Don't pick up the wild people on the roadside (XIV)
After the star calendar 2066, after the ladybug virus craze, human technology reached a new peak, but with it came the near-complete elimination of artificial labor. All industries were made intelligent, intelligent machines replaced humans, and vehicles became unmanned. After research and development, vehicles can even have their own independent consciousness and self-correct routes.
Smart, automatic and convenient technology has once again become the trend of the new era. Major companies are scrambling to develop new high-tech products and competing with each other. The big screens in the upper city are full of various advertisements, some of which even fly across the stars and reach other planets.
Mercy, as the largest company on Planet A, has numerous subsidiaries under its control, taking charge of the entire life of Planet A. All items are labeled with Mercy.
Mercy means kindness and charity. Every household invests money in it to make a living. The Mercy company that collects the funds takes a part of it to develop so-called high-tech products and sells them to the market at a high price. This cycle repeats itself in an endless stream.
Jiang Yuanshi pressed the button of the storage belt, and a pile of small parts appeared on the ground. He picked up the fairy-tale candy box, turned it over with the bottom facing up, and sure enough, there was a huge Mercy brand on it.
So the energy liquid is also from the company?
Jiang Yuanshi removed the wires from the iron box. During the removal, he found "Mercy6780" written on the rubber covering of the wires.
Yun Qing squatted down and looked at the iron box curiously: "I wanted to ask on the way, what is this?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Energy liquid."
Yun Qing: "Energy liquid? Is it used to charge the robot?"
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either. When he was about to open it, Z01's voice came from his square head: "Excuse me, I suggest you draw the curtains at home. The light of the energy liquid is special and rare, so it is easy to cause competition."
This time Jiang Yuanshi was not frightened: "But if that's the case, closing the curtains may not be helpful. On the contrary, it will make it more obvious, right?"
Yun Qing knocked on the iron box carefully: "So it's impossible to open it. It's a hot potato. I worked so hard to push you back."
B33 said: "Maybe, Qingqing, you can sell this."
Yun Qing was stunned: "Sell it, what do you mean...Ah! Are you saying that I can submit this to the company?"
B33: “Yes.”
Jiang Yuanshi frowned, he stood up and pulled the curtain first, and Yun Qing followed and pulled the other side.
After finishing, the two squatted around the iron box again. Jiang Yuanshi wiped the stains off the iron box with a rag. The number starting with M appeared again. Jiang Yuanshi asked, "But looking at the number, it should have been dropped by the company."
Yun Qing squinted his eyes and looked closely at the number. After all, things starting with M were deeply rooted in people's minds. He stared at it for a few seconds with a pout, and suddenly remembered something. He shouted Z01 and said, "What's that Z? It's still easier to say it by Brother Guizhi. Big brother, do you remember the types of things the company wants us to collect?"
Z01 was silent for a moment, and then a picture appeared on his square head. The picture indicated a small black stone or a black liquid. "The energy liquid we currently have does not meet the standards."
Yun Qing was a little disappointed. Jiang Yuanshi looked at the picture and asked, "Z01, what's in the picture?"
Z01: "Combined with the data analysis of this world, it is oil, which is a rare energy source in all the developed upper cities."
Jiang Yuanshi casually scratched the surface of the iron box cover and said, "Is there oil in the Lower Town?"
Z01: "After a small-scale test, it does not exist. We need to explore a new map."
"There are so few things, and yet so many people are willing to come down to look for them. It seems like they really can't survive in the Upper Town."
Yun Qing answered, "Of course. After all, even the air in the Upper City is taxed, and the prosthetic limbs replaced in the Upper City can only use parts from fixed merchants. Energy and updates can only be obtained at designated locations, and the cost is extremely high. Therefore, there is a dangerous area in the Upper City of each planet, also known as the slums. Those who can't afford to buy or replace basically rely on picking up waste to find usable parts from the waste and make their own prosthetic limbs or weapons. However, due to pollution problems, the Upper City later introduced a new environmental protection law, and the parts were basically made recyclable. Of course, the price is more expensive, and fewer metal parts are discarded. It's not easy for the slums. In order to survive, many people participate in the company's recruitment and come to the Lower City to try their luck. I followed them in."
Jiang Yuanshi asked: "Is there no one resisting?"
