"Hmph. ”

7A retracted his eyes as sharp as a knife, and carefully looked at the clone that had just come out of the cabin, and had to admit that the appearance of this clone was very perfect for herself, in the long blue hair that reached her thighs, she accurately saw a small pale birthmark on the back of her neck, although the birthmark was almost invisible, and the range was also very small, even if it was revealed, it would not make her appearance lose much color, but because of this birthmark, she developed the habit of growing hair, from childhood to adulthood, her long hair did not know how many people envied.

Of course, that long hair was gone after she became an alloy humanoid, and she was actually quite sorry and unaccustomed to it in her heart at the time, but fortunately, here in Batti City, she can change back to her old self, even if it's just her appearance.....

She was quite satisfied, too.

She walked up to the clone and reached out and poked the clone's face and chest.

The softness is good, and it is not much different from a real person.

"Did you even make this place so realistic?"

"Haha~ Of course you have to be realistic, otherwise how can you deceive the enemy?" 5A smiled proudly, but then, she still explained seriously: " These clones are set up to be puppet bodies that can occasionally perform mortal tasks for you, and even in an emergency, you can transplant the parts of this clone to yourself for emergency repairs, so the body structure of this clone humanoid is more than 90% similar to your current body structure, so to speak, except for the brain, your body is from the same production line. ”

"Have you even thought about wartime repairs...," 7A frowned, then gently reached out and stroked the cloned cheek in front of her, the soft touch, and the very familiar face, made her almost have the illusion of touching herself.

Of course, strictly speaking, this is not wrong.

"In that case, the manufacturing cost will be high, right?"

7A calculated the cost of equipping these clones a little, even if it was the most basic, a humanoid girl with a clone would be equivalent to doubling the number of humanoids made in Batti City.

This is not a small consumption.

5A nodded, and said as a matter of course: "Yes, of course the cost is high, after all, the chief said that for the sake of your safety, it is best for everyone to match as many clones as possible, as long as you can control it, no matter how much you have to match." I've simulated that people like me can control two clone humanoids without affecting themselves, and yours should only control more front-line humanoids than me, not less than me, so that the number of humanoids in our base will have to be at least two or three times more than doubled. And if we want to make so many humanoids, our existing warehouse resources are estimated to be empty, and maybe even emptying may not be enough to fill the cost of this project. ”

"Such a big consumption, to be honest, if it weren't for the chief's insistence and saying that he could solve the resource problem, I wouldn't have done it. ”

5A complained, but having said that, there was no expression on her face that complained at all, on the contrary, she looked excited.

It's so cool to be able to make human shapes as much as you want, and watch teams of human figures come out of the production line!

“......... Did you really say that, sir?"

7A looked a little distressed, she was a member of the logistics outside, she knew very well that the sisters were running logistics day and night, searching for resources, and until now, the useful resources of all the surrounding cities have been looted by them, and the chief is doing this to let the base return to the pre-liberation overnight.......

No, she has to send a message to 2S and ask 2S to persuade the chief.

"Alright. 5A saw what she wanted to do, and said directly: "Don't worry about it, help me test this clone first, after all, the data I simulated myself is not accurate enough, and you still need to actually test it, come, let's start~"

As 5A spoke, he had already clicked a few times on the tablet in his hand, and the clone standing in the training cabin opened his eyes at this moment.

The clone figure who suddenly opened his eyes made 7A raise his hands slightly with some caution, but the clone didn't move after opening her eyes, she just glanced left and right, and then looked down at her hands.

“..... I..... Feeling, it's weird. ”

The clone spoke, her voice flat.

"Oh?" 7A lowered her guard when she saw the clone speak, and she asked, "What do you think is strange?"

"........" The clone was silent, she was thinking, she didn't seem to know how to answer, she thought for a while, about a minute, before she said: "It's hard to explain, I know I'm Catherine Zeta-Jones, humanoid code name 7A, but I feel as if I'm missing something, I can't feel any emotions, I remember, before I lay down, I should have been looking forward to rehearsing a new piece with Mia and them in the evening, but now I feel that it doesn't matter, there is no expectation, no interest." ”

"Oh?"

7A immediately turned his head to look at 5A, what did such strange words mean? Moreover, watching another person talk about his own thing, such a strange feeling also made 7A feel a little difficult to accept.

5A waved his hand and said, "This is the consequence of the complete cloning of the memory, 7A, you get out of the way, I'll ask." ”

7A gave up his position as promised.

5A walked up to the clone and shook it around twenty centimeters in front of the clone face, confirming that the clone figure's eyes could stare at the palm of his hand and turn, and then she smiled and said, "7A, what color underwear were you wearing when you performed the day before yesterday?"

"Blue and white stripes. Clone 7A replied honestly.

"You!!" The real 7A on the side suddenly widened his eyes, raised his hand and slashed at 5A's head with a knife.

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts...... 5A suddenly hugged his head and squatted on the ground, shouting: "Don't do it, you violent girl, I'm testing!

"......." 7A withdrew his hand with an unkind face, staring at the damn guy.

If it weren't for the fact that it looked like it was actually testing, she really wanted to tear down the 5A guy on the spot.

5A laughed and stood up again, and in the process, the clone 7A didn't say anything, she just quietly watched everything in front of her.

5A asked again: "What about 7A, are you afraid of death now?"

