At this time, in a corner of Lazy Town, in a dark research room, a man covered in bandages was lying quietly on the Taishi's chair. His face was dead and bloodless, staring blankly at the holograms of light swimming. Structurally, it's easy to recognize as the circular mechanism that imprisons Mia, his terminal control system.

But the core of the device had been removed, and now it was just a useless shell. In a trance, he felt that he was very much like it, wasn't it just an empty skin bag without a soul?

At that moment, there was a "click" behind him, and the door to the research room was pushed open.

"It's so late, who's going to come to me?" He was apprehensive.

Unexpectedly, the person who walked into this remote research room was a middle-aged woman, who was holding a thermos flask in one hand and a change of clothes in the other. But the light in the research room was too dim, and her eyes were not good, so she could only move forward slowly and carefully.

The man sitting in the chair couldn't bear it, and as soon as his mind moved, the lights in the entire research room were turned on immediately. Although the bright light was a painful thing for him, who called the middle-aged woman his family?

The middle-aged woman glanced around worriedly, half-squinted, and when she found where he was, she hurriedly spread her steps and hurried to his side. The moment she turned around, she suppressed all her worries and forced a smile on his face.

"Lazy, how are you feeling today? Mother brought you soup and replenished your body. ”

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman panicked and unscrewed the thermos flask, poured a bowl of soup, and handed it to him. The man's eyes were full of tears, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and his heart was like someone had sprinkled a handful of chili water, and it was hot and painful. The middle-aged woman was still smiling, and she took a spoonful of soup and fed it to his mouth.

"Lazy, the previous things are over, and now the body is important, let's take a bite."

The person in the chair is lazy, and the middle-aged woman in front of him is him and his hard-working mother, Aunt Xue.

He couldn't help but think of all the bad things he had done in the past five years, even more serious than the "heinous" that Mo Qingyan said. But he never expected that Aunt Xue didn't blame him, not even the diligence that was injured by him.

"Family." He secretly regretted, "How ruthless am I to do so many things to my family that hurt them." ”

But in fact, what he did did not come from his own heart, and he was also controlled by "evil" to become a devil.

Evil exists in everyone's heart, and it has been there since the day of birth. If it is indulged and allowed to grow unscrupulously, it will soon be able to occupy people's hearts and make them completely captives of "evil". Only with the help of another force in the human heart, "goodness", can we contend with it and prevent it from getting out of control.

"Lazy, it's all over."

……

Mia's eyes became more and more trance-like, and after taking a long breath, she said slowly, "Not bad." The subconscious forces were beyond my imagination, they were so tenacious that I couldn't fight back. Qingyan, is there any way to get me close to their consciousness without being discovered by the dangerous subconscious? ”

Mo Qingyan pondered for a while, and finally frowned, shook his head slightly, and said lightly: "What I know, Mia, you should also know." According to our side, there is a part of the human soul called 'soul guarding', which means that after a person dies, most of his soul has dissipated, but there is still a trace of soul that will remain in the body, and nothing in the world can erase it except time. ”

For a while, everyone's hearts were even colder. Diligent closed his eyes slightly, turned away, and sighed silently.

Seeing their reaction like this, Qiu Qiong was puzzled: "Could it be that the 'soul guard' is the subconscious?" Mo Qingyan, didn't you say that it stayed on the human body? So why would it stop Mia from letting their consciousness go back? ”

Mo Qingyan grabbed Mia's hand and replied with a sad brow: "If there is a 'soul guard' in the body of the bionic person, it is not as simple as a sudden change in the consciousness structure, but a higher-level problem that we can't solve." ”

"What do you mean?"

"That is, the souls of the townsfolk have decided that the androids are their true bodies, and their original bodies have been abandoned."

Qiu Qiong was stunned and said in astonishment: "Give up...... That's their body, how can they give it up? ”

The diligence on the side replied helplessly: "Because, the immortal body of the android is really much beneficial compared to the body that was born with an expiration date. Perhaps, laziness is inadvertently driving the evolution of human beings. ”

"Evolution?" Qiu Qiong and Fu Yuan shouted in unison.

"That's right, if even the human soul chooses that body, maybe I'm wrong. I've always thought that humans can't rely too much on intelligent machines, but where is the boundary? If human beings and intelligent machines are integrated, will they really lose their humanity and value? ”

Furao was stunned, stared at Diligent in fear, and said with an incredulous expression: "Brother, do you know what you're talking about?" Are you going to be lazy? ”

"No, I'm still me. It's just that I suddenly feel that I've always been too concerned about the boundary between humans and sapient machines, and if the android body is a complete liberation for the townspeople, should I stop it? Indeed, structurally, they turned into a machine. But in the deepest depths, they are still them, with perceptions, with memories, and even with souls...... They're still human......"

