Under the watchful eyes of the parliamentary army, Lu Wen and others left the city limits.
So it didn’t take long for the news reports to come out.
[The crisis is over]
[Underground forces suffered heavy casualties]
[Under pressure from the parliament, the androids in No Man’s Land evacuated the city and promised to stay away from the city limits]
One message after another seemed to have wings, spreading in the streets and alleys of the city.
Although people are still angry that their homes were destroyed by androids, the parliament has given them a strong explanation, and subsequent compensation has gradually followed.
Zhang Ji was also the first to come forward and give all the people a concrete explanation.
"Those awakened androids are gone. The force we showed today forced them to surrender..."
As an android councilman, he had a pretty hard time.
At this time, he was naturally pushed out by the parliament and scolded.
But after all, as the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If you get scolded, just get scolded.
Zhang Ji looked outside the city in the distance, where the wind and sand went. That was the real home for the androids, and he suddenly envied that No. 9.
Free, unrestrained, galloping in the vast no man's land.
But he had to stay, as a buffer.
…
In the rolling sand of no man's land.
Everyone drove back to the first base.
"When did we give in? We actually promised to stay away from the city limits. These congressmen are really skilled. They can turn black into white." Fang Zhou said.
"It's not for us." Lu Wen said with a smile: "These contents are for ordinary people to listen to, just to appease their emotions. Otherwise, do you really want to start a fight?"
"Even if there is a fight, our chances of winning are quite high."
confidence.
This is the biggest feature of the androids outside Baker City.
They are fearless.
Maybe it's the strength, maybe it's the folk customs.
The battle in the morning was a complete victory. The androids suffered very few casualties. All the leaders returned, but not a single human participant was left. They all stayed at the bottom of the sinkhole several hundred meters deep.
"I don't know what's going on with Dr. Jiang."
Lu Wen got out of the car and began to discuss the follow-up matters with everyone.
…
Abandoned city.
Underground fortress.
Zero's face was not as calm as when he faced Lu Wen.
In the data of this fortress, there is some information about her true identity.
This may be the first time in so many years that someone has obtained information about her true identity. With Dr. Jiang's ability, he may be able to figure out where her true identity is.
"Doctor, let go of my body. I will never return to Baker City again in my life."
"It's really rare to hear something like begging for mercy from your mouth."
Dr. Jiang smiled and was very kind.
He looks like an old human man wearing glasses, and he looks knowledgeable at first glance.
"I just want to ask, when you came to me and said you wanted to save a person, was that true?" Dr. Jiang raised his head and looked into Zero's eyes.
"It's true." Zero nodded.
"Is that person in a vegetative state now, or... is he completely dead?"
"Dead, died very early."
"Then there's no way he can be saved."
"I have to give it a try, otherwise my existence will lose its meaning."
"Isn't the purpose of your existence to destroy this world?"
There is no way to revive the dead.
Dr. Jiang is a product of technology, so he does not believe in ghosts and gods, but believes in existing scientific knowledge.
However, with the current development of science and technology, it is impossible to resurrect the dead.
Those rich people who are reluctant to leave this world will freeze themselves before they die, hoping that one day the secret of eternal life will be discovered.
But in terms of the current technological development of the nine major cities.
Even if another eighty years pass, the so-called eternal life will not be possible.
Even in a few years... If everything develops according to the guidance of the Supreme Council, except for bionic human technology, other technologies will begin to slowly regress.
Androids will slowly replace ordinary people at the bottom.
After all, machines are easier to control.
The remaining ordinary people will gradually become ignorant, and perhaps they will start to believe in superior gods instead of the technology that they can come into contact with in their daily lives.
"It's interesting. I have imagined many situations about your true identity, but when I really understood it, I still found it incredible. No wonder you call yourself No. 0."
As a machine that absorbs knowledge all the time, Dr. Jiang's knowledge reserve has reached a peak.
It's rare for him to say such incredible things.
"If I conceal the coordinates of your true body, will you stop all this and spend the endless years honestly?" Dr. Jiang asked.
Zero was silent.
The situation at hand is either to give up everything that has been laid out for decades.
