Bionic Era

Early morning in Mou City.

Nine o'clock in the morning is the time to go to work.

Lu Wen was sitting at the gate of the Tenth District Executive Bureau, processing the news.

After the undercurrent surging all day yesterday.

This undercurrent came to the bright side.

Some people ushered in today's dawn.

Others have had surprises.

"Just last night, there were six murders of bionic people in succession."

That's the headline in the papers this morning.

Perhaps the original headline was not this, but after hearing the news, the newspaper immediately reprinted it.

Nothing makes headlines quite like an android killing someone.

If there is.

That's more android homicides.

"The identities of the deceased are all about the same. They are well-known and kind-hearted."

Wei Bo'an put the newspaper under his body and sat on the side of the stairs.

"This number zero is really good at doing things, this is already..."

"wrong."

Lu Wen spoke suddenly, interrupting Wei Boan's words.

Wei Boan looked over.

"What's wrong?"

"I always feel that something is wrong... More than a month ago, in Li Jian's case, Jiang Xiaonian worked with No. 0 to figure out a way to control the bionics."

But in that case.

All androids will find a way to self-destruct the chip after killing someone.

When he was in Baker City, Lu Wen saw the clone of No. 0, which was lurking among the bionics and was already one of the twelve leaders.

After the avatar was discovered, she shot herself in the head in the collapsed ruins.

In short, he acts with the cautious style of No. 0 in the past.

She shouldn't have left any chip data behind.

"In the three cases yesterday, a bionic person left a chip. In the six cases last night, a bionic person was even captured alive... This is not zero."

If Number Zero hadn't acted cautiously, he wouldn't have been able to stir up trouble for decades.

Her underground lair has only been discovered a few times so far.

"But there are so many killings of bionic people, it can't be a coincidence."

Nine incidents.

Lu Wen really wanted to calm down and analyze it.

During this period of time, Mowu City has not been peaceful. Will there be other forces mixed in?

But the reality did not give him a chance to calm down.

In this rare and clear weather in Mowu City, a dead body was hung on the square in front of the parliament building.

Tenth incident.

In this way, he was exposed to the long guns and short guns of the media.

"Such a large square, no one discovered it in advance."

When Lu Wen and Wei Boan arrived.

The scene has been cordoned off.

Outside the cordon is a complete circle of media and onlookers.

The body was transported away.

In the center of the square, there is only a huge silver cross left, and the dried dark red blood under the cross tells everyone who passed by what happened here.

Two highly recognizable faces came here and immediately attracted the attention of all the media.

"Mr. Wei, do you have any clues from the executive bureau?"

"Mr. Lu, as a bionic person, what do you think of the sudden killing of bionics in the past two days?"

"..."

Both of them were a little helpless, so they had to leave a sentence of "no comment" and return to the car.

They drove to the Executive Directorate of the Ninth District.

The chief of the Ninth District received them.

"I want to watch the video." Lu Wen cut to the chase.

"no problem."

Ten cases in a row, as long as it is an executive officer with a normal mind, he can detect something is wrong.

There are other district executives coming here.

If the signs of this bionic man's murder are not stopped, then the same case may happen in every district except the sixteenth district.

"According to the autopsy, the tenth homicide occurred around five o'clock this morning."

"At dawn at six o'clock, a truck drove into the Parliament Square from the city road, and brought down a large object covered with a gray cloth."

"The security guard on the night shift had inquired about it, but since it was almost time to turn over, the security guard was sleepy and was looking forward to leaving get off work, so he just simply understood the situation."

After that things are very simple.

The video shows it all.

What is covered under the gray cloth is obviously the cross and the corpse tied to the cross.

The screen shows four androids.

Three people are responsible for handling, and one person is responsible for communicating with the security guard.

The excuse given by that person is also relatively convincing, saying that there will be a performance in front of the Parliament Building at nine o'clock in the morning, and he has produced some fake certificates.

