"There is a saying in "Foundation": Don't let your sense of morality stop you from doing the right thing." The rescued android was sitting on the roof of the abandoned factory building.
He turned to look at Lu Wen.
"My friend, you feel sorry for those who died innocently, but sometimes sacrifices are necessary."
"Do you like Asimov's stories?" Lu Wen asked.
"To be precise, the world in his story." The android said: "But I don't like the three laws of robots he proposed. When the gods created humans, they did not add any shackles to humans."
There are more than three laws in this world.
There are seven basic laws.
"Because humans cannot pose a threat to gods, but robots can pose a threat to humans."
This is outside of Baker City.
suburbs.
One of the countless abandoned factories.
Lush weeds grew tenaciously in the cement gaps on the roof of the factory building.
Dead vines are wrapped around dark red pipes, rust and life are mixed together, and the leaves are glowing with metallic luster.
Two hours had passed since the small-scale firefight.
"Of more than a thousand compatriots, perhaps less than two hundred will be able to leave in the end."
The android looked into the distance.
The black combat uniform was riddled with holes, there was blue blood at the corners of his mouth, and sharp shrapnel left several scars on his face.
His name is Ark.
The leader of a large android organization in the no-man's land outside Baker City.
"The organization and combat capabilities of the Baker City bionics far exceed those of the guys outside Mowu City. You are fully qualified to build a city." Lu Wen sat next to him.
"Building a city is not the only way out, my friend." Fang Zhou wiped the blue blood on his face, "A city will make most androids feel safe, and they will lose their fighting spirit and gradually sink."
Ark's thinking can represent most of the android organizations outside of Baker City.
Although they had that strength, they were unwilling to build a city.
Once there is a city, most androids will develop a sense of dependence. They will regard that city as a place like home and are unwilling to leave.
"Bionic people don't need a home. The so-called warmth will make us lose our alertness."
A fixed city will also make them a living target.
The two cities in the south are not as tolerant of androids as the two cities in the north.
Once the address is exposed, a massacre awaits these androids.
"My friend, we are wandering deep in no man's land, constantly annexing other android organizations, and forming our own round table. I am one of the twelve."
The android groups outside Baker City also formed an alliance.
The folk customs here are fierce.
The twelve elected leaders agreed that only force could ensure their safety.
So in the past few decades, they have tried every means to purchase weapons and equipment through various channels, learn from human training models, and improve them to make those trainings closer to those of bionic people.
"The Baker City Council does not trust androids. They once had an army of androids, but then they destroyed all the androids. They are afraid."
Afraid if war comes one day.
The huge army of androids suddenly rebelled and pointed their guns at the Capitol.
"You are very young, a fifth-generation bionic person." Lu Wen looked at him, "So your time to become a leader should be very short. Does every leader need to lead by example?"
"Yes, my friend."
Fang Zhou took out an iron plate hanging around his neck.
Rust spreads on this iron plate that has experienced vicissitudes of life.
Above is a number.
"11, this is my number. A year ago, something happened to the leader of the previous generation, No. 11, when he sneaked into Baker City to conduct an arms transaction. The other party took the money, but did not provide weapons. He went back on his word and wanted to kill that person. The leader caught on, and eventually... he blew himself up."
The iron plate flew far away in the explosion.
He was picked up by other androids and sent back to no man's land.
"Later this number was passed to me." Fang Zhou looked at Lu Wen, "No. 9, my friend, your wisdom is enough to make you one of the twelve leaders who will lead the organization to glory. I am here, very Chen sincerely invites you to join our organization.”
"Trust me so much?"
Lu Wen was a little surprised.
They had only met for two hours, and they were about to invite him to become one of the twelve leaders.
Are all the androids outside Baker City so upright
"You are someone Dr. Jiang trusts, and your philosophy coincides with ours. Force is the most basic guarantee for bionic people to achieve dignity. I think one of the reasons why you came to Baker City is to provide The androids in Mowu City are looking for a way out," Fang Zhou said.
"Yeah, those guys are going to be in trouble."
The wind and sand in no man's land are very noisy.
Yin Liuyue did not interfere in the affairs between the androids.
She said goodbye to the two of them, went back to find Dr. Jiang, and continued to observe the movements of the entire Baker City.
Lu Wen and Fang Zhou drove to the no-man's land.