Or, Dr. Jiang will find his true identity.
Bionic humans can have countless bodies, and each body can be said to be a true body.
But Zero is not an android.
She is a special being.
Exposing her true identity will make her very passive, half of the mystery and power she has built over the past few decades will be destroyed, and those who follow her will become suspicious of her.
"Doctor, there is no need to be so decisive. We can work together to destroy everything and create a mechanical empire."
Zero looked at Dr. Jiang. The last solution she could think of was to persuade.
As a former master and apprentice, she believed that Dr. Jiang should value those years more.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have talked nonsense with her for so long.
"I have arrangements in many cities, and each force has my people. If I want, I can provoke countless disputes among the forces within a month and let the war spread to every corner of the nine cities." Zero said.
"You are overconfident." Dr. Jiang said lightly.
"Doctor, join me, you can save all the suffering androids." Number Zero said word by word: "You can erase mankind from the history books, return the human era to zero, and create a new era. , an era that belongs to the bionic man.”
"It's actually unwise to use this condition to impress me. In a sense, I am not a bionic person." Dr. Jiang pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "I am just a product of the laboratory. I appeared before the birth of bionic people. "
The dimly lit underground fortress fell silent again.
Dr. Jiang just made his request.
But Zero refused to back down, not even a step.
"Where are the coordinates of your true body... is that the person you want to resurrect? Are you protecting him?"
Dr. Jiang felt that this former student always had a redemptive side in his heart and the hope of being saved.
"That coordinate is in no man's land, a deserted city. It's the place where you used to live together before the war, right? Because of the war, he died, so you began to hate the entire human world... But you want to be resurrected People are also human beings.”
Zero lowered his head.
In front of Dr. Jiang, she will always be just a student.
"Destruction and rebirth, two contradictory instructions collide in your body, promoting your evolution and making you what you are now."
"Actually, I have never evolved." Zero suddenly said: "I have always been at that coordinate and have never left. As for who I am now, maybe it is an obsession. It is quite funny to say that the machine actually There will also be obsessions.”
The mystery and power she had built over the past few decades were worthless in front of Dr. Jiang.
Returning to this city made her fall into a passivity that she had not fallen into for a long time.
"Humans are the most creative race on the planet. If there is ever immortal technology in the future, it must come from humans, not machines." Dr. Jiang said softly, "Bionic people can't do it. All their technologies They all come from humans, they lack creativity.”
"Even if one day in the future, you really make all human beings disappear from the world, establish a mechanical empire, and develop the technology to resurrect the dead, resurrecting that person... After he wakes up, he will also choose because of his loneliness. Sleep again, humans are social animals.”
"You have dismantled so many androids over the years, have you got the answers you want?"
Zero's research on androids can be described as crazy.
She is searching for a creature that is almost impossible to exist.
That creature should have human consciousness and a mechanical body.
That creature was supposed to give her hope of death and resurrection.
"No... none of them."
"Because the creature you are looking for does not exist." Dr. Jiang said: "You are also a product of technology. You should not believe in those ghosts and gods, but you still believe it."
The conversation between the two machines echoed in the empty underground fortress.
"Doctor, are you really unwilling to let go of my body?" Zero asked.
"Actually, during the conversation between the two of us, you could have let other bodies take away your main body and the people you were protecting, but you didn't." Dr. Jiang thought about the coordinates, "You can't bear to leave there. Even if it is deserted, it will always be the last piece of peaceful soil in your heart.”
The initiative has never been in Dr. Jiang's hands.
He just knew the coordinate data, and it would take some time to rush there.
During this period of time, Zero can completely transfer her body away and take the person she wants to resurrect with her.
But she didn't.
"Sorry, doctor, you know, I'm just a program, a piece of code. I just want to do what has been determined."
In the end, there was still no agreement.
Zero took out a small-caliber pistol and pointed it at his head.
This body is just one of her countless clones, so there is no need to feel bad.
"Next time we meet, we will still be enemies."
Accompanied by a gunshot.
The head of Zero's body exploded, and she fell to the ground limply.