Yun Qing said, "Are you talking about those rebellious organizations or groups? There have been some, but according to the news, they all failed and died miserably. I heard that they were infected with some virus. After all, there are no healthy groups in those organizations. Everyone has been transformed. I guess it was hacked or something."
Yun Qing looked natural when he said this, as if he had lived in this world for many years. Jiang Yuanshi actually didn't want to admit that Yun Qing was a character in this world.
According to Z01's later inquiries, this world has been rewritten by 36 hosts before it was finally rewritten into an ending where everyone survived. However, Jiang Yuan and Yun Qing did not have a good ending. In the ending, Jiang Yuan still replaced Yun Qing's glands. Yun Qing survived the explosion but became a vegetable. When Country C was worried, Mu Changkong expressed his willingness to marry her. A next leader is willing to marry a useless vegetable Omega.
Country C was deeply moved and reached a marriage agreement. After the marriage, Mu Changkong became even more famous, and the outside world praised his unswerving commitment and rare affection as an Alpha.
Many years after Yun Qing's death, Jiang Yuan officially appeared in the public eye and became Mu Changkong's wife.
No one blamed Mu Changkong for his abuse, and the whole country was immersed in the miracle of Mu Changkong's wife waking up.
It turned out that because of the gland replacement, Jiang Yuan looked more and more like Yun Qing, and eventually became the new Yun Qing.
As for why the world transformation failed and who the Son of Destiny was, the Book Transmigration Bureau had no record of it.
But in Jiang Yuanshi's eyes, this was not a good ending.
After all, it is Mu Changkong's happiness alone.
In this case, the characters also awaken their self-awareness.
Jiang Yuanshi looked at Yun Qing, who had paint stains on his face but was still cheerful.
There are several possibilities. There is another person in the other person's body, or the character Yun Qing has awakened and is gradually replacing the current person.
But neither is optimistic.
Moreover, he himself was not much better. Even though he had taught himself mechanical structure, the disassembly techniques were Jiang Yuan's muscle memory. But in order to keep going, he could only rely on Jiang Yuan's ability. Maybe one day he would die while using it.
Who knows?
The first thing to be solved right now is what to do with this energy liquid?
This rare energy liquid is generally used on advanced bionic humans. There are no more than 300 advanced bionic humans who can simulate human behavior. This energy liquid is their food. 250 milliliters are enough to drive them for a whole month. The amount we have now is at least one liter.
"Jiang Jiang? Jiang Jiang!"
Jiang Yuanshi was called back to his senses and asked slowly, "What's wrong?"
Yun Qing sighed: "I called you many times but you were just in a daze."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Oh sorry, I was thinking about how to use this energy liquid."
"Have you come up with a good idea?"
"Let's just stick to the old ways and make robots and see if we can use them."
"But isn't it hard to open the lid?"
Jiang Yuanshi touched the iron box and said, "This box is actually part of the robot, but the discarded limbs have been removed for me. Since this body can store energy liquid, why not use it as the torso and add new limbs and head."
Yun Qing knocked on the exposed iron box: "But this square one, we can only make a robot similar to the black-hearted doctor."
Jiang Yuanshi: "That's perfect. Who would have thought that a primitive robot would have so much energy liquid in its body?"
Yun Qing thought for a moment, "That makes sense. The most dangerous place is the safest place. But who would come to steal this thing?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "In addition to being used on bionic humans, humans with prosthetic bodies can also use this energy liquid to charge. The battery life is long enough, so ten years is not a problem."
Yun Qing: "Wow, can it be used to charge? If there is no electricity at home, can I charge it?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Well... we need a device that can store this energy liquid, and then connect the lines. We don't have enough materials at hand, so we'll make a robot first. The materials we have should be enough to make two robots, just one B33 and one Z01."
"Huh?" Yun Qing was stunned. "Let them use it? How do they use it?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "It should be possible to have electricity and internet access, right Z01?"
Z01 replied: "Your method is 80% feasible, provided there is a signal."
Jiang Yuanshi stood up and decided to go to the bedroom to get the textbook: "It should be there. If you can watch TV, there will be a signal."
Yun Qing looked at Jiang Yuanshi and got up to go to the bedroom. Standing there, he asked, "What are you going to do?"
"I'll go get some books and learn first and do it first."
