Little Robot on the Run

He wants to slip away.

Nan'an just stood there.

He looked at the person standing in front of him, and for some reason, he suddenly became short of breath.

Although there was a dense rain and fog between them, those pupils seemed to be able to see through everything. When they fell on Nan An, they were cold, but calm and indifferent. It seemed that he was born like this and would not have too many other emotions.

In just a few seconds, Nan An avoided his eyes.

He lowered his head and hugged his backpack, deciding to avoid the man's eyes for a while.

At this moment, he heard the police officer beside him say, "Is there any question?"

"Suspicious," said the man.

Those two simple words made Nan'an tremble again.

In an instant, he understood the unfriendly attitude.

How should I put it, this person is different from the humans he came into contact with before.

so fierce.

Perhaps feeling the suspicious gaze of the police officer, the man glanced at him and said, "He is the latest witness to this incident."

"what do you mean……"

"This incident caused more than 20 casualties. Three were injured. The alienated people were a husband and wife in a restaurant." He said flatly, "It was only ten meters away from the attack site, but no one was spared except him."

The police officer thought about it: "So you think he needs to be investigated again, don't you?"

"Ah."

"But……"

"The research institute has no right to detain people." The man's tone was still cold, "We can only track through you, and our investigation team will follow."

The police officer nodded, he thought for ten seconds, turned to look at the boy who was still bowing his head, and took out a registration form from his pocket: "Please fill in the information, and you will be required to come to the police station when the investigation is carried out later Cooperate."

Nan An obediently filled it out.

He didn't know why the police didn't catch him back immediately. This was different from what he learned at the Kepler base. In his cognition, he had to be locked behind a long pole, and what he needed to do was to catch him. Those two poles shouted for help or something else in the corridor, such as being wronged or something.

But now it seems that he will not go through this step.

After the registration was completed, the police officer took out a bracelet and clacked it on Nan'an's wrist.

"This is monitor No. F3763. Your tracks will be recorded in the next few days." He handed over an instruction manual, "Now we need more evidence for investigation, so we won't let you go to the police station for the time being. contact you."

Nan'an nodded in agreement ignorantly.

He moved his wrist curiously, and every time he shook it, the monitor moved with his thin white wrist.When he raised his head again, that cold man had already gone away.

He didn't look back, his back disappeared behind the blue-red light, and his surroundings became blurred by the neon light.

Nan'an looked around, the damaged canopy was lying on the side, the bloody traces faded under the rain, and finally, nothing could be seen.

Before leaving, the secretary gave Jill's backpack to Nan'an.

Without saying anything else, I let him go home.

So Nan'an planned to go to Jill's house first.

There is no other reason, although he is a robot and does not belong to human society, but Jill did help him, so these things, Nan An decided to help him put them back.

Then, look for nutrient solution and food.

Jill lives in Room 15, No. 701, Luoshan Street, not far from the Institute, both in Luoshan District.

So Nan'an carried two big backpacks and walked along the market. Not long after, the street signs of Luoshan Street appeared in sight.

Nan'an followed the signs and walked into an alley.

Although narrow, there are still many small shops in the alley.Liquor stores, hardware stores, fast food restaurants, you name it.These square signboards are crowded together, emitting colorful lights, dyeing the whole alley.

After turning around a few times, Nan'an discovered a serious problem.

--he's lost.

As a robot, he was also called the most intelligent robot by the base, but he got lost in human society.

Nan'an didn't understand.

He frowned, looked up at his neck for a long time, and confirmed that the Luoshan street was indeed here, so he walked back and forth in this small alley several times under an umbrella, attracting passers-by's frequent glances.

At this moment, a charming and sharp female voice sounded from the wine shop——

"Kid, are you lost?"

Nan An looked up and saw a woman wearing a black tights and dyed her hair purple was looking at him with raised eyebrows. Her right arm was equipped with a prosthetic limb, and the wires were exposed. In the ditch next to the shop.

Before Nan'an could reply, she continued: "It's so late, it's not safe to come out."

Nan'an: "I..."

"Huh?" The woman shook her cigarette, and the corners of her eyes with dark purple makeup raised, "I'm really lost, why did your man let you out with confidence?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of laughter in the wine shop, mixed with slang words such as "crazy woman".

Nan'an didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but under the robot's intuition, he smelled a hint of danger.

But now he is lost.

Also lugging two big backpacks, if they want to do something to him, there is nowhere to escape.

So Nan'an took a deep breath, and after a while, mustered up the courage to ask, "Excuse me...how can I get to Luoshan Street?"

The woman said "Oh" with a raised tone, and smiled, as if she was dismissing something.She looked Nan'an back and forth, and after a while, she let out a soft snort, as if letting him go.

She lifted her chin to the right: "Over there."

Nan'an quickly thanked him, dragging his backpack and planning to leave quickly.

At this moment, he heard the woman snort again: "A man has no money and is unreliable. He still lives in this kind of place, and sometimes he has to go out and look for it by himself, kid."

Nan'an couldn't understand what she was saying.

Fortunately, under the guidance of the woman, he successfully found No. 15 Luoshan Street in the gap between the two shops.

It is said that the gap is actually not bad, it is because it is too hidden.

It was an old iron gate, only half a person wide, and walking inside was a winding corridor.The long water pipe covered the upper vent, and there was still a faint smell of oily smoke.

Nan An pinched his nose and continued walking.

Although the corridors are narrow, this residential building actually has 25 floors and is equipped with an elevator that can directly lead to the 7th floor.

