Chapter 71 Bionic Man and Mechanic
After coming out of the Science and Technology Museum, Rong Le stood on the street, still recalling the scene just now.
Tang Qiu was changing clothes at that time. He didn't expect someone to barge in so he turned around in surprise. Rong Le saw that he looked normal and had already guessed something in her mind.
He returned to his normal attitude, calmly said a few words to fool Tang Qiu, and then left the Science and Technology Museum.
It seems that Tang Qiu has a lot of secrets. Rong Le thought so and did not choose to take a car back to the studio immediately. Instead, she wandered aimlessly on the street.
The weather is very good today, with plenty of sunshine. Next to the Science and Technology Museum is the Luxury Street. A wide variety of gorgeous goods are displayed in the store. You can see the exquisite decoration inside from the clear windows. As soon as you walk in, you can feel that this place is full of high-end and top-level atmosphere.
It's called the smell of being taken advantage of.
Rong Le didn't have any goals, he just stopped outside the shop windows occasionally to look. Because of his outstanding appearance, the shop assistants were often very enthusiastic and invited him in.
He waved his hand to decline and turned to leave, but as luck would have it, he bumped into a blonde customer coming out of the store.
The blond boy groaned and took two steps back. The person next to him quickly supported him and asked in panic, "Master Uriel, are you okay?"
Rong Le paused.
The commotion here attracted the attention of people around. Fortunately, there were not many people on the street at this time. The clerk of this store also hurried out, fearing that something might happen to this big customer in front of their store.
"That's enough. I'm fine."
The blond boy stopped and looked at Rong Le who bumped into him with an arrogant look. He looked him up and down and said in a bad tone: "Hey, don't you look at the road when you walk?"
Rong Le blinked: "So... the responsibility is all on me?"
The blond boy known as Master Uriel had an obviously bad attitude and said unhappily, "What else? You bumped into me, shouldn't you apologize?"
It was clearly just an insignificant accident, but Uriel arrogantly escalated the matter into a conflict. Rong Le looked at the bionic people surrounding him.
Although they appear to have different postures and outstanding appearances, there is no doubt that these are Type III androids, and their models are very rare.
The price of a bionic man alone is high enough, and there are three or four of them around Uriel, which shows that he is very wealthy.
Passersby who noticed the commotion whispered, "Look, it's Uriel. Who is he messing with again?"
"It's really restless. It's about to offend everyone."
"After all, he's a nobleman, and a wealthy businessman who controls the city's economy. The only ones who can compete with him are the Puppet Factory and the Central Building."
“…”
Rong Le gained some understanding of Uriel's domineering character from what passersby said.
"Hey, why aren't you talking? Do you look down on me?" Uriel's tone began to become unhappy.
Rong Le looked at Yuriel and said politely, "No, it was an accident, but I did bump into you. I hope you're not hurt."
His attitude was very calm. Uriel choked slightly, but he couldn't get angry. He simply snorted coldly: "You are quite straightforward... I am Uriel, a businessman. What about you?"
Uriel did not ignore the passerby, but instead showed an unprecedented interest in him. This turn of events shocked everyone who was paying close attention to the developments here.
"Rong Le, an ordinary mechanic."
Uriel crossed his arms. "So you're a maintenance engineer, what company do you work for?"
Rong Le: "I just opened an independent repair studio in the city."
Uriel stared at him. Although he appeared arrogant and domineering on the surface, his expression was calm, but there was a sense of oppression in him.
Rong Le's expression did not change at all under his gaze, as if she did not feel any sense of threat.
"It's decided." Uriel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I want to hire you. From today on, you will be my mechanic to repair the dolls."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pupils of all the onlookers who heard what Uriel said suddenly trembled.
What happened just now? Why did Uriel suddenly decide to hire a mechanic whose background he didn't know?
Uriel, have you finally gone crazy?!
Rong Le's attitude was also slightly surprised. He looked at Uriel, as if wanting to confirm whether he was joking.
However, Uriel had already instructed the bionic puppet beside him to hand him the contact information and address, and said as a matter of course: "That's it. You will start your post tomorrow. I want to see you at the mansion tomorrow morning."
Rong Le watched the bionic doll hand him the business card and politely declined, "Sir, I have another studio to take care of, so I'm afraid I'm not qualified for this job."
"You can work part-time. You just need to come when I need you."
Uriel raised his chin slightly, as if he had lost interest in talking to him. "That's it, let's go."
...Rong Le felt that she was being scammed.
This feeling is a bit like the first time I met Nika. The methods they used to get closer were so clumsy and funny, but it made it impossible to sincerely refuse.
