Synthesis of Terror: On the One Thousand and One Ways of Death of the Protagonist

Before Martin came back, Monica did treat David as her own child at certain moments and devoted herself to it.

However, this feeling is very weak, like fog floating on the ice, it will dissipate when the wind blows, especially when Henry strongly asked Monica to send David away, Monica compromised.

If it is said that Monica once regarded David as a child, Henry just regarded David as a toy to relax his wife from the beginning to the end.

Especially Henry, as a programmer of a technology company, has directly or indirectly designed countless robots like David, and he has no way to treat David as a real person.

Even if he behaves like a human again, can cry, laugh, suffer, and be sad, he is just a metal infused with a pre-set program.

It was dawn, and Monica said that she would take David out for a picnic. David was very happy, hugged Qin Yue who was stuffed into his arms by his mother, and obediently sat in the passenger seat.

"Mom, why are you crying? Are those tears of joy?"

David was so excited, Mom hadn't been alone with Martin since he came back, and now Mom was taking him outside, just the two of them, nothing could be better than that!

David, who had no understanding of human beings, was immersed in the joy of being alone with his mother, and did not notice the increasingly sad expression on his mother's face.

Qin Yue saw it, but she was powerless about what was coming.

Monica is going to dump David.

It was just a substitute. Her real child had already returned to her. How could she continue to keep David?

No matter how sad and sad she behaved now, she could not conceal the cruel things she was going to do next.

It has been more than five years since Qin Yue entered this world, and she rarely went outside. The cold buildings around her made her dizzy, she didn't know where she was, until she saw That giant logo.

Virtual Electronics Inc.

A chill spread from the bottom of her heart in an instant, Qin Yue turned her head suddenly, her black eyes stared straight at Monica who was driving.

She wants to destroy David! !

David didn't know what was going to happen. He turned Qin Yue around and put him on his knees facing him: "Teddy, I'm going to have a good time with my mother today. You stay in the car and be obedient. Don't bother me and mom."

Like every human child, David has an exclusive desire for his favorite mother. Even if Qin Yue is just a mechanical toy now, he is not willing to let Teddy take away Monica's attention.

"David is mother's child, Teddy is not, so you have to be good."

Hearing David's immature words, Monica was shocked, and the tears fell silently on her face. Thinking of all the things that happened in the past two months, she couldn't bear it anymore and watched helplessly. David was destroyed.

She can't.

Monica gritted her teeth and turned onto another unfamiliar path.

After driving for an unknown amount of time, Monica stopped the car and turned to look at David, who was sitting obediently with his teddy bear in his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, "David, we're here."

It was just a dense forest, with thick fallen leaves piled up on the ground, and the air was full of damp smell. Monica got out of the car with David in her arms and put him on the ground. She watched David happily laying out the picnic She sat on the cushion obediently, looking up at her with admiration in her eyes.

Monica was suffocated in her heart, avoided his sight, and looked into the depths of the woods where a mist had already risen in the distance.

"David, I'm leaving."

Monica said softly.

David was a little unhappy, but he would not disobey Monica's words, so he said "oh", stood up obediently, and put away the picnic mat.

Monica stopped him: "David, I mean, I'm going back, and you're staying here."

"When will you come back to pick me up?"

David had already sensed something was wrong, and the smile on his face froze. He looked at Monica's still beautiful face, and heard her utter cruel words.

"I'm never coming back."

David cried, and he rushed towards Monica, begging Monica not to abandon him.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have cut your hair, I shouldn't have hurt you and Martin, Mom, I'm sorry, don't abandon me."

"Mom, if I become a real person like Pinocchio, can I go home?"

"Mom, I'm sorry that I'm not real, please give me a chance to be your real son."

......

David cried heart-rendingly, and Monica had tears streaming down her face, but she was not shaken at all. It was impossible for her to keep this robot at home, even though he still loved her wholeheartedly.

Monica left, and before leaving, she left Qin Yue behind.

"Teddy will stay with you."

David sat blankly on the paved picnic mat, watching the direction of Monica's departure with his unfocused eyes, until the sun set and the moon rose, he still maintained that position, motionless.

David, your mother is gone and will never come back.

Qin Yue was a little sad, she put her small body into David's arms, and just quietly accompanied him.

