Chapter 36 Back to Earth~ Sang Zhitao doesn't understand 778...
Sang Zhitao couldn't understand the conversation between 778 and 58678. She just kept her personal computer on and fell asleep against the wall.
"Keep your voice down," the attentive 58678 whispered to 775.
775 looked up from the screen, glanced at Sang Zhitao, and lowered his voice.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Several loud explosions rang out, startling Sang Zhitao awake from her sleep.
"Careful!" 58678 carefully reached out to support her, glancing warily at the ceiling.
"They've started fighting, let's go to the next floor." 775 quickly put away his handheld computer, pulled Sang Zhitao up, and said to 58678.
This time, Sang Zhitao didn't delay any longer and quickly ran out through the opened exit with 775.
Outside the door was empty space. Sang Zhitao was startled and quickly grabbed 775, who was rushing out: "Be careful!"
775 stopped in her tracks, looking at the dark void before her with a hint of lingering fear. She patted her chest and said regretfully, "It's my fault, I was too hasty."
As she spoke, she quickly ran to a wall and connected the port directly to one of the ports on the wall.
A mechanical sound rang out, and Sang Zhitao stared in amazement at the staircases that appeared in the dark void before her.
775 quickly came to her side, looked at the line of little robots waiting to go behind, and pulled Sang Zhitao up the steps, walking down step by step.
Sang Zhitao followed her, stepping on the steps that floated in mid-air, feeling the emptiness beneath her feet, and gradually went from being afraid to getting used to it.
The sound of footsteps, "tap tap tap," filled the space, followed by more and more frequent footsteps.
Sang Zhitao followed her down a flight of stairs about ten meters high before arriving at a silver-white wall.
Just as when it summoned the staircase, 775 groped its way out of the silver-white wall and opened a door that was wide enough for two people.
She first crawled into the room herself, carefully checked everything, and then pushed Sang Zhitao in. Not long after, the other little robots also entered the room.
Sang Zhitao noticed that this room was different from the one she had just seen. The previous room was a uniform silver-white color from both the outside and the inside, but the walls of this room looked the same from the outside, yet from the inside they were like transparent glass, allowing a clear view of everything outside.
She watched as the stairs disappeared into the darkness after the little robots came in.
Sang Zhitao noticed that everyone was gathered in the corner, leaving the middle empty, and she was a little confused. Just as she was about to ask 775, 775 pulled her to sit on the side.
"I know what you want to ask, but don't ask yet, let's solve the password song first." With that, 775 took out his handheld computer and gestured for Sang Zhitao to turn on the personal computer.
Sang Zhitao twitched her lips, turned on her personal computer, looked at the songs in the playlist, and couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, her playlists were all downloaded locally by default, otherwise she was afraid that there would be no signal even dozens of meters underground.
Looking around, the little robots were either chatting quietly in small groups, resting with their eyes closed, or holding quantum computers as if they were trying to understand something.
She was also a little bored for a moment. Looking at 775 who was staring intently at the handheld computer, she couldn't help but look curiously at 58678.
58678 felt her gaze and couldn't help but look up at her. Seeing the curiosity in her eyes, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Sang Zhitao first searched for lyrics in the playlist, but found nothing that could express her inner thoughts. So she pointed to 775, then to the handheld computer, and finally to the optical computer on her arm.
58678 first frowned in confusion, but after Sang Zhitao pointed it out several times, he tentatively asked, "Are you asking why 775 uses such outdated equipment?"
Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly.
58678 first stole a glance at the infatuated 775, then moved closer to Sang Zhitao and whispered, "I heard it's 775's ability; only antiques can unleash its special power."
Sang Zhitao was filled with questions; she had never heard of such a strange ability.
“I suspect 775 said that on purpose, because it’s cool.” 58678 glanced at 775 again to make sure she hadn’t noticed their conversation before whispering.
“I heard it…” a faint voice came from the side.
"Ah!" Sang Zhitao and 58678 were so startled that they shuddered, and the screen on Sang Zhitao's arm flickered a few times.
775 rolled her eyes at 58678 before explaining irritably, "It's not an ability!"
She looked at Sang Zhitao with curiosity, sighed, put away her handheld computer, and explained, "My creator is an enthusiast of antique electronic devices. When she designed me, she mischievously wrote this hobby into my program, so I can only use antique electronic devices to study technology."
Sang Zhitao nodded in realization. Most of the three-digit robots, like 775 and 357, were personally researched and made by the creators back then, so their personalities were extremely prominent, much like the creators who wrote their programs.
The code of robots that were created later, such as Sang Zhitao and 58678, was mostly copied from the code of these first-generation robots.
This is also why some robots decided to form the Naturalist faction, because the descendants who continue the code of the previous generation of robots rigidly follow the program, and even if they seem intelligent, they have no soul.
Sang Zhitao watched as 775 put away her handheld computer and wondered why she hadn't hacked it.
Seeing her look at her arm where the handheld computer was hidden, 775 explained knowingly, "It's solved."
Sang Zhitao was amazed by her speed and couldn't help but reach out her hands to give her a thumbs up.
The second-floor safe house was also boring, and Sang Zhitao got sleepy after a while.
Seeing that she was sleepy, 58678 gave her a few crystals.
Sang Zhitao let out a soft breath, carefully nibbling on the crystal, but her eyes were fixed on the empty center of the room, and she was somewhat lost in thought for a moment.
“ID 24356, please complete this month’s download plan.” A message notification suddenly popped up on Sang Zhitao’s arm.
