A Thousand Roads, Safety First; Improper Driving, Two Lines of Tears from Loved Ones
It wasn't yet rush hour, so the traffic on the streets wasn't at its heaviest. Electric bikes stopped and started, and leisurely pedestrians gradually gathered around.
A long line of elementary school students, one after another pulling at their clothes, passed a convenience store under the teacher's guidance. A young man carrying instant noodles walked out, biting his chopsticks, and stood on the street, dumbfounded.
The black skid marks were eye-catching. Facing the grand archway at the intersection of Ziping Street, the traffic lights were flashing, and someone stood on the other side of the zebra crossing, looking in this direction, seemingly sensing that something extraordinary had happened.
It's not a common occurrence for someone's head to fall to the ground.
The red Volvo remained parked in place. This brand has always used safety as a marketing selling point, but the safety emphasized by most cars, of course, refers to protecting the driver and passengers.
Some cars also claim to absorb energy and protect pedestrians.
No matter what kind of vehicle it is, the human body seems too fragile in its presence.
But... there was no blood on the ground, no bloodstains, making the body appear exceptionally mangled.
A head, without a single drop of blood, was cleanly removed, like a toy doll's head that had been ripped off by a child.
Liu Chang'an walked over and saw Liu Yuewang sitting motionless in the driver's seat with the window open. Liu Chang'an pressed a finger on Liu Yuewang's neck and found that she had just fainted.
She knocked other people's heads off their necks, but she herself was only scared unconscious and her neck was slightly twisted.
Liu Chang'an then ignored Liu Yuewang and picked up the head.
"Ah!"
"Young man..."
"Tease!"
A gasp rippled through the crowd, startled by Liu Chang'an's action.
If you actually picked up a doll's head, it naturally wouldn't have the same effect.
A head without blood is certainly not a real human head.
It's just so lifelike—the delicate skin, the vivid expression, the moist lips, and even the nostrils with visible nose hairs.
Everyone knows this shouldn't be a real person, but from a distance it looks too much like one, making it seem particularly eerie. The fact that Liu Chang'an dared to pick up the severed head naturally terrified people.
Liu Chang'an picked it up and looked at the broken neck. A layer of translucent liquid was flowing, covering the entire broken surface.
Beneath this translucent liquid, some electronic components and circuits can be vaguely seen; it is a robot with bionic skin, and it is very realistic.
Liu Chang'an looked at the robot's head again. The long golden hair looked like flowing golden liquid under the setting sun. The fair cheeks showed no color or skin pores, making them look so delicate that they didn't seem like a real person... This was probably not because it was impossible to create a skin appearance that was completely similar to a real person, but rather due to the designer's aesthetic... This clean and fair skin, combined with the features of a Western girl, did have a certain beauty.
Liu Chang'an recalled the time when he, An Nuan, Miao Yingying, and Bai Hui went to see Gao Dewei. An Nuan left first, and Bai Hui took out a photo and said that it was of a girl from Xiangtan University who could compete with An Nuan for the title of campus beauty.
It vaguely resembled the robot girl in front of me.
At least it's the same face, only the girl in the photo has her eyes open, her gaze somewhat unfocused and empty.
The robot girl in front of me had her eyes closed.
It's likely that Bai Hui did indeed photograph this robot girl, which explains her vacant gaze.
Suddenly, the robot girl opened her eyes, a smile curving her lips. Combined with her expression and her suddenly bright eyes, it looked extremely eerie.
At this moment, Liu Yuewang slowly woke up and happened to see this scene. She screamed and fainted again.
"Naughty," Liu Chang'an said.
He suspected that the robot girl sensed that Liu Yuewang woken up and deliberately startled her again.
Liu Chang'an carried its head to the front of the car and saw its body lying on the ground, but there was no sign of its body being broken.
"Young man, you should put that head down first, it's... it's really scary."
A middle-aged man chewing betel nut advised, perhaps feeling a bit excited and stimulated, as he chewed the betel nut much faster, as if he wanted to crush it and swallow it quickly.
"It's not scary." Liu Chang'an shook his head. If it were really scary, why would you be chewing betel nuts, meddling in other people's business, and watching the show?
Liu Chang'an glanced at the robot girl's face again; it was staring at his body.
The body lying on the ground suddenly began to twist.
"Ah!"
The headless body writhed, and even without the sight of flowing blood, it was truly horrifying. The surrounding crowd immediately retreated a great distance in fright. The middle-aged man who had just advised Liu Chang'an even spat out his betel nut, which fell to the ground. The remaining betel nut residue looked exactly like the dried feces of a herbivore.
"Please put me on the ground, I need to reconnect my body," the robot girl suddenly said.
"You're using Bluetooth?" Liu Chang'an asked casually, not knowing much about wireless connection protocols.
"Hehe... Haha... Hehe..." This was probably a joke only a robot could understand, and the robot girl laughed.
Liu Chang'an listened to the seemingly soft yet unrestrained and playful laughter, he suddenly remembered hearing the exact same sound in the cave in the Bow Family Realm.
That was the robot's voice from before she and Qin Yanan met Professor Crick.
