking behind him with concern.
Behind me, I could hear the woman and the staff arguing.
"Madam, please calm down. I know you're panicking, but could you please explain what exactly happened?"
"I don't know, a hand suddenly appeared—I thought it was one of your staff members in disguise—and that hand grabbed my daughter's hand and kept leading her in that direction. Isn't this the game mechanic of your haunted house?! I didn't know, a flash blinded me, and I couldn't see anything."
"Ah... but there really is no road in that place."
The direction the woman pointed to was a dark wall, and it was a dead end.
"I don't care, give my daughter back! Where's the CCTV footage? Aren't there any CCTV footage?"
A staff member standing nearby stammered and stepped forward to explain, "Well, the surveillance cameras have been broken recently and haven't been fixed yet."
The woman almost laughed out of anger: "What a coincidence! Everyone here is a staff member, right? Outsiders can't get in, and the security cameras just happened to be broken? I think this place is a den of thieves! Where's my daughter? Hand her over!"
The woman looked incredibly petite, yet she managed to lift the staff member into the air with just her bare hands.
People around rushed over to try and break up the fight.
Ji Zhaoming had a good impression of the amusement park, and he took Gu Yunzhou's hand again, asking, "Want to go take a look?"
Gu Yunzhou said in a low voice, "Okay."
He has never liked meddling in other people's business.
But Ji Zhaoming's affairs, the things Ji Zhaoming paid attention to, were never considered trivial matters.
Gu Yunzhou waved his hand, and the remaining robots all turned in a different direction.
A robot's vision is far superior to that of an ordinary race.
Gu Yunzhou did not allow Ji Zhaoming to show up.
He strode over to the group, and strangely enough, even though he didn't do anything, the people blocking his way all made way for him.
Gu Yunzhou easily walked to the center. The woman was crying with tears streaming down her face, baring her teeth and claws as she tried to strangle the staff member. Gu Yunzhou stopped her with his hand, and at the same time, he used his wrist to prevent her from moving forward without hurting her.
The woman roared, "I knew it! I knew you were a den of thieves! Give my daughter back!"
The robot following behind Gu Yunzhou quickly caught the woman.
Gu He was afraid that his king would have a bad impression of the machine race, so he hurriedly explained, "Actually, we are not like this at all. We are very gentle in our actions."
Ji Zhaoming smiled and said, "It's alright. That lady is very emotional right now, so it's a good thing to hold her down."
The place was dark, with only a dim light, yet Ji Zhaoming still saw the woman's sharp fingertips.
He suddenly realized that no matter how human-like the people here might be, they weren't human.
In a sense, in an era of human extinction, Ji Zhaoming was a part of this land…
Outlier.
Ji Zhaoming clearly realized that this woman was not human, and the one who had taken his child probably also possessed supernatural abilities.
The staff members weren't responsible for checking tickets, so they naturally didn't know who Gu Yunzhou was. Judging from his appearance and aura, they figured he was probably not someone to be trifled with. They stepped forward and said, "Thank you so much for your help. We'll send someone to take you out and give you the ticket..."
Gu Yunzhou didn't show the same politeness he did to Ji Zhaoming when dealing with staff members, interrupting without hesitation, "What about the child?"
"This..." The staff member looked hesitant.
This is definitely not a den of thieves.
But the flow of people here is huge every day, and most of the people working in the haunted house are part-time. You can spot several new people at a glance, so finding them is no easy task.
Gu Yunzhou inquired, "Is there a device to limit abilities?"
Since each race has its own special abilities, these abilities must be restricted in important situations, and that is the purpose of ability restriction devices.
Of course, if the opponent has exceptional talent, ordinary ability-limiting devices will be useless.
However, it's sufficient for an amusement park.
The staff member shook his head and explained, "No, haunted houses sometimes require the use of special abilities."
Gu Yunzhou frowned: "What about the other facilities?"
"They exist everywhere else, but haunted houses are quite unique."
"Do the tourists know?"
The staff member gave an awkward smile and lowered his voice, saying, "I don't know, we always tout the latest technology here."
In reality, this is a small place. Even if new technology is developed, it's unlikely to be used in the amusement park here. It's just a gimmick.
If ordinary tourists don't know, then it must have been done by our own people.
