Little Robot on the Run

Chapter 66

He is amazing.

When the radio frequency appeared in front of the eyes, the scene was dead silent.

Lin Ze immediately strode towards the research institute. Flo and Nan'an looked at each other and immediately followed behind.

Red lights flashed around them, the crowd pushed and shouted at each other, their mechanical prosthetics piled up, and they rushed towards the train in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, Lin Ze frowned: "Where's Jason?"

"I don't know." A police officer said, "Since the attack just now, I have lost contact."

Lin Ze didn't say a word, thought for a few seconds, and said, "Contact again, if there is no reply, the institute will manage it for you."

"Roger that!"

They came all the way to the elevator in the institute, and Flo asked, "What about the robot now?"

"Except for the robots that are necessary to operate, all the power is cut off." Lin Zedao, "Besides, all the data of the testing instruments are uploaded and sent to the data department and the research institute."

Flo responded and began to operate quickly.

The police officer behind them held a communicator and kept calling, but the only response was a beeping sound of hanging up.

But time couldn't last much longer. Panic and uneasiness hit the entire underground base in the four cities like a flood. Falling from a height of nearly [-] meters, it became a small black spot.

"Contact Minister Jason." The police officer was still dialing, his forehead was sweating, and his hand holding the communicator was trembling uncontrollably.

"This situation is not acceptable." Another officer said, "If you don't take over as soon as possible, the entire four cities will be destroyed."

"But now, except for Jason, we have no one who can take the lead. All the deputy chiefs who stayed in the four cities, whether they went to support the triangle base or carry out the cleanup plan in the four cities, have not returned."

They fell into a brief silence.

Nan'an knew that as officials, they did not have the corresponding executive power—including the police officers who are now maintaining order.Nan'an turned his head and looked out the window. Compared with before, more black spots fell from the covered bridges at different heights.

At the same time, the aperture became more crimson, illuminating the entire dungeon brightly, like blood flowing, and it seemed that there was a crisis lurking everywhere.

Nan'an finally went to the air-raid shelter.

Unlike Lin Ze's purpose of letting him go at first, this time he went to help take care of the cubs.Because of the situation last time, almost all the cubs were left at the school and placed in centralized accommodation, in order to prevent the corresponding situation from happening.

And this time too.

When Nan'an arrived at the air-raid shelter, Ke Luoyi and several interns were there.Behind them are robots, pulling long chains and carrying large quantities of school supplies.

Seeing Nan'an, Ke Luoyi waved to him: "Dr. Lin sent a message just now."

"It's the first time I've received a message from Dr. Lin." He commanded the robot while recording supplies, "I almost dropped the communicator."

Nan An looked at him and asked, "What about the cubs?"

"The 3AR air-raid shelter at the back." Koroy said, "The cubs are the people most in need of protection, so the air-raid shelter is the strongest, not even a robot can fit in."

Accompanied by the siren, Nan'an bypassed the bustling crowd and walked towards the 3AR air-raid shelter. Along the way, he passed countless screens, and the alarm and related reports fell on Nan'an's ears.

"The following will announce the numbers of the trains that are out of service. A12, A25, A32... All the above-mentioned trains that arrive at the air-raid shelter are all out of service. Residents are requested to arrange their travel plans reasonably and not to be crowded. If you have any questions, you can contact the underground base."

"Residents of G18 and above please evacuate immediately."

"Repeat again, residents of G18 and above are evacuated immediately, and they can take the B23 train in area B to evacuate with their ID cards."

Compared with other areas, the area of ​​the air-raid shelter is not as tense as it should be. It may be because of the special geographical location. The human beings here—whether they are the personnel of the research institute or the officers in charge of police affairs—all carry out their work step by step.

When Nan'an passed by in a hurry, I listened to the conversation of two police officers.

"Who can say for sure." A certain police officer snorted slightly, "If there is a real situation, the air-raid shelter is at the bottom, maybe it will be a turtle in the urn."

"Hey, shut up."

"Again, I'm not wrong. Maybe once this incident is over, Rose will become a city of silver bells." The police officer said with a bit of self-deprecation, "Looking at it this way, no one will be able to escape in the end."

Nan'an quietly listened to their conversation.

He went down from the iron frame of the air-raid shelter on one side, walked through the long transparent corridor, and finally came to the 3AR air-raid shelter.

Before entering the air-raid shelter, Nan'an heard movement.