"You're really working hard. You've gone to this extent. What on earth are you trying to gain from me?"
Rong Le stroked the business card with her thumb and watched Uriel's back as he left surrounded by many puppets.
Things are really getting more and more interesting.
He didn't even need to take the initiative to look for them, the key figures of this module would appear in front of him one by one.
…
I heard that Uriel's mansion was filled with bionic dolls, each of which was colorful. Rong Le thought this was absolutely right.
The next day, he went to Uriel's house as promised with his business card.
From the outside, the mansion is very luxurious and covers a large area. Through the iron gate, there is a cobblestone path with neatly trimmed lawns on both sides. There is a fountain in the front, and then you reach the main entrance of the house.
The housekeeper puppet smiled and opened the door for him, invited him to sit on the sofa in the living room to rest for a while, and served him tea.
Rong Le drank her tea leisurely while waiting for Uriel to come downstairs.
Not long after, there was a rhythmic sound of footsteps on the stairs, and Uriel, dressed in a casual white shirt and trousers, appeared before him. "You're here early."
Rong Le: "It's just normal working hours."
Uriel sat on another single sofa with his legs crossed. He waved behind him, and someone took out a document and asked Rong Le to sign it.
Uriel: "This is an employment contract. Your salary will not be worse than any other mechanic, but you must produce commensurate results. Can you do that?"
Rong Le carefully looked through the contract. "In the professional field, I think I have no problem, but I need to make it clear in advance that if your doll suffers from some terminal illness, I can only do my best."
Yes, puppets can also get sick, but physical illnesses can be cured, but mental problems cannot be changed.
This is also the human rights issue of bionic people that is currently causing a lot of controversy. Today's dolls can even suffer from mental illness, which just proves that they are not absolutely machines. However, it is difficult to accept that mechanical creations born from human hands can grow invisible flesh and blood.
“…”
Uriel lowered his eyes slightly, his tone without any extra emotion: "Just let me see your efforts, that's enough."
Rong Le had already prepared himself for the difficulty of treating the puppets in this mansion. After all, with Uriel's financial resources, he couldn't hire any mechanic he wanted, but instead he grabbed a mechanic from the street. This proved that the puppet problem was very tricky.
He lowered his eyes and signed his name on the last page of the document.
"Dolls with psychological problems are generally believed to have unexplained chip failures and need to be recycled and destroyed. This situation has led to an increasingly serious conflict between humans and dolls."
"Sick dolls don't even dare to go out, for fear that their illness will be exposed and the doll factory will recycle and destroy them."
"...But can a doll like this still be called a doll?"
Rong Le followed Yuriel upstairs and came to the innermost room on the second floor.
The blond boy pushed open the door. The decoration inside the room was simple and clean. The bed was made very neatly. The window on the other side was half open, and the breeze blew up the thin curtains.
A girl with long golden curly hair sat by the window, basking in the sunlight. Her figure in a white dress seemed hazy and would disappear in the next moment.
"Alice," Uriel said, "don't stand by the window. You'll catch a cold. I've found a new mechanic for you."
The girl named Alice slowly turned around after hearing this.
She was undoubtedly very beautiful, and the model was obviously famous for her appearance. She was like an angel in a mural, with no imperfections in her face.
She opened her inorganic blue eyes and looked at the two people at the door: "Uriel."
"Really? I've told you so many times not to wear so little. I think there's something wrong with your brain." Uriel said it ruthlessly, but his actions were extremely honest. He pulled the girl back to sit on the bed away from the window and closed the window.
Yuriel looked at Rong Le: "This is the doll. You need to heal her."
Rong Le looked at Alice subtly, keeping a polite and restrained distance, and smiled: "Sir, can we talk for a moment?"
Uriel glanced at Alice, then he and Rong Le left the room and stood not far away in the corridor.
Rong Le: "I'd like to ask, what kind of person do you want her to become when you want her to be cured?"
Uriel frowned. "Of course, to make her happy. She's always sick, doesn't like to talk, and doesn't like to go out. She stays in her room all day looking at the sky. No one knows what she's thinking."
Rong Le: "Then why did Alice become like this? Sir, you must be very familiar with the situation."
The document Rong Le had just signed had a confidentiality clause. Uriel wasn't afraid of him leaking the secret and said, "Alice once had a lover, but that man died of illness some time ago. Now Alice is left alone. She can't bear the blow and is in depression all day long."
Is it because you miss your deceased lover too much?
