There were bursts of water in the bathroom, and Tang Yibu was taking a bath.

Now Ruan Xian is no stranger to this android's habit of approaching living things. Since he needs to eat, it means that Tang Yibu has biological-like metabolic capabilities. Twenty square meters of space is very narrow, and it was fortunate that Tang Yibu was not in front of him just now.

At the moment after listening to the message of another "Ruan Xian", Ruan Xian was not sure whether he had controlled his emotions.

But it doesn't matter.

Stuffing the remaining nutrients into his throat, Ruan Xian propped up his crutches and moved two steps, placing the metal lunch box on top of the lunch box that Tang Yibu had arranged. There was no sink in the room, he guessed it would be recycled.

The scraping of the metal made a harsh sound, Ruan Xian placed the tableware neatly and lowered his eyes.

There must be shock, but nothing to say about panic, and senseless panic doesn't solve any problem. He breathed hard, tapping his fingertips on the wooden tabletop.

His own information is indeed seriously lacking, but on the other hand, he also has a great advantage.

A healthy body, a functioning brain, and resiliency that is either a blessing or a curse, temporarily attributed to the advantage. Even if he had to leave the crowd, he had the physical capital to survive alone. As long as the cooperation with Tang Yibu is not a big problem, at least in the short term, he can live normally.

Right now he has a perfect fake identity, and no one will know who he is unless another "Xian Ruan" suddenly appears and investigates his profile by name.

He has plenty of time to investigate.

Ruan Xian dragged himself to the rehabilitation machine in the corner of the room, and inserted the metal box called the introduction manual into the reading table in front of him. Several robotic arms stretched out, firmly surrounding his body and legs. They pushed him just the right amount and began to simulate a standard marching motion.

The manual was pulled by Ruan Xian to the beginning of the catalog again, so that he could carefully review the videos in order. At the same time, he works hard to relax his body, balance and walk with machine learning.

However, not long after his rehabilitation plan began, he was interrupted by a small episode.

The door beeped twice, and a visitor profile appeared in front of him. Ruan Xian looked at Ding Zepeng's smiling face on the document, shook his head, and slid his finger over the word "Agree".

Ding Zepeng's ankles are still wrapped in fixed machinery, and his two legs have extra exoskeletons. He can still stand normally, but his walking speed is much slower.

"Brother Ruan, I'm here to see you!" The young man had a big smile on his face. "Oh, you're rehabilitating—you don't need to come down, we just talk like this. It's going to be a toss up if you stop and start again."

Ruan Xian never hated cheerful people, he smiled instinctively: "Don't you need a rest? An ankle injury..."

"It's okay, there is this thing to support." Ding Zepeng patted the exoskeleton equipped on his leg twice. "I just heard Brother Zhang say you came to see us. I was sleeping at the time, so I wanted to come and see you again. Although there are 231 here... What should I say, when I came here, I felt bad for a long time. He Ming must have I don't have the patience to explain to you, I figured it would be better to have a chat with someone."

He pointed to the manual in front of Ruan Xian: "I stayed up all night to read through that thing, and then had nightmares for weeks."

Ruan Xian wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel: "I have a heart, thank you."

"It's nothing. Brother Zhang and Brother Chi are discussing about the new machine. I don't understand it anyway. Brother Ruan, do you have any questions?"

"This sanctuary seems to be a little old." Ruan Xian picked out the most natural breakthrough, "I saw that there were messages from Fan Linsong and Ruan Xian in the manual just now. They are both scientists, right? How did they mobilize so many resources in the end? Even if a machine is used, the movement will certainly not be small.”

"I also thought about it back then. The environment was so good that it was a bit fake, right?" Ding Zepeng scratched his head. "Later I heard from Brother Chi that this place was originally a shelter, but it had other uses. The electrical facilities were changed after Ruan Bo came here. It turned out to be a bunker."

"Other use?"

"Brother Chi didn't tell me. I asked Haiming before, and he didn't want to tell me. But I've been here for more than three years, and it's been really good. Brother Ruan, don't worry." Ding Zepeng sat upside down on the chair, resting his chin on the back of the chair.

"Speaking of this... The manual says they left, are they coming back?"

