275 ? The eleventh store

275 The Eleventh Store

◎Books for Eighteen-Year-Olds.◎

Lu Yao turned and walked into the store: "Hurry up and set up the new reading room. There may be a jailer guest coming in the morning."

Lu Yao observed yesterday that generally when there are jailers in the reading room, prisoners will not go in, even if there are many vacant seats inside; on the contrary, if there are prisoners entering the reading room first, the jailers will stand in front of the bookshelf to choose books and are unwilling to go to the reading room.

Although the two groups will appear in the bookstore at the same time, they are clearly divided.

Lu Yao considered their respective positions and it was indeed awkward to meet them on weekdays. Last night, he spent his popularity points to expand a reading room of the same size on the other side of the book display area.

There are two reading areas on both sides, with almost no difference in size and layout.

It’s just that the color of the tables and chairs ordered by Lu Yao is slightly different from the original one. Lu

Yao spent nearly half an hour to decorate the reading room. When she came out, there were no customers yet, so she moved the inventory from the warehouse to replenish the goods.

Today’s new books have been placed on the most conspicuous bookshelf as soon as the door opened in the morning, and customers can see them when they enter the door.

After Lu Yao replenished the inventory, there were still no customers.

At this time, the prisoners in various areas should be participating in group activities. Even the guards did not come to the store. Presumably, there would be no customers before the break time. Lu Yao went

back to the staff office to make a pot of fruit tea, and came out with a plate of desserts, with a plant illustration book tucked under her arm. Lu Yao

has read too much serious literature these past two days. Although they are all popular novels, she has "replenished" too much and is extremely mentally exhausted. At least she doesn't want to read any more novels before closing at night. She just wants to read something that doesn't waste her brain and relax a little.

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Area 7, outside the mental interrogation room.

Prison guard 0496 looked at the prisoner being interrogated through the one-way glass: "How is her reaction?"

"Weak reaction." The executive prison guard shook his head: "...Her mental body reaction is still weakening. If the stimulation is strengthened, it will exceed the tolerance threshold of her level."

0496 was silent.

The executive warden said, "She is simply seeking death, and the Psychiatric Interrogation Department has done its best. How long is her sentence left?"

0496: "Ninety-nine years and six months."

The executive warden said, "Why not send her to District 9 for some reformation?"

0496: "After the popularization of mechanical bodies, the efficiency of labor reform has become lower and lower. In recent years, that place has become a playground for prisoners, and it's useless for her."

The executive warden blinked and said, "How about sending her to District 8 to try?"

A new bookstore opened in District 8, and it has been very popular among the prisoners recently. Even the warden from the Psychiatric Interrogation Department has heard prisoners discussing the contents of the books.

0496: "I heard that the store owner is a native, and he didn't change his mechanical body when he landed on the island, so nothing happened?"

The Executive Jailer shook his head: "I haven't heard that the resident merchants in District 8 have been replaced."

0496 was not very interested in the projects in District 8, and even had a hint of resentment: "Interstellar merchants have always been profit-driven. I heard that the books sold by the current owner are antiques that have already disappeared. They are expensive, and probably won't help her situation."

There was a hint of ridicule in the Executive Jailer's voice: "He sounds like he is completely uninterested, but he understands it in detail."

0496 felt embarrassed at being exposed. The advantage of a mechanical body is that even if you are wavering, embarrassed, and shy inside, you still have a cold face of ignorance.

The executive prison guard stopped when he saw that things were going well, and became serious: "The mental body of this prisoner is only seventeen years old. If we don't find an effective solution, he will die soon."

If robots are also regarded as a kind of living thing, the death of the mental body is the end of the robot.

Most of the time, as long as the brain maintains a certain degree of activity and does not suffer major mental trauma or mental destruction, the mental body will not die naturally.

However, in current academic research, there are indeed examples of mental body reactions gradually weakening and naturally dying.

The mental value of the prisoner Take Wei is decreasing day by day, and the brain reaction is also very weak, showing signs of mental body death.

She is only seventeen years old and has ninety-nine years and six months left in her sentence.

Even prison guards do not want prisoners to die during their management.

