The Happy Life of Robot Al

After Al woke up, what he saw was the heavy rain falling from the sky, which hit the ground to form a mist, and there were mountains of garbage piled up all around, all of which were discarded metals.Not far away, the body of a dilapidated robot flashed electric current because it was stained with rainwater. The signal on the light screen was intermittent, and then went out, and the electric current on the body also disappeared. Al knew that this meant that the robot had completely died. Scrapped.

Soon, he will become like that too.

Al looked at his legs that were in contact with the rain, and occasionally electric sparks flashed at the broken joints, moving, and Al found that he could no longer control his legs.

Occasionally there are junk ships in the sky dropping other junk, from robots to home appliances and even scrapped spaceship parts.

This garbage dump is like a machine grave, except for the sound of rain, the silence is terrifying.

Al looked up at the oilcloth above his head. He tried hard to lean out to look at the sky, and tried to move his body with his hands, because his legs couldn't move. Al looked, stretched out his hands and pulled his legs down , The blood-like copper-colored liquid flowed out from the crack and gathered in the water channel washed out by the rain on the ground.

Al relied on his hands to support himself and tried to crawl out, and electric sparks flashed at the wrist joints, which indicated that his hands were about to break.

Al knew that he was about to be scrapped.

Shouldn't that be the case, like other robots, they are manufactured to serve humans, and finally recycled and scrapped.

Finally, Al finally climbed out of the area covered by the oilcloth with the strength of his hands. The rain hit his body violently, washing away the dust and oil stains on his body, and his blond hair was wet by the rain and fell to the ground, revealing a A fair and handsome side face.

Yes, only half of Al's face is still covered with skin.The skin covering the left eye has fallen off, and the eyeball is also broken, exposing the metal structure inside. Compared with the terrifying left eye, Al's right eye is just like that, looking at the rain falling from the sky, light blue Her eyeballs are as clear and beautiful as the clear sky. Under the high bridge of the nose, the red lips are slightly raised, revealing a beautiful smile. The long golden hair that should have been spread on the ground is mixed with muddy water and oil.

It's about to be scrapped...

Al looked at the rain, and more and more snowflakes appeared in front of his eyes.

He stretched out his hand, took out a blue gemstone of the same color as the eyeball from the tattered pocket of his clothes, held it tightly and put it on his chest.

Just shut down and end your last life.

Eru thought so, and then closed his only remaining right eye.

"Hello."

"Suddenly, the rain that slapped on his face disappeared, and then a voice full of childlike innocence came from beside him. Al opened his eyes and saw the boy holding a small red umbrella looking at him.

The boy's eyes were full of worry.

"Hello."

Al smiled slightly, and greeted gently like a human being according to the robot law, but the voice that should have been full of magnetism was now mixed with harsh electric sounds.

"Does it hurt?"

The boy squatted down and stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch the place where the skin on Al's face fell off, but he stopped his hand in the air as if afraid of his pain.

The boy's umbrella was small, but he tried hard to use it to cover the rain above Al's head, but his own back was soaked by the rain.

"No pain, where is your guardian?"

Al asked, according to the laws of the Federal Galaxy, minors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by adult humans or nanny robots to go out, Al scanned the boy's face, and then prepared to use his last bit of energy to contact the minor Conservation Center.

"Don't!" As if guessing Al's actions, the boy quickly put his hand on his face, "Ah, I'm sorry, does it hurt?"

Al stopped communicating, so he stared blankly at the boy, as if he wanted to know why the boy stopped him.

"I live nearby, my mother is broken, so I came to find parts, please don't tell others, or I will be taken away, my mother is too old, and she will die alone if I leave. "

The boy seemed a little excited, and then looked worriedly at Al's face, which was accidentally photographed by him, and more skin fell off.

Regarding the boy's words, Al felt short-circuited for a moment. He couldn't understand these words. This should not be the description of human beings to their parents.

"are you alone?"

The boy approached Al while carefully inspecting Al's broken left eye, and asked.

"Well, I'm an abandoned robot."

"But aren't you dead yet?"

The boy was a little curious, and then looked around. There were many abandoned robots around, but everyone had already "dead".

"Well, I'm dying."

Al imitated the boy's description, he knew that what the boy said "dead" meant being scrapped.

"Does your family not want you?"

The boy continued to inquire. Al didn't quite understand the meaning of family. Robots don't have family like humans. Even if they are manufactured by the same model, they are not brothers and sisters.

"I have no family."

"Is that so..." the boy was thinking, squinting his eyes at Al, "I'll take you home, I'll be your family from now on."

Before Al could react, the boy walked around Al, dropped the umbrella in his hand, and stretched out his hand to try to drag Al's body.

"Wow, you are so heavy."

The boy exerted all his strength, his little face flushed, and then Al was dragged, which shocked Al a little, thinking in his processor, this boy's strength is really great.

In order to lighten the burden on the boy, Al lifted the umbrella that had been thrown aside with one hand, and moved it with the other hand, and then the two of them cooperated to put Alto onto the small trailer beside him. Al saw that there were some umbrellas inside. A mess of parts, this is a machine trailer used by children to hold toys. Although it is very old, it is a high-end model.

Then, Al saw the boy walking over with difficulty dragging the legs that had been pulled off by him, and the legs were also placed beside Al, looking at the legs lying next to him so closely, Al's The processor seems to be running out of steam.

"You won't feel bad if I cover you with an oilcloth?"

