Chapter 123 Kill
"If you don't like these, I know one that might suit you." The mechanical bird looked at Jiang He as if it were an object, assessing her abilities. "But it's in the nest, being kept captive by Mother."
Its words revealed quite a bit of information, but Jiang He was vindictive and still remembered its previous words, "Heh, I'm attracted to you now."
"Gah?" The mechanical bird cried out and then got stuck, like a computer suddenly crashing. Its palm-sized body lost power and fell straight to the ground.
But before it landed, it flapped its wings and flew high, seeming to have come back to life.
The mechanical bird flew back to the head of the mechanical beast and regained its footing. It changed its previous arrogance and stammered to Jiang He, "It's not impossible, but...but I need to be transformed first. I'm too young now."
Jiang He almost thought it was frightened to death, but before she could reflect, it was activated again. She asked, "Who is your mother?"
"Mother is Mother, not mine." The mechanical bird thought Jiang He hadn't heard it clearly and said anxiously, "I, I need to find Mother for transformation. Can you wait for me?"
Jiang He frowned, looking extremely impatient. "Why is it so troublesome?"
But with a hint of surprise, the mechanical bird specifically corrected it, saying that wasn't its mother. Adding "its" to the equation broke the logic. Robots are often obsessive-compulsive and very particular about logic. Could this mechanical bird not be a mechanical beast, but a machine core?
Does this "Mother" literally mean the Mother of Machinery or the Mother of Robots?
"No trouble, no trouble. The transformation will be quick, at most a month." The mechanical bird's anxious face now looked like a dog, which was very different from the arrogance when it appeared before.
"What about that thing that Mother-sama has kept in captivity? What is it?" Jiang He asked it, "Why do you think it's suitable for me?"
"It's not a thing." The mechanical bird rolled its eyes. "If you like it, I can transform it into its appearance."
"Okay." Jiang He sat up, "Let's go to Mother's lair."
"I, I'll be there." The mechanical bird's voice was a little guilty. "Wait here for me, okay? I'll be back soon."
"But you just said you would take me to Mother's lair." Jiang He was dissatisfied. "Why are you going back on your word?"
Jiang He stared at it, then suddenly realized what was happening and shouted angrily, "Were you deliberately trying to deceive me with what you just said? Are you trying to trick me back into Mother's lair and kill me?"
Jiang He is actually not good at acting, and even worse at adding drama to herself. Compared with facial expressions, her limb movements are richer and more adept, but at this moment her face is flushed and her eyes are red and watery.
There is no need to exaggerate at all. Just angrily questioning the other party, and the painful scene of being deceived by a lover suddenly comes to mind.
The mechanical bird was stunned. Having lived in the mountains for a long time, it might be adept at fighting and killing, and perhaps cunning by nature, but when it came to making a female happy, it was a complete layman. "You, don't be sad. If I don't take you with me, if I don't take you back to Mother's nest, you'll be fine."
It helplessly comforted, "Really, I won't take you back."
Jiang He stared at it faintly, "You lied to me, why should I trust you again?"
The mechanical bird's mechanical body values are constantly changing. It thinks it will not be affected by the smell secreted by the female, but the other party's eyes are so beautiful that they seem to hit its heart. If it had a human heart, its heart must be pounding at this moment.
"I won't lie to you anymore. If you choose me, I will be your most loyal partner. I will..."
"Loyalty?" Jiang He interrupted, "Why are you taking me to the mother nest?"
The mechanical bird shrank its head. "Mother wants your body."
Her body is available to anyone who wants it. Jiang He coldly asked, "Is it powerful? I can't beat it?"
Mechanical Bird: "Mother can uninstall everyone's system."
It probably sensed Jiang He's anger and whispered to him, "If you don't go to the mother's nest, Mother can't do anything to you."
Jiang He analyzed it and found that the mother the other party mentioned had a unique status because she could uninstall the systems of all robots in the mother nest.
But Jiang He didn't understand. She was a clone in Senas's words, so why did the mechanical bird define her as a robot whose system could be removed?
Just as she was about to continue asking questions, a mechanical beast broke through the heavy defenses and came in, swinging its claws towards Jiang He.
Jiang He's body was full of estrogen, and the mechanical beast's claws looked sharp, but it had no intention of really tearing Jiang He into pieces.
The tentacles quickly shot out and wrapped around the mechanical beast's claws. Jiang He jumped up and smashed his hardened fist into the opponent's chest, grabbing the core source in the opponent's chest.
The tentacles pounced happily and swallowed the core source in one gulp.
Jiang He turned her head and found that the mechanical bird was not at all surprised by her behavior of devouring the core source.
It stood on the head of the mechanical beast, looking at Jiang He with a look of pride and honor, "0112, you are amazing."
Jiang He was not unfamiliar with the number "0112", as it was her number in the training camp.
After leaving the training camp, people outside called her by her name or nickname. Everyone called her "Iron Fist Tyrant", causing her to almost forget the name of the training camp.
