The maid robot showed Frank's familiar smile: "I'm Nina, the maid who belongs to you, is there anything I can't do well?" ”

Frank didn't put down his gun, he ordered with a tense face: "Recreate the look on your face when I asked, 'Then why didn't you pick up the cartridge casing?'" ”

The maid immediately switched expressions, this time familiar to Frank.

Frank suspiciously checked his memory, and found that in the human computer storage, Nina showed this expression, and did not arouse his alarm of the 'suspicious' expression.

Frank slowly put down the gun and touched his head: "What's the situation?" ”

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Nimeow: "Do I really just need to change this record?" ”

Helena: "That's fine. ”

At first, the maid's expression was indeed a "suspicious" newly installed in her head, so there was no problem with the mayor's vigilance.

However, Nimeow tampered with the records on the computer, and changed the maid's expression to one familiar to the mayor.

Nimeow: "Does this really work?" ”

"You just wait and see, at first he will wonder if he is wrong, and over time his pressure will increase, and gradually enter a state of madness." Helena said confidently.

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Frank touched his head and began to wonder if he had read it wrong, and the moment this thought came to mind, Nina's expression in his physical memory also became blurred.

To be on the safe side, he ordered: "Perform an antivirus program and double-check for signs of hacking." ”

After a brief pause, he gave the same command to his own onboard computer.

In order to prevent accidents, he sat down directly on the ground, with his back against the trunk of the tree, so that no matter what happened to his body, he would not fall on the ground and hurt himself.

The maid also stopped all movement for the time being, but the robot did not sit down, after all, the machine can temporarily lock all the joints and maintain homeostasis.

Ten seconds later, the test was completed, and while the manned computer displayed the test report on Frank's right field of vision, the maid also reported: "There is no virus, no traces of invading, everything is normal." ”

Frank was stunned and muttered, "There shouldn't be any hackers on this planet who can get past the offensive walls, at least not yet." ”

He was so excited that he immediately had a computer contact the space agency.

The director of the space bureau personally answered his call: "Hello, Your Excellency Mayor Town, you are calling at this time, is there something wrong with the weekend fishing activities?" ”

The director of the space bureau and the mayor of the town have a good personal relationship, and from time to time they go fishing together on weekends.

Frank: "Have any spaceships arrived on our planet recently?" ”

If no one in the local area can crack the offensive defense wall, but the offensive defense wall is cracked again, then the eight achievements are from outside.

Many locals have forgotten that there is a huge interstellar society outside, and some people even think that the space agency and customs are tea-drinking institutions, but Frank himself has never forgotten that there is a huge interstellar society outside.

From time to time, he would send ships out there, nominally to procure goods, but in fact to gather information to see if any other colonists and space mining companies were eyeing the system they occupied.

After so many years, no one outside has noticed this galaxy that has been explored for many years, but it does not mean that no one will be eyeing it in the future.

To deal with this possibility, Frank made several preparations.

For example, he has been building a planetary defense system to prepare to resist "aggression" from the universe. In addition, he is also working on the exploration of asteroids in his own system, working to find asteroids that contain helium-three, which can later be used as bargaining chips - together with the planetary defense system.

However, helium resources are not easy to find in the universe, and there are tens of thousands of asteroids waiting to be explored in this galaxy, so the search for helium-3 has not yet achieved practical results.

But after all, I still keep looking.

A spacecraft and five crew members are currently exploring asteroids one by one in the system's asteroid belt, and it is expected that it will take another twenty years to explore all the asteroids in the system.

It was because he had always been concerned about the universe that Frank was now so quick to think that an outsider might be doing something.

The Space Director was silent for a second, presumably reviewing the report, and then replied, "No spacecraft from outer space have been found." There were reports of flashes of light, suspected to be luminescence of the spacecraft out of hyperspace, but the Survey Telescope did not detect the spacecraft. ”

A layer of goosebumps appeared on Frank's back: "Shine phenomenon? ”

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Helena complained to Nimeow, "Why didn't you modify the observed glow?" ”

Nimeow: "I can only change the records on the machine, not the memory of the human brain." Casually modifying the records on the opposing machine can easily be discovered by human operators. When the time comes, the exposure will be more serious. ”

Wang Chao interjected: "Actually, we can explain this flash, let's just say that the ancient civilization that woke up underground tried to communicate with its other colonies, so it sent out hyperspace ripples. ”

Helena: "What the hell is Hyperspace Ripple?" ”

Nia: "...... Do you want to set up this new race to be able to communicate faster than light very easily? ”

Wang Chao: "No, I'm just adding a setting for us to wipe our butts when we leave hyperspace." ”

Nia: "But...... That might increase the reality of the alien race we're about to create. But for now, let's fool Mr. Mayor over to him. ”

Helena: "Look. ”

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Frank repeats again: "Radiant phenomenon? So there really are outsiders who have landed on our planet? ”

"No, as I said, we haven't found any alien ships entering our system. In addition, one of our armed satellites lost contact, and it was not possible that a nuclear torpedo on the armed satellite exploded.

"We've tested it before, and if an armed satellite explodes, it can indeed illuminate more than half the world."

In the face of his old friend's "truth", Frank was noncommittal.

He looked at the maid robot and his loyal hound again.

He muttered, "If it's an outsider, what are they trying to do with me?" There is nothing on our planet that outsiders will covet? ”

Indeed not, this planet does not even have helium three, and bandits from the universe do not bother to patronize it at all.

Even if you really patronize it, you must blow up all the air defense facilities on the ground first, and then it doesn't make sense to sneak down and then invade the machine maid.

