Chapter 66 Chapter 66 Human vs. Machine

The chaos did not cause serious, irreversible consequences, but in order to ensure the health of the participants, everyone was examined and interviewed afterwards.

Because she had entered a "distorted" space, she needed extra observation. Some sentries were watching her from the moment they opened their eyes, and when she looked over, they inadvertently turned their heads to the side.

She spread her hands helplessly, leaned back on the pillow, and continued reading. The man seemed to be a hacker, and she temporarily turned away from electronic products.

There was a noise coming from the window, someone was arguing, so she got up to watch.

The window was half-sealed, and I couldn't see the faces of the people looking down. There was an argument between the two sides, but it didn't escalate.

Ares noticed the gaze and looked up. Before she could see clearly, he found her and made a heart shape with his hands.

She turned away from the window and did not respond.

The car backed into the parking space, the door opened and people got out. Shan Hao saw this, frowned and walked over, thinking that he shouldn't obstruct the patrol team's work.

He scanned each face and raised an eyebrow when he saw Yang Suo. Same name, similar face, what was his purpose in coming here?

Apology, explanation, confession? He shouldn't have come. He would only disturb people, and everyone refused to let him in.

Shan Haozai recalled how the two got along, and combined with the description within the team, he said that he came from a low-income family, was very hardworking during training, and had a strong personality.

The two have been separated for a long time, but they still have such influence.

"Go ahead, but it's up to her whether she wants to see you or not."

Everyone looked at the speaker in surprise, but Shan Hao ignored the opposition and led him into the hall.

He had a different idea because from the statement, it was not that the two were in love but were forced to separate due to external forces, it was more like a unilateral breakup.

He didn't cherish it, but he also gave them an opportunity. It was a void, and the more he pried it, the bigger it got.

She will understand that he is just an ordinary man, and there will be more, as long as she is willing to look up, she will see how many people are kneeling at his skirts.

…

“Dongdongdong——”

Karl opened a corner of the door, saw who was coming, and informed her that the person who was supposed to come had finally arrived.

She was a little nervous, but Nancy smiled and winked, "Relax, honey."

She walked out and stood outside the door. Seeing her cousin looking angry and unhappy, she became jealous and said, "Be more generous~"

The others were sent away, leaving only two people in the room. The next step was questioning. She was nervous at first, but later she relaxed.

After the conversation, Shan Hao stood up and saw the investigator off.

But he didn't leave, so she asked blankly, "What's wrong?"

"Someone's here to see you."

"Let him in."

It would be a bit boring for her to squat here alone, so they would bring her some toys and books and chat with her to relieve her boredom.

"Think about it and see if you want to meet me."

Shan Hao told her his name and the purpose of his visit. After hearing it, she was stunned and asked, "Is there really such a person?"

Although this matter has nothing to do with him, he will still be implicated. It is a good idea to explain it to him clearly so that he will not be caught up in public opinion.

"Let him in. Wait, I'll change my clothes."

Do you need to change clothes to meet him? He watched her rummaging through the closet, his hands clenching the railing at the end of the bed, "You look great in this."

"You don't understand," she said, pulling out a blue dress from the closet and holding it in her hand, as if with a nostalgic air, "This is about respecting others."

She pulled aside the long curtain, and soon her coat fell to her feet. The woman lifted one foot, then the other, disturbing the curtain as she raised her hand. "It's not that I don't value you."

Afraid that he would misunderstand, she pulled at the hem of her skirt and explained, "We know each other well, so there's no need to change."

That's good. After finishing, Shan Hao opened the door and invited the people outside to come in.

"Hello," she said, sitting on a chair. There was another one across from her, and she gestured, "Come and sit here."

The person outside the door was very anxious, perhaps due to psychological trauma. Even the window was guarded by someone, staring at him, making it impossible for him to escape.

After a few days of reflection, when she saw this face again, she was relieved, accepted the differences, and accepted the disappearance of love.

"My family gave me this name because they hope I can become a director in the future."

"Haha~" she was amused, "Do you want to be a police officer?"

The man nodded, and the two of them moved closer and began to talk about the accident.

