The Fourth Calamity

The next day, he sealed the dark circles under his eyes, automatically cleared his mind of the things that had troubled him last night, and then came to the laboratory with a serious attitude to start the experiment.

This experiment is related to their future, so it won't work if you don't take it seriously.

In the laboratory, Verdi and Spana are doing the final inspection, Dongfang Josuke and Jotaro are watching outside the laboratory, ready to rescue the scene at any time.

"You really decided? No regrets?" Spana asked just in case.

"Stop talking nonsense, just come on, I believe in science." Feng Zhu took a deep breath and picked up the arrow.

"Okay, let's start then." Spana began typing on the keyboard, and after he indicated that it was time to start, Feng Zhu took the initiative to summon the Killer Queen, and then put on a special helmet.

"5%...20%...80%"

"The mental fluctuations coincide, and the synchronization begins."

As soon as Spana's words fell, the arrow finally responded, and the arrow tremblingly pointed in the direction of Fengzhu. He closed his eyes tightly, and his heart was filled with strong thoughts.

Be sure to reach the perfect ending!

whoosh-

The golden arrow pierced into Feng Zhu's right hand automatically, and headed under the skin towards the neck. From the outside, it looked like a snake had penetrated into the skin, which was extremely terrifying.

Dongfang Jousuke outside the laboratory gasped subconsciously, rubbed his arms: "Is it really all right?"

"It's okay, it's a normal reaction." Spana's temples were wet with cold sweat, and his green eyes were fixed on the direction of the arrow.

When the arrow finally crawled out from the shoulder, it penetrated Feng Zhu's neck under the nervous gaze of everyone, a lot of blood spattered out, Feng Zhu slowly fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief.

"Jero!!" Dongfang Jousuke was stunned, and when he recovered, he was about to break into the laboratory, but was blocked by a transparent glass wall, "Let me in!"

"Don't be impulsive, he's still alive." Verdi stared closely at Feng Zhu's heart rate.

"The double's data is changing." Spana quickly collected the Killer Queen's data,

After a certain point, the Killer Queen is suddenly holding her head and looking in pain.The pink skin on his body was rapidly drying and cracking, peeling off, revealing the metallic gray tattoos underneath.

Finally the final transformation is complete, and a brand new killer queen is born from the old shell.

Compared with before, the decorations on the new killer queen, such as the belt and the skull on the glove, have become a metallic gray timepiece.

"Success?"

Spana rubbed his eyes, and opened the door of the laboratory without hesitation. Jotaro and Dongfang Jousuke rushed in immediately. Dongfang Jousuke nervously supported Feng Zhu's body: "Jero, are you okay?"

There was no movement, Dongfang Jousuke had already activated the ability of Crazy Diamond, but it had no effect.

"Hey, what's going on now? Why didn't Gero wake up?" He shouted anxiously at Spana.

"Strange, it should have been successful." Spana returned to the computer, "The heart rate is normal, the evolution of the double has been completed, and the wounds have all healed. There is no reason why I can't wake up."

Jotaro also came over, keenly noticing that the person in Dongfang Jousuke's arms seemed to have moved his eyes: "Josuke, he's about to wake up."

"Really? Great."

"No, stay away first." Jotaro didn't relax his vigilance because of this, on the contrary he even called out his substitute, because he wasn't sure whether it was Jero or Yoshikage Kira who woke up.

Under everyone's attention, Feng Zhu's eyelids moved, and then slowly opened, revealing the sharp green eyes inside.

Seeing the vigilance of the people around him, Feng Zhu froze for a moment, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's me, the side effects of Yoshikage Kira have completely disappeared."

"Do you remember our research project?" Spana asked.

"You mean mechanical life? Different world technology or the battle suit series I cooperated with you?"

"Do you remember what you promised me?" Verdy asked.

"Of course, completely lift the curse of the Rainbow Son."