On the other end of the communication line, the head of the space agency asked, "Do you need me to launch a spacecraft to strengthen the alert of high orbit?" ”

Frank: "Send one." Anyway, these ships usually take time to maintain, so it's just the right time to let them play a role. ”

"Understood. Is there anything else going on? ”

"No...... Oh yes, fishing for the weekend goes as usual. ”

"Great! Then I'll hang up. ”

Frank nodded—though the Astronaut couldn't see it.

After cutting off the communication, Frank looks up at Nina, who he has been with him for many years, and begins to wonder about the intention of the visitors to invade Nina.

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with a reason, so he could only think that he was indeed blinded.

He stood up and said to his dog, "Let's go, go home." ”

Dog: "Okay, sir." ”

Frank looked at the dog, only to see that the dog was sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail, and then barking at him—it was probably a dog's bark.

He checked the records of the on-board computer again, and only found the image of the dog barking in response to him.

Frank stared at the dog for two seconds, and silently answered the phone call from the only two psychologists on the planet: "Dr. Douglas, I need psychological counseling. ”

"Three hundred Berkeley coins an hour, or the equivalent in physical currency." The doctor replied.

Frank: "Come on, doctor, wouldn't it be good for you to not leave our colony and use the local lira?" ”

The local lira is a general equivalent issued for the convenience of residents.

The value of the equivalent is determined by the supply and marketing cooperatives of the colonies - what is the price of a commodity in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and what is the price of the inhabitants themselves when they trade.

Dr. Douglas: "If someone else comes to me, I'm going to use the local lira, because there is no other currency for the local people." But you're different, you're the townman, and you definitely have money from an alien system. After all, you still have quantum entanglement communication with the outside world, don't you? ”

"That's a rumor, I don't have a communication device."

Frank didn't want to dwell on this old rumor, and then he said, "I had hallucinations today, first seeing my maid robot smiling like I didn't fit on her, and then my dog talking to people." ”

Dr. Douglas listened quietly, waiting for Frank to finish for a second before he spoke, "How have you been sleeping lately?" ”

"Very good, no symptoms of insomnia at all."

"Is there a new prosthesis?"

"No, in fact, where did the new prosthetics come from in our colony, aren't they all old models produced by Jackson."

This colony does not have a high-level printing capacity, so it cannot produce more advanced prostheses, and the local factories produce those prosthetics that are solid and durable, and the characteristics of this prosthesis are that they can operate smoothly after three or five years of use in harsh environments without maintenance.

It's like an automatic rifle AK from the pre-aerospace era.

Dr. Douglas muttered, and then asked, "Have you developed a new relationship with the other townspeople?" Or have you ever had a setback in your life? ”

"Can I still have setbacks in my life?" Frank asked rhetorically.

"No, Frank, the setbacks here are setbacks in general. For example, if you want to hit a bird but you miss five shots, or if an old dog that has been with you for many years suddenly dies of illness, and so on. ”

Frank recalled: "No. ”

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Helena laughed suddenly, and directed a large number of robots in the manor to build a small grave in the corner of the manor, under a begonia tree.

Ni Meow, who witnessed her whole process, asked suspiciously, "What did you build this grave for?" Is it ......?"

"No, it's just an idle move."

“…… Does that require me to fake memories of his life with the dog? ”

"No, not at all. Didn't you see that my name was not written on my tombstone? ”

There is only one epitaph on the tombstone where Helena asked the robot to rush to work: The sky I look up with you is a scenery that I can't find.

Wang Chao, who was far away on the spaceship, commented: "This epitaph is quite literary. ”

"At this time, you should be more literary."

"But this mayor is not a literary person."

"It doesn't matter."

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Frank had no idea what Helena had planned for him, and after careful recollection, he replied firmly, "No." ”

"That's weird, you shouldn't have a mental problem. In fact, the incidence of psychological problems among the colonists is much lower than on the core planet where I worked before.

"This is probably because the locals live an idyllic life and have little pressure to survive. If you want me to say, it's like a utopia here. ”

Frank: "Utopia...... But all utopian works are dystopian themes. ”

"No, there are also non-reverses, for example, there is a one called "PHS Wandering in the Future", which is a very pure utopian travelogue."

Frank: "Oh, I've read that book, it's like a fairy tale. ”

"That book is really for young readers. Anyway, I'll prescribe you a little antidepressant medication first, just in case, and I'll send it to you later by drone. ”

"Then how do I give you the electronic money?"

Dr. Douglas smiled: "It's just this level of 'consultation', there is no need to charge." If you look at the time, it's not even five minutes. I asked the drone to deliver the medicine to the maid in your apartment. ”

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Helena: "Mothership! Synthesize some hallucinogens and send them to me right away. ”

Wang Chao: "You want to drop his medicine?" ”

"yes, it will work faster."

Wang Chao: "Is this really a tactic that you came up with with superpowers?" What about brainwashing the other party with superpowers? You're Yuri on our ship! ”

Helena: "What am I?" Isn't Yuri a Russian name? I don't have Russian ancestry, huh? ”

"He's talking about the old game again." Nimeth explained angrily.

Helena: "Oh, it's an old game from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, right?" I said it earlier, you are paranoid......"

"It's a disease, it's cured, I know, I know." Wang Chao said perfunctorily.

Helena: "It's good that you know. Don't patronize and pay attention to me, you hurry up and mine the relics of ancient civilizations. ”

"It's been built, Lily has just designed what an ancient mining machine will look like, and now she's printing the first mining machine."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you over there."

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After finishing the call with Dr. Douglas, Frank pulls out a piece of meat and feeds it to his dog.

Seeing that there were some of their kind being rewarded, the dogs who had not picked up their prey could not sit still, and became restless, staring at the shotgun in Frank's hand, hoping that he would shoot another wild duck or wild bird.

But Frank made up his mind: "No, Nina, let's go home." ”

(End of chapter)