Baker City.
The soft morning light brought dawn, ending the night's fighting.
The gunshots gradually became less frequent.
The shops along the street opened their doors one after another and began to welcome customers.
Lu Wen's transformation is finally over.
The new body is heavier than before, many parts have been added, and the firepower is guaranteed.
He stood in front of the mirror, and the outline of his face had changed a lot. He was no longer the popular face he had before.
"Doctor, you are actually a good-looking person." Yin June said loudly.
"What does 'also' mean?" Dr. Jiang asked.
"Nothing... don't forget my little spider."
“…”
Dr. Jiang rested for a while and watched Lu Wen adjust to his new body.
"I added some weapons inside your body. I replaced some useless parts and limbs. Your previous limbs were of different models, which may affect your use."
Lu Wen lowered his head and raised his hands.
A very special feeling.
The hands before were always a bit awkward to use. After all, one was original and the other was taken from another android.
"I've checked your body from the inside out, and there's nothing wrong with it. As for the contents of the four chips, I haven't found anything out of the ordinary so far," Dr. Jiang said.
"It's really troublesome."
"It's nothing. I'm bored. Why don't you young people help me out?"
Dr. Jiang walked up to Lu Wen and patted him on the shoulder.
Shot hard.
Quite heavy.
He seemed to have something to say, but it was difficult to express it, so he could only express it in this way.
Lu Wen's heart sank.
There is something wrong with the chip!
Dr. Jiang didn't explain it directly to him. Could it be because someone has been monitoring his every move through a chip
Jiang Xiaonian
But Jiang Xiaonian has been in prison. Although he is not in prison these days, he is still in the hospital. He has been recuperating his burned face. It is impossible to have the opportunity to come into contact with this aspect.
Could it be that he was released from prison one day so that he could control Lu Wen
"Don't worry, there are no problems. There are no program loopholes that can survive under my nose yet."
Dr. Jiang repeated the explanation.
There is no problem.
This made Lu Wen feel even heavier.
Something is definitely wrong, and it may have been for a long time.
Dr. Jiang didn't say anything, because once he said it, the person who secretly monitored Lu Wen would know.
He hoped that Lu Wen could take the initiative through the information gap between the two parties.
Who did it
Only people who have had physical contact with him can possibly manipulate the contents of the chip.
Lu Wen thought about all the people this body had come into contact with, there were too many, Jiang Xiaonian, Huang Liang, Xiong Zhuang, the leaders of the android organizations in the two cities...
No one's suspicion can be ruled out.
"Lu Wen, your little spider is quite strange. It is a product of Xinhong Company. Let me study it." Dr. Jiang said with a smile.
"No problem, doctor, you can take it and use it."
Lu Wen tried his best to act normal.
"Can you use this spider as an eye and see what it sees?" Dr. Jiang asked.
"right."
Lu Wen nodded.
He suddenly realized that Dr. Jiang was still reminding him.
The person in the dark can see everything he sees through his eyes and knows what he is experiencing.
"However, this technology is actually not very reliable. If this spider is caught by someone who is interested, it is very likely that other trap programs will be set to let it escape control and backfire on its owner."
Dr. Jiang's words seemed to be telling Lu Wen.
He created a program in Lu Wen's body that could backfire and free Lu Wen's body from control.
But how to start this program
"In addition to using this spider as an eye, you can also directly control the spider's actions and read all the data in its chip, right?"
Dr. Jiang's words made Lu Wen increasingly frightened.
He is like that spider. People in the dark can even control his actions at any time and make him do things that go against his own ideas.
but…
With the second control system implanted in Yin Long's emotional chip, he should not be completely controlled.
Jiang Xiaonian also wanted to control Lu Wen, but he failed.
"Don't worry, I won't destroy your spider. I'm just going to do some research and make a similar one for June's self-defense."
Dr. Jiang said nothing more.
He began to get busy, studying the internal structure of the spider.
