Yi Heye, who was walking ahead, was completely unaware that he had been targeted by his prey.
He put on a mask and hood, hiding his entire face inside his clothes.
His forgery skills were so refined that when the gatekeeper saw half of his fair face showing, he even exclaimed, "These days, it's rare to see a middle school student like you who cares about social welfare."
Yi Heye clenched his fists, held back, and didn't curse.
This time, as soon as she reached the entrance of the main building, Little Cloud clung to the wall in fear. Her plump body was squeezed so hard that it became somewhat deformed, a large, flat, white piece, like a naan bread that had just been stuck to the inside of an oven.
Fortunately, Jian Yunxian was perceptive and didn't let her unfilial son delay her work schedule. She simply pried it off the wall with her bare hands and held a large chunk of it in her arms.
"You've gained weight again, little cloud."
"Meow!!"
"Don't try to deny it, I can tell the difference."
Yi Heye, who was walking ahead, turned around speechlessly. In that instant, he seemed to see the night he first met Jian Yunxian. This man was in the alley, holding this worthless fat sheep, greeting him from afar with his eyes crinkled.
It feels like we've known each other for a long time without even realizing it.
I disliked him from the first glance and all I wanted to do was smash him to pieces.
Of course, it's the same now. Yi Heye mentally made a mental adjustment—it's just that due to various reasons, it's inconvenient to take action now.
Once the man and the sheep caught up, Yi Heye entered the main building of the sanatorium.
This time, the entrance had obviously been cleaned; the old dust had been hidden, and some newer tables and chairs had been moved in to make up for it.
However, no matter how presentable the exterior may be, it cannot hide the dilapidated interior. As soon as you enter, there is a series of creaking and groaning noises from the maintenance room on the side, which frightens Xiaoyunduo, who weighs 200 pounds, so much that she immediately burrows into Jian Yunxian's arms.
Apart from the maintenance room at the entrance, the rooms that previously had one machine each were now empty. Only the group activity room at the far end was filled with lively chatter.
Yi Heye quietly walked over and glanced inside.
Inside the room, the group of robots with the most intact appearances were gathered together and formed a circle, with a prominent government leader standing inside the circle.
He stood in the center of the circle, giving a speech. Opposite him was a photographer, the camera pointed directly at his face. On the projection screen behind him, a scrolling message read: "A warm welcome to the district planning official for visiting our institute for a慰问 (comfort/condolence) activity!"
Leader: "Everyone here today is an important witness to human history, and an important partner of ours..."
At the commander's signal, the robots sang in unison, numb applause at the appropriate moment.
"During this visit, we donated a 'Honeycomb Philosophy' gold course card to each of you. Please believe that we are always working hard to enrich your spiritual lives..."
Yi Heye frowned, scoffing at the leader's speech, but he didn't leave in a hurry because he saw his employer, Ms. Four, among the robot team.
Robots are always more sensitive to appearance than humans. Almost the instant they saw Yi Heye's red eyes, all the robots froze in their tracks and turned to look at him.
FOUR looked at him too. Yi Heye glanced at her, told her that he had arrived, and then pulled down his hood and walked upstairs.
Upstairs are those robots whose appearance is not good enough to be shown on camera.
As soon as she stepped onto the second floor, an eyeball rolled out of the room next door. Startled, Little Cloud simply let out a "meow" and passed out.
As Jian Yunxian put the sheep on the floor and performed CPR, Yi Heye stood with his hands in his pockets, looking into the room where the eyeball had rolled out.
"Oh..."
With a weak sigh, the door was pushed open, and a robot with only a few steel plates left on its face, teetering on the verge of collapse and covered with chips, crawled out shakily.
It seemed to be trying to find the missing eyeball, groping on the ground, but the more it rubbed, the further away it got.
Yi Heye then squatted down, picked up the eyeball for it, and placed it in its hand.
