I Created the Myth of the Old Ruler

After eating the insect meat, night finally fell.

Lu Tiao came outside and saw that the sweeping robot was still cleaning diligently, cleaning up the ground covered by wind and sand. On the exterior wall of the building, the spider-like robot was also carefully taking care of the wall to prevent it from showing signs of weathering.

The streetlight seemed to be broken, and the spare bulb was probably damaged and had not been repaired, leaving the road in darkness.

In this darkness, Lu Jian saw the stars shining brightly in the wasteland. The stars were densely packed like the Milky Way on the earth. He tried hard to distinguish some constellations, but it backfired. This was a completely unfamiliar starry sky.

At this time, he saw the robots coming out of Building A3.

They seem to have a dedicated maintenance site and are heading this way.

Lu Tan was curious and followed him.

The robots walked into the back door of the eco-park, one after another.

Lu Tan pretended to be a robot and walked into the door.

This is a spacious room. The robots came to stand next to the pillars like charging piles, and then they lost their sense of agility and turned into completely artificial objects.

"It also has wireless charging, which is quite advanced."

Lu Tiao studied the charging pile and found that it was wireless fast charging. As for the power, it might be all powered by solar energy.

There are also many robots here.

They stood like this, like soldiers guarding the border.

However, some robots are missing arms, some are missing legs, and some are even missing their heads. These may have been unfortunately destroyed by sandstorms while working outside.

Most of the robots in the room were intact, but the charging piles next to them no longer lit up.

Lu Jian used [True Vision] to check and found that these robots were simply out of power. If they could be recharged, they would probably still be able to move.

It seems that this future city should have been connected to a nearby power plant. Most of the electricity still relies on external supply, and solar energy can only last for a period of time.

Moreover, the solar panels of these buildings may have been damaged due to being exposed to wind and sand all year round, and not all of them are functioning well.

Presumably after some time, all the robots here will eventually gradually lose energy and stop functioning.

"Everyone is asleep."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Lu Tiao, making him turn around.

The robot girl Lin was standing next to a robot that could never be turned on, looking at the robot.

"He was once the best chef in the noodle shop. The beef ramen he made was very popular. Even subsequent models could not surpass it. In the three years he worked in Future City, he made a total of 499,997 bowls of noodles. , the last customer who ate his noodles was a boy who lived in room A6-401. He always added spicy food when he ordered it. He said the noodles tasted exactly like the ones in his hometown."

Lin took a few steps toward Landing and then looked at the other robot beside her.

"This is a musician. He once worked as a child care music educator, and was later sold here to continue playing. Every day at nine o'clock, he would play the piano in the square of the commercial street, and many residents would gather around him. They say that playing can soothe the soul. I am a robot and have no heart. I don’t know what this feels like, but I think they must be very happy when they hear the music.”

"This is a doctor from Future City. During his time in charge, the disease rate in Future City dropped."

"This is the gardener. He will trim all the grass and trees in the future city on time at five o'clock every morning."

"This is the one responsible for maintenance. Every malfunctioning robot will be sent to him. During that period, the failure rate of Future City robots is"

She introduced these robots to Lu Tian, ​​one by one, not only their origins and models, but also what they had done.

It was as if they were not cold robots, but living beings.

Lu Tian wasn't sure whether Lin's expression when she said these things could be called nostalgia.

Lu Tiao suddenly remembered what Feng Yu had mentioned before. In some foreign lands, humans gave up their flesh and blood and chose to ascend with machines. If this was not a wasteland but another foreign land, Lu Tiao would probably wonder if it was contaminated. , causing people in the entire city to become robots.

"Although they are all asleep now due to insufficient power, as long as they return to normal, this place will become the same as before."

Lin said quite firmly.

"You are already here, and the others will definitely be back soon."

She looked at Lu Tiao and smiled.

""

Lu Tuan didn't know whether to tell the robot that the person she had been waiting for had been gone for hundreds of years, the world had been destroyed, and there would be no way back to the past.

In the days when civilization is annihilated and humans are passing away, these robots work according to their original settings, day after day, year after year, until the power is exhausted.

"Every year at the end of the year, all the robots will gather together and light a huge bonfire in the commercial street to celebrate the residents. That is the happiest day of the year. According to my time, it will be the end of the year in two days. Together we can light the campfire again.”

Lin said again.

"Um."

Lu Tan nodded.

"Actually, I deceived you before. You are not the 6666th person to visit here. To be precise, you are the 6630th person. But since no one else has arrived for a long time, , so I judged that Future City and Ecological Park are no longer welcome, so as a rare guest, I lied to you without authorization."

Lin bowed her head to Lu Tiao with some apologies.

"It doesn't matter, you did a good job, it's not your fault that no one is here."

Lu Tan replied.

"I have tried to send a message to the service provider, but I have not received a response. Due to the settings, I cannot leave here. I would like to ask you, the guest, whether the service provider in Future City has stopped serving, or what is the reason for the communication failure? fail?"

The robot girl tilted her head and asked again.

Her voice is very clear, like the stream flowing in the ecological garden.

"Maybe, we haven't had any contact with him."

Lu Tiao said in a deep voice, paused, and then asked.

"If, I mean if, I told you that this world has been destroyed, everyone you once knew is dead, they were gone hundreds of years ago, what would you think?"

Hearing Lu Tan's words, Lin tilted her head, as if she didn't quite understand.

"Sorry, this situation is not in my response manual. I may need to upgrade my firmware, but unfortunately, I cannot contact the service provider to upgrade."

Saying that, Lin smiled again.

"Besides, guest, didn't you come here with your companions?"

Lu Tan was silent.

"Guest, the special performance is about to begin. If you are interested, please go to the Ecological Park to watch it."

Lin invited again.