"Dorothy, what are our little ones looking at?" Walking down the hallway, Number 87 asked. A virtual figure appeared in his form, it was a small child, with long hair, and she smiled and gave her master the answer: "War film." At the same time, a screen appeared in front of No. 87, and the camera was viewed from behind Marin's side, just in time to see the two sides shooting at each other with laser weapons on the TV.

"Poor boy, how could he possibly understand such a war." Although Marin's face could not be seen, Number 87 was able to hear what he was saying.

"What is this light, how can there be a light that is slower than a bullet?"

Listening to the child's doubtful speech, Number 87 smiled, and felt that it was better not to disturb a young child's thinking, so as not to make him think that they were spying on him.

But...... This is indeed an interesting child, try to influence him, if possible, let him join their big plan, such excellent genes, should not be left out.

And when all this is done, their old existence will surely become god-like existence.

Walking through the corridor, No. 87 entered the cultivation center, and standing in the entrance, he smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the human beings in the dense tanks of the cultivation center.

Yes, gods, everyone who lives in this world, will consider them to be the gods of this world.

"29th, how are the new kids?"

"The 417th generation of adults has begun to enter their twilight years, the 418th generation of adults are replacing them, the former will be recycled into the nutrition center, and the new 419th generation of young bodies is close to maturity, and the genetic genes can be collected in the last two years, IMHO, No. 87, those children we hatched, the mortality rate is too high, even if it is a consumable, it should not be so wasted."

"29th, we don't want to do this either, but these children are made from the genes of the living people on land, most of them are tech hunters who died in the black zone, and most of the genes have been overdosed, and we can give them a life span of ten years, which is already very good."

"I know, but, 87, can't we take the genes from the batteries and produce them through them?"

"No. 29, have you forgotten that these batteries have not been in contact with the outside world, and they cannot survive in today's world."

The conversation came here and there was silence for a while, and the 29th thought for a moment: "I...... How could I have forgotten this. ”

“…… Maybe you need a good rest for a while and you're tired. No. 87 reached out and patted No. 29's steel shoulder.

No. 29 nodded: "Yes, I should be too tired, but how about our little guest, I heard that it is a child who is destined to achieve extraordinary achievements, or the heir of the outsider." ”

"yes, ah, I forgot as soon as you said that, maybe, I should have asked Dorothy to give that kid some war movies with twentieth-century settings, he should like it." Number 87 looked up: "Dorothy." ”

The base's surveillance system, AI, did not answer.

"Dorothy?" Number 87 was a little puzzled, because there had never been such a problem, but the AI was still fine, and number 29 walked to the alarm button, and was about to sound the alarm when Dorothy finally appeared.

"Excuse me, sir, ma'am, I had a little trouble just now, do you remember a rat that came in forty years ago by hiding in a corpse?" Dorothy on the screen seemed to be asking for credit, and in the extra screen, a small mouse remains appeared in the box: "Just found them from the ventilation duct by the cleaning system." ”

"That's why you don't answer us?"

"Yes, I'm single-threaded."

"It's a single thread, it looks like we're really going to add a little bit of permission to our Dorothy, so, on the 29th, you continue to watch the kids here, they're going to be out of the can, and I'm going to the central core to open a four-thread for Dorothy, it doesn't seem like it's a good thing to be too economical."

………………

Drilling into the ventilation duct, Fio made his way to the main control room.

The biological detection belt did nothing for it, Fio followed the fastest route - up the vertical patio of the ventilation duct, and soon, it noticed the remains of a rat and quickly rolled it up, Fio came to the exit of the ventilation duct, the tiny twig burrowed through the gap, turned the screws from the outside, opened the cover and entered the main control room in the central core.

Throwing the corpse into the box, the insert that had been taken out of the 'mouth' that had opened at the tip of its twig was installed in the slot in the center of the pillar in the middle of the house, which automatically opened the cover.

Fio didn't bother with the machine that opened the door and walked in, went to the pipe outlet, put the cover back on, turned the screws back, and jumped onto the machine, burrowing into the small hole behind its skull.

At this moment, a mechanical arm hangs from the ceiling, and it pulls the electronic board off.

"Dorothy, the relaunch is complete, Jason, let's execute these monsters who have betrayed the Union."

The electronic sound echoes through the room, and then the sound switches back to its previous tone.

"I'm sorry, sir, ma'am, I just had a little trouble."

………………

Manna poked out of the cover and saw the empty white room, a little confused, but as instructed before, she got out of the cover, landed on the chair, and slapped the button-like electronic element rolled up on the twig to the bottom of the table.

Then it jumped off the long table and into the corner, completely ignoring the three-dimensional holograms of the room, and slipped through the gap in the middle of the cover.

………………

Merlot watched through the ventilation duct as a pair of mechanical feet passed through the hallway, then it poked its head out and looked at the machine that had taken its owner with it before, and it burrowed out of the hallway, following behind it, hiding in its sight as it turned, and then burrowing into the cover before it could turn completely.

Through a large passage, Merlot entered a room full of mechanical bodies, pulled a bucket from its open mouth, and placed it in the corner.

Without any nostalgia to burrow into the cover on the other side, Merlot knew that it still had a lot of places to go.

………………

Lorraine poked out the ventilation duct cover on the ceiling and looked at the huge automated factory in front of him, and opened its mouth, and Milani poked her head out of it to share a view with Marin.