Xu Shanshan: "I'm sorry if my behavior offended you. If necessary, I will cooperate to clarify."

Yang shook his head, not caring. During the conversation, she gradually realized that there was a big difference between the two of them.

Time passed and it was time to say goodbye. The man said that he hoped to be given a chance to make up for his regrets.

She declined, thanked him again, and asked him to leave.

His loss reassured others. When Karl walked in, he had a letter in his hand. She recognized it at a glance and reached out to take it. It was an apology letter from Ares.

She refused to meet him.

She opened the letter and read it word by word. Today she changed her writing style and left a poem complaining about her husband. She used exaggerated rhetoric to describe time as being particularly long and the days as long as years.

With a smile on her face, she asked him, "Did he apologize to you?"

This is a key question, and Carl shook his head in denial.

"Then let him go."

The door opened again, and the man held the envelope between his fingers. Instead of accepting it, it was thrown into the trash can.

Because of his different perspective, he couldn't figure out the reason for his anger, but the frustration of being rejected gave him an idea and he decided to find a military advisor.

A few days later, the restrictions were lifted and she returned to the tower. The newly renovated office was already lined up. It was new and large, with many restraints hanging on the walls. She thought it was an interrogation room to prevent abnormal sentries from suddenly attacking people.

The dormitory was the same as before. She had to go to work tomorrow, so she turned on the computer and planned to browse the information online, so she started it up normally.

A video invitation popped up in the lower right corner, and the cursor moved to the green button, but she didn't log in to the communication software. She frowned and wondered who was calling?

She moved the mouse to the red reject button and tried several times, but it didn't work. Maybe it was a web ad, but she didn't visit any small websites or install any software randomly.

It was more like a virus. Just as I was about to turn off the phone, the screen suddenly flashed on its own, the picture changed, and the video was connected. The perspective was of a man cooking in the kitchen.

It was her ex again. She had become a little desensitized. This must be the person who deceived her.

One cannot fall into the same trap twice. This trick is too old. She pressed the power button expressionlessly, but there was no response. The signal must have been controlled by the other party. It doesn't matter, she still has one trick up her sleeve.

Regardless of the man's dancing and excitement, Mi Yu did not stop her. She walked straight to the door, turned off the power, and the whole room became quiet.

In the darkness, she dialed Karl's number, "My computer has a virus."

"Well, it's a bit serious. You should ask someone to take a look. It looks like a hacker attack."

Carl: "Don't hang up, okay? Let me hear your voice."

"No," she refused, and the man quickened his pace, worried that she would be bewitched again.

Xu Shanshan: "When making a video call, remember to record the screen."

She took a deep breath, turned on the power again, walked to the computer desk, and after the boot interface appeared, the video invitation appeared again. She blocked the camera with tape and clicked to answer.

"Don't pretend to be his face." She was a little irritated. "Don't you have a face yourself?"

The man on the screen disappeared, leaving only an empty kitchen. After a while, another person appeared from the right and then from the left. The changes were so many that it was dazzling.

"Which face do you like?" He can change into any face, after all, he is a digital life.

“…”

She decided to tease him, "Football zombie." A moment later, a creature with tall shoulders, wearing a red jersey and a helmet, dark skin, and large eyes with only tiny pupils walked out. The other person touched his head and asked in confusion, "Is that so? You like this?"

My God, she was a little surprised, thinking about the rapid development of modern AI and the possibility of having a video call with AI one day.

"I want to see you. Turn on the camera, okay?"

Xu Shanshan looked at the computer placed aside. Karl had gathered people and was still on his way. She said into the microphone, "No."

"You modified my memory, deceived me, and forced a kiss on me. This is a crime."

There was a moment of silence. The zombie lowered his head, thinking seriously, but she couldn't tell from his small eyes what he was thinking. After a while, he seemed to have a good idea, raised his index finger and said, "I like committing crimes."

???

"Tell me the truth, who the hell are you?" She was speechless at the hypocrite's remarks.

"I used to be a human."

"Are you a sentinel?"

The other person nodded, and she asked again, "You have absorbed my memory and know all my past, right?" He still nodded.

She shook her head and said, "Change to your original form, when you were a human."

