my old robot

Every dish on the table looks delicious, but it is not the taste that Essex made in the past, nor is it the taste he likes.After taking a few bites, Xiao Chen put down his chopsticks, and the doubt that had dissipated earlier surged up again.

"Essex?"

"Huh?" The robot looked at him.

"Forget it, it's fine."

Old man Ke waited for the robot to go to the kitchen to wash dishes before asking Xiao Chenmo, "Do you think there is any problem?"

"I don't know." Xiao Chenmo replied, "I can't say, anyway, it's a little different from the previous one."

"Probably because it has just been awakened, some of its memory programs have not been fully activated. Let's check it out in a few days."

That's all for now.Xiao Chenmo told himself to be patient and give it more time to recover.

When it was bedtime at night, Xiao Chenmo sat on the edge of the bed wrapped in a nightgown and waited for it, but the robot stood in the corner and planned to sleep.

"Essex." Xiao Chenmo called it.

The robot stared at Xiao Chenmo for a few seconds, and suddenly asked, "Do you want my service?"

Xiao Chenmo really wanted Essex's service, or that kind of special service.But now that it asked so bluntly, he suddenly lost that interest.Forget it, let's wait until it fully recovers.Xiao Chen finally opened his mouth, and finally choked out two words.Flicking the quilt, he angrily lay down by himself.

Chu Wei was about to leave the headquarters to go to another place. Before leaving, he came to see Xiao Chenmo, and happened to meet Essex who was bending over to arrange the mechanical parts.He glanced at Essex before he missed and went upstairs to find Xiao Chenmo.

Xiao Chenmo was burying his head in assembling the machine, Chu Wei stood outside the door and knocked lightly, Xiao Chenmo said without raising his head, "Come in."

Chu Wei stood beside him and watched him assemble parts with a mirror between one eye.

"Is there something wrong?" Xiao Chenmo, who hadn't seen him for a long time, finally raised his head and gave him a look.

"I'm going to leave the headquarters for a while." Chu Wei said.

"When to set off?"

"afternoon."

"So soon?" Xiao Chenmo was surprised, "Then when will you come back?"

"It's not sure yet, it could be a few days soon, or a few months later. You..." He was about to ask if you want to go with me, but Xiao Chenmo quickly answered his words.

"Just don't worry, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine here."

Chu Wei paused before saying, "That's fine."

Chu Wei spent the whole morning at Xiao Chenmo's place, and he didn't understand machinery, so he just watched Xiao Chenmo work non-stop all morning.During this period, the machine named Essex only came in to exchange a cup of tea for Xiao Chenmo, and another cup for Chu Wei, a guest. Its eyes never stayed on Xiao Chenmo from the beginning to the end. Even Xiao Chenmo didn't pay any attention to it.Chu Wei didn't know how they used to get along with each other, but now he really felt the indifference between the two. He curled his lips and smiled silently. This result really surprised him , it seems that Xiao Chenmo's enthusiasm has almost subsided, and it is only a matter of time until his enthusiasm completely dissipates.

Old man Ke lost a lot of work to Xiao Chenmo, and he didn't even have time to drink his saliva all morning. When he finally finished the task, it was almost noon.Xiao Chenmo glanced at his communicator, "Ah? Is it so late?"

"Don't you know the time when you start working?" Chu Wei laughed at him.

"It's not that the old man is grabbing me and ordering me vigorously. These, these, are what he told me to complete today. I won't rest at night."

Old man Ke's voice came from the next door, "Boy, if it weren't for your slow hand speed, would it take so long?"

At the end of Xiao Chen's life, he didn't expect that the old man's ears were so sharp when he said something casually, so he made a face at Chu Wei helplessly.

Chu Wei smiled knowingly.

"It's already at this point, I asked Essex to cook quickly, and we will eat whatever we want."

"No, I'm leaving, so I won't stay for dinner." Chu Wei picked up his coat from the back of the chair and put it on, and we will have dinner together when I come back.

"it is good."

