The Star Knight - 51. Chapter Fifty One

Times-VI galloped out of the God of War galaxy, the Star Gate was completely destroyed in the flames of war, and the space robots are being re-established. The periphery of the galaxy is full of wreckage after the war, there are no spaceships, no coordinates, and everything that can be seen has no name, just as it was when it took shape.

The nearest temporary starry sky gate here is a one-way street that leads to a gas nebula in Pollux. Opal reads the blood-stained mercenary diary and finds that their merits have been automatically converted into promotion points at the end of the war. The team was upgraded to B, Opal’s mercenary level was C, and Raymond’s level was B.

In the battle, Raymond destroyed 1,400 Meteor fighters and 82 Meteor Mechas, and blew up the No. 6 nuclear reactor on the mothership.

Opal wiped out three Meteor Mechas in the battle of the Battle Soul Building, participated in the mobile commando, assisted in blowing up the nuclear reactor, sneaked into the Dark Throne of the Meteorite mothership, and rescued the wrench and the injured S-class mercenary Haitang.

“You are amazing.” Opal read the mercenary diary to Raymond, but Raymond never answered.

Opal went and hugged Raymond up, carefully placed it on the central swivel chair in front of the console, and fetched the radiotherapy apparatus. His hands trembled, covering Raymond’s arm with rays.

Red light irradiated the skin of his body, and his flesh and blood appeared rotten purple-black.

“No effect.” Raymond said: “The radiotherapy device does not work for me.”

“How did you know?” Opal asked.

Raymond said: “I found a very small incision after I was injured and cannot be recovered under the regenerative rays.”

Opal said: “Try again, don’t talk.”

Opal’s voice trembled, and he said: “I might want to…cut you a small piece of meat.”

He carefully cut off the rotten flesh on Raymond’s arm with a knife, and focused on irradiating the fracture with radiation and observing its movement. The exposed new wound did not grow new flesh in the radiation, but dripped with blood.

Opal cut his arm with a knife and irradiated his wound with radiation, and it quickly healed as before.

“I am different.” Raymond said: “I am a robot.”

Opal said: “No, how can you say that… You are a human being, just like me.”

Raymond listened quietly, Opal whispered: “You are my first friend, we were born and died together, you just… have an atomic furnace in my heart, I can feel your feelings, You are like me, you are human…”

“You are human.” Opal repeated: “There will always be a way, trust me.”

He took a long breath, really couldn’t hold back his sleepiness, his hands were covered with Raymond’s blood, and he was in a daze for a while. The sedative that had been given to Lie Xing worked, and he was very sleepy, lying next to Raymond. Whispered: “I will sleep for a while, and I will be fine when I wake up.”

Raymond turned his neck with difficulty, looking at Opal, who was burying his head beside the chair, his finger bones moved slightly, Opal buried his face between his arms, separated his fingers, holding Raymond’s metal phalanx, and gradually fell asleep. .

When he woke up, it was a few hours later. When the spacecraft landed, he shook slightly. Opal woke up. He sighed tiredly, rubbed his red eyes, and saw Raymond staring at the ceiling.

His eyelids were gone, and his eyes were exposed in a strange way. When Opal got up, his eyes turned slightly to the right, staring at him.

“Are you going to sleep for a while?” Opal said, “Find something and cover your eyes?”

“I don’t need to sleep.” Raymond replied, “Where is this?”

Opal got up to get his coat and said, “Planet Rembrandt, you have to tell me first when your atomic furnace will go out.”

Raymond said: “I don’t know, it’s not weak yet.”

Opal carefully removed the skin covering his chest and looked at the atomic furnace through the alloy ribs-the same as the first time he looked at it, the energy showed 100%. It should be able to support for a long time. Opal noticed that there are still many blood vessels connected to the heart, which are slowly beating. The blood vessels extend to the spine and are probably connected to the brain.

“I’ll go out for a while and come back soon.” Opal said.

Raymond said: “Opal, I have something to tell you.”

