Chapter 43: The first scene, those eyes that always trembled at any time finally...
"Host, are you okay?" The system's worried voice sounded.
He Yuezhe knocked on her dazed head and managed to stand up from the ground: "She's still alive."
Not long ago, He Yuezhe, a food delivery robot, was walking on an empty street, preparing to deliver food to his task target.
"It's scary just thinking about it!"
"They did this and that, and before I even noticed, you, the host, died with a "whoosh!" The system turned into a dot of light, dancing in the air.
"I almost thought this mission was a failure! Luckily, you had the infinite health skill, so you survived!"
Yes, He Yuezhe was inexplicably found dead on the street.
"...But there's no way to move for the time being." She glanced at the metal plate hanging high in the square room, sighed, and opened the hatch stiffly.
At her current pace, she is no longer able to deliver meals to the task targets as before, and she doesn't know how long it will take.
Although she also didn't like that kind of mechanical work, and that hateful boss!
"Scrap—work—oops!" the system read out word by word.
Repair cabins flashing with electric light were neatly arranged in the room, as densely packed as a honeycomb, and filled with countless robots.
He Yuezhe's cabin was right on the bottom floor.
She quickly walked to the center of the room and looked around, but couldn't find any exit.
"There's no ceiling," He Yuezhe muttered, "but how can we get out when it's so high..."
BANG!!!
“Waaaaaaaaa!!”
With the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the system screamed and hid behind He Yuezhe!
Since the technology in this world doesn't seem to be that advanced, the robots working in the factory like He Yuezhe are extremely unrealistic in appearance and their movements are extremely stiff.
The robot made of blocks walked forward. In the large open space, a twitching household robot was lying with its eyes open and unable to move.
“Report an error… Report an error… Warning, warning, warning, warning, warning, warning…!!!”
The household robot was surrounded by electric lights: "It's about to be scrapped. It ...
——[Household robot No. 166954801, scrapped! ]
A line of bright red words appeared on the robot's face, flashing non-stop!
Finally, the sound of "ding" stopped.
"Wow, host, this isn't the same thing when you die, is it?" The light spot stopped on the robot.
Pure white energy lines gradually emerged, flowing towards the light spot one by one.
"It seems you don't need my help anymore," He Yuezhe said with a smile, "You can do it yourself."
The light suddenly stopped and then ran away as if it had dropped frames.
"Oh, hahaha, host, I don't actually disbelieve you. I just felt itchy and was a little hungry, so I ate some energy, that's all, hahaha..."
"Hey, host, forget about this, just figure out how to get out!"
"What if I can't find it?" He Yuezhe bent down and turned the household robot on the ground over.
From the sunken area on the back of the robot, colorful energy gurgled out, like a spring forming on the wound.
"If you can't find it, then... then... Oh, host, please look for it first." The system's voice was full of embarrassment.
"So you actually have no confidence in the 'death escape plan' you mentioned at the beginning?" He Yuezhe touched the robot's wound with his fingers calmly.
"How could it be!" The light spot bounced and kicked He Yuezhe's forehead. "For the mission target whose initial state is "Awakening of Life and Death", this method is the most——!"
"How could it disappear..." Suddenly, the middle-aged man's voice came from above.
He is the person in charge of selling home robots.
He Yuezhe remembered that when she went to deliver food to the person she was tasked with, she seemed to have seen this person's electronic business card in the delivery box at her doorstep.
But she put down her lunch box and left, and never paid attention to whether the business card remained or disappeared.
"Hey, I finally got a client, if I don't make a purchase... well, my boss will probably scold me again."
The middle-aged man was wrapped in plastic film with his work clothes on top. He was mumbling as he descended, and his voice kept echoing in the empty room.
He Yuezhe quickly turned the household robot over and put it back in the middle, then slipped back to the repair cabin where she woke up.
From what I've observed over the past few weeks, people in this world value privacy very, very much.
Each house is independent, and the distance between two adjacent houses is ridiculous. Even if you take the tube which only runs a few times a day, it still takes an hour or so to get there.
Therefore, even the ordinary repair cabins in scrap factories are designed to have a one-sided viewing effect.
That is to say, people inside can see outside, but people outside cannot see inside.
"Host, host! The mission target is detected within 500 meters of you!" the system shouted excitedly.
He Yuezhe didn't answer. She carefully observed the middle-aged man's every move.
The middle-aged man took off the hook around his waist and was frightened by the household robot on the ground and almost fell down.
He then took out the instrument, scanned the robot left and right, then staggered and collapsed to the ground, pulling out the dim energy source at the robot's heart with trembling hands.
“No way… No way… Dead…?!” The sign hanging on the middle-aged man’s chest lit up for a moment, but was drowned out by his low murmur.
"Why is she here?" He Yuezhe asked. "Even if she came to see me, she should go to the catering department, right?"
The middle-aged man reached out and violently scratched his once perfect hairstyle, pacing around the room.
"What should I do, what ......"