Old man Ke waited for Chu Wei to leave before going around from his studio to Xiao Chenmo's place, "That kid is gone, if I don't leave, I will starve to death."

Xiao Chenmo looked at him mechanically, "Why didn't you let Essex cook earlier? I forgot the time, so you won't forget too?"

"Of course I won't forget. I told Essex not to cook on purpose."

"..." Xiao Chenmo continued to mechanically look at him.

"It doesn't matter that kid is a gangster, he doesn't think about being a married man now, and he wants to eat what's in the bowl."

"When you say that, are you comparing me to a bowl or a pot?"

"Hehehe..." Old Man Ke laughed awkwardly.

"As I said, he and I are buddies, we will have nothing else."

"You think so, but others don't. In short, people with the surname Chu are not good things."

Xiao Chenmo squinted at him, this old man still had the lives of the Chu family on his hands, if Chu Wei knew about it, maybe how to deal with him.Fortunately, he didn't care about it at all.

"Don't say that the kid surnamed Chu doesn't know, even if he knows, I won't be afraid. I'm already old, and I don't have a few days left to live."

"Since you know you won't be alive for a few days, why are you still hiding here?"

"Stinky boy, he will run on me." Old man Ke swung his cane again to hit him, Xiao Chen took a quick step to dodge and run downstairs, if compared with the speed of manipulating hands, he is not as good as the old man.But in terms of legs and feet, the old man couldn't run him no matter what.

For several days in a row, Xiao Chenmo was doing the tasks assigned to him by the old man day and night.Every night, he was too tired to fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, and sometimes he was too tired to take a shower. The robot always moved him back to the center of the bed considerately after he fell asleep, and then tucked his quilt corners.

Xiao Chenmo opened his eyes and glanced at it in a daze, "Essex, come here." He patted the position on the side, and then moved inward by himself.

The robot hesitated for a few seconds before lying down with his clothes on. Xiao Chenmo shivered from the cold air on its body, "Turn on the thermostat."

The robot turned on the constant temperature setting on its body, and when the temperature of the body slowly rose, Xiao Chenmo was already so tired that he fell asleep.

After several days of being so busy without touching the ground, it finally came to an end, Xiao Chenmo already had a layer of dark circles under his eyelids.

"I'm about to collapse." Xiao Chenmo slumped on the chair, "Essex, rub it for me."

The powerful hands of the robot pressed his shoulders gently, and Xiao Chenmo moaned comfortably, "Essex, it's good to have you here."

The robot didn't answer, but continued to knead its hands.

If it was before, Essex would have pinched it to another place in the end.But now, Essex has been pinching for so long, and he hasn't overstepped the mark.

He didn't want such a well-behaved Essex, which made him feel uncomfortable with strangers. Essex was obviously not like this before, he sighed melancholy, "It's been a few days, you Still haven't recovered. When will you recover?"

Xiao Chenmo couldn't help but ask old man Ke again, "Old man, are you sure that the chip in your hand was given to you by Essex? Are you right?"

"Will I make a mistake about this kind of thing?" Old Man Ke looked at him.

"Then why is there such a big gap between Essex and before?"

"If the original chip is not completely copied but part of it is omitted when copying the chip, this may also be the case. It may be that the person who copied the chip for it made a mistake."

"I've been thinking about this question for the past few days. I didn't copy the chip for it, and neither did you, so who could have copied the chip for it? I want to find this person. Only he knows who Essex is now. It's not that some part of the memory is missing."

"Look for it? There are so many people, how do you find it?" Old man Ke objected, "The copied chip also has a buffer blocking period. You have to be patient and give it more time to wait for it to recover slowly."

"I've been waiting for a long time. All the mechanical materials don't say that the buffer period needs to be so long. I can't wait any longer. I'm afraid that the longer it takes, the less I will be able to find the replica I made for Essex. that person."

"Then how do you plan to find it?" Old Man Ke asked.

"I want to go back to Colim." Xiao Chenmo said.

"Are you crazy? We managed to get out of there, and you plan to go back? It's an isolated island now, and the information from the outside world can't get in, and what's inside won't leak out. Do you know the people inside..."

