Wen Bai was stunned. Love?
This wasn't the first time Wen Bai had heard this word.
However, he didn't have much time to think about it.
Because tonight was destined to be a restless night.
The distant sound of security through the loudspeakers urged the residents not to panic.
The invading rogue robots had been controlled, and double the personnel had been deployed to the villa area to strengthen patrols.
Residents were asked to stay indoors for the time being.
The loudspeakers repeated the announcement many times.
Seeing that 575 had also dealt with the rogue robots downstairs.
Wen Bai returned indoors, sat down, and continued to watch his TV absentmindedly.
This situation didn't last long.
575 pushed open the bedroom door and returned.
He sat next to Wen Bai as if nothing had happened.
And so, Wen Bai stayed in the house, with 575 taking excellent care of him in every aspect.
However, days passed, just like one after another.
575 remained as usual.
One day, Wen Bai received a message from Lin Qi.
He knew he couldn't go on like this any longer.
Over the past few days, Wen Bai hadn't figured out what 575 truly wanted or was thinking.
This kind of thing was too complicated for Wen Bai.
He recalled 575's words, "I can only see him."
After thinking seriously for a few minutes, Wen Bai found this statement to be completely unfeasible.
He couldn't possibly only see 575; he had to go out and complete his missions, unless all other people and robots in the world disappeared.
This situation was entirely impossible.
Wen Bai concluded that 575 was looking for trouble.
System 001 also brought good news to Wen Bai today: "Host, I've found the trace of that fake-crying rogue robot. It's indeed in the place full of robots we went to last time."
Wen Bai made a decisive choice: "We'll go there today."
"Then what about 575..."
Wen Bai stated as a matter of course: "We'll go together."
After 575 brought Wen Bai his lunch again, and Wen Bai finished eating.
Wen Bai asked, "Besides only seeing you, do you have any other demands?"
575 remained silent.
"You know this is impossible. Any other demands are fine," Wen Bai commanded forcefully, "Tell me."
575 looked at Wen Bai's ankle wrapped in chains and tentatively asked, "Master will not marry a human."
Wen Bai had never planned to get married, so naturally he said, "That's fine."
575's sapphire blue eyes lifted, gazing deeply at his master. He took a step forward. "Master cannot have other robots; only I can be the one."
Wen Bai nodded. Wasn't it always only 575? Other robots were troublesome.
"That's fine."
"I will always be by Master's side." As he said this, 575 extended a hand and cupped Wen Bai's face.
System 001 felt that 575 was becoming more and more presumptuous.
Wen Bai felt that in this world, this was not a problem: "Okay."
575 froze. His sapphire blue eyes remained unmoving, looking uncharacteristically a bit dazed.
At this moment, System 001 had already unlocked the "decoration" on Wen Bai's foot.
Wen Bai bent down and effortlessly took off the "decoration" and placed it on the bed.
575 watched his master's actions, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
Wen Bai began to change his clothes in front of 575. He spared a moment to say, "We'll go to the robot research center first."
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Number 2, wearing white gloves, patted his white suit and looked at the empty dormitory area with deep confusion: there wasn't a single human here.
It said in a low voice, "Did they escape?"
Number 7 placed one hand on his waist and let the other hang naturally. His short hair obscured half his face, and he frowned. "If there's no one here, let's go to other crowded places nearby. Don't waste time."
Number 17 had found a long black evening gown from somewhere. It had a high slit, and although it looked flat from the front, it didn't look out of place.
Half of its back was exposed. Its long, shiny black hair cascaded down its back, making its skin appear even paler in the night.
It held the hem of its skirt in one hand and tapped its fingertips on the wall beside it, not in a hurry at all. "Number 6 is still playing outside. It can get along with that little dwarf. However, there will always be some fish that slip through the net."
Number 2 disagreed slightly. "Then let Number 6 play here for a while. We'll go check other places first. The night is so beautiful tonight, wouldn't it be a waste if it wasn't a night of bloodshed?"
Meanwhile, their beloved Number 6 had already wandered far away, outside the employee dormitory building.
"Little Rong, you silly little Rong, where are you hiding~" Number 6 looked around.
Number 6's small body was extremely agile, even climbing onto the wall. It stood on tiptoes on the wall, stretching its hands out to both sides, looking out with an innocent posture.
Then, it saw Xiao Rong standing boldly on an empty street a hundred meters away.
Number 6's two pigtails bobbed excitedly as it darted towards the street where Xiao Rong was standing.
However, as Number 6 ran towards Xiao Rong, shouting, "I found you~ Xiao... Rong."
