Early morning in Mowu City.
Nine o'clock in the morning is the time to go to work.
Lu Wen was sitting at the gate of the 10th District Executive Bureau, processing the news.
After all the undercurrents yesterday.
This undercurrent has come to the surface.
Some people have welcomed today's dawn.
Others had unexpected events.
"Just last night, six murders by androids occurred one after another."
That's the headline in this morning's newspaper.
Maybe that was not the original headline, but after learning the news, the newspaper immediately reprinted it.
Nothing makes headlines better than an android killing someone.
If there is.
That's more android murders.
"The identities of the deceased are all similar. They were well-known and kind-hearted."
Wei Boyan put the newspaper under his body and sat on the side of the stairs.
"This No. 0 is really good at getting things done. This is already..."
"wrong."
Lu Wen suddenly spoke, interrupting Wei Boyan's words.
Wei Boyan looked over.
"What's wrong?"
"I always feel like something is wrong... More than a month ago, in Li Jian's case, Jiang Xiaonian worked with Zero to figure out a way to control androids."
But in that case.
All androids will find ways to self-destruct their chips after killing someone.
While in Baker City, Lu Wen met the clone of Zero, which was lurking among the androids and was already one of the twelve leaders.
After the clone was discovered, she shot herself in the head in the collapsed ruins.
In short, No. Zero behaves in a cautious manner in the past.
She shouldn't have left any chip data behind.
"In the three cases yesterday, one of the androids left a chip. In the six cases last night, one of the androids was even captured alive... This is very different from Zero."
If Zero had not acted cautiously, he would not have been able to cause trouble for decades.
Her underground lair has only been discovered a few times so far.
"But so many killings by androids cannot be a coincidence."
Nine incidents.
Lu Wen wanted to calm down and analyze it.
Mowu City has not been peaceful during this period. Could there be other forces sneaking in
But reality did not give him a chance to calm down.
On this rare sunny day in Mowu, a body was hung in the square in front of the Parliament Building.
The tenth incident.
In this way, he was exposed to the media's long-term criticism.
"It's such a big square, but no one discovered it in advance."
When Lu Wen and Wei Boyan arrived.
The scene has been cordoned off.
Outside the cordon was a circle of media and onlookers.
The body was transported away.
There is only a huge silver cross left in the center of the square. The dried dark red blood under the cross tells everyone who passes by what happened here.
When two highly recognizable faces came here, they immediately attracted the attention of all the media.
"Sir Wei, does the Executive Bureau have any clues so far?"
"Sir Lu, as an android, what do you think of the android murder cases that have suddenly occurred in the past two days?"
“…”
Both of them were a little helpless, so they had no choice but to leave a "no comment" and return to the car.
They drove to the Executive Bureau headquarters in District 9.
The chief of the ninth district received them.
"I want to take a look at the video." Lu Wen got straight to the point.
"no problem."
With ten cases in a row, any executive in his right mind would have noticed something was wrong.
There are other regional executive officers coming here.
If this trend of killing people by androids is not stopped, the same case may happen in every district except District 16.
"According to the autopsy, the tenth homicide occurred around five o'clock this morning."
"At dawn at six o'clock, a truck drove into the Parliament Square from the city road and carried down a large object covered with gray cloth."
"The security guard on the night shift asked about it at that time, but because it was almost the time for his shift to be handed over, the security guard was sleepy and looking forward to getting off work, so he just briefly understood the situation."
What happens next is very simple.
The video shows it all.
What was covered under the gray cloth was obviously a cross and the body tied to the cross.
The screen showed four androids.
Three people are responsible for handling and one person is responsible for communicating with security guards.
The excuse the man gave was relatively easy to convince. He said that there would be a performance in front of the Parliament Building at nine o'clock in the morning, and he produced some false certificates.
"I really didn't expect it at the time. Who do you think would be so arrogant and transport a corpse to the Parliament Square? Isn't that like throwing yourself into a trap?" The security guard also looked helpless when recording the confession.
