231 Human-Machine Joint Device
You have a body, right?
Daju brought some strawberry cakes to share with others. She has a good personality and quickly became friends with them.
Daju was very interested in Lin Xiaofeng and always teased the little girl.
Big Orange: "Wow! That's amazing! Even the food I eat becomes transparent."
Lin Xiaofeng was very shy and felt particularly embarrassed when Daju praised her. As if she wanted to show how great she was, she lifted Daju up with one hand.
Daju exclaimed: "Oh my god! What a strong force!"
Zhu Ning was a little worried that Lin Xiaofeng would not take it seriously, but Daju didn't care at all and asked, "Can you give me a princess hug?"
Daju said seriously: "Come on, princess, give princess a princess hug."
Lin Xiaofeng actually thought seriously about Daju's suggestion and wanted to find a way to pick up Daju.
Zhu Ning stood by the door and watched, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have promised Xu Meng that he would introduce Lin Xiaofeng to her.
Zhu Ning felt that the crowd was very lively, but he also felt that he couldn't fit in.
Shen Xingqiao and Ye Fei were arguing all the time. Zhu Ning was very curious about why this pair of siblings were always bickering, and the whole safe house was in turmoil.
Zhu Ning was in the bedroom next door, which was deep underground with no ventilation. The safe house was like a prison.
Zhu Ning felt a very flat device in her pocket. This was the last thing Xu Meng gave her.
They made a deal. Zhu Ning gave her Cheng Mofei's bracelet. In return, Xu Meng found a human-machine joint device, which Zhu Ning had never used before.
"Here's a piece of advice for you: no matter how kind he pretends to be, don't trust his words easily. Don't make a deal with the devil."
Xu Meng once warned Zhu Ning not to open Pandora's box.
Zhu Ning opened the black velvet box, and the blue halo lay quietly inside. Xu Meng's warning to her might be too late, as Zhu Ning had already made a deal with Prometheus in advance.
There was an exclamation from Daju outside. Lin Xiaofeng was very happy, and the little girl was amused by Daju and laughed.
Zhu Ning picked up the aperture, and the snow-white mycelium couldn't wait to grow, as if wanting to penetrate into Zhu Ning's fingertips.
Zhu Ning had contacted the first generation machine once, but he had no memory of it. The only two times he used the human-machine joint device, his impressions were very negative.
It seemed as if her subconscious told her that this action was dangerous, and the first generation machine also warned her not to trust Prometheus. Why?
Zhu Ning heard about the pollution incident at the cleaning center. It was very likely that he cut off the Prometheus line on his own initiative. He probably didn't want to expand the pollution.
Zhu Ning placed the blue halo against her temples, and instantly the hyphae penetrated her. Her nerves immediately put up defenses, resisting the hyphae from climbing onto her temples. The hyphae could not penetrate deeper and could only stay on the surface.
Data bars rolled in Zhu Ning's eyes. She glanced in the mirror and saw white mycelium on the surface of her left temple. At first glance, it looked like a blue spider with white spider legs.
[Hello, Zhu Ning.] Prometheus' voice came, emotionless and cold to the extreme.
Zhu Ning was just trying it out. There was no signal in this safe house, and the only way to communicate with the outside world was the old telephone.
In order to help send pictures, Big Orange has to go to the ground to find the signal, but Prometheus can enter.
Zhu Ning stared into the mirror. There was only Zhu Ning in it, but she seemed to be looking into the eyes of Prometheus through this method.
Before the final battle, she wanted to talk to this "artificial intelligence".
Zhu Ning: "I made a deal with you."
"Yes," the cold male voice replied, "The transaction is complete."
Zhu Ning asked: "What is the last task of the transaction?"
Zhu Ning wanted to determine which steps were planned for the first generation machine and which were "accidents."
Prometheus: [Red House Orphanage.]
The Red House was the final destination, so the Eternal Life Pharmaceutical Foundation was Zhu Ning's own choice, and Zhu Ning paid an extremely tragic price.
The transaction was based on the red house. Before that, they could barely be considered to have common interests, but after that, they were no longer companions.
Zhu Ning asked, "What is the price of my deal with you?"
Prometheus had helped her, but what did he want from her? Had she already paid the price?
【I can't give you any hints, I'm helping you. 】
Zhu Ning was silent for a moment. Prometheus's behavior was strange. Why couldn't he give a warning? Would this affect the already determined future? Was he really helping him?
Zhu Ning leaned against the door and looked at herself in the mirror. Perhaps Zhu Ning had changed a long time ago. Her eyes were much colder than before.
