Early morning in the city of Mou.

Nine o'clock in the morning, this is the time to go to work.

Lu Wen was sitting at the gate of the 10th District Executive Board, processing the news.

After an all-day undercurrent surge yesterday.

This undercurrent has come to the bright side.

Some people ushered in the dawn today.

Others have had an accident.

"Just last night, there were six android killings in quick succession."

That's the headline in the newspapers this morning.

Maybe the original headline was not this, but after learning the news, the newspaper immediately reprinted it.

There's nothing better for headlines than news like android killing someone.

If there is.

That's more android homicides.

"The identities of the deceased are all similar, they are famous, and they are kind."

Wei Bo'an put the newspaper under him and sat down on the side of the stairs.

"This Zero is really good at doing things, and this is already a ......"

"That's not right."

Lu Wen suddenly spoke, interrupting Wei Bo'an's words.

Wei Bo'an looked over.

"What's wrong?"

"I always felt that something was wrong...... More than a month ago, in Li Jian's case, Jiang Xiaonian cooperated with Zero to come up with a way to control the android. ”

But in that case.

After killing someone, all androids will find a way to self-destruct the chip.

While in Baker City, Lu Wen saw Zero's clone, which was lurking among the androids and was already one of the twelve leaders.

When the doppelganger was found, she shot herself in the head in the midst of the collapsed ruins.

In short, with the cautious style of the past of Zero.

She shouldn't have left any chip data behind.

"In the three cases yesterday, there was a droid who left a chip, and in the six cases last night, there was even a droid who was captured alive...... It's not zero. ”

If Zero hadn't been cautious, it wouldn't have been able to make waves for decades.

So far, her underground nest has only been discovered a few times.

"But there have been so many homicides with androids, it can't be a coincidence."

Nine incidents.

Lu Wen really wanted to calm down and analyze.

Mowu City has not been calm during this time, will other forces get involved?

But reality did not give him a chance to calm down.

On this rare sunny day in Mou, a body was hung in the square in front of the parliament building.

Tenth incident.

In this way, they are exposed to the long guns and short guns of the media.

"With such a big square, no one found out in advance."

When Lu Wen and Wei Bo'an arrived.

The scene has been cordoned off.

Outside the cordon, there was a whole circle of media and onlookers.

The body was transported.

In the center of the square was a large silver cross, and the dried dark red blood beneath the cross told everyone who passed by what had happened here.

Two highly recognizable faces came here and immediately attracted the attention of all the media.

"Chief Wei, do you have any clues on the Executive Board?"

"Chief Lu, as an android, what do you think of the bionic homicide that suddenly happened in the past two days?"

“……”

Both of them were a little helpless, so they had to leave a "no comment" and return to the car.

They drove to the General Directorate of the Executive Directorate of the 9th District.

They were received by the Governor of the 9th District.

"I want to see the video." Lu Wen got straight to the point.

"No problem."

In ten cases in a row, as long as it is an executive officer with a normal brain, he can detect that something is wrong.

There are other regional executives on their way.

If the signs of this android murder are not stopped, then the same case may occur in every region except the 16th District.

"According to the autopsy, the tenth homicide occurred around five o'clock in the morning today."

"At six o'clock in the morning, a truck pulled up from the city road into Parliament Square and brought down a large object covered with gray cloth."

"The security guard on night duty at that time had inquired, but because it was already time for the shift to be handed over at that time, the security guard was sleepy and looking forward to getting off work, so he just simply understood the situation."

The rest is pretty simple.

The video shows everything.

Underneath the gray cloth was clearly the cross, and the corpse tied to it.

The screen shows four androids.

Three people are responsible for carrying and one person is responsible for communicating with the security guards.

The man's excuse was more convincing, that there would be a show in front of the parliament building at nine o'clock in the morning, and that he had produced some false proofs.

