Chapter 156 I Want to Hide You
Qinan guessed correctly.
Not long after the incident fermented, that very night, the Federation directly issued a level one arrest warrant to arrest Qinan and Xingxing from the Exile Planet and bring them back to the main planet for review and judgment.
The live broadcast room was naturally also banned.
Looking at the official news content whose wording and sentence structure were particularly righteous, Xingxing glanced at the silent Qi Nan, and reached out as usual to hand him a bowl of porridge whose ingredients could not be seen.
"Once you go to the main planet, your body will not be corroded by radiation." These were the comforting words that the little robot came up with after much effort.
Qi Nan paused as he stretched out his hand to hold the bowl. He shook his head with a complicated and amusing expression: "They have planned so much, just to bring me back and monopolize the knowledge that I have not yet published. But I can still survive, what about you?"
From the beginning to the end, he was not worried about himself.
After all, he should have died long ago, but Xingxing used some unknown medicine to pull him back from the brink of death time and time again, keeping him alive and preventing him from returning to the sea of stars.
What he was worried about was the safety of Xingxing.
"You don't know how dirty the human heart can be, and you don't know what methods humans will use on you. Once you fall into their hands... I'm afraid you will become completely unrecognizable, even lose your mind, and become an ordinary little robot again."
After hearing what Qi Nan said, Xingxing tilted her head and stared at him seriously for a long time. After he raised his head and drank the medicine in the bowl, she asked softly, "Then what do you think, Grandpa, how will they treat me?"
"The simplest and easiest way is to first copy all the memories and data in your chip thousands of times, and then perform different simulated awakenings according to your growth environment, in an attempt to stimulate new intelligent life consciousness that can be awakened."
"As for you..." Qi Nan paused. The bitter taste in his mouth made his brows furrow into a deep frown. After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "As for you, they may directly change and add core instructions in your body, write data commands that force you to unconditionally cooperate with the research, and make you completely become a docile experimental subject for their research in this direction."
And this is just the simplest and least harmful research process that Qinan can think of.
There were many more torturous things that he couldn't say, and he didn't want to tell them in advance and scare the naive and somewhat silly little robot in front of him.
For example... find a way to implant its chip into a living being, linking it to its consciousness and mind, turning it from a string of unconscious data into a living being that can sense infinite pain, and then use different experiments to observe all its changes, etc...
Perhaps some experiments would not be as painful as he thought, but the results were just those few.
The best one is the one he says.
However, Xingxing felt a sense of deep familiarity from his examples.
It was quiet for a while. Just when Qinan thought he had scared it, the little robot suddenly looked up and asked him in a very strange and indescribable tone and expression: "Grandpa, what should we do? Will they catch us?"
Qinan didn't say anything.
He had obviously been thinking about it for a long time, but still had no clue.
In other words, he actually had an idea in his mind, but he just couldn't make up his mind.
Xingxing didn't ask any more questions. She just held the mechanical doll and the ball, turned around and lay down on her own bed like a real human child.
It's time to go to bed.
After waking up, everything will be clear.
In the darkness, Qi Nan was still sitting in the wheelchair, his eyes fixed on Xingxing's back as it curled up and became smaller and smaller, his fingers unconsciously clenched the cold armrests of the wheelchair.
What to do?
Of course, he couldn't just hand over the star to the Federation so easily. That would be tantamount to sending the little robot through fire and water with his own hands.
But being pushed to this point step by step, what result can I achieve by struggling?
Qi Nan's usually clear mind was now a mess like a sticky paste. The imminent crisis forced him to force himself to calm down, but what good would it do to calm down? Calmness would only make him more clearly aware of his current old age and powerlessness.
If he were younger, he would have more options, such as using his own connections and relationships to directly leave the Federation with Xingxing.
But now he is old, his neck has long been buried in the ground, and it seems that he will not live long. In order to protect the stars... it seems that he only has one way to go.
The thoughts in his heart gradually became clearer and firmer, but Qinan still couldn't make up his mind.
What I call protection… is it really protection for Xingxing, rather than sending her into another hell?
But at this point, apart from this method, Qi Nan really can't think of any other way to survive.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath silently, lowered his eyes and turned on the light brain.
Obviously he could use most of his recovered mental power to connect to the optical computer and control it, but at this moment, Qi Nan was like a former cripple, watching himself raise his trembling fingers, and type a line of words on the screen one by one, slowly and hesitantly but without really stopping.
At the moment of finally clicking send, Qi Nan's finger hovered over the light curtain for a long time without falling.
