It was approaching five o'clock in the morning.
An old off-road vehicle was driving in a desolate no-man's land.
Jiang Xiaonian sat in the driver's seat, looking calmly ahead.
He changed his clothes.
Got a gun.
The no man's land at night seems very lonely.
Apart from the howling wind and sand, there is no other company.
The off-road vehicle came to a ruined city.
It's quiet here.
Desolation and dilapidation spread wantonly with the wind and sand.
There used to be androids who were willing to live in these cities, but now those androids have stayed away and gone to the android alliance.
"Click..."
Jiang Xiaonian got out of the car and crushed a piece of dead wood.
Wearing night vision equipment, he slowly walked into a dilapidated hotel.
The door of the hotel had long since decayed and collapsed over the years, and was buried under endless yellow sand.
There are many rooms on the first floor of the hotel.
He entered one of them.
The interior decoration of the room is very basic.
A bed, a wardrobe, a desk.
It has long since decayed.
Fallen walls were everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of decay.
Jiang Xiaonian lifted up the tattered quilt on the bed.
The bed boards underneath are not rotten yet.
Uncover the bed boards.
A dark secret passage was revealed.
…
There are many underground lairs in Zero.
It has only been discovered by a few people over the years.
Most of her lairs are in the south, with the largest number around Baker City.
Maybe it was to protect her main body, or maybe she wanted to contain Dr. Jiang.
Far away from this underground place in Mowu City.
Zero is sitting in front of the big screen.
Long periods of emptiness and loneliness linger in this fortress,
She did not accept her failure.
But currently her body has been locked, cut off from the outside world, and can't even sense other bodies. She doesn't dare to actively try to break the blockade.
She knew that an android had taken over A00's authority and was waiting for her in the outside world.
Zero was very troubled by this situation of being unable to do anything.
As much as she didn't want to admit it, she now needed help and the person who helped her stopped contacting her.
A voice suddenly sounded in this underground space.
"Da..."
"Da..."
It's footsteps.
Someone came down.
A visitor or an enemy
Zero became alert, she looked at the entrance and tightened her grip on the gun.
More than ten seconds.
The footsteps stopped.
A skinny young man stood at the entrance, half of his face burned by the flames, making him look a little scary.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
There was no trace of emotion in his calm voice.
Like a dead man crawling out of the morgue.
"Jiang Xiaonian..."
Number Zero saw the person clearly.
This person is just a small chess piece she once arranged.
There are thousands of such small chess pieces in her hands.
Some of them were always being used by her, while others were killed immediately after using them.
"Did Lu Wen ask you to come?"
"So be it."
"Are you here to kill me?"
"yes."
Zero got a positive answer from Jiang Xiaonian.
She was silent for a moment, using the body's existing deduction ability to calculate the probability of getting out alive.
The probability is very low.
The young man in front of him was very dangerous, and he could feel the dangerous aura from a long distance away.
"Actually, we can work together."
"How to cooperate?"
"I can get that person's help again, take back authority from Lu Wen or the restarted A00, and start a riot of androids again. This time I will not fail. I will build a world ruled by androids."
"What's in it for me?"
"I need human creativity, so I will keep some humans in captivity. You happen to be human. I can leave those humans to you. You will be their king. Whatever you want to do, just..."
"boom!"
Splash of blue blood.
With a "snap" sound, the gun in Zero's hand was knocked away and fell to the ground.
Jiang Xiaonian looked at her calmly and said, "I thought you could notice that I was distracting you, but you didn't. It seems that failure really hit you hard."
"you… "
Zero glanced at the gun that fell on the ground, and then at Jiang Xiaonian.
Her arm was still leaking blue blood.
"Don't you want to be free? What did Lu Wen promise to you? Will he let you go if you are confused?"
"He didn't say." Jiang Xiaonian responded truthfully.
"He will definitely not let you go. He has human memory. Although he is a machine, he is bound by human morality and will take you back again. You..."
"boom!"
Another shot.
This time it hit the head.
The body of Zero fell down.
Until the moment before she was hit, she still had the idea of tricking Jiang Xiaonian into cooperating with her.
Jiang Xiaonian calmly took back the gun.
Return to the ground step by step.
It's six o'clock in the morning.
The sky is slightly bright.
He leaned against the old off-road vehicle and remained silent for a long time.
The wind and sand continue to travel through the streets and alleys of this city, carrying the desolation and moving forward aimlessly.
Jiang Xiaonian is waiting for a call.
Not long after, the phone rang.
There was a familiar voice on the other side.
The voice only said four words.
"you're free."
"Your views on human morality?"
"Even humans are not necessarily bound by moral values."
The other side hung up the phone.
Jiang Xiaonian put down his phone.
He knew that Lu Wen was still looking at him.
Lu Wen is everywhere now.