"Dead?" Clone 7A heard this question, her head tilted slightly, and soon, she shook her head and said: "According to memory, I should be very afraid of death, after all, I have parents and younger brothers to support, although the pension system in the base is already very perfect, but in any case, I need to take care of them so that I can feel at ease, it's just that my memory tells me such an answer, but I feel ...... I don't care about that anymore, I ...... I'm not afraid of death, death has no meaning to me. ”

This kind of answer made 7A also look sideways, the first half of the clone was right, her parents and younger brother are the relatives she cares about in the world now, she definitely doesn't want to die, and the reason is that she wants to protect them in this dangerous apocalypse, which is the deepest obsession in her heart, but this clone that belongs to her, but she calmly said everything that she doesn't care about.

Is this the consequence of the absence of the so-called soul after cloning?

Or has the clone been lost even more?

7A felt a little shuddered, if the clone was such an existence, she was not at all at ease.

"Uh-huh~" 5A nodded and said, "So I'm relieved, it seems to be the same as the result of the simulation, perfect~"

"Perfect?" 7A frowned at 5A, she didn't think there was anything perfect about such a clone.

"Oh, you haven't reminisced yet?" 5A noticed 7A's eyes and said with a smile: "Such a clone is more in line with our interests~~ After all, according to the chief's technical annotations, such a clone humanoid has no soul and no self, so it doesn't hurt to use it, strictly speaking, she is just a machine puppet now, at most, she has your memory, making her more in line with your combat habits, making her easier to be controlled by you, but even so, she is still a puppet, do you understand the puppet?"

"Puppet?" 7A's eyebrows furrowed deeply, she seemed to understand something, but for a moment, she still didn't grasp the point.

5A smiled: "I said it, this clone is to accompany you on dangerous missions, step on traps for you, block guns for you, and even provide replacement parts for your body if necessary, you can treat her as your left and right hand, but definitely don't treat her as your companion, so, she has no ego, she won't be afraid, and she won't even frown if she sacrifices herself, isn't this kind of finished puppet perfect?"

"........." 7A will finally understand the production idea of 5A and the chief, she can't help but look at the clone that is very similar to her, yes, if according to 5A, this puppet should be successful and perfect, but for some reason, she always feels a little weird when she looks at the face that is exactly the same as herself.

"That...."7A hesitated for a moment and said, "What if, I mean what if, she has an ego?"

After 7A finished speaking, she also felt that this sentence was a little ridiculous, how could she think about her own problems for a puppet? But although it was ridiculous, she looked at the face that was the same as herself, and such a question still couldn't help but emerge from the bottom of her heart.

I always feel that it seems that I will feel very guilty to sacrifice such a self as a puppet......

"Ha~" 5A laughed, she turned her tablet and presented it to 7A, which was an interface that simulated an electronic brain, and she explained with a smile: " It seems that I'm going to be a confidant big sister to enlighten you.,Look.,This is the thinking pattern of this puppet.,It's okay if you don't understand it.,I'll tell you directly.,My chief and I have locked the thinking mode of this electronic brain in advance.,She won't have any self-awareness.,She will only act according to our orders.,This blockade plan is found by the chief from the battle queen system.,Very reliable.,Of course,It was only theoretically reliable before.,Now according to the actual test effect,There should be no difference with the theoretical data.。 ”

"So, this clone is never self-aware, you can use her as a tool to use, well, just like the gun in your hand, she won't feel bad if it breaks, she won't feel pain, you say?"

In the last few words, 5A said to the clone 7A, and 7A did not hesitate, nodded directly and said: "Yes, ontology, you can use me as a tool." ”

“...... Is that really the case?" 7A was still a little suspicious, she was a little bit skeptical, and she couldn't turn the corner: "What if, I mean if, she really has self-awareness?"

5A rolled her eyes, she usually didn't see that 7A was such a mother-in-law, but she still explained: "Regarding this, the chief has also considered, he said that any thinking existence may give birth to a soul, although we have tried our best to cut off this possibility, but if there is really a case, in case a puppet really gives birth to a soul and perceives himself, then he will liberate such a special case and let it be treated as a real humanoid girl." ”

"Are you satisfied?"

To tell the truth, 5A is very unimpressed with what Zhang Yide said, technically she has limited the thinking of these puppet humanoids, how can these puppet humanoids have a 'self'?

Because no matter how she thought about it, she felt that this was impossible, it was too unfounded, so she never worried about it, and now it was just that 7A was too worried, so she would repeat these words, but in fact, she just meant to comfort 7A.

“..... In that case, I'm relieved. ”

7A was finally convinced, and she looked at this clone that looked very similar to herself.... The puppet humanoid asked, "So, what should we do with the next test?"

"Figured it out? Hehe, the next step should be mind synchronization control. 5A said as he took the tablet back and operated on it: "Ah yes, I almost forgot, I was worried so much just now, in fact, you just need to control her, and you will know what nonsense the so-called self-generation is, wait, I'll let you understand it right away." ”

"......" 7A was silent, waiting for 5A's next step.

Soon, 5A smiled and said, "Okay, 7A, are you ready?"

"Alright, let's get started. 7A responded.

"Good!"

After 5A finished speaking, he pressed the connection and started.

Immediately, 7A felt her mind dizzy slightly, and then, she felt as if something was more conscious.

Wait, it's not like, it's something more!

7A clearly saw that in the field of vision, a small video frame appeared on the right, and the picture in that video frame was herself at the moment.

And this perspective facing oneself is obviously, the first perspective of the puppet figure in front of him.