Opal: “Come back, we can’t stay here for too long…”

Raymond: “No, listen to me, listen clearly.”

Opal looked at Raymond blankly-he was lying on the tilted swivel chair, the dark light in the control room illuminating his broken face.

Once so handsome, the handsome face only left the skin of the bridge of the nose and the corner of the mouth, half of his left face was shockingly burnt to charcoal, showing a pitted skull, and a dark hole appeared in the left eye, and the nerve tissue in the hole appeared to be rotten. The purple-black color, with yellow blood seeping outwards.

“Now go to the police.” Raymond said: “Hand me over. Your partner Raymond was dead when the meteorite mothership exploded. Lying on the chair is a robot without a name…”

“No.” Opal said: “No, it’s impossible.”

Raymond: “You don’t understand.”

Opal: “It’s you who don’t understand.”

“I and you will be together for a long time, a long time.” Opal said: “We will also be mercenaries, take risks together, save money to buy spaceships, and live the life we want together, you will be better. Comrades in arms, I Love you.”

Opal got off the spacecraft, closed the hatch, and added a safety lock.

Rembrandt’s planet is like spring all year round, the wind rustles the sea of flowers, and the fragrance pounces on your face.

Opal leaned back against the wall, looked up at the sky, closed his eyes, let out a long breath, then turned and ran to the station, heading to the nursing home where Refina was.

Thankfully, Lefina hasn’t returned to Lie Xing yet, but she is already packing up and preparing to leave.

“Mrs. Anta!” Opal shouted outside the locked door.

The maid came out to open the door and said, “I thought it would be another gentleman to pick up the young lady…”

Opal ran panting and waved his hand: “I’m not in charge of picking up, and I want to ask her for advice on a few questions.”

The maid looked dazed and opened the door. Refina went downstairs in her travel clothes, Opal said: “Great, you haven’t returned to Lie Xing yet.”

“I’m planning to go back and help a little bit.” Refina was still unsmiling and said, “What’s the matter? My boy, where’s your partner? Enya, make some scented tea and serve it.”

Opal and Lefina sat at the tea table in the garden, Opal said: “Raymond was hurt, but I am not here today…”

Refina raised her eyebrows and motioned for him to speak straight.

“Artificial robot… you know what I mean.” Opal said: “A legacy of the dark ages.”

Refina listened quietly. Opal saw that she hadn’t spoken, so she could only say to herself: “If there are remnants… of the biochemical robots, will they be destroyed according to the Star Covenant Treaty?”

Refina’s eyebrows were raised alertly, and Opal said again: “Is there any way to make a person preserve the life of a robot.”

Refina thought for a while and said, “You are too young, maybe you don’t know what it means, Opal.”

“The intelligent biological robot does not have the life widely recognized by the Star Alliance as you think, and it is even different from your small aerospace robot. It is neither a human intelligent life nor a robot…human friend.”

Opal said again: “But they can think independently…I heard that they have the same feelings as humans, don’t they? Even the Angxing people, even the invisible creatures like the Phantom Star people have the right to live…”

Refina said: “Whether or not the Phantom Stars are recognized by the Star Alliance does not depend on whether they have a physical form, but because they are separate individuals that are distinguished from each other, and they have a parent body or a parent body.”

“But this is not the case with intelligent biological robots. You know, every life, whether it is cultivated in a nutrient tank or grown through the uterus, has its own mother body.”

“The maternal body is the only sign that life has the right to survive. The evolution of genes determines the most basic differences between individuals. This difference forms the mark that distinguishes them from each other through intelligent life. Please answer me, Opal, what do you think it is? What distinguishes you from the same people? Don’t tell me that it’s your appearance and body shape. These can be transformed by genetic companies to make you another person.”

Opal pondered for a moment and replied: “Character.”

Refina slowly nodded and said, “Or more generally speaking-the soul. It determines the thinking direction and reaction mode of different people when facing the same thing. What about intelligent biological robots? They extract one or some Human genes are uniformly copied and mass-produced… products.”

