Infinite Throne

   Chapter 1172 Born to be Human (2 in 1)

   "No! Grandpa!"

  Bella burst into tears, and she cried and threw herself at the elder.

  Bella looked thin, but she weighed close to 40 kilograms anyway. This flutter almost took the elder away.

   "Cough cough cough - the old man isn't dead yet!"

The elder    pushed the crying Bella away, and said weakly, "What are you doing?"

   Bella looked at the elder who reopened his eyes, and was stunned: "Grandpa, you are not..."

  Bella felt that it was unlucky to say the word "death", she stared, raised her index finger, and clicked, which means: fall straight down.

   You can't blame her.

   After a long talk, you close your eyes and look like you have "no regrets". Everyone will think in the direction of your death, right?

  Bella blushed, knowing that she had misunderstood.

   The two stopped talking.

   The only sound left in the room was the beep of Neil scanning the historical text.

   One DiDi, another DiDi, very efficient.

   Twenty-four volumes of historical texts were scanned in just over ten minutes, and they were all turned into e-book files, which were properly encrypted and stored.

   I also said before that Neil is not responsible for understanding the content of the "historical text", she is only responsible for translating.

  【Two missions. 】

  【Task one, get historical text (√). 】

   After completing the main task 1 given to him by his brother, Neil stood up without delay, bowed to Bella and the elder respectively, and said goodbye.

   "Neil is leaving."

  What a polite kid.

  Although Alice's humanoid skeleton is still tattered at the moment, Neil, whose behavior is more and more human-like and polite and reasonable, makes the elders more and more pleasing to the eye.

   He looked at the neatly stacked historical texts in the box, hesitated for a moment, and then ordered someone to bring a brazier. He threw each historical text into the brazier with his own hands and burned to ashes.

   Bella expressed incomprehension to the abnormal behavior of the elders. The elders are the "historical guardians" of this generation and are responsible for properly keeping the historical texts. The next generation is naturally Bella. But when Neil scanned the historical text, the elders went crazy and burned them all. Not only Bella, but other people who witnessed the elders throwing ancient books into the brazier with his skinny palms were also puzzled.

   For this,

The elder    has only one sentence to explain.

   "They've done their job."

  …

  Neil's simple self-inspection and maintenance of "Alice type" with the help of maintenance tools.

   She was very stubborn and said that only her younger brother could tear it down, then only her younger brother could tear it down.

   No one else can take it apart.

   "Humans call this behavior 'loyalty'."

  Neil has his own understanding and stubbornness.

After the    maintenance, Neil came to the surface and first returned to the old site of the Morningstar Mine.

   As a former mine owner, other omnics may not know about it, but she knows it best.

   There is actually a "black box" under the mine, which records all the operation logs of each mine, including the "resident ID" corresponding to each "biological battery" in the illusion world. These data must be backed up, because it involves the distribution of husbands, wives, and children in the world of illusion.

  Once this data is wrong or lost, it will cause chaos in the world of illusion.

   For example, a couple gave birth to a child, and later accidentally discovered that the father of the child was actually someone else.

   Or the "husband and wife" in the setting, because of the wrong operation, the wife entered the wrong room, recognized the wrong husband, and slept in the wrong bed.

  The residents in the world of illusion only thought it was the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature, but in fact, it was the manager's cauldron, and good luck made people.

He found the passage leading to the black box from the scorched earth. Under the bombardment of the spark, the entrance of the passage seemed to be smashed into a lump by the high temperature. At this moment, Alice was full of energy, and directly used the "hot melting knife" to cut out a passage to the secluded Trail, drill into the channel.

   The dark passage was dim, and Neil found the "black box", made a link, and copied all the data in the black box.

The data recorded in the    black box is updated every 100 years, which corresponds to a large cycle of the biological battery.

   After leaving the Morningstar Mine, Neil embarked on a journey to find other "black boxes" without hesitation.

  The environment is very harsh for human beings, violent snowstorms, severe radiation cold, air pollution, for Neil, it is just a home. Apart from being too quiet, Neil felt a little lonely during this long journey, and there were no other crises.

  During this time, Neil also thought about whether there was a way to "defeat" Nemesis in these black boxes.

   After thinking about it for ten days, Neil gave up in frustration.

  Because she knew very well that there was only a record of the operation of the "mine" in the black box, and there was no way to defeat Nemesis.

   I don't know what my brother wants these data to do.

   In Blizzard.

   A human-shaped ice sculpture cracked open.

  Neil stepped out of the ice sculpture and calmly brushed the snow off his body.

   "Who makes my brother like it."

   "If he wants it, give it to him."

   On the barren snow.

   Debris everywhere.

   Empty.

  A lonely omnic, with a long trail behind it, stepped into the darkness.

  …

   about a month later.

  Neil returns.

   Fortunately, the surface was ploughed by "Spark", and the simple terrain made Neil's journey smooth.