There is a high-tech lock in front of the door. It is square and brand new, and it doesn't fit in with the whole dirty environment. Nan'an finds the key from the bag and opens the door.

Jill's room comes into view.

Without any frills, there is a small folded shoe rack on the right side of the door, with three pairs of old running shoes and white socks that have been washed and turned gray.In the corner on the left, there is a folding bed, table, and chairs.

A dozen hammers and screwdrivers hung on the other wall.

In addition, there was a small coffee table, barely crammed into the space, for the half-remaining flour sack and baking pan.

But it's all too narrow, like a snail's shell, and everything is very small even though it's complete.

Nan'an walked to the folding bed and gently put down Jill's backpack.He glanced out of the window, the sky was still raining, under the dark clouds, shrouded in white mist, and the lights of modern buildings could be vaguely seen in the distance, the human world is still not as good as the south, he thought so.

And this kind of emotion reached its peak when Nan'an wanted to leave Jill's room.

He is really hungry.

There is nothing to eat around.

No extra charge pump either.

It was simply starvation and cold.

Nan'an couldn't help thinking about his own life. At the very least, he wanted to find something to eat until he left the human city and went to the south.

Oh yes, there is one more thing to add, you can't scare the snake, and you can't let the human society know that he is a robot.

They can't let Kepler's people find him and take him back to the base.

Nan'an: "..."

It's so hard.

He sat down on the floor and pouted for a while thinking.

After thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly fell on Jill's backpack.

In my impression, Jill told him that they can earn fees for delivering goods, and the income is not low every time, and can have dozens of dollars.Although Nan'an has no concept of human currency, he knows that sweet potato and radish soup only costs three yuan.

In other words, dozens of yuan is enough to eat several meals.

From this point of view, as long as he makes money through human labor, he can get the corresponding rewards, and then he will naturally get the nutrient solution and the charging pump?

Plan to pass.

Nan'an's eyes lit up.

He's not one of those robots who just sits and waits to die.

For those looking for food, he usually has amazing determination and action.

So the next morning, Nan'an set off with Jill's courier.

This was the first time he had seen the daytime world of human beings—people hurrying to and fro in the streets.Beside them, stepped buildings lined up in sequence, crowded with dental clinics, breakfast shops, slaughterhouses, supermarkets, banks, all the way to the direction of the research institute.

Without staying too long, Nan'an walked to the research institute.

He passed many people and restaurants, among the slang and noise, many shop assistants were squatting on the side of the street washing vegetables and meat with shower heads.

Occasionally they yelled a few times, saying that there is a place in the store, and they can have breakfast for one yuan and five.There are also customers holding iron basins, stuffing pieces of stale red meat into the basin, and pointing with the robotic arm from time to time. If the boss wants to be cheaper, it is best to send two more cloves of garlic to cure his steel teeth. tone.

Above these people, wires are connected in series in the air of the street, messy and clumps, but they can be separated magically and hung on the buildings.

Nan An couldn't take his eyes off everything. He lay down in front of the window and looked at the price of cookies for a while, and then stopped for a long time in front of a shop selling nutrient solution. Then, he swallowed and became more determined to make money.

The institute is not far from the residence.

Nan'an came out of the street market and arrived after walking two straight roads.

It's also strange, the previous messy scene is no longer, replaced by neat high-rise buildings, it's like a different world.

As Jill did before, Nan'an walked into the institute.

His eyes stayed on the job advertisement at the front desk, then moved away, and put the package on the front desk.

"Hello, this is the package from last night." Nan'an said, "The recipient is Dr. Lin Ze."

"Hold on."

The receptionist smiled at Nan'an, pressed the communication button, and the call was quickly connected.

After a few words of exchange, the front desk hung up the phone: "Dr. Lin said you can go up, turn right to the elevator, room 1603."

Nan'an nodded.

He carried the package upstairs.

Accompanied by a ding, the light elevator door slowly opened, and the incandescent light came in, making Nan An squint.

When the vision was clear, the corridor in front of him appeared in his eyes - this is a very neat corridor, not only the walls, but also the floor tiles are all white, clean to a perverted level.

There was a strong smell of disinfectant in the air. As soon as Nan An got out of the elevator, he sneezed several times quietly.

But he dared not delay.

Because I was really hungry.

So he quickly wiped the tip of his nose with his hand. Although it was red and twitched, he didn't stop for a long time. He held the package in both hands and walked to room 1603.

How should I put it, compared to Luoshan Street, this room is much easier to find, because the numbers are all increasing sequentially, starting from 1600, with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right.

Therefore, after walking a few steps, Nan'an stopped in front of the gate of 1603.

For some reason, he looked at Dr. Lin Ze's listing and suddenly had a bad feeling.

This feeling is very strange. It is said that it exists, but in fact it is only vague, invisible and intangible.

But for some reason, after Nan'an knocked on the door, this feeling of something wrong peaked, and even made him tremble slightly.

Hearing that there was no response, Nan An raised his hand and tapped lightly.

At this time, the door of Room 1603 was slowly opened.

With just one glance, Nan An's eyes widened, and he took a step back reflexively.

He suddenly felt that his intuition, to some extent, could indeed play a huge role like the sixth sense of human beings.

Like now.

Because the person standing behind the door was none other than the extremely unfriendly and fierce human being, and at this moment he was staring at him expressionlessly, his thin lips pursed into a straight line.

Nan'an: "..."

He wants to slip away.