Little Robot on the Run

What will that be like?

After delivering the roses, the courier left.

Nan'an was the only one left in the entire corridor, and his eyes fell on the blooming red rose in front of him.The delicate and charming petals are full of water droplets, and they are blooming wantonly.

Nan'an gave the lily to the researcher.

Before leaving, he mustered up the courage to take a look at Jill.It was silver-white skin, with blue-purple blood vessels exposed.On the surface, the mechanical arm is open, floating with unknown lines, following Jill's breathing rate up and down.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a combination of human form and machine.

So Nan'an thought of the example Biddle said.

Indeed, with a silver shell, it may not necessarily be a robot.

Bionics like him can also hide in society, masquerading as humans.

Nan An lay on the glass window and watched for a while.

He was very quiet, just looking at Jill.

After a long time, Nan An straightened up, took a step back, and whispered, "It will get better."

He'll make a wish with Mr. Meteor.

Without staying any longer, Nan An hugged the rose and walked to the other side of the corridor. He planned to find Lin Ze.

While waiting for the elevator in Nan'an, he heard a haggard old voice and the sound of machinery rubbing against the floor.He was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the source of the voice——

Nan'an directly met a pair of eyes.

Those are mechanical eyeballs. The middle seat is a small square green ring, which gradually fades away from the center, replacing the original pupils.

Although he has seen many mechanical prosthetic limbs, this is the first time Nan An has seen mechanical eyes, which made him a little stunned.

His eyes looked down.

Seeing that the old man's limbs are mechanical arms, everything, including the palm, wrist, and fingertips are all artificial machines, which glow with a cold luster under the incandescent light.Starting from the arm, his prosthetic limb goes all the way to the shoulder, and connects to the back of the neck—the place near the spine. It is a long silver-shaped body, covered with wires and electronic chips, connected to the back of the head, and continuously transmitted What.

Nan'an looked away.

"You..." he paused for a few seconds, "are you also waiting for the elevator?"

The old man didn't answer him.

He seemed to be muttering something, his hoarse voice had a mechanical feel, like sand rubbing against the ground.

While talking to himself, he turned sideways stiffly, tremblingly looking at the rain curtain outside the window.

For some reason, Nan'an's attention fell on the old man.

Even if the elevator door in front of him was opened, he didn't move a step, just hugged the rose like this, and looked up at the old man.

A faint thunder sounded outside the window.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound, the neon lights not far away flickered in the heavy rain, and the purple lights still enveloped all parts of the city.

"You—" Nan'an was about to say something, but the old man said hoarsely, "This city... is going to end."

Nan An was startled when he heard this.

He subconsciously looked at the old man, but found that the other person's line of sight was still outside the window, even though he couldn't see anything clearly in the thick fog.

But his eyes were fixed on something, opened wide, and paused, as if he had found something outside the window, and then he still murmured this sentence in his mouth.

Vaguely, an unexplainable premonition flooded Nan'an's heart.

He couldn't figure out where this feeling came from, but he felt uneasy in the old man's repeated words.

So Nan An hugged the rose and took a small step back.

The old man in front of him was still talking to himself.

"It's almost over..."

"Humans are committing crimes... so are the cities, it's almost over..."

Nan'an still couldn't understand.

Accompanied by the voice of the old man, heavy rain poured down, and the neon lights in the distance became more blurred.

Just then, a female voice sounded: "Why are you here?"

Nan'an turned his head to look.

I saw that it was a woman in a white coat, about thirty, wearing a pair of glasses, her long straight black hair was coiled up, and a small micro-lightning rod was inserted.

But unlike Lin Ze and the others, these are hospital clothes, with the title and name written on the name tag on the side.

—Julia.

Ophthalmology, attending physician.

She took a few steps forward with the tablet in her arms: "You haven't had your inspection today."

The old man turned to look at him.

Before Nan'an could react, he saw the old man walking with Julia, his mechanical feet rubbed against the ground, and he moved forward step by step, and Nan'an's eyes followed.

It wasn't until the figure of the old man disappeared behind the door that Nan'an came back to his senses.

He entered the elevator with the rose in his arms, and went directly to the 8th floor.

This is the office area of ​​the research institute in the hospital. Except for long-term patients like Jill, those who need to be observed for a short time are all on the 8th floor.

When Nan'an arrived at the office area, he saw this cub named Weiss placed in the observation room.

His body was covered with iron sheets, and the long wires ran all the way to the rear machine. The radio frequency was directly displayed, and if there was any abnormality, it could be directly transmitted to the base headquarters.

Wes was still acting fidgety, throwing toys and books on the floor.

"It seems to have alienated characteristics." Ellie sighed and turned to look at Lin Ze. "This week, more than fifty cubs were infected."

"Is it related to Elena?"

"It should be." Ellie nodded, "If they were really cyborgs ten years ago, then as humans, they can indeed infect other ordinary people through chips, but..."

Seeing Lin Ze's gaze coming over, Ellie continued: "Didn't it completely disappear in the rose area ten years ago? How come there are still cyborgs?"

The whole research room fell into silence.

Nan'an looked towards the observation room and looked at Weiss through a small window.

Still looks like a human cub.

However, his slender shoulders were glowing with silvery white, and tiny fluff grew out, as if preparing for the next step of alienation.

It seems that it is indeed the same as what Lin Ze said, whether it is a cyborg or a robot-the essence is human beings. This is the choice made by humans ten years ago, and the mechanization they carry out is to turn themselves into living beings. look like a robot.

This confused Nan'an.

He knows that the current mechanical mutation is still a mystery, and he doesn't know whether it is a unilateral AI out of control or the Kepler base.

However, he doesn't understand why humans are obsessed with becoming robots, while robots want to be like humans, with the same status, treatment, and even the appearance of humans.

While thinking, he heard Lin Ze say: "Continue to observe and prepare for the transfer later."

Researcher: "Yes!"

"It's really a worrying thing," Allie said. "We don't know that cyborgs like Elina exist in society. If they exist, there is a risk of outbreaks."

She paused for a while, and then said: "We don't know the purpose of this time, so we can't compete with them."

"Don't be so pessimistic." Flo comforted, "The investigation is already underway. The types of alienated chips have not increased, and there are obviously two types of mutation sources now. One is the mutation on the wound, and the other is the chip or half chip. Robots, the situation is pretty clear." Lin Ze didn't say a word.

He calmly looked at the monitoring screen and asked, "Range?"

"Waipu Road, there is a small outbreak of alienation within the school area." Flo said.

"What about other regions?"

"It's still a sporadic case, and it's not sure whether it was done by a robot."

In the conversation, Nan An keenly captured a word.

--break out.

Nan'an didn't remember that the researchers mentioned this before, just like what Flo said, mutations always appear sporadically, and then the research institute will send an investigation team to let the police seal off the area and conduct corresponding investigations.

Thinking of this, Nan An asked cautiously, "Then... what will happen?"

As soon as the words fell, Ellie sighed.

This was a look Nan'an had never seen before, his brows were tightly frowned, and he looked very unbearable and distressed.

A few seconds later, he heard Ellie say: "The robots broke out ten years ago, and the residents of an area... all disappeared."

The author says:

Anzai, don't be afraid.

I originally wanted to combine the two chapters into one, but suddenly I was notified that the nucleic acid of the whole city is required, and I will come here first after the first update.