Lu Wen was sitting not far away, keeping calm as a habit.
From the moment he obtained this body, he had been vigilant, worried that there were things left by Jiang Xiaonian inside, but later he became more and more accustomed to using it, and he neglected it.
"Jiang Xiaonian is the most likely, but if it was him, he would have told me on the way back to prison last time. Judging from his appearance, he no longer has much intention to change the world."
Lu Wen could only think about many things in his heart now.
No clues can be left behind from the four chips.
"Huang Liang is the one I trust the most. He is Yin Long's eighth chip and comes from the same source as me, but he has been miserable. He shouldn't have the ability to implant content in my chip, unless he lied to me. …”
The only way to keep Dr. Jiang silent was to remind Lu Wen through special methods.
That person in the dark is very strong.
Does he want to get something from Lu Wen
"Don't worry too much, I won't damage your spider." Dr. Jiang suddenly said.
Don't worry…
These four words show that Dr. Jiang has a certain degree of confidence in dealing with the man in the dark.
But maybe the time has not come yet, so he can only appease Lu Wen now.
It's useless to think so much now. Since Dr. Jiang said there's no need to worry, just take it one step at a time.
No matter who did it, he would never be able to completely control Lu Wen.
Unless that person can crack the second system left by Yin Long.
But Yin Long made it very clear in the image he left before his death that no one in this world should be able to crack the system he left behind.
Dr. Jiang's research on spiders continued until noon.
"That's it. There's nothing wrong with your spider. It's clean. I'm worried that it has been tampered with." Dr. Jiang assembled the spider and returned it to Lu Wen.
"Don't worry June, I'll make one for you right away."
Dr. Jiang’s words reminded Lu Wen.
The spider followed him for a long time.
The body of No. 9 subdued Xiong Zhuang's organization when it first entered the no-man's land. There were only more than ten people in that organization. Later, it was provoked by another organization. This spider belonged to that organization.
The most likely person to tamper with him is this spider.
But judging from Dr. Jiang's tone, the spider is clean.
More than two hours passed.
Dr. Jiang made a mechanical spider that was almost exactly the same as Lu Wen, except that its eyes flashed blue.
"Okay, June, let's establish a connection with your little pet." He threw the spider to Yin June.
The process of establishing a connection is quick.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon.
A group of three people left the institute.
Lu Wen and Yin Liuyue both had a spider lying on their shoulders.
They are going to go to the coordinates that Dr. Jiang obtained yesterday, where the main body of No. 0 is.
"Doctor, is that place far away?" Yin June asked.
"It's not too far. Just drive out of the city and drive in no-man's land for more than two hours. Lu Wen, I'll give you the coordinates and you drive... I'll also give you the coordinates of Eden in the north. It's convenient. You can find it later."
Dr. Jiang gave Lu Wen two coordinates.
One is very close and the other is quite far.
An hour later, Lu Wen drove the vehicle out of the city.
The billowing sand from the no-man's land came towards me and slapped against the windshield.
Dr. Jiang was sitting in the back seat, looking out the car window with far-reaching eyes, as if he was remembering something.
Yin Liuyue was sitting in the passenger seat and kept urging Lu Wen, saying that the speed was too slow.
"Safety comes first when driving in no-man's land. You sneaked over from no-man's land anyway. You should understand such a simple truth."
The sun in the sky was a little pale, probably because most of the light was blocked by smoke and dust.
The target location is a ruined city.
A very remote city.
Further south in Baker City.
Deserted.
A no-man's land where even androids won't go.
Dry grass and vines fluttered in the wind along with the yellow sand, and Lu Wen saw the city from a distance.
Perhaps due to the terrain, the city was not buried too much by wind and sand, and the asphalt road leading into the city could even be clearly identified.
"I have been to many abandoned cities. Most of the roads have been buried half a meter deep by sand. This city is quite well preserved." Lu Wen said to the two people in the car.
He drove into the city.
