"Lu Wen, we have lived together for a long time."
"Actually, it's only been less than two months..."
"I'm afraid you weren't a bully in your last life."
"From a materialist point of view, neither humans nor androids should have a previous life."
“…”
Gray clouds gathered beneath the steel city.
Sitting on the pipe of a low bungalow, looking up, there seemed to be a huge monster between the thick clouds. Its body was hazy and it was difficult to see clearly.
"After the incident with Jiang Xiaonian, I doubted your true identity, but I didn't have accurate evidence at the time, and at the time... I might have been wrong," Xia Chuluo said.
"Actually, I also thought wrong at the time." Lu Wen replied.
"So you really weren't reborn?"
"I'm not, but someone is."
"Yin Long?"
"Um."
Xia Chuluo frowned, holding his chin with his right hand and placing his elbow on his thigh.
Thinker's pose.
The doctor strongly discouraged this position, saying it was best to lie flat, otherwise problems would occur during the wound healing process.
"Yin Long created you and instilled human memories into you, making you think you were reborn?"
"Is such that."
"No wonder that old guy left some of his inheritance to you. You are really lucky. You are sitting at home and your money comes from the sky. It's a lot of money, right?"
"It's not bad...at least I'll be worry-free for the rest of my life."
"You are a bionic person. Theoretically speaking, you have no second half of your life. You are immortal."
“…”
This problem has actually troubled Lu Wen for a while.
Living too long is not a good thing either.
Most androids don't have much thought. They live one day at a time and don't want to fight for anything.
But some androids are different.
Such as A00.
Yin Long told Lu Wen in the video he left before his death that it was A00 that single-handedly contributed to the confrontation and competition between the two companies, which led to the over-prosperity of androids today, and that A00 was secretly planning bigger things.
Such complex and constantly evolving bionic humans may pose a considerable threat to society if they live too long.
Lu Wen is also considered this type of bionic person.
He occasionally wonders if one day, the humans he knows, such as Xia Chuluo, Wei Boyan and even Jiang Xiaonian, as well as his countless fans, turn into gray tombstones in the cemetery, will he feel that life is too boring? , and then make some dangerous actions that are incomprehensible now
"You are already a great danger, especially after you learn that you are not a real human being." Xia Chuluo suddenly asked: "How many bionic people like you have Yin Long created in total?"
"nine."
Lu Wen answered truthfully.
"No. 8 is currently in my organization in the no-man's land. He has not yet realized that he is not a human being, and the threat level is not high. He often misses the hometown in his memory."
It’s hard to say about the remaining seven...
If one of those guys realizes that he is not human, cannot accept it for a moment, changes his mentality, becomes distorted or even crazy, and he happens to have a lot of resources at his disposal, the consequences will be disastrous.
"So human beings will become irrational when they get old. Whether they are emperors or civilians, that old guy Yin Long must also know that if something goes wrong with the nine of you, you will become nine time bombs, but he still Did it.”
Xia Chuluo said that when things here are finished, he would go back and check out the more powerful people who have suddenly appeared in the past nine years.
It's really dangerous to keep the remaining seven.
"What were you thinking when you found out your identity?" Xia Chuluo asked.
"What else can I think? It's like this anyway... But at that time, I had a firm idea."
"Give androids a future?"
"Um."
Lu Wen sat in front of the small church in the ruined city for a long time.
Before he knew the truth, his biggest goal was to kill Zero.
After killing Zero, he is no longer a threat and can enjoy the endless years left.
He even once thought that the appearance of Zero might be a test for him in this world. Just like the protagonists in those novels, after traveling through time, as long as they go through the test and defeat the ultimate villain, they can live however they want. .
Endless life... was indeed very tempting to him at that time.
"I experienced a lot later. I followed Wei Bo'an and witnessed the decay of Mowu City. I saw the common people at the bottom. I also participated in the splendid and luxurious banquets. I made many friends on the steel supports in Baker City. I even met No. 0. The real body finally followed you to this city.
"After thinking about it for a long time, I finally figured out that there are no permanent opponents in this world. Life is very complicated. It does not mean that you can enjoy life smoothly if you solve all the opponents. New opponents are born every moment, and there are also old opponents. become friends."
"Are you fully enlightened and ready to convert to Buddhism?"
Xia Chuluo looked at him with strange eyes.
The two rarely had this kind of communication, and most of the time they relied on the tacit understanding they had established over a long period of time.
