How long have you been in the underground shelter?

Three years? Five years? Or ten years?

No, Chunhua and Qiushi have already been manufactured.

The haggard middle-aged man with a scruffy beard suddenly thought about this question as he counted the remaining supplies.

"Daddy! Father! Shall we put this scrap metal here? Chunhua and Qiushi shouted behind him.

"Good! Just put it almost away! Akimi came over in the evening to inspect and lubricate your parts. After all, you're not too young. The man said, scratching his shaggy and messy hair.

"Yes, father." Akimi nodded.

Originally, these two "children" were half-finished products that they planned to display at the Artificial Intelligence Expo, and they were intended to be named New World Companion Care Robots to accompany those widowed and lonely elderly people.

Unexpectedly, the catastrophe swept the world, and they could only be finished in the basement.

Fortunately, thanks to them, he did not commit suicide in this hopeless cave life for many years.

Chunhua, Qiushi, is the name of his original children, he is too busy with work and neglects to take care of them, and only a few times a year can he go home to see them.

And now......

He can only look for the shadow of his children from the child robot of the same name.

The robots never grew up, and they were the only ones who comforted him when everything made him more and more numb......

However, it is almost the end.

As supplies run out, human beings have to go out in search of food and energy.

How long has it been since you had contact with the outside world? Since that "false god" has controlled all the data channels, not even the broadcast can be turned on.

There must be someone else alive in this world.

He was so adamant.

"Chunhua, Qiushi, I may have to find other survivors and supplies in a few days." He suddenly said, "The biological search device that I have been developing for many years is going to be put into use tonight, and if it succeeds, it should be able to find nearby survivors." ”

"Great, Dad!" Chunhua applauded, "That way, our gathering point will become more and more lively!" That's great! ”

"But, father, didn't you say that you can't open any communication devices, and you will be discovered by the 'false gods'?" Qiu Shi asked.

"My device deliberately avoided the band of the false gods, so it should be fine. Believe me! Son! He squeezed out a tired smile towards Akimi.

"I believe in you!" Qiu Shi nodded seriously - the man in front of him, the father who made him, Dr. Ouyang, an expert in intelligent machinery, never doubted his father's ability.

Fathers are omnipotent.

The Doctor's device worked, and it turned out that there were still living humans in the shelter not far from them, and they didn't even know each other, after so many years.

The doctor decided to look for them the next day.

Before leaving, the doctor with a backpack said to Qiu Shi: "Ah, by the way, Qiu Shi, if I don't come back in three days, you and Chunhua will leave here!" You go south, where the former bustling metropolis was located, and there should be other living human beings.

Go to them! If found, live with the surviving humans and help them rebuild their homes and survive.

Take my words to heart, don't listen to the radio, don't look at the screen, and don't use technology to search.

Well, take care of your sister, Akimi. ”

The doctor smiled widely, waved his hat at them, and stepped out of the sanctuary door.

"Dad, you must come back soon!!" Chunhua waved her hand and shouted.

After that,

They waited in the shelter for three days.

The doctor didn't come back.

"Brother, shall we go find Dad?" Chunhua looked at Qiu Shidao, who was sitting in the corner with her and waiting for three days.

"Well, I'll go find him first." Akimi stood up, "We're not human, we won't be discovered by the minions of the false gods, I'll go out and have a look." ”

——

Akimi found the Doctor in an abandoned park not far from the Vault.

His chest was encroached upon by a mess of electronic components, and his lower body was covered with spider-like electronic tentacles that roamed aimlessly across the wasteland, his head tattered and half of his old glasses still hanging on his face.

Behind him, there were several other monsters similar to him in combination of electronic devices and human flesh, the same monsters that made the Doctor mistake them for survivors.

As long as a living creature is found, even if it is only similar in appearance, they, virus-like electronic monsters created by pseudo-gods, will frantically pounce on them and parasitize on the human body, eventually eroding the host and completing the "growth".

Undoubtedly, that's not a doctor anymore.

It's just a monster with the upper body of the doctor.

"Father...... ...... "Akimi stood there dumbfounded, and he couldn't move until the monster noticed him.

The monster quickly approached him, raising its dense electronic tentacles.

Just as he was about to be disintegrated, one of the doctor's remaining eyes suddenly moved.

The monster's movements just stopped.

"Go and find ...... Living, right...... Son......" The doctor uttered the last words with the last half of his brain, "leave...... Here......"

——

"Brother! Brother! Have you found your dad? Chunhua asked.

"Daddy...... He's gone. Let's go fulfill Daddy's wish!! Let's go find other living people! Help them survive! Akimi wanted to make a smile to motivate her sister, but instead showed a sad expression.

“…… Father...... It's gone......" Chunhua looked at her brother in shock.

"Go and fulfill Daddy's wish!" Akimi hugged her, "As long as humans are alive!" There is hope for us! ”

"Daddy...... Father...... Woo woo woo woo ......" Chunhua finally burst into tears. But robots don't have tears.

The journey began that day.

The area where they live has been overrun by the monsters of the "false gods", and they can only keep fleeing.

How many years have passed since then?

How many times have you changed the power supply?

I don't remember exactly.

"Brother, now that we have this car, we can bring more things. That's great! ”

Chunhua sat on the boxes on the trailer, and the boxes contained the food, clothing, and other supplies they had collected with great difficulty for human survival.

These are gifts.

It's for the humans they're about to find.

Help them live, help them rekindle the bonfires of civilization, help them rebuild their families.

Just like the man in the photo that the Doctor saved.

There are fathers, mothers, sons, daughters.

Everyone was laughing so happily.

Thinking of this, Chunhua felt extremely happy.

"Brother! You say, after we found humanity! Tell them we're robots and they'll be surprised! Let's just tell them we're normal humans, okay! That must be fun! Tell them we're just ordinary kids! Chunhua shook her feet and smiled.

"Actually, you're already a woman in her sixties!" Akimi Road while driving.

"I hate ~~~ people are not old women~~~" Chunhua said dissatisfied.

I've been looking for it for 50 years.

If you can't find it, it's too late to replace the power supply.

Their expiration date is near. All the parts are aging.

Although Qiu Shi and his sister were talking and laughing together, they looked ahead and felt dazed.

It's true......

Can it be found before it is scrapped?

Will it be possible to fulfill the father's wish?

"Brother, I must have been scrapped earlier than you, you have to tell you the human you found on my behalf, you have a lovely sister." Chunhua, who finished being coquettish, said suddenly.

Akimi turned his head to look at his sister, and the oil slowly oozing from the corners of his eyes.

The robot has no tears.

However, his kernel had long since broken during the journey.

Perhaps, he will be scrapped before Chunhua.

———

As soon as night fell, the earth was dark.

But there was only one place where there was still light.

There must be people living there!

Because the electronic monsters unleashed by the false gods do not need light.

It's going to be scrapped in a few days, but I'm still happy. The siblings rushed to the only area where the lights were on.

I've been looking for it for 50 years!

Finally found it!

Where the street lights are still on!

There must be humans here!

It doesn't matter if it's about to be scrapped, just bring them the "gift" and they will live!

"Found it! Got it!! Got it!!! When Chunhua ran to the snow on the abandoned street, she finally found the "human" lying in the snow.

"Alive! Still alive...... Woo woo woo ...... "When the man's body temperature was confirmed, Chunhua suddenly howled and cried, "Found it...... Humanity isn't extinct yet...... Daddy......"

Robots can't tell, and the man's appearance is perfect that humans can't have.

It's God,

Have mercy on them.