8192

The sound of rain hitting the glass, crackling.Qiao Yichen didn't know if he was asleep or awake.Many surreal images appeared in front of him, making Qiao Yichen feel that it was impossible for him to be awake.8192 lying in a pool of blood, Pang Huan laughing like a witch, a dining table full of snakes, scorpions and rats, a strong man with a skull necklace...Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in my ears:

Remember, don't treat it like a human being.

Why is this sentence so familiar?Who said it?

Qiao Yichen thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.Suddenly, the chicken leg that had just been eaten a few bites on the plate in front of him turned into a bloody half mechanical head.

"Crack!" With a thunderclap, Qiao Yichen suddenly woke up from the illusion.He was covered in sweat, and his temples ached like knives.It was dark.What made him realize that he was awake was the familiar smell of dust and the rustling of rain in his ears.

The thunder just now was louder than what he had heard before, and until now Qiao Yichen still felt palpitations.I don't know if this palpitation is caused by the thunder, or because of——

8192!

Qiao Yichen suddenly recovered.He jumped up, but got caught in something and fell into a solid dog chewing mud.After groping in the dark for a long time, he finally understood his current situation.

His hands and feet were bound and his mouth was taped.The eyes don't seem to be covered.After adapting to the darkness for a while, he blinked vigorously around.This room has no windows, no lights, and the dark shadow around him kicks up, stiff.Here, it seems to be an underground warehouse.

Underground... is that woman nearby?Did Qiao Yichen make a scene just now? They were afraid of attracting other people, so they knocked him out and threw him next door.So what about 8192 now?Qiao Yichen did not hear the frightening sound of metal knocking.Did it escape?Or...was that woman already succeeded?

Thinking of this, Qiao Yichen felt dizzy again.He shook his head, trying to shake himself off his vulnerable feelings.Now is not the time to back down, 8192 is still waiting for him.He is its lover and its master, and it is his responsibility to protect it.

First of all, what I should do is to find a way to untie the rope on my body.

Qiao Yichen began to look for the sharp objects around him, and after a few dawdlings, there was a "squeak" from the door.

Qiao Yichen stopped immediately, held his breath, and paid attention to the movement at the door.

There was the sound of rubbing hard objects on the floor, and there was a small "Xiao Chen——".

Qiao Yichen was trembling with excitement, but his mouth was sealed with tape when he wanted to speak.He stabilized his violent heartbeat, and asked in a similar tone: "@#￥%*&? (Junhao, is that you?)"

The sound of rubbing the floor slowly approached, Qiao Yichen tried hard to see what it looked like in the dark, but failed.

The rope on the wrist was loosened, and the foot was gradually able to move.Qiao Yichen tore off the tape on his mouth, trying to grab 8192 but in vain.

?

It ducked back.

Qiao Yichen didn't give up, and tried his best to grab a handful.Suddenly, he froze.

Something sharp stung his hand.

Qiao Yichen took a step forward and hugged the thing tightly in his arms.In an instant, hot tears gushed out of his eyes.

His arms, chest, neck, and side face were all painfully pierced by sharp metal.

There is no complete piece of skin on its body.

Ignoring its resistance and continuing to grope, Qiao Yichen found that its arms and legs were gone, and only half of its head was left.The current 8192 is more like a broken machine than a robot.

No matter how tightly you hug it, the pain from your body can't relieve the sharp pain in your heart.Qiao Yichen gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying, he was afraid that his movements would attract those people.At this time, 8192 kept comforting him in his ear.

"I'm fine, really." The group of machines said, "I'm not human, and I'm not as sensitive to pain as human beings." This familiar set of words made Qiao Yichen smile bitterly.

"You have to believe that since daddy can make me, he will be able to fix me. It was much more serious than this before. After he repaired it, you still can't see it?" It wanted to wipe Qiao Yichen's tears, and thought about it I still want to put down half of the metal arm.

There was no pain in its words, but Qiao Yichen knew that it wasn't that it couldn't feel it.

