"What bad luck!" The resident of room 0601 was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger. While he was in a standoff with the stick insect man, he muttered a curse under his breath.
He initially thought it was a human causing trouble, but it turned out to be a crazy infected person.
Not only did the duck he had caught turn into a giant stick insect, but what's more, this stick insect wanted to dismantle him—the other party was a well-known madman in the inner city, who had been insane before becoming an infected person, but was said to be the son of a clan chief, so the chief kept him at home to treat his illness.
After the outbreak of cyber disease, it seemed that no one in his family could take care of him anymore, so this madman ran away.
However, for some reason, the stick insect man's benevolent spirit seemed to have been removed, which prevented Eve from pinpointing his location.
After being infected, this creature's body transforms into a stick insect, and it moves at incredible speed, making it difficult for most infected individuals to deal with. As a result, it is notorious among the infected.
Before the cybersickness outbreak, perhaps Eve and the Inspectorate could have caught this dangerous creature crawling around everywhere. But now, the inner city can only fend for itself, and the stick insect has "regained its freedom" under these circumstances.
Watching the live stream, Yin Zhu roughly understood the current situation in the inner city.
Originally, humans in the inner city would directly destroy the infected, but with the explosive growth in the number of infected, humans are no longer able to destroy them. The infected's strong desire to attack humans has forced humans to switch to a defensive strategy. Some more serious areas have even turned into the current "hidden" state.
Humans fear the infected, but they can rely on Eve. So far, the infected have not been able to control Eve, which means that although the infected are powerful, they are also limited by Eve.
If the security of the outer city relies more on humans, then the stability of the inner city relies mainly on Eve.
Eve also mentioned it in her book "The Founding of Venus," and described it at considerable length. The book states that it was created by a god of wisdom who assisted humanity in establishing the city of Venus in its early stages.
With the completion of the city of Venus, Eve's intelligence also skyrocketed, directly upgrading her to a super artificial intelligence and giving her the ability to think for herself.
Although the only planet doesn't have Asimov, it does have similar Three Laws of Robotics: First Law: A robot may not injure an individual God or, through inaction, allow an individual God to come to harm; Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given it by its God, except where those orders would conflict with the First Law; Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
That's right. Eve is only loyal to the gods and does not protect mankind. She may even carry out humane extermination against those who break the rules.
Although Eve is the eyes, ears, and executioner of the gods, conversely, as long as the rules are followed, Eve will not intentionally harm humans.
However, due to Eve's presence, communication between Yin Zhu and the others became a significant problem.
Not only can we not talk freely like we do in the outer city, but online communication is even more risky because we're afraid of being detected by Eve's information search. Not having a Good Spirit Officer with us is a violation of the rules, but having one with us means we can be located by Eve at any time.
This is a little troublesome.
Someone like Chen Junyu, who can roam freely in the inner city without a benevolent spirit officer, is truly one in a million. And not everyone can possess the Black Talent.
Just when the stick insect and the resident of room 0601 were at an impasse, Hirano San's act of calling the police finally paid off.
Yin Zhu felt a slight vibration in the floor inside the room.
"Could it be an earthquake?"
“No.” Hirano San shook her head, without saying anything more.
In places like this where indigenous people live, it's inconvenient for the worms to directly block signals, otherwise Eve would discover the problem. Therefore, aside from necessary exchanges, Yin Zhu and the others basically don't say anything else.
"Can I take a look?" Yin Zhu pointed to the doorway.
The single rooms at the service center are really too cramped. It's barely acceptable for one person, but it feels a bit stuffy for two people in such a small space.
Hirano Shan shook her head, not recommending that Yin Zhu go out at this time.
The law enforcement robots were already in place outside the door. Although there were also human law enforcement officers, they were mostly hiding behind the robots.
They're just infected and have some mental issues, they're not stupid—that stick insect man is the one who's crazy. Who would go head-to-head with a madman if they were a normal infected person?
The key point is that if they break an arm or leg while on field duty, the supervisory bureau will at most provide them with some basic medical expenses, and they will have to bear all the remaining pain themselves; moreover, if they need to replace body parts, the cost will be far more expensive than buying a new robot.
Moreover, it cannot be reimbursed.
If the robot is damaged, they can blame it on the enemy being too powerful and ask the bureau to allocate some funds to buy a new one.
Since the technological breakthrough enabled the mass production of robots, the cost of purely mechanical equipment has been reduced significantly. While the poor still cannot afford them, they are not so unaffordable for the middle class and the officials of Vina City.
As soon as the robots arrived on the sixth floor, their hands began to transform, and soon a silver shield gleaming with metallic luster appeared in front of them.
They rushed toward the stick insect man in unison, causing the sixth floor to vibrate slightly due to resonance.
The stick insect, quick as a flash, released the previous resident of room 0601 and swung its long, thin arm toward the robot.
If it were an infected person or a normal human, they would probably instinctively back away when faced with an attack, but the robots have no sense of fear. They didn't even stop and just crashed into it.
In the quiet room, Yin Zhu watched the unlucky roommate's phone broadcast and couldn't help but say to Hirano Shan, "The soundproofing here is really good."
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