It suddenly stopped.
Its ears twitched slightly...
Around them, there was the sound of human breathing.
Not one or two, but many... humans.
Xiao Rong, standing still, clutched her doll nervously.
She looked in the direction of Number 6, afraid it would discover something unusual.
Number 6 shouted loudly, "Xiao Rong, come here!"
Xiao Rong took a step towards Number 6 and then stopped.
The next second, Number 6, like a small firecracker, zipped over and quickly took Xiao Rong's hand.
The humans who should have stopped it before Number 6 approached Xiao Rong were still a step too late.
Dozens of humans in police uniforms approached Number 6.
Number 6, like a small beast, looked at the unfriendly humans around it, pacing anxiously beside Xiao Rong, its two pigtails twitching in anger.
If it were alone, it would have a chance to escape.
It calmed itself down. It had to take Xiao Rong with it.
Xiao Rong looked expressionlessly at the rogue robot that was always in front of her, close to her, and slightly taller than her.
Number 6 shielded Xiao Rong behind it in a protective stance.
To the police opposite, although this rogue robot looked a bit strange, since they had received the young girl's distress call, the trap was set, and the prey had arrived.
The police waved their hands. "Attack."
Number 6 did not retreat. It immediately charged towards the human closest to it, biting its neck and tearing fiercely, regardless of the person's screams...
The person was dead.
The police had clearly underestimated it because of its appearance.
Wherever Number 6 passed, there were injured and dead.
But in the next second, all the specialized weapons targeting robots were brought out...
It took about ten minutes to subdue it.
"Extract the chip, or..." asked one person struggling to hold down the thrashing Number 6.
A rogue robot in the shape of a child had, under the attack of over ten people, killed one person and injured three.
Such a rogue robot probably couldn't be taken back.
"Extract the chip."
Behind Number 6, a police officer picked up Xiao Rong and patted her back to comfort her. "It's okay now."
Xiao Rong did not resist, allowing the officer to pick her up, but her whole body was stiff.
She was afraid of the changes, afraid that all of this was a dream.
She even kept her eyes open, not daring to blink.
The red puffy dress was now dirty and torn from the fight. Hearing the movement, Number 6 immediately turned its head from within the electric net.
It only saw Xiao Rong being carried away from it.
Number 6 let out a frantic, uncontrollable scream.
The sharp, piercing sound of a child rang out: "Ah! Mine! She's mine!"
The three people holding it struggled with all their might under Number 6's outburst, unable to hold it down.
"Quick! Quick! We can't hold it much longer!"
The next second, its sound stopped.
It was removed, that small chip.
It looked on unwillingly as its playmate was carried away.
Xiao Rong was carried away by a tall police officer. As she rested on his shoulder, she could still see the scene of Number 6 being subdued and dealt with.
Her eyes were wide open, staring blankly as Number 6 had its chip removed, from struggling to silence.
Just like the humans who were killed...
Gou Zhe stood in the shadows, watching all of this.
He had received news and followed the clues to find those rogue robots.
He hadn't expected to witness the hunting of rogue robots as soon as he arrived.
Gou Zhe, wearing a hat and mask, was well-concealed behind a wall.
He watched as the police packed up the small body from which the chip had been excavated and cleaned it up.
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Some people were still cleaning up the battlefield, meticulously removing traces of the fight from the street to avoid affecting the lives of ordinary citizens after dawn.
Xiao Rong was carried to a police car parked on the roadside.
A young female officer came over and gently comforted her. "It's okay now, little sister."
Xiao Rong just lowered her head, clutching her doll, not speaking or responding.
The female officer crouched down, her gaze level with Xiao Rong's, and asked softly, "Do you know where your parents are? Do you have their contact information?"
Xiao Rong replied in a low, childlike voice, devoid of emotion, "They're dead. Both my parents are dead."
But this time, she had no tears.
The female officer was momentarily at a loss.
At this moment, someone came and whispered in the female officer's ear, "We've found out. She's the missing young daughter of the couple killed by a rogue robot at the hotel a while ago. Her name is Lin Rongrong."
The female officer nodded, her eyes filled with pity.
She gently patted Xiao Rong's head as if to comfort her, stroking her softly. "Rongrong, do you have any other adults at home?"
Xiao Rong stopped speaking.
"Do you know where your home is?"
Xiao Rong just hugged her doll tighter.
The female officer sighed. "Let's take her back first."
At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from a distance, as if something had exploded.
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Number 17 waved away the swirling dust with one hand.
"That was quite a commotion. Do you want to attract all the humans nearby?"