"This child is just more patient..."

Whoever made it, once said so.

"Xiaochen, time is running out, calm down and listen to me—" The machine in his arms suddenly became serious.

Qiao Yichen wiped away tears.

"I ran out while there was a power outage." Lightning probably broke the wire, it said. "The backup power supply of this house will be automatically switched on in 10 minutes, so we are short on time." Qiao Yichen listened attentively to each word. "This is a storage room in the semi-basement. There should be a very narrow window near the ceiling. Adults can barely pass through. When I was young, I used to sneak out here to play, so my dad blocked it later. You Look for it, it should be nailed up with wooden boards. You can find it by prying it open with something.”

Qiao Yichen's mind was spinning desperately.The boarded up windows, and then?

"When you get out, remember the French window we came in? Find where the French window is, and go back the way you came. Follow the river, through the woods, and you'll see a bridge. There's a road on the bridge. Follow that If you walk in any direction of this highway, there will be a bus stop. Before the last bus arrives, drive to the city quickly, then call the police, and come to rescue me.”

French windows, rivers, trees, bridges, roads, buses, city, police—

"Come save me again"?

A terrible idea appeared in Qiao Yichen's mind.

"Aren't you going?" He trembled uncontrollably.

"I'm too heavy, you can't lift it." 8192 replied with pretended ease. "Not to mention lifting it to the ceiling, time is running out, hurry up—"

"Do you want me to leave you alone?!" Qiao Yichen lost his voice.

"No, it's not. Listen to me." 8192 quickly explained, "They seem to be looking for something from me, not deliberately destroying me." Seeing that Qiao Yichen didn't believe it, it continued, "The design of the robot It is very mature, we have a lot of emergency protection devices, it will not be broken so easily, believe me. Time is running out now, if you insist on taking me, none of us can escape. You go to the police first. I don’t care No matter what happens, my dad will fix me up. Trust me, trust dad's craftsmanship, okay?"

Now, there are two choices before Qiao Yichen.

One, is to listen to it, just like when I met Ye's nanny at the back of the supermarket that day.

The other is for the two to stay together.Not knowing what awaits them.

Qiao Yichen thought it was right intellectually, but emotionally, he felt for no reason that if he just left like this, he would never see it again.

An unknown emotion welled up in my heart.Qiao Yichen hugged the machine tightly, choked up and said, "8192, I love you."

8192 was taken aback, and Qiao Yichen was also surprised why he said this at such a time.This kind of farewell is too unlucky.But Qiao Yichen couldn't stop, overflowing emotions poured out with words.

"Not anyone's shadow, nor anyone's copy, 8192, I like you, I only like you."

Not knowing where its ears were, Qiao Yichen just tried to put his face close to it, saying he liked it over and over again.Gradually, he felt that the machine in his arms was trembling slightly.

"You...too cunning..." Its voice was also trembling, "I am like this, even if I want to do something to you... there is nothing I can do..."

Qiao Yichen broke into a smile, put his forehead against it, and said in a low voice: "When you fix it... I will listen to you whatever you want."

He has already made a decision in his heart.

Qiao Yichen was ready to take a gamble.

If there was a way for the two of them to be happy together, he didn't want to give up any hope.

He decided to trust 8192.

Time is limited, so don't delay.Qiao Yichen began to grope for the debris piled up around him, trying to climb up to the ceiling. In the dark, relying on past memories, 8192 deduced the location of the window that was sealed by wooden boards, and then pulled out a relatively thick strip of metal from his severed arm, and asked Qiao Yichen to pry the window.Qiao Yichen held back the pain in his heart and took it, prying the board open in twos and twos.The rain outside hadn't stopped yet, Qiao Yichen thought about it, but still couldn't bear it, and went down to the ground again, wanting to drag 8192 up.

8192 was right, Qiao Yichen couldn't drag it at all, especially on the slope where debris piled up.At first, Qiao Yichen gritted his teeth and was full of hope. When it rolled down from the pile of debris for the third time, Qiao Yichen finally couldn't help but shed unwilling tears.

