under the mask

[Good day, sir? ] Caesar's solemn greeting,

[My name is Li Wei, you can call me Li, or you can call me Wei. ] Li Wei felt very interesting, and suddenly had the idea of ​​teasing Caesar.No way, such a robot with a funny appearance should be named after the famous Julius Caesar, it's so funny!

Caesar seemed to express his mood through the flickering of his eyes, and now he started to flicker again.

[Li, I want to call you that, is that okay? ]

Li Wei nodded, and the banter turned into surprise.This robot was completely different from the level IV intelligent robots he had seen before. It seemed to be very intelligent, and judging from the conversation just now, it was beyond the level.

"Is your system still functioning normally?" He asked Caesar in a gentle tone.

Caesar's eyes flickered, and he paused for a moment to answer earnestly: [30.00% power is enough to support my system operation, thank you for your concern. ]

"Very good," Li Wei said, "Now I want to know what happened on this mine star, why did the people here suddenly evacuate?"

[Please wait a moment, I need to call up the monitoring screen before shutdown. ]

Li Wei looked at rows of data on the LCD screen on the chest of the tracked robot, as if searching for an information base.So far things have gone much smoother than he imagined. It seems that the reason why Caesar has not surpassed the level of IV lies in the authority setting. Level IV intelligent robots do not recognize the main program. Although someone has made a special package to make up for this lack, robots with this patch are prone to data loss due to crashes, and they cannot independently identify the owner.

But it was clearly better for them now, and Caesar would not refuse to help because the person who restarted it was not his own master.

The monitoring screen was quickly projected in front of them, and Li Wei looked at the chaotic crowd on the screen, his face fluctuating from good to bad.As he guessed, the people on this mine planet did evacuate the mine star because of some kind of sudden disaster—now it seems to be the invasion of interstellar bandits.The good thing is that people evacuated in a hurry, presumably they couldn't take away most of the supplies, including daily necessities; but the bad part is also obvious, when the interstellar bandits invaded, they dropped a lot of destructive bombs, causing a large area Vegetation has been irreversibly damaged, and it's anyone's guess whether underground living quarters will be affected.

"Caesar, can you take us to the living quarters?" He asked the robot in a deep voice.

The robot quickly responded: [Yes. ]

The news of Caesar's restart cheered up the trainees, and Kevin and Emilia also breathed a sigh of relief.During the period of waiting for rescue, if the living conditions can be improved, it will also be very useful for stabilizing people's hearts.At least the electricity they spent on manpower and energy conversion was not wasted.

The night fell again, and the gray storm came as expected, sweeping rough ore and raging among the valleys.Emilia sat in front of the bonfire, looking at the dark night outside the cave alone, her soft chestnut hair was slightly lifted by the occasional wind that leaked in, making her look extraordinarily lonely and calm.

"Hey, Amy," Li Wei walked towards her, sat down and looked at her softly, "what are you thinking?"

Amelia turned her head and gave him a faint smile, and said softly, "I'm just thinking, I don't know how other people are doing now..."

Li Wei was silent.

He stretched out his hand and gently hugged the girl into his arms, bowed his head and kissed the top of her hair.He knew who Amy was thinking of, just as he often missed those two people and their children in the middle of the night, Amy must be thinking of Kashgar.These people have been missing for so long, and the six guards don't know what the status quo is, whether other students have been involved in that conspiracy... These thoughts are entangled in their minds like a gray storm that cannot be shaken off.

"At that time, I thought, if I could see him again..." Amelia's voice gradually sank, with a hint of tiredness and self-mockery, "Or he would be with me, even if he died together."

Li Wei was a little shocked, but then tightened his arms.He never knew that it turns out that Amy has such deep feelings for Kashi, but what can he do at this moment?I can only lend my arm, hoping that the girl in my arms will be better.

"We'll all meet again, I promise."

On the second day, under the leadership of Caesar, all the students went to the plateau area about one kilometer away from the temporary mine camp. The entire plateau was covered with a layer of shallow vegetation, which looked sparse and fragile, and it was completely empty. No man's land.

"Here... it looks like there will be a living area..." Pompey panted slightly, the exhaled gas condensed into white particles in the icy air.

"This is probably what I want." Li Wei looked around, and the students were all together, shivering from the cold.

The training uniforms they wore did not have the effect of regulating body temperature, and the temperature began to plummet when they went to the plateau, which made him sincerely hope that there would be enough clothes in the living area to allow them to withstand the changeable climate on the mine planet.

While he was in ecstasy for a moment, there was a commotion ahead.

"found it--!!!"

found it? !Li Wei and Pangpi looked at each other, and they could see the look of surprise from the other's face.

When they arrived at the place surrounded by students, they saw a circular valve similar to the entrance of the control room. At this moment, the heavy metal door had been violently dismantled and thrown aside. Caesar’s mechanical hands were still clamped with some tools. Flickering at Li Wei, for some reason it made Li Wei want to laugh.

Is this guy asking for credit?

"It's amazing, Caesar." He praised the robot sincerely.