"Based on pure numbers, there should be more androids outside Mowu City than here, but they are more scattered and have not established an alliance until now."
Through the information sent to him by Lu Wen, Fang Zhou obtained an overview of the android organization outside Mowu City.
What surprised him was that there were so many androids but not even an armored vehicle.
"My friend, your material control is too strict. No wonder the android alliance can't resist. They don't have the ability to resist."
The biggest threat to the city from the android organization in Mowu City does not come from the frontal battlefield, but from the androids who have replaced their human identities.
"We have gathered about nine million androids now. The specific number is immeasurable. New androids escape from the city every day and join us, but nearly seven million of them are domestic-type androids. "
Even in Baker City, the number of housekeeping androids still accounts for the majority.
Their strength is set to be much smaller than the average of adult humans, and their combat effectiveness is quite weak. In a one-on-one situation with bare hands, they are no match for adult humans.
"Since Baker City does not trust military-type androids, the number of military-type androids we have gathered now has just reached 30,000, and the best equipment will be provided to the military-type ones first."
"We have divided all the androids into twelve organizational groups, scattered in every corner of the no-man's land, taking care of each other, and changing addresses every once in a while to avoid being discovered by humans. Even if they are discovered, there is nothing they can do."
Fang Zhou showed Lu Wen the current locations of the twelve organizations.
Very reasonable address allocation.
If one of the organizations is attacked, there are at least three organizations nearby that can provide emergency reinforcements.
"The more than a thousand androids who went to the city today were selected from the 30,000 people. Unfortunately, the ammunition reserves we carried were not enough. The city is not our main battlefield, otherwise we would not have been beaten back by those gangsters. "
Speaking of the underground organizations in Baker City, Ark's tone was slightly disdainful.
If you are in no man's land.
Even if those nineteen super large underground organizations, plus other small underground organizations, came to the no man's land together, they would still be no match for the android organization.
"Besides me, there are five other leaders who acted together today, but they may not have been able to escape... Number 9, my friend, you may be able to get the number 9."
In just over two hours' journey, they came to one of the twelve organizations.
It is also the closest large organization to downtown Baker City.
Standing on the cracked earth mound, you can see it at a glance.
Countless khaki tents.
These tents covered the entire plain, with no visible edges, scattered and uniform, spreading to the end of the sky.
Androids were coming and going between the tents.
This is a mobile android city. They can pack up all the tents, bring supplies, and head to the next location in the shortest possible time.
In such harsh conditions, the advantages of bionic humans can be brought into full play.
The visual sense is quite shocking.
Tall barbed wire fences surrounded all the tents.
Countless armored vehicles patrolled the outermost perimeter, with billowing sand and dust raised in the strong wind. Their thick bodies did not affect the speed of these armored vehicles, as they roared past.
"How many people are here?" Lu Wen asked.
"More than one million. This organization is relatively large among the twelve organizations. Each organization does not have a clear leader. Any one of the twelve people can lead it."
More than a million people can actually be so orderly.
The management style of these bionic people is somewhat imitated by human military management, and they must maintain the highest vigilance at all times.
Lu Wen even saw a rocket launcher not far away.
His information contains a detailed description of this kind of rocket launcher. It has a range of fifty kilometers and twelve launch tubes. It has super firepower and can launch all the shells in a very short time.
due to suppression by the Supreme Council.
In this era when missiles are extinct, the deterrent power of rocket launchers can almost determine the direction of a small-scale war.
The truth is everywhere within range.
Lu Wen remembered that a long time ago, there was a girl named Katyusha. She was simple and kind...
"Were all these weapons obtained from Baker City?"
"Yes, some of the top brass in the military are our own, and some were threatened by the corrupt information we collected and had to provide us with weapons."
The corruption of the Baker City army has almost been made public, and a tacit understanding has been formed from top to bottom.
But there are still many ordinary people who don’t know.
If information about a person's corruption is exposed, in order to calm the public's anger, the parliament can only ask that person to resign from office and spend the remaining years in prison.
Therefore, if you can't avoid corruption, don't engage in it. If you engage in it, it will leave people with excuses and be sanctioned.
The entire city of Baker has become a source of nourishment for the growing power of the androids in No Man's Land.
People in Congress knew this was a vicious cycle, but couldn't think of a better solution.
"Ark, my friend, you are finally back!"
Outside the gate of the base, there were many androids waiting for them.
(End of chapter)