Do androids dream of the sun?

"Clark, pick up the file!"

"Ok."

A green transmission bar popped up on the screen, Zhong Ziyang leaned back in his chair, took off his gold-rimmed glasses and gently rubbed the bridge of his nose, then peeled off a fruit juice candy and threw it into his mouth, humming an out-of-key tune in a good mood.

Clark, who was sitting across from him, raised his head. The doll's face was full of exhaustion. He tapped on the light screen and asked, "Is this the last one?"

Zhong Ziyang pushed the candy from the left to the right of his mouth, and nodded sincerely.

The door of the office was pushed open, and a pretty blond girl walked in with a tray in her hands. She was wearing a dark suit and had a meticulous smile on her face. Would you like a cup of coffee?"

"Give me a cup, the clock won't be needed, and he can get off work early again." Clark slumped down on the table with a face full of frustration, and said weakly, "When will I have an IQ like Zhong's, Anna, you said I will go to the experiment right away Is there still time for the center to perform brain transplants?"

Anna didn't answer, she put a cup of hot latte by Clark's hand, and said with a perfect smile, "Come on, work hard."

Clark watched her leave the office, and complained to Zhong Ziyang in a low voice: "They really should add a heart-to-heart program for the office girls, or at least change the encouraging words, I'm tired of hearing that just now."

"You don't need to make your own coffee, you should be content, okay?"

Zhong Ziyang laughed at him while staring at the light screen.When the number on the transmission bar jumped to 100, he simply pressed the power off button and jumped up from the chair.

"Hurrying to go home?" Clark rested his chin on the table, followed Zhong Ziyang with his eyes, and said, "That's great. I also want to go home to take a shower and eat. The company's nutritional supplements are really bad."

"No, I have to go to the specialty store first, JZ [-] is on the shelves today."

Clark nodded knowingly, JZ [-] is an AI butler designed by Zhong Ziyang, it is normal for him to visit it on the first day of release.Zhong Ziyang took down his coat from the shelf, took out two orange-flavored fruit candies in his pocket, threw it to Clark, and said with a smile, "I have good news for you, I have written a new program that can replace the daily inspection The time has been tripled, put it in the folder I just sent you, and I will definitely be able to go home for dinner tonight, right?"

Two fruit candies fell on Clark one after another. Zhong Ziyang stuck out his tongue when he missed for a while, but Clark didn't care, as if he was hit by a big pie, he picked up the two candies with ecstasy on his face. Kissed, loudly said: "God, Zhong, I love you so much! Treat you to candy tomorrow!"

"Let's say it first, I want the peach flavor."

Clark waved his hand generously at him, and buried his head in the light screen again.Zhong Ziyang put on his coat with a smile, and left the office with brisk steps.

The normal off-duty time on the 120th floor of the headquarters is [-]:[-] pm, and the corridor is still busy at this time.Zhong Ziyang didn't mind his incompatibility at all, and walked leisurely past the crowd and stepped into the empty elevator.

Bots's elevators are designed with half-arc glass, and every ride is a shocking experience, especially the higher the floor.When you raise your eyes, you can almost look at the sunset, and the haze can't stop the radiant sunset. When you lower your eyes, you can see the city gradually falling into the night. The magnificence and vastness are amazing.The towering steel monster shrunk into the size of a model, and vehicles and spaceships shuttled back and forth drew brilliant rays of light in the gaps, and the advertising screens like small light spots weaved a gorgeous, dazzling and endless light curtain, perfectly Cover up the rot that hides beneath.

People of different skin colors from all over the world live together in this city named Noah. They are served by the bionic man and AI butler invented by Bots, and they gradually forget the catastrophe day after day suffering from natural disasters.Some scholars claim that each of them is dependent on Botts for their lives, and some even attribute the arrival of this new era of technological explosion to the Botts Group, praising Lance Botts as their savior.

As a senior genetic designer of the Bocis Group, Zhong Ziyang probably agreed with the saviorism only at the moment when he was paid.

