Chapter 2: Will a Mechanical Wasp Dream of an Electronic Rose?
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The cookies were delicious. Liu Shu held the half-eaten cookie in one hand and opened the refrigerator with the other.
It was filled with all sorts of things, including food, water, materials being transformed at low temperatures, and so on. It looked like there was no room for more, but Liu Shu held up the bag and stuffed it in.
There was still room for more, so she added a lot of space at the back. After closing the refrigerator, Liu Shu returned to his homework with a bottle of water.
She finished the homework in twenty minutes, three minutes was spent on opening the drink and five minutes was spent on eating the cookies, which means she only spent twelve minutes on the homework.
Faster than she expected.
The questions were simple and could be completed without any brain involvement. Liu Shu began to hesitate. Should he continue attending this American high school?
Maybe she didn't go to the right school? She should try going to university next year.
"Read more books, read more newspapers, eat less snacks and get more sleep."
Liu Shu muttered to herself as she walked to the floor-length mirror in the living room. She touched the dark green hairpin in her long black hair, a mark left by her two years in Xianzhou. Although it didn't match her British school uniform when it was removed, her face neutralized the incongruity.
Good-looking people look good in Christmas trees.
Smile a little, Liu Shu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
It was a little strange. She hadn't used expressions for a long time. She used to be a little girl who loved to laugh, but the body of a puppet was not like a human body. It was cold and silent, and it also carried hatred. The same was true for the prison.
After looking at herself in the mirror for a while, she raised her hand and touched the mirror that reflected her face.
A magic circle composed of complex lines flashed by, and ripples began to spread from her fingertips.
Liu Shu walked in.
Behind the mirror is another space, which she calls the workspace.
Passing by the pile of materials that he would clean up later when he had time, Liu Shu stood in front of an unfinished偃偶.
Its chest was open, with a gap that spiraled inward.
The white hair was spread flat on the table, and Yanou's eyes were closed. She knew that there were red eyes inside.
After all, people in Xianzhou always like little loli with white hair and red eyes, but the other puppets all have black hair, which she changed after coming to Gotham.
It took her a long time to learn how to make a rough skeleton, but Liu Shu not only learned this, but also everything she was curious about.
Two years seemed like a month to the people of Xianzhou. Liu Shu seemed quite gifted, having mastered Xianzhou knowledge like a towering building from scratch. One of her poker friends once said to her, "Who knows, maybe as you continue learning, you'll even be noticed by the 'Omniscient Heavenly Monarch'?"
Unfortunately, she didn't embark on any of her destiny before she was pierced through the body by Hu Lei's claws. Later, she could say that she had become open-minded.
The good news is that I can be a human again, and I got back all the stuff from the previous games, as well as the puppets I used for those two years (which are now damaged).
"I haven't learned how to drive the Star Raft yet." Liu Shu said this regretfully to the repaired puppet in front of him.
She fished the parts out of her pocket.
She had tweaked it a bit during class, and now it was time to put it up.
After helping Yanou put on the special clothes of Xianzhou, Liushu touched its hair and found a few red threads.
Let’s see if we can control it.
Closing her eyes, she saw the body in front of her that she had used for two years. It was extremely familiar, as if she had touched something. Liu Shu felt dizzy and fell into her arms.
She felt the touch of the puppet and the human at the same time, just like touching her own body. The places and fingers that were touched could feel it. Wherever she focused her attention, she could feel the touch on that side. The touch on the other side did not disappear, it was just ignored.
They can be controlled together, but she feels very dizzy. The double image in front of Liu Shu's eyes makes her body mistakenly think that she is poisoned and wants to vomit. This is how she feels before closing her eyes.
It's okay for Yanou. The processor doesn't have as many conditioned reflexes as the human brain, so naturally it won't feel dizzy or uncomfortable.
Ryushu carried himself onto the table.
The cold tabletop supported her, but lying like this was uncomfortable, so she hugged herself up again.
After walking around aimlessly for a few times, she finally realized that even if she repaired this body, it would be of no use.
Is she going to fight?
"a..." Liu Shu began to test the voice of Yanou.
She slowly opened her eyes in her arms, trying to see if she could slowly adapt to running two perspectives at the same time.
After some effort, Liu Shu succeeded.
You can tell she is becoming more and more skilled from the way she ties the red string on Yanou's hair.
From now on, I can give myself a nice hairstyle.
It was already evening when Liu Shu walked out of the work area.
It was pitch black outside the small window. She drew the curtains and sat on her bed with Yanou.
The ends of his freshly dried hair still had some moisture on them. Liu Shu patted his pillow and moved it to a suitable position.
Although this is Crime Alley, her life remains as comfortable as before. As long as you have money, you can live well anywhere.
Aside from the noises at night, she had no complaints.
