Robot K

Life seems to go back to the past. Hailey and Kristen spend every day peacefully, studying, working, cooking, cleaning, tidying the yard, basking in the sun, and sitting on the steps of the door to watch the sunset together.

Gradually, Hailey almost forgot that Kristen is a robot. Her beautiful appearance, considerate care, and tacit companionship, she is the person who knows herself best, the person who is always by her side, and the indispensable person in her life.

She thought, life has always been like this, it's good.

Until one day, my father contacted her.Let her understand that some changes happen after all.

Dad told her that the base was able to recognize Kristen's intelligence level, so the freedom he and the base fought for, Kristen's freedom to leave the base and live outside, came at a price.That is Kristen's hole card as the base, a tool for playing games with the government, and at the same time, a tool for restricting Caesar when necessary.The base wouldn't use Kristen when they didn't need it, and now, obviously, the base needed it.

Hailey was silent, her faint worry finally became a reality, rushing to her eyes in an instant.Looking at the apologetic father opposite, she understood that it was a dilemma at the beginning.If it weren't for such conditions, I'm afraid the base would never allow Kristen to walk out of there freely and live like she is now.

Now, if you go against the requirements of the base, there is still a way to control a non-attacking super artificial intelligence with the strength of the base, and in this way, father, mother, and Caesar will face a difficult choice, either stand on their opposite side, or, The whole family was dragged into this extremely dangerous vortex together.

"Dad, what do we need to do now?" Hailey looked up and asked calmly.

"Hailey, I know this is difficult for you, but telling Kristen through you may be the most acceptable way for her. We have no choice but to find a balance between freedom and safety. The solution." Dad explained with difficulty on the opposite side.

"Dad, I understand, I will discuss it with her. Tell me what the base is asking us to do now?" Hailey can understand this, but she still can't help feeling distressed, she doesn't want to entangle with her father on this matter What, I just want to know the requirements of the base as soon as possible, and then go to Kristen, who is still on the way to buy food for himself.

Dad was silent for a while, looking at the serious and calm Hailey opposite, he suddenly felt that he didn't understand this daughter anymore.In her impression, she was still the little girl who could act like a baby, be naughty, like to laugh, and also cry. He thought Hailey would argue with him and struggle to refuse.However, she seems to have accepted the reality in an instant, and she has grown up after all, even though it requires a price.

Dad told her about this mission, a small town on the southeast coast with a population of tens of thousands, since the end of the catastrophe, there has been no robot feedback.The base sent several batches of robots to check, but they all disappeared without a trace. Satellite monitoring can only see that the traces of life in the area are normal, and will be blocked when further observations are made.

The base finally sent two people there, and the humans entered the town easily without any obstacles, but they didn't find anything either.Because there are no robots here, and there are not so many monitoring devices, and the people there seem to be used to it, living as usual.

They wanted to find out why there were no robots here, but no one told them. When they wanted to inquire further, they found that they were being watched by humans in the town, and finally they were politely sent out of the town.

At this time, it is no longer a problem that a scientific research institution can solve. The base has also vaguely mentioned this matter to the official, but there is no answer.In short, it has become a robot vacuum.

Now with Kristen, there is a silver lining to the problem. Kristen can enter the town as a human being, which cannot be detected by any current detection equipment.And she has the observation and judgment ability that completely crushes human beings, so it is very possible to find out the reason why the robot disappeared here.

"Hailey, in order to avoid being discovered, Kristent will not have other support, only herself." Dad finally added a more difficult sentence.

"Caesar can't do it either?"

"Caesar can only provide information support. As you know, our identities are not suitable for leaving the base." Dad said as tactfully as possible, but he also knew that his explanation was weak.

"Okay, I got it, we'll make a good plan, and send the town's information to my optical brain." Hailey was as calm as before, without resentment or rejection.

"Hailey" Dad called her, then looked at her hesitantly, "Do you want to go with Kristen?"

Hailey smiled slowly. She looked at her father opposite, and said, "From the moment I brought her back, I told myself that I would never let her leave alone again. For such a thing, one time is enough."

The people on both sides of the video were silent. After a while, Dad said sadly: "Hailey, I'm sorry. You two take good care of yourselves. If there is any danger, come back and we will solve it together."

"Dad, it's not your fault, it's not anyone's fault, it's just a problem we need to face. Don't worry, we will deal with it and take good care of each other." Hailey replied with a smile.

After finishing the communication, Hailey sat in his studio, looking at the screens around him, and suddenly wanted to smash them all.She felt that she was about to suffocate, so she went downstairs and came to the yard, looking at the crabapple trees, sunflowers, and Strelitzia japonicas that had not bloomed, she took a deep breath and slowly Quiet.

The familiar sound of off-road vehicles came from the slope, getting closer and closer.

Hailey stood up, looked towards the door, waited for the man to come in, then smiled and said to herself, I'm back.

Yes, the two of them are each other's most reliable support. No matter what kind of troubles or even dangers they will encounter in the future, she will never let her leave alone.