"I know." Xiao Chenmo interrupted him, "I know that the people inside are all clones. It is because of this that I am eager to go back. People there have a short lifespan. I am afraid that if I don't go there, I will not be able to find them. It's that person."

Xiao Chenmo looked at Old Man Ke with pleading eyes, "Grandpa, I beg you to help me."

"I won't help you." Old man Ke avoided his sight and walked out on crutches.

"Grandpa." Xiao Chenmo grabbed his hand and said again, "I beg you."

"It's no use begging me. I'm still wanted. How can I help you?" Old man Ke shook off his hand and left without looking back.

Xiao Chenmo stood there blankly and looked at his back as he walked further and further away. The thin figure of this old man seemed to be even more stooped at this moment.

Old man Ke who rejected Xiao Chenmo did not return to this small building for several days, only Xiao Chenmo and the robot were left in the building.It always takes good care of Xiao Chenmo's diet and daily life, but politely doesn't overdo it.Xiao Chenmo couldn't help but rushed over to kiss it, and it even pushed Xiao Chenmo away.

"At the end..."

"What did you say?" Xiao Chenmo looked at it in surprise, "You called me Momo, you remember it, right? You recovered, right?"

"No, I haven't recovered." The robot frowned, "I can feel that I am not complete, a piece of my memory is missing, there is a figure hidden in my core memory, I know that People are very important to me, but I have been unable to see his face clearly, I don't know if that person is you."

Its hand caressed Xiao Chenmo's face, and the fingertips felt cold metal, and it forgot to turn on the constant temperature. Xiao Chenmo clearly felt that it was not the Essex before, at least not the complete Essex. Sykes.He took a step back to avoid its hand, turned his face away and whispered, "Go down, I want to be alone for a while."

The raised hand of the robot froze in mid-air, and it took a long time before it retracted. It looked at him again before leaving. The mechanical heart seemed to be missing a piece and throbbing. It didn't understand whether this feeling was because of that person. .It looked down at its own hand. The feeling of this hand touching that person's skin still remained at the fingertips. It was warm and smooth. It wanted more, wanted to hold him in its arms, but it came from deep memories. The lack of place makes it impossible to go any further.

The lost part of the memory must be retrieved, it clenched its fists tightly.

Old man Ke never showed up, so Xiao Chenmo decided to go to Kelim by himself.Yet he had no idea how to get there, and he remembered that Essex had taken him there before.He called the robot in and asked, "Do you still remember how you and I went to Colim?"

The robot shook its head, "I don't have any memories related to you."

"Then you will always remember who made the chip copy for you?"

"nor."

This machine doesn't even have this memory, and even if you go there, it's hard to find the person who copied the chip for it.Before leaving, Xiao Chenmo felt a huge sense of frustration.

"Okay, tell me if you have any memories about Colim in your mind."

"There's a house full of computers."

Xiao Chenmo regained his energy all of a sudden, "What kind of house is it?"

"It's very tall, with a circular shape in the middle. When you look up, you can see the top floor of the building. Every floor is full of densely packed computers, which are constantly flashing and working."

"Round in the middle? You can see the top floor of the building when you look up? Every floor is a computer?" Xiao Chenmo thought hard about where it would be, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly remembered where it was. He had been to that place once , or the deep sea took him there.

"The place you're talking about isn't the computer room in the deep sea, is it?"

"No, I don't remember where it is, but it's definitely not the computer room in the deep sea."

"Do you still remember how to simulate the entry and exit certificate?" Xiao Chenmo changed the question.

Before the robot answered, Old Man Ke's voice came from outside the door, "It's useless to be able to simulate. Outsiders have been banned from entering there, and no one can go."

"Colim doesn't have a factory that completely produces the necessities that humans need. Most of the food there needs to be imported. As long as there are humans there, it is impossible not to import."

"You're so stubborn." Old Man Ke sighed, "Even if there still needs to rely on imported food to maintain the survival of human beings there, can you still cross the border in the food box?"