  It took 42 days, jetting and traveling all the way, and she finally went to all the mines and copied all the information in the black box.

   This huge amount of information fills her to the brim, and can no longer hold anything else.

The influence of    "formatting" is very thorough, and Neil can be sure that on this planet, there are only thirty-six people left in the main base of Ark No. 11.

   They are the last humans to survive in this world.

   humming—

   There are still dozens of kilometers from the entrance to the main base of Ark No. 11.

  The sound of the reconnaissance-type omnimachine wings vibrating came from the sky.

  Neil just raised his hand, ejected the barrel, turned on the radar scan, searched for enemy planes, and prepared to shoot down the reconnaissance type.

   At this moment, her brother's teaching sounded in her mind.

   The Gou is Gou, this is the way of being a human being.

   "The way of being human."

  Neil made a quick decision, put down his arms, hid in the shadows, and turned on the anti-detection device.

   beep beep.

   Pieces of red light were cast in the sky, and they seemed to be searching for something.

  Egg-shaped cabins broke through the atmosphere and broke into this dead planet. In mid-air, the capsule disintegrated into countless reconnaissance models that spread out in all directions.

  " is "Reconnaissance Parent H-008 Type". "

  Neil analyzed the functions and functions of those "egg-shaped" cabins. Their role is mainly responsible for transporting batches of "reconnaissance planes". After completing their purpose, they will disintegrate on their own, giving birth to small planes like descendants.

   In just one hour, the "reconnaissance parent bodies" like meteors came here.

   Neil secretly said that fortunately, thanks to his brother's training, he knew how to deal with these situations calmly.

  Due to the interference of the reconnaissance model, Neil took three times longer than planned to return to the main base of the Ark.

  The pipeline leading to the main base of the Ark is a passage converted from the "abandoned subway" in the previous generation, and it is guarded.

The appearance of    Neil shocked them, but only thirty-six people were still alive in the ark, and everyone had seen Neil. After Neil reported his identity, Neil returned to the ark smoothly.

   I didn’t expect that this parting would be half a year. When I returned to the Ark, the whole base was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

The news of   Neil's return seemed a little calm, and only Bella came to greet him.

  Bella's slender body was wrapped in a cloak made of rags. The whole person looked dirty, her face full of dirt, and her eyes couldn't hide the melancholy.

   "You are very sad, Bella."

   beep beep.

  Neil can interpret human expressions and hormone levels. There is no secret to "human emotions" in front of Neil.

   "It's been half a year, we can't find more food, grandpa fell ill."

   For an omnic, Neil instead expressed his true feelings: "Grandpa, he may not be able to survive."

   "Is he going to die?"

  Neil went to the first two films, a cold humanoid skeleton, lowered his head and stroked Bella's short hair: "Sorry."

   Bella sighed softly: "I don't know why, but you came to comfort me at this time, but it made me feel even more sad."

"why?"

  Neil tilted his head and asked.

"You do not understand."

   Bella's lips moved, and after she said a sentence, she forced a reluctant smile: "Is your task completed?"

  Neil nodded: "It's done."

   Bella's eyes lit up: "We humans, are we saved?"

"I don't know." Honest omnic said the truth: "Neil found the 'reconnaissance parent H-008 type' entering Area 11 again on his way back. According to speculation, they have a 45.1% probability of preparing for the final cleaning. , 50.3% chance of rebuilding, 4.6% chance...unknown." Neil expressed her thoughts: "Their systems are all equipped with 'thermal induction', they are more like looking for survivors... looking for you ."

   "Oops!"

   Bella's face turned pale when she heard this, and she hurriedly dragged Neil to the elder's room.

  In the dimly lit room, the elder was lying on the bed, breathing smoothly, with a towel folded into squares on his forehead.

   "Body temperature: 39.2°C, heart rate: 123 beats/min. He has a fever..." Neil's eyes lit up: "It's pneumonia, he needs 'antibiotics'."

"Um."

   Even if Neil didn't say it, Bella knew about the elder's current situation, but Neil's analysis was more data-based. After the omnic took control of the universe, "antibiotics" became a luxury that was more precious than energy. "Bio batteries" lived and died in the life-sustaining capsule for life, eating, drinking, and laughing. Under the systematic monitoring, they rarely got sick, and once they got sick They will not go to treatment, and will directly throw them at the waste disposal station to "discard". Antibiotics are "treasures" that only human beings can use, and cannot be obtained in this world.

  The elder was old and frail, and after the spark came, the earth became a scorched earth, food and fresh water were scarce, and multiple blows made the old man fall.

   On the hospital bed, the elder opened his eyes slightly, his dry lips hooked to the sides, and it was a relaxed smile: "Neil, this old man hopes to hear good news."

  Neil nodded: "I have completed the task of 'L', and I am ready to log in to the magic light to merge with 'L'."

  The elder smiled even more.