Dongfang Jousuke thought for a while, and interjected, "Then what about my relationship with you?"

Feng Zhu looked at him, this time his gaze was a bit complicated, Dongfang Jousuke was actually a little nervous under his gaze: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Feng Zhu turned his head away and pursed his lips, "We are friends forever."

Dongfang Jousuke was stunned for a moment, and then gave a big smile: "Oh!"

"So it's a success." Spana breathed a sigh of relief, "Have any new abilities been derived?"

"Ah, of course." There was a smile on the corner of Feng Zhu's mouth, "Even if the statistics of the Killer Queen are not accurately measured, they have increased a lot compared to before. I can feel that it belongs to me now, and I am keeping it On the basis of the first two abilities, a third ability has emerged."

"I've seen the end."

Everyone was quite curious, but seeing that Feng Zhu didn't plan to reveal the ability of the substitute, they didn't ask.

Substitute ability is a very important secret for everyone, and it is quite rude to force others to reveal their substitute ability, just like taking off their underwear. .

However, for Dongfang Jousuke and others, they felt a little strange, because since the double evolution, Feng Zhu seems to be busier, dragging Verdi to do something in the laboratory every day, not even eating, After listening to Hong Hou, they said that they are working on an urgent project, using nutrient solution to make up one meal every day.

As if being chased by something.

Because of their influence, Spana showed up less and less time, and spent more time in the laboratory improving his Mosca series of combat robots.

This made Higashika Josuke and Hirose Koichi, the only idlers, feel very uncomfortable.

"Jero and the others seem to be very busy, shouldn't it be better if we don't disturb them?" On the way to Pandora Company the next day, Hirose Koichi and Dongfang Jousuke chatted.

"You said that, it seems to be yes, and Gero's problem has been solved. Jotaro is gone after he went to find Mr. Polnareff. Why don't we go to other places in Italy? I haven't been there yet. I’ve traveled to Italy.” Higashika Josuke said.

"Oh, that's a good idea, then let's tell Jie Luo and the others, and we will go to other places starting tomorrow." Hirose Yasushi said expectantly.

Just as they were about to pass by the bank, a little girl was curiously trying to say hello to the guard robot at the door, but the guard robot ignored it, so the little girl touched the robot's cold arm.

The mutation happened at this moment.

The eyes of the guard robot suddenly lit up red, and the gun in his hand slowly raised, aiming at the little girl.

This thrilling scene happened to be seen by Dongfang Jousuke, and he immediately shouted: "Be careful!" Damn, the range of his crazy diamond is too short.

"echo!"

The green stand-in invisible to ordinary people rushed out of Koichi Hirose's body, dragging the little girl to the ground at the critical moment, but was shot in the arm.

"Be careful, Koichi, it's not over yet!" Dongfang Jousuke reminded.

Koichi Hirose covered his arms and looked over, only to see that the robot had no tendency to stop attacking, and the gun aimed again at the little girl who was blocked by the echo.

"echo!"

The green stand-in for "shit" made an internationally accepted gesture, and used the ability with both hands facing the robot, "3freeze!"

The robot was immediately suppressed by gravity, unable to move at all, Higashikata Jousuke was able to arrive, hit the robot with crazy diamonds a few times, and reorganized it into a metal ball.

The threat disappeared, and the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dongfang Jousuke quickly healed Koichi's wound with a stand-in, and then looked at the child who was well protected by him: "Are you okay?"

"Wow, wow, I want my mother!" The little girl recovered from the accident just now, crying and threw herself into the arms of the woman who had just come out of the bank.

The woman also witnessed this scene in the bank just now, her face turned pale with fright, but she held the little girl in her arms to comfort her with a mother's instinct.

"What happened? Why did the robot attack a little girl?" Higashikado Jousuke looked around the sphere wonderingly.

"Wait, Josuke, look here, isn't this logo a robot produced by Pandora?" Koichi Hirose suddenly saw something, pointed at the robot and said to Dongfang Josuke.