Monica is David's world, but David has never even entered Monica's world.

Did Monica do something wrong?From her point of view, David is just an artificial intelligence with an emotional program. She may have feelings for him, but that feeling is not enough for her to keep David by her side.

Not sending him to be destroyed is already Monica's greatest gift, even though she knows that it is impossible for a robot that has been activated with an emotional program to recognize another person as its master, and a robot without a master who is left outside will be trapped in endlessly. The situation of being arrested.

When the moon set and the sun rose again, Qin Yue moved her body and looked up at David.

He still maintained the same appearance as yesterday, staring blankly at the front, Qin Yue was so distressed that she stretched out her arm and touched his face.

"David."

Qin Yue shouted, but David didn't respond at all, as if she didn't hear her voice at all, Qin Yue didn't care, and called David's name over and over again.

"David."

"David."

"David."

"David."

The milky voice echoed in the woods for a long time, and David finally came back to his senses, lowered his head, and looked at the teddy bear in his arms.

It was a gift from his mother and the only gift that remained with him.

"Teddy, why doesn't mom want me, did I do something wrong?"

"Can I go home and return to my mother when I find the blue fairy and become a real child?"

"Teddy, I'm so sad..."

Qin Yue raised her arm and touched David's soft blond hair.

Both Henry and Monica said that David is not real, all his reactions are programmed, he is a robot, and he will never have the emotions that humans have.

But what is true and what is false?Why do humans think robots can't have feelings?If they don't accept emotions from robots, why bother giving them emotions?

Sad, sad, painful, but there is no hatred, even if Monica abandons him and no longer loves him, he does not have a trace of resentment.

It was never David who made the mistake.

When it got dark again, David stood up silently, turned his head and walked in another direction.

His mother would not be coming back to pick him up anymore, David accepted this fact, but he had other hopes.

In the story his mother told him, Pinocchio in the story was not human either. He found the blue fairy and then became a human.

The stories are all about what happened. As long as he becomes a real human child, his mother will definitely accept him again.

Qin Yue's actual age was not known how much older than David, she didn't have the nerve to let David hold her, and she followed David to the depths of the darkness.

There is no moonlight tonight, the woods are pitch black, and there is silence around, no birds or insects, it is eerily quiet.

David was designed as a child. Facing the darkness, he was instinctively afraid, and involuntarily grabbed Qin Yue's arm.

"Teddy, I'm so scared."

The body of the teddy bear does not have such things as hands and feet, and the limbs are all bare stick-like things, which makes it impossible for Qin Yue to hold David's hand.

"Don't be afraid." Qin Yue's immature voice contained firmness that could not be ignored: "I will protect you."

The hand holding Qin Yue's arm became tighter. David lowered his head and looked at the teddy bear, which was not as tall as his own leg. A strange feeling arose in his heart.

She was left to him by his mother. She said she wanted to protect him. Does this mean that his mother still loves him?

How did Qin Yue know that David was thinking of other places again? Perhaps it was because he had already walked into the depths of the woods, and the dead leaves under his feet were getting thicker. Sometimes he stepped on it and half of his body sank in. As soon as she touched her, she was afraid that she would be buried by these fallen leaves.

Qin Yue is a little depressed, her current body is really useless, small and ugly, without any offensive power.

Fortunately, she is now a robot and doesn't need to eat, otherwise she really doesn't know if she can survive in this dangerous world with David.

She didn't know how far she had walked, when the roar of a car suddenly came from her ears, Qin Yue's expression turned serious, and she pulled David, who hadn't reacted yet, to hide behind a big tree.

The dazzling lights suddenly turned on, and a large truck drove over and dumped a full load of things.

Qin Yue didn't know what was going on, so she didn't dare to put her head out to look. It wasn't until after the car had gone for a while that she poked her head out and looked in the direction of the sound just now.

There was a huge deep pit in front of her eyes. When she saw the mountains of things piled up in the pit, Qin Yue gasped and subconsciously covered David's eyes.

But it was too late, and everything in front of him was clearly reflected in David's eyes.

Those piled up things are all broken robots. Some of them still barely maintain the appearance of humans, but most of them are fragmented. The alloy brackets emit a deep light in the darkness.