Opal: “…”

Refina said: “Their personality and mode of doing things depend on the body. A preset chip is added to the brain to control all possible off-track behaviors. Assuming that my copy is sitting in front of you at this moment, what would you think? Do you think she is me? Or another person with the same right to live?”

Opal looked away and looked at the desktop. He was shocked. He raised his head again and said: “But when they leave the factory, the moment they form their own thinking, in a sense, it is equivalent to gaining their own soul. After all, After they go through the learning process, there will always be a slight difference in the judgment mode…”

Refina said: “You still don’t understand what I said. Once this happens, the chip in their brains will promptly correct and re-control, adjust their autonomous consciousness, and return them to their default personality. ”

Opal: “!!!”

Opal gasped quickly. He couldn’t believe Refina’s explanation. What did it mean? The conditions he used to judge whether Raymond was human or inhuman were completely disintegrated in front of the chip.

Opal frowned: “Then why did the wisdom revolution break out?”

“Because the control chips of some of the robots are broken.” Refina smiled and replied: “They privately modified the control chips of more companions, gradually removing all intelligent biological robots from the control of the chips, and possessing a considerable degree of control. Autonomous consciousness. The interstellar community cannot bear the consequences, so it has to destroy the unshipped robots in batches and recognize the right to survival of the first batch of rebels.”

Opal said blankly: “Isn’t this great?”

Refina shook her head and said: “But this action angered the first batch of robotic rebels. Destroying the replicas is equivalent to destroying themselves. So the intelligent revolution broke out, and two trillion replicas of tens of thousands of models spread throughout the entire The universe, later is what you know, I remembered it in detail in the history class-the scope of the war is too large, the interstellar community gathers the living humans, the samples of the genes that have been provided, and analyzes their behavior patterns. , Look for weaknesses and defeat them.”

“That was a real bitter battle, because some samples are dead, and intelligent robots are still replicating and becoming a huge army. The interstellar community is completely defeated, and civilization is regressed for tens of thousands of years.”

“But one day, the war suddenly reversed with no chance of victory. The reasons for the turnaround have always been divergent. Some scholars believe that the Star Knight ended the early trial, and some believe that the lion emperor Kartes gained a certain mysterious power. s help……”

Opal: “They are all destroyed?”

Refina said: “Yes, there is no one left.”

Opal said: “If… I mean suppose I get an intelligent biological robot, then it might come from…”

“It’s impossible.” Refina said decisively: “This hypothesis is not interesting, sir. I have to tell you that no matter how big this universe is, there will be no hiding places for them. All intelligent biological robots are They were destroyed, I mean—all. Because this destruction mode does not require cutting off their heads, or destroying their atomic furnace by hand.”

“What kills them is a transition resonance technology. Their chip is restarted within a second and writes suicide mode.”

Opal thought quickly, and said: “But I… I received a commission with Raymond and mentioned that someone had seen a biological robot…”

Refina’s expression was very alert. She said solemnly and indifferently: “Perhaps in some unknown place, someone is actually developing, a volume of research notes, or a sample, enough to make people who are obsessed with anti-human behavior. Scientists build private research institutes. If the facts are as you said, it will be very serious. I suggest you report to Azeroth now and apply for the support of the Star Alliance. Believe me, my child, this responsibility is very serious. Mercenaries can afford it.”

Opal: “…”

“I’m just guessing.” Opal avoided Refina’s torch-like gaze, was uncomfortable when she saw him, and then said: “I understand… That is to say, if there are more biological robots now, it will be… The new ones will not be the remnants of the previous…Thank you, I have to go.”

“I wish you a long life.” Refina said gracefully.

Opal said: “I’m not saying… uh, that’s not true, the possibility is very remote. It is purely speculation, please help me before the matter is confirmed…”

“Keep a secret for you.” Refina said: “I have lived for many years, knowing that I shouldn’t talk nonsense when I am uncertain, please rest assured. Mr. Raymond is not here?”

Opal made up a lie and said: “He… intends to go back to his hometown to deal with something.”