Number 7 sneered. "These humans are no match for us. The more that come, the better. We can kill them all at once and avoid looking for them one by one."
Number 2 couldn't hide its excitement. It pulled off its gloves, which were almost red, and threw them on the ground. "This way is faster."
As if its excited mood had finally cooled a little, it then remembered. "Speaking of which, why hasn't Number 6 come back yet? It loves the killing game the most. Isn't it time to count scores for it and that little human today?"
Number 17's hand, which was holding the last surviving human by the neck, suddenly froze.
It had indeed been too long.
Given Number 6's penchant for excitement, it shouldn't be this late to arrive.
Number 17 decisively crushed the neck of the person in its hand, not even having time to wipe the blood off its hand. "I'll go look for it."
Number 2 nodded. "Then we should leave too."
Gou Zhe, following the sound of the explosion, arrived before the police. By the time he got there, there were corpses everywhere, not a single living person.
This was a themed hotel that primarily focused on creating an "original ecology" atmosphere.
The corridors were littered with people who had tried to escape and were killed, their faces frozen in expressions of terror.
Some were still in the posture of crawling on the ground, their lives extinguished with resentment.
The explosion had occurred in the kitchen. It had only detonated four surrounding rooms, but the buildings did not collapse.
After checking, Gou Zhe saw something on the ground: a pair of white gloves.
A flash of inspiration struck him. These were... the gloves he had seen in the news, worn by the wanted rogue robot dressed in a white suit.
However, the gloves were now torn, especially at the fingertips.
It was indeed those rogue robots.
Remembering something, Gou Zhe turned and headed back the way he came.
Meanwhile, Number 17 was standing in the place where Number 6 had been before it was dragged away.
Number 17 squatted down and carefully examined the ground, which had been shallowly dug.
Number 17 pressed down on the ground with its finger, and a piece of the shallow pit was lifted.
In its hand, along with碎石 (suì shí - gravel), was a strand of hair.
Rogue robots did not shed hair unless they pulled it out themselves.
It was Number 6's hair, a signal it had left for them.
And also...
After a careful examination, it picked up an extremely tiny piece of debris from the ground.
A human might have overlooked it, but Number 17 was a rogue robot with a high-tech eye.
In the debris, there were golden specks, something that Number 17 was extremely familiar with.
The debris from the heart of their robots - the chip.
Number 6 was in trouble.
Number 17 clenched its fist and stood up. Its black skirt trailed on the ground.
A gust of wind blew, lifting its hair and skirt, but it couldn't extinguish the towering rage in its heart.
Seen from behind, it was a stunningly beautiful woman with an excellent figure.
Suddenly, it turned its head, revealing a pair of blue eyes.
Gou Zhe, seeing that he had been discovered, no longer hid.
Gou Zhe pressed his left arm, ready to receive an attack at any moment.
However, despite Gou Zhe's vigilance, the other party directly lifted its skirt and, without even turning around, made several huge leaps and vanished from Gou Zhe's sight in an instant.
Gou Zhe reacted and was quite speechless.
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Wen Bai, accompanied by 575, who now had a pair of deep brown eyes, exited the robot research center.
Even System 001 had to admit that 575 was completely flawless and looked like a living human.
This time, 575 could finally go out without wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses.
However, as they were leaving the robot research center, Wen Bai and 575 coincidentally ran into Wen Ziyue.
It was funny, but when the two still had an engagement, Wen Bai often came to the robot research center but rarely encountered Wen Ziyue.
After their engagement was broken, Wen Bai encountered Wen Ziyue every time he visited.
Wen Ziyue stood there, looking at 575 for a long time.
Then, with a very complicated expression, he looked at Wen Bai, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Wen Bai ignored Wen Ziyue. He was busy now. He directly walked past Wen Ziyue with 575.
However, 575 gave Wen Ziyue a provocative look where Wen Bai couldn't see.
System 001 had witnessed the whole interaction. Seeing Wen Ziyue's expression, it felt that 575 had done a good job this time.
Wen Bai took 575 and infiltrated the vicinity of the factory where the Bu Bu robot's base was located.
To quickly find their target, System 001 exchanged points for the widest possible coverage as they approached, ensuring that the movements of the rogue robots in this area were all within its surveillance.
At this moment, the Bu Bu robot was in its base.
A rogue robot beside it asked, "Bu Bu. We already have so many of our kind here. Why don't we seize more territory from humans, expand our domain, and attract more of our kind?"
The Bu Bu robot shook its head, showing no desire for conquest. "They don't like it."