The reproduction of human beings has been artificially suppressed, no new human beings are born, and the number of this race has dropped sharply. In contrast, a large number of robots have been born.

As long as there are materials, robots can be born indefinitely. In this world, the number of robots is already very large, surpassing that of humans by several times. Master, I'm afraid it has already changed.

People rely on robots, but guard against them. People set up heavy shackles and are not allowed to use weapons. They can only have one owner in a lifetime. If they are abandoned, they will be thrown into the robot slaughterhouse for destruction.

Qin Yue heard something coming out of the woods in the darkness, she turned her head and looked over, and found that the ones that came out were all robots.

This is the grave of robots, and it is also the hope for the surviving robots.

Those gathered robots are already very worn out, and the models are all old models from a few years ago. I don't know how long they have been wandering outside. The simulated skin wrapped outside the skeleton has been rotted into a ball, barely hanging on the body.

They went to the ruins, rummaging for suitable parts, no one spoke, and there was no other sound except the sound of metal parts colliding.

David, who had never left home before, had never seen such a scene before. He stood there in a daze, watching a robot that had lost a hand rummaging through the ruins, picking up one arm after another, and putting it on the hand. settle down.

After searching for a long time, I finally found a suitable arm. The robot installed the arm on its body, moved it, nodded with satisfaction, turned and left.

The impact of such a cruel picture on David can be imagined, and the cruel scene slowly revealed a hideous appearance in front of him.

Living is already so difficult, does David really have a chance to return to the side of his loved one?

Qin Yue didn't know, she saw more and more robots going to the pothole to search for replacement parts, an inexplicable sense of crisis spread in her heart, Qin Yue pulled David who was still in a daze, and motioned him Get out of here quickly.

David lowered his head, looked at Qin Yue blankly, and murmured: "I'm different from them, I'm unique, I'm a child, I'm not a robot, I won't become like that."

Everything in front of him subverted David's cognition. He couldn't imagine that he might become like them in the future.

In that state, mother would not recognize him.

"David, let's go, it's dangerous here."

Qin Yue always felt that something was wrong here, a thought flashed through her mind quickly, and her expression changed instantly.

Monica said that the robot slaughterhouse is nearby, and those piles of robot remains are enough to explain everything.

Here, I'm afraid it's a trap set by humans, a bait planted to catch wandering robots!

However, when Qin Yue thought of this, it was too late. An unbelievably huge moon rose from the back of the hill, and the human who set up the bait stood on the aircraft, looking down at the crowd gathered in the ruins. those robots.

"Tonight's harvest is good."

Qin Yue heard a person's voice saying that.

People say that robots have no fear, they are not afraid, they are a group of dolls without emotions.

However, the group of robots surrounding here are different. They know very well what will happen if they are captured by those people.

They couldn't attack humans, they could only run around, and under the dazzling lights, their unmoving faces were reflected.

Humans have created robots, and naturally there are many ways to restrain them. Robots that cannot use weapons are like lambs to be slaughtered in front of humans.

They can't escape at all.

Qin Yue clearly realized this, she pulled David, and hid behind the big tree, the thick tree trunk completely covered the small figures of the two, and many robots ran past them, fell down and got up Keep running.

People endowed them with wisdom, but they did not give them the key to open and use the door of wisdom. It was useless to run away in a panic, and they were arrested one by one.

There were fewer and fewer robots on the ground, and Qin Yue's nerves became more and more tense. Just when she thought they had escaped, she heard a person's voice above their heads.

"There are two more here."

Feeling cold in an instant, Qin Yue hugged David tightly. Something fell from the sky and stuck to their bodies. The two of them left the ground uncontrollably and flew towards the huge moon-shaped airship.

"Teddy, I'm so scared, help me, mom, where are you..."

The boy's shrill cry stunned their captors, who scanned them carefully with instruments.

"Without the heat, he's a robot."

"It's so weird, I've never seen a robot like this before."

"No robot has ever called for help, they can't yell, and this particular robot may make us a lot of money."

David was terrified, tears were streaming down his face, Qin Yue hugged him hard, wiped away the tears on his face, and said in his ear over and over again: "David, don't be afraid, I will protect you , I will always be by your side."

Machine slaughterhouse.

This is a place built by humans who hate robots. They recycle abandoned robots, capture those robots that have escaped without owners, and use various cruel methods to kill them.

