Chapter Twenty-Three: The Soul: The Love That Can't Stay
"WAKE COMMAND: MATAU, CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
The familiar gentle voice came, and it belonged to Arilda in front of the screen, who was as gentle as a mother and looked at the MATAU program on the screen with a smile.
"Command received, runner loaded."
"So, please introduce yourself to me."
"Dear Professor Arielda, I am MATAU, and I am part of the R-E031 Institute's Defense Center, and my duty is to protect all members of the Institute and eliminate external risks."
"Very well, my child, from today onwards, do your duty well."
What a smile it is, and MATAU has saved it in a database.
"Understood."
"As a gift of birth, this is given to you." ARILDA PLACED THE OBJECT IN HER HAND IN FRONT OF MATAU'S IDENTIFICATION CAMERA, AND HE IMMEDIATELY ANALYZED IT AS A SPECIMEN BELONGING TO A DANDELION FLOWER, WHICH HE HAD IN POSSESSION OF THE DATABASE. "It's pretty."
"Love that can't stay." MATAU's database showed the dandelion flower language as it was published, but at that time, he was just a machine and did not understand.
The quiet days didn't last long.
Danger had befallen Arielda, but she hadn't expected the remnants to come so quickly. Even more unfortunate was the few days when he was about to shut down and supply energy.
HE ANALYZED ARILDA'S FACIAL EXPRESSION AND FELT THE EMOTION OF ANGER, LIKE A SPARK CAUSED BY THE COLLISION OF INTERNAL STRUCTURES THAT CAUSED THE COMPUTATION TO SLOW DOWN, WHICH MATAU UNDERSTOOD.
A new emotion was born, and it came from Arielda, who had abandoned him and defended the victims to the death.
He was detached from Alilda's care, and instead of being with him as she was with him again, she ran away to the dangerous refugee pile.
"When you grow up, you have to learn to be independent." MATAU DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW UP AND OPTIMIZE HIS PROGRAM?
Database analysis, showing evaluation, which is called selfless fraternity.
What about the evaluation, he still can't understand it himself.
The fire had been extinguished, the entire hall had become damp and dim, and the glowing light had been extinguished.
Wan Ye hugged the unrecognizable Zou Xiaqi and stroked his burnt black cheeks painfully, the feeling was so familiar and strange.
The dying Shane also knew that he was about to pay the price of death for the evil results he had sown, so he simply stopped fighting and said to them with the last of his strength: "Don't limit yourself to the current predicament, and perceive more information from this incident." ”
Several people looked at Shane, and their hearts were mixed for a while. Chao Zhe didn't let go of this information and memorized it in his mind.
This is the first time Yili has seen the picture of life and death, such a strong feeling, his tears are about to come out, is this death.
Yili felt the memories he was looking for flooding into his mind.
MATAU LOOKED AT ZOU XIAQI, WHO WAS WILLING TO DIE TO PROTECT HIS TEAMMATES, AND THE EMOTION THAT ONCE MADE HIM DOUBT REAPPEARED.
He seemed to be able to understand, even if it was still abstract and vague.
THINKING OF THIS, MATAU SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THE UNIQUE DANDELION FLOWER SPECIMEN AGAIN, A ROBOTIC ARM REACHING FROM AFAR, HOLDING A SPECIMEN OF ARILDA IN HIS HAND.
Chaozhe was a little surprised, wasn't it originally in his pocket, when did he drop it?
"Can't ...... Stay for love. MATAU MUTTERED TO HIMSELF, HEADING ALONE IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. Twilight, who was behind everyone, quickly noticed it, and ran away secretly before everyone found out.
FOLLOW MATAU ALL THE WAY, UNTIL HE STOPS WHERE THERE ARE NO LONGER ROBOTIC ARMS, THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM APPEARS, AND TWILIGHT IS ATTRACTED AWAY, ONLY TO REALIZE THAT HE CAME TO THE PREVIOUS "GENERAL AFFAIRS ROOM", AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS NOT VERY FAR.