"Nani?" Dongfang Jousuke leaned over, and sure enough, he saw the logo of Pandora.

The two of them looked at each other and stood up. At this time, the passers-by surrounded them. Although they couldn't see the substitute and didn't know why the robot became like that, the scene of the robot attacking the little girl was clearly seen. Clearly.

More and more people gathered around, taking pictures or whispering. At this time, even Josuke Higashika realized something, and consciously dispersed the crowd: "Okay, don't look at it, there is nothing to see."

Koichi Hirose frowned, still thinking about why robots would attack humans, when he looked up, he accidentally saw a young man with white hair and tattoos coming out of the bank, his slightly raised eyes were naturally cold And joking, glanced at the scene, pushed through the crowd and left.

I don't know why, even though he doesn't know this person, Kang Yi has an ominous premonition.

Bai Lan walked out of the crowd, and murmured in a low voice: "Josuke Higashika and Koichi Hirose, um... Speaking of which, Jousuke Higashika's stand-in ability is very troublesome. I'd better kick him out sometime."

He slightly raised his head and looked at the sky. The weather in Italy today is cloudy, with no sun shining through the clouds.

In the last round, the climax has already appeared, how should you take the move?

On the Internet, thanks to the convenience of the modern Internet, the video of the robot attacking the little girl went viral in less than two hours, especially when it was revealed that the guard robot was a new product of the Pandora company a few months ago. It added fuel to the quarrel on the Internet.

You must know that Pandora's products have always been famous for their high technology and convenience, and this is the first time such a major accident has occurred.

People who watched the video were outraged.

Pandora's guard robot is a product that has long been widely recognized in various fields. That is to say, not only banks, but also many high-end communities and companies have used this guard robot to replace manual security.

I thought, if these robots also lose control, who will be the next time the gun is aimed at?

Many conspiracy theories, denunciations, and voices demanding an apology instantly flooded the comment section of the website.For a while, Pandora was attacked and condemned again.

And at this juncture, news of a certain research project was quietly leaked on the Internet, causing an uproar among netizens.

"Mechanical Life"

Give the robot a real life and soul.

Now it's all over the Internet.

There have never been many modern sci-fi disaster movies. Almost anyone who can surf the Internet will memorize the routine of robots deciding to kill humans after they have evolved to a certain level.

Reminiscent of the accident of the robot attacking the little girl, without even fanning the flames, many netizens made up a series of conspiracies by themselves. Now the public opinion on the Internet is completely tilted in a direction that is not good for Pandora, even those who spoke for Pandora at the beginning The sound also faded away.

Public opinion on the Internet is intensifying.

Several people associated with Feng Zhu immediately rushed to Pandora's headquarters to inquire about it.

They were greeted by Spana, the mechanic still in his green jumpsuit, sighing:

"It's the worst-case scenario where the experimental project got leaked."

As soon as these words came out, Josuke Higashika and others, who were not aware of the existence of the experimental project, frowned: "Jero... are you really researching things like giving life to robots?"

"Ah, it doesn't make sense to hide things now." Spana looked at their expressions, "You don't think robots will pose a threat to humans, do you?"

Although Dongfang Jousuke and the others didn't speak, their expressions clearly showed that they had read those remarks on the Internet.

Spana sighed: "Forget it, people in non-scientific fields often have such misunderstandings, but you don't have to worry, both me and Pandora will implant the three rules of robots as the core code in the robot's brain, so that even They have intelligence and are not a threat to humans."

Koichi Hirose was noncommittal, but said: "But those people won't believe it. After all, the incident of the robot attacking the little girl has actually happened, and we are the first witnesses."

Dongfang Jousuke nodded, his expression tensed: "Yes, I hope to get an explanation."