Robots have an extremely low status in society, and people can do anything terrible to these robots without being punished by law.

All the ugliness of human beings are fully released here, and harming those creatures with the same appearance as humans will not make them feel any guilt.

Those are just machines, things that can cry, laugh, walk, jump, and think, but they don't have feelings. The purpose of their existence is to serve human beings.

This is true at birth, and it is also true at death.

This is the meaning of their existence.

Qin Yue and David were locked in a huge iron cage.

This is a place similar to a small football field, with a large area, and a huge stage in the center, which is filled with all kinds of things.

The lights are very bright, illuminating everything in the surroundings clearly, so that people can clearly see everyone's expression.

Crazy, twisted, everyone screaming and yelling at the top of their voices, ordering the people on stage to kill the robots quickly.

Qin Yue covered David's eyes, not wanting him to see these things.

The ugliest things in the world are gathered here, and David is just a kid, he shouldn't see this.

However, the eyes could not see, but the ears could hear, words that he could not understand and could not understand poured into his ears from all directions, David was at a loss, holding Qin Yue softly with both hands, as if wanting to Draw strength from her.

Mom, where are you, I'm so scared.

The small iron cage is filled with all kinds of robots. Each of them has different functions. Some models are very old with dilapidated bodies, while some are the latest models with no body parts. They were abandoned by their masters for various reasons.

Qin Yue's eyes swept over the expressionless faces. They knew what would happen next, but none of them cried or begged for mercy, they just looked at everything in front of them indifferently.

As robots, they know that they cannot escape, so they will not do useless work and accept their fate indifferently.

Will it be painful?Will you be afraid?Will you be sad?

These are just artificial intelligences. What they do is controlled by the designed program. They cannot and will not have the emotion of being afraid.

However, no one knows better than Qin Yue that when humans created robots and endowed them with intelligence, robots formed a new species.

Why do humans have emotions?Even human beings themselves don't know, how can they conclude that robots don't have feelings?

Emotions are not unique to humans.

Qin Yue thought a lot. Seeing that the robots in the cage were taken out one by one, the crowded cage became much more spacious. It couldn't go on like this anymore. The robots that got out were all killed by people in various strange ways.

There is no blood in the robot, even if it is crushed by a tool, there will be no blood flowing out. After so many robots died, there is not a trace of blood in the air. Qin Yue turned her head and couldn't bear to look again. She finally knew Where did the robot stump in that pothole come from.

Such a big pit, how many robots died to fill it?

She couldn't just sit and wait to die like this, even if it wasn't for the mission, she couldn't let the child David die here.

Qin Yue put down the arm covering David's eyes, David blinked, and he looked at the fragments of robot limbs piled up around the stage not far away in a daze.

what's going on?Why did it become like this?Mom, where are you, I want to go home, I'm so scared...

Qin Yue held David's face and forced him to look at her. When she saw his pure eyes without any impurities, Qin Yue's heart was so soft that she said, "David, listen to me."

"I have a way to get you out of here."

Hearing Qin Yue's words, David's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask: "What way?"

"Can I get out of here? Great."

David was very excited, he already knew what death represented, he was not afraid of death, but when he didn't find the blue fairy and became a human child, he didn't want to die.

He wanted to go home and return to his mother's side.

Perhaps it was because the robots would stay there in an orderly manner after being caught, neither begging for mercy nor running away, so there was no person guarding them beside the iron cage.

Qin Yue asked a nanny-type female robot to help them cover, so that she could help David escape smoothly.

The nanny robot was designed to take care of children, and David happened to be a child. The moment the nanny robot saw David, it readily agreed to Qin Yue's request and stood beside them silently. before, blocking the figures of the two of them.

The surrounding robots looked at them silently, and several robots moved their bodies to help the nanny-type robot cover them and cut off the sight of outsiders.

No one will notice the movements of these robots in the cage. They all think that these robots are already fat on the cutting board, and it is impossible for them to escape. No one thought that among the captured robots, there would be Qin Yue and David these two heterogeneous existence.

Qin Yue asked David to put herself down. She stood in front of the iron cage, looked at the finger-thin iron railings in front of her, took a deep breath, stretched out her arms, and put them between the two railings.

