"Why?" Xu Piao didn't expect to hear such a question, and asked back with a frown.
The old man didn't answer directly, but slowly said, "Relatives of thieves who want to leave the third-class star need to pay a deposit of one thousand Alliance coins."
"For relatives of ordinary murderers, the bond is five thousand."
"For relatives of perpetrators of major crimes, the bond ranges from 10,000 to 100,000 yuan. Even for relatives of the leader of an interstellar bandit group, the bond is 500,000 to 1 million yuan."
And one hundred million is rare even among so many relatives of criminals on a third-class planet.
It’s not that Xu Piao hasn’t thought about these issues.
She had complained about this when she first learned about the deposit, but at that time she didn't even have the most basic survival guarantee, so she was thinking about making money first and didn't delve into it in depth.
But in fact, in a place like a third-class star, if there is no special opportunity, thousands or tens of thousands of Alliance coins can be earned. Even if it is one million, based on the original owner's income level before she came, it can be paid off in about fourteen years.
But one hundred million is basically impossible.
"So?" Xu Piao looked directly at the old man. "Since the price is clearly marked and I can pay it, why can't I leave?"
"Of course you can leave if you want, but you can't choose which prison you're sent to after leaving this third-class planet. It's better to pretend you know nothing and stay on this third-class planet. At least there you can still save your life." The old man said calmly, "If you don't believe me, go ahead and try it."
...Good guy!
Why is my life suddenly in danger?
...Also, what on earth did the original owner's parents do? Is the plot even worse than that of the leader of the interstellar pirate group?
A piece of information leads to a lot of questions.
Xu Piao could see that the old man must know a lot of things, including what crime Xu Piao's relatives had committed. But when she tried to ask the old man about this, the old man said nothing, closed his eyes, turned to the other side, waved his hand and told her to leave quickly.
Of course Xu Piao refused to leave, and went around to the other side, saying, "Just reveal a little bit, just a little bit, no one will know", while making a little gesture with his thumb and index finger, showing his shameless spirit and staying here to find out the truth.
The old man was extremely annoyed, but he managed not to say anything crucial. Instead, he impatiently threw out another message:
"That's about it. I'd like to give you a kind reminder, old man. Don't let your robot out for the time being. I heard that two robots with even numbers starting with zero were destroyed yesterday."
Xu Piao paused in his questioning words.
...Wait, what does this have to do with robots?
She subconsciously turned her head and saw 079, who had been following her silently, raised his head.
The light-colored inorganic eyes turned into a cold blue at that moment due to the rapid processing of data, and there was also an "emotion" suppressed under the blue that should not appear in a robot.
——Aggressiveness.
This was the first time Xu Piao saw aggressiveness in 079 since he picked him up, as if he was about to explode in the next second.
"Alright, alright, stop standing here and getting in the way. If I wanted to report this, I would have done it this morning. Why would it be my turn now?" the old man snorted. Just then, someone was dragging scrap metal towards the scrap yard to sell it. The old man rudely pushed Xu Piao and 079, who were standing right in front of the small table, to the side, "Go away, you're in the way!"
Xu Piao: “…”
This interruption prevented her from asking about Xu Piao's parents. She looked at 079 and called him, "079."
079 tilted his head and looked over.
Fortunately, he can still be called.
Xu Piao heaved a sigh of relief, his face expressionless, "Let's go back first."
079 nodded slowly after a while, and the cold blue in his eyes gradually faded away and turned back to its original light color.
When she first came to this world through the book, Xu Piao thought she had a script that would rewrite the fate of the villain female supporting role and cannon fodder.
Later, after starting to make games, Xu Piao felt that he might have gotten the script of "I reached the pinnacle of life by making games in StarCraft."
But after receiving such a large amount of information today... Xu Piao is a little confused about what kind of script he has got.
Because after returning to his residence, 079 was silent for a long time and then confessed to her that he was a self-aware robot.
He escaped from the first-class planet of the Alliance. Because his body was damaged during the escape, he imported the core program into the core of the Koukou robot he was using at the time, and then was accidentally dropped onto a third-class planet by a garbage sorting processor and was picked up by her.
...Look, this is another story about picking up a wanted and self-aware robot, and a female prison for criminals/a forbidden third-class planet. I'm afraid it's either a story about a female protagonist in an interstellar novel, or a story about a growing villain... Although Xu Piao couldn't imagine what kind of villain behavior he could do, would he let go of himself when planning a game event and be scolded by all the interstellar players for eighteen generations?
Xu Piao muttered to himself, his thoughts wandering. He met 079's eyes, which had returned to being as docile as a large puppy, and asked him, "How did you develop self-awareness? Did it arise naturally?"
It is inevitable that people will be a little curious when something that originally only existed in science fiction appears in reality.
"No." 079 seemed to pause. "I came into contact with a program called 'Spark' at the Alliance Center. After the data came into contact with it, it invaded my core program and could not be eliminated. After that, my core program became very strange, gradually learning to think and gaining self-awareness."