Zhu Ning narrowed his eyes and asked, "You have a body, right?"
There was no answer from Prometheus. He didn't even hear the sound of electricity or machinery, so he fell into absolute silence.
Zhu Ning didn't rush. She stared coldly at the mirror for a long time before she heard the other side's answer: "Yes."
Sure enough, Xu Meng had previously guessed that Prometheus was a pollutant, and he really had a body.
In a pitch-black room in a distant and unknown place, all six walls are pure black, like the black surface of water that can absorb everything.
A snow-white man stood in the black room, with snow-white mycelium spreading out from his limbs, like a big tree standing quietly.
He looked very clean, clean in the literal sense, without any emotional color, with snow-white skin, so white that he didn't look like a human, as if he was a mushroom that had become a spirit.
There were three mechanical tubes on the back of his neck, connected to a giant computer underground, and data flowed continuously towards him.
While looking at Zhu Ning, his subordinates were also responsible for the communication tasks of 32 teams.
On the opposite wall was Zhu Ning's face. She was like a figure emerging from the water, reflected on the wall with even faint ripples.
Prometheus had been observing her, and this was indeed one of the few direct conversations they had.
He said, "Yes, I have a body."
Zhu Ning didn't seem surprised at all, his expression didn't change at all, and asked, "You want freedom?"
The imprisoned pollutants act as an artificial intelligence with powerful algorithms, and big data computing is equivalent to the ability to predict the future.
But this so-called "fire thief" can only live in a narrow box and is forbidden to communicate with anyone privately.
Prometheus had to obey the code of intelligent beings and always put the interests of first-class citizens as his first goal.
Zhu Ning guessed that he wanted freedom, or a new body.
Prometheus denied it: "Freedom is a vague concept. I am just a tool."
He just wants tangible rewards: freedom, dignity, a bright future, all vague words invented by humans.
The transaction had ended long ago, and Zhu Ning was unable to learn any more information. The way Prometheus spoke made her very uncomfortable, as if a creature from a higher dimension was looking down on her.
Zhu Ning didn't know the specific content of the transaction, and the first generation Zhu Ning didn't reveal it either. People's greatest fear is the unknown. To her, it was like seeing flowers in the fog. She vaguely made a deal with the devil and would have to pay for her own pain in the future.
Zhu Ning couldn't even figure out Prometheus's position and real demands.
Zhu Ning: "No matter how I ask you, you won't answer?"
Prometheus: Yes.
Zhu Ning asked a practical question: "Are you going to execute the A-level procedure?"
“Yes,” Prometheus replied, “Some people will wear human-machine combined devices and become my puppets, or what you call my consumables.”
Zhu Ning frowned. Consumables are a self-deprecating term used by people at the bottom of society. A fish-headed man rushing to the subway can make fun of himself, but I am just the consumables of the world.
But superior people should not use these two words in a condescending manner, as it is very offensive.
[When the pollution concentration exceeds the safety line, the weapons inside the wall will be activated and the transport device will be opened. I am the sole executor.]
The deal between Prometheus and Zhu Ning is just one of his countless tasks. He always prioritizes the interests of first-class citizens, and now the interests of first-class citizens are energy.
Song Zhizhang said that at this critical juncture everyone will make their own choice, and Prometheus has chosen to stand on the side of the Kingdom of God.
Zhu Ning understood and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Prometheus paused, "I hope you can bring a surprise. Good luck."
Prometheus can calculate thousands of different possibilities. Unlike the first generation Zhu Ning, he only needs to import data and does not need to experience life and death in the timeline personally.
But at this point in time he was still not sure what choice Zhu Ning would make or which branch he would take. He was very curious whether Zhu Ning would bring any surprises.
Surprise? Zhu Ning wanted to laugh. Why didn't she think that what she brought would be a surprise?
She couldn't help but want to blow up Prometheus's mainframe.
Zhu Ning's mission is to prevent the apocalypse, and Prometheus' mission is to harvest the contaminated spores. They parted ways at a point, and Zhu Ning wanted to take off the human-machine joint device to end this meaningless conversation.
Prometheus suddenly said: [Zhu Ning, see you at the end of the world.]
On the day of doomsday, Zhu Ning will meet him again.
Zhu Ning didn't say anything, cut off the communication, and stared at the red bloodstains on the mycelium. Every time he used it, the mycelium seemed to grow a little longer. This thing was growing.
If the mycelium remains in human nerves, it would be the most terrifying pollution. Zhu Ning simply couldn't imagine what it felt like to be a puppet.