The girl that the mechanical bird calls "Mother" must be a code name for her.
"Are these mechanical beasts and deformed beasts all Mother's toys?" Jiang He asked the mechanical bird, "Why did it produce so many?"
"No, Mother doesn't care about childbirth. She's not interested in these low-level things."
Two more deformed beasts rushed in, opened their bloody mouths and pounced on Jiang He.
Perhaps these deformed beasts tore open a gap, and more and more deformed beasts and mechanical beasts rushed in one after another.
Jiang He dodged the giant claws of one of the deformed beasts and punched another mechanical beast on the head, but failed to kill it.
The mechanical bird followed Jiang He's gaze, but it did not join the battle, perhaps because it was certain that Jiang He would win.
In fact, Jiang He did win. Her small space became much smaller because of the squeezing of these corpses.
"Your plan of letting them kill each other and then harvesting them won't work." The mechanical bird saw Jiang He stuffing the mechanical beast's corpse into the newly torn passage and said to her, "You'd better leave as soon as possible while they haven't awakened yet."
Jiang He: "Awakening?"
"Fighting will accelerate their awakening and restore them to full health." The mechanical bird said, "You can't beat them."
Jiang He's expression remained unchanged. "Come here and squat on my shoulders."
The mechanical bird's voice instantly became stuttering, "I, I'm too young now, I..."
"Sit on my shoulder and talk to me."
The mechanical bird was stunned for a moment, then realized that the female didn't want it to do that right now. It felt a little disappointed and a little relieved for a moment.
After all, it's too small now.
According to the mechanical bird, these deformed beasts and mechanical beasts in the deep mountains are different from those outside. They are more advanced because they have the blood of heroes in their bodies.
A long time ago, a ship crashed into the planet A62. There was a robot on the ship. It felt that the planet was too lonely and quiet, so it created many mechanical beasts and deformed beasts to accompany it.
"Mother" also came from that period. It was created by robots. Although it has unique abilities, it can never leave the nest.
Only robots or mechanical beasts that enter the nest can be "taken offline" by the mother.
Before falling asleep, the robot locked the core sources of these robots and mutant beasts, shutting down some of their abilities so that they would only be activated under specific circumstances.
Jiang He has already crawled out of her "little cozy nest". Since the mechanical bird said so, she doesn't intend to sit and wait for death. She decides to strike first and kill these mechanical beasts while they are weak.
The mechanical bird perched on her shoulder, making communication much easier than before. She asked, "Why is the robot sleeping?"
"I don't know. It happened a long, long time ago. Mother would reveal some things from the past when she was emotionally unstable after a nightmare."
The mechanical bird said again: "0112, you can't beat them. They are weak now, but they will become stronger and stronger. It is better to find a chance to sneak away."
"Why do you call me 0112?"
This number always makes Jiang He feel disconnected, as if he is still in the training camp.
But there weren't so many mechanical beasts rushing towards her in the training camp.
Most of the mechanical beasts look very old, with rusty mechanical components that are about the same color as black soil. Many of the mechanical beasts have inconsistent mechanical components that are pieced together like clothes with many patches.
They look flimsy, but they are fast, responsive, and their mechanical components are not easily knocked off.
Jiang He summarized what the mechanical bird had just said. These mechanical beasts and deformed beasts in the deep mountains are all first-generation immigrants. They are very strong, but their activity areas are also restricted. They will die if they leave the mountains.
The mechanical bird was still discussing the history of mechanical beasts when Jiang He suddenly asked it this question. Without hesitation, it replied, "Because you are the 12th robot created by Robot No. 1."
Jiang He: "Robot?"
She blew the head off another mechanical beast and silently summarized her identity so far.
In the laboratory, her identity was that of an orphan who had been replaced.
In the basement of Fuli Hospital, the old man said she was a fallen person.
On the fifth floor of R&F Hospital, Senas said she was a replica that had been destroyed once.
And he is an imitation of Emperor Shengwu.
Now, in this deep mountain filled with the corpses of mechanical beasts, the mechanical bird says she is a robot.
These identities were layered on top of each other, like nesting dolls, and Jiang He felt numb after hearing it.
"Hmm." The mechanical bird replied vaguely. Facing Jiang He's questioning tone, it did not continue to explain, but quickly changed the subject to cover up its previous hasty words. "There are many mechanical beasts in the deep mountains. These mountains are piled up layer by layer with mechanical beasts. It's impossible to kill them all. Let's go. I'll show you the way, and you can get out safely."
Jiang He: "What's your number, Mother?"
Mechanical Bird: "I don't know."
Jiang He: "Why does it covet my body?"
Mechanical Bird: "Only your body can carry Mother's system."
Jiang He laughed, and just then another deformed beast pounced on her. She jumped onto its back and watched coldly as it was torn apart by other mechanical beasts.
Whoever she touches will become the public enemy.
