"It's a really interesting question."

In the end, it was not Caterina who answered Wende's question, but her very own mechanic, Rowling.

The girl didn't look very old, she didn't look very good-looking, she was not tall but she looked quite muscular—when Winder and Carter arrived at Rowling's little shop in the corner of the trading area, the girl was stacking a tire in one hand.

The reason for the limited work is that the clothes are really not tidy, but the whole store is also in a state of "looking a little messy but actually very neat", which is better than Carter's small building.

Rowling's first impression of Winder is that she is quite straightforward and capable, and her relationship with Caterina is actually quite close.

Seeing Caterina bring Winder to the door, she said hello first, "You're finally willing to come to see me?" Then he teased: "This is the one you brought back and caused a storm at the crossroads?" He looked at Wende again, and said, "It looks like a little young master." ”

Caterina couldn't bother with her, but said, "If you make Winder angry, I can't protect you." ”

Rowling will still be skeptical, "Really? ”

Caterina had no choice but to say, "Actually, we came to you for something this time." ”

Then he told Wende's intention, and solemnly lifted the sand falcon out.

Not surprisingly, Rowling's first reaction when she saw such a small steel partner was to laugh. But when the laughter stopped, her expression became serious again, and she introduced herself to Wen De seriously, and thanked her: "Thank you very much for helping me find the real culprit who destroyed my little shop, even if Carter is not there in the future, you can come to me directly if you have anything - although I am not as good as you, I still have some experience in strengthening and renovating." ”

After a brief introduction, it is the daily maintenance of the main tank and the steel partner, the repair of various weapons, and if you are willing to spend money, it can also help the strengthening of the tank and the steel partner, etc.

So she can play a role in Winder's desire to make the falcon useful.

Almost at the same time as the introduction, she was already in action.

Rowling lifted the falcon to a machine and whispered as she adjusted to fit the size of the bike. After analyzing its intelligence level and confirming that the falcon has the ability to understand speech and communicate to a limited extent, it was discovered that some instruments were attached to the body of the small motorcycle.

She told the falcon not to move, and then turned on the machine, and while the machine was running and waiting for the results, Rowling took a moment to explain: "Whether it's a chariot or a steel partner, the first thing you need to confirm before you want to strengthen it is whether they still have that kind of potential. ”

But he didn't specify what the potential meant, but it seduced Winde's curiosity.

The process of the machine seemed to be time-consuming, and as the three of them waited with nothing to do, Caterina shared Winder's doubts in the midst of small talk.

"What is the basis for the self-gender perception of the Iron Partner?"

Rowling couldn't help but laugh again, and after laughing, she said: "Generally speaking, the gender recognition of mechanical intelligence mostly exists among the steel partners, and from the known information, there are only a few cases where there is a gender difference. The exact reason for this phenomenon is unknown, but I heard that scholars at the Revival Church speculate that because the Iron Companions have been in human society for many years, they have more feelings and needs for 'self', which makes it easier to catalyze gender. ”

"The main evidence to support this speculation is that the Revival Church has collected information on nearly 100 Iron Companions, and found that the longer you have been a Steel Companion, the lower the 'maturity' level when you become a Steel Companion, and the more likely you are to develop gender identity."

Rowling continued, "There's a similar argument from the Church of the Machines, but they think it's a blessing from the mechanical gods to humans......" she said and shrugged her shoulders, "It's completely useless." ”

Rowling also knew what Winder was most concerned about—or what he was worried about—when he asked this, she added: "This little guy of yours looks like a juvenile body that has not been in the spirit for a long time, and in a situation like it, it is relatively easy to develop gender recognition." ”

In other words, the little sand falcon has no gender recognition yet, and Wen De breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but when he thought that this little thing had liked to pester women such as Carter, Orange Soda, and Anna, he was a little entangled, "Can you confirm it?" "I told my doubts.

Rowling laughed again, and after a long time, she said, "It's just a similar beast habit." You don't have to look at it at this time it's not very smart, but it's already very sensitive. Survival in the wild, no matter what species is not lacking in this talent, can naturally understand who is more threatening to themselves, and those are easy to please......"

Rowling said that the Falcon is close to the orange soda because of the same kind of cognition, and the intimacy with women such as Carter is because women have a greater affection for gadgets, and it can ...... from this process Get more benefits......

Anyway, the theory is a set of things, whether it's right or not, at least Wende feels a lot more relieved.

However, at this time, Rowling suddenly changed her words again, "These are my inferences, but they are not necessarily true." Because now, in fact, it is difficult to see the steel partner of the young body again. ”

The reason for this situation lies in the progress of technology, although the emergence of the cataclysm caused the loss of many civilizations and technologies in this world, but when the remaining human society gradually adapted to this "new world", there are also some new technologies appeared.

For example, the transformation technology of human beasts, or the growth and enhancement technology of chariots and steel partners.

In the powerful human strongholds of the wasteland, the crafting of chariots, the enhancement process, and the maturity of the chariots. Although the chariot is still inferior to teaching the steel partner, it has been able to replace it in many fields, which invisibly squeezes the living space of the steel partner.

Especially for those individuals or forces that are not very strong, a resource can be used to train a steel partner or make several or even a dozen chariots, their choice is self-evident.

This is also the biggest disadvantage of steel partners, every step of their growth, the resources required are massive.

The steel partner of the adult body is already like this, and if you want to raise a young body, the resources spent are naturally even more exaggerated.

"The growth of steel partners is strengthened, and in addition to all kinds of metals and other resources, there are some things that money can't buy. And that is the key to the growth of steel partners...... Therefore, before implementing the plan, we need to confirm whether they have the potential to grow, which is the first step we need to do. ”

Rowling said, and couldn't help but comfort Wende: "This little guy is still too young, and his potential is not expected to be too high." But don't worry, Carter should have one for the orange soda, and I've got a little personal stock here......"

As he spoke, the machine inspecting the falcon suddenly beeped with a crisp sound, but the inspection was over.

Rowling turned her head to look, and the moment she saw the result, she was stunned in disbelief, "This ...... How is this possible?! ”