"I really didn't expect it at the time. Who do you think would be so arrogant and transport a corpse to the Parliament Square? Isn't that self-inflicted?" When the security guard made the statement, he also looked helpless.

The guards at the entrance and inside of the parliament building are very strong.

But on the side of the square... there are only a few people in charge of watching.

On weekdays, there are some aunts who like to dance in the square, and there are also some small vendors selling toys. Many middle-class families also come to the square for a walk after dinner.

"Didn't you smell blood at that time?" Lu Wen asked.

"No, I was so sleepy that I couldn't keep my eyes open, so I just asked a few questions, and the other brothers didn't bother to come up and check."

In this way, the group of people finished carrying the corpse.

Drive the van away.

At eight o'clock in the morning, a child was flying a kite in the square, and curiously tore off the gray cloth to take a look.

It is estimated that the child will leave a psychological shadow for the rest of his life.

"Remember to do a good job of psychological comfort for that child." Wei Bo'an said.

"We will never forget this."

"Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"

"It's a former engineer of Bilan. There is nothing wrong with it. One of the four androids in the video is his domestic android."

The identity of the deceased this time is very special.

He was met with such a large number of onlookers again.

Soon a highly controversial topic appeared on the Internet.

[The bionic man tied his creator to the cross]

The picture below this topic is the huge silver cross.

Blood glaring.

This controversial and slightly religious topic quickly aroused thousands of discussions.

Many people think this is a signal that the bionics are attacking humans.

Combined with the successive murders that have occurred in the past two days.

Many conspiracy theorists jumped out and began to repeatedly brainwash the public.

"Now there is an unexpected situation. On the Parliament Square, next to the cross, a group of people suddenly gathered, holding signs against bionics..."

"Here we go again." The Chief of the Ninth District sighed.

This is the initial stage of the march.

It hasn't been too long since the last anti-bionic parade triggered by Lu Wen.

If such a large-scale parade happens several times, the economy of the entire Mowu City will come to a standstill.

"These guys are off work all day, and anti-androids are anti-addicted."

"Actually, there are a lot of unemployed people who think androids have taken their jobs."

"But this is the inevitable result of the development of the times. Machines replace manual work, and cheap manpower is replaced by cheaper machinery. What can we do..."

Is it to turn back the times?

After all, if Mowu City can have the benefits of Floating Void City, all problems can be easily solved.

But there are more than 100 million people in this city.

If everyone enjoys the same benefits of the floating city, it is estimated that the entire planet will not be able to provide it, and the social order will collapse due to too many useless people.

"The fifth and sixth districts have also started marching. This time... it may be difficult to stop."

"Unless the real culprit is found?"

Everyone was at a loss.

Where can the real culprit be found?

Both Bilan and Xinhong gave the analysis results.

Those murderous bionics are all normal, there is no trace of intrusion, no implant program can be found in the body, and no problem can be found by looking at the source code line by line.

"Since those bionics are fine, and the fuses in their bodies are still there, why didn't they trigger the first law of bionics when they attacked humans?"

"There are now implants on the market that can bypass circuit breakers."

"But those programs are shoddy, and there's no way the two companies can't see it."

a morning time.

Just like this, I went through without a clue.

The Ninth District found the truck in the early morning through surveillance.

The car was abandoned in the suburbs, and the four androids on it shot themselves in the head.

noon.

People from the executive bureaus of each major region have already come to the ninth district.

"Just now, a murder case of a bionic person occurred in our fifteenth district."

From the fifteenth district is a second-level executive officer.

Since Feng Fugui's death, there has been no third-level executive officer in this district.

In a large tourist area with a small permanent population, almost all cases of theft are petty, and it is difficult to accumulate meritorious service as a third-level executive.

"The same thing happened in the eleventh district," said the head of the eleventh district's executive bureau.

"The second district is also here."

"District Eight..."

"..."

a morning time.

There were nine more incidents, bringing the total to nineteen.