Sang Zhitao was stunned for a moment and didn't react immediately, after all, according to her plan, there was still a month before the next download.
But she instantly realized that she had changed her mindset and her ID number, so the download task timer had changed as well, and she naturally had to follow the new ID number now.
She sighed inwardly, secretly praying that the original owner wasn't a singing robot, or at least had higher privileges, otherwise she really wouldn't have any songs to download, and she didn't want to have to get a new brain.
She turned on her computer and looked at the download notification. Just as she was about to click the download button, she suddenly remembered something else and tugged at 775's sleeve.
775 glanced back at her suspiciously, then, seeing her pointing to the message on her arm, immediately understood and said, "This is the Bureau's method. Such message notifications are unaffected by any signal, as are downloads. As for what technology they use, I can't crack it yet, but I will eventually!"
Seeing that she was getting excited as she spoke, and took out her PDA to continue typing, Sang Zhitao was speechless for a moment.
However, after hearing what the other party said, Sang Zhitao felt relieved and directly clicked the download button.
What appeared before her eyes was not the playlist she had imagined, but something that made her hands tremble and she was so excited she almost screamed out loud.
She took a few deep breaths to suppress her excitement, carefully scrolled through the downloadable items on the screen, and saw that many of them were marked with the words "file corrupted, please download again," which made her even more excited.
Sang Zhitao only glanced at the titles of a few pages, but already had a general idea of what the materials were. Instead of selecting them one by one, she clicked "select all" at the top and downloaded them all.
I don't know if it's because the environment is too boring or Sang Zhitao is too impatient, but I feel like the download speed this time is slower than downloading songs on Earth.
Even at its slowest, after two hours, all files showed a download icon.
Sang Zhitao had no intention of leaving herself a way out, nor did she consider what she would do if there were no materials to download next month. She just stared at the screen full of materials, her heart filled with excitement.
Perhaps due to the turbulent emotions, or perhaps because the long run had been exhausting, Sang Zhitao fell asleep in her excitement. In her sleep, a faint green light emanated from her body, flashing and attracting attention.
775 and 58678 were startled at first, but then they tacitly and carefully protected her in the middle. The few little robots next to them were stunned for a moment before realizing that the two of them could not completely block Sang Zhitao. They consciously walked over and sat cross-legged next to them, completely surrounding Sang Zhitao in the center.
The other little robots walked over in unison, sitting cross-legged facing inwards, while the two outermost rows chose to sit facing outwards. The green light gradually spread, infecting all the little robots, and their electronic eyes went from empty to clear, gradually becoming tinged with the colors of emotion.
The room fell silent for a moment, until the green light gradually faded away after a long time.
A platform slowly emerged from the open space in the middle of the room. Suddenly, the light and shadow of 89757 appeared. He was first startled by the actions of the little robots, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sang Zhitao sleeping in the very center. Afterward, he lowered his voice, carefully gave a few instructions, and then disappeared.
After receiving their orders, the little robots continued to protect Sang Zhitao. The emotions in their eyes grew stronger, and their cold mechanical hearts seemed to come alive, slowly bursting with life.
Sang Zhitao was completely unaware of the effects of her green light on the little robots. She only felt that after taking a nap, the cold floor had become much softer.
Soft approach?
Sang Zhitao suddenly opened her eyes and saw her brother, Sang Leping, staring at her with a smile.
“Brother, I’ve been asking you this since I was little…” Sang Zhitao blurted out in surprise.
Sang Leping chuckled and pinched her mouth shut, saying, "Alright, alright, I know you're excited, stop singing."
Sang Zhitao gave a soft snort, slapped his hand away, and looked on with curiosity.
Sang Leping said with a smile, "My company researches AI, and Dean Li asked me to come and discuss some things."
Upon hearing that it was official business, he instantly lost interest and turned to look at Li Mingguo beside him.
He looked at Sang Zhitao with a smile and asked kindly, "How is Tao Tao over there? Is she safe?"
As he spoke, he pulled out a writing tablet the size of a flat surface and continued, "This is a writing tablet. Even if your fingers aren't very dexterous, you can still use it. Why don't you give it a try?"
Sang Zhitao curiously took the writing board and looked at the huge pinyin characters on it. A row of black lines immediately appeared on her forehead, but she didn't say anything. She just tacitly typed a few times: "Good, see, information, engineering".
Li Mingguo glanced at the whiteboard and nodded: "Okay, I'll have them come over right away. Is there anything you need their help with?"
“Bring, technology, data, materials,” Sang Zhitao continued writing.
Li Mingguo's eyes lit up, and he couldn't contain his smile. He repeatedly urged his secretary, "Quickly! Get Professor Su over here right away! Bring the equipment!"
The secretary also saw the whiteboard and, with a delighted expression, quickly ran outside.
Li Mingguo carefully helped Sang Zhitao up: "Taotao, go and rest first. I'll bring you some jade later, you can eat it first."
Sang Zhitao twitched her lips, said nothing, and pulled Sang Leping to run to her sister's side.
Only Li Mingguo and the other high-ranking officials remained, looking at her with doting expressions.
Li Mingguo had many things to do and didn't stay long. Before leaving, he made sure to carefully instruct everyone to take good care of Sang Zhitao.
Everyone naturally assured her that nothing would happen to Sang Zhitao: "Don't worry, we've prepared many kinds of jade for Taotao so she can have a variety of tastes."
Li Mingguo twitched his lips, glanced speechlessly at his colleagues, and then shook his head helplessly before leaving.
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Author's note: This story has four kills, I feel sad and want to cry... Is it really that badly written?
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