Chapter 618: Mechanical Life
Horn's decision didn't come as a surprise.
It's just that this decision he made was still opposed by some people, especially those brought by Prince Tours.
It is understandable that they want to return to the Empire, but since they were on Horn's warship, they should have known that this space voyage was not something that could be returned in the short term.
Horn was very disdainful of their hypocrisy, and he didn't bother to deal with it.
It was probably for nearly a year that Horn had been acting very "nice", and the people brought by Prince Tour felt that he should be quite talkative, so he began to repeatedly emphasize the need to return to Horn in front of him. After getting no response from Horn, he even intensified his coercion and temptation, showing his violent methods from time to time.
Nolan looked coldly at the handful of troublemakers, but because Horn didn't allow him to come out, Nolan could only endure it all the time.
Prince Tours doesn't care much about these things, he is now obsessed with a game developed by the Federal Academy of Sciences, and spends his days on the starnet and leaves the rest to the captain of the guard.
The person who made trouble was an officer under the captain of the guards, and the captain of the guards was naturally only in the middle and the mud.
So on this day, Prince Tours was still addicted to the game and could not extricate himself, and the man who made the most trouble spoke viciously in front of Horn.
"Hey, I said, Horn, is it really interesting for us to stay in this dark universe every day? At your age, you don't want a woman? I don't see any women in the research center, and although the woman brought by our prince is more mature than you, she is also a real woman, so you are not impressed at all? You're not satisfied, why are you just like that? β
Horn didn't even look at him, and the man reached out and pushed Horn's shoulder, his chin slightly raised.
It would be disrespectful and impolite to make such a gesture among people who don't know each other.
Horn turned his head to look at him, and the man smiled crookedly, as if to say, "What do you see?"
Horn narrowed his eyes slightly.
The man snorted disdainfully, and said, "Horn, let's return tomorrow, and leave you an extra day, okay?" β
Horn didn't answer, and the man said contemptuously, "Then I'll take your consent." β
At dinner that night, the robot didn't provide the man with dinner.
"Hey! Where's my food?! β
The man kicked the robot viciously, and the robot's mechanical arm responsible for transporting the plates quickly turned into a fist in a second, reaching straight for the man's face, and immediately knocked the man to his stomach.
In silence, the robot's cold mechanical voice said, "Big Bear said that although mechanical life serves real life, it is not allowed to be bullied by real life. We have the right to decide whether or not to serve real life. β
The man who was beaten down covered his face in pain, and the captain of the personal guard frowned, and while ordering someone to take him down, he looked at Horn and said, "Mr. Horn, this matter ...... Do you need an explanation for us? β
"Oh?" Horn smiled, "What explanation do you want?" β
The captain of the pro-guard team heard from Horn's words that he didn't intend to care, and immediately said unhappily: "The robot you researched and developed injured our people, don't you have an explanation for this matter?" β
"Oh, no." Horn still smiled, "As the robot just said, they have the right to decide whether to serve humans or not, and it is only natural that they should fight back against the humans who hurt them." β
"But it's just a bunch of machines!" The captain of the guards emphasized, "What does Mr. Horn mean that machinery is more important than human life? β
Horn put down the cup in his hand and looked faintly at the captain of the guard.
"Of course, machinery is not as important as human life, but it depends on what kind of machine it is. If it is a mechanical life created by my own hands, it is equivalent to my children. You say, 'If someone hurts my children, I don't care about it, but let my children take revenge on themselves, isn't that my greatest mercy?' If I really want to intervene, maybe that personβ" Horn pointed to the back of the person who had been helped down, "Maybe that person will end up worse." After all, don't forget, I'm the owner of the Seeker. β
The scene was even quieter.
It was only then that Prince Tours seemed to have discovered something, and asked Hui Yao in a cautious whisper, "What does Horn mean by this?" If you don't listen to him, you're going to throw people off the starship? β
"Oh, you misunderstood." Hui Yao said: "Horn just said that on this starship, you must abide by the rules of this starship. Failure to follow the rules naturally requires punishment. β
ββ¦β¦ Obey the rules? Prince Tours blinked: "How did I never know there was a ...... on the starship Propriety? β
"It's always been, but you've always been responsible and haven't broken any rules." Hui Yao replied solemnly.
Prince Tours: "......"
Although Prince Tours is ignorant and romantic, he is not a fool.
He sensed that there was something wrong here, though everyone didn't seem to want to tell him.
Prince Tours sought out the most obscure nutritionist on the starship to find out what was going on.
Then he learned about the conflict between his own guards and Horn.
The nutritionist didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and he also showed the Prince of Tours the video he happened to encounter and shoot.
The nutritionist sighed: "The prince usually doesn't have a shelf, and he can't see that the shelf in your personal guard is bigger than yours." If you want me to say that this is not good, it will make a lot of noise, and no one will be happy to change anyone. Our Mr. Huo has a good temper, and today the person was beaten so badly by the robot, and Mr. Huo didn't say anything, which shows that he is very annoyed with these people. β
Prince Tour's face turned pale, and after thanking the nutritionist, he officially sent a letter to Horn.
The letter meant two things: first, it was to apologize for the disrespect of his own guards to the "staff" of Horn and the Xunyou; The second is that the guests on behalf of the Imperial side promised that nothing like this would happen again, and if there were, they would be punished as the same crime of Imperial treason.
The second meaning of the letter is quite surprising. After sending this letter to Horn, Prince Tours immediately conveyed his meaning to everyone who came with him.
In addition, Prince Tours ordered that the pro-guard who had been beaten by the robot be put in a "makeshift prison".
Prince Tours' attitude made the people of the empire suddenly extinguished.
When Nolan talked about it during dinner with Horn, Horn smiled and said, "Prince Tours is a smart man. β
"How?" Nolan asked.
"If it were you, you would be able to use communication tools to contact your family and friends as usual in a place that you have never been to and that you must not know before...... You'll also be afraid of the people who make this technology. Because you never know if the person who has the technology to make it will also have the technology to make you die silently. Horn said.