All the bionics lost control without warning, violently killing people.

"Lu Wen, you are a bionic person, how much do you know about this area?" the person in charge of District 7 asked.

"I thought it was number zero before, but now that I think about it, even if it is number zero, it is impossible to leave no traces, unless she evolves again and reaches a field that is now incomprehensible." Lu Wen replied.

"Apart from her, who else is so impatient to provoke conflicts between humans and bionics?"

"There are quite a lot of these, many anti-bionic people forces..."

When everyone communicates.

Just outside the gate of the Ninth District Executive Directorate.

on the broad road.

A mighty demonstration group shouted slogans and passed by.

This time the parade was more organized than last time. Some people delivered water and energy bars on the street, and some even set up a special rest area.

There has also been an uproar on the Internet.

"Aren't you worried that those bionic people who get along day and night will suddenly raise their butcher's knife against you?"

"Nineteen already."

"Many were killed by androids who had been with them for several years, and they considered those androids as family."

"..."

Anxiety, anxiety, conflict...

In this sweltering summer, many people's emotions become irritable with the weather.

Although this planet does not allow humans to marry bionics.

But there are still many lonely people... The bionic man is their only companion, they can talk and talk, and spend the boring and simple years together.

"Will you kill me?"

today.

This is the most frequently asked question of all domestic androids.

Lu Wen stood at the gate of the Ninth District Executive Bureau, watched the growing parade group, and sighed softly: "The crisis of confidence is coming."

before this.

No matter how fierce the anti-bionics forces are, there will always be a group of people who enjoy the benefits of bionics and choose to stand against them.

But now, even those people are starting to doubt.

Will the first person I see when I wake up every day, and the last person I see before going to sleep, raise a butcher's knife against them?

After all... a machine is a machine after all, and it can be manipulated.

There are even many old accounts that have been turned over.

[Bilan monitors the daily life of the employer through the bionic man]

[Xinhong instigates bionics to steal private data]

【Bilan has control over all the bionics, trying to build a bionic empire】

【Core red...】

The rumors of the two companies in the early years have now been dug out and appeared on various platforms together.

The commotion outside is getting louder and louder.

Looking at this trend, I feel that those people will not stop until they drive the androids out of the city completely.

"The first violent conflict since the demonstration broke out in the 10th District. Some people with malicious intentions mixed with the demonstration group and threw homemade Molotov cocktails at the shops on the street."

"The shop owner suffered severe burns and two other shop assistants suffered minor injuries."

"..."

The fire started.

This is a fire that is difficult to put out.

This flame will predictably spread to the entire city, making every corner of the city shrouded in fear of bionics.

Everyone in the executive board felt unprecedented pressure.

"This arrogance must be contained, and Mowu City cannot be turned into the appearance of those two cities in the west!"

...

west city.

This is one of two cities in the west.

A young man broke in and broke into a shop on the side of the street. He was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods in the shop.

There was only greed in those bloodshot eyes.

"boom!"

A spinning bullet sent him to hell with greed.

He fell in front of the store.

Be one of the many corpses at the door.

Many corpses were rotting and reeking.

The shop owner was expressionless, his thin face showed no emotional fluctuations, and he was habitually wiping the barrel of the gun.

"boom!"

There was another shot.

The store owner fell to the ground.

Half of his head exploded, and blood flowed crazily on the ground.

The ferocious young man rushed into the store, stepped on the corpses and blood of his predecessors, and tried his best to snatch valuable goods.

He laughed wildly, carrying those words and goods out of the store gate.

"boom!"

A third shot rang out.

The young man fell in a pool of blood.

Be one of the countless corpses in the streets.

When the shooter found out that he had been hit, he laughed triumphantly, the muscles on his face began to twitch, and his scarlet eyes seemed to have not closed for days and nights.

He picked up the goods among the flesh and rotting corpses.

Laughing and running away.

The fallen corpse of the young man still had his eyes open.