"...Oh." Yun Qing stood there blankly. Jiang Yuanshi looked at him puzzledly and said, "What are you doing standing there? Let's get started. I'll be in charge of the assembly, and you'll be in charge of cleaning the parts and handing them to me. But there are a lot of parts. Can you handle it?"
"Me? I can!"
"Okay, thank you for your help. I might stay up all night. If you are tired, you can rest."
"Okay, no problem!"
Yun Qing, who was assigned work, became very energetic and went to find something to clean the parts.
As Jiang Yuanshi entered the bedroom, B33's voice rang in his mind: "Host Jiang, Yun Qing is not suitable for staying up late."
Jiang Yuanshi said casually: "It's okay, if you are tired, you will naturally feel sleepy, and if you are sleepy, you will fall asleep. He is not a fool, and when people are extremely tired, they will naturally fall asleep unconsciously."
B33: “…”
Jiang Yuanshi: "He is now in a good position to show his abilities. Instead of pouring cold water on him, why not go and help him clean the parts? Don't let yourself get covered in grease, or you will not be able to sleep."
As soon as Jiang Yuanshi finished speaking, B33 received a call for help. As expected, Yun Qing's hands were covered with oil and the area he was rubbing was getting larger and larger. He was quietly calling B33 from Fang Nao's side.
B33 said hello and left.
Jiang Yuanshi sighed and felt that he had been sighing more and more frequently since coming to this world.
He walked to the table and took out some books. He also picked up a pen with a metal surface that was bitten into pits. He looked at it and sighed: "Your teeth are really good. The most I can do is bite plastic."
"Host, biting a pen is not a good habit."
"Snap." The pen fell.
"Who are you trying to scare to death?" Jiang Yuanshi's heart was pounding.
Z01: "I'm sorry, but I can't think of a good solution for now."
"Yeah, I can only exercise my little heart."
Jiang Yuanshi bent down to pick it up as he spoke, but found that the pen had rolled under the bed. He helplessly crawled on the ground with half of his body sticking inside. The space under the bed was dirty and there were many small boxes placed there, and the pen happened to fall into the innermost gap.
Jiang Yuanshi tried hard to move the box on one side, but found that it was extremely heavy and could not be moved at all.
"What is this?"
Jiang Yuanshi was tired, so he lay on the ground and decided to rest for a while. Out of nowhere, he saw two black and red chains appear from the wall. The two chains formed a V shape. They pried open the boxes on both sides, and the small chain was placed on the pen and flicked.
The pen rolled to Jiang Yuanshi's hand.
Jiang Yuanshi: “…”
He opened his eyes and looked at this absurd scene, then smiled and said, "Thank you."
Jiang Yuanshi took the pen and started backing out of the garage.
I finally got out, feeling completely messy.
"Z01, do you know what's in here?"
"I'm sorry host, the scan failed."
"Forget it, I'll move the bed and have a look when I have time." Jiang Yuanshi dusted himself off and stood up, looking towards the wall and asked, "By the way, Z01, did you find any switches on the wall? There's a small room inside, but I can't get in after I came out."
Z01: "Host, this room requires a permission password. I can't open it."
Jiang Yuanshi was surprised: "You can't do anything? Even invasion is not allowed?"
Z01: "Yes, it is impossible to hack."
Jiang Yuanshi murmured, "The source of the river is hidden deep enough."
Z01 suggested: "You might try releasing pheromones. There is a pheromone code in this world."
"Uh...how do I release pheromones?" This involves Jiang Yuanshi's blind spot in knowledge.
He has never been an Omega.
Z01: “…” I haven’t been one either.
Jiang Yuanshi sighed and said, "How about I find a tool to remove the collar?"
"There is an activation switch for normal suppression rings. Yours is on the right side of the neck."
Jiang Yuanshi followed suit and touched the right side of the collar. Finally, he heard a click and something opened.
He tried to pull it off, but couldn't.
At this moment, a faint fragrance came from the tip of my nose, the scent of unfamiliar flowers and plants.
Just when Jiang Yuanshi was wondering if this was pheromone, the wall in front of him opened up, revealing a groove. Something like a data cable interface stretched out and headed towards Jiang Yuanshi. There was a slight sound in Jiang Yuanshi's neck.
A voice sounded in my brain: [Connecting...]
Just when Jiang Yuanshi thought he could open it, a voice said:
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