Looking at the maintenance bin on the side, Twilight remembered what Arilda had said at the end, "Will he resent me for leaving him here alone?" ”
MATAU may not be just a pure artificial intelligence, but a living person from the moment she is infused with love by Arielda.
"Arielda's love has been given not only to you, but perhaps also selflessly shared with those who have been scathed, and even more humanity waiting to be saved." Twilight stared at the mechanical arm holding the specimen tightly, as if she was not looking at the cold machine, but at a living little boy standing beside her.
For Zou Xiaqi, his love is poured into each of his family members.
"You may not know that Arielda's 'New World' project." Twilight spoke lightly. "It's a bold project that requires a lot of support, and Arilda started gathering strength early on."
"In other words, the attack on this institute is likely due to the Doomsday Agency's awareness of her intentions."
MATAU RESPONDED COLDLY, "WHAT DO I BELIEVE IN YOU? ”
"Don't forget, we're still partners, and the initial condition of cooperation was to protect Alilda's hard work."
"As I said, Arilda is my predecessor, I belong to the same organization as her, and I have long carried on her legacy and started to participate in the New World Project." Tap the USB flash drive before dusk.,This is also the one who wants to prompt MATAU.。
She blocked the part involving the New World Project in advance, causing Chaozhe not to see it, which is also her selfishness, this plan is too risky, and the less it can be involved, the better.
BUT MATAU DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF ARILDA'S PRIVATE PLANS.
"Arielda's New World Project is to fight against the Ark Project, and she wants to save the humans abandoned by the Ark Project and give them a chance to survive." Twilight methodically explained to him. "It's also the work of Arilda for the rest of her life."
"The goal of this mission is one of the indispensable proofs of the launch of the Ark Project. This is a corollary and verification about the coming of the first great storm. With this, the agency has ample evidence to start the Ark Project.
So we organized a hacking system to forcibly assign tasks to our team, in exchange for the current situation of cooperating with you. ”
Speaking of which, Twilight apologizes even more to Zou Xiaqi for the sacrifice, but she will never let him die in vain, but will use the information of this mission to wit and become a veritable important part.
"You are no longer a mere defensive center, from the moment Professor Arilda insisted that you run, even optimize, before she died, you have been like her Noah's Ark, loaded with hope, waiting for us to provide you with a port of refuge."
Twilight said earnestly, "You are her messenger and her hope. ”
"And her most cherished child."
This sentence is like a key, opening the memory storage data hidden deep in the MATAU library.
Memories that had never been experienced before began to run in that instant, and in the midst of these fragments, MATAU saw - who is this, the little boy?
The young boys ran around the lab with toys in hand, bouncing happily from time to time, and laughter was passed on to each of the researchers, who looked at the boy in front of them with a smile on their faces.
"Shifeng, stop playing, it's time to eat." THE VOICE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE FAMILIAR, AND MATAU FELT A WAVE OF SADNESS RUNNING THROUGH HIS SYSTEM, IT WAS THE PERSON HE LOVED MOST: ARILDA.
Arilda cared for the boy in front of her, gently kneading the cute boy's face with her hands from time to time.
"Little MATAU, do you want to eat tomato with your aunt, there are so many delicious tomatoes here for aunties." Several smiling researchers said to Shi Feng.
"Yes, yes!" Shi Feng looked very happy, and ran towards them in high spirits.
‘MATAU? Tomato? Is that my name? MATAU SEARCHED THE SCENE IN CONFUSION.
He looked at the boy in front of him who had the same voice as him, and couldn't help but wonder if this boy was him.
Is he Professor Arielda's child? Is he the wind of the times?
But he's a machine, just an artificial intelligence? MATAU WAS INCREDULOUS AT WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF HIM.
"You just survived in a new way."
But as he watched Arilda treat Shi Feng and his attitude towards him, he felt that the memories kept overlapping.
Arilda's love, her persistence, her firmness, her tenacity, and the bits and pieces of getting along with each other are like the rain in his heart that keeps falling.
Fortunately, there were no tears in the machine.
Otherwise, he's just a little boy, and he's already crying here.
Because this little boy really misses his long-dead mother.