"grandfather!"

   There was no outsider, Bella directly called the elder "Grandpa". She lay in front of the bed and told the elder what Neil saw on the way.

After the elder heard the news of the "Reconnaissance Matrix" landing, his pale face did not show too much surprise. He struggled to get up, coughed violently, and waved his hand: "Bella, hurry up, let Neil log in to Mirage. ."

"But…"

   "Go, I don't mind."

The elder    smiled weakly.

  …

   at this time.

   There was a quarrel outside the house.

  Vaguely, several young people were arguing about the "corpse".

   "The body of the companion must be cremated, this is the order of the elders!"

   a woman shouted loudly.

"Elder? That old man is dying of starvation! He still adheres to these ancient dogmas!" A man sneered, but his words contained undisguised anger and contempt: "We are the last survivors, only us Only by living can we leave fire for mankind! Now that the food is gone, what's the use of just guarding these broken dogmas? He wants all of us to be buried with him before he dies! Damn it!"

Another angry man gritted his teeth and agreed: "Tang, don't talk nonsense with these rotten guys! I have been hungry for half a month! I have eaten the dried bark, and I have finished drinking the expired nutrient solution, and I even Even the ashes of the 'historical texts' were flushed and drank! The ancestors said it well, people die like lights out, they starved to death, that's life! If they are still alive, knowing their corpses can keep us alive Go down, and you will wake up laughing when you die!"

   Listening to the quarrel outside the door.

  Bella clenched her teeth, blood sprouting between her teeth. She suddenly carried the rifle standing in the corner on her back, couldn't help it, and was about to rush out.

   "Wait, Bella...ahem!"

The elder    stopped Bella on the bed.

"grandfather?"

   "Help me out."

   "But grandpa..."

   "Don't worry," the elder hid the blood-stained towel behind him, and in a reassuringly calm tone, seemed to tell an unshakable fact: "They won't do anything to me."

  Bella helped the elder out of the residence.

   Bella carried a heavy assembled rifle on her thin shoulders.

   "The elders are here."

   "The elder has recovered?"

   "Shh! It's an elder..."

   "The elder actually woke up!"

   On the square of the base, there was a group of people, two groups of people standing in two factions.

   is like water and fire, and when viewed from a height, the difference is clear.

   A tall and thin middle-aged woman with a rifle in her hand, but she did not dare to point the gun at her "companion" and pressed her to the ground, her face flushed in the quarrel.

   Behind the middle-aged woman is a house on the main base of Ark No. 11, with no windows on all sides. In the past, after the death of the companions, they would hold a simple "mourning meeting" here to express their thoughts and sadness for the companions.

  Neil watched quietly, with the pestle in the distance, like a model, motionless.

   The cause of the incident is not difficult to guess. During the more than a month that Neil traveled, the main base of Ark No. 11 was short of food, and even the basic food and clothing of the mere thirty-six people could not be satisfied. Hungry, hungry, sick, sick, dead.

   After a month, three of the thirty-six survivors died of starvation and disease.

   The first two old men are old friends of the elders.

  The elders, according to the custom, saw them off by "cremation".

   The third deceased, who died two days ago, was named Moxie, a 56-year-old lame old man.

   starved to death.

   His body was temporarily placed in the "Mourning Hall".

   A group of thorns headed by Dunn were so hungry that they thought of corpses.

The elder    came to the crowd with the help of Bella.

   "Old man, I can understand your thoughts."

   "The leaves, after withering, will fall next to the roots of the big tree, moisturizing the soil of the big tree, becoming 'nutrient', and in this form, becoming 'eternal'."

  Tang En and the others looked happy, listening to this, it seemed that there was a drama.

   "Cuckoo-"

  In the quiet square, there was the sound of peristalsis of the intestines, like drums and bells.

   "But..."

The elder    smiled, and under Bella's astonished gaze, he broke away Bella's hand, trembled, and sat alone in front of the mourning hall.

   "Leaves are leaves, and trees are trees."

   "Even if you starve to death, get beaten to death by omnics, or freeze to death."

   "We, are people."

   "Born to be human,"

   "When we die, we at least die like a human being."

The elder    sat on the steps in front of the door, leaning heavily on crutches in both hands, as if he would fall if he didn't do so.

   "If you are too hungry to bear, then eat the old man."

  …

  The quarrel in the square seemed like a farce to Neil.

   She is an omnic.

   She couldn't understand, let alone empathize.

   She actually agreed with Dunn's statement.

   When human beings die, they will be decomposed into the purest biomass.

In the    factory, bio-batteries are also manufactured in this way.

  So, she couldn't understand what the elder said.

   "Is this human?"

  Neil thought, although she didn't understand, she still faithfully prepared to complete the task given by her brother, and came to the previous room by herself.

  The illegal port was still in place, and Neil skillfully connected the wiring and lay down in the cabin.

   (end of this chapter)