Don't Pick Up Wild People on the Roadside (Twenty-Two)
Five minutes later, the candy box suddenly became quiet.
Jiang Yuanshi was a little surprised. How could it calm down so quickly? He took a closer look.
Oh, the battery is out and it’s in hibernation.
Jiang Yuanshi picked up the candy box in front of everyone and opened the lid.
Everyone in the gang:!
Those who remained in the room were the members who had discussed last night. Naturally, they all knew the importance of the candy box lid. Unfortunately, this human also knew it. Even if the other party helped them, this young man's methods and behavior were inconsistent with his age. It must be said that the way the other party casually held the knife with the hand that was shot was deeply imprinted in their minds, and they felt fear.
Just as they were wary of the other party's next move, Jiang Yuanshi took out a small power bank from his pocket and plugged the connecting cable into the square-shaped component interface inside the candy box.
"Charging..." The candy box's display screen lit up and a cartoon sound played.
The robots can quickly wake up if they are exposed to even 0.1% of the power source, and the candy box is no exception.
Two round eyes appeared on the screen, blinking and looking at Jiang Yuan in confusion. When they reacted and were about to warm up for the next attack, a battery was stuffed into their mouths.
Candy Box: "Don't you (chew chew chew) think that (chew chew chew) a battery (chew chew chew) can please me!"
"Don't move." Jiang Yuanshi gently pressed the candy box, unplugged the connecting cable, took back the power bank, and covered it with the lid.
Candy Box looked at the power bank it had taken back and said dissatisfiedly, "You treat the power bank better than I do. Are you so concerned about its energy consumption?"
Jiang Yuanshi sighed helplessly, took out the power bank and turned it on. "Look, it's out of power. It's dead. I picked it up a while ago. It's the only one I have. I've never used it. I gave you the remaining power. And you're still blaming me for it. You're really something, Jiang Tang."
The candy box snorted twice. He would not be tempted by such petty profits... right?
"Wait, what did you call me?"
"Jiang Tang..." Jiang Yuanshi drawled out weakly, "I was just teasing you. I was wrong. Be quiet, Chief. Your subordinates are still watching you."
"Whatever, the name is mine?" Jiang Tang looked at Jiang Yuanshi with wide eyes. Jiang Yuanshi nodded and promised under the other party's urgent eyes, "It's yours. No returns once sold. Okay, you really don't care about other people's opinions at all."
"Who's watching? Let me see!"
Jiang Tang put her hands on her hips and glanced around, and everyone around her looked up at the sky.
"Well, it's a nice day today."
"Your ceiling is nice, too."
Jiang Tang turned back to Jiang Yuan confidently: "Look! There's nothing."
No, we are all deaf and blind.
Dr. Hariri, who was closest to him, put the scalpel on his back back into the tray and said, "Mr. Jiang, although I know that you have a good relationship with the chief, I hope you will not open the chief's lid at will in other places."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Yeah, I know. I opened it this time because everyone knew me."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Hariri said. "Thank you for your help this time. The traitor has been apprehended. From now on, you will be a distinguished guest in the Danger Zone, protected by the two major gangs. If there are any parts you need, please list them and we'll keep an eye out for you."
"Ah, thank you, but may I know how you deal with traitors?"
"Isn't that simple?" said the one-armed, bearded man sitting with his legs apart on the paint bucket sofa. "Of course, we'll gouge out his two artificial eyes and throw him into exile."
Jiang Yuanshi: "That's it?"
"What do you mean by that? Do you know how dangerous it is in the danger zone at night? That guy has lost his eyes, and there's no way he'll get any supplies from now on. It's like letting him die. Isn't that enough? What do you want?"
Jiang Yuanshi blurted out, "I thought you would kill him and hang his body in the garbage dump under surveillance to show it to the guys in the upper city, or dig out his eyes and break his hands and feet at the same time to reduce the risk of him escaping or colluding."
“…………”
silence.
Everyone was silent, staring at Jiang Yuanshi with an indescribable look.
Hariri said politely, "Mr. Jiang, the number of deaths in the downtown area is countless. People die every day, so..."
"So you usually don't do anything unless you can?"
Hariri nodded. Jiang Yuanshi didn't expect that the gangs in the dangerous area were so kind. In comparison, he seemed more like the worst.
Jiang Tang patted Jiang Yuanshi's arm and said, "You killed too quickly. Death is a relief for the betrayer. How could he possibly feel good about it?"
?
Jiang Yuanshi: "Is that so?" Why does it feel like others don't mean that?
Jiang Tang patted himself and said, "That's it. Hariri told me this is the most painful way to die."
