Growing up in an orphanage, subjected to cold shoulders and ostracism, and living in poverty, Zhao Fugui held Gou Zhe, whom he saw as his elder brother who, by his own efforts, had climbed from nothing to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, in blind admiration.
For such a Gou Zhe, Zhao Fugui had always been blindly worshipful.
In every aspect.
Zhao Fugui had always yearned to become someone like Gou Zhe, to be able to stand his ground in society and also be at ease when hunting rogue robots.
He had always trusted Gou Zhe unconditionally.
He was also very actively cooperative with the matters Gou Zhe assigned and the arrangements he made.
This time was naturally no exception.
After a brief period of thought, Zhao Fugui handed the backpack he was carrying to Gou Zhe.
He whispered to Gou Zhe, "Brother, I'll be back soon. You should be careful too, safety first."
Gou Zhe smiled, "Alright, be quick and come back soon."
Zhao Fugui wasted no more time, taking out his number tag and holding it in his palm.
He pressed the button and quickly turned to run outside.
System 001 genuinely felt that Wen Bai's luck was too bad.
This was already the third wave of humans coming to cause trouble along the way.
"Host, do these people not have eyes? Why are they all coming after you?"
Wen Bai swung a fierce punch, hitting the opponent directly in the face. He then casually shook his hand with a detached expression, as if disgusted by the contact. "I don't know."
The person opposite was immediately sent staggering back, blood gushing from their nose and down their face.
In that instant of being thrown back, blood stained Wen Bai's cuff.
Behind Wen Bai, the tall robot 575 noticed the blood on its master's cuff, its deep blue eyes turning darker.
With a flamboyant side kick, it sent a man flying into a tree trunk.
A dull thud echoed, and the tree trunk trembled.
Then, the man slid down the trunk to the ground, twitched a few times...
And lay still.
System 001 checked the opponent's data: "This... Host, that man seems to be... dead."
Wen Bai didn't look at the man, only glanced at his robot 575 and casually asked, "Dead?"
Upon hearing this, 575 froze for a moment, as if suddenly snapping back to reality.
Its deep blue eyes looked at its master, Wen Bai, with a hint of unease.
Hearing Wen Bai speak, and with no one else around, 575 assumed it was being addressed.
The tall robot 575, feigning composure, walked to its master's side, stared into its master's eyes, and replied in a much more mechanical voice than usual, "Yes, Master."
Wen Bai, upon hearing 575's reply, indifferently glanced at the person in front of him who was still bleeding from the nose, asking, "What did you see?"
The person with the bleeding nose, covering it in shock, stammered, "You... you killed someone..."
Wen Bai squatted down to be at eye level with him, then punched him directly in the face, expressionless. "Now what?"
"I... you..."
Before the other person could finish, Wen Bai delivered another cold punch.
The man seemed to finally comprehend, tilting his head and closing his eyes to evade. "I didn't see anything, I didn't see! I can't see, it's too dark! Why is it so dark!"
Wen Bai indifferently retracted his half-thrown punch and stood up.
Without looking back, Wen Bai said softly to his robot 575, "Let's go."
The people here were strange. They were supposed to be hunting rogue robots, yet they attacked humans.
And not just one or two; they all chose Wen Bai with remarkable tacit understanding.
As if remembering something, Wen Bai said to 575, "Your number tag."
575 obediently took its number tag from its breast pocket. "Master."
Wen Bai didn't take it, merely glancing at the number. It was still 0 points.
Killing humans was not recorded as points.
Why was that?
Wen Bai glanced at the people on the ground, completely lacking combat ability, and felt deep confusion.
Then, Wen Bai, with his robot, continued further in.
As they walked, Wen Bai saw a small number of rogue robots, all of them incomplete.
These rogue robots seemed to be of a type that was not too strong, specially prepared for these players.
However, when he entered the game area, he had clearly seen that among these rogue robots, there were also intact ones with extremely fast movement speeds.
Continuing deeper into the forest.
Wen Bai encountered several more rogue robots that were exceptionally wary of humans. They did not proactively attack Wen Bai, instead watching him pass by.
Some of them even appeared to be afraid of humans.
Wen Bai stopped, looking at a pair of blue eyes visible from a rogue robot in the bushes ahead.
Wen Bai thought for 3 seconds, but he hadn't seen a rogue robot for several minutes.
No more being picky.
Wen Bai: "575, bring him here."
The tall 575, upon hearing Wen Bai's command, hesitated not at all.
It directly walked towards the rogue robot that was clearly half-visible in the bushes, hiding itself in a way that was akin to covering its ears and eyes.
The other party seemed to have no intention of fleeing, trembling but motionless, watching 575 approach.
575 directly apprehended it and threw it in front of its master.
The rogue robot trembled, lowering its head and covering its face, like an ostrich refusing to look at Wen Bai, unable to even utter a word.
It was now dark. Under the moonlight, Wen Bai examined the rogue robot on the ground. This rogue robot was clearly whole and undamaged.
Wen Bai: "Why didn't you run?"
The figure on the ground remained silent, not even looking up.
Wen Bai paused for a second, then coldly threatened, "If you don't speak, I won't let you go."
The figure then tremblingly raised its head.
Under the moonlight, the figure revealed an extremely beautiful face.
It was a beauty of great allure.
Wen Bai, however, remained unfazed. "Why didn't you run?"
The beautiful face softly replied, "I couldn't run, I was scared..."
A pitiable, charming demeanor.
Wen Bai remained indifferent. "Answer a few questions and I'll let you go."
The beautiful face sat on the ground, tilting its strikingly attractive face upwards, its eyes glistening with moisture. "Really?"
System 001 seemed to be seeing such a robot for the first time, and was extremely surprised. "Is it... going to cry? No, do robots even have tears?"
Wen Bai had reviewed detailed reports on rogue robots during his last repair of 575. "They can mimic human saliva secretion, but not sweat or tears."
System 001 was surprised again. "So, it's intentional? Trying to make you sympathetic?"