Spana glanced at him, not angry under suspicion, and patiently explained: "At noon today, the Red Queen sent me a message that a program of a guard robot was hacked and tampered with, Pandora is not here, I Immediately sent Mosca to take back the robot, but it was still a step too late, if you don’t believe me, you can look at the record of the Red Queen.”

"Has it been tampered with?" Dongfang Jousuke frowned, realizing that something was wrong, "Indeed, the timing is too coincidental. As soon as this incident broke out, your research project was suddenly exposed."

"You mean, someone is targeting Jie Luo and them?" Koichi Hirose also quickly reacted.

"It's possible." Dongfang Jousuke asked, "Where is Jero now?"

"Still doing research in the lab with Verdi."

"Why are you still researching at this hour?" Jousuke immediately stood up and went to the door of the laboratory.

Through the transparent glass wall, one could see what Feng Zhu was discussing with Verdi. The two looked focused, unaffected by the outside world at all.

"Jero, did you hear that? Jero, come out quickly, let's discuss a solution!"

Spana reminded: "It's useless, the laboratory materials are specially made, and the sound from the outside cannot be heard inside."

When are you still researching?

Dongfang Jousuke was a little annoyed, so he simply called out his crazy diamond, trying to destroy the door of this laboratory.

However, at this moment, Feng Zhu raised his head and looked in the direction of Jousuke. He was overjoyed and tried to gesticulate and say something. The next moment he saw Feng Zhu press a button, and the whole outside of the laboratory pulled up a black The curtain blocks the view.

Dongfang Josuke: ...

"Calm down Jousuke!" Hirose Yasuke hurriedly hugged Jousuke's waist to prevent him from doing stupid things, such as letting the crazy drill smash the door of the laboratory or something.

"There's an old saying in the East, the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, I can feel it now." After calming down, Jousuke sat on the sofa sullenly, and couldn't help complaining to Spana who was drinking tea calmly Said, "Are you really not in a hurry, the wind direction of the Internet is not very good now."

"It's useless to be anxious, we can't stop Yoyo." Spana looked down at the teacup, "And Pandora won't just sit back and watch the situation get worse, because this company is his painstaking effort."

Hearing this, Jousuke's inner anxiety eased a little: "That's right, maybe he is researching black technology to survive the crisis or something, he has always been like this."

At this time, the phone rang, and Spana took out the phone: "Hello?"

"You're that Kujo Jotaro, right, well, I have a little impression."

Dongfang Josuke moved his ears and raised his head: "Mr. Jotaro?"

Spana glanced at him and nodded: "Want to talk to Pandora? I'm sorry he's busy in the lab right now, um, then I'll call Jousuke."

Josuke quickly answered the phone: "Mr. Jotaro?"

"Jousuke, what's going on with you guys," Jotaro asked, "I read the news, but I can't reach Gero, what happened?"

"Uh, Gero seems to be doing some important research right now. As for this matter, it is complicated to explain. The timing is too coincidental. There may be some conspiracy behind it. Anyway, I believe in Gero. Where are you, Mr. Jotaro?"

"We got the arrow here very smoothly, and now we have joined Giorno and the others mentioned by Gero, but we haven't seen the enthusiastic boss, and we are now looking for his trace." Jotaro briefly explained them The situation over there, "We still need to delay here for a while, and we will talk about Jie Luo's matter when we come back."

"Ok, I see."

Hanging up the phone, Dongfang Jousuke sighed: "What should we do now?"

"Just do what you want," Spana said with a big heart, "Do you want to go back to Japan first for safety's sake?"

"No! We are here to help Jie Luo." The two expressed their views immediately.

"I think so. For safety's sake, you should live here first. The security level of Pandora's headquarters is very high. Even if the army comes, they will not be able to break into this place. You can rest here with peace of mind."

Is it too exaggerated for the army and the army?

Dongfang Jousuke was stunned for a moment, thinking it was just an exaggeration, so he didn't take it seriously.

He didn't know that Spana was really not exaggerating until he used it later...