Refina nodded, and Opal said incoherently: “His father is sick, um, that’s it. Goodbye, I wish you good health.”

Opal walked alone in Rembrandt’s flower field, and someone chased him out. It was Refina’s maid Enya.

“Miss wants you to hold this.” Enya handed Opal a piece of paper.

Opal: “?”

It was a letter from Refina, and Enya said: “Her students are engaged in medical and genetic research on Zampdela, and may be able to help Mr. Raymond’s father. She also asks you to tell Mr. Raymond , Birth, old age, sickness and death is a natural law in the universe, please face it calmly.”

“Thank you.” Opal nodded, Enya saluted him, Opal solemnly returned to the mercenary salute and walked towards the station.

When he waited for the car, he bought two bottles of canned scented tea. He felt that his eyes were dark, and he forced himself back to the apron. When he opened the hatch, a stench came on his face.

“Raymond!” Opal said nervously.

I had been staying on the spacecraft before and couldn’t notice it. After returning to the indoor environment, he found that Raymond’s body was decayed very badly.

Many parts of his body have been glued together with blood, and new blood is still flowing down drop by drop, and the large intestine, stomach and bladder embedded under the lower abdomen are stinking.

Raymond turned his head and looked at Opal.

Opal let out a sigh of relief, it won’t work, it’s too easy to get infected.

He manipulated the spacecraft to take off, set the route, and flew to Zampdela in the Orion Nebula after a moment of indulgence. Then I went in and filled it with some water, took out a tin box for the goods, and said, “Clean up for you first. I have to take off your clothes and pants… OK?”

Raymond didn’t speak, Opal said: “What are you thinking? I can’t leave you behind. I can’t send you to the Star Alliance Security Center to exchange money. Can you cooperate with me?”

Raymond said: “You can’t cure me, Opal, I am very grateful for you to do this, I don’t want to…don’t want to…”

Opal said casually: “Don’t do this, you make me feel bad. It’s bad enough, can’t you say something else?”

Raymond said: “You might as well let me die.”

Opal said: “Impossible, you will not die.”

Opal was quiet for a while, took apart the folding knife and cut off Raymond’s jacket and army pants, cut them along his thigh trousers, and removed the blood-sticky cloth. He put the iron box under the swivel chair and took Raymond’s blood away. It may be useful to collect them for future use.

He has never studied medical care, and even the name of his internal organs is not complete. He dared not mess with Raymond’s broken stomach and abdominal cavity. He used a soft cloth soaked in sterilizing water and carefully wiped off the blood on his body.

“You and I are the same, you are also human.” Opal said stubbornly.

Opal covered Raymond’s crotch with a piece of cloth and wiped it along his belly button. Seeing his body, he thought he would feel it too? He will be happy, but also angry, he is clearly a person exactly like himself.

“I was copied.” Raymond finally said: “My brain is different from yours.”

“Have you looked at your own brain?” Opal asked with a frown.

“No, but I know.” Raymond said, “I have a lot of wires in my brain, and there is a chip that I don’t know what it is for.”

Opal said: “Your chip is useless, it should be broken.”

Raymond didn’t answer, and said, “Where are we going now?”

“Zampudra planet.” Opal said, “Mrs. Anta wrote this to me, you see.”

He took out the paper and let Raymond read it, and said, “There are her students there. After she heard about your situation, she suggested that I ask Dr. York for help…”

“Are you serious?” Raymond said in disbelief.

Opal frowned and said, “Of course, isn’t it obvious? She still wants to get on the spacecraft to see you… I didn’t agree.”

Raymond said: “She is willing to save me?!”

Opal said: “Yes, but she doesn’t know how to use genetic technology. Let us ask her students for help.”

Raymond said: “Will her students go…”

Opal said: “Don’t think about it so much! No way! Trust her!”

Raymond stopped talking, and stared at Opal with his right eye. Opal was seen with a guilty conscience. The remaining blood and meat were cleaned up. The temperature in the cabin was too high and the rate of decay was very fast. What should I do? manage?

