Idiot

Yu Mo's body was broken from the inside out.

After opening it, Lorraine found that his heart, which had been blasted by bullets, was emitting a smell close to decay, with blood vessels turning black and blue and clogged with blood clots.

When Lorraine was suspicious of his identity, she looked at Yu Mo's medical examination report from a year ago. At that time, he was still very healthy, perfectly in line with his age.

In just one year, his heart has become like that of a dying old man.

Xin Lan had already removed the chip from Yu Mo's brain. These chips were much smaller. With the experience of deciphering the chip before, the reading this time was much smoother. He lay on the ground and quickly read Yu Mo's memory chip.

"We have to hurry," Lorraine looked at his watch and calculated the time. "In the army, it takes ten minutes to upload and download your and Dongdong's memories. I'm not sure how long it will take to download Yu Mo's cloud memory... Before he changes to a new body, we need to get all the data in this dungeon. Now, you have nine minutes."

Xin Lan said, "Understood, Master."

Lorraine used a flashlight to illuminate the surroundings. This underground city had not been explored for a long time. One reason was that people were worried about the traps left by "Yuan", and the other was that the detection equipment on the surface showed that there were no important materials underneath... In other words, exploring this underground city was risky and had a low cost-effectiveness.

The military flashlight illuminates a large area, and you can clearly see the original appearance of this underground city. The city has been submerged underground for many years, and the same words are repeatedly engraved on the rock wall.

"They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

“They will soar up with wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

The light slowly swept across the rock walls, stones, and the sunken facades of high-rise buildings, as if corroded by wind or eaten by insects. Everywhere, this sentence from the Bible was present.

The light of the flashlight illuminated every indentation of the writing, and in the dust, Lorraine couldn't help but think of the begging time in the dark area. The missionaries in the dark area would teach children under the age of ten to read the Bible and then distribute biscuits and clean drinking water to them.

The first baby tooth that Lorraine lost came from a flour biscuit that was as dry and hard as a stone.

His impression of the Bible was a mouth full of flour mixed with sweet blood, painful gums, and fallen teeth that would scrape his mouth. He had to persist in reciting the Bible to the end before he could get the water to quench his thirst.

Later, Lorraine switched to a more respectable way of eating to fill her stomach.

If you dig out the bionic man's chips, you can exchange them for a good price on the black market.

…

The Bible, Garden of Eden, Adam, Eve.

This "mechanical god" who calls himself the creator has a weird sense of humor. Lorraine carefully examined the edge of the handwriting and found that these things were all artificially engraved, and the traces of handwork were particularly clear.

The Bible with its bad memory seemed to chew out the hungry, unrequited taste of dry flour and blood in her mouth. Lorraine remembered that there was another sentence before this one.

"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength."

Lorraine read it out loud, and his heart sank.

—But those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength.

Xin Lan didn't hear clearly. He was concentrating on deciphering the words, but suddenly his attention was distracted. He asked, "What?"

"Xin Lan," Lorraine reached out and touched the carving on the rock wall, stroking the mark and analyzing the dryness of the stone chips left after the carving.

The air circulation in the underground city is slow. This place has a tropical desert climate. The last rainfall was two weeks ago. The humidity of the entire rock and the scattered stone chips is different. The rock wall is still damp, while the humidity of these scattered stone chips varies. Some of the carvings can be considered fresh.

Lorraine strode over: "Don't move, stand there - there are other humans here."

——This underground city is not a dead city, there are still humans.

Xin Lan also spoke quickly.

"Found it. I'm downloading Yu Mo's memory about the underground city," Xin Lan said, "but it's too big. It will take at least thirty minutes... Master, can you provide some keywords?"

"How to enter the laboratory, where the data of the android is stored, where Yuan is now," Lorraine calmly gave orders according to the urgency of the matter, "and where Ivy came from."

"I'll try my best," Xin Lan's chip-implanted eye had already issued a red warning, "I'll download as much information as possible, but the data at the back may not be successfully transmitted..."

