degradation

"Cheri... what..."

Dino silently read 24's name, oh no, it should be Cheri's name now.

"Ah, so when Senior Chery called me, was it because of you?"

"It's very similar. At that time, the program about the past was still overwritten, but the overlay program has gradually declined, so I will react to the name Cheri, although the memory about the past has not been fully restored at that time." 24, ah, no, Cheri , wiggled his fingers a few times and then sat back and looked at Dino, "But now my overlay program has completely disappeared, I have all remembered."

Dino nodded, for some reason, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy.He didn't want Cheri to know much about how he came to him a long time ago, because he was afraid that Cheri would choose to self-destruct after knowing that he was a machine that shouldn't exist.But now that Cheri has self-awareness, it is obvious that he may not continue to follow the instructions of the evolution center, but why does he still feel a little bit inexplicable about Cheri's full awakening?

Everything seems to have changed a bit, not that Cheri has changed, but...

Let’s take this name for example, Dino sat on the sofa with his head down and thought silently, he can’t call it 24 anymore, although it wasn’t a name he thought of, but it was him after all, right?This suddenly became Cheri, which was given by 24's original owner.In other words, it depends on the existence of 24's father in others, or he has to think about finding a lawyer to file a lawsuit now, to fight for the ownership of 24 or something, ahem.And the most amazing thing is that 24 remembers everything, he remembers everything before he met Dino, it's not like other robots whose memory is wiped out is brand new and welcomes a new owner to a new life, now 24 remembers everything Awakened, what if...he doesn't want to be with him anymore... After all, his "father" is still alive, and he was forced to send 24 away at the beginning, but now he's coming to him again, and he's going to be taken away by 24 But what!manage!ah? !

Could it be that the reason why I always wanted to leave before 24? ? ?Want to find his original owner?his father?

Then what is he? !

In 24's heart...ah, he has no heart, so what is he in 24's center? !

Dino pursed his lips, completely unaware that his complexion had turned dark and frighteningly cold, and he picked up a pack of cigarettes on the table, popped one out neatly, stuffed it into his mouth, lit it, and took a few deep breaths. I feel that the next second in the movie should be the plot of throwing cigarettes on the ground and then fighting with knives.

"Dino?" Professor Owen called Dino twice, "Looking at you like this, you should also realize that the current situation is not good, right?"

"It's really bad."

Dino nodded, with a cold face but quite agreeable, as expected of a professor, he just understands my heart.

"So, Cheri's current situation is really dangerous, you still hand him over to me, and I will send him away."

"Enen, yes...no, no, no, what?" Dino was overwhelmed and excited, and even brought out his local accent, "Professor, why do you want me to cough cough cough...give 24 to You send him away? Cough cough cough..."

Dino choked on the smoke, 24 leaned over and patted him on the back cautiously.

"Ah, why not? And this matter still needs your help."

"No, no, no, I don't quite understand." Dino looked at Professor Owen, and put a hand on 24's leg naturally, "Please tell me what's going on?"

Professor Owen glanced at Dino's hand on 24's lap indiscriminately, and then looked at Dino who was looking at him seriously. This kind of unconscious behavior is really...

Well, Professor Owen does not understand that human desires will ignite all kinds of things, for example, robots were originally created to help humans solve and deal with problems, just like computers.But there are all kinds of people who have all kinds of abnormal expectations and things on them because of their human-like appearance and their almost perfect imitation ability, such as being lonely. sustenance, such as as a vent for desire.

Especially for the sake of making money and profit, today's robots have all kinds of functions. In a sense, for different people, intelligent robots are almost reduced to playthings.

If it weren't for the fact that the person sitting across from him was Dino, a student he knew very well, Professor Owen would have taken Cheri away long ago. How could he allow this child who he had watched "grow up" from birth to be treated like that? treatment.

But he knew Dino well. Although he once suspected that he didn't see what kind of person his student was when he was clear about the relationship between the two, but judging from the many details of Dino's treatment of Cheri, I am afraid that Cheri's meaning to Dino is not at all. So common.

He remembered again, the two people in the video took out the things they bought from the car, Dino with his arms around Cheri's shoulders was carrying two bags, and Cheri beside him had nothing in his hands, it was not like an ordinary owner How to deal with robots.

He couldn't be...in love with Cheri.

If this is the case, Professor Owen sighed in his heart, and began to feel sorry for his students again.