Uriel asked him to repair Alice, but Rong Le did not intend to take any special measures. He took the task and returned to Alice's room alone.
"Excuse me, I'm the mechanic just now." Rong Le said politely.
Alice looked at him and sat on the bed without saying a word.
Rong Le didn't do anything, but dragged a stool from the side and sat opposite her, keeping a certain distance from her.
After entering the room, he looked around the entire room unnoticed and found a camera in the open and several miniature cameras in the dark.
It was obvious that Uriel was extremely protective of the girl. Although he allowed him to be alone with her, he would not allow him to act recklessly.
Rong Le needs to gain identity recognition, so she not only has to deal with Uriel, but also try her best to heal Alice.
"Although this is our first meeting, I still hope we can get along well. My name is Rong Le, and I run a repair shop in the city. You can call me whatever you want."
Rong Le said gently, "Alice is a good name. You are really as beautiful as an angel. The person who named you must love you very much."
The Type III A-096 bionic doll, known for its beauty, was well received upon its release. However, this model of doll is no longer in production, apparently because the designer can no longer replicate such stunning beauty.
Alice slowly rolled her eyes and her gaze fell on him.
The mechanic with black hair and green eyes looked very young, with slightly raised cat eyes that were smiling and looked very friendly. Although he was dressed lightly and had no repair tools hanging around his waist, he still had the characteristics of a mechanic.
Seeing that the girl didn't answer for a long time, he sighed, sat on the stool, folded his hands, tilted his head slightly and smiled at her: "Do you mind if I stay here for a while? After all, as your maintenance engineer, I have nowhere else to go."
"You can call me for help if you need anything."
He did not try to get close to Alice, but kept a certain distance from her and began to do his own things quietly.
Time passed by gradually, and Alice seemed like a lifeless doll, sitting on the bed with her inorganic eyes wide open in a daze.
Soon, an hour passed.
Rong Le calmly turned off the communicator in her hand, stood up, restored the stool, and smiled at Alice: "It's getting late, see you tomorrow."
He said as he left the room and saw Uriel sitting on the sofa in the hall downstairs.
Rong Le: "Today's work is almost done. I will come to visit you at this time tomorrow."
Uriel was at a loss for words: "You...never mind, whatever you want."
He seemed to know what happened in the room, but he didn't seem to expect Rong Le to really play any role. He didn't try to ask about the effect of the treatment and asked someone to send Rong Le out directly.
Rong Le left quickly.
After he left, Uriel went upstairs again. Alice maintained her original posture, looking at him quietly.
Uriel sighed. "Alice, at least this mechanic today isn't annoying, is he? You need treatment, and he has secrets I haven't figured out yet."
"I have a feeling that chaos will soon break out in the Mechanical City."
Uriel thought about what had happened during this period of time, as well as the new people of unknown origin who appeared in the city, and his expression became heavier.
He looked at Alice and the countless androids in the mansion.
Can he really protect them?
**
Rong Le began to frequently travel between the studio and Uriel's mansion.
As he came more often, Uriel would not come out to meet him every time. It could even be said that he only showed up on the first occasion, and most of the time it was the housekeeper or servant of the mansion who led him.
Of course, these are all androids.
It was the first time that Rong Le saw so many advanced bionic dolls.
A steady and polite middle-aged butler, a sweet and lively young maid, a chef with excellent cooking skills...even movies don't have this kind of exaggeration.
He also gathered intelligence about Uriel after returning.
A handsome fifteen-year-old aristocratic boy with blond hair, a cold-blooded aristocratic master who treats androids badly, owns countless properties and lives a luxurious life. His parents died two years ago, leaving him with a huge inheritance.
Alice is clearly an android, but Uriel treats her very caringly. The androids in the mansion also seem to be living well, and the rules of the mansion are not strict. It can be seen that rumors cannot be fully trusted.
Rong Le sat opposite Alice most of the time.
Alice's reactions have always been flat. When she loses all her emotions, the android becomes like a puppet, full of inhumanity.
But sometimes, he would chat with Alice casually.
"I have a small animal that would crawl into my studio at night. When I first discovered it, it was very alert, so I slowly approached it, tried to feed it and give it water, and gradually relaxed its vigilance."
“Even though we haven’t met each other yet, he has become a permanent resident of the studio.”
He said with a relieved tone, "The back of the sofa is his own little nest. After replenishing his nutrition during this period, he seems to be in much better health."
Alice didn't react, but the other maids in the room who were listening to the story couldn't help asking, "Why did he come in through the window? Is he wandering around with nowhere to go?"
"And the little animals you're talking about are obviously humans."