"I know," Lorraine said, "you've done the best you can."

Xin Lan's eyes, which were flashing with red warning, shed sad tears.

"Master," he said, "it would be wonderful if you could encourage Ivy more often... You wouldn't be divorced now, and you wouldn't have to stay away from her during your sensitive period..."

Lorraine ignored Xin Lan's tears. He turned on the communicator and found that Ivy had sent him a message.

Ivy: "Sorry, sorry, teacher! I'm so sorry to bother you again now."

Ivy: "It's like this, I just received a request for help from Team Green"

Ivy: "They seemed to be worried about me, so they followed me into the wasteland."

Ivy: "Now they have been caught by Tsiri's troops. Tsiri sent an inquiry letter to where your troops are stationed, saying that if they broke in without permission, they can be executed directly."

Ivy: "Can I tell them on your behalf to wait?"

This place is very close to the exit of the dungeon and the signal is quite strong.

Lorraine reconnects with Ivy.

Soon, the other person's face appeared on the small screen.

The high-definition call screen clearly illuminates every detail of Ivy's skin, including but not limited to the few freckles on her cheeks, the fine peach-hair-like hairs on her forehead, and her restless eyes.

"That's great," Lorraine said. "I finally learned to ask the teacher for help when I encounter problems."

Ivy called out to the teacher anxiously.

Obviously, she is a kind-hearted person and cannot sit idly by and watch this happen.

"Remember the electronic shield I gave you before I left?" Lorraine said methodically, "It contains twelve signed invitations. Choose the one you like and copy it for Tsiri."

Ivy opened her mouth in surprise: "Did you predict this?"

"Song Xu's brain is simpler than his thesis," Lorraine said. "From the first time he called you, I knew it would be useful... Don't worry about Ci Li. You send the invitation letter and I will communicate."

"...You even predicted that Song Xu would be arrested," Ivy burst into tears of gratitude, "Thank you, teacher, thank you--"

"Okay," Lorraine said, "I'll be heading deep into the dungeon soon. The communication will be cut off, so don't worry."

"Teacher," Ivy asked, "is it safe over there?"

"Very safe," Lorraine turned sideways and looked at Xin Lan, who was sitting on the ground with red eyes and tears. Next to him, Yu Mo, whose head had been cut open and the chip had been taken out, was bleeding white and red blood all over the ground. There was also a big hole in his chest caused by the gun barrel. He said, "Yu Mo is very calm now."

"Okay, thank you," Ivy thanked him sincerely, "Teacher, I will pray for you here."

"Pray for me? Why not practice shooting with your left hand now?" Lorraine said. "Spend your time protecting yourself."

Ivy: “…”

Xin Lan behind him sighed heavily, his voice sounded like he was about to collapse: "No! What you meant was, 'Little baby, don't worry about me, I care more about your safety. You can use the time you spend worrying about me to practice shooting and self-defense. In my heart, you are more important, you have to protect yourself'..."

Lorraine put away the communicator.

He said, "Concentrate on deciphering. She can't hear you."

Xin Lan: “…”

Lorraine dialed Ci's contact information.

The latter's flaming red hair filled the entire screen, and when he saw Lorraine, he smiled triumphantly.

"What's the matter?" Ci Li said proudly, "Is it finally time for you to ask me for help?"

"I saw Draven," Lorraine said simply, "He's right here in the dungeon."

Ci Li's smile disappeared.

"The bodies of Luo Lin and Xin Lan are here," Luo Lin said, "I have found a way to enter the locked location of the dungeon... If you want to come in, send those rebellious teenagers here intact now."

Tsiri's face was pressed against the screen, his anger was so obvious: "It was you who killed them! It was your willful behavior that killed them! What qualifications do you have to act like a savior now? It was you who killed Rowling, it was you who impersonated Rowling and got everything that Rowling should have... You hypocritical villain, bastard, slum bug, dirty thief, black mud dog, rat in the sewer..."