The security forces at the entrance and inside of the parliament building are very strong.
But here in the square... there are only a few people watching.
On weekdays, there are some aunties who like to dance in the square, and there are also some vendors selling toys. Many middle-class families will also come to the square for a walk after dinner.
"Didn't you smell blood at that time?" Lu Wen asked.
"No, I was too sleepy to open my eyes at the time, so I just asked a few questions, and the other brothers didn't bother to come up to check."
Just like that, the group finished carrying the bodies.
Drive away in the truck.
At around eight o'clock in the morning, a child was flying a kite in the square. He curiously pulled aside the gray cloth and took a look.
It is estimated that the child will be left with a psychological shadow for the rest of his life.
"Remember to provide psychological comfort to the child." Wei Boyan said.
"We will definitely not forget this."
"Has the deceased been identified?"
"He's a former engineer from Bilan. There's nothing wrong with him. One of the four androids in the video is his housekeeping android."
The identity of the deceased this time is very special.
I was met with such a large number of onlookers again.
Soon a highly controversial topic appeared on the Internet.
[The bionic man tied his creator to a cross]
The picture below this topic is the huge silver cross.
The blood is blinding.
This controversial and somewhat religious topic quickly aroused thousands of discussions.
Many people think this is a signal for androids to counterattack humans.
Combined with the murders that have occurred one after another in the past two days.
Many conspiracy theorists jumped out and began to repeatedly brainwash the people.
"Now there is an unexpected situation. In the Parliament Square, next to the cross, a group of people suddenly gathered, holding signs against bionic people..."
"Here we go again." The commander of District 9 sighed.
This is the initial stage of the march.
It hasn’t been too long since the last anti-android demonstration caused by Lu Wen.
If such a large-scale parade were to occur several times, the economy of the entire Mowu City would come to a standstill.
"These guys don't go to work all day long, and they are anti-bionic and addicted."
"Actually, there are many people who are unemployed. They think the androids have taken away their jobs."
"But this is the inevitable result of the development of the times. Machines replace manual work, and cheap manpower is replaced by even cheaper machines. What can we do..."
Does it set the times back
After all, if Mowu City could have benefits like the Floating City, all problems would be solved.
But there are over 100 million people in this city.
If everyone enjoys the same benefits of the floating city, it is estimated that the entire planet will not be able to provide it, and the social order will collapse due to too many useless people.
"The parade has also started in the Fifth and Sixth Districts. This time... it will probably be difficult to stop."
"Unless the real culprit is found?"
Everyone was at a loss.
Where to find the real murderer
Analysis results are given for both Azure Blue and Core Red.
Those murderous androids were all normal, with no traces of being invaded, no implanted programs found in their bodies, and no problem could be found line by line in the source code.
"Since there is nothing wrong with those androids, and the fusing measures in their bodies are still there, why didn't they trigger the first law of androids when they attacked humans?"
"There are now implants on the market that can bypass circuit breaker measures."
"But those procedures were shoddy and it was impossible for both companies not to see it."
One morning.
Just spent it without a clue.
District 9 found the truck in the early morning through surveillance.
The car was abandoned in the suburbs, and the four androids on it each shot themselves in the head.
At noon.
People from the executive bureaus of each region have come to the ninth district.
"Just now, a murder case involving a bionic man occurred in our fifteenth district."
From District 15 comes a second-level executive officer.
Since Feng Fugui's death, there has been no third-level executive officer in this region.
In a large tourist area with a small permanent population, almost all cases are petty thefts, and it is difficult to accumulate meritorious service as a third-level executive officer.
"The same thing happened here in the 11th District." said the director of the 11th District Executive Bureau.
"It's the same here in District 2."
“District Eight…”
“…”
One morning.
Nine more incidents were reported, bringing the total to 19.
They were all androids who lost control without warning and went on a killing spree.