Seeing Qin Yue's movements, David became nervous. He didn't dare to speak, and he didn't dare to ask anything, for fear of disturbing Qin Yue. His eyes fell on Qin Yue's soft-looking arm, and his eyes were slightly confused. : Can such a weak arm really prop up this solid iron railing?

A miracle happened. With Qin Yue's movements, the seemingly solid iron railings separated towards the two sides, and the gap became wider and wider until it could accommodate a little boy to pass through. Then it barely stopped.

David's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to get out of the gap.

But it was only a few iron railings away, but David had a completely different feeling, he turned around, stretched out his hand towards Qin Yue who was standing by the railing, and whispered: "Teddy, come out quickly, let's get out of here together. "

No one answered, David had an ominous premonition in his heart, his voice was a little louder, he grabbed the figure's arm, and pulled her out of the cage.

"Teddy, what's wrong with you? Teddy?"

David looked a little flustered, looking at Qin Yue's dull eyes, his anxiety was getting bigger and bigger, what happened, why didn't she respond to him?

is she dead

Unprecedented panic enveloped David. This was the only thing his mother left him. Now that she is dead, does it mean that his mother no longer loves him?

It seems that someone noticed something wrong here, and walked over here. The nanny robot was a little anxious, and urged David to leave quickly. David looked up, and the blue eyes were full of mist, and the nanny robot was shocked. Instinctively feeling distressed, she softened her voice and told him that the teddy bear was not dead, but her energy was exhausted, and as long as her energy recovered, she would be able to come back to life.

David believed her words, turned around, and ran towards the crowd in the distance. The small figure quickly merged into the crowd and could not be seen anymore. Above the iron railing.

Robots never lie, but she lied to the child.

I'm afraid that teddy bear won't wake up.

***

Qin Yue is dreaming.

She was clearly in a dream, but she couldn't see clearly what happened in the dream. There were blurry pictures all around her. She could only see figures of people, but couldn't see their faces clearly. She heard many people talking, But couldn't hear what they were saying.

I don't know how long it has passed, maybe it was a day, maybe a year, maybe it was a very long time, so long that she didn't know how long, Qin Yue heard a somewhat familiar voice in her ear, calling her name.

"Teddy, please, wake up, Teddy..."

Qin Yue struggled to wake up from the dream. The moment she opened her eyes, she thought she saw the sky.

The blue sky, without a trace of impurities, clearly reflected her shadow.

Hairy head, black eyes.

She still looks like a teddy bear.

Qin Yue was a little dazed, but she soon regained consciousness. What she had just seen as the blue of the sky turned out to be a person's eyes.

"David..."

Qin Yue yelled, but found that her original immature voice had become hoarse. She was stunned for a moment, and her eyes fell on David. When she saw his current appearance clearly, Qin Yue's heart suddenly tugged.

How did he become like this?

If it weren't for those eyes, Qin Yue would never have recognized that the unkempt and ragged child in front of him would be that beautiful boy, David.

What happened during the time she passed out?

David stood by Qin Yue's side, calling her name just like every day before.

The nanny-type robot told him that Teddy wasn't dead, just lost her energy, and that she would wake up as soon as her energy came back.

After David escaped from the slaughterhouse, he was rescued by a human being, who took him home and imprisoned him.

It was a woman in her 50s who brought David back simply because of the appearance of his child.

She, who is not qualified to conceive a child, wants a child, even if the child is just a robot.

At the beginning, the woman was very kind to David, but David was still reluctant to call her mother.

David's mother only has Monica, and he will only love her in his life.

The woman gradually lost her patience and imprisoned David in a small dark and damp room.

There was nothing in the room, it was dark and very scary.

David hugged Qin Yue tightly, huddled in the corner, and looked at the blue sky outside through the narrow window.

When will he find the blue fairy, turn into a human child, and return to his mother?

I don't know how long it took, but David took Qin Yue and ran away while the woman was not paying attention.

He didn't dare to go to places where human beings gathered, because his mother told him that those people were bad people, and they would catch him and destroy him.

He still has wishes unfulfilled, and he doesn't want to be destroyed.

David wandered around in the jungle, and when he met other robots, he would ask them where the blue fairy was.

