Under the watchful eyes of the parliamentary army, Lu Wen and the others left the confines of the city.

So it didn't take long for the news reports to come out.

[The crisis has passed]

[Underground forces suffer heavy casualties]

[No Man's Land, under pressure from the council, withdraws from the city and promises to stay away from the city limits]

News seems to have grown wings, spreading in the streets and alleys of the city.

While the people are still angry that their homes have been destroyed by the androids, the council has given them an explanation with a tough stance, and the subsequent compensation is gradually following.

Zhang Ji was also the first to come forward and give a specific explanation to all the people.

"Those awakened androids are gone, and the force we show today has forced them to submit......"

As a droid councillor, he's having a hard time.

At this time, it is natural that he will be pushed out by the parliament and scolded.

But after all, that sentence said, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and if you are scolded, you will be scolded.

Zhang Ji looked at the distant city outside, where the wind and sand went, where the real home belonged to the androids, and he suddenly envied the number nine.

Free, unfettered, galloping in the vast no-man's land.

But he had to stay, as a buffer.

……

In the billowing sand of no man's land.

The crowd drove back to the first base.

"When did we give in? They even promised to stay away from the city limits, and these councilors really have a hand, and black can be said to be white. Ark said.

"It's not for us." Lu Wen said with a smile: "These contents are for ordinary people to listen to, just to appease their emotions, otherwise do you really want to fight?" ”

"Even if we do fight, our odds are quite good."

Assertive.

This is the biggest characteristic of the androids outside Baker City.

They are fearless.

Maybe it's strength, maybe it's people's customs.

The morning battle was a resounding victory, with minimal casualties among the androids, all the leaders returned, and none of the humans involved remained, all remaining at the bottom of the sinkhole, which was hundreds of meters deep.

"I don't know what's going on with Dr. Jiang."

Lu Wen got out of the car and began to discuss the follow-up with everyone.

……

Abandoned cities.

Underground fortress.

Zero's face was not as calm as when he faced Lu Wen.

In the data of this fortress, there is some information about her real body.

This may be the first time in so many years that she has been given the news of her true body, and with Dr. Jiang's ability, she may really be able to deduce where her true body is.

"Doctor, let my body go, and I'll never return to Baker City for the rest of my life."

"It's rare to hear something like begging for mercy from your mouth."

Dr. Jiang laughed, very kindly.

On the outside, he is an old human man with glasses, and he is very knowledgeable at first glance.

"I just want to ask, when you came to me and said that you were going to save someone, is that sentence true?" Dr. Jiang looked up and looked into Zero's eyes.

"It's true." Zero nodded.

"That person is in a vegetative state now, or is it ...... Completely dead? ”

"Dead, died early."

"Then you can't save it."

"I have to give it a try, or my existence will be meaningless."

"Isn't the purpose of your existence to destroy the world?"

The dead cannot be saved.

Dr. Jiang is a product of science and technology, so he does not believe in ghosts and gods, but believes in existing scientific knowledge.

And with the current development of science and technology, it is impossible to resurrect the dead.

Those rich people who are reluctant to live in the world will freeze themselves before they die, hoping that one day, the mystery of eternal life will be discovered.

But in terms of the current technological development of the nine major cities.

Even in another 80 years, there will be no so-called eternal life.

Or even a few more years...... If everything develops according to the guidance of the Supreme Council, all but android technology will start to slowly regress.

Androids will slowly replace the ordinary people at the bottom.

After all, the machine is better controlled.

The rest of the ordinary people will gradually become ignorant, and perhaps they will begin to believe in the gods above them, rather than the technology that can be accessed in daily life.

"Interesting, I've imagined a lot about your real body, but when I really understand it, I still think it's incredible, no wonder you call yourself Zero."

As a machine that absorbs knowledge all the time, Dr. Jiang's knowledge reserve has reached a peak.

It's rare to be able to say something like that.

"If I conceal the coordinates of your true body, will you stop all this and live honestly for the endless years that follow?" Dr. Jiang asked.

Zero was silent.

The immediate situation is either to abandon everything that has been laid out for decades.