And because of the popularization of mechanical bodies, the already pitifully low birth rate of native people has dropped again.

The current laws of the star domain not only do their best to protect the rights of native humans, but also try their best to protect robots.

In other words, the robots imprisoned in Guandao are all extremely evil people.

But even so, the prison guards will not allow the mental bodies of the prisoners under their management to die.

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When the airship was suspended in Bookstore Street, Lu Yao was greeting the passing mini cleaning robot through the glass door.

The airship door opened, and 0496 pushed the prisoner down, and Lu Yao saw it at a glance.

Zhu Wei's mechanical body is humanoid, and her height of 1.78 meters is considered petite among the robots that are over 2 meters tall. Her mechanical body still retains some feminine characteristics.

When Zhu Wei walked down from the airship, her face was as cold and hard as all the robots, but Lu Yao could see some confusion and cowardice in her demeanor.

This might be a robot that was just "born" not long ago and still retained the physical habits of native humans.

Zhu Wei scanned the area, her eyes moving from high to low.

She didn't know where this place was, and she felt a little repulsive and curious.

Until her eyes slowly moved down from the green shop sign and met the eyes of the owner on the inside of the glass door.

Lu Yao's smile was just right, and he nodded slightly to the two guests.

Zhu Wei paused.

Female.

Native human.

Not wearing a mechanical body.

She was still digesting these key pieces of information when 0496 noticed that she was not moving and pushed her hard: "You only have 20 minutes to go out. If you want to go in, hurry up!"

Zhu Wei tilted her head slightly, not looking at 0496. Her mechanical eyes were still looking in the direction of Lu Yao.

Zhu Wei suddenly shook off 0496 and moved quickly towards the bookstore.

She was not running, but her movements were light and silent, completely different from the woodenness when she got off the airship just now. She reached the door of the bookstore in a few leaps.

The Dream Fulfilling System couldn't help but warn: "Lu Yao, this guy is a bit bad, be careful!"

The glass sensor door opened, and Zhu Wei sneaked into the store like a nimble wild cat, running straight towards the owner, and his two arms quickly switched to weapon mode.

0496 didn't catch up and was blocked by the glass sensor door. He hurriedly wanted to blow up the door, but when he looked up, he saw that Zhu Wei's arms were tied behind her back by the owner, and the owner's knees were on her back. The prisoner was pinned to the floor and couldn't move.

In just a few seconds, 0496 seemed to see his career go from promising to dead end, and then revived again.

The glass sensor door closed and reopened, and 0496 hurried in, not even able to think about it, and put the controller on Zhu Wei first.

Because Zhu Wei's mental value has been declining, and she has never shown an attacking posture since being imprisoned, and her mental body signal is still weakening, 0496 did not expect her to suddenly attack the store owner, and he did not expect the store owner's reaction.

This guy is definitely a native with a mental value of 4S or above, and he has received professional training.

After this situation, 0496 dared not leave Zhu Wei in the store anymore, and immediately prepared to take her back.

Lu Yao thought that the business he had come to this morning with great difficulty was almost attacked again. It would be a loss if he didn't let the customer's wallet get hurt.

She clapped her hands and walked to 0496, her mood extremely stable: "Oh, it's just a small matter. There are always a few naughty customers every day, just like there are always a few naughty classmates in the class when you are in school. Such classmates are usually a little noisy, but they are quite loyal at critical moments. Besides, I am not injured. Since we are here, we might as well take a look around."

Jail guard 0496 always felt that the owner's words had a strong sense of déjà vu. Due to the conflict just now, facing the owner's gentle smile, he did not even say the word of refusal.

Lu Yao patted Zhu Wei's back gently with his left hand, and walked towards the bookshelf, not forgetting to turn around and greet 0496: "The store has put some new books on the shelves today, all of which are very classic and interesting books. There are no other customers at the moment, so please feel free to browse."

On the most conspicuous row of display shelves in the entire bookstore, there were several rows of books neatly arranged, and there were also promotional posters next to them, with very different styles.

Zhu Wei put on the controller and could not attack again for 30 minutes, at least she could not switch weapons from her arms.

