Little Robot on the Run

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Nan'an's eyes fell on the computer screen.

Accompanied by the sound of the chip running, three square text boxes and a few pictures appeared on the small screen——Nan An looked at it for a while, and recognized a conceptual map of the city and a date.

View of the city in October 2252.

Nan'an opened his eyes wide.

He had never seen a city like it.

With curiosity, he tried to click the generate button on the right.In an instant, a virtual, holographic image was projected from the screen, and appeared on the desktop on the right side of the keyboard through the infrared rays of the computer——

It was a huge mushroom-shaped model. On the top, four or five silver mushroom caps took up most of the space, covering the city buildings below.

Looking down, Nan'an saw the position of the stipe, surrounded by a circle of platforms, they staggered up and down, there were hundreds of them, with a halo of light, shooting downwards in circles.

The whole city is shrouded in white.

Going down to the last third of the stalk, it is a low flat slope with buildings, brick houses, and staggered suspension bridges to connect each umbrella stalk. They are irregular, like parasitic A kind of reptile grew on this silver mycelium - this reminded Nan'an of the scene of a water dragon pond.

At this moment, Nan'an heard the voice of a kind old man.

"This is the city after the apocalypse."

"After human beings were attacked by robots, they first chose to build such a base. Ten years after the robots launched the attack, the city was rebuilt. This form can provide shelter for humans at that time, and it can also stabilize subsequent technological development. .”

"In the uppermost mushroom cap, there are more than 30 processing systems. They store and transform resources to provide human beings with corresponding water energy and electric energy. As for the remaining canopy, they provide corresponding shelter space. Every day , Infrared searchlights will be scanned and screened by robots to prevent similar tragedies from happening again."

"At the moment when resources are scarce, human beings are united, there are no factions, there is no civil war, but the development of science and technology is stagnant. Scientists are looking for the next breakthrough, hoping to find more development possibilities within limited resources."

So Nan'an went down.

In the next hologram, the cap is gone.

Those huge bacterium rods extend upwards and have more platforms, which are connected by corridor bridges.The surrounding light curtains did not disappear, and were very bright. Nan'an found that the human settlements extended from the fungus to the open space, and there were simple towns and streets.

"2280, the human base."

"The city in the post-apocalypse era, more than 40 years after being attacked by robots, humans have accelerated the pace of reconstruction. They dismantled the mushrooms and rebuilt a unique resource system. At the same time, the development of technology created a New heights."

"At the same time, human beings finally have the ability to recover the reactionary robots under the zeroth law at that time. They were stored in the platform next to the fungus, decomposed, and split into parts according to their parts. At the same time, for further research, human beings were divided into two department, marked by roses and silver bells."

"Rose mainly recovers the robot's arms and body, while Yinling is responsible for recovering chips, drives, and brains."

Nan'an frowned slightly.

——It seems that this is the embryonic form of roses and silver bells.

Obviously, Nan'an discovered that in the Rose department, research is based on the surface, while Yinling goes much deeper. From this point of view, the chips and brains that Yinling touches are indeed in danger of getting out of control.

So Nan'an continued to click down.

With his head propped up, he was very focused, and with a tap of his fingertips, he jumped to 2340—30 years from now.

In the holographic projection, all this disappeared.

Nan'an couldn't trace any traces. All traces of buildings on this piece of land have been erased. The only thing that can be seen is the human city.

They are distributed on the flat ground, rising from the ground, almost the same as now.

Nan'an doesn't know why, every ten years, human beings can rebuild a brand new base.

For the Kepler base, which has not changed for a long time, this is indeed amazing.

Nan An stared at it for a while, stretched out his hand, and clicked on a city on the right—according to the current situation, it is a silver bell city on the southeast side of the Four Rose City where they are located.

The image pops up.

Nan An opened his eyes slightly.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came: "What are you doing?"

Nan'an trembled, subconsciously turned her head, and met those silver eyes directly.

"It's nothing." Nan'an quickly closed the computer.

Lin Ze's eyes stayed on the fading holographic image.

Nan'an looked at him, and touched the bracelet a little awkwardly—wondering whether the behavior just now aroused his suspicion.

But Lin Ze just looked at him, Nan An never understood the emotions behind those silver pupils.

"After dinner, come with me to school." He said, "The cubs that were evacuated before, except for the ones picked up by their parents, are placed here."

Nan'an nodded obediently: "Okay."

He hadn't seen the cubs for a long time, maybe the school here could still eat biscuits and candies, after all, it was a temporary resettlement place, and it wasn't that formal.

In an instant, Nan'an's eyes lit up.

"Can you?" He asked without thinking.

Lin Ze glanced at him and asked back, "What do you think?" "It's really not good." Nan An pouted aggrievedly.

Lin Ze: "No."

Nan'an: "qwq."

So Nan'an had no choice but to stuff "The Little Prince" into his backpack.

By the way, biting a small handkerchief, bid farewell to candy and cookies with tears.

While installing the computer, he turned his head and looked at Lin Ze who was sitting on the other side of the room. He watched for a while, until the other party's eyes fell, and he whispered: "Thank you."