Every camera, whether it's a mobile phone or computer, is Lu Wen's eyes, and he can hack into any electronic device.
As long as we live in modern times.
There is no way to escape Lu Wen’s surveillance.
That's why Lu Wen let him go.
Jiang Xiaonian smiled faintly. This should be the first time he smiled in a long time. He returned to the car and set off towards Mowu City.
Rolling yellow sand submerged the back of the car.
Lopsided…
…
It's half past six this morning.
People who are sleeping wake up.
Summer sleep is always short, not to mention they have a lot to do.
Many homes were damaged, roads needed to be cleared and businesses were restarting.
The heavy clouds that had been hanging over Mowu City also dissipated.
This is an early morning with dawn.
Brilliant golden morning glow.
After one night.
There are only two big topics discussed by people in the nine cities.
[Can A00 still control all androids after restarting?]
[Where will the bionic man go]
I don’t know who spread the news that A00 is being restarted.
Everyone is worried.
The issue of the fate of androids has also become a big problem.
At least for now, these androids can be left temporarily to help clean up the ruins of the city.
Many buildings have to be torn down and rebuilt.
West City, which suffered the most serious losses, basically had to rebuild the entire city.
Even the royal palace is in dilapidated condition.
"Lu Wen, is A00 really restarting?"
At seven o'clock in the morning, everyone gathered at the Executive Bureau of the Ninth District.
The first question asked was this.
The biggest concern for everyone right now.
Lu Wen didn't want to lie to them, so he nodded.
"Um."
"Then... after she restarts, will she still be the same person as before?"
"Not sure. Maybe she will lose all memory and only have the original android instinct."
"Does she still have the authority over all the androids?"
"have."
A00 shared her permissions with Lu Wen.
Lu Wen can use the remaining data centers.
"To be prepared, it's best to spread the news in advance." Lu Wen looked at everyone, "In half an hour, she will be restarted. There may be some abnormalities by then. She needs to adapt to her own permissions when she first starts up. All androids may be controlled again, and abnormalities may occur in home appliances and screens on the street.”
"This will cause people to panic."
"That's why advance notice is required."
So people began to spread the news.
The first to get the news were the councils of eight other cities.
This news was soon known to most of the people through their unremitting publicity.
"Are bionic people going to be controlled again?"
"Just for a moment, A00 needs to adapt to the permissions."
"Didn't you hear that she is dead? With such a huge amount of data, how can there be a data backup?"
People were talking a lot.
This topic also became the most discussed topic this morning.
[Do you want A00 to restore its memory?]
Such statistics appear on various social platforms.
The final statistical results were surprising.
In fact, 73% of people hope that A00 can restore its memory after restarting.
"She prevented this disaster that could have destroyed the world. She deserves trust."
"At least before this, she had had these permissions for nearly 80 years and had not done anything extraordinary."
Even Lu Wen found this result incredible.
He secretly hacked into some personal devices.
In the personal chat records of some residents, when communicating with their friends, they all expressed hope that the androids would disappear and that A00 would fail to restart.
But when these residents were doing anonymous statistics, they actually clicked "Hope to restore their memory."
“The confusing behavior of humans.”
…
In Eden of the North.
It broke out very late here.
All simple rebuilding and cleanup work has been completed.
The city returned to normal, and all the androids began to perform their duties and continue to expand the city space.
They are also concerned about the restart of A00.
"Lu Wen, are you sure?" Constantine asked.
“I don’t have the final say on this, it’s up to A00 himself.”
Eden's management was waiting outside the warehouse at this time.
After one night.
Lu Wen successfully followed A00's method and got all the data of those two years on the server.
The restart speed is very slow.
At about five o'clock in the morning, A00 has been turned on, and I haven't opened my eyes yet.
half an hour.
Neither long nor short.
On this day, the dawn sun shines completely.
The little girl who had been sitting by the bed slowly opened her eyes.
…
at the same time.
Electronics around the world are experiencing some level of disruption.
The big screens on the street and people's mobile phones and computers started to flash again.
Even all the androids were eerily still.
"Is... A00 restarted?"
Everyone held their breath.
The planet has never been so quiet.
Soldiers in various cities have received instructions to immediately eliminate any abnormality in the androids.
A00 After opening his eyes.
There was no action.
She just lowered her head and said something softly.
This sentence appeared on those big screens on the streets.
People all over the world can see it.
"hello, world"
…
Good night, fellow book friends!
During this period of time, I mainly had eye problems, and conjunctivitis occurred again. This disease came back again and again, and my eyes were itchy and uncomfortable. I took some allergy medicine, and I always felt sleepy after taking it. Eye drops are also a major torture in the world. I don’t understand this. Why do young people always do this stuff
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Thanks to the book friend Northrend Fatty for the tip.
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