As soon as I entered, I realized how unique this city was.
"Dust... The dust in the shops along the street is not serious. It seems that people come in and out frequently."
After driving in the city for a while, Lu Wen parked the car on the side of the road.
After all, this is where Zero's main body is, and he is worried that there will be danger.
"Doctor, you and June sit in the car while I go take a look on the street." Lu Wen said.
"Don't worry, there won't be any danger." Dr. Jiang was very sure.
But after all, there are no absolutes in this world.
Back then, the fourth generation Vasily of Core Red was sniped by Lu Wen in a deserted city.
In this abandoned city, there are many dark places that cannot be seen.
Any danger is possible.
"Snapped!"
Lu Wen closed the car door and walked slowly towards a shop along the street.
It was a small supermarket.
The plaque on the supermarket has gone through eighty years and has not fallen off, but the words on it are no longer legible.
Lu Wen stood in front of the door, stretched out his hands, and slowly pushed it open.
"Squeak..."
There is very little dust falling through the cracks in the door.
There were heavy traces of dust on the cashier counter.
[footprint]
[Unknown footprints]
There was also a lot of dust on the ground and it was covered with footprints.
The same kind of footprints.
But the system cannot recognize it.
This does not belong to any species currently recorded.
"On the street outside, the footprints disappeared quickly because of the constant blowing sand, but it was different inside the supermarket."
Lu Wen slowly squatted down and carefully observed the footprints.
Not too big, not much bigger than a human baby's footprints.
"They are all the same footprints. There is always a creature moving in this city."
Lu Wen walked into the supermarket.
As if to confirm his suspicion, all the food in the supermarket was gone.
Eighty years... Even if these foods were left, they would have rotted long ago.
Even canned food is no longer edible.
After Lu Wen observed around the supermarket, he walked out of the supermarket.
"The doors of the shops along the street are relatively clean, and creatures often come and go."
He walked into a few more shops, and the scene inside was similar to the inside of a small supermarket.
Same footprints.
Some of these shops from 80 years ago were food stores, some were pet stores, and some were toy stores.
Without exception, nothing edible was found inside.
It seemed as if... all the edible things in this city had been taken away by that creature.
"The toy stores of more than 80 years ago were very interesting. Technology was highly developed at that time, and you could see smart toys like this in street stores."
Plush toys make up the majority of the shelves in toy stores.
But basically everything is in dilapidated condition.
If you pat it casually, there will be thick dust.
There are also some special toys.
Not like a toy, more like a little robot.
"It's quite expensive."
Lu Wen wiped the dust off the price tags on the shelves.
Five-figure price.
Even in the extremely prosperous years of more than 80 years ago, this was not a small amount of money.
The more expensive ones even sold for six figures.
"It's so expensive, will anyone really buy it?"
Lu Wen came to the innermost shelf.
It was a row of black robots.
Less than a meter tall.
The reason why it is so expensive seems to be because it is co-branded with a movie called "Sky Men". Many children like RoboCop in the movie.
However, it was so old that there is not much information left about that movie.
"The robot's feet... seem to match the footprints on the ground."
Lu Wen took down a robot and placed it on the ground.
[footprint]
[Unknown footprints]
[Matching...]
[from the same creature]
Lu Wen mentioned this little black robot.
Eighty years have passed, can this robot still be driven
"I should be able to match this charging socket."
Lu Wen stretched out his right hand, and the bionic materials on the two fingers slowly retreated, revealing the internal metal supports.
Those metal supports are also fading away.
Finally, it turned into two hollow metal bodies.
Lu Wen put two fingers into the charging port of the small black robot.
A few minutes later.
The little robot responded.
A charging display appeared on the screen on my head.
Lu Wen pressed the switch on the top of the robot's head.
Accompanied by a tremor.
Powered on.
Feminine mechanical voice.
"Sky Men, Zero, will protect you at all times!"
…
Good night, fellow book friends!
(End of chapter)