Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

After Fu Yunlan left, Celeste didn't want to go to the hydropower station, so he went to the Crimson Bar. It was more interesting to listen to all kinds of gossip than to listen to old Hunter explaining to him the knowledge he knew and could no longer understand. many.

Perhaps it was because the weather was too cold and many jobs could not be continued. There were more people in the bar than usual. Unfortunately, the CD player in the bar was broken, so people had to play cards and chat together to pass the time.

While listening to other people's chats, Celeste casually moved the boxes of sundries in the bar.

In one of the boxes, there are all kinds of waste parts collected from scavengers who don’t know whether they are useful or not. The bombers of the mercenary group like to buy some old parts and go back to make bombs and mechanisms. Old Heng Te sometimes comes to check if there are any useful parts that can be taken back to repair the crumbling old machines of the hydropower station. Most of the time, Celeste just looks around, and rarely buys anything to go back. But today, He happened to see a charger.

The MP3 that Fu Yunlan gave him was a rare model before the war, so Celeste couldn't find a suitable charger, and the MP3 was left aside all the time. I didn't expect to be so lucky today. , I happened to see a charger with a matching interface, and Miriam didn't charge him for it. Anyway, it was a worthless gadget, so she gave it to him directly.

Celeste took the charger home and connected it to the MP3. Although there was no data cable or computer, Celeste, who had nothing to do anyway, put on the earphones and wanted to listen to the original recordings in the MP3. some songs.

Before he even pressed the play button, there was a voice in the earphones that he had only heard once, but he would never forget: "Hi, dear master, we finally met again, last time because of lack of time, I unexpectedly It's a big failure that you didn't make it clear how to contact me, but I really didn't expect that you would not even have a chance to get in touch with the audio equipment alone in the next half a year, so I can't completely blame it on me Right. My stomach is full and I want to tell you but I can’t find a way to make a sound. You can’t imagine how anxious and aggrieved I am..."

Celeste held the MP3 blankly, and listened to the voice in the earphones babbling for a long time before uttering a name: "Mass?"

"You don't seem to be very surprised, which really surprised me. According to my estimation, you should have a probability of more than 95% thinking that my existence is just an illusion."

"I did think so at first." Celeste slowly sat down on the bed, and said softly, "But later, I discovered that there are many unusual things about my body. With all kinds of supernatural powers, it is impossible to be an illusion at all, so your existence should also be real."

"Really? Your ability was awakened so early, which completely exceeded our expectations."

"Whose expectations? What kind of expectations?" Thelister asked. "What's all this about?"

"I know that Master must have many questions that I hope to be answered, but before I can answer the doubts in your head, I have a more important and urgent question that I must ask first, my dear master, you are now awakened What are the special features of it?"

Celeste recalled the same thing: "In addition to a lot of knowledge that I shouldn't know, when I shoot a gun, I can know exactly where the bullet will fly, and when I cook, I can know exactly what is in the spoon. A few milligrams of salt, the temperature of the surface of the pot, what material it is made of, how many seconds it takes to heat it, and I just need to touch the machine and electronic products to know what is inside, what is broken, and how to fix it.”

"It has actually reached this level... But it doesn't show at all from your usual behavior, and you are doing very well."

"I don't know why, but I had a strong idea from the beginning that I couldn't reveal these secrets, otherwise it would be dangerous."

"Yes, your intuition is correct, please continue to maintain this cautious and low-key attitude."

"You don't need to say I will, now, answer my question quickly." Celeste asked anxiously, "You said you are my artificial intelligence system, so who am I? Why do I have An artificial intelligence system like yours?"

This question has been lingering in his mind for a long time, and now the answer is in front of him, Thelister waited nervously, but Marth's voice said regretfully: "I'm sorry, dear master, I also want to be honest To answer your doubts, but I do not have the authority to answer this question. I know you must want to ask me why I do not have authority, the answer may surprise you, it is you who forbid me to disclose the answer to this question to you. "

"I forbid you to disclose?" Celeste was very surprised, "When did I do this? And why?"