The robot's hearing was obviously very poor, and it was completely unaware of Yi Heye's presence. This sudden help naturally startled and confused it.
After spouting a bunch of gibberish, it bravely put its eyes back on and stared at Yi Heye through another black hole.
After a long pause, he exclaimed, "Oh! Thank you! Mr. Cheetah!"
Yi Heye glanced around warily. Luckily, there were no staff members watching him nearby, otherwise he would have been exposed immediately.
After a long pause, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't call me Cheetah."
The robot stood at attention: "Yes, Mr. Cheetah!"
"..." Yi Heye wished he could gouge out the eyeballs that it had just returned to.
This guy is physically disabled, not very bright, and has a loud voice; he's a dangerous individual. Yi Heye decided to stay away from him and quickly rejoined Jian Yunxian and his son.
Just then, Jian Yunxian had just performed CPR on Xiaoyunduo. The little guy stood up on his four little black legs, kicked twice in the air, then took a deep breath and woke up.
The little black bean opened its eyes hazily, and before it could even blink twice, it suddenly sprang to its feet and pushed open the door beside it.
It was the same old robot that fed the potted plants last time. Yi Heye and Jian Yunxian followed it and found that it was now hanging in the middle of countless wires, unable to move at all.
Looking up, the robot saw the newcomers, its gray-black eyes lighting up: "Gentlemen..."
Yi Heye cut to the chase: "Are you ready?"
"Ready...ready?" the robot replied. "So...prepared for so many years!"
Yi Heye: "Is the list ready?"
The robot nodded and handed Yi Heye a list.
"Total number: 576 units, of which 117 units are requested to be destroyed while retaining core data, 459 units are requested to be completely destroyed, and 0 units are not accepted for destruction."
Detailed machine information and a commitment video are attached below.
Then, the robot opened a metal valve on its chest and handed out a key: "This is what I owe you, the villa in Zone C! Property certificate..."
Yi Heye took the key and asked casually, "How's the environment?"
As if eager to prove itself, the robot's voice became fluent: "This is the best house I've ever seen!! It was chosen by all of us through a vote!!"
Yi Heye nodded and put the key in his pocket: "Looks like you guys have your own communication channels, right?"
Robot: "&～;*&#;@Yes!"
Yi Heye: "When Four comes back in a bit, go and send out a notification, and then we can begin."
Robot: "*! Okay!"
At that moment, Xiaoyunduo was frantically chewing on the last potted plant in the room. For some reason, upon hearing this, she suddenly turned around, her eyes, which were still lingering over the delicious food, revealing a faint sense of reluctance.
Meanwhile, downstairs it seemed the event was nearing its end, and Yi Heye overheard the leader's closing remarks:
"...We believe that everyone shares our pride in everything we have contributed and witnessed!"
A wave of applause swept across the room, followed by the sound of footsteps rushing forward.
A moment later, Four appeared at the door of the room. When Yi Heye saw her, the last sentence of his speech was still in his mind.
So his first question was: "Are you proud of what you've done?"
Both FOUR and the old robot fell silent, and in unison gave a mechanical answer: "Sorry, I don't understand."
Yi Heye looked at them and suddenly remembered Jian Yunxian's question on the way here. He was stunned for a moment and then smiled helplessly—humans and machines can never be the same thing.
Perhaps to welcome the leader's visit, Four wore a beautiful dress today and applied light makeup.
Jian Yunxian praised without reservation, "Madam, you look really beautiful today."
FOUR seemed to have a simple emotional feedback process, and a little shyly said, "Thank you. I played the piano during the visit today, and the caregiver specially did my makeup."
Yi Heye wasn't good at dealing with such situations, so he could only squat down to the side and bully the little cloud that was eating grass and starting to get a little sullen.
Xiao Yunduo already had a lot of opinions about him, and since she was in a bad mood, she angrily rammed her head against him—only to have Yi Heye reach out and grab her horns.