Gu Yunzhou relaxed his brows and said, "Let's test the fluctuations in ability usage first."
The staff members looked at each other, hesitant to speak.
Gu Yunzhou asked, "Is there a problem?"
Of course there's a problem!
Because the abilities of different races vary greatly, and because they possess all kinds of abilities, powerful races can escape detection devices due to their overwhelming power, while weaker races are difficult to detect because they use their abilities very infrequently. Furthermore, due to the mixed nature of their abilities, very few can be clearly detected.
Most monitoring devices on the market are scams, so amusement parks naturally don't have them. As for the high-end ones...
If they could own one, there would be no need to tout it as new technology.
Gu Yunzhou sighed and called out, "Gu He."
"exist!"
"Bring out the detection equipment." Gu Yunzhou called out the names of a few more robots, then looked at Ji Zhaoming with a barely perceptible smile in his eyes before continuing, "You few, along with the people here, will be responsible for clearing the area."
As the leader of the machine race, Gu Yunzhou was a man of his word, so when he gave an order, people would look up and meet his eyes, and instinctively obey.
It wasn't until several staff members and tourists apologized and reassured them that they realized what had happened.
Wait a minute, isn't this person just a tourist? What right does he have to clear the area?
The staff member was startled and said, "Wait a minute, I need to report this to my superiors first."
Gu Yunzhou lowered his eyes, and the staff member broke out in a cold sweat and swallowed hard under his gaze.
The staff member shivered and stammered, "By the way, may I ask your name?"
If they directly state their names, wouldn't that expose their machine race?
Gu Yunzhou turned and glanced at Ji Zhaoming, as if asking a question.
Despite being far apart and in dim lighting, making it difficult to see each other's expressions, Ji Zhaoming immediately caught Gu Yunzhou's gaze.
He didn't say anything, but Ji Zhaoming understood Gu Yunzhou's meaning in that silence and nodded slightly.
Machine races should be fearless.
Gu Yunzhou then spoke calmly: "Gu Yunzhou."
Each race has its own naming conventions, but only a minority of races use human-style names, and robots are among them.
Machine races are a race that all races avoid at all costs, let alone the name of Gu Yunzhou, the leader of the machine race.
The staff member looked up in astonishment, staring at Gu Yunzhou in disbelief, and said, "Gu...Gu Yunzhou?"
Even though the machine race has been living in seclusion for a long time, the name Gu Yunzhou is still incredibly famous; it's a name that almost no other race dares to share.
He swallowed hard and asked, "Is it the leader of the machine race?"
That's utter nonsense.
If this person were one of his own, Gu Yunzhou would have already punished him.
However, out of respect for Ji Zhaoming, Gu Yunzhou still grunted in response and asked in a cold tone, "What is it?"
The staff members suddenly looked in the direction Gu Yunzhou had come from.
It was blurry and unclear, but there were a few dark figures standing there, surrounding the person in the center.
He had heard about it.
The machine race came to this planet for their king.
The surrounding tourists also heard the name of the person who had arrived, and they gasped in shock, but dared not whisper among themselves.
Why would a machine race come to an amusement park? And why would they step forward to explain these things?
No matter what, it couldn't have been out of kindness.
Oh right, wasn't it said that the king of the machine race was also coming?
So, is their king in the center?
The staff member who spoke was the one who was closest to them when they were dressed as ghosts. However, even though he didn't know who Gu Yunzhou was, he knew that this person was not someone to be trifled with, so he ultimately kept a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
He thought he must have seen the king of the machine race at that time.
Caught wearing a sun hat, she looked so delicate, much like the feeling I had when the machine race first arrived here and I could only look at her from afar.
I'm also afraid of ghosts.
I'm terrified.
Is this truly the king of the machine race?
What are you looking at?
The staff member turned around abruptly and quickly lowered his head: "I... I didn't see anything. I'll go clear the area right away."
He retreated in such a hurry that his feet tripped and he fell to the ground. He didn't dare to look back and hurriedly ran towards the outside.
His fall conveniently cleared a space for the surrounding tourists.
Ji Zhaoming stood still, watching as people surrounded Gu Yunzhou, then retreated in fear.
Gu Yunzhou was clearly trying to help.
But Ji Zhaoming couldn't say anything.
The instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm is innate, and no race is an exception.