How helpless it is to fall in love with a robot. After all, even if Cheri has self-awareness, she may not necessarily have feelings.

As for the two people in this situation, what should they do to minimize the damage...

"professor?"

"Ah? Well, it's like this," Professor Owen pushed his glasses, put away his thoughts and faced the business, "Cheri's current situation is very dangerous, I think you have noticed that Evolution has a lot of A country recently Someone sent here?"

Dino's eyelids jumped again when he heard this.

Sure enough, they did come for 24.

In fact, who leaked the news is actually not important today.Such things as commercial espionage have existed everywhere from ancient times to the present, not to mention that the situation of 24 has been brought to the smart court. No matter how tightly the information was blocked at that time, I am afraid that it would not be able to prevent someone from knowing about it.

"Actually, country A has always known about Cheri's existence, but they didn't have time to get Cheri, and the smart court had already pronounced a sentence and quickly destroyed it. But they didn't stop tracking down the information and materials about Cheri's research, and they were Because of this, in the second year after Cheri was destroyed, that is, seven years ago, Evolution decided to use the excuse of technical problems to recycle all the robots of the first-generation model and destroy everything about the first-generation model. On the one hand, it was to prevent country A from continuing to Searching for relevant data of strong artificial intelligence robots, on the other hand, is also worried that the first-generation model will evolve again, or what they think degenerates, and a second Cheri will appear again."

Dino frowned, "Then why does country A continue to do so?"

"It's just that I haven't given up, and I don't know why. Recently, there have been rumors that Cheri is still alive. Mr. D has been controlled by country A for so many years, in order to get some data about strong artificial intelligence from him. , "Professor Owen smiled again after finishing speaking, "Actually, there are some good data. There is no research on why Cheri appeared, and there is nothing to study at all. He just appeared, evolved, and degenerated. I don’t know if there will be another Cheri in robots in the future, and no one knows what Cheri will look like if it continues to exist like this. When he was destroyed, he only had self-awareness for a short time, and then he was sent away and entered a long sleep.”

Professor Owen looked at Cheri kindly, and Cheri tilted her head obediently.

"It's not surprising that such rumors, after all, people believed in the nonsense that Elvis Presley was still alive back then, but of course Country A would not let go of such an excuse to continue to enter Evolution to steal some information about the first generation. Originally, we Don't worry, Mr. D also discussed with me when he had a secret contact with me, and wanted to take this opportunity to find out about Cheri's whereabouts." Professor Owen looked at Dino, "That's why I was originally busy at the exhibition. I wanted to discuss it with you, but nothing happened later, because I wanted the whereabouts of the "third-generation packing box" that you helped me find, but I found that it had already been found."

Dino looked at 24 beside him, and 24 whispered to him, "At that time, I saw the professor wanted to leave, because I lost my memory at that time, and I'm not sure if the professor is safe for me."

"But it's really not safe now," Professor Owen continued, "Because we didn't expect Cheri to stay within the range of Evolution, so we hope to get Cheri out of here as soon as possible, wherever you want, but we can't stay any longer. Here, once he is discovered, no matter whether it is Country A or Evolution, he will end badly."

Dino fell silent when he heard the words. To be honest, he really didn't expect that 24 would risk such a big risk by staying by his side.It never occurred to him that 24 did not become self-aware after meeting him at all, it turned out that he had been like this for a long time, and it turned out that he had been sentenced to be destroyed.

Well, this is not the same as I thought for a long time that 24 should be protected well. I thought 24 was just the first generation that was to be destroyed because it was outdated, so I secretly kept it as a collection according to Lucas. Ok nothing.But he didn't expect that he had to be destroyed. It seemed that this world couldn't accommodate him at all.

So in fact, 24 was able to vaguely perceive the danger a long time ago even though he had lost his memory, right?Especially during the long awakening process, little by little, I recalled many fragments of the past in my mind, and realized bit by bit that I should have disappeared, and then I became confused and confused bit by bit. with.

That's why the first reaction when you are found to be abnormal is not to dare to approach Dino, right?

That's why you always stare at the sky in a daze, right?

That's why you have been hesitating whether to leave here, right?

That's why I nestled in Dino's arms and stretched out my palms to the light and asked him in a low voice, "Dino, what am I?"

But Dino ordered him not to leave, even if he risked "death", he would not disobey his order.

Dino took a deep breath, this time, he didn't think about his professor in front of him.

He gently held 24's hands on both sides of his body, and looked at him silently.

Should he really...let him go?