Or, Dr. Jiang found his true identity.

Androids can have an infinite number of bodies, each of which can be said to be a real body.

But Zero is not an android.

She is a special being.

The exposure of her true body will make her very passive, and the mystery and strength she has built up over the past few decades will be half destroyed, and those who follow her will be suspicious of her.

"Doctor, there's no need to be so decisive, we can work together to destroy all of this and create an empire of machines."

Zero looked at Dr. Jiang, and the last thing she could think of was persuasion.

As a former mentor and apprentice, she believes that Dr. Jiang should value those years more.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have been talking nonsense with her for so long.

"I have arrangements in many cities, and each force has its own people, and if I want, I can provoke disputes among countless forces within a month, and let the flames of war spread in every corner of the nine major cities." Zero said.

"You're overconfident." Dr. Jiang said lightly.

"Join me, Doctor, and you can save all the androids who are suffering." Zero said word by word: "You can erase humanity from the history books, return the human epoch to zero, and create a new epoch, an epoch that belongs to androids." ”

"It's actually unwise to impress me with this condition, in a sense, I'm not android." Dr. Jiang pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "I'm just a product of the lab, before the birth of androids. ”

The dimly lit underground fortress fell silent again.

Dr. Jiang simply made his request.

But Zero refused to retreat, not a single step back.

"The coordinates of your real body, there...... Is it the one you want to be resurrected? Are you guarding him? ”

Dr. Jiang felt that this former student always had a redeeming side in his heart, as well as the hope of being saved.

"It's in no man's land, a deserted city, where you used to live together before that war, right? Because of the war, he died, so you began to hate the whole human world...... But the person you want to resurrect is also a human being. ”

Zero hung his head.

In front of Dr. Jiang, she will always be just a student.

"Destruction and rebirth, two contradictory commands collide within you, promoting your evolution and making you who you are now."

"Actually, I never evolved." Zero suddenly said: "I will always be in that coordinate, never left, as for who I am now, maybe it is an obsession, it is ridiculous to say, the machine actually has an obsession." ”

The mystery and power she has created in the past few decades are worthless in front of Dr. Jiang.

Returning to the city left her in a passivity that she hadn't fallen into for a long time.

"Humans are the most creative race on the planet, and if there is really immortal technology in the future, it must come from humans, not machines." Dr. Jiang said softly, "Androids can't, all their technology comes from humans, and they lack creativity. ”

"Even if one day in the future, you really made all humans disappear from the world, built a mechanical empire, and researched the technology to resurrect that person...... When he wakes up, he will also choose to sleep again because of loneliness, and humans are social animals. ”

"You've dismantled so many androids over the years, did you get the answers you wanted?"

Zero's research on androids can be described as insane.

She's looking for a creature that can barely exist.

That creature should have the consciousness of a human being, a mechanical body.

That creature should have given her hope of resurrection from the dead.

"No...... None of them are. ”

"Because the creature you're looking for doesn't exist in the first place." Dr. Jiang said: "You are also a product of technology, you should not believe those ghosts and gods, but you still believe it. ”

The conversation between the two machines echoed through the empty underground fortress.

"Doctor, are you really unwilling to let go of my master?" Zero asked.

"Actually, while the two of us were talking, you could have asked other bodies to take away your main body and the people you were guarding, but you didn't." Dr. Jiang pondered the coordinates, "You are reluctant to be there, even if it is deserted, it is always the last peaceful soil in your heart." ”

The initiative was never in Dr. Jiang's hands.

He only knew the coordinate data, and it would take a little time to rush over.

And during this time, Zero could completely transfer her main body away, taking with her the person she wanted to resurrect.

But she didn't.

"Sorry, doctor, you know, I'm just a program, a piece of code, and I just want to do what I've already determined."

In the end, there was no negotiation.

Zero pulls out a small-caliber pistol and aims it at his head.

This body is only one of her countless clones, so there is no need to feel distressed.

"The next time we meet, we'll still be enemies."

Accompanied by a gunshot rang out.

Zero's skull exploded, and she fell to the ground with no weakness.