Moreover, she could not beat this woman. She

was obviously just a native person.

She was so gentle and loved to laugh. She

was powerful and able to control herself.

Zhu Wei had never seen such a native woman.

The figure of another woman inevitably emerged in her mind. Zhu Wei put her and the owner together and compared them one by one.

When Zhu Wei was distracted, Lu Yao was also observing this customer.

She reached out and took a new book from the bookshelf and handed it to Zhu Wei.

There were some blood-red vines on the dark gray fabric cover, dotted with one or two black leaves from time to time. A black bird was entangled by the vines, lying on its back in the thorn bush, with its beak slightly open.

Zhu Wei blinked slowly, without reaching out her hand, but tilted her head to look at the shopkeeper next to her, who was even shorter than her mechanical body. Lu Yao

extended his hand a little further and smiled at her: "There is a saying in my hometown that if you have the chance, you must read this book before you are eighteen years old."

Zhu Wei was slightly surprised.

Why did he know her age?

She wanted to confront the shopkeeper indifferently, but her hand reached out first.

It was this hand that almost chopped off the shop owner's head a few minutes ago.

Zhu Wei held the book in her hands, looking down in a daze.

"Killing a Robin".

What kind of bird is a robin?

Zhu Wei didn't know.

But she was very interested in "death".

0496 was also shocked when she saw the title of the book, and stretched out her hand to stop the prisoner from reading the book.

Lu Yao turned around and handed her another book: "This one is more difficult to read. With the speed at which the robot processes information, it can be read in about half a day. Do you want to try?"

0496 was stunned, and the book with an extremely beautiful and elegant native beauty on the cover had already fallen into her arms.

It will take the robot half a day to finish reading it?

0496 felt provoked, but she still remembered Zhu Wei's situation.

How could she be asked to read such a messy book when she was already determined to die?

Lu Yao shook his head: "It's a good book, don't worry. If you like it, there is a sample book here for you to try."

Lu Yao took another book "To Kill a Mockingbird" and gave it to 0496.

Zhu Wei had already opened the book and started reading.

At that time, she didn't know that many great stories began with an extremely ordinary and even boring scene.

Zhu Wei opened this book that is said to be read by people before the age of 18, read fifty pages in one breath, and still didn't find it interesting.

It's just that the space in the bookstore is bright and quiet. Compared with the dim, noisy prison cell and the cold and depressing interrogation room, she thinks it's better here.

The guard, who had told her that the exercise time was only 20 minutes, leaned against the bookshelf behind her, holding the "thick pillow" recommended by the store owner and reading it like a madman.

Zhu Wei was sure that the stipulated exercise time had passed, and the guard didn't notice it. She didn't take the initiative to remind him, and lowered her head to continue reading the book in her hand.

She thought that the book in the guard's hand might be more interesting, and he might even flip through another one after finishing this one.

The customer was immersed in the world of the book, and Lu Yao returned to his seat by the window and continued to flip through the plant atlas.

The Dream Fulfilling System whispered, "Lu Yao, I just checked the information of that prisoner."

Lu Yao was startled.

This guy was whispering in her mind, like a whisper.

"... Which prisoner?"

Dream Fulfilling System: "The one about Robin. Tell me first, how do you know she is only seventeen years old?"

Lu Yao: "I didn't say that."

Dream Fulfilling System: "Then why did you say that you have to read that book before you turn eighteen?"

Lu Yao: "It's just a sales pitch."

"You must have seen something." The Dream Fulfilling System insisted, but suddenly gave up. "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. The criminal is only seventeen years old physically, and was imprisoned for murder. This is not the most explosive information. The file shows that the victim is her parents. She was still a native when she committed the crime, but she had replaced her body with a mechanical body when she was arrested. She was just fifteen years old at the time."

[Author's words]

Note: "To Kill a Mockingbird" is written by Harper Lee.

"Floating" is written by Margaret Mitchell. -Thanks to the little angels who cast the tyrant votes or irrigated the nutrient solution for me during 2023-12-09 01:53:38~2023-12-10 22:40:34~

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