"'When' is also one of the questions I don't have the authority to answer." Masi said apologetically, "As for why, I have no way of knowing your true inner thoughts. After all, I am just an artificial intelligence system."

"Then regardless of when and why, since I forbid you to tell me, then I order you to tell me now." Celeste held the MP3 in his hand firmly, "Who am I?"

"I'm sorry, master, I can't do it. Only you can lift the ban you set yourself. As your artificial intelligence system, I can't modify my own rules by leaps and bounds."

Celeste was in a hurry: "Then tell me how I can lift this ban."

"I'm sorry, I also don't have the authority to answer this question. I'm afraid I can tell you how to undo the ban only when you think of how to undo the ban and undo my ban."

Celeste said a little discouraged: "You can't say this and you can't say that, so what exactly can your artificial intelligence system do?"

"I can answer any doubts you may have, except for some forbidden questions that cannot be answered for you. Although I know that your biggest doubts are those forbidden questions, which is really regrettable. In addition, I will also Become your due database and thoughtful life consultant, and protect your safety as much as possible through a series of means."

"Protect my safety?" Celeste remembered something, "During the last nuclear explosion, my body was not affected by the nuclear radiation. Did you do it?"

"Of course, of course I, who is loyal and reliable, will do my best to guard your health."

"how did you do it?"

"There are two tiny medical robots in your body, and I can control them to repair your body."

"What is this tiny medical robot?"

"A micro-robot that is mainly used for medical purposes can perform rapid operations on a microscopic level. In terms of speed, it can repair hundreds of millions of fragmented cells per second. In terms of precision, even DNA sequences damaged by nuclear radiation can be repaired. to normal levels.”

"Where did this robot come from?"

"Sorry, I don't have permission to answer."

Celeste changed direction and continued to ask: "Did you drive away the mutants who attacked us last time?"

"Yes, dear master, I guess you must ask me how I did it, so I decided to tell you in a thoughtful way. I can use a network that is similar in principle to WIFI wireless network to control any surrounding area that can emit sound. The device emits an infrasound wave that makes mutants feel anxious and frightened. If the sound generator is more powerful and they run a little slower, I can even kill them through the infrasound wave."

"For example, the car stereo?"

"Yes, it's a pity that the power of the car audio is too low when the battery is leaking. If there is a large stereo with a stable power supply and a subwoofer function, the effect will definitely be better."

"But it's unscientific." Thelister said, "How can ordinary speakers emit infrasound waves that are lethal?"

"This technical problem is not difficult to solve, but it is more difficult to explain clearly in words. Now that part of the master's own knowledge base has been unlocked, as long as you think about it patiently, you should be able to remember the principle."

Celeste thought about it, and really remembered it, as if he had already mastered this knowledge, but he lacked a key word to make him think of it: "This...these are not the technologies that human beings should have at all. , it has surpassed the level of human technology for at least several hundred years, why does my mind have such knowledge?"

"Sorry, I don't have the authority to answer this question." Marth said again.

Celeste found that any question that allowed him to guess a little clue about his own identity, Mars would tell him that he had no authority to answer, and the "himself" who had banned Mars seemed to have blocked all of them. The possibility of seeking answers from Mars.

But he has no memory of that other self at all, and when he recalls the past, there is no blank fragment in the past ten years.

As long as he can remember, he has been just an ordinary to a bit ordinary boy, neither inherited his mother's intelligence nor his father's bravery, even because his mother was too busy and exposed to too many medical chemicals during pregnancy His body was inherently unhealthy, but everything changed as if overnight.

Celeste still wanted to ask some other questions on the sidelines, trying to piece together a rough answer, but his thoughts were always disturbed by some external noises.

"Why is it so noisy outside?" Celeste wasn't asking any questions, but was just muttering to himself, but Marth answered him: "Oh, it's not good, your protector seems to be seriously injured. "

Celeste was stunned for a while before realizing who his "protector" was, and quickly stood up and rushed downstairs.