"Xiaochen, please, please leave!" There was already movement at the end of the corridor, and it was not known whether the power supply had been restored.If this continues, both of them will be caught.With my physique, I can't beat those strong men at all.Reason told him that he should go.Escape first before coming back to save it.

The sound at the end of the corridor was getting closer and closer. Qiao Yichen hid 8192 with sundries in a panic, and then crawled to the window.Open the window, and the cold rain beats on the face.Behind him, the door of the storage room was knocked open, and Pang Huan's sharp voice came from outside the door.Qiao Yichen became cruel, bit the bullet and climbed out of the window.

It was raining heavily outside the house, and Qiao Yichen didn't dare to stop, so he ran wildly.Floor-to-ceiling windows, groves.The mind that was about to go on strike intermittently recalled 8192's words, and stumbled aimlessly.When he came back to his senses, he was already in the woods.This is where?By the way, the river, the river when we came.Fortunately, the river is not far away, but which side is the direction of escape?Qiao Yichen lost his way.His heart was beating violently, and if he made a mistake, all the sacrifices made by 8192 would be wasted.calm down.Qiao Yichen forced himself to take a few deep breaths.There is no one following behind.It's okay, there's still time.When they came...they followed the direction of the river...then—

Qiao Yichen ran against the direction of the flowing water.Should be right.He ran faster and faster, but the river bank hit by the torrential rain became more and more fragile.Qiao Yichen ran too close to the river, stepped on the loose mud bank, tilted his whole body, and fell into the water with a plop.

Originally, the river was not wide, but in the heavy rain, the river was a bit turbulent.Qiao Yichen was knocked off the bottom of the river by the rapids.He was scared to death, what if he was washed back into the pond near Ye's house.He clung to the rocks on the shore, struggling to climb ashore like a frog in distress.One of the shoes was washed away, and the soles of his feet were worn out by stones, but he felt nothing, gritted his teeth and continued to walk.He didn't dare to run along the river, so he could only walk quickly across the distance of two trees.That way, if you fall again, you still have something to grab.After walking for an unknown amount of time, and when the rain had subsided unknowingly, the bridge that 8192 had mentioned appeared in front of Qiao Yichen.

Qiao Yichen just felt like crying.But we can't relax just yet.Instead of crossing the bridge, he turned the corner on his own side.The road is very flat, there are lights on the side of the road, and the vision is very bright.Qiao Yichen ran again, not knowing where the strength in his body came from.Before long, he saw the bus stop.

Qiao Yichen fell down in front of the stop sign all of a sudden, covering his face and laughing like crazy.Next to the station under the street lamp, there was a man waiting for the train with an umbrella.

8192 is saved.Qiao Yichen's mind was full of this matter.He quickly called the police on the mobile phone of the person waiting for the car.The police car soon arrived at where Qiao Yichen was.When getting into the police car, Qiao Yichen couldn't help but borrowed a mobile phone from the police, intending to log in to the robot positioning system to check the location of 8192.

Trembling, enter the code of 8192, and press the confirmation button.

……

Seeing the result, Qiao Yichen couldn't help crying while hugging the phone.

The positioning system shows the location of 8192, which is in the main house of the Ye family.

The heart that was hanging all the way was finally let go.Qiao Yichen collapsed on the car as if he had suffered a serious illness.Accompanied by the sound of rustling rain, the police car bumped all the way and finally arrived at Ye's main house.

The house lights were on and the garage door was wide open.Pang Huan and her followers had long since disappeared.

Qiao Yichen insisted that his robot was here.But the police searched all over Ye's house, but they couldn't find the "robot" he was talking about.

Qiao Yichen ran to the basement and found the room he escaped from. A young policewoman at the door asked cautiously, "Is the robot you're looking for 'this'?"

She turned sideways to let him in, Qiao Yichen stared at the floor for a long time but saw nothing.

On the dark red ground, only some broken metal fragments were scattered.

The author has something to say:

sorry!