Pruning a jagged human body into a bloody potted plant with its own beauty is an exhausting and boring job.

The cookie-cutter aesthetic of violence and the cyclical fear of the players really didn't interest him.

But the next main system alarm is about to completely upend his stagnant life-

[Note to Employee No. 079: The system has detected an intruder entering the main system!] 】

079 shrugged unimpressed, "I'm not a security officer of the main system, does this have anything to do with me?" ”

[Employee No. 079, the system regrets to inform you that the intruder has cracked all levels of interception system, entered the top secret database of the main system, and successfully stole your persona data, and the system has not taken any relevant surveillance footage, and cannot lock the real identity information of the intruder from the screen record]

Unsuspecting 079: "... What? ”

The main system then repeated what he had just said.

"How did this intruder manage to gain unhindered access to the main system?" 079 quickly calmed down from the news that his persona data had been stolen, and immediately retrieved all the clues that could be traced, but found nothing.

[The intruder was very familiar with the internal structure of the main system and successfully evaded all surveillance shooting points]

079: "So how did he hack the interception system?" ”

[Hello employee No. 079, the system has detected that the intruder is using your identity card, and the system recognizes your identity information]

079's eyelids jumped, "What do you mean?" Does the main system think the guy who stole the data has something to do with me? ”

Chapter 239: Replicants (1)

[Sorry, the main system only calculates the probability, not the responsibility to make a conclusion] The system gives its own answer.

079: "So what are the probabilities that the system calculates?" ”

[100%] The system answers truthfully.

079：“……”

"I didn't expect that there would be mistakes in the system, which is too big."

He thought for a moment, and at the same time, 079 had a hunch that his life, which was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, was about to ripple soon.

It's not so much vigilant as he's a little looking forward to it.

He was more curious than ever about the uninvited guest, how did the other party deceive the system and then use his privileges to access the main system and steal the data? What is the purpose of the other party's data theft? How will it change his daily routine?

Maybe it's the same boredom that lasts too long, and a little bit of breaking the daily wind and grass can attract his great attention, let alone such a big move as stealing other people's data.

[The system does not agree with your accusations about the system]

The system has its own persistence and self-confidence.

079, who was unaware at this time, smiled: "When I find out the truth about the murderer, I will know if I am accusing you." ”

*

After successfully stealing the character of 079 in the main system nineteen years ago, Qi Ji and 079 returned to the tunnel where the copy was connected to the main system, and continued to the coordinates of the copy told by Li Beizheng.

Qi Zheng speculated that the place where Li Beizheng met the prophet was most likely the research institute that could turn the 079 character data into a living replicant, which is where Qi Zheng was really born.

079 didn't lie, the passage connecting the main system to the copy was too cold for humans, and in less than five minutes, Qi Jiu's fingers froze, and the tip of his nose and earlobes were also frozen red.

079, who temporarily gained control of his body, complained, "The human body is so fragile. ”

Qi Jiu: "Yes, that's why human beings are prone to fear and sadness. ”

079 snorted, "Say it as if you're not one of the human race." ”

Qi Jiu: "Sometimes... I mean, before I was shot, I did have that suspicion. ”

The doubt pulled him out of the crowd, as if the powerful man were forever condescending to watch the traveler's fear and despair.

A sense of detachment is also a form of arrogance.

079 laughs: "Me too." ”

After all, as an NPC created with data, he has unnecessary thinking.

- NPCs don't need a sense of presence.

079 distracts his body's perception of cold through chatting while speeding up his movements.

As the most senior employee in the "Rules Illustrated Book" and the existence with the closest connection to the energy of the main system, 079 found the coordinates of the copy given by Li Beizheng as quickly as possible.

Because of the speed of movement, the surrounding scenery turned into flowing color lines, and only a sound similar to the breaking of huge glass was heard, and a sense of weightlessness rose from under his feet-

[Welcome to the dungeon "The Bionic Factory"]

【Urgent Reminder!】 Since it is not open to the public, the Traveler will not be able to start the quest if you log in incorrectly! 】

It seems that the system did not recognize Qi Jiu's identity as a time traveler, nor did it realize that he also had a fugitive thief living in his body: 079 after nineteen years.

Qi Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"System teacher, what should I do if I have a login error?" Qi asked tentatively.

[The system has not encountered a similar situation before, please explore and find a way by yourself, I'm very sorry]

Qi Jiu: "It's okay, I'll figure it out myself, thank you Teacher System." ”

Qi Ji responded with a slightly regretful tone, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

Without the main quest distractions, he can move more freely and conveniently.

After the weightlessness disappeared, Qi Yan woke up in an abandoned parking lot, and towards the end of the night, the twilight spread from the horizon to the whole land, and he was like a host returning from a carnival party, his temples throbbing and his throat was very dry.

Qi Zhen was lying in the driver's seat of an abandoned school bus, this school bus seemed to have experienced a serious car accident, the steering wheel in front of the driver's seat was seriously twisted and deformed, the iron sheet around the car was crawling with tide green moss, and suspicious traces of dark red mold were faintly visible under the moss, and the classroom equipment was scattered all over the carriage.

The rearview mirror at the front of the car was completely shattered, and Qi Yan looked at himself from the mirror that was only half left.

The cracked mirror image was also looking at him.

After confirming this, Qi Yan completely settled down, and the headache of sudden throbbing was also reduced.