"If you agree," Lorraine said as if she didn't hear him, "hand the communicator to Song Xu now. I want to talk to him. If you don't agree, turn off the communicator now - it's your choice."

"You threaten me!!!"

Ci Li burst into an angry scream: "Do you think I will be threatened by a bastard like you? ! ! ! No way ! ! ! "

Ten seconds later, Lorraine saw Song Xu's energetic face on the communicator screen.

He was a little naive and ignorant: "Teacher."

After realizing that he had caused a great disaster, Song Xu became extremely uneasy and remained submissive and respectful.

Lorraine was already used to cleaning up the mess left by these students - a year ago, he did not have such sufficient patience for these students.

"Songxu," Lorraine asked, "were you beaten during your imprisonment?"

"No," Song Xu said gratefully, "Thank you, teacher."

"No?" Lorraine said. "What a shame. I guess I should have contacted Tseri later."

Song Xu: “…”

"Ciri will take you to the troops stationed in the first district," Lorraine said, "Take you and Ivy's team and protect Ivy. Don't let her leave the garrison. Especially keep an eye on her and don't let her overuse her right hand."

"Yeah, yeah," Song Xu nodded frantically, "I understand. I will definitely follow your orders, teacher...anything else?"

"Also," he said, "if you encounter 'Yu Mo', inject him with anesthetic immediately."

Song Xu: "Ah? Why?"

"Because he accidentally took some aphrodisiac drugs," Lorraine said lightly, "For Ivy's safety, you don't want him to get too close to Ivy, right?"

Song Xu said: "You are really thoughtful..."

Lorraine didn't chat with him for too long. The signal became weaker and weaker, and finally the screen showed Ci Li's angry face again.

"Hey, stop lying to me," said Tsiri, "Are you sure you found a way to get into the blocked position... Don't end the call! I'm not done with you yet! I still have something to say to you... Lorraine!!!"

Lorraine closed the cover of the communicator and saw Xin Lan sitting on the ground with sweat all over his head. His eye was a strange red. He looked up blankly and met Lorraine's eyes. His lips were chapped and his face was full of guilt.

"I'm sorry," Xin Lan said, "I didn't download all of Ivy's memories, only a little bit..."

"It doesn't matter," Lorraine sat down and asked, "What did you see?"

——Xin Lan saw Ivy.

A tiny, tiny Ivy brain in a petri dish.

Yuan found a strong and smart five-year-old girl in the wasteland.

Her name is Ivy, and she is from the 23rd District. Because of the incompetence of the government of the 23rd District, she followed her parents through the wasteland and prepared to settle in the 1st District.

This lucky yet unfortunate little Ivy should have died in the acid rain and collapsed buildings, but was rescued by the young Lorraine-Cyril.

Lorraine handed the girl, who was temporarily separated from her parents, to her friend Ci Li.

Yuan easily lured Ci Li away, and successfully snatched away the little Ivy who was protected by them;

Then, she underwent a craniotomy, discarding her mediocre, even weak body and taking away only her smart brain, performing an emotional detachment operation.

For bionic people/robots, emotional stripping is very simple. All you need to do is clean up the chip cache responsible for storing and processing emotions, and all those "emotions" can be completely erased.

And what about humans?

The human brain is far more sophisticated and complex than that of androids and robots. If you want to clean up their "emotions" -

That is indifference.

——The consciousness of her brain was uploaded to the cloud, and Yuan repeatedly ignored her.

Repeated electric shocks, stabbings, and pain tests.

After all, he is only a five-year-old child.

The first reaction of the stimulated brain consciousness is to look for help from her parents and trusted people around her... So Yuan continued to ignore her, ignored her needs, ignored her calls for help, and even used the image of her parents to suppress, insult, and further bully her...