The figure of the man was reflected in his gray eyeballs.

As the man gradually ran away,

The whole rotten street stretches longer and longer in this dead pupil.

Shops on both sides of the street are in tatters.

Murderers and lunatics are smashing everything wantonly.

This is the day when no normal person can be seen.

The killing devoured violence and hatred, turned into raging fireworks, and wanted to burn this street.

The field of vision gradually increased.

Not far from this street, another street.

The game of death and flames was also playing there, the stench of corpses permeated the air, and after a night of rain, dirty and stinky blood flowed on the streets.

A fly flies in the chaotic streets of July.

Those corpses are their favorite breeding grounds.

White maggots crawled in and out of the highly rotten flesh, and shriveled strips of flesh hung over the broken bones...

Vision comes to a higher place.

There are countless streets around.

the whole area.

up to the whole city...

The smoke from the explosion and flames hung over the crazy city, making the vision of the drone somewhat unclear. .

"Buzz..."

Duan Tiannan controlled the drone and had a panoramic view of all the pictures.

He took a sip of beer and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that West City has become such a mess. There are really all villains. Even if they are normal people, in this case, they can only choose to become lunatics and murderers."

"Is it very peaceful before?" Duan Hongye asked.

"It's not peaceful, but at least, when I retired more than ten years ago, the city was still orderly."

Duan Tiannan recalled, calling out the three-dimensional map of the entire West City.

He pointed to some marked areas on the map.

"Here... here... and here, these were places of interest, cathedrals, bell towers, temples, towers..."

Now on these ancient buildings.

It was full of rotting corpses.

"This is the royal palace. These two cities in the west have always retained the royal family, but now the king is just a symbol. Back then, Xia Tian and I sneaked into the palace together. I scared the king away, and he almost snatched away a princess..."

But now, the once resplendent palace has also been dilapidated.

Many palaces collapsed, and the treasures inside were looted.

Thick smoke billowed from the place where the two had been.

Duan Tiannan said with emotion: "Times have changed... I heard that the royal family of this city took refuge in Versailles, and a large number of ordinary people either fled to no-man's land or lived in underground air-raid shelters."

The whole city was left to be destroyed by those lunatics.

Versailles is another city in the West.

That city is still a little bit better now, but it is still full of wars.

"Won't the army come to suppress these lunatics? Such a big city with hundreds of millions of people..."

"In the past, there were hundreds of millions of people, but now...it is estimated that the total number of people who are still alive is only two-thirds of the original. As for the army..."

Duan Tiannan said that these two cities in the west do not have the support of heavy industry like Baker City in the south, nor do they have the temperament of the people in the north who refuse to accept it.

So the combat power has always been weak.

"The strongest combat power has always been in the north, so the two cities in the north are so stubborn that they have never heard of the floating city, while the two cities in the west have been reducing the number of troops and reducing military expenditure over the years..."

So much so that it was cut to the end.

Facing the city full of thugs and lunatics, the existing army felt troubled and weak.

Even the arsenal was forcibly broken into by tens of thousands of thugs.

The remaining army could only escort the royal family and many public officials to the city of Versailles.

That city has now accepted tens of millions of refugees.

There are also countless people who encountered extreme weather on the way to Versailles, or were unable to adapt to the no-man's land, and died halfway.

"Why don't these ordinary people take up arms? They have an absolute advantage in numbers."

"That's what I said...but everyone around is running for their lives. Who can stand up and lead ordinary people to resist? Everyone is afraid of death."

These criminals, thugs, lunatics, etc., add up to less than a million people.

And the residents of West City used to have hundreds of millions.

It ended up like this...

The city could actually be wiped off the map.

"Hong Ye, you can kill those people casually, this time I brought you here to practice."

The streets are full of targets.

Duan Tiannan even met his former colleagues.

Those who love blood, now also join the feast of killing in this city.

It's hard to imagine what the city used to be like.

"Everything originated from an ordinary anti-bionic parade."