Could the robot in front of me be the same one? Of course, a robot's voice can be copied, so this one is most likely not the one whose head Professor Crick removed in the cave.
They are more likely to be the same model.
"What the hell is this thing?"
"A robot, I suppose."
"Wow, robots this advanced already!"
"What's so special about that? Japan has already been using robots to film *****!"
"Send me a secret code when you get back."
The onlookers were buzzing with discussion, but Liu Chang'an recalled the conversation between the robot and Professor Crick.
The robot in the cave said, "Madam is the only vampire in the world personally blessed by the Blood Ancestor. This coffin is a divine artifact left behind by the Blood Ancestor. Only by obtaining this coffin can Madam return to the Blood Ancestor's side. Hundreds of years ago, Madam was severely injured, and the Blood Ancestor allowed his blood to flow into her body, granting her immortality. You have performed a great service this time, and Madam will surely reward you."
At the time, Professor Crick believed that the robot was simply using online content to rearrange "Madam," and that the robot's AI design was the most illogical and boring artificial intelligence he had ever seen.
Looking back now, the robot's words were certainly not just made up randomly; there are right and wrong parts... or rather, some of them have been proven to be correct. As for the other parts, they need to be verified, or rather, they are worth analyzing.
At that time, Mrs. Karnstein was actually completely under Su Nanxiu's control, and it's likely that the robot that originally belonged to Mrs. Karnstein also rebelled.
This is probably why, after Liu Chang'an defeated Professor Crick, he asked Professor Crick to pass on a message to Mrs. Karnstein, but received no response.
In other words, this robot in front of us now belongs to Su Nanxiu... At present, Mrs. Karnstein has not shown any signs of being able to take everything back.
So... is it a coincidence that this robot appeared here and happened to be damaged by Liu Yuewang?
Who believes coincidence... She's a fairy.
At that moment, a small van pulled up behind the red Volvo, and several young men in blue overalls ran out and picked up the robot's body.
"Sir, I'm sorry, this is our product. It has a small problem, and we have to fix it." A young man with a small mustache, who seemed to be the leader, politely made a request to Liu Chang'an.
Liu Chang'an up the head and handed it to him.
"Thank you." The young man took it and put it in the car.
The delivery truck quickly drove away from the red Volvo.
Liu Chang'an removed Liu Yuewang from the driver's seat and placed her in the passenger seat, then caught up with the transport vehicle and followed at a distance.
As the car crossed the Juzhou Bridge, Liu Yuewang woke up again.
"Ah... Chang'an..." Liu Yuewang much more at ease upon seeing Liu Chang'an, but still grabbed Liu Chang'an arm with lingering fear. "My God... now... now..."
"It's alright now."
"How... how could everything be alright?" Liu Yuewang's eyes seemed to still be filled with the image of that head grinning at her, and her face turned pale.
"You just bumped into a robot," Liu Chang'an explained.
Liu Yuewang was stunned for a moment. A robot? Robots are not human. No matter how human-like a robot is, it is still not human... The idea of protecting the rights of robots and fighting for equal rights for robots with humans is probably a politically correct thing to do decades or even a hundred years from now, but it is definitely not now.
"Is it really just a robot?" Liu Yuewang still found it hard to believe. She had fainted for the first time when she saw someone's head fly towards her after she bumped into them.
"If it were a real person, would I be taking you to commit a hit-and-run right now?" Liu Chang'an smiled. "But it's also possible that I'm taking you to turn yourself in."
Seeing him joke, Liu Yuewang finally relaxed.
"How could you take it upon yourself to send me to turn myself in?" Liu Yuewang seemed to realize the key point as she came to her senses, and punched Liu Chang'an on the shoulder. "At most, you can only persuade me to turn myself in."
"It was just a joke!" Liu Chang'an said calmly, looking ahead as he drove.
"I'm really... how did this happen? It really was just a robot... Thank goodness, this is the first time I've encountered something like this. I'm usually very, very careful when I drive. That robot just appeared there like it suddenly appeared." Liu Yuewang could still feel the fear in her heart as she rambled on to Liu Chang'an about what had just happened.
After listening for a while, I didn't get any useful information. Liu Yuewang was just talking about how careful and safe she usually is when she drives.
Liu Chang'an knew she was terrified. In a state of panic, it's possible to lose physiological functions. This state of panic would probably last for several days, so he reminded her to have An Nuan sleep with her that night.
Liu Chang'an won't be able to climb out the window for the next few days either. Oh well, he'll have to make a sacrifice.
"Hey... we missed our stop. Aren't you going to take me back?" Liu Yuewang a little surprised. This wasn't the right way. Was he really going to take her to turn herself in?
"That robot was taken away just now. I have to go and see. Isn't this their fault? I'm going to demand an explanation." Liu Chang'an followed the van into Xiangnan University, having just passed the Juyuan residential area.
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Sorry, I assembled a bookshelf today, and I used too many screwdrivers. My wrist is sore, but I had no choice. There were just too many books, and they were too messy, taking up too much space.
I will update another 9,000 words tomorrow to make up for it, as an apology.