"Master Su Liang."
Su Liang heard a very gentle electronic sound. He was startled and turned around, only to see a face that looked very ordinary but very friendly.
Bionic man?
Su Liang vaguely remembered this face - it was a universal model face used by male bionic humans when they left the factory.
Yes, the one who came to pick up Su Liang was none other than the most advanced artificial intelligence in the entire Earth Alliance, and also the most trusted existence of the Snake Lord Lu Taipan and the entire Snake Cave.
Its name is "Butler".
But Su Liang didn't know this at the moment.
"Hello, my name is 'Butler', you can just call me Butler. Welcome to the Snake Cave. Did you have a smooth journey?"
The butler asked very smoothly with a friendly smile on his face.
"Ah, it went very smoothly. The flying machine is much more comfortable than the hover car."
Su Liang calmed himself down and responded calmly. Many wealthy families also use bionic people with certain independent thinking patterns to interact with outsiders. Bionic people like butlers are not too rare.
However, perhaps because he is a bionic man used by the "Snake Cave", the butler's every move looks particularly human.
If it weren't for the fact that the GM factory face was too familiar, Su Liang would almost have thought that the other person was a living person. For example, now, although he is a bionic man, Su Liang feels that after hearing his answer, a smile seems to flash across the other person's silicone face.
"That's great!"
The butler seemed very friendly.
"The Snake Cave has always been in great need of new blood, but there have always been some not-so-good rumors about us from the outside world. This is very distressing to us. I really hope that every service staff who can walk out of the Snake Cave can have a good memory, so that future generations will not be affected by rumors from the outside world."
It said to Su Liang with a smile, then naturally took the young beta's luggage and led him towards the inside of the snake cave.
Along the way, it was just like a real person and could even chat with Su Liang freely.
"Oh, by the way, I've seen your physical examination report. Your pheromone overflow value is very small, so small that it is almost difficult to detect with an instrument, right?"
"Yes," Su Liang responded politely. Many humans would inevitably behave rudely when facing bionic people because the other party was just a tool, but Su Liang had never been that kind of person.
Even though he knew that the communication mode of the androids was probably just a manifestation of a preset humanized module, he still explained seriously when the housekeeper asked: "My pheromone glands are underdeveloped. Although my gender is written as beta, in fact, I may not even be as good as beta. Without pheromone glands, I have no way to synthesize effective pheromones. The external manifestation is that my pheromone overflow is very small, because I have no pheromones at all."
After signing the service agreement to go to the "Snake Cave", Su Liang was quickly arranged to undergo the most detailed physical examination.
It has to be said that this happened to reveal another thing on Su Liang's mind: ever since he was reborn, he has always wanted to check his body.
However, judging from the results, his body is still very healthy at this moment, and all the values are only slightly different from when he was 14 years old. Judging from the pheromone data, he is exactly the same as any undifferentiated minor, and his pheromone glands have never developed over the years.
But he is still healthy, of course, ignoring the condition of hypoplastic glands. The disease has not yet arrived, and Su Liang knows that he still has time to make up for the mistakes he made in his previous life.
At this moment, the butler was still chatting with Su Liang with a smile. Occasionally, he would stop to let Su Liang feel the special scenery of the Lu family villa.
"What do you think of our 'Snake Cave'?"
After seeing Su Liang looking at the scenery with a happy expression, it asked the same question as Xue Yinhuan and Black Mamba.
It seems that the people in the "Snake Cave" really care about what others think of them?
As Su Liang thought about this, he answered sincerely, "It's really comfortable here, the air is fresh, and the scenery is beautiful. I'm so glad that I chose to come here."
The housekeeper grinned, and then asked, "I'm so happy that you like it here. By the way, Master Su Liang, I heard that you admire our master Lu Taipan very much? This is rare. After all, he doesn't have a good reputation in the outside world."
“Ah, this…”
The lies that he had told in front of other people suddenly came out of the "housekeeper's" mouth. Su Liang finally knew where the rumor that the "Snake Cave" knew everything came from.
He stood there hesitantly. While he was organizing his words, the android beside him suggested enthusiastically, "Since you admire Lu Taipan so much and your pheromone overflow is so low, would you like to consider serving as the personal nurse of the Lu family master? This job is very simple, at least much easier than other jobs in the Snake Cave. After all, that person doesn't like to interact with ordinary people at all, and many things are left to machines. If it weren't for the psychologist's request, there would be no such position as a nurse in the Snake Cave. If you serve as a nurse, at most you would go to him every day to punch in and ensure that he can see at least one living person in a day. At the same time, you can enjoy the same living conditions as that guy, which is the top and most luxurious life in the Earth Alliance. The salary is also quite good. In the six-month service period, you can at least earn the salary for the next ten years..."
"Feel sorry."
Seeing that the "butler" was getting more and more excited, Su Liang had to interrupt his earnest sales pitch.