Until her brain consciousness activated the self-protection mechanism, closed all emotions, and no longer had any expectations of "Is there anyone who will come to save me?" or "Is there anyone who will help me?"

This is the "emotional detachment" for humans.

…

The data about Ivy was only downloaded up to this point, and it stopped abruptly.

The memory finally stayed in Ivy's brain in the petri dish. Because she couldn't bear too much stimulation, her brain even bled.

It was Yu Mo's voice.

"Little treasure," his voice was gentle and ethereal, gently wiping the blood outside the culture dish, "Great, you are the only baby who survived, mommy's most perfect little treasure..."

The screen went dark.

Xin Lan put away the screen embedded in the back of her hand and saw Lorraine with a gloomy face.

"So I told you..." Xin Lan whispered, "Master, you should be gentler to her."

"You can't keep bullying her just because she has a good personality."

…

Ivy couldn't sleep.

The storm made the signal in the desert intermittent. Her heart was aching, as if it had been hit hard by something. Every time she took a breath, she felt an unbearable dull pain.

Draven came to visit twice, and the second time he brought a very proud little beagle.

Ivy felt that he must be a good and patient man.

Because not only did he raise a beagle, he also raised it to be so clean and cute.

Good man.

Absolutely great guy.

It's just that this absolutely nice guy wanted to find out where Lorraine was. After Ivy politely refused again and again, he seemed not to understand the subtext and still asked.

"Why didn't he take you with him?" Draven said. "If he really wanted to take a sample, why didn't he take you with him? I've seen your resume, Miss Ivy, and it seems that you have studied further--"

"Because the Admiral doesn't want his students to be put in danger."

Xin Lan's cheerful voice interrupted Draven's question.

Ivy stood up and said in surprise: "Xin Lan!"

She ran over quickly, extremely worried.

In fact, Ivy had no idea why Xin Lan came here at this time; shouldn't he be following Lorraine in the dungeon?

Lorraine had stressed the dangers of the dungeon several times, so she refused to take her with her injured right hand.

——Is Lorraine alone in the dungeon now?

Ivy's first reaction was to send a call request to Lorraine, but the communication was disconnected.

There is no signal deep in the dungeon.

"The admiral, Mr. Yu Mo, and I have already conducted a preliminary survey of the underground city," Xin Lan smiled calmly, "After confirming that there was no major danger, he ordered me to pick up Miss Ivy and go with us."

Draven thought for a moment, "I see... Can I come along? Actually, I'm curious, too."

"I'm sorry," Xin Lan shook her head, "you didn't submit your application this afternoon - you know, the admiral attaches great importance to matters of principle."

Draven did not insist. He shrugged his shoulders and pulled Beagle's rope regretfully: "Well, I wish you a successful adventure. Little Beagle, open your mouth and stop biting my military boots. You are about to bite my flesh. Otherwise, I will kick your dog ass hard."

He walked away ungracefully in his tattered army boots, carrying the dog.

Ivy held the gun tightly in her left hand. She asked Xin Lan anxiously, "What happened to Luo Lin and Yu Mo? Did they have an accident? Why did the teacher ask me to go there now?"

"There was indeed an accident," Xin Lan said anxiously, and immediately changed her tone. "Admiral Lorraine accidentally stepped on a trap, and his right leg was trapped. He is bleeding badly, and Doctor Yu Mo is giving him emergency treatment... I came here this time to ask you to help get a blood tonic - use the electronic code shield in your hand, the one he handed to you before he left."

Ivy nodded: "Okay, follow me now--"

Xin Lan followed Ivy and left the reception room with her. There was a small square courtyard between here and the place where the troops used to get supplies, and there were guards on duty at all four corners.

Upon seeing Ivy, the guard put away his gun, stood at attention, and saluted her.

After stepping into the yard, Ivy suddenly frowned, sprained her body and cried out in pain.

Xin Lan, who was standing beside her, immediately reached out to help her: "Ivy——"

Phew.

