Chapter 174

Wen Ci Qiu and the tall Tong Chen walked in the city protected by a protective shield. In just three days, this orderly city became desolate.

The people on the street were all panicked and gloomy. The star network had been disconnected for three days and still could not be reconnected. Most of the machinery was paralyzed, and only low-level government workers were left to maintain order.

Looking at the large crowd gathered at the inquiry point, the government officials didn't know how to explain to the frightened citizens who came to ask questions.

They were also unable to contact the outside world. The people above disappeared and there were no instructions.

Fortunately, nutrients are now supplied to the entire city at designated locations, and newly repaired pure mechanical robots are sold, so star coins still have a certain purchasing power.

The atmosphere in the whole city was very depressing.

Soon they will realize the seriousness of the matter, and then they will not be so calm.

Things turned out just as they predicted. The price of nutritional supplements doubled every day, and chaos occurred frequently. At first, the security team came to deal with it, but later on, calling the police was useless.

The biggest chaos occurred on the 14th day, when two or three newly organized violent groups robbed the security team and attacked the government's external window where stored supplies were stored.

The ugliness of human nature is fully exposed at this point.

"I'm going down." Tong Chen watched the chaos below from a high place.

Starting from the third day, the two of them would come to this city every day. The despair in this city became more and more intense, until this outbreak, which was also the end of the road.

What’s the point of them grabbing more things? Without new materials coming in, the things will run out sooner or later, and they will just die more slowly. Many people who were left behind understood this. Who would want to die, especially starve to death?

These abandoned people knew what hunger was for the first time. Starving in the interstellar age was really a ridiculous thing.

The beasts, having just entered the beast age from civilized society, had no awareness of killing. They just waved sticks and relied on their height and weight to form groups and drive the weaker groups aside.

"What are you doing? This is against the laws of the Covenant."

"What Star Alliance rules? Can't you see? We have been abandoned. It would be a waste for you to eat these things. They are all discarded garbage anyway." People's emotions have an explosive point. Such despair accumulated in the heart was vented all at once. He swung the wooden stick in his hand high and smashed it at the thin woman.

"Ah!" The woman who had no time to dodge could only scream. In the past, there might have been protective clothing that could withstand it, but now the power of most people's protective clothing has been exhausted and they are just ordinary clothes.

"Enough is enough." A metal hand, like a pair of steel pliers, blunted the arm-thick wooden stick. The man could only hold it awkwardly, unable to swing it any further.

The people still fighting in the field suddenly quieted down, watching Xiang's side suddenly speak out. The mechanical voice said: "Article 3456 of the Law, 1. Causing casualties or property damage..., 2. Using force or violence to achieve the purpose..., 3..., 4..., 5......"

The cold mechanical voice spoke in an orderly manner, talking about many laws. After all the regulations were read out, the mechanical left hand raised: "I have the right to kill those who cause violent incidents." As the last sentence was spoken, the arm clicked and turned from a mechanical human-like palm into more than 10 launchers.

The people who created the chaos at the scene changed their expressions drastically. They wanted to run but didn't dare to. Since the invention of robots, they have been important managers of society. They will not abuse their power for personal gain or bend the law, but will only act in accordance with regulations. It was not until a few years ago that more people joined the management regulations after robots were considered dangerous and introduced.

But the strictness of robot law enforcement is still engraved in everyone's mind. After all, not much time has passed. Escape is impossible. How can two legs outrun a photon gun?

"All participants in the violence, please step aside and squat. Count to five. If you don't follow orders, we will attack you. One, two, three, four, five." A mechanical voice, emotionless, said to the group that had all crouched in the corner, "Excellent, thank you for your cooperation. I've reported you to the Public Security Bureau. Please wait. A human will be here soon to deal with you."

The rioters were in tears. They didn't want to wait, they wanted to leave. That was because all the machinery in the city was paralyzed, so they dared to rob and riot. If there were robots guarding these places, they would rather lie down and starve to death.

Those ordinary star people who had been bullied and beaten supported each other and watched the excitement from a distance, feeling the joy of having their revenge taken.

But as time went by, no security team came to take in the thugs. The onlookers left, and the thugs squatting on the ground had numb legs and dared not move.

The petite woman who was rescued did not leave. In fact, she was waiting for the owner of the robot to appear and wanted to say thank you!

After the decree to expel intelligent robots was introduced, many robots were thrown away, but some people hid their robots. The woman thought that this robot might have been turned off all the time and was only turned on recently. It must have an owner, but after waiting for a long time, his owner did not show up.

While waiting for the police here, the woman walked up to the tall Tongchen and said, "Hello, thank you for saving me just now. Is your master here? I want to thank him in person."

Tongchen, you look up at Wen Ciqiu who is still standing high up and looking at him: "You're welcome, it's just a small favor."

The woman thought the robot's owner had taken over the conversation channel and thanked him again. "But you don't have to wait any longer. The Public Security Bureau has been disbanded. Even if you wait any longer, there won't be anyone to manage these people."

The woman, a government receptionist, was quite well-informed about this matter. "Thank you so much for this time. Otherwise, I would have been injured. You should save some food. The government's supplies are basically running low, or find a way to leave this planet." The woman's face was not very good. If she could leave, she would have left long ago. Why would she wait until now? Now there was no other way but to go home and wait for death.

She still wanted to remind the people who saved her, even though it was useless: "This is the food I received today. I'll give it to you. I hope your master can last longer."

The woman took out a tube of nutrient solution from her protective suit. She had started saving nutrient solution since the day of the accident. The daily quota that each person could receive was fixed, so the nutrient solution she saved could last for a while.

She distributed the nutrients she received today to thank the person who was willing to help her. At this time, she sent the robot here to collect the nutrients.

She could only do so much. He had received news that thugs had attacked all the nutrient distribution points, and ordinary people would not be able to get food from now on.

"Thank you, but no thanks." Under the gaze of all the thugs, Tong Chen took out all the nutritional supplements they had hidden in their arms.

The woman did not approve of this behavior. She thought the nutritional supplements should be returned. After all, it was the last bit of food for everyone, but she didn't say anything.

"Can I ask you for a favor?" Tong Chen walked up to the woman holding the nutritional supplement.

"What's up?"

"Can you help distribute these to children, elderly people, and women? I assume you work in the government, so you have more experience in this area."

The woman opened her eyes wide, feeling a little admiration and touched for the owner behind the robot.

She thought that all the decisions were made by the owner behind the robot.

She smiled sweetly and cheerfully: "Okay, it will definitely be given to those who need it most." Her cheerfulness and kindness were also the conditions for her to be hired as a government worker.

As for the thugs squatting on the ground, no one took charge of them. They thought that the robot would be used to keep them there, but the robot pointed its cannon at them and locked them up in the government's temporary detention center.

This is used to defend against foreign invasion. The defense function is unclear, but it is definitely used to detain people. This setting has never been used by government departments. How can a star war be fought at home? If a government building is needed for defense, the planet would have been bombed long ago, so everyone has forgotten this function.