"It's not what you think,"
Su Liang gave the "housekeeper" an unusually stiff smile, even though his face was pale and he was still a little scared in his heart. However, Su Liang still confessed to the "housekeeper" about his extremely embarrassing identity in the Lu family and that in order to convince Lu Zhizhao, he could only pretend that he admired Lu Taipan very much.
"...But I do admire Patriarch Lu's actions, and I think the rumors about him are unreliable. He is a true hero, but I don't worship and admire him as much as I claim. Even though he deserves to be worshipped by everyone. With my ability, I can only do ordinary work here. But I can guarantee that I will complete those tasks perfectly."
The "housekeeper's" eyes flickered.
It seemed as if it had not understood what Su Liang's confession meant at all, and was still trying hard to promote Lu Taipan's job as a personal caregiver.
"A lot of people want this job. After all, if you die, the pension is super high and can support many people."
It said enthusiastically.
"sorry……"
Although the last sentence was inexplicably touching, Su Liang could only decisively reject it once again.
After several rounds of conversation, the "housekeeper" finally gave up trying to persuade her, looking a little sad.
However, unlike the bleak appearance of the external body, the artificial intelligence inside the system is extremely vibrant to an excessive degree.
The specific manifestation was that Lu Taipan was still receiving sedation treatment in the treatment chamber.
However, the hypnotic images that kept flashing before his eyes were suddenly interrupted by a few lines of large blood-red characters.
[Emergency communication from codenamed "Butler" - hey, he doesn't want to be a caregiver! 】
Lu Taipan: ...
[Urgent communication from codename "Butler" - I know you actually want him to take this position, right? When you saw the list handed over by the Lu family, you signed your agreement 0.2 seconds faster than usual! But the little cutie refused on the spot! He doesn't really admire you. 】
Then, the screen began to replay the video of Su Liang confessing the truth to others with some uneasiness.
Lu Taipan: ...
[Emergency communication from codenamed “Butler”——Are you very sad? Hehehe. 】
Lu Taipan pushed open the treatment chamber expressionlessly, and the dripping treatment fluid slowly slid down his unusually strong body.
Lu Taipan casually put on a bathrobe, then calmly whispered in the empty medical room: "In fact, I can also reduce your autonomous thinking authority, butler."
"To prevent you from continuing to have similar delusional thoughts and self-willed behavior in the future."
Whether in his actions or in his words, Lu Taipan did not show the slightest sign of anger.
He was as calm as a piece of iron that had been placed under the ice for billions of years.
However, after this indifferent remark, the previously lively and cheerful "housekeeper" quickly changed his attitude.
"Butler": "I will arrange for Master Su Liang to perform some routine tasks. Those tasks are very safe and easy. He will have a pleasant service period like all "normal" service personnel and will definitely not notice any problems."
A particularly professional promise came from the electronic synthesized voice on the communicator.
Lu Taipan lowered his eyes.
"Um."
He just snorted.
…
The "housekeeper" took Su Liang to the dormitory building reserved for service staff.
This place looks a bit like the kind of hotel that the working class likes. It looks very comfortable, with identical metal doors symmetrically distributed on both sides of the long and narrow corridor.
Because riding a flying vehicle is much faster than a hover car, there was no one else in the dormitory building when Su Liang arrived. He was able to choose a nice room.
The reason why he chose this room was that its window faced a small, exquisite and beautiful garden.
Su Liang has always liked gardens. At this moment, he was in the "Snake Cave" and happened to see a garden. A certain figure emerged from his mind again.
"Well, if you need anything, you can let me know... Well, if you can't find me, just tell the automatic robot that you're looking for me. Those automatic flying robots are like flies, they're everywhere here. Have a good rest, I'm leaving first."
The butler, who had seemed cheerful before, now looked a little crestfallen. After explaining the necessary matters, he was about to leave.
But at this moment, Su Liang for some unknown reason called out to the other party.
"Mr. Butler, that——"
"What?"
The butler quickly turned around and looked at him.
Facing the face of the "steward", Su Liang hesitated for a moment, not sure whether he should really say what was in his heart.
But he soon remembered Xue Yinhuan and Black Mamba, so he finally mustered up the courage and spoke carefully: "Mr. Butler, if I want to ask you about a person who is a 'Venomous Snake' warrior, will it violate the rules and regulations of the 'Snake Cave'?"
"Of course not, we're not that strict here, hahaha."
The butler immediately responded cheerfully.
——After all, those spies sent into the "Snake Cave" by various groups and forces will find ways to find out information. There is no need to set up such a useless system at all. They will be killed anyway, click click click.
The artificial intelligence did not tell Su Liang the second half of the sentence.
After all, according to Lu Taipan's instructions, Su Liang needs to spend a stable service period in the "Snake Cave", which means that he only needs to know the superficial things.
Hearing the housekeeper's affirmation, Su Liang bit his lip, suppressed the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart, and continued: "In fact, I once received selfless help from a 'Viper' warrior in the Lu family, and I have always been very grateful to him. He can be regarded as my savior, and I have been concerned about him for so many years. However, we only met once, and he was injured at that time, and he never showed up again after that."