At this moment, Four turned around and asked Jian Yunxian, "Fang Chunyang's..."
FOUR seemed quite surprised to realize that he could say the name without any hindrance.
Upon hearing this name, Yi Heye was extremely displeased. With a forceful pull, he almost plucked all the hair off Xiaoyunduo's forehead.
Amidst Xiaoyunduo's screams, Jian Yunxian said, "He created that world and asked us to show it to you."
This well-intentioned lie excited both Four and the old robot, and Yi Heye was also quite surprised. He looked back to see how Jian Yunxian would show them this world.
At this moment, Jian Yunxian forcibly moved the wildly twisting little cloud over and patted its forehead.
A projection appeared above the little cloud's head.
With a "whoosh," the white wall in front of him was covered by blue sky and white clouds—lush forests, crystal-clear streams, agile birds, and running rabbits, which stunned Yi Heye for a moment.
But he soon discovered that this was not the world Fang Chunyang had created. Everything here was a million times more realistic than the models in the game—this was the real place, the actual Area A where Jian Yunxian lived, which he had seen on surveillance footage.
FOUR stood there stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and said somewhat urgently, "Sir, may I invite my friends to come and see this?"
Jian Yunxian smiled gently, her eyes crinkling: "Of course, this is a gift for all of you."
So, Four opened their secretly formed internal group and shared the projection in front of them. Soon, one avatar after another lit up, and hundreds of machines gathered in the channel to watch the scene in front of them.
Yi Heye looked at the robots engrossed in the video, then suddenly stood up and asked, "Tell them that if it's about time, I'll be ready to begin."
FOUR nodded and sent the message to the group.
Soon, the hundred or so robots that wanted to retain their data sent over their data backups. Jian Yunxian plucked one of Xiaoyunduo's horns with a "pop," and Yi Heye then discovered that the horn was actually an oddly shaped USB flash drive.
After Yangjiao copied the data, Yi Heye nodded and looked at Jian Yunxian.
"Everything's ready. The surveillance is all set up, and everyone in the building will be evacuated within three minutes," Jian Yunxian said. "Go ahead and do it with confidence."
Yi Heye nodded, finally took off his hood, and opened his jacket zipper to reveal a dense row of miniature explosive bombs inside.
This outfit alone is worth the price of that villa. Yi Heye walked out of the room and climbed the stairs.
At that moment, the alarm sounded in the corridor, and the staff inside the building began to rush downstairs in a panic—no one cared about those machines. Everyone knew that in a crisis, human life was far more valuable than a bunch of worthless scrap metal.
Yi Heye went against the flow of people and started walking upwards. The robots that had received the signal began to stir.
At the same time, the surrounding walls transformed into a lush and boundless beautiful landscape. With each step Yi Heye took, the scenery around him seemed to magically extend beneath his feet—this was Jian Yunxian's trick, a rare and somewhat romantic one.
At the far end of the corridor stood a robot that had witnessed the launch of the red satellite. At that moment, a red sun was rising slowly on the wall in front of him.
He almost knelt before the crimson light, shouting his classic line, which he had repeated countless times in various commentary programs about Yu Yin: "The red satellite is about to be launched! Red! This is the red of hope!"
Yi Heye placed a bomb in the middle of the corridor and then went to the next floor. The scene here changed from black to white. The pale white light cut through the dark night, creating an extremely shocking and expansive visual effect even in the narrow environment of the corridor.
"No matter how long the darkness, the day will always come!"
The robot in the costume in front of me is the first robot actor in history to perform in a Shakespearean play. At this moment, he is standing in front of the bright daylight, performing Macbeth, which he knows best.
After setting up the explosives, Yi Heye continued downhill when he heard a cheer—"The sea!"
Turning around, he saw a vast expanse of blue sea, its waves crashing against the building, a sight Yi Heye had never seen before. For a moment, he even wanted to run with the robots to see what the sea looked like and listen to the song of the waves.