"I really didn't expect that, who do you think would be so arrogant as to transport a corpse to Parliament Square? Isn't that self-defeating? When the security guard recorded the confession, he also looked helpless.

The entrance and interior of the Houses of Parliament are well guarded.

But this side of the square...... There were only a few people in charge of watching.

On weekdays, there are some aunts who like to dance in the square, there are also some small vendors selling toys, and many middle-class families also come to the square for a walk after dinner.

"Didn't you smell blood?" Lu Wen asked.

"No, I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes, so I asked a few questions, and the other brothers didn't bother to come up to check."

And just like that, the group finished carrying the body.

Drive away in a van.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, a child was flying a kite in the square, curiously tearing off the gray cloth and taking a look.

It is estimated that the child will be left with a psychological shadow for the rest of his life.

"Remember to do a good job of psychological comfort for that child." Wei Boan said.

"We're not going to forget that."

"Has the deceased been identified?"

"It's a former engineer from Azure, there's no stain, and one of the four androids in the video is his housekeeping android."

The identity of the deceased this time is very special.

It was met with such a large number of onlookers.

Soon a very controversial topic appeared on the Internet.

[The android tied his creator to the cross]

The accompanying image below this topic is the giant silver cross.

The blood is glaring.

This controversial and somewhat religious topic soon sparked thousands of discussions.

Many people think that this is a signal for androids to counterattack humans.

Combined with the murders that have occurred one after another in the past two days.

Quite a few conspiracy theorists jumped out and began to brainwash the people repeatedly.

"Now there is an emergency, on the parliament square, next to that cross, suddenly a group of people have gathered, holding signs against androids......"

"Here we go again." The Chief of District 9 sighed.

This was the initial stage of the parade.

It's not been long since the last time there was an anti-android march due to Lu Wen.

There were several more such large demonstrations, and the economy of the entire city of Mou had to stagnate.

"These guys don't go to work all day, and anti-androids are addicted."

"Actually, there are a lot of people who don't have jobs in the first place, and they think that androids have taken away their jobs."

"But this is the inevitable result of the development of the times, machines replace manual, cheap manpower is replaced by cheaper machinery, what can we do ......"

Is it to set the times back?

In the end, if Mowu City can have the same benefits as the Floating City, all problems can be solved.

But there are more than 100 million people in the city.

If everyone enjoyed the same benefits as the Floating City, it is estimated that the entire planet would not be able to supply it, and the social order would collapse due to too many wasted people.

"Demonstrations have also started in the 5th and 6th districts, this time...... It is estimated that it is difficult to stop. ”

"Unless you find the real culprit?"

Everyone was at a loss.

Where to find the real culprit?

Both Azure and Core Red gave the results of the analysis.

Those murderous androids are normal, there are no traces of being invaded, there is no implant program in the body, and there is no problem when you look at the source code line by line.

"Since those androids are fine, and the circuit breaker measures in their bodies are still there, why didn't they trigger the first law of androids when they attacked humans?"

"There are implants on the market now that can bypass circuit breakers."

"But those programs are of inferior quality, and it's impossible for both companies not to see it."

A morning time.

I spent it in a state of nowhere.

District 9 found the truck in the early hours of the morning through surveillance.

The car was abandoned on the outskirts of the city, and the four androids on it all shot themselves in the head.

Around noon.

Representatives from the Executive Boards of the various regions have already arrived in the ninth district.

"Just now, there was a homicide case involving androids in our 15th district."

The fifteenth arrondissement is a second-class executive.

Since Feng Fugui's death, there has been no third-level executive officer in this region.

A large tourist area with a small permanent population is almost always a case of petty theft, and it is difficult to accumulate the merits of a third-level executive officer.

"The same happened here in District Eleven." said the Director General of the Executive Directorate of Region 11.

"It's the same in District 2."

"Eight District ......"

“……”

A morning time.

Nine more incidents have now accumulated to nineteen.

All of them are androids, who go out of control without warning, and go out to kill people.