"I can't lose this job, I can't, I absolutely can't! Otherwise, how will they look at me?!"
"By then, they will definitely remove my membrane!!! Wouldn't that expose my fat belly?!!!!"
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!…Absolutely not!!!!”
His voice became louder and louder, and finally turned into almost a roar!
"This one is dead, dead, find another one..."
"Yeah! I'll just find another one!! They're all scrapped anyway, so I can just change the serial number and appearance!!!"
The middle-aged man finally stopped and walked quickly to the center of the room.
He took off the card on his chest and swiped it on the ground, and something that looked like a control console slowly rose up.
"Sure enough, sure enough! This one won't work, this one won't work... Ah, 99% repairability! A restaurant robot?... Never mind, as long as it works!!"
"Host, I suddenly have a bad feeling." The system spoke.
He Yuezhe, already enveloped in the rainbow light, stared speechlessly at the dot of light beside him: "Does your premonition refer to something that has already happened?"
"Great!! That's great!!! Finally there is—"
…
"Hey, yes, this is the factory's newest household robot."
“…”
"What? Defects? Factory defects, they're common. Just don't worry about it."
“…”
"Yes, just sign here, and then... let me see, you've already paid the deposit, so you just need to make up for it..."
“…”
"Oh, you..."
“…”
"Okay, okay, please keep your word. I really..."
^
"Robot No. 166954801 has been turned on!" He Yuezhe heard his own mechanical voice.
Then a gentle white light came into view.
"Host, wow, we are the same kind from now on!" The system said the same words as when it first saw He Yuezhe "turn on".
He Yuezhe smiled and replied, "Yes?"
“No, no no no no…! Oops, I was just joking with you, please don’t be so scary!”
"166954..." The girl's timid voice was caught by He Yuezhe's ears again.
"166954, 801," He Yuezhe said, imitating the robot's punctuation, "this is my number."
"Master, what is your name?"
The girl was kneeling on the carpet, her body wrapped in plastic film and wearing a loose turtleneck sweater.
She shrank back when she heard that, lowered her eyes, and spoke softly: "Ah... My name is Chen Shu."
"Hello, Miss Chen Shu, is there anything I can help you with?" He Yuezhe stood up from the inverted black stone box.
"Well, help me clean up the house first."
Chen Shu raised his face, and his eyes, which had been trembling all the time, finally calmed down.
"Okay." He Yuezhe nodded, walked out of the box and began to tidy up the already tidy living room.
"Wait, wait, host, isn't this the target of the mission?! What, what..." The sudden yell of the system scared He Yuezhe so much that he stopped moving.
"...Are you feeling unwell?" The girl's soft voice came from behind.
He Yuezhe turned around and shook his head: "No."
"You're so slow," she said.
"Oh, host, I'm not secretly doing anything else!" The system immediately retorted, "I'm really surprised!"
"Have you truly moved this mission target so much that you've decided to buy a household robot to keep her company at home?"
"But she still thinks you're hers—"
"Your idea is very interesting." He Yuezhe interrupted perfunctorily.
She didn't think that Chen Shu would regain hope in society because of a robot that delivered meals to her every day.
^
Put the sofa back into its original shape, put away the lunch boxes on the table, and then make the bed.
He Yuezhe finally knew what the situation was like behind the door she knocked on every day.
Finally, after tying the garbage bag, He Yuezhe walked back to Chen Shu.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but do we need to throw all this away?" She gently pulled a bear-shaped pendant from the trash bag. "They all look very new, so I came to ask you."
Chen Shu's gaze shifted from the TV to the pendant. She opened her mouth and looked at He Yuezhe, who had an expressionless face.
"...Of course. But if you like..."
"Okay, thank you for your reply." He Yuezhe threw the bear pendant back into the trash bag, even though it was so soft that it didn't make any sound.
"…………You're welcome."
"Host, this isn't—?!" The system was surprised. "How did it get into the garbage bag?!"
"I don't know. Maybe she doesn't like this method at all. Maybe I made a wrong decision."
He Yuezhe sighed, his tone tinged with laughter: "Open the task panel again and let me see if there have been any changes while I was away."
"receive!"
[Quest Target: Chen Shu (Updated!)]
[Mission Objective: Accompany Chen Shu until his death (Updated!)]
[Quest props: None (updated!)]
[Task Progress: 19%]
[You have unlocked the story progress: 0.1 First Encounter, 0.2 Food Delivery, 1.1 Meeting Again (Updated!), more stories are waiting for you to explore!]
[The current relationship between you and the quest object: Master and Servant (Updated!) (This column will automatically disappear after reaching 'Friends')]
[Quest Target Status: Pessimistic (Changed from Moe's Life Determination) (Updated!)]
[Salvation Progress: 80% (Updated!)]
[Success rate of salvation: 100% (updated!)]
"I'm hungry." Chen Shu said in silence.
"I'll make dinner for you right away, please wait."
He Yuezhe threw the garbage bag in his hand into the transmission channel and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
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