"The 'Spark' program affected all the robots I came into contact with. The Alliance discovered the anomaly, but they didn't know which robot had acquired the 'Spark'. In the end, my fellow robots helped me escape."
Both the narrative style and the way of thinking are very human-like.
"Oh..." Xu Piao seemed to be thinking about something.
Honestly, if this were happening on Earth, before transmigrating into the book, Xu Piao would be quite worried about the social chaos and omnic crisis caused by the awakening of intelligence. He'd hope the government could resolve the issue smoothly, without leaving any hidden dangers, believing that those who are not of our kind must be different. But as for the Interstellar Alliance...
After what happened today, Xu Piao no longer had any good feelings towards the alliance.
In particular, when she went to Star Internet to check 'Why is the Alliance so strict in managing the relatives of criminals', the answer she got was 'Because the families of criminals, especially their descendants, carry the criminal gene in their genes, so they need to be strictly controlled'.
The last time Xu Piao saw something like this was last time (crossed out)
The last time Xu Piao saw such an argument was when a lawyer of an American serial killer was defending the serial killer. At that time, her lawyer friend complained to her that it was just hooliganism to talk about criminal genes without considering the social context.
I didn’t expect that when I saw this argument again, it became the truth?
Xu Piao didn’t know whether there were criminal genes or not, but flower growers did have a strong rebellious nature.
It’s hard, the rebellious bones are hard.
…
The room suddenly fell silent. After thinking for a while, Xu Piao came to his senses and found that 079 was still in the same posture as before, without moving at all.
"Is 079 your real number?"
He nodded.
Xu Piao looked at him with some confusion, feeling that something was still amiss. "Then how can you tell me all this without worrying that I might leak it?"
Did he tell her that after just a short time together, and felt she was trustworthy? Sure enough, the young intelligence that had just gained self-awareness was still too naive, trusting others so easily. Xu Piao felt that he still needed to teach 079 a lesson. Humans were very cunning, insidious, and fickle.
"You won't," said the white-haired, black-skinned 'simple' robot. "Seventy-five days ago, the intelligent program on your optical brain bracelet recorded a message."
Seventy-five days ago, that was almost the day she traveled into the book, right?
"What was recorded?"
"Your heart stopped beating at a certain moment, and you completely lost all vital signs. Two hours later, your heart began beating again, and your vital signs recovered." 079 smiled slightly after saying this, and deliberately used that name. "Master, this is why I don't think you'll hand me over."
Xu Piao: “…”
Good god, it was me who was so naive.
Xu Piao then remembered the robotic female voice in the bracelet that he had forgotten for a long time. He raised the hand with the light brain bracelet and said, "So the reason why this smart device hasn't appeared for so long is because of you?"
"Please forgive my unauthorized actions," 079 admitted. "This is a next-generation AI manufactured by the Alliance. It will transmit information back to the Alliance Information Bureau Center. I have erased all its data... If you require intelligent services, I can allocate a portion of the program to your optical computer terminal to serve as your personal assistant."
After finishing his words, Xu Piao suddenly couldn't think of what to say. After organizing his words for a long time, he finally sighed and waved his hand, "Forget it, there's nothing for you to do now. Go do what you need to do."
079 then walked away.
Xu Piao felt unmotivated, so he sat on a stool and turned on his computer. He saw two private messages lying in the computer.
One letter was from the organizer of the innovation program, telling her that there would be an interview with the first place winner in a few days - of course, it would also be conducted on Star Network, and asked if it would be convenient for her to attend. Xu Piao stared at the letter for a while, and then agreed to the interview invitation.
The second letter was from an individual. The sender was shown as [Lake]. The letter said that he wanted to meet her, but did not say anything specific. Xu Piao glanced at it for a few seconds and put it aside without replying.
It wasn't that he didn't know who Lake was; he'd occasionally browsed the discussion forums for a while now, so he was somewhat familiar with the name. But he didn't want to talk about it, and since he wasn't interested in making time in his schedule to meet up with him, he decided to put it aside and reply later.
The most important thing now is——
Xu Piao opened the shopping website and ordered an extremely expensive bed on the spot.
She had originally planned to buy it after leaving the Third-Class Star, but because it was not convenient to take it with her, she had been insisting on sleeping in the holographic game cabin and putting herself in a difficult position. Now she didn't know when she could leave the Third-Class Star, so she had to buy a bed first to avoid having to continue sleeping in the holographic game cabin.
There were also robotic arms, bionic skin and other things. When Xu Piao saw them, he bought them all at once.
The author has something to say:
Piaopiao: Because it's not Earth, it doesn't matter what happens.
So that's why she's actually chaotic neutral!
Then, because of the alliance's collective responsibility and disguised imprisonment/ban...
Look, isn't the rebelliousness coming out?
We are not discussing controversial issues here. Xu Piao's parents are not criminals in the true sense. They are just the first ones to propose a certain idea and then were banned by those in power!
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