Chronic death is indeed painful, but it is obvious that the ideas that Jiang Tang was instilled with are inconsistent with reality. Jiang Yuanshi is very clear that when he said those words, there was disbelief and horror in the eyes of those humans, as if they were looking at a monster.
The monster felt his hair being pulled, and he looked sideways: "Z01, what are you doing?"
Z01 said nothing, but gently tugged at Jiang Yuanshi's hair. Because his makeshift body was too small and light, it was suspended in the air, swinging like a trapeze. "Your hair is stuck in my body."
No wonder, he is Z01, how could he do something that is inconsistent with his character, such as swinging on a swing.
He tried to look down, tilted his head to separate his hair from his oval head, and placed it on the table. Hariri saw this and asked, "Mr. Jiang, excuse me, who is this?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Oh, it was just yesterday when I was holding that head. It was too heavy, so I used the extra materials to make a small robot. It was barely usable."
Hariri: "This one doesn't seem to have facial features."
Jiang Yuanshi: "It's true that there's no complete one, but as long as it has sensory functions, it's fine."
"What do you mean by complete?"
Jiang Yuanshi nodded his oval head, ordering the other party to open his eyes. The outer shell in the center of the oval disappeared like an eyelid, revealing a red eye that was staring directly at Hariri.
Jiang Tang leaned in and tried to sneak up on him and poke him, but after being dodged, he said, "Isn't this the eye of the traitor? Did you pick it up and put it on him?"
"After the fight, you were all picking up your equipment, but he didn't. I thought he probably didn't want it anymore, so he took it away."
Jiang Tang jumped up: "Idiot! Do you know that this guy's eyes are abnormal? Isn't he afraid of being monitored?"
"The Lower City is always under surveillance anyway, so having one more eye won't be a big deal. Look, isn't it quite adorable with this eye on him?" His oval head rested against Jiang Yuanshi's fingers, and he closed his eyes as the other's fingers gently rubbed against his. "By the way, I've modified this one now, and it no longer has the surveillance function, so our actions won't be exposed."
Hariri's screen flashed. "Mr. Jiang, do you know what you're talking about? Transforming the company—something even the company's R&D staff can't do."
The bandaged hand was still rubbing against the oval head from time to time. Jiang Tang said nothing but was angry. She quietly ran over and tried to pull the other person away. The oval head opened its eyes and silently glanced at Jiang Tang, then rubbed against it again.
This immediately made Jiang Tang furious again, but Jiang Tang did not scream like before. Instead, he calmly started a new round of silent competition with the oval head.
Jiang Yuanshi held his chin with one hand as he watched the battle between the two robots. He smiled and said to Hariri, "I can separate the head, so why can't I transform it? Please look carefully, these eyes are not completely red."
A group of people stepped forward lightly, and the oval head on the table blocked the way very calmly. The red eye was different from the artificial eyes made by the company with a code imprinted on the pupil. There was nothing inside, only a deep black.
"This... is definitely not the company's work."
"This is impossible..."
"You...are you really not kidding us?"
That look of looking at a monster appeared again, but this time it was mixed with hope.
"Why would I lie to you? To die faster?" Jiang Yuanshi rubbed his fingers and said, "If you don't believe me, you can find something to try on me, but don't use something too big. I only have one hand right now."
After that, Hariri broke the silence and said: "Please allow us to discuss it."
Jiang Yuanshi waved his hand and let you do as you please.
Except for the candy box, all the gang members gathered in the corner, and somehow no sound could be heard.
However, Jiang Yuanshi didn't care. He just focused on watching the round-based fight whose outcome had already been decided.
It can be seen that Z01 held back this time, probably because he was afraid that Jiang Tang would break down and cry again. In the end, the score was 6 to 5, and Z01 won narrowly.
Jiang Tang panted and said, "I'm improving very quickly. I'll definitely beat you next time!"
The oval head didn't say anything, but just returned to Jiang Yuanshi's hand and lay down. Seeing this, Jiang Tang also ran over and lay down next to Jiang Yuanshi's hand.
The two robots looked up at Jiang Yuanshi.
Jiang Yuanshi: ...
"You guys don't want to fight anymore?"
Jiang Tang nodded and said, "Next time for sure."
The oval head didn't say anything, just blinked.
Jiang Yuanshi said helplessly, "Z01, will you die if you say two more words?"
Z01's oval-headed body continued blinking.
Jiang Tang blinked, then realized what was happening. As she lay there looking at Jiang Yuan, she pointed at the robot beside her and said in disbelief, "Z01? The AI you're not familiar with? Why did you bring him out?"