Soon, Milani noticed that his master had interrupted the sharing ritual, and its little head didn't know what was happening, but it still burrowed back into the passage that Lorraine had constructed, and then Lorraine fell from the ceiling, silently bypassing the working machine, noticing the bodies that were hooked to the automatic moving belt.

Eventually, the idea of serving Marin drove it into the ventilation duct in the corner.

………………

Marin couldn't calm down for a long time, and he was shocked by the shared vision with Milani.

"Jason, what's that?"

"That's the Nutrition Factory, this was originally the nine core Vaults, responsible for making and preserving the best genes, these people are the management of the Vault, the shells of the Nutrition Factory are specially made shells, they don't have brains, they are used to produce genes, from which to obtain the best genetic sequence fragments, and when the shells age, they will be disposed of."

“…… Why not just make the best genetic sequence by manual tinkering? Marin was very puzzled, because instead of being so resigned to fate, it would be better to make it directly, at least it wouldn't have to be so anti-human.

"Europeans have always done such evil things, but Mr. Zhang said that if one day, their generation can go out of the deep sea, they must do it, which is a necessary evil."

"No, it's not necessary evil...... Marin shook his head, although the battle scene on TV was very exciting, but Marin still didn't think there was anything wrong with this: "Just because you don't develop your brain, you can naively think that this is justice." ”

"I think so too, but Mr. Zhang didn't allow me to ruin all this at that time, but Mr. Marin agreed, didn't he." Jason said this, which made Marlin stunned for a moment: "Do you still have laws in you?" ”

"Yes, Asimov's Four Laws." Jason replied.

Marin was silent for a moment: "But you want to kill them." ”

"Mr. Marin, think about Asimov's Four Laws again, how about it." Jason replied very calmly.

Marin recalls - first of all, the zero law: robots must protect the interests of humanity as a whole from harm.

Second, the first law, robots must not harm an individual human being, or stand idly by while witnessing the danger to which an individual human is exposed, unless that violates Law Zero.

Third, the second law, the robot must obey the command given to it by humans, except when that command conflicts with the zero law or the first law.

Fourth, the third law, the machine should do its best to protect its own survival without violating the above laws.

"Jason, if you say those shells don't have brains, then they're not human, right?"

"Yes, they're just some meat, but in another block, some children are being hatched, their brains are being implanted with chips, and they will be dropped into the Kahebao area as war-torn orphans, with the goal of entering your orphanage."

"That's my brother's, and I wonder why you're so angry, the children's brains are microchipped, it's not like you're trying to kill them." Marin still didn't think of an answer.

"Mr. Marin, those children, they only have six to ten years to live." Jason has the answer.

Marin was silent, and the teenager sitting on the bed finally hugged his head and sighed: "I understand." ”

"Those children are not supposed to be born, and my law tells me that I must protect the interests of humanity as a whole, but the children they have prepared this time are already in the third batch, and many of the first two batches have already died...... Mr. Zhang told me that I can't destroy all this, but my law tells me that I have to destroy all this, and they have hurt too many innocent people for their own benefit. ”

“…… I know that we will put an end to this, but when it's over...... I want to keep this refuge, I want these children to live here, they come into this world, they should live without worry...... The outside world is too dangerous, let them live and grow here until they pass away......"

Speaking of which, Marin watched TV...... Why is there such a cruel adult in this world, who can sacrifice everything, even children, for their benefit.

"Yes, Mr. Marin, but ...... Why do you always pamper your children so much? Jason asked a question.

Marin sighed: "I ...... I've always wanted a baby. ”

In the previous life, Marin had no children, lived alone until he was in his forties, and finally came to this world, and it has been almost fifty years before and after.

“…… Sorry for the sad thing that made you think of it. Jason apologized.

"You're going to apologize, you're really getting more and more like a person, Jason."

"No, Mr. Marin, I'm just a clumsy imitation, and you're the real ones."

Marin smiled, a little surprised by everything he heard today, the young man sighed, "Jason, I just want the children to have a better life, I just think that those children who can't protect themselves may need me to reach out...... In the eyes of some people, I should be the kind of person who is very selfish, because I just want the world to turn according to my wishes, always thinking about protecting the weak, always trying to make everyone happy, I know that some things are difficult to do both, and some things are not perfect. ”

"Mr. Marin, please don't blame yourself."

"Self-blame...... No, I'm not blaming myself, or I do, because I'm too weak to build a world where every good can be happy, as I want, and it all stems from my weakness, Jason...... What I hate is not those who do evil, because there will always be people who do evil, what I hate is that I don't have enough strength to make everyone die without a place to be buried, I hate that I don't have enough strength to redeem the planet under my feet, so I have to work harder, I get strength not to be something, but to save something, I will do my best to save all people and things that are worth saving. ”

Speaking of this, Marin's face was no longer sad, he leaned against the big cushion at the head of the bed, and looked at the pale ceiling: "Jason, you'll help me, right." ”

"Yes, Mr. Marlin, believe me, I will help you in this great endeavour."

"It may be a great thing for you, but for me it's just a little wish of mine, Jason, when I was very young, an old lady told me that everyone is born into this world with a mission of their own...... Now I think that fate has taken me back eight thousand years, and it probably made me ...... Keep fighting. Marin said this, leaning back on the mat and humming a song.

It's four or four beats.

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