[The technical coefficient is very low,] Caesar put away the tools in a serious manner, [This is just one of the entrances and exits, and the gate can only be opened and closed if you enter.In addition, my feet are not convenient for walking on the stairs, please take me with you when you go down, thank you. ]

Li Wei was already holding back his laughter, so he nodded and waved his hands to the side. Immediately, a tall student stepped forward and gently hugged Caesar.Finding the formal living area brought a little lightness and a smile to everyone's faces. More than 800 people went down this stepped passage that can only accommodate four people walking side by side at the same time. The sensor lights lit up one by one, and the huge living area more than 100 meters below the plateau finally welcomed the occupants again.

"It's fully inductive here," Kevin whispered to Levi as he walked, "It was a little stuffy just now, but it's much better now...the air machine has started working...I think we need to figure out the main function of the living area. Where is the control room, and we have to arrange for everyone to settle down..."

"I'll leave it to Pompi to find the main control room. As for arranging personnel," Li Wei said with a smile, "I think Amy is more suitable. Girls are always more careful."

"You're right," Kevin nodded in agreement, "Then let's do this, and I'll let everyone know."

With the help of Caesar, a level IV intellectual brain, an hour later, Li Wei and Kevin came to the main control room of the underground living area.The teenagers stood in the center of the main control room at a height of nearly 40 meters, looking up at the height of the column-shaped space-an extremely magnificent heart of mine stars is slowly rotating, and each irregular section is reflecting Complex color transitions to black.The entire main control room is covered under this cold and colorful light.

"This is the first time I've seen the heart of the planet..." Kevin raised his head, his pupils reflected the mine heart, and muttered to himself in a dreamlike tone.

He was speaking everyone's heart.

In the first semester of the Imperial Military Academy, there was an elective course on ore energy. Because it involved starship energy, they all took this course.I still remember that the content of the first lesson was an introduction to the heart of the planet.Almost all planets, including 80.00% of the unique mineral stars in the empire, have their core of energy - the heart of the planet. This stone that exists in the lava in the center of the earth is the life force of the entire planet and is the most important thing.

Li Wei said thoughtfully: "It's no wonder that this ore star is uninhabited and has not been abandoned."

"They actually use mine cores as energy," Pompey marveled, "that's really clever."

On this point, Levi couldn't agree more.Using a special device to keep the core connected to the main body of the ore star, the energy goes through a big cycle without consuming any additional energy. The ore produced is [-]% exported, and the profits can be imagined.Fortunately, those people didn't take the mine core with them when they ran away, and the intruders couldn't enter the living area. Otherwise, the planet must have been destroyed long ago, and they can only wander in the universe now.

"Caesar, do you know how to turn on the control system here?" he asked the robot.

The robot's eyes flickered: [Of course, please give me 5 minutes. ]

In less than 5 minutes, the entire underground space flickered on and off for a while, and then suddenly the lights were brightened, all electrical equipment began to operate, forty elevators resumed use, and even in the small living area divided into twenty, special The low-level humanoid robot in charge of sundries also "lived" and began to shuttle through the cobweb-like corridors and densely packed rooms.

The cheers of more than 800 students resounded again. They walked into the rooms closest to them, walked around in those standard single rooms like capsule hotels, or flocked to the activity area and restaurant in groups. The modern equipment allowed them to There is an illusion that they are still guarding the sixth base, which reduces the panic caused by most of the exile.

Emilia put on the miniature amplified microphone she had just found, and soon a calm voice rang in everyone's ears.She allocated personnel in an orderly and unhurried manner, arranging all the students in different living areas according to different types of work in the past, but generally speaking, everyone still lived together. Although more than 800 people sound like a lot, they actually only occupy a very small part of the number of rooms.She spent hours getting the cadets settled, then turned to look at the emaciated medic who had been standing beside her.

"Mr. Ronnie, we found the infirmary here," she said to Ronnie in a cold tone, "Let's go now, I'm afraid you have to live there."

Ronnie hesitated to speak, and finally followed the short-haired girl silently.He knew that Amelia must have doubts about him like Li Wei... But besides Li Wei, he must not tell anyone else about his identity, not to mention, who would believe him right now?

That night, Li Wei finally had his first meal that wasn't bread and beans, and it was still hot!

The restaurant in the underground living area is decorated elegantly. Although the tables, chairs and benches are fixed on the metal floor, they are all covered with a layer of soft artificial leather. There is even a coffee booth in the corner of the restaurant.Amelia led a small number of more than 90 female students into the kitchen. Although the equipment inside was relatively old, the oversized freezer that had been running kept most of the ingredients, including a large amount of meat, flour, eggs, and There are vegetables... These ingredients made the girls excited for a long time, and in the end they finally made everyone's dinner half-manual and half-machine.

When the steaming steak, potato salad, and thick vegetable soup were served on the dinner plate, some vulnerable guys even choked up and wiped their tears.This meal was so hard to come by!

Li Wei, Amelia, Kevin, and Pompey sat at a table. The atmosphere around them was in full swing, and all four of them couldn't help but smile.Maybe there is too much uneasiness and worry under this smile, but at least at this moment, they can finish this hard-won dinner with peace of mind.

The author has something to say: The long-lost small theater:

Er Fei: Do you know what?

Fatty (impatiently flipping through the fairy tale book): What kind of horse?

Er Fei: When the nest is full of vegetarians, it gets rough when squatting in the pit!

Fatty: Pfft——=dish=#

Er Fei: Exterminate hahaha! ! !Women Su Maokeng generation! ! !

Fatty: ... (touching butt secretly)