8192

It wasn't until the cigarette was burned out that the boss suddenly remembered something and said, "Maybe there is still a way."

The reason for 8192's broken leg was hastily confused by "I made it myself".Qiao Yichen didn't believe it.But if a man wants to hide something, he has nothing to do.And what he was about to say now was that maybe Georgia might come back.

Ask him exactly how to do it.The man showed a rare complacency.

"To put it bluntly, the one who fell in love with you is the copy of Ye Junhao who has no memory. Then, just delete its memory again." He said brightly, "Although the memory of the domestic robot can't be retrieved, people are the same. Yes. Treat him as before, there is a great possibility that it will fall in love with you again. As compensation, I can also not install a new emotional prohibition program for it, as long as you don’t take it on the street and don’t cause any trouble, You two can talk about love for as long as you want at home."

What an exciting proposal.

Seeing that Qiao Yichen was still frowning, the boss thought he was worried that robots lacking programs would not be able to pass the inspection.

"Don't worry about that. The NHRA made this rule because it is afraid that robots will kill people because of emotional entanglements. Since you two are in love, I have nothing to worry about." He added, "And the Bureau is not idle yet. A door-to-door surprise inspection for a robot or two."

In this way, all obstacles no longer exist.

So, where did the faint uneasiness in my heart come from?

"Didn't you say that getting too close to a robot will bring misfortune?" Qiao Yichen directly asked the doubts in his heart.

Why, are you trying to match them up now?

Hearing this, the boss was surprised, then smiled wryly and said:

"Things, haven't they already happened..."

It turned out to be the case.

"I advise you to give up now, can you listen?"

"..."

"Don't talk about returns and exchanges, even if I ask you to leave it for a day or two, you won't want it." The boss said helplessly, "Of course I will still advise you if there is a chance. Give up. But things have come to this, I still understand the truth of the lesser of two evils."

He lowered his glasses, and suddenly said seriously: "Remember, if you decide to get along with it, hold it in your palm for the rest of your life. If you can't do it, don't give it hope in the first place."

Qiao Yichen was confused by the father's remark about marrying his daughter.Seeing his confused expression, the boss smiled and said: "This principle is the same for humans and robots."

Regarding the tempting proposal just now, Qiao Yichen only said that he should consider it first.The boss also said that there is no rush, and he can come to him at any time after making a decision.Thinking about nothing else, Qiao Yichen was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by a man with a distressed face.

"I... have one more thing to ask you."

***

On the way home, Qiao Yichen was confused.Not only the matter of 8192, but also the "Liang Jiale" that the boss said was in his mind.

His request was to keep silent about what happened that snowy night.

"It looks like it should have been destroyed by the bureau." The man said with a serious expression, "It can be considered my selfishness, anyway, its days are numbered. I hope it can... spend the rest of the time happily .”

That Lele it, is it about to expire?

"If you want to say, everything is my fault." He looked depressed, "It was the first robot I handled. At that time, our team was young and full of ambition, as if we were nothing. Like the creator of the impossible. So, at that time, I knew that the dead child had a mental illness, but I ignored it."

The man sighs.

"My assistant found out about this problem and reminded me that maybe the replica will show the exact same psychological characteristics as the main body. You know, what I was talking about?"

"..."

"'We are here to build robots, not to treat people.' That's right, I even reprimanded my assistant severely." The man seemed to be laughing at his stupid self when he was young, "I didn't know until later, The dead child committed suicide because he couldn't bear domestic violence. So, we created an exact replica, but let his mother continue to take it home as a punching bag."

Thinking of the young deer-like robot sadly saying sorry to his mother in the snowy night, Qiao Yichen felt extremely oppressed in his chest.

"In the beginning, we haven't developed a robot circulating fluid that is similar to human blood. You know, it's—" Qiao Yichen nodded. "That's why the child's circulating fluid is colorless. In the end, this became the reason for the woman to abuse it. Because she is not human, she can do it without any worries." The man looked down at his palm, "How many times Once, it was sent here in tatters, and not long after it was repaired, it turned into a pile of tatters again."

Did the dilapidated mountain in the yard have traces of it?

"What happened next?" Qiao Yichen asked.

"Later?" The man smiled strangely: "Later its mother went berserk and was killed by its father."

Qiao Yichen couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle.

"Its father should still be serving his sentence." The man's eyes drifted out of the window. "That was ten years ago."

ten years……

Obviously the time is not long enough to erase all the pain.

"Although I managed to repair it, its entire circulatory system has been damaged too badly, and now it needs minor repairs every three to five days. At this rate, it may not survive the next spring..."

Outside the window, the bare branches trembled slightly in the wind.The afterglow of the deserted sunset sprinkled on the store, making people's vision blurred.

"Boy, tell me..." the man murmured, "What exactly is a robot?"

He seems to be asking, but also seems to be talking to himself.

"Like a person, but not a person. Human feelings, but never become a person."

What a sad existence.

"Our biggest mistake is that we know that we can't take up the responsibility of creating human beings, but impatiently use immature technology to try to copy human beings. Those desperate families of the dead, when they heard that their relatives could be resurrected, they threw a lot of money desperately , just to buy a machine that only looks similar."

The man laughed to himself.

"It won't be long before they find out that it simply can't replace the person who died."