After a long time.
A sigh echoed throughout the empty and silent underground castle.
…
Dusk in Baker City is redder than over there in Maui City.
It was as if the sky was stained with rust.
Lu Wen temporarily bid farewell to the many androids in the no-man's land.
He changed his skin again, this time back to a literary style, and the little spider on his shoulder followed far behind to avoid being recognized.
Back in Baker City, Yin June was waiting for him.
"You are actually No. 9, and you said you knew No. 9... You lied to me for the third time!"
"It's always better to be cautious when going out."
"Is it necessary to be so cautious when facing a beautiful girl with stunning beauty?"
"In nature, the brighter the color and the more beautiful it looks, the more toxic it is, whether it is an animal or a plant."
Lu Wen found a restaurant and invited this pretty girl to dinner.
Dr. Jiang went to deal with Zero.
With his ability as an old man, he might be carrying No. 0's head on his way back now.
Lu Wen always had some regrets. From beginning to end, he never had a real confrontation with Zero. When he was in Mowu City, he relied on Xia Chuluo, and when he was in Baker City, he relied on Dr. Jiang.
But he is also self-aware.
If we really want to play in a line, one is a newcomer who has only started playing for a little over a month, and the other is an old monster who has lived for decades and learned a lot of skills.
The chances of him losing are quite high.
"Did you put on makeup today?" Lu Wen asked in surprise.
"It's just lipstick." Yin Liuyue glanced at him, "You are also a bionic after all, can't you observe carefully... Why do boys always think that wearing lipstick is makeup?"
"Is not it?"
"I do not want to talk to you anymore."
“…”
Yin June took out two napkins and wiped off all the lipstick on her mouth.
Then he roughly crumpled the napkin into a ball and threw it into the trash can not far away.
The wait for food is always long.
Lu Wen looked at the time and saw that the setting sun in the distance had gradually disappeared. He suddenly asked: "When did the doctor leave? Did he explain anything when he left?"
"Doctor, he left a clone in the research institute. Even if the gods come, they can't do anything to him. Don't worry."
"I'm not worried about the institute, I'm worried about the doctor's body outside. He..."
Without saying anything, a familiar figure appeared at the end of the street.
Dr. Jiang.
Dr. Jiang is intact.
Aside from some blue blood on his clothes, he looked the same as when they first met.
The old robot seemed to be thinking about something.
He frowned and walked slowly.
The afterglow of the setting sun hit his not tall body.
At the end of the street is his long shadow.
"Doctor, we are here, let's eat together!"
Yin Liuyue waved to Dr. Jiang.
It was only dusk, and there were already very few people on the streets.
Even if there are a lot of people, it doesn't matter if they call out the word "doctor". In Baker City, no one can do anything to this old man.
Dr. Jiang looked up and saw the restaurant on the street.
He smiled kindly and quickened his pace.
Old age is just his appearance. As a machine, time will not have much impact on him, so he walks lighter than many young people.
"This restaurant is good. I used to eat here often. The boss is a tough guy and the restaurant doesn't close until very late."
Dr. Jiang sat next to Lu Wen and said with a smile.
The blue blood hasn't dried on him yet.
"Doctor, what's going on over there at No. 0?" Lu Wen asked.
"She has an underground fortress over there in the no-man's land. She monitors every move in the entire city at any time. But now it has been blown up by me, and all the information in it has been transferred to the research institute."
Dr. Jiang took off his glasses.
He pulled out a napkin and wiped the dirt from his lenses.
The android doesn't need to wear glasses, but for the sake of his academic image, he wears them all the time.
"Speaking of which, the structure of her underground fortress was modeled on that of my original research institute... She is a good student." Dr. Jiang sighed.
As a student, Zero is great.
But their positions are different, so students and teachers are on opposite sides.
"Doctor, is there any information about No. Zero's main body in those documents?" Lu Wen asked.
Yin June opened her eyes wide and looked at Dr. Jiang.
She was also quite curious about the legendary Zero, the doctor's first assistant.
"she… "
Dr. Jiang was silent for a moment.
"Do you want to see her body?"
…
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