Bang, bang, bang—
It started again. There was a fight and it was very noisy. It was difficult to sleep well in such an environment. Bullets might break the windows, but they couldn't break Liu Shu's house because she had changed the material of the glass in her house. Next time, Liu Shu planned to upgrade the sound insulation.
Amid the constant sound of gunfire, she began to find something to do.
What would happen if all consciousness was transferred to the puppet?
Liu Shu climbed onto the bed, lay down flat, and closed his eyes.
Everything was going perfectly, she looked down at herself, still breathing, she was asleep.
So if she can't sleep, she can start working as a puppet show hostess, but that sounds too much like a social animal, so she won't do that.
The bright light from the computer screen shone on Liu Shu's face as she turned on her laptop. She sat at the desk, looking for something to continue studying.
She has never given up on going home and started looking for hope in Xianzhou. Now she has come to Gotham, but she has just changed the place to continue.
This is Earth too, but it's not hers.
'Mechanical Bee Murder Case', what is this?
Liu Shu saw something strange. The post had a technology tag, but it looked like the title of a novel.
Not caring too much about it, she simply stopped looking for information about time and space. She began looking through Gotham's news today, wanting to know why the TV station suddenly stopped operating.
Only newspapers were found, this primitive medium was so reliable that someone uploaded those papers covered with letters and photos to the Internet.
"Mechanical bee..."
The Gotham TV building was controlled by this magical machine, which was like a real wasp. It was not huge, even a little tiny, but it was quite threatening. It carried venom and stingers and took over an entire building.
Who is controlling them?
In the photo, there is a big SOS written on the glass of the high-rise building, and there are still living people inside the building.
The newspaper said that no one is dead now, but people inside cannot get out and people outside cannot get in, which is equivalent to chronic death.
The police investigation direction is...near Gotham High School!
No wonder Liushu turned the mouse and clicked on the post he had skipped before.
No wonder there are so many police officers near the school, it turns out it’s because of this. But if we report it like this, won’t it alert the suspects?
That’s right, this is neither my hometown nor the fairy boat, Liu Shu quickly figured it out.
The media and police in Gotham are independent. Although the police have the power to stop it, the media has already spread the news quickly before that.
After seeing the content of the post, Liu Shu leaned back in her chair. She felt that she should have some emotions, but this body greatly reduced her emotional fluctuations.
She glanced at her lying body, unable to compare the pros and cons of puppets and humans. She would think about this philosophical question next time. Liu Shu's attention returned to the text in front of her.
Mechanical bees can indeed kill people. The post put the evidence at the beginning. Someone was killed in a laboratory studying mechanical bees. The news reported this unfortunate news, and the director of this laboratory, Dr. Needham, was imprisoned for murdering a colleague.
This nearly completed study also stopped here.
The paper and part of the experimental process are also published below the text, and a lot of information can be seen from it.
The producers did not regard it as individual research and development, but chose a cluster. The overall control device could not fully control those machines and could only provide slight guidance.
They can make their own kind and can undertake delicate tasks.
It's like turning the natural bee colonies into machine versions and putting them in the city.
It’s hard to imagine what the researchers’ original purpose was in developing this device. It couldn’t be to help bees pollinate, right?
Liu Shu saw the research progress, "After the 118th induction, the subject began to identify flowers..."
It really was an experiment to replace bees, but why did it turn out like this?
Perhaps only the doctor in prison knows what happened in the meantime.
The night time seems to pass faster than the day time.
Faint light filtered through the gap in the curtains, and the curled-up puppet in the room was no longer under control.
Liu Shu moved it and the chair to the side and turned off the computer. It was time for her to go out for a walk.
As soon as the sun rose, all the gunshots disappeared. Maybe it was because Liu Shu got up too early, or maybe it was just the way Crime Alley was.
Anyway, she walked for a long time and still didn't see anyone.
When he arrived at the place where the child was hit yesterday, Liu Shu saw a living person.
It was the same three people again, but this time two of them had sad faces. The young man with chestnut curly hair kept walking back and forth by the wall, stopping from time to time to look at the two people around him.
Secretary Liu remembered the tall man who helped her yesterday. He was Aunt Fulin's son downstairs, Ofer.
There was a look of confusion on his face, and his eyes followed the young man who was moving back and forth at a constant speed.
There was also a bearded man squatting on the ground and sighing.
Ryushu passed by, but she stopped two steps away from them.
"What's wrong with you?" She turned around. It was really hard not to ask a few questions about the behavior of these people.
The bearded man raised his head and looked at the little girl who suddenly asked, "Aren't you afraid of us?"
"Don't ask too many questions..." The curly-haired young man waved his hand, stopped walking, and leaned against the wall.
"I can't help the boss, that's why I'm doing this." Ofer said calmly.
"!!!" The bearded man and the curly-haired man widened their eyes at the same time and looked at their teammate who answered every question he asked.
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