"Lu Wen, you are an android, how much do you know about this piece?" The head of the seventh district asked.

"Before, I thought it was Zero, but now that I think about it, even if it is, it's impossible not to leave any traces, unless she purifies again and reaches some realm that she can't understand now." Lu Wen replied.

"Who else but her is so eager to provoke a conflict between humans and androids?"

"That's a lot, a lot of anti-android forces......"

When people are communicating.

Just outside the gates of the General Directorate of the Executive Directorate of Region IX.

On a wide road.

Huge groups of demonstrators shouted slogans and passed by.

This time, the parade was more organized than the last one, with some people carrying water and energy bars on the streets, and even setting up special rest areas.

There has also been a lot of noise on the Internet.

"Aren't you worried that those androids who get along with each other day and night will suddenly raise their butcher knives against you one day?"

"There have been nineteen."

"A lot of them were killed by androids who had been with them for years, and they saw them as family."

“……”

Worried, anxious, conflicted......

This sultry summer, many people's emotions have become irritable with the weather.

This planet does not allow humans to marry androids though.

But there are still many lonely people...... The androids are their only companions, they can talk and spend boring and simple years together.

"Will you kill me?"

In the present day.

This is the phrase that all housekeeping androids are asked the most.

Lu Wen stood at the door of the General Directorate of the Ninth District Executive Board, stared at the growing marching group, and sighed softly: "The crisis of confidence is coming. ”

Before that.

No matter how ferocious the anti-android forces are, there will always be a group of people who enjoy the benefits of androids who choose to stand against them.

But now, even those people are starting to get suspicious.

Will the first person you see when you wake up every day, the last person you see before going to bed, raise a butcher's knife to them?

After all...... Machines are machines after all, and they will be manipulated.

There are even a lot of old accounts that have been turned over.

[Blue monitors the daily life of the employer through androids]

[Xinhong instructs androids to steal private data]

[Blue has control over all androids and attempts to establish a bionic empire]

【Core Red ......】

The rumors of the two companies in the early years have now been dug up and appeared on various platforms together.

It's getting louder and louder outside.

Looking at this trend, it feels like those people will not stop until they completely drive the androids out of the city.

"The first violent clashes since the demonstrations broke out in the 10th arrondissement, with ill-intentioned people mingling in the marching crowds and throwing homemade Molotov cocktails at street shops."

"The owner suffered severe burns, and two other clerks suffered minor injuries."

“……”

The fire burned.

It's a fire that's hard to extinguish.

This flame will predictably spread throughout the city, making every corner of the city shrouded in fear of androids.

The pressure on the Executive Board is felt like never before.

"This arrogance must be contained, and Mowu City must not be allowed to become like the two cities in the West!"

……

City of West.

This is one of the two cities in the West.

A young man broke down the door and broke into a street-side shop, which was dazzling to see.

There was only greed in the bloodshot eyes.

"Bang!"

A spinning bullet sent him to hell with greed.

He collapsed in front of the store.

Be one of the many corpses at the door.

Many of the corpses were already decomposing and stinking.

The shopkeeper was expressionless, his thin face did not show any mood fluctuations, and he habitually wiped the barrel of the gun.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot rang out.

The shopkeeper fell to the ground.

Half of his head exploded, and blood flowed wildly on the ground.

The hideous-looking young man rushed into the store, trampling on the corpses and blood of his predecessors, and stealing the valuable goods as much as he could.

He laughed maniacally, and walked out of the store with the goods in his arms.

"Bang!"

A third gunshot rang out.

The young man lay in a pool of blood.

Be one of the countless corpses lining the streets.

When the shooter found out that he had been hit, he laughed triumphantly, and the muscles on his face began to twitch with laughter, and his scarlet eyes seemed to have not closed for days and nights.

He picked up the carry-on carrion.

Laughing and running off into the distance.

The corpse of the fallen young man was still open.

