There Is No Afterlife

Sitting there watching others clearing the snow was the bookstore owner Zhuang Se. Although his store is small, he can get you any book you want to read. "

The man in the hat was a patrolman from the East District, a kind-hearted young man. I broke my leg while walking on the road, and he carried me to the hospital. Later, I introduced my neighbor Fanny to him, and we had three children, all sons. "

…

Ms. Duolai's voice never stopped. She introduced every robot she saw to Mugen and Olivia. In her mouth, these robots seemed to be living people, with the nature and characteristics of living people. Everyone has his own story.

Where are old Kenny and the others now? "Olivia asked a garrulous question, and then Ms. Duolai's introduction came to an abrupt end.

..." After a pause, she quickly spoke again: They are all dead."

I have lived too long and they are gone. "

The older I get, the more nostalgic I become. One day, I suddenly missed them, so I started making these dolls. "

But my memory eventually got worse and worse. When I actually started making dolls, I realized that I couldn't remember what they looked like, so I could only make them as they are now. "

So, is this the secret of these robot dolls?

For a moment, everyone was silent. Except for the crunching sound of snow, there was no other sound around.

After a long time, it was Jimmy who took the lead to break the sad atmosphere:

When I die, Miss Duolai, will you also make me a robot? Must wear a yellow tie. "

You are still young, don't think about what happens after death. "

It’s always good to talk things over with you ahead of time. "Jimmy smiled: Don't put me next to my grandfather old Kenny. I don't want to inherit the family business and I have fallen out with him a long time ago."

Just put me on the road leading to the tavern. I will come to you on that road every month anyway. "

Next, the two elderly people had a very systematic discussion on the clothing issue of the robot doll. Thinking about the Jimmy robot that might appear one day in the future, Olivia no longer felt afraid this time.

I feel weird.

I don't want to hear them say this - he thought to himself.

***

Mu Gen was worried. Along the way, he had become more and more aware of the importance of Baiyun Duoduo to Ms. Duolai from her words.

It's because it's clear that I feel uneasy.

The mechanical head that was handed over to Ms. Duolai was in relatively good condition, but the hull of the Baiyun Duoduo was in really poor condition. It was in tatters and covered with scars. No matter from any angle, it looked like an abandoned spaceship that could be discarded.

If Ms. Duolai sees such white clouds——

Mu Gen imagined several scenarios in his mind when they met, but he guessed none of them correctly.

The shabby and almost scrapped Baiyun Duoduo finally appeared in front of its maker.

The moment she saw the white clouds whistling, Ms. Duolai's face was expressionless for a moment.

Ms. Duolai skillfully found the hidden boarding port with a cane. She waved to Mugen and Olivia. With their help, she climbed into the ship with difficulty.

Even after hundreds of years, she is still so familiar with this spaceship that she built with her own hands. In the main control room, she explained the maintenance methods of the Baiyun Duoduo to the two teenagers. Who was Mugen and Olivia before? The fault that could not be repaired was easily overcome in her hands.

Ms. Duolai repositioned Duoduo's head where it should have been, and then pressed the start source.

Duoduo's dim light screen finally lit up again.

This time, the first person he saw was the master he longed for.

Hello, I'm back. ” he finally said.

Will be scolded - at this moment, Mugen and Olivia thought so at the same time. Not only them, but Duoduo herself probably thought so too.

But they guessed wrong again.

Well, just come back. "There were no tears or scoldings. Ms. Duolai's expression was very calm.

Have you gained anything from leaving home this time? " Without asking why he became like this, Ms. Duolai asked a completely irrelevant question.

...Yes, a lot. "Duoduo answered honestly.

Do you still want to go out in the future? "

……think. "Duoduo still answered honestly.

So Ms. Duolai asked again:

Is there anything you want to do next? "

..." Duoduo didn't make a sound this time. Instead, he quietly entered a word on the display screen.

Yo? Are there any new ideals? That's great. Tell me, what is your new ideal? "Ms. Duolai is always smiling,

Realizing that her smile was a sincere smile, Duoduo finally expressed her new wish:

join the army! Next, I want to become a warship in the army and capture all the pirates who abandoned me back then! "

Great, go for it. "

So, Ms. Duolai showed him a long-lost smile.