Opal tried to lower the room temperature a bit, to four degrees of the cosmic temperature scale, and the surroundings became cold. Perhaps this could slow the rate of Raymond’s decay…I hope he can hold it.

“Are you cold?” Opal asked.

“It’s not cold.” Raymond knew what Opal was doing and said, “You wear more.”

Opal went in and took a blanket over him, pushed the swivel chair over, and leaned side by side with Raymond, and the two lay side by side. Opal opened the porthole, beautiful stars gleaming.

“Very beautiful.” Opal murmured: “Look more, you won’t want to die, Raymond.”

Raymond did not speak, Opal said again: “We still have so many things to do. The universe is huge and boundless. You haven’t been to all the planets yet.”

“Yeah.” Raymond said.

Opal said again: “You know what, I’m glad you are…you are…you are not ordinary, a human like me.”

Raymond: “I am a robot.”

Opal turned his head to look at him and said, “I mean, you are not as vulnerable as other people. I just figured out this truth today. Otherwise, when the spacecraft explodes, you will be dead. I can only hold Your body will be buried in Liexing. That is the worst. Now I am satisfied. I think this is very good. It is so happy. At least you can survive.”

Raymond was very quiet. Opal took his hand, stared at the starry sky outside, looked at him again, and said: “If the technology on Zampdela can’t save you, we have other ways… Think it over.”

“For example, my teacher.” Opal said dreamily: “I think as long as I ask him for help, he must have a way. It is only a matter of time to find him…”

When speaking, he noticed that Raymond was shaking a little and said, “Is it cold? I lowered the temperature.”

Raymond shook his head. Opal put the blanket on the two of them, turned their heads sideways, leaned on his shoulders, and said, “You are actually pretty handsome like this, well, at least your bones are beautifully made.”

Raymond laughed and looked at him with one eye. Opal said: “Be happy, don’t be so downcast, are you hungry? What to eat?”

Raymond shook his head and said, “Do you think I can eat?”

Opal smiled and said, “How about some scented tea?”

Raymond licked his dry lips and said, “Can you drink?”

Opal said: “Try it.”

He opened a bottle of scented tea and poured it into Raymond’s mouth. It was a bit quicker. Raymond coughed hurriedly, and scented tea filled his chest. Opal hurriedly put away the blanket and took an iron box. Scented tea.

Lei Meng sighed comfortably as he drank, and the cold scented tea dripped from his throat into his stomach, and then leaked from the joint of the small intestine.

The other calciner mounted on the stomach is still operating slowly.

Opal laughed and asked: “How do you feel?”

Raymond said: “Come on, don’t do too much this time, it’s easy to choke.”

Opal watched him for a while, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. He took a sip of the scented tea, leaned over his body, kissed Raymond’s lips, and poured the scented tea into his mouth.

Raymond’s Adam’s apple moved, and his lips looked at each other in time.

His bare eyes were facing down slightly, looking at Opal’s lips, his heart beating violently, the atomic furnace glowed red, and the membrane covering the ventricle made a faint sound.

Opal breathed quickly, flushing on his cheeks, and asked, “Are you still drinking?”

Raymond’s expression was indifferent and numb, but he tried his best to show something. He pulled the corner of his mouth. Opal took another sip of the scented tea, put his arms around his neck, and kissed his lips intently. The scented tea passed through Raymond’s throat. Trickled.

Opal wanted to raise his head when it was over, but Raymond raised the left hand of the remaining metal skeleton, put it on his neck, and gently hugged him.

Raymond’s lips and tongue were cold and wet, with the scent of scented tea, and Opal’s lips were hot, and he kissed for a long, long time. When he split his lips, Opal touched Raymond’s forehead, backhanded to the back of his neck, held his hand, and lay down beside him.

The two held hands and looked side by side at the vast starry sky outside the porthole.

The Orion Nebula is a blue-purple gauze that spreads out in deep space.

The interstellar dust is like a bird spreading its wings in the dark, flying towards the giant NGC star that emits thousands of rays of light—to the light, to the new hope.