Strange Gentlemen

Chapter 165: 04 Dialogue

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The rabbits were there, but they still needed to be skinned. Qin Minghui would not do that. She came from a wealthy family. Although she was low-key, she was indeed a young lady who had never touched women.

Ask her to play musical instruments, translate foreign languages, sing and dance, and appreciate cultural relics... none of these are difficult for her, but skinning a rabbit is not.

It took a long time for her to finish cooking the rabbit in a hurry. But Qin Minghui, a young lady who pays attention to style and quality of life, felt that it was too monotonous without any seasoning. She spent some time picking the unripe apples from the branches that 01 had broken off before, breaking them one by one, stuffing them into the rabbit's stomach, and spreading them on the rabbit's body.

"I hope you can become more delicious." Qin Minghui bowed devoutly to the peaceful apple rabbit on the stone, rubbed his hands, and couldn't wait to pull over the hand of 01 who was squatting next to him.

"01, it's up to you now. Don't use the laser cannon, don't use anything with particularly strong lethality, just spray a little fire, the temperature should be between 200 and 280 degrees, come, let's practice first."

Robot 01 had never heard of such a request before. But since the little lady said so, he would do it.

He may not be very flexible in other aspects, but he is the best in weapon attack. So soon, he met Qin Minghui's requirements.

"Yes, yes, that's right, 01, you are awesome." Qin Minghui moved one of 01's fingers and carefully aimed it at the rabbit placed on the stone.

"Okay, let's get started."

01The fingertip separated and turned into a cannon muzzle, then quickly shrank into a structure like a blowgun muzzle, with flames spewing out of it.

Qin Minghui roasted the hard-earned meat carefully and evenly by pushing and pulling the finger.

While grilling, Qin Minghui was a little distracted. She thought of her friend Ming Huang. If she were here, this would be a piece of cake for Ming Huang, and he would definitely not go through so much trouble. Besides, Ming Huang likes to eat and knows how to eat, so he can cook a hundred times better than her.

The aroma of the food brought her back to her senses. Qin Minghui wiped her eyes, thinking that her saliva had accidentally flowed out of her eyes.

It was her first time and she had no experience, so the food she made didn’t taste good, not to mention there was no salt, but she finally got to eat something.

After dinner, she sat on a rock by the grass, pondering with a notebook in her box. She scribbled on the ground with a stick, squatting there for two hours, leaving the ground in a mess.

The text in the notebook was a special kind of writing, which had many similar strokes to the strange symbols on the control panel of Robot 01. Based on the symbols on the panel, Qin Minghui guessed the meaning of some of the words, and then based on the different meanings of these words, he pondered the contents of the notebook.

This should be a work notebook.

Qin Minghui encountered a problem with the text, so he put it aside for the time being, picked up the Rubik's Cube, and carefully grinded off the painted paint on it.

The Rubik's Cube with the outer layer of paint worn off was a silver-gray whole, with 7749 grids on each side, which was a 7th-order Rubik's Cube. Ordinary people might find it difficult, but Qin Minghui had played with a 15th-order Rubik's Cube, so a 7th-order Rubik's Cube was nothing to her.

The difficulty of this Rubik's Cube lies in the fact that you have to play not only the Rubik's Cube, but also the jigsaw puzzle. The different tiny lines on each grid are scrambled, and if you want to know what it can be assembled into, you need countless attempts.

Qin Minghui could easily immerse herself in whatever she was doing. She kept twisting the Rubik's Cube. When she was handling the rabbit before, her hands were as slow as plastic prosthetic hands, but now they were as fast as a shadow.

Before it got dark again, Qin Minghui stopped. In her hand, a Rubik's Cube with a perfect six-sided pattern was shining in the sunset.

Qin Minghui put her hands, which were trembling and red from exerting too much force, to her mouth and blew air into them, her eyes fixed on the pattern on the Rubik's Cube.

Mountains, rivers... those are several maps connected together.

Treasure map

As the sky darkened, the wind in the wilderness began to howl again. Qin Minghui became scared again and hurried back into the body of robot 01, not daring to stay outside any longer.

[01, Once I decipher these words and thoroughly understand your interface, I will open more modules for you. Otherwise, you can only watch while I work, which is too boring.]

[Okay, little lady. But what is boredom?]

Qin Minghui was stunned and scratched his face.

[It's... something you don't understand, but it exists?]

[Little Miss, 01 doesn't understand.]

Qin Minghui sometimes feels that 01 is not smart, and sometimes feels that his reactions are very smart, like a child who is just starting to learn.

[Humans usually get bored if they watch another person doing their own thing for an entire afternoon.]

[But, little lady, I am not human.]

[Ah, I know. But I'm the kind of person who easily puts myself in other people's shoes. I just thought that if I were you, I would definitely be bored, so I said that.]

[Miss, I don't have a "I feel".]

[It’s okay. Once I open the emotional module for you, you’ll understand.]

[Little Miss, why do you have to explain something I don’t understand now.]

[Because speaking doesn’t have to have a purpose, I just want to talk to you, and there’s no one else here who can talk to me.]

[I understand, little miss.]

Qin Minghui found it interesting and asked curiously:

[Do you understand? Do you understand my explanation? Then will you store my answer and analyze my words to generate new conversation patterns?]

[Yes, little miss, I just did that.]

Qin Minghui smiled, feeling relieved by his silly answer.