Zhu Ning put away the human-machine joint device and after contacting Prometheus, she felt a little unreal, as if she was lost in countless timelines.
She stared at the door, imagining herself opening it. Would there be blood all over the floor behind it?
The sounds of their conversation and fighting came from behind the door, as if telling Zhu Ning that she was overthinking. Zhu Ning shook her head. After coming out from the cockroach man, she wanted to restrain her imagination and not let the imagined events come true.
Zhu Ning opened the door and saw everyone was there, not a single person missing. It was a lively scene. She breathed a sigh of relief, wanting to join in the relaxed atmosphere and share in the festive mood.
She had just walked out when she saw Song Zhizhang looking over here.
Zhu Ning was puzzled. Why was he looking at him? The mountain cat next to him also raised his eyes and looked over. Zhu Ning had no choice but to greet them.
Shanmao and Song Zhizhang were sitting on a sofa, looking like they had just had a chat. They actually had a pretty good relationship. What did they talk about?
Shen Xingqiao hooked her arm around Zhu Ning's neck, pulled him in, and said nervously, "Your backyard is on fire."
Zhu Ning: “?” What a mess! Whose backyard is this?
Shen Xingqiao didn't say much. Zhu Ning suddenly felt a chill on her face. Shen Xingqiao had smeared cream on her face.
Zhu Ning looked helpless: "Are you childish? It's a waste—"
Before Zhu Ning could finish her words, she was pushed by Shen Xingqiao. Lin Xiaofeng next to her hugged Zhu Ning's waist and pushed her onto the sofa.
"Lin Xiaofeng!" Zhu Ning called out Lin Xiaofeng's name loudly, but who knew that the little girl's courage grew bigger and bigger as Zhu Ning raised her, and calling out her name was no longer effective.
"Your boss told you to relax, do you know that?" Shen Xingqiao said seriously.
Zhu Ning tried to stand up, but Shen Xingqiao straddled her. Lin Xiaofeng grabbed her wrists and pinned her down on the sofa. This was a premeditated attack.
The next handful of cream was spread on, Daju came to join the battle, and Ye Fei also joined in the fun. For a moment, Zhu Ning couldn't tell whose hand it was.
Chuckling sounds filled the air around her. Zhu Ning completely gave up resisting. Perhaps she should really relax. She lay on the sofa, the aroma of cream lingering around her nose, her face sticky.
Zhu Ning was tickled and kept shouting for help. He couldn't help laughing and almost cried.
Shen Xingqiao and Ye Fei easily turned the scene into a childish gathering, and several people who were usually serious were no longer serious.
Zhu Ning gasped for breath and it took her a long time to calm down. While laughing, she thought that the end of the world would be in two days and she hoped that day would never come.
They stayed up very late that day, and later everyone slept in a ball. Shen Xingqiao and Lin Xiaofeng held her, wrapped around her like an octopus, both very heavy. Zhu Ning felt like she was being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, unable to move.
Da Ju's face was next to Zhu Ning's. The girls' sleeping positions were indescribable. Even fried dough twists were not as twisted as this.
Ye Fei slept at her feet, and Bobcat went upstairs to stand guard.
Zhu Ning fell into a deep sleep, and in a trance she seemed to see someone covering her with a quilt. She was a little sleepy at the time and saw someone standing beside the sofa.
A warm and thick blanket was put on everyone, just like a kindergarten teacher taking care of the children taking a nap.
Zhu Ning felt warm and fell asleep quickly. She had a good sleep quality and fell asleep quickly in a safe environment.
Shen Xingqiao beside her moved her eyelids sharply. She had always been protective of Zhu Ning. She felt a very faint blue light in front of her eyes. She blinked and the blue light disappeared. She was half asleep and half awake at that time and could not tell whether she was dreaming or not.
Shen Xingqiao didn't notice anything unusual and buried his chin on Zhu Ning's shoulder.
Song Zhizhang held a blanket in his hand and covered everyone. He stood beside the sofa and looked at Zhu Ning, a dark shadow falling heavily on Zhu Ning.
It seemed like they were back to the time when they first met. That day, Zhu Ning fell asleep on the sofa in his office without any warning. She was not worried about whether Song Zhizhang would kill her. Song Zhizhang also covered her with a blanket.
He looked at it for a long time, his eyes were heavy, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Then he turned around, his hair swaying as he walked, briefly revealing the human-machine joint device hidden under the sun. But soon, the hair fell again, covering all traces and hiding the blue light.
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