"May I understand what you mean by not being able to catch those people?"

Odysseus was silent for a moment, the slightly pulsing blue screen as if it were still, but he finally admitted.

"That's right, I can't catch them, those fugitives left Tibbetts Prison at the same time and long distance in multiple directions within the Federation of the Midwest, the search range and search efficiency of the robots under my control are very limited, the only one with long-distance search ability is Argos, but it will take a long time to capture all the prisoners by relying on it alone."

Andy looked at the big hole not far away.

"Anyway, why don't you fix that big hole in the wall?"

"The answer is simple, I can't do it..... The attackers used high-yield high explosives to cause many of the devastation sites, and my maintenance robots were scarce and lacking materials, and it was impossible to repair the walls of Detention Block 13, the worst of the devastation, because of the painstaking efforts to repair the damaged Argos. All I can do is send some robots to reinforce the guards, but I also know that this is not a perfect means. ”

Odysseus looked at Andy, as if he had something he wanted to express.

"Prisoner 13013, don't you have anything to say?"

Andy's eyes rolled, turned around and sat on the bed, I have to say that the quilt in Tibbetts Prison is simply like a tribute to the gods, and the daily necessities and food and drink here are N orders of magnitude better than those of ordinary people outside, if it weren't for being bound and free here, in fact, this is still a pretty good place to live.

"Ahh What do I have to say, thank the prison for not shooting me to death on the spot? Anyway, I'm not good outside, and I'll be in this prison in the future, and I don't have to be kicked and beaten like the NCR prison to be kicked and beaten to build the railway, dig the coal mine, and go to the labor camp, cool! ”

As he spoke, he covered the small quilt and fell asleep.

Odysseus frowned as he saw Andy fall asleep with his back to him, and he could certainly see what Andy's attitude was now.

"I'll just get it straight, prisoner 13013, do you want to be free, do you want to get out of here and do what you want to do outside?"

Andy stuck his head out of the covers and replied lazily.

"Of course, who doesn't love freedom? But now you are suppressing me with two things: force bondage and moral bondage, and I can't do anything but obey, don't I? ”

"So your answer is that you want to be free, then I can give you freedom, conditional freedom."

There is no change in the expression on Andy's face, what the other party wants him to do can be said to be self-explanatory, but he will not lick his face to beg the other party, this matter is not so simple.

"Then let's talk about it in detail, Odysseus, what does it mean to give, and what does it mean to be conditional?"

The blue avatar on the display on the wall fluctuated for a moment, then revealed a large pile of text.

"Here are all the procedural rules of the Tibbetts prison, the basic rules entered by the SA government with the highest authority before the war, and even I have to abide by them. Under the requirements of these rules, as soon as my detection device notices signs of a new plague outbreak, I need to immediately activate emergency mode to contain the new plague outbreak, arrest all infected people and isolate them, and calculate the size and extent of the outbreak as soon as the quarantine is completed. This is my task, it is something I have to do..... However, the implementation of the mandate is now hampered. ”

As soon as the screen turned, something like a satellite map appeared, with six markers on it, two of which were very close and scattered in five different azimuth areas.

"This is a satellite map of the Great Midwest Federation, all the prisoners have been injected with miniature signal transmitting devices after being imprisoned, but the positioning ability of these signals is not too strong, in addition, the vast majority of robots in Tibbetts prison cannot leave the limit distance, most of the time I can only rely on Argos .... According to my calculations, if you want to be more efficient, you need to find someone to assist in the arrest, and this person needs to be able to go around the country to search for prisoners, and then bring those prisoners or their bodies back to Tibbetts prison, whether it is violent or persuasive. ”

"I have observed your activities outside, your combat ability and overall quality are very strong, I think you are very suitable for this position..... Served as a commissioner for Tibbetts Prison. ”

Andy sat up from the bed and let out a disdainful sigh.

"What's in it for me? Besides, aren't you afraid that I won't work after I run out? ”

Odysseus's screen was full of all sorts of messy maps and texts, and the face of the curly-haired, bearded man resurfaced on the screen.

"Prisoner 13013, if you agree to be the commissioner of Tibbetts Prison you will be released by me temporarily, during which time you will need to arrest all the fugitive prisoners and do what you want to accomplish along the way. You may pretend to agree to this promise and refuse to actually carry it out, but you need to know one thing, as soon as you leave Tibbetts Prison, you will be on the robot's hunt list. ”

The screen flashed, and the satellite map of the surrounding area reappeared.

"Within the Greater Midwest Federal Region, I am still connected to many pre-war facilities, including the vast majority of government facilities, military installations, and defense contractor facilities, and I have the right to activate automated security units in these areas in emergency mode in accordance with the SA government's pre-war instructions of the highest authority granted to me by the SA government, and to require them to pursue fugitives. Due to the variety of automated security units, the actual execution of this order may be merely the shooting of blacklisted targets. ”

"You're going to be confronted with this constant hunt in many areas, and sometimes you're likely to have a sudden battle encounter as you explore certain areas, all because the emergency mode at Tibbetts Prison doesn't stop..... As long as you can get all the prisoners, including you, to return to Tibbetts Prison, I can proceed to the next step according to the procedure, which is to calculate the spread of the new plague. In this case, I can turn off the emergency mode, stop all automated units to hunt down the fugitives, and your life can return to normal. ”

Andy pouted at hearing the other party's tirade.

"That's it?"

Odysseus's screen pops up again with images that were taken before the war, and Andy can see the streets in chaos, heavily armed police and military men cramming people into what looks like a small box, and a staggering number of corpses, piled up in cryopreserved vehicles, each wrapped in a yellow seal with a biohazard mark.

Andy knows why, a patient who dies from a new plague becomes a constant source of biochemical contamination.

"I have witnessed a pandemic of a new plague that is bound to bring destruction to humanity, and if you refuse to help me, such a scene will still appear out there."