The football zombie ran to the left and then appeared in the camera from the right. This time he was a normal man, a young and handsome guy.

"Do you have to switch places to change your form?"

"No." He just felt that a sudden change would make her feel awkward, so he added a cutscene, and the background began to change. Whether it was a classroom, an office, a park or a beach, they were all very realistic, with light and shadow and dynamic changes, and the naked eye could not tell the real from the fake.

Xu Shanshan: "When I was a kid, twelve years old, in junior high school, I needed other people in my family."

The man nodded, and he suddenly disappeared. In the dilapidated brick house, the family had a dinner together in the evening, including her grandparents, parents... and her adolescent self.

He cut off the video, and she seemed a little depressed, and began to play bits and pieces of her growing up, including being bathed in a large red basin when she was a toddler.

Unexpectedly, she blocked the camera in an instant. With such a long memory, her face suddenly turned red and she accused him, "How can you casually look through other people's brains?"

"I'm warning you, don't tell anyone about this, and don't show it to anyone else."

"Yes, wife!"

"Who is your wife?!"

Colorful hearts started popping up on the screen, from small to large, which looked very tacky.

Xu Shanshan: "What's your name?"

"Yang."

"Stop imitating him, okay? You can't call it that, honestly."

"I only have a number, not a name." The man looked aggrieved, with cat ears popping out on either side of his head. The woman remained unmoved. "Stop using the special effects, it's still a mess."

"Can you give me a name?"

Before she could think it through, her computer suddenly vibrated. She turned around and looked back. Karl said to the camera, "Don't agree to him." He was about to arrive, but the communication was quickly cut off. A low and dangerous male voice came from the computer, "You are chatting with someone else."

She admitted it directly, "Are you the one who sent the message?"

"ghost?"

"That's just my code name."

"Then I'll call you that from now on, ghost, right? You come and go without a trace."

The man nodded and smiled, "I'll call you that from now on."

"Thank you. I love you."

"Don't talk nonsense," she retorted, "You don't even have a physical body, you're just wandering in the virtual world..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that she had spoken too harshly, and then she thought of what the other party had done, and the guilt disappeared.

"I'll be transferred into the robot, and it will have a physical form. Then we can meet, eat together, hug, kiss..."

Given what he had done, if he were sealed into a physical body, he would surely be reduced to ashes, she couldn't help but remind him, "If he were to become a robot, he would be destroyed."

"Better a happy death than a miserable eternity."

A typical love-brained statement. She began to believe that he used to be a sentinel. It was obvious that he had received a traditional tower education.

As if he knew what she was planning, he pleaded, "Give me a chance, I can help you."

"What's the matter?"

"Anything."

It reminded her of her past experience. The people in that team seemed a little stupid. Their way of expressing their affection was to give her a glass of water every hour. At first she didn't understand why, and thought it was a custom, so she drank it.

Later on, it was the same every time she went. She had to go to the toilet frequently, and when she couldn't bear it anymore, she asked them. She then realized that they were worried about being thirsty and dehydrated, and it was very mechanical.

She answered the replay call and didn't intend to respond to him. This guy was definitely not an inexperienced rookie. He was very good at cheating people.

But since he said so, she also wanted to find out more information, "Are you in cahoots with the Reformation Organization?"

First a green check, then a red cross.

"It used to be, but now we're broken up, right?" The other party nodded.

"What if I say I want to destroy them? Will you help me with that?"

Seeing the man lost in thought, she thought he was struggling, trying to give the other party some leverage, but he quickly looked up and said, "I do."

Ghost: "Are you willing? I can do other things for you."

A man in police uniform suddenly appeared on the screen, staring at the camera and seductively taking off his coat and vest...

Ghost analyzed, "According to my analysis, you seem to be obsessed with uniforms and have watched this video over 800 times."

Thinking that Karl was still watching, she quickly blocked it with her hands, “I beg you to stop talking.” Besides, her underwear was gone, God, this person must die!

What made matters worse was that another male voice came from the back, Carl said: "If you like, I can wear it for you."

Ghost: "I am what she likes."

"No, thank you, no." What should I do if I really have a stomach worm?