There Is No Afterlife

The car stopped at the gate. The guard robot carefully checked the IDs of all the people in the car, and also scanned the military-branded floating car inside and out. It took a full fifteen minutes before they were allowed to pass. .

That's the good thing about robots, they always do their jobs faithfully. "For this complicated inspection, Prince has no impatience.

He was obviously very familiar with the terrain here. Facing the endless factory buildings of all kinds, he led Mugen and others directly into a path on the right.

The communicator was dialed on Prince Road, so when they reached the bottom of the three-story building, there was already a blond lady waiting there. She was wearing the institute's unique white uniform, with a Wearing an ID card, he seems to be a staff member here.

really--

Hello, I am Luo from Sumei Machinery, please come with me. "She only briefly introduced her name, and took them away without even asking about the identities of Tatarin and Mugen.

This lady must often receive guests from the military - Mugen thought.

I have received the purchase list from Lieutenant Prince. Most of the metals on the list are available in our warehouse, except Famia and Mika. "Bringing them into a very huge white room, Ms. Luo pressed a button, and white seats that exactly matched the number of people present rose on the ground, including seats for robot Little A.

You need a total of 121 KG Famibia. The quantity our warehouse can provide is only 100 KG. We are sorry for the remaining quantity, but we have insufficient inventory. In addition, we don’t have any MiKa at the moment. We have just handed over a batch of military orders. Lieutenant Prince also knows this. That order has depleted all our MiKa inventory. "

Ms. Luo said in a very business-like manner. After a while, she hesitated and said:

I heard that this batch of metal is used to make robots. If so, why not buy a brand new robot? Our factory also produces the most cutting-edge military robots. The amount of your purchase list can purchase ten of the most cutting-edge military robots currently. "

This is a very practical suggestion, which is beyond the scope of Ms. Luo's work. After all, she is just a staff member of the military factory. All she can see is a purchase list. She does not know what this list is for, but it is Due to her professionalism, she guessed that these metals should be raw materials for manufacturing military robots.

Ms. Luo didn’t know, but Prince did. He didn’t understand the relationship between Mugen and Alpha and other robots. He was just a mobile check sent by the military to be solely responsible for procurement and payment. In his opinion, Ms. Luo’s suggestion It was actually pretty good, so he glanced at Mugen.

Mu Gen shook his head without hesitation. After rejecting the offer, he even smiled in order to show friendship.

Mugen himself was just unwilling, but he didn't know that this smile was a bit unpredictable and profound in the eyes of other humans.

With her mind tense, Ms. Luo secretly warned: Yes, they only purchased materials instead of finished products. The reason must be that they do not want to leak the internal design of the robot. She has exceeded the rules.

Quickly sending someone to collect the required materials on the list, Ms. Luo immediately changed the topic:

It suddenly occurred to me that there might be another place where Fabia and Mika might be. "

With an idea, Ms. Luo opened her portable smart computer and entered a line of instructions on it. A smile suddenly appeared on her serious face:

What a coincidence, it actually exists. I just arrived today. "

After standing up and following Ms. Luo's instructions, Mugen and the others followed her around the building. They finally followed Ms. Luo to another white room.

"There are a lot of parts placed in this room," either a robotic arm or a mechanical thigh... This is simply a robot organ warehouse.

They acted quickly and had it delivered. "Very satisfied with the efficiency of her subordinates, Ms. Luo led Mugen and others to the display table in the middle, pointed at the things on the display table and said: I almost forgot: there are none in the inventory, but there are some on the robot. , this robot uses a large amount of Fabia in its head and chest armor, and after re-refining, five kilograms of Fabia can be obtained."

That's great! "We are one step closer to gathering the required number of Fabias on the list. Ms. Luo smiled happily.

However, Mugen was shocked——

Displayed on this display stand was...a black robot that he had met at the port.

But it was different from that time. Now only the chest and head were left of this robot. The ghost screen on the head was still broken. However, not only the left arm, but also the right arm disappeared, and the lower body was also removed.

Like an object, his remains lay alone on the display stand.

What was different from before was that his ghost screen was pitch black, and there were no longer any flickering lights, but there were still some lights when Mu Gen saw him before.

he died.

When I saw him in the morning, although he was damaged, he was still alive. But why did he die after such a short time? Is it just because he has metal like Fabia on his list and the warehouse does not have enough stock, but he happens to have it on him?

