Chapter 64 Human Interpretation Diary: Humanity is Creating Gods 1 I am a machine...
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"Won't you come in and sit down?"
Chen Shu and I were not far apart, so I could hear every word she said clearly.
But, yes, I haven't been able to restore the diary yet, how can I stop now?
"I still have something...to do." I turned my head and forced a grin, a slightly awkward smile appearing on my face.
I saw the warm yellow light from inside the door, illuminating several people dressed in bright red at the dining table.
They raised their glasses and laughed happily.
It seemed as if I, who was familiar with them and standing at the door without going in, was just an insignificant person.
"Then wait here for a moment," Chen Shu said with an understanding look. Her plastic-wrapped hand caressed the corner of my mouth. "I have a gift for you!"
Her words suddenly reminded me of what Yue Ling had told me.
——That bracelet.
But I didn't know how to start because Yue Ling was sitting in the room.
There were no tears in her eyes, she stared at me straight, making me feel warm.
"Yue..." I started to call out, but was stopped by Yue Ling.
She shook her head slightly at me, then nodded. These two small actions unexpectedly gave me confidence and courage.
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Chen Shu didn't come out for a long time.
The sound of people talking gradually came from inside the door.
"Xiao Shu, what are you looking for?"
"Gift!"
"Hey, you actually prepared a gift?"
"Of course, tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and everyone has free time, so we should celebrate properly."
“Really?”
"Why are you suddenly angry?"
"——That guy, today is clearly his day off, but he still insisted on going to work. What a psycho!"
"Don't be angry, he might be back soon. Oh, and hurry up and get ready. Didn't you say you wanted to give me a surprise?"
"That……?"
"Excuse me, excuse me! Look what this is!?"
"Wow, bear pajamas! How did you know? I, didn't I tell you?"
"Humph, all you do is buy gifts all day long. I'd like to see what you, a 'rich second generation', will do when you run out of money."
"Hey, Sister Yue Ling, please don't raise the rent... Dangdang, look, I also prepared a gift for you!"
"Chen Shu, go find something and stop wandering around here!"
"Hey, Sister Yue Ling, don't you like it?"
"Hey, Yue Ling, if you don't like it, I'll keep it for you."
“…This is a return gift.”
"Red envelope?! Sister Yue Ling, there's no need for that. My family is actually doing pretty well..."
"Who said this is for you? This is for Chen Shu."
"Thank you, Yue Ling!"
"Ah—then Sister Yue Ling, do I, do I have any return gifts? It's not another store, is it?"
"I'm really exhausted, woooo, woooo, my dad has started scolding me every day, woooo."
"Tsk, you're so ungrateful after getting such an advantage."
"Also, I need to think about your return gift a little more. What exactly it is... Anyway, if you don't want a new store, I'll reluctantly replace it for you."
"Really? Thank you, Sister Yue Ling. Sister Yue Ling is the best!"
"Well, of course it's true. And Chen Shu."
"Um?"
"If you find the gift, give it to the person right away. Don't keep them waiting."
"good!"
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"Xiaoban, sorry for the wait."
Chen Shu reopened the door, and her voice pulled me out of my waiting state.
I quickly stood up and said with a smile, "It's okay."
"Do you want to guess what gift I will give you?" Chen Shu also laughed.
But her smile was very standard, just like the dolls sold on the street.
"I..." I was about to refuse when I was interrupted by Chen Shu.
"Xiaoban, it's okay, guess what?" Chen Shu may have seen my embarrassment.
After all, I'm a robot, and with just a little use of that ability called "scan," I can see everything. But she still insisted that I try to guess.
Of course, it's also possible that all this is just my imagination.
Chen Shu might just want to play around like that, and she might not have considered the fact that "I am a robot" at all.
But it's okay this way, I mean, being treated like a human being is nice.
"Is it... soap?" I asked tentatively.
"Right!" Chen Shu's face was filled with surprise, and a ripple appeared in her eyes, which had always been calm.
This scared me and I quickly took a few steps back.
"This is a gift I made especially for you."
Chen Shu stretched out his hands from behind his back, and there was something emitting a fragrant smell on them.
"I carved it for you out of soap. How about it? Do you like it?"
"What is this...?" I used to talk endlessly, but in front of Chen Shu, as long as she looked into my eyes, as long as she spoke, as long as she existed, I could only say half of what I wanted to say.
"The name of this work is 'Half'," Chen Shu explained.
Although I didn't understand, I nodded obediently like a puppy.
Because I can't understand how Chen Shu came up with the idea of using a human brain, a woolen head, a furry body and messy limbs and then dividing it into two halves to present such a work.
——This is really too horrifying.
Of course, I won't ask.
"Chen Shu, actually I also..." I took out the bracelet from my bag and handed it to Chen Shu.
"Is this a return gift?" Chen Shu took it. She began to examine the bracelet like a child, then put it on her wrist to compare. "The size is just right. Thank you, Xiaoban."
