"It's so strange, we've been walking for a while now, yet no natural humans or robots have come to stop us. Could there be an ambush ahead?"
"Don't we have some professional equipment with us? Let's scan the vicinity for dozens of miles with the professional instruments. Since we've already fallen out, there's no need to be so cautious and explore slowly for people."
"That makes sense, scanning is faster!"
As they walked for nearly a kilometer and still found no sign of anyone, they started to get a little flustered. After a brief exchange, they quickly took out the previously prepared instruments to scan.
In a short while, they saw a large number of small green dots on the instruments. These small green dots represented all living beings within a radius of several dozen miles. However, what was strange was that the small green dots were clustered together. They all seemed to be gathered in one direction, to the southeast.
"All the natural humans seem to be in that area. But what are they all doing gathered together? Are they hiding there? Is there some defensive equipment over there, or what's going on?"
"Who cares, let's go and see. Don't forget, their core means, the World's Main Brain, has been destroyed by us. What power can they possibly have left?"
"No, it's better to be safe than sorry. Let's send two robots to test the waters first. Let the robots go and broadcast a live stream to probe them."
Some wanted to charge in directly, while others were very concerned that the gathered natural humans might have some conspiracy or tricks up their sleeves. After discussing for a while longer, they finally decided to let the robots test the waters first. Then, of course, they would watch the robots' perspective on their playback devices.
The robots were much faster than them, and with a clear target, it only took a few minutes before they saw the gathering place of the natural humans. On the massive building, three large characters were written.
[Central Canteen]
"If I remember correctly, a canteen is a place to eat, so are these natural humans gathered there because it's lunchtime?"
Seeing this, Ding Yun and the others were somewhat bewildered. Were these natural humans unaware that the World's Main Brain had been destroyed, or were they really this calm? Could they still eat under these circumstances? And all of them, without exception, were gathered in the canteen to eat.
"No rush, let's watch a bit longer."
As they were speaking, the image in the live stream video changed again. As the robot entered the canteen, the scene presented before Ding Yun and the others was a large number of people eating in a very messy fashion. The messiness here was truly messy. The people inside had no table manners and no posture. Some even started fighting while eating, and even used their hands instead of chopsticks. In short, it was completely unlike the image of noble natural humans elegantly eating natural food that Ding Yun and the others had imagined. It looked like a gathering of savages.
They were eating precious natural food, yet they ate like this. It looked no different from pig swill.
"How could this be?"
"These natural humans don't seem very intelligent. Are we sure we haven't found the wrong place?"
"There shouldn't be any mistake. The sign for the natural human protection zone is still there outside, and the pollution here is so low, even approaching zero in some areas. This is indeed where only natural humans live."
"But why are they like this? Don't natural humans eat elegantly, sitting at tables, using chopsticks or cutlery as depicted in some old TV shows? Why are some using their hands to grab food! They aren't eating lamb chops by hand!"
While everyone was confused, Ding Yun had been observing carefully through the video for a while and said, "I have a guess, but it's a bold one. I remember a book that once wrote about how human civilization's development and progress depend on large populations. When the population begins to decline, it's inevitable for technological and civilizational levels to regress. The technology and civilization of the Song Dynasty were already quite advanced, but after the fall of the Song Dynasty, a group of less than 100,000 people escaped to a small island and settled there. Hundreds of years later, when someone entered that island again, they found that the island's civilization and technological level were no better than ordinary tribes. Many high technologies require group collaboration! These natural humans, they should have been enjoying good treatment without needing to work for a long time. Learning and progress were useless to them. Daily food, clothing, even cleaning were all handled by robots controlled by the World's Main Brain. Planting and farming were also controlled by the World's Main Brain. So, is it possible that these natural humans have been spoiled? Human knowledge and wisdom do not come from inheritance, but from continuous learning. If generations do not learn, it's normal for their brains to degenerate!"
"This... this really seems plausible..."
"If it's a disguise, it's impossible for so many people to pretend together. Could it really be like this?"
"But if that's the case, does it mean that for many years we've been ruled by this group of natural humans who have degenerated into savages? That's too disheartening. What is going on?"
"If it's true, I only feel defeated!"
Hearing Ding Yun's words, everyone present, who were not foolish, instantly recalled the knowledge they had learned in the past. Comparing it with the scene in the video, it was indeed difficult for them to say that these natural humans were normal. However, this was just a guess. Whether it was true or not would require further verification later. Therefore, Ding Yun and the others immediately instructed the remaining robots to bring ropes and head to the Central Canteen to control the natural humans. They were to tie them all up, and they themselves would follow closely behind.
The process was, of course, chaotic. However, the physical fitness of ordinary natural humans was inferior to that of new humans, let alone robots. Therefore, the final result was, as expected, that they were all controlled and tied up by the robots.
Then, of course, came the questioning. But soon, Ding Yun and the others discovered that their previous guess was probably correct. This was because these natural humans were difficult to communicate with. It wasn't that they couldn't speak, or that there were significant language differences. The difficulty in communication stemmed from the fact that the natural humans had difficulty understanding some of the vocabulary involved in Ding Yun and the others' questions, and Ding Yun and the others were also not very familiar with some of the vocabulary in the natural humans' replies. There was a certain vocabulary gap between them.