After a long time.

A sigh echoed throughout the empty and dead silence of the underground castle.

……

Dusk in Baker City is redder than in Mou.

It was as if the sky was stained with rust.

Lu Wen temporarily bid farewell to the many androids in the no-man's land.

He changed his skin again, this time back to his literary style, and the little spider on his shoulder followed far behind to avoid being recognized.

Back in the city of Baker City, Yin June was waiting for him.

"You're actually Nine, and you say you know Nine...... Tricked me for the third time! ”

"It's always good to be cautious when you're away from home."

"In the face of a beautiful girl, is it necessary to be cautious like this?"

"In nature, the more colorful and beautiful it looks, the more toxic it is, whether it is an animal or a plant."

Lu Wen found a restaurant and invited this beautiful girl to dinner.

Dr. Jiang has gone to deal with Zero.

With his old man's ability, he may have been walking on the way back with Zero's head by now.

Lu Wen always had some regrets, from beginning to end, he never really fought against Zero, relying on Xia Chuluo when he was in Mowu City, and relying on Dr. Jiang on the side of Baker City.

But he is also self-aware.

If you really want to match the line, one is a newcomer who has only been on for more than a month, and the other is an old monster who has lived for decades and learned a technique.

The odds of him losing are quite high.

"You put on makeup today?" Lu Wen was surprised.

"It's just lipstick." Yin June glanced at him, "You're also a android, can't you observe carefully...... Why do boys always think that wearing lipstick is makeup? ”

"Isn't it?"

"I don't want to tell you."

“……”

Yin June took out two napkins and wiped all the lipsticks off his mouth.

Then rudely crumpled the napkin and threw it into the trash can not far away.

The waiting time for the food to be served is always long.

Lu Wen looked at the time, the sunset in the distance had gradually disappeared, and he suddenly asked, "When did the doctor leave?" Did you explain anything when you left? ”

"Doctor, he left a doppelganger in the research institute, and the gods can't help him when they come, so don't worry."

"I'm not worried about the Institute, I'm worried about the body outside the doctor, he's ......"

Before he could speak, a familiar figure appeared at the end of the street.

Dr. Jiang.

Dr. Jiang intact.

Aside from some blue blood stained on his clothes, he looked the same as when they first met.

The old cyborg seemed to be thinking about something.

He frowned and walked slowly.

The afterglow of the setting sun hit his not tall body.

At the end of the street, there was his long shadow.

"Doctor, we're here, let's have dinner together!"

Yin June waved at Dr. Jiang.

It was only dusk, and there were already very few people on the streets.

Even if there are a lot of people, it is nothing to shout the word doctor, and in Baker City, no one can help this old man.

Dr. Jiang looked up and saw the restaurant on the street.

He smiled kindly and quickened his pace.

Old age is just his appearance, as a machine, time does not affect him too much, so he walks lighter than many young people.

"This restaurant is good, I used to eat here often, the owner is a tough person, and the restaurant won't open until late."

Dr. Jiang sat next to Lu Wen and said with a smile.

The blue blood on his body hadn't dried up yet.

"Doctor, what's going on over there at Zero?" Lu Wen asked.

"She has an underground fortress on the other side of the no-man's land, monitoring every move of the entire city at any time, but now I have blown it up, and the information in it has been transmitted to the research institute by me."

Dr. Kong removed his glasses.

He pulled out a napkin and wiped the dirt off his lenses.

The android does not need to wear glasses, but for the sake of the image of an old pedant, he always wears them.

"Speaking of which, the structure of her underground fortress is still based on the original research institute I built...... He's a good student. Dr. Jiang sighed.

As a student, Zero is very good.

But the positions are different, so the students and teachers go on opposite sides.

"Doctor, is there any news about Master Zero's body in those materials?" Lu Wen asked.

Yin June looked at Dr. Jiang with wide eyes.

She was also curious about the legendary Zero, the first assistant to the Doctor.

"She'......"

Dr. Jiang was silent for a moment.

"Her main body, do you want to meet her?"

……

Good night, book friends!