He had seen Lance several times without any good experiences worth mentioning.Contrary to the outside rumors, Lance has a perverse and gloomy temper. He has all the characteristics of a superior, especially his conceit. He even hangs his own photo in the lobby on the first floor of Bots.

Zhong Ziyang could see them as soon as he stepped out of the elevator. There were only three of them hanging on the wall, small in size but particularly conspicuous.The one in the middle is Lance's side profile, which is slightly higher than the other two, perhaps because of the black and white tones and the long time, it doesn't look like himself, his temperament is a bit more arrogant than now, his eyes It's like going through the glass of Botts' gate, patrolling wantonly in the technological empire he rules.

Zhong Ziyang pursed his lips slightly in disgust, turned his feet, opened the door with his wristband, and quickly walked out of this magnificent building with "Bots" written on the wall in bright gold.He flinched, tightened his coat, greeted several colleagues who were walking towards him, and then quickly got into the spaceship that happened to be parked in front of him.

When there was no one around, Zhong Ziyang began to act presumptuously. Regardless of the designer's image, he kicked off his shoes, shrank like a shrimp in the large driver's seat, and acted like a baby to his housekeeper:

"Nia, it's so cold, is the heater on?"

"Ziyang, it's already adjusted to 30 degrees." Niya's mechanical voice was a little helpless, "The target location is set as a specialty store in District D, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"What do you want for dinner?"

"steak!"

"Okay, it's been arranged for you."

Zhong Ziyang has always trusted Nia, without even looking at the control panel, he just took out a bag of fruit candy and ate it.The heating gradually took effect, and he changed his posture to cross-legged, leaning on the driver's seat and looking out at the familiar scenery.

This is a veritable metal forest, overlooking and being in it are two completely different feelings.The tall buildings on both sides quickly retreated, blocking most of the sunlight, and most of their surfaces were painted with a layer of metal paint to resist smog and light pollution, silently reflecting the several speeding cars coming and going in mid-air Often shadows, and a small part was made into an advertising screen, on which appeared ten seconds of prices with several zeros that even Zhong Ziyang saw.They glowed eerie bright lights against the gray sky, promoting new products from Botts or other companies, mostly Botts.

Noah City is divided into AE area centered on Botts headquarters. There is no public parking area in D area, and the spaceship can only choose a relatively open ground to land.Zhong Ziyang was fully dressed, the automatic door opened slowly, and Niya said, "Ziyang, pay attention to safety."

"I know, don't worry." Zhong Ziyang smiled, jumped off the spaceship, and walked towards the only majestic building nearby.

District D is close to the edge of the city, and it is very different from District A. There are many people coming and going, and it is extremely chaotic.Due to the lack of land, the residential buildings in District D are built very high and densely packed, basically blocking most of the sunlight, and everywhere is dark and humid, which is only a little better than the three-way zone in District E.However, Bots still built a specialty store here, and it became a landmark of District D as soon as it landed.

Zhong Ziyang chose to come to District D this time because the JZ [-] was originally aimed at people in Districts C and D, with low price and easy-to-use functions.He walked around the specialty store and found out that the sales volume was good. He was immediately happy and satisfied.

Just as he was happily recording the positive feedback from consumers, there was a commotion outside the store, and the clerk next to him changed his face after only one glance, and whispered: "Mr. Zhong, please go this way."

Zhong Ziyang looked out blankly, and saw a group of guys in black swarming to the door like a swarm of ants, fighting fiercely with the security guards, clearly coming for the specialty store, the logo on the chest was very familiar.He followed the clerk's footsteps and asked, "Who are these people?"

"It's the Freedom Army."

Zhong Ziyang has heard of this name. The Freedom Army is a group that is hostile to Bots and its AI and bionics. The name is what they call themselves. Among them are not only people who hate technology, but also genetic designers who are unwilling. , and even bionics.The heyday of the Freedom Army was three years ago, when a virus called Farr dealt a huge blow to Bots. Since then, Botts, who has regained his strength, has suppressed him forcefully, and has to linger outside the C area. Occasionally come to the specialty store to make trouble.

The clerk led Zhong Ziyang to the back door: "Mr. Zhong, you can bypass it along this path, so be careful."