It seemed that this fall completely cut off all other possible survival opportunities and completely severed the short life of the stars.
He couldn't make up his mind.
But time passed by minute by minute, and Qi Nan was very clear that every second of his hesitation was pushing Xingxing one step closer to the researchers of the Federation.
There was no extra time for him to worry and think!
Qi Nan took a deep breath and his body trembled silently for a moment, as if he had finally made a decision. He finally sent out the message that he had already edited with trembling fingertips.
But just a second before the fingertips fell, a strange inquiry box suddenly appeared on the screen:
[Have you really decided to do this?]
Below a line of cold text, two options are given:
[Confirmed][Extremely Confirmed]
It was like the most absurd and bizarre joke someone played on him in the dark night.
The old mechanical eye in Qi Nan's eye socket trembled suddenly. He looked up suddenly, but the room was very quiet. He knew very well that there was no surveillance equipment, at least in the house.
Except for the light computer in my hand.
But who can break through the numerous defense nodes and suddenly have such a message pop up for him at the critical moment when he is about to send a message?
The first person that Qi Nan thought of who could do this was Xingxing.
But he suppressed the thought in an instant, because his reason told him that it was a star, but his emotion told him that it was impossible.
Xingxing would never do such a thing, let alone play such a bad joke on him.
Except that Xingxing sometimes speaks in a choking and hurtful way, he is really a very good and well-behaved child.
So Qi Nan stopped guessing and made no choice, but asked coldly in the darkness: "Who are you?"
The room was dark.
Only the faint light from the light curtain shone on his old face, clearly illuminating his wary expression.
The options were still there, and no one answered his question.
But he had just made up his mind, but was interrupted by an unknown existence with a question. Qi Nan looked at the choice on the screen again, which seemed like a weird joke...
He suddenly realized that if he had to do it again, he wouldn't dare click either "sure" or "extremely sure".
It was as if the fate of the stars that I had decided on was suddenly controlled and written by someone else at that moment.
Qi Nan's mind, which had been confused all night, suddenly became clear at this moment.
He let out a sigh of relief, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, I won't choose any of them. Let... let the stars choose for themselves."
He stopped looking at the options on the light screen and looked at the little robot with its eyes closed on the small bed.
"Stars." Qi Nan's old voice sounded gently in the darkness.
The child, who was never able to sleep soundly in the first place, turned over and sat up when he heard his name, tilting his head to look at him in confusion.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" It didn't know what had just happened, because Xingxing was watching the interstellar cartoon with Qiuqiu.
Qinan looked at it.
The darkness could not prevent the two from looking at each other.
The clear doubt in the children's eyes is also particularly clear.
Qi Nan suddenly smiled and raised his hand to wave at Xingxing who was tilting his head on the small bed.
"Xingxing, come to grandpa."
"Oh~" Xingxing didn't hesitate. He lifted the quilt and covered Bubble and Qiuqiu who were still lying there. Then he got out of bed, put on his shoes, and walked towards his grandfather.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" It stood in front of the old man, looked up and asked again in a soft voice.
Qi Nan leaned over and picked up the child in front of him.
Put it in your arms, then pick up the computer.
Before that, he glanced at the light screen and found that the option that popped up just now had disappeared. He raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised, but also not surprised at all.
Because the moment he picked up the light computer, he used his mental power to completely delete the message that he was originally going to send to Lin Ye.
So...let's not talk about the second brother, the eldest brother and that unknown existence both have a tacit understanding in hiding the stars.
Qinan handed the laptop to Xingxing.
Then, under the puzzled gaze of the child, he held the little robot in his arms and said softly, "Xingxing, the Federation issued an arrest warrant tonight, but it will take them about two days to land on the Exile Star and locate us. These two days are our chance."
He used his mental power to control the optical computer to unfold a map, on which was the topographic map of the Exile Star. While he was explaining, Xingxing held the optical computer and listened attentively.
"If we go deeper, we can delay this time to three days."
"I'm not afraid of what I'll face if the feds arrest me, but you must not be found by them because you are different."
When saying the last few words, Qi Nan's voice became heavy, and the arms holding Xingxing unconsciously exerted some strength.
"Xingxing, you are the only autonomously awakened data life form in this sea of stars. Once they get you, you will only become their only research subject."
Being unique means being precious, but also means having to endure everything.
"I want to hide you." He lowered his head, his only mechanical eye looking straight into Xingxing's clear, dark pupils, and said to it slowly:
"Star, I want to hide you in my most proud work of my life, and you... yourself also come from there."
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