That's right, no robot can replace humans no matter how similar they are.

"So they can only be forced to suffer the pain of losing their loved ones again after the short-term hope is shattered. Those innocent children are reprimanded, left out, returned, forced to flash their phones, and even destroyed for such reasons. Some of them choose Bearing it silently, some chose to kill themselves, and some...became murderers."

The man closed his eyes.

"Is it their fault? No, it's all our fault. The price we paid for our stupidity."

"Maybe we just took a small wrong step on the road from robots to anthropomorphism, but these countless misfortunes are sins that can never be erased."

After the man said this sentence like a final judgment, he stretched his expression.

"This project has only been implemented for four short years. After the project leader passed away, all the orders in our hands were hastily put on hold, and finally they were simply stopped by the higher-ups." Looking at the peeling dark yellow wall skin on the roof, he sighed With a voice, "The other 9 people in the group, these years, have died, gone crazy, and some have taken refuge abroad. This is retribution."

Qiao Yichen didn't know what to say.

"Now, there is only the last person left here. I guess I'm almost there too..."

The sudden silence was unbearable.

He looked at himself: "Scared, young man?"

Qiao Yichen shook his head: "Thank you for telling me this."

"Silly boy." The man said with a wry smile, "I'm deliberately trying to win your sympathy, so that you can be willing to keep my mouth shut."

***

Once again promising the boss that he would keep the secret, Qiao Yichen left the second-hand store.Before that, the man asked about 8192's current situation.Qiao Yichen answered truthfully, and heard him say: "I've seen that guy before, and he has a very troublesome temper. If he still dares to behave like this, you can come to me and I'll clean it up for you."

Qiao Yichen declined him with a smile.

Walking on the road, Qiao Yichen kept thinking.Why didn't I simply agree to the boss's proposal?

The hopeless pang of Georgia's departure did not go away.Qiao Yichen just forced himself to accept the reality.To be honest, he doesn't have any nostalgia for the copy personality named Ye Junhao who is beside him now.So, what is the reason?

pity it?

If it heard such words, it would definitely be furious, and then say, "Why would I care about your pity?"

The family members are gone, and the elder brother who admires the most has betrayed him.According to the boss, it must have also received inhuman treatment from other people.So it does have a reason to be pitiful.But, just because of this?

"The person who fell in love with you is a copy of Ye Junhao who has no memory."

Qiao Yichen didn't miss the boss's words.

Does this mean that this person named "Ye Junhao" is Georgia's original appearance.

So, forcibly deleting its memory regardless of its will, is it trampling on its feelings?

Nobody knows the answer.

But apart from appearance, it really has no resemblance to that person.Qiao Yichen couldn't connect it with the well-behaved and painful Georgia in his memory.

The problem seems to be back to the original point.

Just like this, I returned home with a confused mood, and gently opened the door.Just about to turn on the light, Qiao Yichen froze.

When I left in the afternoon, the robot was still occupying my own bed and "slept heavily".But now, it just sat silently on the sofa in the dark living room, with a terribly cold expression.

Taking a deep breath, Qiao Yichen pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Are you awake?"

The living room brightened up.

"Where have you been?" said a low voice.

"Buy dinner." He gave a reason casually.

"Where's the meal?"

Looking at his empty hands, Qiao Yichen said nonsense without guilt: "It's sold out. Let me order takeaway. What do you want?"

"Have you gone to see your father?"

"—!"

Is it telepathic?

"You stink of him."

Qiao Yichen quickly raised his arm and smelled it.No smell?

The robot sneered, and said in a teasing tone: "Why, do you want to ask Dad to teach me together?"

"What are you thinking about?" You continued calmly.

"I'm thinking wildly?" It stood up excitedly and walked in front of itself, "Oh, I don't know what you're thinking? Don't you just want Dad to delete me to make room for your dear little lover? ?!"

It was clearly angry, but there was some sadness in its eyes.

"I'm not going to do this." For some reason, Qiao Yichen said this sentence naturally.

"If you don't prepare now, it doesn't mean you won't do it in the future, right?" The robot gritted its teeth. "You have no reason not to do it, huh? Don't you love it to death and hate me so much? Why are you obedient? Don't want a perfect lover who can do things and warm your bed, but you have to keep me, an eyesore?!"

It made a lot of sense, and Qiao Yichen couldn't refute it at all.

"Hmph, when you see me, you look bitter and bitter, as if I lost your little lover. Yes, yes, it's my fault, I don't look like it, I don't like you, it's all It was my fault!"

What answer does it want from itself?

It's a pity that even Qiao Yichen couldn't figure it out, of course he couldn't answer it.

"Can I just be obedient?" It suddenly lowered its head weakly, "Because you bought me with money, so I can let you do whatever you want. At this time, just say obediently: 'Okay, I understand, master .'Yeah?"

There was a cry at the end of its words, but there was not a single tear in its eyes.

"Obviously this body should be mine! Obviously my brother is my master! Why would I waste time with you here, why should I give up myself for an irrelevant person like you?!"

Qiao Yichen still had no expression on his face.There is a slight pain in the heart seeping in.Of course, these, it will not know.

The robot just looked at the indifferent self unreasonably, and finally rushed out the door as if giving up.

Alas, snow is forecast tonight.

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