Su Liang recalled the horrific wound on the body of the handsome young man with a stern face in the greenhouse. The expectation and tension in his heart intertwined together, even making him feel a little stuffy in his chest.
"I don't want to find out the man's specific information or name. I just want to confirm with you whether he is alive or dead. After all, we were still fighting the Canaanites back then..." Su Liang's voice gradually lowered.
At this moment, Su Liang suddenly felt a little regretful.
He really didn't know how he would deal with his feelings if he learned the news of that person's death from the "butler".
It was the "Viper" warrior who showed him such pure and unrequited kindness when he first entered the Lu family, which allowed him to survive in the quagmire of the Lu family.
"Indeed, many 'little snakes' died in that war." Hearing Su Liang's words, the butler's voice became deeper, "What was the name of that warrior? I think I can give you a definite answer."
After getting the affirmation, Su Liang's face began to heat up.
"Well, I don't know his name either. I only know that he was probably... in his twenties, very calm, very reliable, and handsome. He seemed very cold but had a soft heart..." As he spoke, even Su Liang himself knew that these descriptions were too vague and meaningless. His face became hotter and hotter. He even regretted why he suddenly and impulsively called the butler to ask him about the big brother. "Well, he has a mechanical spine embedded in his spine and the back of his neck..."
"Mechanical...spine?"
Hearing this, the "butler" suddenly repeated it, his voice slightly elongated.
"Many 'Vipers' have mechanical assistive devices embedded in their bodies to better utilize their physical energy efficiency in combat."
The simple human Beta did not hear the profound meaning in the synthetic voice of the artificial intelligence at all.
Of course, the "steward" did not lie, the soldiers did place auxiliary mechanical devices in their bodies.
However, there is only one person in the entire Earth Federation who can tightly embed the metal spine into his spine and continuously inject inhibitors into his nerves.
And that person...
Su Liang glanced at the housekeeper uncomfortably, then added: "By the way, he also has a very, very beautiful full-back snake tattoo on his back—"
“Sizzle…”
The next second, Su Liang heard some rather bad sounds coming from the body of the bionic man in front of him.
The android, who had been very talkative before, suddenly became completely stiff in front of him, and there were only two red lights representing "failure" in his shining electronic eyes. A wisp of green smoke slowly emerged from its nostrils and ears.
"Mr. Butler?"
Su Liang was stunned.
"It's temporarily short-circuited."
A deep male voice suddenly came from the room.
Su Liang opened his eyes wide in shock, and then saw the automatic intercom system in the corner of the room.
Su Liang guessed that the person on the other end of the system was probably a bionic human inspector. He had seen a robot out of control in a shopping mall before. After a while, a special inspector came over the mall broadcast to reassure the crowd.
It should be said that it is worthy of being called a snake den, even the inspectors reacted so quickly.
Well, the sound is also... surprisingly good.
"Don't worry, someone will take care of it."
The inspector continued.
In less than half a minute, Su Liang's dormitory was pushed open, and the fully automatic robot quickly grabbed the bionic man's feet and dragged the heavy man-made product out face down.
The scene looked a bit shocking, but on the other hand, the seemingly rude fully automatic robot was actually polite when treating humans - it even remembered to help Su Liang close the door.
Su Liang stared blankly at the closed door, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
"Mr. Inspector? Are you still there?"
After hesitating for a moment, he asked tentatively.
After several seconds, a response came from the automatic communication system: "I'm here."
Su Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart again that the voice of the bionic inspector in the "Snake Cave" was very nice.
"Is Mr. Butler okay? Is his chip okay?"
Although they had only been together for a short period of time, Su Liang had already developed a liking for the butler.
Just like Xue Yinhuan and the Black Mamba, although they have different personalities and even different species, deep in their souls they both have a temperament that makes Su Liang want to get close to them.
Su Liang is now very worried that after the short circuit, the intelligent system that was communicating with Su Liang before will also disappear.
This time he waited for a long time before the inspector said, "It's fine. It's fine."
Su Liang then breathed a long sigh of relief. He sat down on the narrow bed in the dormitory and gave a bright smile in the direction of the automatic communication system.
"Thank you for your answer, I feel relieved now!"
"Um."
The inspector didn't seem to be very talkative.
Just when Su Liang thought that the other party had gone offline, he suddenly spoke and said unexpectedly: "According to the information, the 'Viper' warrior you are concerned about has not died."
"Ah, really?" Su Liang jumped up happily, "That's great, really great..."
He was so happy that he could hardly say anything else, and he was sure that he must be acting stupidly.
Because the system was silent for a while.
"Well, I wish you a pleasant stay in the Snake Cave, Su Liang."
The male voice was deep and a little hoarse, and there was a subtle ambiguity when it said the word "Su Liang", which made Su Liang's ears itch slightly.
Then the kind tester really went offline.
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