Industrial Park

"How are you feeling? I'm a little nervous because it's been a long time since I've performed."

The Ecological Park was lit up again, and Lin came to the four of them. Her expression seemed a little shy, an emotion that was hard to come by in a robot.

"Very nice."

Lu Ban commented.

What's wrong with you?

Lin looked at the other three, whose expressions were all somewhat gloomy. The glorious history and the bleak present formed a stark contrast, which made people feel a lot of emotions.

Having witnessed such a powerful past being destroyed by disaster, how can people today resist the swarm of insects?

Despair and helplessness overwhelmed them.

"If guests feel unwell, I can provide some medical equipment. I'm sorry, our medical robot has stopped working."

Lin said helplessly.

"By the way, are there any Industrial Park or similar places nearby, like the places where the people of Future City used to work?"

Lu Ban hurriedly asked.

"The Industrial Park is located seven kilometers north of here, but unfortunately, contact with the Industrial Park has been cut off. If you can try to contact them, they can send a vehicle to pick you up."

Lin tilted her head again and said, and Lu Ban suspected that her action was actually an attempt to make contact.

But without a doubt, in this already destroyed world, there is only static in the communications.

"Is the power supply also over there?"

Lu Ban interrupted Lin's attempt to communicate.

"Yes."

The Robot Girl nodded, then said with some difficulty.

"We just can't leave Future City, so we didn't try to go and check on the situation. Perhaps the residents all stayed there."

Do you have any information from there, electronic or paper?

Lu Ban saw Lin nod blankly and then said.

"Help us find it. We'll go there tomorrow to check and see if we can restore power."

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, Lin revealed a surprised expression that might be characteristic of a robot.

Then, she nodded vigorously.

"OK!"

There isn't much information left in Future City. Since it's a research Industrial Park, it must involve a lot of secrets.

Let's not even talk about the condition of the research lab; there wasn't even a layout of the power system, just a rough diagram of the building complex.

It's probably to prevent something from finding and damaging the power facilities.

Thinking about it this way, Lu Ban became curious about how the previous civilization in the wasteland was destroyed.

From most of the indigenous people, Lu Ban learned that due to the prevalence of Crystallization Sickness, patients with this Crystallization Sickness did indeed have short lifespans.

But is that really the case?

Whether it's the tightening of living standards, this Ecological Park, the Industrial Park next door, or the research on the universe, all suggest that the world is facing a greater crisis, and that humanity will be destroyed if it cannot find a way to save itself within a certain period of time.

Ultimately, they did not find it.

At night, the three indigenous people of the wilderness all chose to sleep in the Ecological Park.

For them, such an environment is invaluable.

Lu Ban was not asleep. He went to a bench on the side for resting and gazed at the starry sky.

Lin came to his side. The Robot Girl seemed to be resting here. In any case, as the butler here, her power would definitely be the last to run out, which meant that in the future, she would definitely be the last robot to lose consciousness.

She will bid farewell to all her companions and finally fall into a long and eternal slumber.

"Guest, are you having trouble sleeping? I have 3,722 bedtime stories and lullabies to tell you if you'd like."

Lin spoke as if she were already prepared to coax a child.

"No need, I'm used to staying up late."

Lu Ban replied.

May I sit down?

After receiving Lu Ban's permission, Lin sat down at the other end of the bench.

Her bare feet tapped lightly and rhythmically on the artificial grass.

"Actually, I'm really happy that you could come."

Lin looked at the starry sky and said softly.

"During this period, all the robots in Future City held 2,147,483,647 discussions, and all the robots believed that humans would never return, except for me."

"They believe that humans have successfully left this planet and gone to a new home, but we were created to serve humans and do not know how to act after humans are gone."

"But I believe that humanity will definitely return."

"Seeing you all proves that I was right."

Upon hearing Lin's words, Lu Ban suddenly wondered if the robots in this world had already awakened a certain degree of self-awareness.

"Actually, you don't necessarily have to follow humans. Robots can maintain themselves as well."

He said.

"No, it's already written into our program, into our basic framework, or in human terms, into our very souls. We were born for humanity."

Lin was adamant; this seemingly fragile Robot Girl only became as hard as steel when it came to these kinds of things.

"Then you can come with us then, since we're human too."

Lu Ban added that there was no way for them to follow him. The alien world probably wouldn't be able to carry so many robots back to his world. However, he could let these robots go back to Utopia with Frostheart. Perhaps the saints there could find a way to keep these robots moving.

"I need to check the response manual for this; it's something that hasn't appeared in the manual yet."

Lin was somewhat surprised, confused, and at a loss.

"Think it over carefully, and we'll give you our answer when we get back tomorrow."

Lu Ban patted the other person's head.

Artificial hair looks so real.

He thought to himself with emotion.

Before dawn, the four of them left the Ecological Park, took a map, and rode Camel Insect toward the industrial park.

Lu Ban saw Lin standing at the entrance of the Ecological Park, bowing to see them off, and she didn't stand up until she disappeared from sight.

Seven kilometers is not far.

At noon, when the sun was at its fiercest, Lu Ban spotted an unusual object outside the desert.

"What's this?"

Frostheart slightly obscures the sunlight, observing carefully.

It was a tall and enormous shelf, which should have held something, but it was completely empty.

Beside the scaffolding, buildings of different shapes stand side by side.

Extending outwards from this point is a cluster of dilapidated buildings.

This must be the Industrial Park.

Lu Ban observed carefully but found no trace of the insect swarm.

"Shall we go in and explore?"

Frostheart asked uncertainly.

"Same as always, Frostheart and I will go."

Lu Ban was a little worried, but still decided to take the lead.

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