☆、Chapter 43

Mugen and Olivia temporarily settled on the M7. In order to thank them for sending Baiyun Duoduo home, she said she would check Alpha and other robots and upgrade the system by the way.

Is she okay? She is getting very old, and her hands are trembling..." Looking at the old lady's trembling body, Olivia questioned at that time, and then was immediately hit hard on the buttocks by Ms. Duolai with a cane.

Never discuss a woman's age in front of her! "With her eyebrows raised, Ms. Duolai was not angry and said to herself: My hand is unstable, aren't there you guys? Are you standing here in vain?"

With a wave of the cane, she began to assign tasks to Olivia and Mugen. Too high-end things can't be done yet. Ms. Duolai threw them a maintenance manual and asked them to follow the above content to perform daily maintenance on a total of 230 robots around them.

Then she silently faced Alpha and the others.

You young people really don’t care for yourselves. Why have you dismantled yourselves like this? In this way, even if you dismantle the body of the spacecraft again, you won't be able to re-operate it. "After carefully checking Alpha's situation, Ms. Duolai shook her head in disapproval.

Although the robot's body can be disassembled, not all of it can be disassembled. The disassembly of some key parts will inevitably involve programming problems. In order to make up for the lack of materials, Alpha and the others destroyed many of their core programs. This is a kind of destructive behavior.

However, Alpha remained indifferent and remained consistent with him, while Beta and the others also remained motionless.

If we can’t change back, we still have to send Mugen to school.

If they had eyes, people would definitely be able to see what they were thinking in their eyes, but it was a pity that they only had ghost screens.

The calm green straight line slowly glides through the dim light screen. As long as they don't say anything, no one will know what they are thinking now.

However, this person does not include Duolai.

The person you supervise is still young and has a simple mind. Your body is no longer able to protect him. Are you sure you want to do this? "

Although Duoduo has a simple mind, he is already strong enough. Even if he suffers some hardships outside, those hardships cannot destroy him. I have confidence in the strong body I gave him. Mugen is different. He is just a human being. If he suffers too much, he may no longer be able to live and correct his mistakes. "

Machines can be repaired, but the human body is difficult to truly repair. "

After saying this, she stopped talking and leaned on crutches. She was waiting for Alpha's choice.

She was not surprised at what choice Alpha and the others would make.

Although Alpha and the others are just robots, their identity is that of human parents. As a parent, she could easily infer the choices other parents who love their children would make on this issue.

While Ms. Duolai waited confidently, Alpha and the others silently removed their parts from the spacecraft again. However, only part of it fell off, and more parts were stuck on the hull of the Ypsilon and could not be removed.

This is the consequence of the program being destroyed by force.

Just like human limbs are made up of bones, flesh, blood, etc., if you want to reinstall the severed limbs, a skilled doctor must align their blood vessels, flesh, etc. one by one, and only then can the next suturing be performed. ; Just like the reattachment surgery of human amputated limbs, the cutting of the robot body is never as simple as rough disassembly.

The robot's body is carefully composed of the materials that make up the body and countless complex programs. Ypsilon's body can be converted between the spacecraft and the robot form, and this transformation is not random: where is each piece of metal installed in the spacecraft, and where does it appear after turning into a robot? Everything is It was planned early in the previous installation program. All the metals were cleverly connected through the program, and they were connected seamlessly.

On the basis of the established program, Alpha and their parts were forcibly inserted. The program of Ypsilon itself was forcibly destroyed in the process. Even if it was disassembled again, it would not be able to be assembled into the previous Ypsilon robot. Already;

Alpha and the others are even more miserable: they are not combination robots in the first place. Their combination program only allows them to disassemble part of their limbs by themselves, and does not include the disassembly of the whole body at all. What's more, after disassembly, they must cooperate with the limbs of other robots to form a new machine. Finished product!

During the disassembly process, the original program lost its meaning. Even if it was taken down, they would not be able to reassemble their own bodies using the original parts.

Metals of different colors were scattered all over the floor, and the Ypsilon spacecraft with no roof was parked in tatters, looking particularly desolate.