— Cub cries.

Nan'an swiped the magnetic card of the research institute to enter.

Probably because he had never been to a 3AR air-raid shelter, he paused for a moment, then opened his eyes wide.

Everything in front of him completely exceeded his understanding of the air-raid shelter.

According to what I saw at the Kepler base before, the air-raid shelter is just a simple brick structure, providing temporary shelter for humans to avoid possible dangers—including the time when the cub was escorted, the air-raid shelter is also structured in this way.

But now it's completely beyond imagination.

The entire air-raid shelter has an absolute height. They are embedded in the underground of G1, but they are so tall that they hollow out this area, like some kind of extension in the dungeon.

The surrounding outer walls are silver, a mixture of hard iron frame and metal, intersecting each other to form a long cylinder.

The inner wall of the cylinder is filled with electronic components, they are densely packed together, hundreds of billions, popping, and shining from time to time.Further inside, covered with glass walls, securely separates the elements.There are data strips floating in the air, and the dark green ones are the basic information of the base.

For example, temperature, oxygen content, etc., the red ones are the latest warning messages, and the news of the dungeon is scrolling in real time.

Nan'an just stood at the door of 3AR, and realized that he couldn't see the bottom at all.

He craned his neck to take a look, and as far as he could see, there were only crying cubs placed in the air-raid shelter.

Hearing the faint sound of the siren, Nan'an took a few steps forward, holding the iron hook on one side of the inner wall with his small hand, and carefully entered the air-raid shelter.

Like the school, all the cubs are divided into different areas according to their age.

In each area, there are simple folding beds, pillows and quilts, arranged around the center layer by layer like blooming flowers.And in the middle seat, that is, the center of the stamen, there are three testing instruments, a rest table, and a small desk—obviously, this is for the teacher, who can monitor the cubs in time and discover different situations.

And above all the areas, there is a small platform, which is located on the top of the cylinder, from where you can directly see the whole picture of the dungeon.

When Nan'an entered the air-raid shelter, Freeman was taking care of the cubs on one side.

"You're here, kid." Freeman pushed his glasses, "It just so happens that the last batch of cubs has been settled."

Nan An nodded: "Then what do I need to do?"

"It's very simple. Before the official evacuation order comes out, you are responsible for the comfort of the cubs of the juvenile level 1 and the juvenile level 2."

Nan An hummed, and just as he turned around, he suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "Do you know...how is Lin Ze doing now?"

After all, he made a hasty decision at the time, and after Lin Ze said to be careful, he strode away.

He didn't even have time to react.

Freeman: "He's taken over the police department."

Nan'an opened his eyes wide.

"Before the second city sends reinforcements, he will temporarily take over all the work on the fourth floor of the rose." Freeman said, "The second city also approved it just now, and everyone needs to follow Lin Ze's instructions to carry out the next step of evacuation."

"You mean Lin Ze?"

"Yes." Freeman said, "As long as Lin Ze can take over the fourth floor of Rose, it doesn't matter if Jason is there or not."

Nan'an nodded and said nothing more. He was still holding the rose vase tightly in his little hands, and turned around to go to the area where the cubs were taken care of.

At this time, the teachers in the area were very anxious. When they saw Nan An coming, they breathed a sigh of relief and said to him, "Teacher Nan An, you are finally here."

"These cubs have been crying non-stop since just now," the teacher said, "it can't comfort them at all."

Nan An: "Then let me try."

He took out a book of fairy tales from the cardboard box, sat directly beside the crying cub, and said softly, "Would you like to hear a story?"

The cub buried his head in his arms and shook his head.

Seeing this, Nan An had no choice but to pat him on the shoulder, and then asked, "Is there anything sad?"

It might be because of the tone of voice, or the fact that the cub sniffled and looked at him——Nan An discovered that the cub he had taken care of, named Kent, had a pair of brown pupils, and loved to play as much as he did. Same.

"What do you want to hear?" Nan An asked in a low voice.

Kent thought for a few seconds and didn't speak. He glanced around and said, "Just as long as they decide."

Nan An was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

He looked around subconsciously, and found that at some point, the cubs around him rushed up, as if they heard Nan An say that they were going to tell a story, they all opened their eyes curiously.

"I want to hear Grimm's Fairy Tales," said a girl.

"No." Another boy said, "Mr. Nan'an's voice is so nice, of course he wants to listen to "The Lion King."