Xiao Ding's face became bitter. "Who knows, they just left when I arrived. It's been three or four years. Ruan Bo kept Haiming here, but Haiming is not very good at socializing, and many people don't like him well... alas."

"No contact?" Ruan Xian swallowed, speeding up the simulated walking speed of the rehabilitation machine, covering his emotions with panting and sweat.

"No, any contact may reveal the location of the shelter. We can only rely on people to spread the word. In the first half a year, there were people who said they saw them in the city, and then there was no news."

Ding Zepeng was a little depressed: "I have met Ruan Bo and the others. Ruan Bo is a very kind person - when Fan Bo led the mul-01 project, Ruan Bo was in charge of a lot of work. You know about the rebellion... Anyway, I don't think it's their fault, the mastermind has been running well for five years, and then it wasn't the daily maintenance they were responsible for at all."

"But they can't stay here any longer." Ruan Xian could fully guess the follow-up development.

"Yeah." Ding Zepeng nodded, "Many people can't take this breath."

"But I'm not impressed with the mul-01 project..."

"Oh, yes, I heard from Haiming. Brother Ruan, your memory lasts until 2095. mul-01 was a project completed in early 2096. The publicity was very fierce. It is said that it has been done since 2090."

Ruan Xian was unsteady and almost fell on the rehabilitation machine.

In 2090, there was only one artificial intelligence project, and the project name was nul-00, not mul-01. The leader is not Fan Linsong, but himself - Fan Linsong is more like his assistant than his partner. At that time, weak artificial intelligence had reached its peak, and it could perfectly dominate most fields, and it was almost enough to pierce that thin layer of window paper. However, for various reasons, a truly "superhuman" strong artificial intelligence has not been born.

Ruan Xian believes that nul-00 is still far away, but Fan Linsong insists that it is already "perfect" and insists on publicly announcing the news of success.

Because of this, they quarreled a lot, which is most likely one of the reasons why Fan Linsong killed him.

[I've told you fucking countless times, if we drag on like this, we'll have to hold on to the finished product and watch them withdraw the investment! Now you're satisfied, I heard wind last week that Pran will publish their research results by the middle of next year at the latest! 】

[nul-00 has passed all the safety tests in this world, what are you still procrastinating on? The earlier it was put into use, the earlier it would save more people. Ruan Xian, have you ever thought that those ordinary people who are struggling in hospital beds and on the battlefield will pay for your own crankiness! You know better than me how many people nul-00 can save—]

It's not that Ruan Xian didn't try to explain, but what he was waiting for was a bullet that hit the head.

The fear and consternation at the moment of death were still etched in his memory, and Ruan Xian shivered subconsciously.

"I don't know much about this." He smiled reluctantly at Ding Zepeng and decided to divert the topic elsewhere. As a result, before he had time to speak, someone helped him out of the siege——

"Hello, Mr. Ding." Tang Yibu wiped his hair and walked out of the bathroom, naked. "It's exactly ten o'clock in the evening, do you need me to help you register for your stay abroad?"

"No no no, Haiming will scold me to death, I'll leave after seeing it! Brother Ruan, Brother Chi and I have been injured recently, and our group has nothing to do. You are welcome to come and chat with me anytime!" Jump up on the stool.

"Wait, I'll send you off" Before Ruan Xian could open the fixed arm of the rehabilitation device, Ding Zepeng disappeared in an instant. The young man pushed the walking speed of the exoskeleton to the limit, and the sentence "No need for Brother Ruan" floated from the far side of the corridor.

Tang Yibu ignored his dripping hair and closed the door in a standard manner: "Are you going to continue your rehabilitation exercises?"

As soon as he got off the machine, the fatigue completely overwhelmed Ruan Xian. He shook his head wearily, turned off the half-read manual, glanced at the soft bed, and just wanted to climb up early and rest for a while. But it was not suitable to be paralyzed on the bed in sweat. Ruan Xian vigorously braced himself, put up a cane, and decided to take a shower.

"As a reward for dinner, I can rub your back and massage you." Tang Yibu clearly deduced his intention and said generously.

"……No thanks."

"Oh." Tang Yibu dried his hair and folded all his clothes into tofu cubes beside the sleeping bag. Then carelessly dragged a simple sleeping bag from the bottom of the bed and lay straight on the floor beside the bed.