A day has passed.

Pandora still has no sign of clarifying this matter, and has always remained silent. The official has not denied the authenticity of the mechanical life project. This silent attitude angered most neutral netizens.

The public opinion on the Internet not only did not stop, but intensified, and many people even volunteered on the government's official website, demanding a thorough investigation of Pandora's internal affairs, firmly believing that this black technology company must have some ulterior conspiracy, such as letting robots rule humans What.

This kind of conspiracy theory has really convinced many netizens, and even many people believe in the absurd rumors that Pandora was actually sent by aliens to rule the earth.

More and more people began to carry out Western classic programs on the streets - demonstrations, including but not limited to the vicinity of Pandora, police stations, city halls, etc.

Pandora has temporarily closed its business. This is a move for the safety of employees. Now only robots are managing the company.

Dongfang Jousuke stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Pandora Building and looked at the dense crowd below, feeling dizzy.

What made him even more dizzy was that Jie Luo hadn't left the laboratory yet, as if he didn't intend to care about it at all.

At this time, the three-dimensional projection of the Red Queen suddenly appeared, notifying Spana: "People from the government have come downstairs, and they want to take Mr. away for investigation."

Under the pressure of the people, the government finally acted.

Dongfang Jousuke and the others were stunned, and they didn't expect the matter to go to this point so soon.

"But you don't have to worry, sir is already prepared." The Red Queen continued.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't say half of what you said, it's scary to death."

Josuke was a little puzzled: "Then Jero is going to go with the government people now?"

"No." Feng Zhu finally came out of the laboratory, tapped his watch, and covered his body with armor again, "I'm going to run, I wish everyone good luck."

Dongfang Jousuke and others: "... Huh?"

"Oh, by the way, let me remind you." Feng Zhu said as he walked up to the rooftop, "The government is no longer reliable. Bailan has deployed manpower inside. Don't trust them too much. You should contact Peng Lie immediately after I leave. , asking for their protection."

Spana was a little confused: "Why does it sound like you are telling the funeral?"

"Maybe I really am?" Feng Zhu chuckled, stopped suddenly, stared at Spana and Dongfang Josuke with complicated eyes, "Josuke, actually I hope you can go back to Japan and don't get involved in this turmoil , but even if I say that, you won’t listen.”

"Spanna, it will probably take a while for you to work hard."

"Also, say sorry to Giorno and me."

"Hey," even Dongsuke Jousuke had a bad premonition, his voice trembling, "Where are you going? Don't you stay here? Let's catch the real culprit together and tell the public that they are wrong. Your robot didn't any problem."

There was a wry smile on the corner of Feng Zhu's mouth: "Josuke, what the public wants to see is no longer the truth. What they fear is electronic panic itself. This topic has existed since the concept of artificial intelligence came into being. No one can eliminate human's fear. Fear of the unknown."

Cyberpunk, Cthulhu, Gothic, many human subcultures stem from fear.

Fear of the development of science and technology, the unknown, and the human heart.

This time, Bai Lan cleverly used the fear in people's hearts, because once people are afraid, they will do irrational things.

At this time, what they want to see is not the truth, but to eliminate the source of fear.

In other words, there is no point in throwing out the truth now, because the focus is no longer on the robot wounding incident, but on the mechanical life that was announced later.

Spana was right that the plan had come to light at the worst possible time.

Feng Zhu couldn't refute it either, because he was indeed researching the content of this aspect, and it is estimated that Bai Lan was right on this point.

It was a bloodless knife, and Bai Lan handed it to the panicked people, and even drove Feng Zhu to a dead end without using his own hands.

The trajectory of Feng Zhu's departure drew a white trace in the sky, and he deliberately flew around at a low altitude to make sure that everyone below could see his departure. Forgot who praised the convenience of Pandora technology before.

Dongfang Jousuke watched him leave silently, full of confusion about the way forward.