"Actually, I'm quite curious, what is the identity of No. 0?" Xia Chuluo asked.
"Her body... is very special. It is a toy robot with only a few simple program instructions. Before the war, it was used by children of several years or more to relieve their boredom."
"So, she shouldn't exist in this world?"
There is no possibility of evolution of that kind of machine.
Her body does not have the will to actively obtain knowledge from the outside world. Even if she has the will, she does not have the ability.
Unless someone makes a copy of the original Data Zero, reprograms it, and gives her higher intelligence.
"Mr. Yin Long also told me that the existence of No. 0 is more special than A00 and I. I didn't understand it at the time. I only understood it after seeing her true form."
"Yin Long actually knew what No. 0's identity was all along?"
"No, in the image he left me, he only stated his rough guess. If he could find out the identity of Zero, he would probably have found a way to kill Zero before he died."
The summer wind blew through the roof.
It still feels stuffy.
The shabby walls are covered with air conditioner units.
This city is actually great for filming.
The light yellow and light pink wall paint has been eroded by the years, stained with the indigo of moss and the dark red of rust. Prosperity and decline are intertwined. Scrap iron and bricks are crisscrossed. No matter which path you walk on, you can feel the passage of time. trace.
Children will play on the huge criss-crossing pipes in mid-air.
There will be colorful lights with a blurry halo day and night.
The old double-decker bus drove slowly into the distance.
"I also have a question." Lu Wen looked at Xia Chuluo.
"What?"
"Can you read minds?"
“…”
Xia Chuluo rolled her eyes at him.
This is actually the problem.
"So what if I can? You are a robot and you have no heart. Are you still afraid that I will read it?"
"Theoretically, the internal structure of the android mimics that of humans, so I actually have a heart."
“…”
While the two were chatting, two explosions suddenly sounded in the distance.
Very violent.
Far away, but clearly audible.
You can still hear the screams and cries from the crowd in the distance.
People in the Floating City like to go out for walks recently, day and night. As natives, many people know that in a week, the city will be in chaos, and it will take a long time for it to become calm again.
This week is called the calm before the storm by locals.
So they all like to get together and walk around.
So he was targeted by Luo Ruyan.
"It's Luo Ruyan's team. Their team originally had three cars left. Luo Ruyan was at the front. After they drove into the crowd, Luo Ruyan detonated two of them." The voice of a member of the team came from the headset. .
Lu Wen and Xia Chuluo were sitting here chatting leisurely.
The other members of the team were not idle and had been following Luo Ruyan secretly.
"This old guy Luo Ruyan is really ruthless. There were seven members of his own team in those two cars, and they actually detonated like this. No one could survive," said Fatty Jiang.
"Luo Ruyan, this is a broken jar."
"He knew that he was at a disadvantage now, and having a large team would expose him, so he detonated the two vehicles in a crowded place, which could not only reduce the burden on the team, but also create chaos so that we could not follow him."
But Luo Ruyan never imagined that there were a few ants lying under his car.
…
After the distant explosion, the Mechanical Deacon quickly arrived at the scene to maintain order and send the injured to the hospital.
Some onlookers also called emergency services.
But the city is quite congested after all. Most of the streets are two-way single lanes, and they are cement pavements that were laid long ago and are full of potholes.
Those old cars with peeling paint and rust were also blocked on the road, driving slowly.
The ambulance came very slowly.
Luo Ruyan had already run away at this time.
Now there is only one car left in the team, and he and the glasses are the only two people in the car.
"Just now... that explosion just now was..." Glasses' face turned pale.
After the two violent explosions, he obviously felt the car he was riding in shaking a few times.
At that time, he was completely panicked, thinking that the car would explode soon after.
But fortunately, the car is still safe and sound after all this time.
"The bombs on their car were unstable, so they exploded one after another just now." Luo Ruyan did not admit that he was responsible. "But don't worry, our car is quite safe and the situation just now will not happen."
"Oh...then...that's good." Glasses nodded in agreement.
This job can't be done!
From the beginning to now, I haven’t received a penny.
Only two of them were left in the team.
Glasses began to miss the stable life before. He stayed at home every day and took on some projects to make money. When he was free, he went to those hidden websites to explore the dark side of the world and occasionally played games.
That is the life of gods.
He even suspected that Luo Ruyan detonated the two cars.
But he didn't dare to say it.
(End of chapter)