[01, let's switch, you explain to me, what do you understand? ]

[Miss, 01 understands. When Miss is working, 01 on standby should be bored.]

Qin Minghui blinked and covered her face with her hands while laughing, so as not to laugh too wildly and have problems managing her facial expressions.

[Hahaha… Ha… Hey, you are right. Is there anything else? What else did you understand?]

[Miss, 01 understands, but I don’t like the red light in 01’s eyes.]

"No, I don't dislike it, it's just not suitable for lighting." Qin Minghui muttered.

[Okay, little lady, I have updated this question. Continuing to answer the previous question, 01 also understands that you have to use your hands to catch rabbits, not cannons.]

Qin Minghui couldn't help laughing and held on to the pure white wall.

"01, did you really not open the study module? I think you have achieved good results today."

[Ding—Rescan, scan results, learning module is disabled.]

[Okay. And what else do you understand?] Qin Minghui asked.

01 was stuck for a while, and then it ran very slowly and replied:

[Miss, 01 also understands, roast the rabbit, use 200 degrees fire.]

Qin Minghui covered her mouth and laughed silently for another three minutes.

[01, Why do you always call me "Little Miss" every time you speak?]

[Yes, young lady, it's polite.]

[Because your program is written like this? It sounds like your "parents", that is, your creator, have an influence on you. Just like human beings, parents tell their children to be polite since childhood, and you have been taught well.]

Qin Minghui likes this analogy. She has been a romantic child since she was young. She likes all romantic things by nature and never hesitates to use beauty to imagine everything. This is probably the trait of a child who grows up in love.

This rambling, aimless chat went on for a long time. Surprisingly, Qin Minghui never felt bored. She felt that she could often hear unexpected answers from 01, which was a novel feeling. She knew that she was not talking to another human being, but seemed to be talking to another different life.

Qin Minghui lay on 01's chest, where she was protected from the cold wind. 01 walked in the thick night in the wilderness, exploring forward without stopping.

"Thank you, 01. If it weren't for you, I would definitely be scared coming here alone." Qin Minghui said before falling asleep.

[You're welcome, little miss.]

Robot 01 walked up the hillside with steady steps, so that the sleeping Qin Minghui did not feel any bumps.

He would not "feel" the cold, nor would he be "afraid" of the darkness. He only remembered the instructions Qin Minghui gave him before going to bed.

She wanted to find a village or city where humans lived.

After walking all night, when Robot 01 saw several houses in the distance, he stopped and waited quietly.

Qin Minghui opened her eyes and saw thick white fog outside.

[01, Where are we?]

[We're a few houses down, little miss.]

Qin Minghui rubbed his eyes and got up, leaning against the wall and looking out. Sure enough, after the white mist around him dissipated, he could see several houses in the valley in the distance. The houses built with stones and mud looked very simple, but at least there were people, and people had food.

The early morning sun shines on the houses, making everything look fresh, clean and full of country flavor.

01's hand had been raised to his feet, and Qin Minghui stepped on his palm and came to the ground.

[01, I want to go over there and take a look.]

[Yes, little miss.]

[But if I bring you along, they'll be scared and might even run away, and we won't be able to communicate. So, can you please stay here and hide for a while?]

[Okay, little miss, I will be here to protect you.]

The range of the laser cannons and various cannons in his body can completely cover the valley over there.

01After saying this, Qin Minghui felt safe and at peace.

She pulled her clothes which were a little too short and said, "I'll go then. I'll be back soon. Please wait for me here for a while."

Although 01 is a robot, Qin Minghui always feels embarrassed to leave him here alone.

[Okay, little miss, 01 is waiting for you.]

01It was still the same voice and answer, which sounded inexplicably obedient.

Qin Minghui walked towards the house at the foot of the hill. Halfway through, she looked back and saw 01 squatting behind the hillside as she had said, with only his head showing out of his huge body, as if he was playing hide-and-seek.

Qin Minghui smiled at him.

She walked to the nearest yard. The house was quiet and the door was closed, probably no one was there. She looked at the second house, which had no gate, and the door was also half open.

Qin Minghui walked over, stood in the yard and asked, "Is anyone there?"

The door moved, and a hand stretched out from the half-open door. Qin Minghui saw that the flesh on the hand was festering, revealing red fascia, and white maggots were crawling on it.

In the blink of an eye, a bloody and festering human body crawled out of the door in a twisted posture.

It's a blood-sucking worm! People infected with blood-sucking worms will attack humans. This one is obviously dead and has completely turned into a blood-sucking worm.

Qin Minghui almost screamed, covered her mouth and turned back.

However, the presence of one blood-sucking worm meant that all the people nearby were infected. When she ran out of the yard, she found several blood-sucking worms crawling out from several other houses.

These festering, foul-smelling bodies no longer resembled human beings, and they twisted on the ground and crawled towards her.

“Sizzle—”

There was a burst of strong light, and Qin Minghui subconsciously closed her eyes and stopped where she was.

The two blood-sucking insects blocking her way turned into ashes in the light along with the grass debris on the ground.

One after another strong light shot out from the distance, and the several blood-sucking insects chasing after her were also burned to ashes.

Qin Minghui felt the scorching air around her lift up the hem of her clothes.

When she opened her eyes again, there were burn marks all around her, and not a single blood-sucking worm was left.