Little Robot on the Run

Ready to go to town.

The mechanical beetle walked in the desert for three days and nights.

Didn't have any vegetation, and didn't meet other humans.

In addition to the huge rocks, all you can see are garbage dumps and burnt dry grass.But how to say, although the scenery is the same every day, Nan'an can always find a little fun for self-entertainment.

Like counting stars.

Sometimes at night, listening to Jill's snoring, Nan'an would quietly poke his head out of the sleeping bag, peel off the quilt a few times, and try to stretch his neck to look out the window——

What I saw was the endless desert and the vast night.

So Nan'an looked into the distance, counted on his fingers under the quilt, and shook his head to name the stars—for example, the blue and white points are called Uncle Stars.The one connected together like a centaur is called Mr. Sagittarius, and the red point in the distance is called Miss Sun.

But this kind of fun slowly disappeared as they approached the city.

In the end, the clouds in the sky became more and more thick, and finally not even a single star could be seen.

Nan'an's mood became depressed.

Even the cookies that must be eaten every day are not delicious.

He sat on a small cabinet with his mouth pouted, dangling his legs, and looked at the screen directly in front of him boredly.On the square radar machine, the green scanning layer is spreading out in circles, outlining a dense shadow area——

According to Jill, this is an artificial forest.

They surround every city in the rose area, and become the oxygen-supplying area outside the human cities.And planted inside are all kinds of shrubs, bushes and trees, which produce oxygen and are connected to the base through huge air ducts.

It happened to be evening when they reached the rainforest.

The clouds in the wild were replaced by tall steel roofs, like the shell of a monster, and the humid breath of the artificial rainforest rushed over.

The mechanical beetle drove to a bush.

"Let's rest here for one night first, and set off tomorrow morning." Jill opened the door of the cabin, and dragged out a foldable tent from the side. "This is Section 32. People who come back from the desert can stay overnight."

Nan'an followed Jill and got out of the car.

He saw many mechanical beetles parked in the distance, like small round yurts hidden in the bushes, one every tens of meters.

At night, Jill pried open the Instant Food cans with a knife and dropped the jelly beans into the skillet.

Accompanied by the aroma of hot beans, Nan An played with the mechanical fireflies in the grass beside him for a while.He took the extra net bag from the tent and ran after the fireflies for a while.

In this rainforest, everything is artificial. Fireflies have an aluminum alloy shell and warm yellow LED lights, which light up once every few seconds.The stream originates from the water tank at the top of the canopy, and even the leaves are artificially made. Every vein and root tip is covered with thin and long wires.

Just as Nan'an's fingertips touched the firefly's electronic chip, a faint light came on.

is the firefly's response.

"Are you... a robot too?"

Nan'an nodded immediately.

"Then... what are you doing in the human city...?"

Nan An tilted his head and replied, "Looking for something to eat."

The fireflies didn't speak any more, they circled him several times. Finally, when Nan'an stretched out his hand and closed his palms together, dots of fireflies got into his fingers.

So Nan'an has a new friend.

Call it Mr. Naughty Firefly.

How should I put it, from the day Nan'an was born, he liked to call others, including the researchers at the Kepler base, who were all nicknamed by him.

Until now, Nan'an still remembers a researcher with a hunched back. Even though he only saw the back, it doesn't prevent him from calling him the hunched grandfather.

Just as Nan'an was communicating with the fireflies, Jill's voice came from the other side of the grass——

"Where are you, Nan'an? Dinner is ready!"

This is their last meal before their arrival.

——Hot white flour pancakes and beans stewed with tomato.

According to Jill, in this era of human society, many people do not have the pursuit of food. For convenience, they will choose to eat instant canned food, which is also easy to store.

But for this lump of sticky stuff, Nan'an just ate it once, and he shook his head like a rattle.

I'm really not interested.

No one stipulates that robots cannot be picky eaters.

So he only scooped up a small spoon, not to waste food, and at the same time to not make Jill sad - a little robot who strives to understand human emotions.

At this time, he was holding an iron bowl in both hands, and sat quietly opposite Jill, watching him gobble it up.

"It's about ten kilometers away from the four cities of Roses." Jill buried her head in the bowl and stuffed her mouth with beans in tomato sauce, "Go along the road, go through two bends, and climb a slope .”

"How long will it take?"

"Well...about half a day."

Nan'an nodded, looking like a scholar, Jill scooped up the beans with an iron spoon and took a small bite.

At this time, the mechanical beetle was lying under the woods not far away, with its legs stretched out, holding a large electric box and charging it. Nanan was eating beans, and looked up from time to time, as if he was curious about something.

Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What is this?"

Jill didn't respond: "Huh?"

Nan'an pointed his finger: "Is there something stuffed in the metal sheet on the beetle's back?"

When I first met Jill, Nan'an noticed a raised area above the beetle, and a silver smart lock was hung on it.

"Oh, you said this." Jill said, "It contains things from the research institute, let me take it there."

Nan'an nodded.

He knew that Jill usually worked as a delivery boy in the city.

According to the understanding of a little robot, Nan'an knows that in human society, everyone needs to put in a little effort to earn money, and then buy delicious cookies and nutrient solution.

"Before we met you, we went to the second city of Rose once, and then we will send this to the research institute in the fourth city..." Looking at the handsome and delicate young man in front of him, Jill paused for a few seconds, and said to Nan'an mysteriously, "I heard it is a major secret of the base."

Nan An blinked, with a look of disbelief.

"Do you want to hear the secret?" Jill asked.