"Lu Wen, you are an android, how much do you know about this area?" the person in charge of District 7 asked.
"I thought it was Number Zero before, but now that I think about it, even if it is Number Zero, it is impossible not to leave any traces, unless she evolves again and reaches a certain realm that is now incomprehensible." Lu Wen replied.
"Besides her, who else is so eager to provoke a conflict between humans and androids?"
"There are quite a few of them, many anti-android forces..."
When everyone is communicating.
Just outside the main gate of the Ninth District Executive Bureau.
On the wide road.
A huge group of demonstrators passed by shouting slogans.
This parade was more organized than the last time. Some people were delivering water and energy bars on the street, and some even set up a special rest area.
The Internet has also become a quarrel.
"Aren't you worried that those androids who live with you day and night will suddenly raise a butcher's knife against you one day?"
"Already nineteen."
"Many of them were killed by the androids who had been with them for several years. They regarded those androids as family members."
“…”
Worry, anxiety, conflict...
During this sweltering summer, many people are getting irritable with the weather.
Although this planet does not allow humans to marry androids.
But there are still many lonely people... androids are their only companions, who can talk and spend boring and simple years together.
"Will you kill me?"
today.
This is the most frequently asked question among all housekeeping androids.
Lu Wen stood at the door of the Ninth District Executive Bureau, watching the growing group of marchers, and sighed softly: "The crisis of confidence is coming."
before this.
No matter how fierce the anti-android forces are, there will always be a group of people who enjoy the benefits of androids who choose to stand against them.
But now, even those people are beginning to have doubts.
Will the first person you see when you wake up every day and the last person you see before going to bed raise a butcher's knife to them
After all... machines are machines after all, and they can be manipulated.
There are even many old accounts that have been uncovered.
[Bilan monitors the daily life of his employer through bionic humans]
[Xinhong instructs androids to steal private data]
[Bilan has control over all bionic people and attempts to establish a bionic empire]
[Core red...]
Rumors about the two companies from earlier years have now been dug out and appear on various platforms.
The commotion outside is getting louder and louder.
Looking at this trend, it seems that those people will not stop until they completely drive the androids out of the city.
"The first violent conflict since the demonstration broke out in the 10th District. Some people with malicious intentions mixed in with the demonstration group and threw homemade Molotov cocktails at shops on the street."
"The store owner suffered serious burns and two other store employees suffered minor injuries."
“…”
The fire started.
This is a fire that will be difficult to extinguish.
This flame will predictably spread to the entire city, leaving every corner of the city shrouded in fear of bionic humans.
Everyone in the Executive Board felt unprecedented pressure.
“This arrogance must be curbed, and Mowu City cannot be allowed to become like those two cities in the west!”
…
West City.
This is one of two cities in the West.
A young man broke into the store on the street and was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods in the store.
There was only greed in those bloodshot eyes.
"boom!"
A spinning bullet sent him to hell with his greed.
He collapsed in front of the store.
Become one of the many corpses at the door.
Many of the bodies were rotting and stinking.
The shop owner had an expressionless face, and his thin face showed no emotion. He wiped the barrel of his gun out of habit.
"boom!"
There was another gunshot.
The store owner collapsed.
Half of his head exploded, and blood flowed crazily on the ground.
The ferocious-looking young man rushed into the store, stepped on the corpses and blood of his predecessors, and tried his best to steal valuable goods.
He laughed wildly and walked out of the store with those goods in his arms.
"boom!"
A third shot rang out.
The young man fell in a pool of blood.
Become one of the countless corpses on the streets.
After the shooter found out that he had hit the target, he laughed triumphantly. The muscles on his face began to twitch with laughter, and his scarlet eyes seemed as if they had not closed their eyes for days and nights.
He picked up the goods among the flesh and carrion.
Laughing and running into the distance.
The upside down body of the young man still had his eyes open.
The figure of the man was reflected in his gray eyes.
