Chapter 54: On the Road
Andy initially thinks he's woken up at Tibbetts Prison, but later turns out that it doesn't seem to be Tibbetts Prison, just a similar style.
The cell was much smaller than the Tibbetts prison, and there was no bathroom at all.
Thinking of this, he stood up and slammed his fist against the wall.
"What the hell is going on? Why don't you even have a toilet? What kind of place is this? ”
A display on a nearby wall then lit up, revealing an avatar of a diamond-shaped head, and an electronic sound rang out from somewhere.
"Prisoner No. 13013, you are currently in the custody of the internal cell of your unit, please do not carry out any sabotage or you will be punished with electric shock according to the regulations of Tibbetts Prison."
Andy shuddered as he recalled the strong electric shock he had received after being caught by the robotic hand.
"You.... Who are you? What are you? ”
He looked at the virtual image and felt that this thing was very high-tech.
"This unit is Tibbetts Security Unit 001, codenamed Argos, which is subordinate to the Tibbetts Prison Robot Security Force sequence, and obeys the orders of Warden Odysseus. The unit is a fortress robot manufactured by Akme and is responsible for the high-level security of Tibbetts Prison, riot suppression, and the pursuit of fugitives. ”
Andy chuckled in his heart, thinking that after escaping from Tibbetts Prison, the sky would be high and the birds would fly, but in the end it ended up in the hands of the prison.
“...... Have you been hunting down all the fugitives since that escape? I thought you were going to kill all the prisoners you found. ”
Recalling that the prison escape was the prisoners who died tragically in the bullets and lasers of the robot jailer, Andy felt that what happened to him was actually quite good now, although he was severely shocked by this huge robot when he was caught, but objectively speaking, the other party's pursuit helped him to break the siege.
"The special security mode at Tibbetts Prison has been closed, and in the current situation, all pursuing units have made it their priority to subdue their targets and bring them back to Tibbetts Prison for incarceration, and will not directly use lethal weapons. According to the instructions of the Warden Odysseus, the pursuit units, including this unit, will continue to pursue the operation for a long time until the Warden terminates this instruction. ”
"So even if you escape, you'll be hunted down all the time.... Damn, I thought I didn't have to worry about it. ”
Andy lamented that the leisurely life of the little month since his escape had even made him think that he was free from the prisoner forever, but the reality was that there was a group of metal guys still staring at him all the time.
"This unit communicates with more than 200 eyeball robots sent from Tibbetts Prison, and has access to the monitoring network of various facilities, your every move will be exposed to this unit sooner or later, escaping is a crime against the rules, and after returning to Tibbetts Prison, you will be handed over to the warden, Odysseus."
"Extreme speed mode is on, and the estimated return time is 2 hours and 35 minutes, during which time the unit will remain silent."
The electronic tone stopped talking.
Without waiting for Andy to say anything, the bump increased significantly, even sitting in this small room where he couldn't see the outside at all, Andy still felt a strange feeling of pushing back, there was no doubt that the giant robot began to run wildly after completing a capture target.
"What can I do? I don't want to continue to be in jail with a bunch of sick people. ”
Andy was distraught, tossing and turning on his makeshift bed, and the shaking sensation of Argos running made him feel as if he was on a boat out to sea, which undoubtedly added to his upset.
After thinking about it for half an hour, Andy suddenly thought that he didn't know what the hell the rooster was, and the sudden collapse of the sky must have dealt a big blow to the gangsters, and there were about five or six people who died under the rocks that he saw with his own eyes, and there must have been many injured among the other people who couldn't tell in the dark, and this time they were afraid that they really blew up their lungs.
"I really deserve it, if only I could smash that bastard cock to death, and I actually wanted to saw my arm off, and there was no door!"
Andy thought indignantly that if that guy hadn't died at Argos' hands, he would have to turn that arrogant into a roast chicken when he had a chance to get out.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think about whether he could still get out of prison.
Since Tibbetts Prison is so powerful, the difficulty of the next escape will definitely increase again, but it seems unlikely that a group of strange guys will suddenly drop bombs outside like the last time, so I am afraid that I will really be imprisoned to the ground.
"Calm down... Calm down.... Since that machine head still seems to have some IQ.... Presumably some other opportunities? ”
Andy sat in his room and pondered, for Tibbetts Prison, his group of prisoners had not actually committed any crimes, and the only problem was that he was infected with the virus..... Since the arrest is based on quarantine and epidemic prevention measures, it is impossible for Tibbetts Prison to release prisoners if there is no cure for the virus or the virus is still alive in his body.
Under these circumstances, knowing that even the scientific research capabilities of the pre-war world had not developed an antidote, being captured in Tibbetts Prison was almost equivalent to being imprisoned until death of old age or illness.
Besides, should his own group be released?
Andy turned his head and suddenly asked himself.
"Should I be released...... Perhaps the prisoners did not do anything wrong, and even if they did, they should not have been arrested by Tibbetts..... But what if the virus should be released? ”
Andy took out the gas mask that Dave had given him from the Pip-Boy and fell into deep thought.
If Dave hadn't given him this thing to isolate the virus on his body and avoid spreading it to others, he would have become a drug king, and what would happen to others? Andy can be sure that there are many people who have managed to escape besides himself, and even if some unlucky people who have died for various reasons are excluded, there must be more than one prisoner who is running around spreading the virus outside at this moment.
Most of them don't have the opportunity to know that they have something terrible, and even if they do, they won't do anything to prevent them from spreading the virus to others.
Then the recurrence of the new plague has become an inevitability, judging from the results of more than 200,000 deaths before the war, the wasteland where order has collapsed will definitely be more terrible, even if Dave told Andy that the mortality probability and disease rate of this strain are far less than the original strain before the war, but with the fermentation of time, the final outcome must not be a good ending.
Andy recalls what Stephen told him before he died.
"Tibbetts prison will be a key ....."
He looked at his hands, which were covered in calluses and scars.
"Can I do it?"