"No thanks." Lin Ze said lightly, "The teachers in the school must be equipped with computers, and they are all equipped with a unified configuration."

Nan'an: "..."

Still so stubborn.

He didn't say anything more, after sorting the candy and biscuits into the drawer, he kept the night light given by Lin Ze, and then followed the big villain.

They took the shuttle bus from the residential area, which was a long railroad track, starting from Building 1 and driving round and round.

How should I put it, Nan'an feels that this residential area looks like a small city.

It seems that as long as you live in it, you can meet all your daily needs. Whether it is a school, a clinic, or a supermarket, they are all fully equipped.

"This is the new planning area of ​​the base." Lin Ze seemed to know what Nan'an was thinking, "It will be used in the underground base later."

Nan'an: "Planning area?"

Lin Ze: "Yes, the base is being expanded to deal with the subsequent solar wind and ultraviolet rays."

"Then the current base..." Nan'an suddenly stopped talking, realizing that if he was a resident of Rose, he would not be so ignorant.So he changed the question: "Will there be any disadvantages?"

"Increase resource utilization." Lin Ze said, "The current underground base is only used for emergency avoidance, but the birth rate is increasing, and further development space is needed."

"Oh……"

Nan'an tilted his head and thought for a while, and finally came to the conclusion that the human beings on the ground should be full and had to move to the ground. It was nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the school.

When Nanan followed Lin Ze into the campus, the senior cubs were studying late, while the low grade cubs were sleeping.

According to common sense, cubs in this period of time need to rest.

But for the senior cubs, they will soon face the first selection test, and only if they pass can they continue to study here, waiting for the base selection a year later.

So Nan'an saw a lot of electronic test papers with annotations.

They are stacked one by one, but with an electronic screen, as thin as a cicada's wing-recording the question type, error rate, and knowledge points that need attention.

The rest without annotations are put aside.

Nan'an saw that the robot was correcting rapidly and recording it on the computer at the same time.

"Mr. Robot." Nan'an couldn't help but ask, "Is this the homework for the seniors today?"

"Not only... but also..." the robot said, "More than a dozen practice test papers... and..."

It pointed at the desk next to it.

Nan An looked along the line of sight——

A stack of exercise books taller than a person.

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He didn't know why the cubs had to read so many books, obviously the younger cubs didn't have much homework.He also didn't understand why he needed to read so many books to enter the base, and his head really wouldn't get dizzy.

In a daze, he heard Ellie's voice.

"This is a newly added chip model today." She said to Lin Ze, "It has a very high mutation rate."

Lin Ze: "It's hard work."

"Next, we will use the data to conduct all personnel investigations." Ellie sighed, "The situation is getting more and more difficult."

Lin Ze said nothing.

"Although we can prevent it in advance through statistical statistics, the current situation can't keep up with the speed of infection." Ellie looked at Lin Ze worriedly, "There used to be only a few cases a day, or a dozen cases, but now There are fifty or sixty cases a day, and it is even increasing. Including infection, it used to be just an injury, but now there is a probability that it will mutate along with it."

It's rare for Allie to say so much.

But Nan'an could hear that she was anxious, maybe there were too many infections recently, which made her feel powerless.

Listening to this, Nan An sniffled, his eyes flushed.

He wanted to hug Allie.

Just as he was saying goodbye to the robot correcting papers with radio waves, he heard Lin Ze ask: "The chip of CF926 is the chip of mechanical prosthetics?"

"Yes." Ellie clicked on the tablet and said, "The ten new chips added this time, the CF926 was launched ten years ago, and the sales peaked five years ago, with more than 200 people using it."

She paused, and then added, "The research institute has started tracking, and the list of personnel is expected to be released tomorrow."

Lin Ze nodded lightly.

Afterwards, Lin Ze and Ellie talked for a while, but Nan'an didn't hear anything, because he was called by Flo to the cub's classroom—they were sleeping, and all Nan'an needed to do was to put away the scattered toys and fairy tale books Gather it up and put it on the bookshelf.

When Nanan entered the classroom, the cubs were indeed fast asleep.

Blue-purple light came in from the window, shining on the immature faces.

Nan'an couldn't hold back, and looked at it for a while longer.

Humans have cute babies.

He also wants to take a small robot with him and raise mechanical cubs.

But the robot is constructed differently, and he feels that it is impossible to have a chance to have it.

Nan An cried.

After staring at it for a while, Nan'an tiptoed to tidy up.

He bent down, put the books that had fallen on the floor back on the shelf, and then picked up the toys—it seemed to take a lot more time than usual.

When the last book was put away, Nan'an raised his eyes and met Flo's eyes.

Then, he smiled gently and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

Nan An followed suit with a smile: "It's okay."

After all, it is a small robot working part-time, so it must have corresponding awareness.

"There were cubs fighting in the bathroom today." Flo said helplessly, "When I stopped them, there were many cubs around, still booing."

Nan'an: "Is anyone hurt?"

Flo: "About a dozen or so, all with skin trauma and slight damage to the prosthesis, all of which have been checked by the infirmary." Nan'an nodded.