As the man gradually ran away,
The whole rotten street stretched longer and longer in this dead pupil.
The shops on both sides of the street were in ruins.
Murderers and lunatics are destroying everything.
This is a day when no normal people can be seen.
The killings swallowed up violence and hatred, turning into blazing fireworks that burned the street to the ground.
The field of vision gradually increases.
Not far from this street, there is another street.
The game of death and fire is also being played there. The smell of corpses permeates the air. It rained at night, and dirty and stinky blood flowed on the streets.
Flies are flying in the chaotic streets of July.
Those corpses are their favorite breeding grounds.
White maggots burrowed in and out of the highly rotted flesh, and shriveled strips of flesh hung on top of the broken bones...
The view reaches a higher place.
There are countless streets around.
The whole area.
Until the whole city…
The smoke from the explosion and flames shrouded the sky over this crazy city, making the drone's vision somewhat unclear. .
"Buzzing..."
Duan Tiannan controlled the drone and had a panoramic view of all the scenes.
He took a sip of beer and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that West City has become such a mess. All evil people, even normal people, can only choose to become madmen and murderers under such circumstances."
"Was it peaceful before?" Duan Hongye asked.
"It's not exactly peaceful, but at least when I retired more than ten years ago, the city was still in order."
Duan Tiannan recalled, calling up a three-dimensional map of the entire West City.
He pointed to some marked areas on the map.
"Here...here...and here, these were all places of interest, cathedrals, bell towers, temples, towers..."
Now on these ancient buildings.
Hanging with putrid corpses.
"This is the royal palace. The two cities in the west have always retained the royal family, but now the king only has a symbolic meaning. Back then, Xia Zhenghe and I sneaked into the palace together. I scared the king away, and he almost seduced a princess..."
But now, the once magnificent palace is in dilapidated condition.
Many palaces collapsed and the treasures inside were looted.
Thick smoke billowed out from the place where the two of them had been.
Duan Tiannan said with emotion: "Times have changed... I heard that the royal family of this city went to Versailles to take refuge, and a large number of ordinary people either fled to no man's land or lived in underground air-raid shelters."
The whole city was left to those madmen to destroy.
Versailles is another city in the West.
That city is a little better now, but it is still full of wars.
"Won't the army come to suppress these madmen? Such a big city with a population of hundreds of millions..."
"There used to be hundreds of millions of people, but now...it is estimated that the total number of people still alive is only two-thirds of the original number. As for the army..."
Duan Tiannan said that these two cities in the West neither have the heavy industry support like Baker City in the south, nor do they have the temperament of the people in the north to do anything they refuse to accept.
Therefore, the combat effectiveness has always been weak.
"The strongest combat power has always been in the north, so the two cities in the north are so tough that they have never heard of the floating city. However, the two cities in the west have been reducing the number of troops and reducing military expenditures over the years..."
so that it is cut down to the end.
Facing the city full of thugs and lunatics, the existing army was exhausted.
Even the arsenal was forcibly broken into by tens of thousands of thugs.
The remaining troops could only escort the royal family and many public officials to Versailles.
That city now hosts tens of millions of refugees.
Countless people also encountered extreme weather on the way to Versailles, or were unable to adapt to the uninhabited land, and died on the way.
"Why don't these ordinary people take up arms? They have an absolute advantage in numbers."
"That's what I say... but everyone around is running for their lives. Who can stand up and lead the ordinary people to resist? Everyone is afraid of death."
The total number of these criminals, thugs, lunatics, etc. is estimated to be less than a million.
The city of West once had hundreds of millions of residents.
It finally became what it is now...
This city could actually be wiped off the map.
"Hongye, you can kill those people as you please. I'm bringing you here to practice this time."
The streets are full of targets.
Duan Tiannan even met his former colleagues.
Those who like blood have now joined the city's killing feast.
It’s hard to imagine how prosperous this city once was.
"Everything started from an ordinary anti-android demonstration."
(End of chapter)