Li Qiusheng suddenly shouted, "Please use polite language! Please use polite language! Please use polite language!"
"Please use polite language" means "get lost," "shut your stinking mouth," or "you're a useless piece of trash who only knows how to rage hysterically."
Their venomous words concealed their cowardice, helplessness, and desperate struggle; the operator had become the only "hostage" they could hold onto.
The operator did not make a mistake; they were simply forced to bear the brunt of the error.
The storm swept through the valley.
What crime has the valley committed?
She just happened to be standing at the outlet of the cracks in her life.
The endless ringing of bells and insults stopped abruptly, and the song began again.
The singing of one person, two people, and countless people is mixed together.
As they hummed "The old gears turn gently," Xia Chuhe and Li Qiusheng witnessed Liu'er's life.
Liu'er was created as a switchboard operator.
She is different from other mechanical tools. Other mechanical tools can perform their jobs without human beings, but operators need human beings to better empathize with people.
Therefore, she was born as a "human being".
Her life was not as straightforward as in her dream. She had no home, no security guard room in the community, and her workstation was everything. Her "life" was confined to a small square, and her only contact with the outside world was by telephone.
She suffers from being insulted, feels helpless because she can't solve other people's problems, and feels uneasy when she takes a break...
She thought she was a human being.
Until she received that distress call.
Twin City is a cold and indifferent city; it will not bail out any family.
Liu'er genuinely believed that she had experienced an abandoned childhood, so she felt compassion for children. She tried everything she could to help them, running out to see them and raising money for them...
Until the child's mother, unable to accept the changes in her child after the surgery, jumped from the upper floor.
Until countless humans attacked Liu'er, believing that she had left a problem for Twin City, a problem that would require countless credits to maintain.
Amidst countless insults and attacks, Liu'er finally understood why her wages were barely enough to survive, why she always suffered misfortune, and why her life was so, so small...
Simply because she is not human.
But what is she?
For the first time, she explored the essence and existence of herself, investigated the origin and cause of existence, and pondered the meaning and ultimate destination of life.
The three major philosophical questions of humankind have ultimately become insurmountable obstacles for robots.
Of the three questions, Liu'er found only one answer—death.
Death is the ultimate fate of humanity, and also the ultimate fate of machines.
Her self-programming process gave rise to the "Reset Lullaby".
Everyone who hears this song will eventually meet their end—death.
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