Ruan Xian: "..." This doesn't feel very good.

"I'll keep the lamp for you." Tang Yibu folded his hands on his chest, his posture was as standard as a corpse in a coffin.

Ruan Xian felt worse.

Although it is the safest choice to maintain the identity of artificial intelligence in Tang Yibu's mind, it is also quite troublesome not to be regarded as an adult at all. This ironic feeling also helped him relieve a lot of nervousness, and it wasn't entirely a bad thing to think about - Ruan Xian was so comforting himself while simply covering his body with sweat.

The mental exhaustion is stronger than the physical exhaustion, but after lying down on the bed, he can't sleep well.

After the lights went out, the faint sound of wind and insects was played at the head of the bed, and Tang Yibu's even breathing came from the bedside. Ruan Xian looked at the false night sky on the glass ceiling, and people became more and more awake.

Ruan Xiantuan tightened the quilt, feeling the unfamiliar touch of being wrapped in soft fabrics, and the comfortable friction made people tremble. Immediately, he turned his body sideways and pulled the pillow towards the edge of the bed, seeing the ups and downs of Tang Yibu's chest less than one meter away.

The android closed his eyes tightly and looked like he was asleep.

At least so far, in front of him, Tang Yibu has not disguised his emotions at all, like an open book. Accordingly, he is also convinced that the dangerous android is hiding a lot of information.

Contradictory to the point of bewildering.

Does this "administrator" with huge authority really have his own "emotions"? Are the little disappointments and joys he saw real expressions or just the results of calculations?

Suppose Tang Yibu does have emotions. I haven't noticed any negative feelings in the other party yet. Even if he has other purposes and is called by a human being who is less powerful than himself as a tool, he does not have any suppressed emotions, which is a bit unreasonable.

Forget about emotions and talk about purpose...

If he just wanted to find the "S-type initial machine", Tang Yibu could just take him away as soon as he found him and leave the sanctuary. There is no need to specially send him to this human stronghold. On the other hand, according to Tian He, Chi Lei's team used 231 for almost two years - with Tang Yibu's ability, no matter how you looked at it, it didn't take two full years to investigate such a shelter.

If he had good intentions, Tang Yibu wouldn't spend two years disguising himself as an ordinary android.

Ruan Xian couldn't think of what the other party wanted.

This feeling is weird, like being asked to reach into a pitch-black box and touch an anomalous creature born in the unknown. Ruan Xian took a breath and wrapped the quilt tightly.

Then his eyes met those golden eyes in the darkness.

"The frequency of your heartbeat and breathing has changed, you are afraid." Tang Yibu stated in a positive tone.

Ruan Xian didn't say a word, just turned his back to Tang Yibu, and exhaled quietly.

"This is the first night of the shelter, and you are still in the period when you are most affected by your past memories. It is normal to feel uncomfortable and afraid." A rustling voice came from behind, and Tang Yibu seemed to be crawling out of the sleeping bag. came out.

The bedside sank, Ruan Xian froze, not daring to move.

A warm hand reached into his quilt and ripped it mercilessly. Tang Yibu squeezed himself into the quilt, stretched out his arms, and wrapped Ruan Xian's waist from behind.

"A hug will make you better." Still the familiar serious tone.

For a second, Ruan Xian's mind couldn't help but see the picture of the other party cutting himself into two parts. But Tang Yibu was right, even if he knew that the "thing" behind him was not human, the body temperature he posted did make him subconsciously feel at ease.

He could feel the heartbeat of the other person's chest, and the moist breath sprayed on the back of his neck. He had never been so close to another life before, and whether it was because of nervousness or confusion, Ruan Xian was completely unable to think for a few seconds.

"You are much stronger than me, so there is no need to be concerned about my mood." Ruan Xian pressed his index finger with his thumb nail, trying to regain his calm through pain.

"Since we're already in a cooperative relationship, I need to consider this factor, otherwise I won't be able to properly control the situation." Tang Yibu slowed down his speech and answered succinctly. "Go to sleep. As I said, I'll keep you safe."

Ruan Xian was silent for a long time, countless responses flashed through his mind, and finally he sighed softly.

"Good night," he said.