"Get out of the way, I want the teacher to read..."

Seeing them arguing, Nan An quickly waved his hands: "Okay, everyone has a chance."

"really?"

"En." Nan'an nodded. He stroked the pages of the e-book, looked up towards the direction of the dungeon, and whispered for a long time, "There will be."

They seem to be like this, separated by a corner.

The dungeon is still suffering from the most serious invasion, and everyone is panicking, uneasy, and fleeing one after another.But in this air-raid shelter, it is so quiet that it seems that the flow of time has slowed down. There are only occasional dull sounds, like the sound of heavy objects falling, but it is only a second, quietly mixed into the sound of reading.

In fact, Nan An felt that it was quite suitable for him to take care of the cubs.

After all, Lin Ze's work is too important, and what Ellie takes over is too complicated. As a mechanical cub, it seems that bringing human cubs is the most suitable choice.

They just read like this, and at the end, Nan'an took out the last storybook that was pressed down.

But just turn a page, and the planet and rose in "The Little Prince" come into view.

Nan An was slightly taken aback.

His eyes fell on the rose for a long time, and he heard the cub urging him: "Teacher, what's the matter?"

"Nothing." Nan'an said, "I just suddenly remembered someone."

"Who is it?"

Nan An withdrew his gaze, snorted twice, and whispered, "Secret."

Ignoring the curious eyes of the cubs, he raised his tone and began to read softly: "When I was only six years old, I saw a wonderful illustration in a book describing the primeval forest..."

Calm tone.

The cubs gathered around Nan An, hugging their knees and looking at him.

At this time, the red light shines through the iron frame vaguely, flowing like the starry sky and the night.In their distance, the robot was completely isolated outside the air-raid shelter.

There are only human beings left in the whole venue, and him—a bionic robot that accidentally broke into human society.

Nan'an continued to read aloud.

While reading, his eyes fell on the cub.

Some of them are equipped with mechanical prosthetic limbs, and some have replaced palms, just like a grain of dust that promotes the mechanization of human beings.

At this moment, the number of red data bars floating on the side increased.

He seemed to be in a daze for a moment, and his eyes fell on the content of the research institute. The news said that the robots were still in the land city of Rose Four City, and they gathered quickly, planning to launch an attack on the entire underground base.

"It looks scary," said a cub suddenly.

Nan An turned to look at him.

Although he was also worried about Lin Ze and everything here, but facing the cubs, he had no choice but to put away these feelings.

So Nan An whispered a few words of comfort, and then heard the cub ask: "Aren't you afraid, Teacher?"

"Not afraid." Nan'an replied very simply.

The cub blinked in confusion: "Why?"

"Someone will always protect us."

"Is he great?"

"Of course." The pride on Nan'an's face was imperceptible, "It's amazing."

The cubs wowed again, and just as they were about to ask who that person was, they heard Nan An start to read aloud, so all the cubs instantly forgot about that person and re-immersed themselves in it.

"The time you spend on your roses makes your roses matter."

"I always believe that if a person can survive innocently, it must be bought by countless people around him with a higher price of protection..."

Nan'an read softly, just like in Weipudao before.

At that time, the four cities only suffered from a little chip infection, which is not the current situation at all.

But until now, he still feels that such a world—the world he described to Lin Ze not long ago will eventually come true.

Just then, he heard a series of footsteps.

Very light, but hurried, sounded outside the air-raid shelter.

Nan'an followed the prestige.

He saw a slender figure appearing in his field of vision—he was no longer familiar with it in the past few months.

He stared blankly at that side until he was tapped lightly on the shoulder.

"Go, kid," Freeman said. "I'm here."

Nan'an blinked and said in a low voice, "Yes."

He walked all the way outside the air-raid shelter, and the red light that shone through stretched his shadow.

Just when Nan'an walked outside, he didn't say anything, he didn't even say a word, just met Lin Ze's silver eyes, and he twitched his eyelashes.

"Is there any news?" Nan'an said.

Seeing Lin Ze looking at him, the eyes behind the glasses still showed no emotion, and said lightly: "Prepare to evacuate."

Nan An was slightly startled, but in the next second he came back to his senses, as if he had heard it countless times before, and asked, "Everyone?"

Lin Ze nodded: "Yes."

"Then where are you going to evacuate?"

"Second City of Roses."

The author says:

An excerpt from The Little Prince by Antoine.