"Because my studio is located near the edge of the city." Rong Le smiled, her tone seeming a little helpless, "You found me."
The maid dolls who sneaked over during the break couldn't help but gather together and chatter.
"So handsome, and so loving."
"This young mechanic has a very gentle personality, but I always feel like he's a little difficult to approach."
"There are a lot of homeless dolls in the fringe area. I feel like he must be a kind person."
Most of the puppets in the mansion don't know the background of this repairman, they just think he is mysterious and attractive, which makes people want to explore his inner thoughts out of curiosity.
However, the young man was very gentle, like a cool and elegant turquoise, making it difficult for people to approach him.
Rong Le: "In short, although I have raised him, I haven't officially met him yet. There is still some distance to go before I can fully cultivate him. It seems that I need to continue working hard."
"It will be okay!" The puppets encouraged him.
I have to say that the lively and cute maid dolls are indeed pleasing to the eye. Alice's room has become lively because of the increase in the number of people. These maids not only come to listen to stories, but also come to visit Alice.
Rong Le also learned a lot from them.
These were what the puppets told him privately. Alice was brought back by Uriel a few months ago and was directly placed in this room.
Uriel had several famous mechanics try to repair her car, but it was of no use and almost had the opposite effect.
It is said that Alice's lover was a painter, and she was the painter's muse. They once spent a happy time together. However, as time passed, the android remained in the same place, but the man fell ill and died, leaving the girl alone.
Alice, who lost her lover, could not bear the blow and from then on she closed her heart and immersed herself in her own world, reminiscing about the good memories of the past.
However, the sick wandering doll could not survive at all, even though the painter left Alice a generous inheritance.
Uriel had met both of them before and was a good friend of theirs, so he took Alice to his mansion to take care of her.
"I understand, thank you for telling me this." Rong Le thanked him seriously in a low voice.
The puppet maid shook her head and smiled, "You're welcome. We're telling you this because we think you're different from the maintenance technicians we met before. Even the way you look at us is different."
The repairman is very popular in the mansion. After learning that he refreshes at the mansion at a fixed time every day, everyone relies on him to solve any small problems.
However, this is indeed within Rong Le's scope of work. After all, he signed a contract to be a maintenance engineer for the mansion.
It's just that Uriel only arranged for him to complete Alice's patient.
After finishing today's work, Rong Le packed up her things and went downstairs.
"Mall delivery to your door--"
The lobby downstairs was a bit noisy. Several bionic people were helping to unload goods from the carts. Rong Le glanced at them casually and fixed her gaze.
There were several human employees in mall delivery uniforms, and it looked like they were from the mall he had been to before. Two of them, with their backs to him, looked very familiar.
The housekeeper was directing the servants to unload the goods, telling them to be careful with bumps. He heard some noise coming from the stairs, looked up, saw Rong Le coming down, and said gently, "Mr. Rong Le, I won't see you off."
Rong Le nodded, and calmly glanced at Xu Yuanhe's shocked gaze as he looked up at him, and left the mansion as if he didn't know him at all.
Xu Yuan and the players beside him were so shocked that they stuttered: "He, how could he..."
How did he appear here?!
Players have their own channels, and Xu Yuanhe and others also have more tasks due to their different identities.
Since the module assigns these identities to them, it means that even ordinary shopping mall employees need to complete their own tasks.
Mall employees also have their own intelligence channels. Most of them start missions related to Uriel's mansion, which is to explore the secrets of the mansion and investigate the rumors that Uriel abused androids.
Just when they finally got into the mansion after much difficulty, they discovered that Rong Le was the one being treated with courtesy by these dolls.
Xiao Liu lowered his voice excitedly and said to Xu Yuanhe, "Brother Xu, see, I told you he's definitely an important character!"
Xu Yuanhe lowered his hat with the mall logo on it to hide his expression. "Be more restrained. We'll talk later."
The servants around them looked at them with some hostility.
A hidden silver light flashed in Xu Yuanhe's eyes, and in an instant, countless pieces of information appeared in his mind, gradually sliding through him like a sea of data.
Talent skill——【Identify】activates.
He took a barely perceptible breath and broke out in a cold sweat.
In Xu Yuanhe's eyes, the basic information of these bionic people appeared in front of him as if it were transparent. Except for some data that could not be viewed because of his low level, just the basic information was enough to make him feel cold all over.
The basic data of any android in this mansion is equivalent to that of a small boss!
Xu Yuanhe's face turned green, and he even regretted letting Rong Le leave.
——They have fallen into a wolf's den!
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