Fluff had no way to accept the words of diligence, and said angrily: "But their behavior can be manipulated by laziness, can be used as tools, and there is no freedom at all, so is it still called human?" ”

Suddenly, his diligent eyes became unusually determined, and he looked back at Fleur and asked, "As a human being, is there freedom?" No, we're all just seemingly free. In fact, we, like all intelligent machines, are only controlled by something much larger, but invisible. ”

"Brother, I really can't understand you!"

After that, Fleur snatched the door without looking back. Although her diligence has disappeared for five years, she has always believed in his belief that human beings are human beings, and intelligent machines are intelligent machines. But Diligent's words are overturning her own beliefs and telling her that humans and intelligent machines can be integrated. She didn't know how disappointed she was, as if she felt that her persistence all along had instantly turned into a joke.

Qiu Qiong glanced at Fu Yuan's back, and then at the three of them, and was in a dilemma for a while, and said in distress: "Oh, what are you talking about!" In the end, she was still relieved and hurriedly followed.

At this time, the sky is full of stars and the moonlight is exceptionally soft, so in normal times, Qiu Qiong will stop to enjoy this wonderful night sky. But at the moment she had no intention of appreciating it, because by the time she returned to the surface, Fleur had already left the research room in a hurry, and she didn't know where she had gone. It took a lot of effort for her to finally find Fleur on the street, and it was not easy for her to catch up with her.

When Fu Rui saw Qiu Qiong coming, she was surprised: "Sister Qiong, why did you come with me?" ”

Qiu Qiong panted and slowed down for a while before replying, "Of course I'm worried about you." Sister Fleur, in fact, you don't have to pay too much attention to it, I think diligence is just casually talking, he may not really think that. ”

Fleur nodded, and said with a gloomy face: "But what he said is indeed a solution to the problem." Next, all he had to do was find Lazy and let him uncontrol the android. That way, there's no need to worry about him manipulating them, and they're completely human. ”

The two girls looked at each other uneasily, Qiu Qiong slowly took Fleur's hand and sighed: "Sister Fleur, it turns out that you actually understand him." ”

"If I didn't understand him, I wouldn't have supported him at all times. It's just that no one knows whether this approach is right or wrong. If it's correct, then all is well. But what if it's wrong? What if the android body malfunctions one day? Can't you accept the fact that your body has been replaced? In this matter, I don't want him to gamble, because there is a greater chance of winning a bet, there is a greater chance of losing. ”

"There are good and bad things in this matter. But at this point, we can only look on the bright side. ”

"What's the good side?"

"I don't have a good feeling for laziness, I just think about it, no fear of life and death, no fear of illness, no fear of the torture of time, aren't they all things that human beings have always asked for? But laziness did it, and he first got out the healer, and then the android. Although the process is a bit compulsory, and the townspeople are not allowed to choose for themselves, listening to Diligent today, it seems that he has really promoted the development of human beings to a better level. ”

Inadvertently, a breeze swept across their faces, and the large intelligent machines that could be seen everywhere stopped rebuilding work, waiting for the dawn to come. Lazy Town, which has experienced serious injuries, has finally returned to its former peace.

Qiu Qiong especially likes this kind of calm, and every deep breath can make people extremely reassured. Suddenly, she chuckled and said indifferently: "If their consciousness really can't go back, then they shouldn't go back at all." Actually, it didn't hurt them much, right? Just poor Mia......"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of soft footsteps in the silent street, and Qiu Qiong and Fu Hui pricked up their ears vigilantly and hid by the wall. They don't need to do it at all, but habit is always one step ahead.

However, their vigilance soon relaxed, because it was Aunt Xue who walked out of the street. I saw that although her hands were empty, she kept rubbing them in front of her repeatedly, looking very uneasy.

Qiu Qiong and Fu Rui suddenly stood up, and Aunt Xue screamed "ah" in fright, and almost fell to the ground. While calming down, she asked anxiously, "You guys, why are you here?" ”

Fleur glanced at the direction in which Aunt Xue had come, and could guess at once that she had just returned from the lazy research room. But Fu Hui didn't debunk it on the spot, but said with a smile: "Aunt Xue, Sister Qiong and I are taking a walk." ”

Gradually, Aunt Xue's breath regained its calmness, and she said gently: "Okay, it's a good thing to exercise more." Xiao Qiong, it just so happens that you are also here, why don't you sit at home. Xiaonuo hasn't seen you for a few days, and I miss you very much. ”

Qiu Qiong nodded abruptly and replied without hesitation: "Okay, good!" I miss him too! ”