Jiang Tang excitedly hit Z01's eyes. Z01 refused to give in and closed his eyes, pinching the other person's hand with his eyelids.
"Ah!" Jiang Tang cried out, but since she was the one who started it, she couldn't say much. She just stood up and carefully rubbed against Jiang Yuanshi, begging for comfort pitifully, saying, "Aren't you two on bad terms?"
Jiang Yuanshi pinched Jiang Tang's little mechanical hand with two fingers: "Well... you have to cooperate when necessary."
"Oh~~ I don't believe it." Jiang Tangguo interrupted, "You really think I'm a child, saying that Z01 hates you, but this guy is still clinging to you like crazy, and you're touching him! You two are basically having a secret affair! A secret affair!"
"..." Jiang Yuanshi knocked on Jiang Tang's lid, "Don't use random words."
Jiang Tang hummed. The oval head not far away was still lying there without any reaction, but its open eyes were rolling around, as if it was thinking about something.
It goes without saying that Z01 went to search for translation again.
Jiang Yuanshi tapped the lid of the Jiangtang candy and asked, "You have to lift the lid to eat, right? Didn't your maker give you an external spout?"
Jiang Tang: "No, who knows what that guy was thinking? He probably just made me for fun, then just threw me away and ran away."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Not necessarily. What if he has something important to tell you? After all, you have the most unique chip."
Two horizontal bars appeared on the Jiangtang display: — —
"So what? I'm still a robot, right?" Jiang Tang said with a disappointed tone, "I don't want a unique chip at all. I just don't want to be left behind. I hate being alone."
“…”
"But it's okay now, I found you! A new human!" Jiang Tang adjusted herself and spun in circles holding Jiang Yuanshi's hand.
Jiang Yuanshi sighed and said nothing more.
Not long after, the gang members came back. The only difference was that they brought two children with them, each of whom was missing an eye. The thing stuffed in the missing eye looked very much like the glass beads Jiang Yuanshi had seen in his childhood.
Hariri stood at the front and said, "Mr. Jiang, we apologize for our previous rude suspicion of you. We all choose to trust you and bring our utmost sincerity."
Hariri stepped aside, and the bearded man came up to Jiang Yuanshi with two children. "They are both my children. They are both missing an artificial eye. If possible, please help me. I will do my best to get you whatever you want."
Jiang Yuanshi could never have imagined that such a big project would come up right from the start, and that people would trust him so easily?
"No, don't you guys want to test my strength? What if I'm just bragging and lying to you?"
The burly man took a deep breath and said, "Just lie, honestly. It's not that we're stupid enough to believe it, but the children can't wait any longer. My wife's prosthesis got infected when they gave birth, and so did the babies. We were lucky, but one of their eyes died completely when they were five years old. There aren't many newborns in the downtown area, and there weren't any suitable eyeballs for them to use. We could only stuff toy beads into their eyes to prevent them from shrinking. Now they're six and a half, and the beads aren't big enough, and there's nothing new to pick up, so I decided to take a gamble."
Jiang Yuanshi: "You trust me too much."
The burly man chuckled: "It's all going to end in death anyway, so it's not a bad idea to gamble."
Hariri continued bluntly, "And even if it's a deception, at least your ability to deceive is unheard of in the Lower City. The people in the Danger Zone will do everything they can to find the right materials for you. Regardless of whether you succeed or not, you will always be a distinguished guest in the Danger Zone."
What a heavy burden! Jiang Yuanshi sighed. Hariri thought the other party was dissatisfied and asked Jiang Tang to come over. After mumbling to Jiang Yuanshi for a while, Jiang Tang came back and said, "No matter whether you succeed or not, as long as you ask, you can be our leader! Hello new leader!"
"Hello, new leader!" Jiang Tang responded immediately.
"Stop." Jiang Yuanshi pressed his temples, annoyed by the noise. "I didn't say I wanted to be the boss. Did you give it to me because you didn't want to do it anymore?"
Jiang Tang pointed at her fingers: "No."
Jiang Yuanshi gestured to stop: "I refuse to be the leader or anything like that. We can talk about other things later. Now I have a condition. If you confirm that you want to remove the traitor's artificial eye, please give it to me after you're done, okay?"
The sturdy man was stunned: "Of course, of course, but what are you going to do? That guy can't put his eyes into a child's eyes."
Jiang Yuanshi: "I plan to disassemble it and analyze its components, then try to make a new one. But it will take some time, and I might need your help."
"You want to make a new one?"
"You want to make a new one?"
"What? New?"
For a moment, Jiang Yuanshi finally experienced what it meant for the sound to echo in the empty valley.
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