"Yeah." I nodded.
Suddenly, I remembered something and reached out to cover Chen Shu's eyes, but I was a step too late.
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I am an ordinary robot from a factory, born in a time of crisis for humanity.
Because I am a failure, no human is willing to pay for me.
Even the human who created me eventually abandoned me.
I don't have the mobility of a normal robot.
They can walk on their own since birth, but I can only rely on a few branches to drag my body forward.
I also don't have the ability to think like a normal robot.
There is nothing in my system from the beginning to the end, unlike other robots, they know everything, they are simply encyclopedias, and I am just a reader.
I also followed my maker and learned the knowledge for a period of time.
Maybe I was too stupid. After three years of study, I still couldn’t repair the robot. He had no choice but to let me sneak away by myself, otherwise he would be punished.
Later I wandered around in this world and met many people.
For example, Yue Ling, Chen Shu, Shi Zao, and the writer of the diary.
Yes, the reason why I tried so hard to collect diaries was to find his final whereabouts, and then tell him that I was living a good and smooth life, and even had touched the opportunity to "become a human being".
Later, I formed the "Anti-Human and Robot Communication Organization".
Because I told them that once robots come into contact with humans, they will gradually turn into humans, and eventually lose the ability to purify toxins in the air and die.
And I want to save those poor robots, and also save myself.
So even though many people opposed it, even though I was defined as a "villain", I still did it without hesitation.
There are robots and humans in our organization. They don't know each other, and as a bridge between them, I naturally don't reveal the existence of the other side.
To date, we have restarted the toxin purification systems of no less than 100,000 robots.
However, we seem to be going further and further down this "wrong" path.
But no one can really turn back. Really, if you want to turn back, it means you have to erase the existence of "those".
I don't want to do that, I really don't want to...
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“…”
"...Chen Shu?" My voice trembled, and my hands finally covered Chen Shu's eyes.
Only then did I realize that when you use the bracelet to learn about someone's memories, those memories will also appear in their mind at the same time.
Although my past is not terrible, it contains too many secrets, and I don’t want Chen Shu to know.
"Xiaoban, are you okay?" Chen Shu pulled my hand away and gently hugged my body.
Her thin body was like a paper lantern, with fireflies flying inside that would not survive the next morning, and the fragile paper outside was always making a clanging sound.
“I, I, I…”
I said "I" three times in a row, and finally lowered my head sadly and stopped talking.
"Xiaoban," Chen Shu touched my head, "It's okay, it's okay, it's all over."
"Look, everyone is with you now. Isn't that happy enough?"
No, not enough.
None of them likes the real me, not even you.
I swallowed the words and buried my head in Chen Shu's shoulder.
Something was coming out of my ears and my eyes.
I couldn't feel what it was, nor did I dare to see what it was. I could only escape.
"Then what do you want to hear?" Chen Shu said.
"'Go die soon', 'People like you are better off dead', 'What's the point of living', 'You're such a burden'..."
"Xiaoban, do you want to hear these words?"
"Chen...Shu...?" I looked up in panic.
Beneath the girl's dark brown hair, her eyes, which were filled with the sea and the ocean, seemed to have thorns for the first time, piercing into my eyes as I looked at her.
A stinging pain came over me, I covered my eyes, and something like water slipped out from between my fingers.
"How could you say that?" I didn't think what she said was wrong, but I was wondering where these words came from.
After all, Chen Shu is such a good person, no one should say these things to her.
Everyone should treat Chen Shu the same way he treats them. This is the way to go.
"Xiaoban, you've never looked in the mirror, right?" Chen Shu didn't answer me.
But the meaning of her words frightened me so much that I stepped back.
I yelled, "What are you doing?! I don't want to look in the mirror, I don't want to, go away!!!"
"Please, Chen Shu!!!"
I tripped over something and fell to the ground.
"I really don't want to look in the mirror! No, no, Chen Shu, I really can't look in the mirror! I'll die! I'll die!! I really will die!!!"
“Chen Shu——!!!!”
——In the mirror, a flawless robot's face appeared.
No matter how I move on the ground, its face will not change at all.
"Is this... me...?" I frantically grabbed the mirror, and the sharp, bloody edges of the mirror pierced my body.
“That’s right, that’s right… I’m a robot… I’m a robot!!”
"Chen Shu, tell me! I am a robot! I am a robot!! I am not human! I am not human!! Chen Shu, I will never become a human!!! Right?!!"
"I don't want to be human anymore! Ever!!"
"Chen Shu, I will be a robot from now on! Right! Right!!"
"Answer me!!!"
"Yeah," Chen Shu fell down after being caught by me, and her head hit the ground and broke the skin. "Xiaoban, you will not become a human again."
"Yes, yes, yes!!! I will never become a human again—"
"Because you are God."
Lines of blood gradually flowed from Chen Shu's forehead. She looked like a calm madman.
She held my face and whispered:
"Xiaoban, do you still remember that humans are creating gods?"
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