079: "I haven't been involved in this quest and don't know what's going on here. ”

Qi Zhen unfastened the seat belt on his body, leaned down on the deformed steering wheel, and at the end of the abandoned parking lot was a cold gray cement wall, behind which a row of neat and boring buildings could be faintly seen, and a neon sign hung on the rusty iron gate-

"Don't Dream of the Electric Sheep Research Institute Tonight"

Due to its disrepair, several parts of this neon sign have been burned, and the words "Research Institute" have sunk into the shadows as the twilight falls.

The last rays of the setting sun sink into the horizon, and from the driver's seat of the school bus, all you can see is a few large neon signs flashing on the edge of the horizon - "Don't dream of electronic sheep tonight".

At the end of an abandoned parking lot in the wilderness, under the vast twilight, seeing a neon sign research institute towering over the wasteland is absurd and romantic in itself.

"Dreaming of an Electric Sheep", as a test of the empathy ability of androids, itself contains a metaphor about androids, and Qi Zhen is almost certain that the neon cement wall building in front of him is the android research institute.

If it weren't for the fact that the school bus couldn't be started, Qi Zhen would even want to do something even crazier: drive the accident school bus into the gate of the Bionic Research Institute.

It sounds absurd and funny.

"Let's go, let's go to my 'old home'."

Qi Yan got out of the abandoned school bus, and the twilight completely shrouded the wilderness, and the small flying insects in the grass also flew in the direction of the flickering neon sign of the research institute.

But it was too quiet, and there was neither the rumbling of machines nor the sound of human activity in this laboratory.

The "rustle" sound of Qi Yan stepping on the weeds was amplified exponentially, mixed with the incessant insect chirping around him.

Here, it seems, he is the only intruder.

It seemed that it had just rained in this world, and after a few steps, Qi Jiu's trouser legs were wet with the residual rain from the weeds.

"If you need to fight later, leave it to me." 079 tract.

Qi Yan smiled: "That must be." ”

Qi Yan likes to arrange things for people who are good at it, and each has a clear division of labor, so that he can get twice the result with half the effort, he believes that in the world of the "Rule Book", no one will be better at fighting than 079, although he is forced to sleep now, but he can wake up with the help of his body.

After all, now 079, as a soul that "cohabits" with him, has become a part of his body.

With his permission, 079 can temporarily enjoy the control of this body.

- This is the body they created together nineteen years ago.

The light of the incandescent lamps shines from behind the large rusty iron gate, perhaps because of the old wiring, the lights flicker and flicker, and it looks very grotesque in this neon-lit wilderness.

Getting closer, you can hear the staccato sound of a radio suddenly coming from behind the iron door.

The room where the sound came from looked like a security room, and the flickering incandescent lights were coming from here.

The cement wall at the gate was plastered with job postings, one on top of the other, and the information about these jobs was in tatters, and the handwriting on the wall was blurred and yellowed.

It seems that the institute is in a state of serious shortage.

An emaciated young man in a researcher's uniform is lying on a rest bed in a security room, and he covers his face with an open newspaper with the huge headline "Can Androids Really Live in the Human World?" 》

The young researcher seemed to be sleeping, and seemed to be thinking, shaking his feet from time to time.

As if hearing footsteps outside the large iron door, the researcher's body on the bed froze, and the next second, the open newspaper slipped from his face, and he subconsciously reached under the pillow and pulled out the gun that had never had a chance to fire bullets.

The young researcher was clearly not a good gunner, and his hand slipped the moment he picked it up, and he even forgot to load it when he pointed it out of the iron door.

Qi Zhen had already seen the situation in the security room through the binoculars just now, and at this moment he wisely raised his hands to show that he was not aggressive, and showed that trademark polite smile: "Sorry, my appearance seems to have scared you, I was just passing by here, and I happened to see the signboard of the research institute, and I was very interested in the experiments of androids, so I took the liberty of coming over to have a look." ”

Qi Zheng, who looks beautiful and doesn't show any aggression, can easily gain the trust of strangers.

The researcher who raised the gun breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, in fact, our research institute has been closed down for a long time, and no one has appeared here for many years, I thought it was a beast in the wilderness, so I made such a rude behavior, I hope you don't be surprised." ”

Only then did the researcher remember that his pistol was still pointed at the other party, and hurriedly pressed down the muzzle of the gun apologetically: "I'm really sorry..."

"You said the institute had gone out of business, didn't you? Did the staff leave? Qi Yan immediately frowned and asked, he controlled his emotions very well, and the care he showed would definitely not arouse the suspicion of the person concerned.

The young researcher sighed deeply, and drooped listlessly: "Because this place is so desolate, the workers are unwilling to work here, and gradually the people are empty, and the institute is seriously understaffed, and no work can be carried out, so it will naturally go out of business." ”

Qi Yan asked, "What about the researchers here who have mastered the core android technology?" ”

The raunchy young researcher suddenly scratched his head embarrassedly: "The core technician is still there, it's... It's me. ”

Qi Zhen smiled: "As long as the core technicians and equipment are there, it will be too late." ”

"But I need the cooperation of others to carry out the research, the study of androids is a huge project, with my own skills and knowledge, it is impossible to study alone." The young researcher regretted.

Qi Ji made an enthusiastic look: "In this way, you clearly list your recruitment conditions, maybe we... I can help you with your manpower shortage. ”