Not Shuichi

Can it be used after repair?

Trying to suppress the trembling in his voice, Mu Gen asked his doubts.

Ms. Luo shook her head: You may not know that this robot is a military model. It costs a lot to manufacture and repair. This is the twenty-eighth time it has been repaired. Its model has been It is outdated, and the repair cost has exceeded the original manufacturing price. We will no longer provide repair services to the buyer. This time it was sent back for scrap. "

Robots cannot be scrapped casually. You see, the city garbage disposal center also has a recycling and processing point for used robots, which is responsible for the unified recycling of scrapped robots. This is especially true for military models. Generally, they need to be sent back to the original factory for scrap..."

It turned out that he came back alone, his left arm was missing, and the Netherlight Screen was broken. Was it to send him back to be scrapped?

Because it is scrapped, there are no seats, so it can only be returned with the cargo in the luggage compartment?

Mu Gen suddenly felt very sad.

He gently grasped the shoulder strap of his schoolbag, then tightened his hold on Mengmeng, and finally glanced at the robot Xiao A behind him.

Can this robot be repaired? I mean, put it back together..." Mugen asked awkwardly.

Isn't it necessary? The robot has been scrapped, its body has been decomposed and its brain has been deleted. "Ms. Luo was puzzled.

Mugen could only remain silent in the end.

Rejecting Ms. Luo's service of refining Fabia, Mugen put away the remains of the black robot, picked up other materials that the other party had prepared long ago, and then left Sumei Machinery.

Before leaving, Ms. Luo said that she would remember to help him pay attention to the arrival news of Fabia and Mika. Once the new products are in the warehouse, she would immediately notify Lieutenant Prince.

Mugen thanks her.

Mugen was in a very low mood. However, he was an adult now, so he did not show his sadness along the way. At Tatarin's invitation, they went to another restaurant for dinner. Mugen once again expressed his displeasure to the two of them. After expressing his gratitude and making an appointment to meet tomorrow afternoon, Mugen was sent to the hotel where he was staying.

As he threw himself into the arms of Little A's father as he had done when he was a child, Mu Gen's sadness exploded. Sigma immediately changed from the mechanical schoolbag back to its original appearance, sticking between Mu Gen and Little A like a plaster. He insisted on Including himself.

While the three people were hugging each other and comforting each other, the five big heads were studying the remains of the robot placed on the hotel bed.

This robot is Kappa. "After a while, Beta came to the conclusion: Kappa will be produced after producing Sigma."

When we left, the capa was only half done. "Etta immediately found Capa's photo on the hard drive. He even had a diagram of Capa's body structure!

Well, although other metals have changed, the metal on the chest has not. "This is the thick mechanical sound of Ypsilon.

Of course it won't change. The most precious material on his body is the metal plate made of Famia ingredients on the front and back of the chest. ” Etta interjected.

However, no matter how precious things are, they have now become materials to be sold. Just like they were back then.

If they hadn't escaped there back then, this would probably be the ending waiting for them, right?

The bodies are broken down, the useless ones are discarded, and the useful ones are used in other machines.

The five big heads were silent.

In the silence, Sigma's voice sounded in the room:

Sigma doesn’t want to work anymore, Sigma wants to stay at home. "

The little robot's fighting spirit originally inspired by his brother's busy work suddenly died down, and Sigma's ambition once again became to stay at home.

It's also nice to be at home. "Robot Little A's manipulator touched Sigma's head not very gently, and then Mugen's.

This behavior represents gentle comfort,” from The Textbook of Humanity.

It was obviously a very cold and stiff touch, but Sigma and Mugen felt comforted at the same time.

Taking the remains of Kappa into his stomach, Sigma asked his brother not to dissolve Kappa and refine it again. Mu Gen naturally agreed to his request, and then felt a little worried:

But in this way, Fabia is indeed not enough, I don’t know how long uncle and the others will continue like this..."

Mugen decided to ask for help from Doug, a classmate from the Emperor Zong era. He was a local. Although he graduated and went to other galaxies for internship, he immediately said that he would take leave and come back after hearing that Mugen would go to Pandera. They made an appointment to meet tomorrow morning.

After confirming the time with Doug again, Mu Gen went to bed. Although he was in a very low mood, because he had no rest at all on the spacecraft before, he slept very deeply and did not wake up all night.

And Sigma secretly got up while he was sleeping.