The man's figure was reflected in the gray eyeballs.

As the man ran away, the whole rotting street grew longer and longer in the dead pupils.

The shops on both sides of the street are in tatters.

Murderers and madmen are smashing everything at will.

It's a daylight when you can't see normal people.

The carnage consumes violence and hatred and turns into fireworks to set the street on fire.

The field of view gradually increases.

Not far from this street, another street.

There was also a game of death and fire, the stench of corpses filling the air, and a rain at night sent filthy and foul-smelling blood flowing through the streets.

Flies fly through the chaotic streets of July.

Those corpses are their favorite breeding grounds.

White maggots burrowed in and out of the highly decaying flesh, shriveled strips of flesh dangling over the tattered bones......

The vision comes to a higher place.

Surrounded by countless streets.

The entire area.

up to the entire city......

Smoke from the explosions and flames hung over the crazy city, making the drone's vision a little blurred.

"Buzz ......"

Duan Tiannan controlled the drone and took in all the pictures.

He took a sip of beer and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that Westster City has become such a mess, it is really all evil, even if it is a normal person, in this case, you can only choose to become a madman and a murderer." ”

"Was it calm before?" Duan Hongye asked.

"It's not peaceful, but at least, when I retired more than a decade ago, the city was still in order."

Duan Tiannan recalled, calling up a three-dimensional map of the entire Westster City.

He pointed to some marked areas on the map.

"Here...... Over here...... And here, these were originally places of interest, cathedrals, bell towers, temples, towers, ......"

Now on these ancient buildings.

Hung with rotting corpses.

"This is the royal palace, these two cities in the west have always retained the royal family, but now the king is just a symbol, I sneaked into the palace with Xia Zhenghe, I scared the king away, he almost seduced a princess ......"

But now, the once splendid royal palace is in tatters.

Many palaces collapsed, and the treasures inside were looted.

Billowing smoke billowed from the place where the two had been.

Duan Tiannan sighed with emotion: "Time has passed...... It was heard that the city's royal family had taken refuge in the city of Versailles, and a large number of ordinary people either fled to no-man's land or lived in underground bomb shelters. ”

The whole city is left to the madmen to destroy.

The city of Versailles is another city in the West.

The city is a little better now, but it's also full of smoke.

"Isn't the army coming to suppress these madmen? Such a big city, hundreds of millions of people ......"

"There used to be hundreds of millions of people, but now...... It is estimated that the sum of those who are still alive is only two-thirds of the original, and as for the army......"

Duan Tiannan said that the two cities in the west do not have the support of heavy industry like Baker City in the south, nor do they have the temperament of the people in the north who do not accept it.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness has always been weak.

"The strongest combat effectiveness has always been in the north, so the two cities in the north are so tough, and they have never heard the words of the floating city, while the two cities in the west have been reducing the number of troops and reducing military spending over the years......"

So much so that it was cut to the end.

In the face of thugs and lunatics all over the city, the existing army felt too weak to be tired.

Even the arsenal was forcibly broken into by tens of thousands of thugs.

The rest of the army had to escort the royal family and many public officials to the city of Versailles.

The city has now accepted tens of millions of refugees.

Countless people died on the way to Versailles in extreme weather, or unable to adapt to the no-man's land.

"Why don't these ordinary people take up arms, they have an absolute advantage in numbers."

"That's what you say...... But everyone around is running for their lives, who can stand up and lead the ordinary people to revolt? Everyone is afraid of death. ”

These criminals, thugs, madmen, etc., are estimated to be less than a million people combined.

West, on the other hand, once had hundreds of millions of residents.

In the end, it became what it is now......

The city has actually been removed from the map.

"Momiji, you can kill those people casually, this time I will take you to practice."

The streets are full of targets.

Duan Tiannan even met his former peers.

Those who love blood, now join the city's killing feast.

It's hard to imagine what the city once bustled like.

"It all started with an ordinary anti-android parade."