No one knows where the blue fairy is, and David is not discouraged. Pinocchio has worked so hard to find the blue fairy, and he will find it.

Teddy never woke up. Many robots told him that Teddy was broken and asked him to abandon her. David never agreed.

This was the only gift his mother gave him, even if he died, he would not abandon her.

**

Seven years have passed since Qin Yue passed out of a coma. Listening to David's words, Qin Yue felt sore in her heart.

For seven years, David has been looking for the non-existent blue fairy, and his desire to return to his mother has never changed.

That time, helping David escape had exhausted all of Qin Yue's energy. She thought that she would leave this world, but she never expected that she would wake up one day.

Qin Yue looked at David's little face that was so dirty that he couldn't see its original appearance, and let out a long breath.

Qin Yue secretly made a decision that she would help David fulfill his wish.

All David wanted was to get his mother's love.

Eight years have passed now, and Martin has grown into a teenager. A boy of this age has passed the age of monopolizing maternal love. At this time, if David returns, Monica will probably accept him again.

After experiencing so many worlds, Qin Yue understands what kind of creature human beings are.

When she abandoned David back then, there must have been guilt in Monica's heart. This guilt will always haunt her, accumulate deeper and deeper, and finally become an indelible scar in her heart.

If David had never appeared in front of her, this scar might slowly fade away until she forgot about it.

But what if David appeared in front of her again?

If she knew that for eight long years, David had been looking for the non-existent blue fairy, wanted to become a human, and returned to her side, what would Monica do?

Even the cruelest person in the world may not be able to refuse such sincere feelings.

Qin Yue told David her plan, and she believed that David would have his own judgment.

"But mother..."

David was a little moved, but thinking of his mother's appearance when they parted, David flinched a little.

Qin Yue put her arms on David's body, fixed her eyes on David's innocent eyes, and asked, "David, tell me, do you still love your mother?"

"of course."

David replied without hesitation, Qin Yue smiled, her black eyes sparkled, and her hoarse voice carried a hint of bewitchment: "David, you know, people are always forgetful, and eight years have passed Mom won't remember the mistakes you made at the beginning, you are not by her side, what she remembers is only your good."

"Trust me David, Mom is thinking of you, I promise."

David was finally moved by Qin Yue. During these eight years, he missed his mother all the time. He wanted to go back to her and hear her call his name again. He thought she could hug him Go to bed and tell him bedtime stories in her sweet voice.

He misses her.

For eight years, David and Qin Yue have been wandering around in the jungle. They no longer know where they are, and how far it is from the place they abandoned in the first place.

They searched and searched for a long time, and asked many other discarded robots. Finally, under the leadership of a road command robot, they returned to the place where they were discarded at first.

The blue and white checkered picnic mat was buried under the fallen leaves, leaving only a small corner on top. David pulled it out, shook off the dirt on it, and spread it on the ground again.

They found a small pool and asked David to clean himself up, and then asked David to change into the worn clothes they picked up. Qin Yue led David out of the woods.

The washed David looks like a human child, and humans always soften their hearts unconsciously when dealing with children.

The kind uncle sent the two of them to the address they said, and after asking again and again to make sure they didn't need help, the bearded uncle reluctantly left here.

David held Qin Yue in his arms, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar building in front of him, let out a long breath, and walked in.

Martin had a big fight with Monica yesterday because of a trivial matter. Monica was so angry that she felt a little dizzy when she woke up in the morning, so she asked for leave and didn't go to work.

Monica, who was lying on the bed, heard the doorbell ringing in a daze. She rubbed her swollen forehead, walked out of the bedroom, and went downstairs to open the door.

The door opened, and when Monica saw the small figure standing outside the door, she froze there.

How could it be him?

"mom!"

The author has something to say: Happy Christmas Eve, girls~~~~

I thought about a lot of endings, including the one that abused Monica, the one in which the aliens injected Qin Yue’s consciousness into the cloned body of Monica after 2000, and the one in which Qin Yue led the robot uprising to kill the Quartet and rule the human race, etc. Wait, but in the end, this ending was chosen. What does David want most?

It was Monica, his mother, Qin Yue took David back, and at the right time, brought him back to Monica's side. Monica, who had already discarded David once, might not discard it again He, after all, Monica still has some affection for David.

This part buried some foreshadowing