There was the sound of a sharp cold knife piercing into the flesh. Xin Lan opened her eyes wide in shock and looked at Ivy, whose face was pale.

"Impostor," Ivy pushed the dagger in her hand a few inches harder. Liquid gushed out of Xin Lan's wound onto her hand. It was not blood, but a lake blue, cool liquid. She said, "If you were Xin Lan, how could you let the injured Luo Lin and Yu Mo be alone together?"

"Xin Lan" was no longer breathing. The guards at the four corners surrounded her. They had no idea what was happening and nervously aimed their guns at Ivy who had "suddenly attacked."

"Don't move," one of the guards said in a panic, "Leave Xin Lan... put down your weapons!!! Otherwise... otherwise I will shoot!!!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a cold and familiar voice.

"Stupid."

Ivy looked up and saw Lorraine with a frosty face.

She was surprised: "Teacher!!!"

Lorraine walked into the courtyard, leaned over, pulled Ivy up, and held her hand tightly. After confirming that she was not injured, he coldly reprimanded the guards around him: "Do you have eyes just to look more beautiful? Didn't you find that the guy on the ground is a android? Why are you holding a gun? To show your stupidity? Or to prove your high purity as an idiot?"

"Admiral..."

The soldier who responded stutteringly was scolded mercilessly by Lorraine.

"I really hope you can give some of your recklessness some intelligence, you idiots," Lorraine said. "Okay, collect the body of this guy on the ground and clean the ground as soon as possible. The body will be temporarily transported to the database, and a specialist will come to analyze it tomorrow."

Ivy's heart was still in her throat: "Teacher..."

She smelled a light, reassuring scent of grass and trees on Lorraine.

There is no such cold metal mechanical smell.

"The situation in the dungeon is more complicated than I imagined," Lorraine frowned, his face slightly tired, "There are even many traces of human life in it."

Ivy was shocked: "Humans? Living in there?"

"Well," Lorraine said briefly, lowering her head and wiping her hands stained with an unknown blue liquid with a handkerchief, "Why use a knife? I don't know if this thing is corrosive... You are really getting bolder, Ivy."

The two were very close, so close that his breath fell on Ivy's neck, itching and tingling, like peach petals from thousands of trees falling into her neck. Ivy shrank her neck somewhat uncomfortably, and just as she was about to turn sideways, Lorraine held her shoulders again.

He was very strong, and his palms were trembling slightly. He was trying to restrain himself and tremble with such force that he almost crushed her.

Ivy thought, no way, is his sensitive period coming again...

It shouldn't be like that.

"Ivy," Lorraine lowered his head and looked at her without blinking, "I found something in the dungeon, about your life experience."

Ivy suddenly raised her head: "My life experience?"

She said anxiously, "But, teacher, I also want to tell you something... Actually, in my graduation thesis, I copied a lot of your original theories from class. I'm sorry, I know you hate this kind of copying."

"Well, it doesn't matter. Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" Lorraine said, "Let's talk about your true identity in a different place... It's too cold here."

He asked as if no one was around: "Can we go to my dorm to talk? Maybe it will take a long time tonight."

"Of course you can," Ivy held the gun in his hand steadily against his chest, "but you'd better explain clearly who you are and why you want to pretend to be Lorraine?"

"Lorraine" frowned: "Idiot, what are you doing?"

Ivy pressed the muzzle of the gun deeper, and at the same time, her injured right hand decisively pressed the alarm on the electronic shield that Lorraine had left for her, summoning the soldiers.

"You are the idiot! Mr. Lorraine would never scold his soldiers for something like this, let alone me!" Ivy said firmly, "Besides, Mr. Lorraine's scolding words are not as scarce as yours. He always uses the same few words over and over again - especially when facing possible plagiarism of thesis. If you were Lorraine, you would definitely scold me as a 'brainless stupid paramecium' right now!!!"

"You haven't imitated the essence of Mr. Lorraine's weirdness at all!"