He knew that here, like the society outside, there are also cubs equipped with mechanical arms. They may need to be equipped with corresponding prosthetics due to accidents or congenital reasons.

Nan'an thinks this is a good thing.

After all, after the installation, the cubs can grow up happily, just like after he installed the chip and smart brain.

So Nan'an didn't ask any more questions, but before leaving, Flo murmured, saying that the night was much more noisy than before, and the cubs looked very excited, and some even dropped a lot of toys at night——

Nan'an walked out of the classroom.

The wind at night was still a bit chilly, Nan An hissed softly, he pulled up the neckline, wishing he could bury his little face in it.

At this time, Lin Ze didn't know where he went. He looked around, but he didn't see it.

After looking at it for a while, Nan'an decided to give up looking for this human being, and it is more important to wrap a small blanket out of the classroom.

Thinking of this, he quietly went to the classroom again.

The cubs are still sleeping, and a few are even snoring.

Nan'an picked up the quilt on the empty bed, shook it left and right, and stabilized his center of gravity.

Then he moved out of the classroom step by step.And at this moment, something seemed to catch his attention——

One bed is empty.

Nan'an froze slightly.

He stretched his neck, poked his head out from behind the quilt, and saw that the name on the bed was Alina.

The cub that gave him The Little Prince.

So Nan'an wrapped up the quilt and began to look for Alina. He went all over the playground, classrooms, study rooms, and restaurants—and finally found this little figure in the information technology classroom.

"Why are you here?" Nan'an asked softly.

"Can't sleep."

Alina stood in front of the window sill, with Nan'an behind her back, and answered lightly.

"Then go back." Nan'an persuaded, "If you catch a cold, you have to go to the infirmary."

Alina didn't speak.

So Nan'an walked over and shared his little quilt.

The information room became very quiet.

After a while, Nan'an said: "Thank you for giving me "The Little Prince", I like it very much."

Alina turned to look at him for a few seconds.

There was not much expression on her immature face, under the golden curly hair, her dark eyes just looked at Nan'an like this.Even for a moment, Nan An suddenly felt that this cub was too quiet, and it seemed... a little different from before.

But only for a second.

Alina narrowed her eyes and smiled brightly at Nan An: "It's just as long as the teacher likes it."

Nan An instantly felt that he was worrying too much.

At this moment, he saw a book in Elina's hand, and suddenly he was a little curious, so he asked, "What is this?"

"secret."

Alina returned him with a soft voice.

Nan An snorted, and seemed to be a little angry.

There was another few seconds of silence.

When the neon light came in from the window, Nan'an said, "Let's go back? If other people see it, we may be scolded."

Not just being scolded.

He also risks having his wages deducted.

So Nan'an became more determined, and immediately, he wanted to take Alina back to the classroom.

Just as he put away the small quilt and pulled Elina's little hand, a faint silver light made him squint his eyes.

Nan An was slightly taken aback.

He never noticed that Alina also had a prosthetic limb, which replaced her right wrist, and it was shining silver under the light.

"Let's go." Nan'an regained consciousness, took her little hand and walked back, "Otherwise, I will really..."

Before he finished speaking, his footsteps stopped, and he felt a sudden sense of stagnation.

He couldn't move Alina.

A robot...couldn't move a human cub?

So Nan'an turned around, and saw Elena was still looking at him, with the light behind her back, her face expressionless.

"Teacher." She asked softly, "Why do you say people have to be implanted with chips?"

Nan An looked at her for a few seconds and said, "What do you think?"

Alina suddenly laughed.

This kind of expression is very familiar. Nan An has seen it on countless human beings before. It is gloomy, crazy, and eventually becomes irrational.

So his eyes fell, and he looked at Alina's prosthetic limb.

A line of prosthetic numbers appeared in the eyes——

CF926.

Nan'an was stunned suddenly.

Before returning to her senses, Alina chuckled lightly, as if inviting Nan An: "Teacher, let me read you a story."

After finishing speaking, she shook Nan An's hand violently, opened the book in her arms, and read in a very immature and ignorant tone: "Since a long time ago, the status of human beings has ended. ..."

"Human beings are a recent invention, and they are approaching the end." Alina's voice was crisp and clear, echoing in the classroom, "Their status is no longer prior to animals or machines, it has become history, and a new world is coming..."

She paused for a moment, as if she suddenly read something.

So she raised her head and stared at Nan'an with those dark eyes. She couldn't hide the excitement in her eyes, and said word by word: "Human beings will eventually be erased, just like the face on the sand by the sea."

Hearing this familiar sentence, Nan An took a step back, and a chill ran down his spine.

And Elena was still reading aloud, immersed in it, enjoying it, as if she was reciting some kind of hymn of praise, mixed with the blue-purple light outside the window, her face full of longing.

Finally, a soft click.

She gently closed the book, turned her head, and tilted her head.

So Nan'an saw Elena's smile at him, and the computer screens around him suddenly lit up—without any operation or instructions, these machines started to run on their own.

"Humanity is about to be terminated by us." She looked at Nan'an and said slowly.

The author says:

Today is two in one, thank you for reading.

Portion taken from "Thes"