At the Bu Bu robot's base, it had received many rogue robots with damaged bodies or those abandoned by humans.
Rather than seeking to be king of a domain, the Bu Bu robot's base was simply a place for rogue robots to find refuge.
It allowed all displaced and homeless rogue robots a place to stay.
They didn't have to worry about being captured and enslaved by humans, or being destroyed and disposed of like scrap metal.
A rogue robot squatting on the ground and digging moved its ears and continued digging.
Wen Bai, some distance away, watched through binoculars.
As expected, it was here.
The fake-crying rogue robot he was looking for was indeed digging the ground, he wondered what it was trying to plant.
The Bu Bu robot soon went into the factory. Wen Bai quietly approached with 575.
They had to take this rogue robot away today.
However, before Wen Bai could make a move,
System 001 suddenly exclaimed, "Host, it's strange, many humans have suddenly arrived nearby."
Wen Bai asked, "In what direction are they? In which direction are they moving?"
"From the main entrance. They are approaching very quickly, their destination seems to be here. There are 20, 30? No, more... over a hundred have entered the range!"
Just then, the Bu Bu robot suddenly appeared in front of Wen Bai.
Wen Bai: "..."
System 001: "..."
575 quickly stepped in front of Wen Bai.
This time, the Bu Bu robot, uncharacteristically without sunglasses, looked at 575 seriously and seemed quite happy. "You're here, and you brought your human?"
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Meanwhile, upon receiving news that there was a base for rogue robots here, the anti-robot enthusiasts had spontaneously formed a team of a hundred people, armed with heavy weapons, vowing to blast the place into dust.
But when they arrived, they found the place empty.
There wasn't a trace of any rogue robots left.
Inside, there were only scattered bits and pieces of things that no one knew the purpose of, and the ground behind was full of pits, which made people furious.
And a man was also dragged out.
"Li Qi, you bastard, didn't you say there were many rogue robots here? Didn't you say they threatened you for a long time? Turns out you were playing me, you son of a bitch!" the man said angrily, kicking Li Qi.
Li Qi trembled. "I didn't! I really didn't lie to you! Ever since Chen San died, I've been threatened by them. I brought them here, and there really are many rogue robots here! At least 30, no, over 40! I really didn't lie to you!"
As Li Qi spoke, he scrambled inside and took a look. Tears and snot streamed down his face as he ran back, feigning madness.
"How could this happen! Did it know? Did it know I brought you here? Oh God, how could this happen!" Li Qi tore at his hair.
"Is this guy not just crazy?" someone said.
The man looked speechless. "So, what do we do now?"
They had spent a lot of money to get those things here, damn it!
"Let's withdraw. What else can we do? What a rip-off! Let's go, call the brothers to withdraw! Pack up everything."
All of them, as well as the signal jammers and heavy weapons that had been set up in the distance, were slowly loaded into vehicles and withdrawn.
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And these disappeared rogue robots were now extremely happy.
In Wen Bai's excessively extravagant European-style castle.
Groups of servants looked at the jumping robots with some alarm.
They couldn't help but wonder what kind of peculiar hobby Mr. Wen had now, buying so many strange household robots. Wasn't the one from before enough?
The one rogue robot that the servants who were sent earlier mentioned was currently enjoying the highest treatment and freedom in the castle - Qi.
Seeing the swarm of its kind approaching, Qi, dressed luxuriously and posing elegantly on the stone bridge, feeding the fish in the lake, was directly stunned.
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The situation was very urgent at the time.
System 001 said that in the original world, a small group of rogue robots was forcibly destroyed by resentful rich second-generation individuals who opposed robots. Furthermore, the corpses of those rogue robots were piled up and live-streamed, even making headlines in the news.
This incident directly triggered a craze of casual abuse of robots, and it even developed into competitions for the most brutal ways to abuse them.
Robots were not safe even walking on the streets. All humans who owned household robots, to protect their property, dared not let their household robots go out. Everyone was in a state of anxiety.
The time in the news was basically the same as now.
Wen Bai realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately set out to persuade the Bu Bu robots.
At that time, the Bu Bu robots were unwilling to abandon their base and leave with Wen Bai.
However, this was easy for Wen Bai.
He remembered his previous successful case.
Wen Bai directly played his trump card.
"Do you like castles?"
With this question,
The Bu Bu robots did not hesitate at all and directly notified all the rogue robots.
They were instructed to pack their belongings within one minute.
Then, all the rogue robots, with all their belongings, moved out in an orderly and silent manner with Wen Bai through the back door within a few minutes.