So Nan'an opened his eyes wide and moved closer.

Jill lowered her voice: "That's..."

Nan An frowned.

Looking at each other for a few seconds, Jill reached out and squeezed his little face: "You are too easy to deceive."

Nan'an: "?"

"We have industry standards, and we can't easily disclose customer information." Jill lay back with her legs crossed, and said a few times, "We will deliver the things first after we enter the city, and they require delivery at six o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

Nan'an listened and said nothing.

Angry.

Jill glanced at Nan'an, who was pouting angrily, and had no choice but to take out two biscuits from his pocket and stuff them into his little hands: "I didn't mean it, I just said it for fun."

After all, this is the first time I have seen such a defenseless human Jill, so innocent and cute.

Hearing this, Nan'an didn't answer. He looked at the two big cookies in his hand, and after a long while, reluctantly lowered his head and took a bite.

——Crispy, still the same.

So Nan An's frown was relaxed.

He took another bite and was instantly coaxed, returning his attention to the biscuit.

Nan'an is not a little robot holding grudges.

For Mr. Biscuit's sake, he decided to forget about Jill teasing him for a while.

"Okay, don't be angry," Jill said, "but I didn't completely lie to you this time, the package didn't even have the name of the item."

Nan'an was gnawing on the biscuits, and upon hearing this, a sentence popped out of his mouth full of cookies: "Is that what the research institute asked for?"

Jill said "hmm".

"When it was given to me, it was said that it was for the study of chip infection, and it must be sent to Dr. Lin of our Four Cities Research Institute."

"Dr. Lin?"

"Yes, he is in charge of chip mutation and robot research." Jill shrugged, "As for what's inside...maybe only the research institute knows." Nan'an hugged the biscuit and nodded.

"In the cities in the rose area, there are only a few types of mechanization allowed. Arms like mine and robotic palms are considered one type." Jill pulled out a piece of dogtail grass made of wires, and said while flicking, "and formulate This kind of restriction is that Dr. Lin of the Fourth Research Institute, if there is any special mutation in the chip, they will rush to the scene as soon as possible."

Nan'an thought of the investigation team mentioned in the previous broadcast.

Now it seems that it should be sent by the Fourth Research Institute.

But it has nothing to do with his little robot.

He just cooks with Jill and runs away as soon as he finds the nutrient solution, without any great ambitions.

The tasks that the Kepler base asked him to complete had nothing to do with him.

It is a small robot with a clear goal.

In the early morning of the next day, accompanied by the chirping of the mechanical bird, three drops of water appeared on each electronic leaf on time at eight o'clock, along the veins of the wires, and fell to the ground.

When a ray of artificially controlled light shone in, Nan An stretched lazily, turned over from his sleeping bag and got up.

Today is the day when they enter the city. For Nan'an, everything is novel.He watched Jill hunched over the console driving the Beetle while helping to bake the cookies.

At this time, they were still driving in the artificial rainforest, the sky was still covered by a huge roof, and there was no star in sight.

As the city approached, a square area appeared on the radar screen.

A corner of the reinforced concrete city is exposed.Nan An pressed his face to the window curiously, and looked out through the unique mist of the artificial rainforest——

It was a silver metal wall.

It has an icy luster, and four roses are engraved on it, blooming side by side.In the lower part, cameras full of infrared rays are lined up, as if on patrol, to ensure the safety of residents.

Jill jumped out of the car, led the mechanical beetle, and parked in the armored yard outside the rainforest.

Nan An followed behind him, watching him take out a metal box from the back of the beetle and stuff it into the big backpack.

The entrance to the city is divided into two passages, one is the rose mark and the other is the silver bell.As residents of the Rose City, they will enter through the Rose Passage.

Nan'an looked at the empty silver bell passage beside him. A long rusty chain hung at the entrance, as if it had been abandoned for a long time, and there was no one in line at all.

There were not many people in the waiting area, so Nan An followed Jill around a few turns and walked towards the gate.

Unlike the Kepler base, holographic images of electrons are projected on the walls of the waiting area. In addition, there are transparent cyborgs who twist their bodies or hold things for sale—some sell electronic cards, There were also promotions for implantable chips, all kinds of which dazzled him.

Human society is really amazing, Nan'an thought.

He looked all the way to the last four turnstiles that entered the city.Two sentry robots stood at the entrance, one on the left and one on the right, guiding people into four directions.Behind them, there is a long operating table covered with official seals and red mud.And police officers in gray uniforms are sitting behind the glass, confirming the identity of residents.

The police officer waved his palm to signal Nan'an and Jill to come forward.

He bent his silver mechanical fingertips, nimbly tapped a few times on the electronic screen, and said, "Please show me your ID, thank you for your cooperation."

"I live in Luoshan District." Jill scratched her head, took out a magnetic card and handed it to the police officer, "The address is Room 15, No. 701, Luoshan Street."

The officer swiped the card.

"Identity number 41035256?"

"Correct."

The police officer nodded, recorded Jill's ID and the time he entered the city, and then swiped the magnetic card at the scanning machine.A sweet robotic female voice sounded immediately——

"ID41035256, Jill."

"The current time is 36:10 p.m., and the outing time is seven days, five hours, two and [-] minutes. Welcome home."

As the voice fell, Jill took the magnetic card and strode into the security scanner.The blue and green inspection light swept across in front of him, causing Nan An to blink.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Jill and the police officer staring at him, and then he realized it.

--Oops.

He completely forgot about the lack of human magnetic cards.

It's over.

The author says:

Little confused.

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!