The boy asked with an oilcloth in his hand.

"will not."

"Well, then I'll cover it up, it will be a bit dark, if you're scared, just chat with me."

The boy said, and then covered it with the small trailer of the tarpaulin, and the darkness covered Al's vision. With the crackling of the rain hitting the tarpaulin, Al used up the last bit of energy.

The boy sat in the small trailer holding an umbrella and pressed the button with a smile on his face, and then the small trailer began to move slowly.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the small red umbrella moved slowly in the garbage dump, and then gradually disappeared into the rain and mist.

"Hello."

When he woke up again, a gentle female voice sounded beside his ears.

"Hi." Al replied politely.

"Mom, is he awake?"

Immediately after was the familiar boy's voice, Al restored his imaging system, and then saw two people standing in front of him, wearing only shorts and wet hair, staring at him with big eyes and a boy with a gentle smile in his hand. A woman wiping a boy's hair with a towel.

"If you wake up, it means you're fine, right?"

"Let's show Grandpa George when the rain stops."

"Well, Mom wants to show Grandpa George too."

With a smile on his face, the boy let the woman brush his hair with enjoyment.

For a moment, Al felt that he was a little short-circuited, and he didn't quite understand the state in front of him.

"Hi, I'm Zara."

After dressing the boy, the woman introduced him again in a gentle voice.

"I'm Xi Luo."

The boy also leaned in front of him and spoke in a cheerful voice.

"Hi, I'm Al."

Say his name according to the etiquette, and then Al saw the eyes of the woman named Zela shine. He knew that it was a way for robots to remember names, but it was already a very old technology.

"When you shut down, we did some simple processing for you and replaced the energy tank for you."

"I replaced the energy tank. It's very beautiful."

The boy named Xi Luo said as if claiming credit, while Zela rubbed his hair gently.

The voice of the female robot is very gentle, and the smile is very sweet, with the love of a human mother, Al knows that this is the setting of a nanny robot that used to take care of young children.

He has some things that he can't understand. Why Xi Luo would call the nanny robot in front of him his mother, and he has already scanned the house, and there are no other adult humans except the boy. Such a situation in the federal galaxy in is illegal.

"I am Xi Luo's nanny robot. Because Xi Luo's parents' spaceship crashed, I took the newborn him to an emergency landing on this planet in an escape pod."

As if seeing Al's incomprehension, Zera explained.

"According to federal law, a nanny robot cannot raise a human alone."

Al still can't understand, shouldn't minors without parents be raised by a minor protection center?

"Xi Luo doesn't want to leave mom..."

The smile on Xi Luo's face disappeared, showing a sad expression, hugged Zela's leg, and whispered.

Al didn't know why the nanny robot in front of him violated the laws of robots but was safe. The old model nanny robot like Zela was no longer visible.The nanny robot in the shape of a human was once popular, but it caused all kinds of troubles. In the end, the nanny robot returned to the shape of metal, so Al didn't know much about Zela's structure and system.

"Will Xi Luo be taken away?"

Seeing Al's silence, Xi Luo raised her head and looked at Zela with a sad face, her eyes showed worry, and her arms hugging Zela's thigh tightened even more.

"No, if someone wants to take Xi Luo away, mother will beat them all away."

"What if mom can't beat it?"

Xi Luo grabbed Zela's left hand, and Al found that Zela's left hand was different from other parts, as if it was a part picked up by a boy with him just now.

"It doesn't matter, if you can't beat mom, you can run away with Xi Luo."

...Hey, this is not what the nanny robot should say.

Al almost froze listening to such a conversation, yes, his processor seemed to be running low again.

"What about Al?"

Xi Luo looked at herself with big eyes full of innocence.

"Ai Er is a bad boy if he doesn't obey, and a bad boy will be punished, so let the people in the protection center take him away."

Zela continued speaking with a very gentle voice. Xi Luo glanced at her, but saw threats in her eyes. A robot's eyes were actually threatening, which surprised Al a little. He didn't think, like Will an old robot like Zela behave like this, or is it a mistake?

Al went on to re-scan the Zera again, no errors, very old and now obsolete model.

"Xi Luo doesn't want Al to be taken away, it's already very pitiful for Al to be lost."

Xi Luo suddenly held Al's hand, the warm and soft little hand made Al feel very comfortable.

It was the first time Al felt such a feeling of restraint that could almost paralyze the processor.

"I'm not going to report it to the conservation center."

As Al spoke, he saw smiles on the faces of Zela and Xi Luo.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

Xi Luo touched her stomach, as if she finally relaxed and felt hungry after knowing that she would not be taken away.

"Let Al take a good rest, Al must be very tired."

"Well, take a good rest Al, Grandpa George will come to see you tomorrow."

Xi Luo tiptoed and touched Al's head, then took Zela's hand and the two walked out of the room.

The door was closed, and it was quiet for a moment. Al looked around, looking at the old but very warm house.The light blue floral curtains blocked the street lights outside the house, a few potted plants were placed on the window sill, and the wooden furniture was very simple.

Al had never seen a room like this before.

Al lowered his head and looked at himself, the energy charging cable was connected to his body, and the replaced energy tank lay quietly beside him, together with his legs.The oil on his body was also scrubbed clean. Although the skin was damaged in many places, Al felt very comfortable.

Al wanted to stay here. Compared to the cold dump, Al felt much more comfortable here.

Thinking of this, Eru turned off the power.