Mechanical Bird: "You, what are you laughing at?"
The other person's laughter made it a little uneasy, but the smell emanating from the other person paralyzed its danger alarm system.
Jiang He: "There were so many people who coveted my body, but in the end, they all died."
The mechanical bird shrank its head.
Under the foggy sky, everything around looked hazy. Dark mountains stretched from far to near. There were no stones or trees on the mountains, only all kinds of discarded garbage. The mountains formed by the piles of garbage looked very distorted from a distance.
There was no sense of security standing on 0112's shoulders. Countless mechanical beasts followed the scent and pounced on 0112 in waves.
Fortunately, she is stronger and smarter than her mother said.
It followed her body, swaying dizzily, and took in everything it saw.
A hazy sky and earth, twisted mountains, piles of corpses, and crazy mechanical beasts...
Suddenly I felt that this was very similar to what my mother said about the end of the world.
"0112, if you keep fighting like this, you'll wake up all the mechanical beasts underground." In fact, many mechanical beasts had already been awakened and crawled out from underground. The mechanical bird didn't understand why 0112 was so stubborn and insisted on fighting with them. "Let's go."
Please, I beg you!
"Awesome!" Jiang He smashed her hardened fist into the mechanical beast's body, swinging it towards the mechanical beasts that were rushing towards her. She laughed heartily, "Little Black Bird, am I awesome?"
Mechanical Bird: ???
Although, isn’t Little Blackbird a cute nickname?!
Mechanical Bird, "You're so awesome! Can we go now?"
"Wait a moment."
"Oh, okay."
The mechanical bird waited for a long time, but saw no sign of the other party leaving, so it had to remind him again, "0112, are you leaving?"
"Wait a moment."
"Well, how long is a moment?"
"After these guys are dead."
Mechanical Bird: ...This is more than just a one-time thing!
The sleeping mechanical beasts were awakened one by one.
They crawled out from the deepest part of the garbage in a rage, "What the hell? Who disturbed me while I was sleeping? Are you looking for death?"
But immediately they sniffed around and said, "Hey, what a nice smell! It smells like a female!"
"Over there, there's a female."
"The females are competing for a husband, and I want to be the first to rush in."
"The females belong to me, all of you get out of here."
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
"Hahaha, I'm the best. I'm closest to the females. Woohoo, it smells so good..."
The happiness lasted only three seconds. It was hit by the female and screamed, "I can't beat the female. Only by beating her can you be noticed. Woo woo woo, I'm too weak..."
There were fewer aberrant beasts gathering around, and they no longer pounced on us without thinking.
Jiang He was not satisfied with their retreat, so he simply chased after them.
Suddenly, a roaring sound came from deep in the mountains.
It's a bit harsh, even harsher than the sound of female iron-eating ants.
After hearing these sounds, the mechanical beasts and deformed beasts all quickly drilled into the ground. In a blink of an eye, there were only piles of corpses around and Jiang He standing on one of the big corpses.
The mechanical bird reminded Jiang He: "This is Mother's warning. Drill underground like them."
Jiang He: "Which direction?"
"Downward, downward is underground," the mechanical bird said. "The underground can block this kind of sound. Otherwise, listening to it for a long time will damage your brain."
Jiang He turned his head to feel the direction of the roar and decisively ran to the front right.
She ran very fast, like a ferocious beast in the mountains. Several thick tentacles took turns acting as her feet or rings, coordinating with her body in perfect harmony.
The mechanical bird was stunned. "0112, are you going to find Mother?"
"right."
"But you, it will know if you enter the nest."
Jiang He: "You act as my cover."
"In the Nest, Mother is omnipotent. I can't help you protect her."
But Jiang He must go to this nest. She has a vague feeling that the "core source of the Tianlong" that Xiao A mentioned is in her mother's nest.
"Mother wants your body. As soon as you enter the nest, you will be offline..."
The mechanical bird's voice was urgent, and Jiang He interrupted it, "What do you mean by offline?"
"According to you, it's death," the mechanical bird said, "but it's even more terrifying than death. Once you go offline, your soul will dissipate, and you'll never be able to go online again."
"The soul is gone?" Jiang He was a little surprised. He couldn't understand why a robot like the mechanical bird would use the word soul. This is a traditional human term.
"Yes, the soul will dissipate. For life forms like us, although the core source is very important, if the core source dies, the soul is still there. In another ten or eight years, it can be stuffed back into the core source. But if the soul dissipates, we are really finished."
It looked at Jiang He and advised earnestly, "Interesting souls are rare. Although I like you, I like your soul even more. I don't want you to be taken over by your mother."
Jiang He said in a cheerful voice, "It seems it's unpopular. I'll go to Chaoxue and kill it."
Her face was red, her eyes were red, and the blood in her body was flowing much faster than usual.
Oh no! The mechanical bird was shocked to realize that the other party had replaced lust with murderous desire!
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