"You also have to be careful."

Zhong Ziyang nodded slightly, turned around and stepped on the path she pointed at, but within a few tens of meters, he came across a fork, one leading to a street full of cursing and screaming, and the other leading to an alley darker than the street.He raised his legs and was about to walk towards the alley, but he was attracted by the other side - at the entrance of the alley leading to the street, a little girl was knocked to the ground by the fleeing crowd.

He paused, turned and walked towards the street.

The little girl was crying silently, and her dusty little hands kept rubbing her cheeks, turning her chubby face into a cat face.Zhong Ziyang carried her into the alley, wiped her clean with a handkerchief, and asked softly, "Are you injured?"

The little girl timidly wrung her hands and shook her head.

"That's good." Zhong Ziyang patted the dust off her clothes, "Is anyone coming with you?"

She hesitated for a long time before answering in a low voice, "Grandpa, it's gone."

"It's very chaotic outside now. I'll stand here with you and wait for him for a while. If you don't see him, brother will help you find him later, okay?"

Seeing the little girl nodding, Zhong Ziyang heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "What's your name?"

"Yang... Yangyang."

"What a coincidence, my name is also Yang Yang." He touched his whole body and took out a bionic bird from his coat pocket. It was a yellow warbler he made out of boredom last time. It was twice the size of the real bird, but it looked the same. As long as the switch is flicked lightly, it will spread its wings and fly in circles in mid-air, singing a melodious song.The little girl stared straight at her eyes. Zhong Ziyang took Huang Ying back, put it in her palm, and said, "Since the names are the same, it is fate. This is a gift for meeting you."

"Really?" The little girl caressed its feathers, the slippery feel was very novel, and the petite bird cocked its head and twittered at her. She finally burst into a smile, "Thank you brother!"

Zhong Ziyang also curled the corners of his mouth.He waited with the little girl for less than 5 minutes when he heard an anxious voice coming from across the street: "Yangyang! Where are you, Yangyang?!"

The little girl's eyes lit up: "It's Grandpa!"

Zhong Ziyang led her out of the alley, just in time to see a somewhat stooped figure squeezed out from the rioting crowd, looking around anxiously.As soon as the little girl saw him, she ran over there excitedly and shouted, "Grandpa!"

The old man hugged her: "Oh, my little princess, did you get hit? Where did you go?"

"I met a good-looking big brother just now, he helped me...huh?" The little girl followed her fingertips and looked towards the empty alley, "Where's big brother?"

Zhong Ziyang was obsessed with the steak tonight, and left when the two reunited, humming a song and walking into another alley.

This route is narrow to wide, and the road surface is dry and clean. Few people usually walk on it. Except for the darkness, there is nothing wrong with it at all.Zhong Ziyang had no choice but to turn on the night vision light on the bracelet and move forward, but even so, he accidentally stepped on a soft object.

He was startled, and quickly moved the light upwards—a man in a loose hood was sitting on a short box with his head bowed. The big hat covered most of his face, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.What Zhong Ziyang stepped on just now seemed to be the man's leg.

Zhong Ziyang couldn't figure out why this person would stay in this alley, and he didn't look like a homeless man.He bit the bullet, stretched out his hand and waved lightly in front of the other party: "Hello?"

He yelled several times, but the man still didn't respond.Zhong Ziyang had no choice but to pluck up his courage, and poked the opponent's shoulder with a finger. The man finally raised his head slowly, and the wide hood fell back with his movements, revealing a expressionless face with delicate features. Even a little indescribably familiar.

Zhong Ziyang couldn't remember where he saw it, and he didn't even think about it. As a Yangou, he was taken aback.

It took him a while to recover and said, "You need help..."

Before "help" could be uttered, the man fell down without warning, and fell towards Zhong Ziyang.Zhong Ziyang was knocked back two steps, he leaned his back against the concrete wall, caught him in a hurry, and wanted to ask a few questions, but the next second he found the man leaning on his shoulder, already unconscious.

Zhong Ziyang looked confused: "..."

Is today his helpful day?