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Chapter 30 The Meeting Room, 10:49 pm
"It turns out that a person in a high position like you will regret it." Deng Huailing raised his eyebrows and said in a mocking tone, "CyberRose's chief scientific research officer must have done all the bad things, and he still has a conscience."
He didn't give Chen Wei a step at all, and every sentence was like a knife's edge piercing the heart.The wrong things done will not be offset by tears of repentance. To do evil is to do evil, and you have to bear the price, at least in Deng Huailing's rules of life.
What's more, Dr. Chen didn't shed any tears, and he ignored Deng Huailing's ridicule. He just calmly asked them to accept the commission.
"Maybe it's not what you think," he said. "I don't care what you think of me, and I'm not asked to beg forgiveness, or to be tortured at night by conscience. I just want to stop Robert from takingTo the 'brain lock', if you are willing to help me, it would be great."
"Is this your attitude of begging for help?" Deng Huailing said tit for tat, "I'm not your bionic man, I'm rushing to run errands for you." He looked up at the time on the wall, as if planning to get up and leave.
At this time, his communicator suddenly rang, and someone sent him a message.Deng Huailing glanced in surprise, and found that the message came from Rosie behind him:
"Mr. Deng, do you really want to reject Dr. Chen? We talked about it before, don't make choices that you will regret."
All bionics can freely transmit information. If Deng Huailing has undergone human brain modification, he can communicate with Rosie smoothly.But he didn't, so Rosie had to send the idea to his comm.
They are obviously in the same room, what message to send.Deng Huailing held back his smile, feeling that this way of whispering was very novel, so he cooperatively did not go to see the bionic man, and typed a few lines calmly while dealing with Chen Wei:
"It's about the second district, I will take over this commission. I just want him to worry for a while."
"But why? I don't quite understand."
"It's not good to see him." Deng Huailing simply replied four words.
Rosie was silent for a while, and then sent an animated emoji.It was the expression of a stupid little bionic being struck by lightning, with two red exclamation marks.The hunter's profession has made Deng Huailing used to put on a cold face no matter how turbulent his heart is. However, this small animation almost made him fail, and turned off the screen with a shake of his hand.
"That," Chen Wei coughed dryly, and reminded, "In fact, the signal source in this laboratory can be detected by my equipment, why don't you two go back and discuss your views on me?"
"When did you find out?" Deng Huailing put away the communicator.He wasn't flustered by being exposed. On the other party's territory, he didn't intend to discuss important matters, but Rosie wanted to communicate secretly, so he cooperated.
"When Rosie sent you the first message." Chen Wei swiped the tablet with his hand and stretched out his right hand, "I won't read it aloud, anyway, I have seen it all, thank you for accepting my commission, happy cooperation."
Deng Huailing sighed: "Forget it. Although we are not happy, we seem to have the same position."
He held Dr. Chen's outstretched hand, "It's a pleasant cooperation, what do Rosie and I need to do next?"
After seeing off the bounty hunter and his bionic man, Chen Wei left the hidden room at the end of the corridor and returned to his usual laboratory.
He did not forget to activate all the dormant scientific androids on the top floor, tampering with appointment records and monitoring information, all of which came at his fingertips. In this building, having the highest authority means that he can do whatever he wants.
Deng Huailing and the others stayed in the top lab for too long, about an hour or so, so it was hard not to be suspicious.Chen Wei readjusted the scenes of the two entering and leaving the building with an interval of ten minutes, making it look like a hasty meeting.
After erasing these traces, he made himself a cup of tea and let the heat flow over his dry eyes.Chen Wei sat bowed in the swivel chair, holding the cup of tea in both hands, suddenly feeling tired.
He has always been an energetic person with boundless enthusiasm for the research field. When he first entered the scientific research center, he was famous for living in the laboratory for three consecutive months.But as got older—perhaps because helped Robert do too many wrong things, science was covered with dust, and she was no longer the dazzling goddess in heart.
He was already tired of looking for those beautiful answers, they were veiled and danced briskly around him, but he was too lazy to jump up to get enough.A tidal wave of exhaustion came over him, and he closed his eyes while holding the teacup.
"Dr. Chen, Mayor Dilan is waiting for you in the reception room." The automatic door opened, and the assistant's voice sounded inappropriately.
"I see." Chen Wei put down his cup, stood up and followed the assistant out the door.This is his second meeting tonight. Robert Dylan will come to the R&D center once a month to meet someone and greet Chen Wei's work by the way.
The reception room was dimly lit, only a few wall lamps were lit, and light music that was incompatible with the research center was played.Robert sat quietly on the sofa. Today he was wearing a shirt with a fur vest, holding a ruby-like rose in his hand, and his attire was very preppy.
Chen Wei knocked on the door and walked in."mayor."
"Dr. Chen." Robert nodded in greeting, and waved the rose in his hand to signal him to sit down. "How is your work going?"
"Some progress has been made. The assistant has sorted out the monthly work report and sent it to your mailbox, but it is hard to say that there is a breakthrough. ——Are you here to see Rose? I will arrange it for you immediately."
"Not busy." The other party said casually, as if he was just chatting with him, "I just saw the visit record at the bionic receptionist on the ground floor. Deng Huailing came here an hour ago. If I remember correctly, heIs that the hunter partner you arranged for Rosie?"
"Yes, the memory pump he gave me to Mary Ellis should be obtained from the black market." Chen Wei touched his pocket and took out the small dark purple polyhedron, "It's the same as the one we discovered a few years ago.", Sure enough, someone was monitoring Mary's memory. But it just so happened that it also left clues to the case, and the memory pump showed that it was Jason Ellis who killed someone."
Robert smiled contemptuously: "It must be the group of 'Surgery' who installed a memory pump, don't worry about them, they will rush to kill themselves when they see Rosie's face. As for who killed Mary Ellis,I don't care, leave it to the police."
He suddenly remembered something, and asked, "How is Rosie's condition? Mary Ellis was unstable when she was under control. If Rosie has a similar situation, send it back to the company for inspection immediately."
"Don't worry about that." Chen Wei said confidently, "Today's technology has greatly improved compared to that of the past. The bionic Rosie is in good condition, and the data is under artificial intelligence monitoring. If there is any abnormality, I will take care of it."
"Where's the bounty hunter?" Robert asked something unclear, but Chen Wei understood that the mayor was worried that there would be changes in Deng Huailing's link.
"That person only thinks about money," he replied with a smile. "In addition to performing tasks, he usually sleeps, and a little reward is paid off. However, he is very skilled and capable of execution. After becoming Rosie's administrator, he has successivelyKill Cheng Wen and Che Guangxu, both of whom are the heads of 'Shu'."
As Chen Wei said, he secretly rejoiced that the mayor hadn't seen Deng Huailing with his own eyes.In fact, Deng Huailing's aura is very strong, and one can tell at a glance that he is a person with few desires, and keeps a distance from everything, let alone greedy for money. Credit points are probably just meaningless numbers on the account.
"It seems that 'Project Rosie' is going very well, thanks for your hard work, Dr. Chen." The mayor said approvingly, leaning back and putting his hands on the back of the sofa cushion, "You can go to rest now, I want to see Rose."
"Okay." Chen Weiwei leaned forward, verified the voiceprint password, and opened the avatar of the artificial intelligence Rose.The reminder female voice that reverberated throughout the research center every day suddenly became warmer, and it was no longer so cold and mechanical.
"Good evening, Dr. Chen... Bob." The artificial intelligence said happily.
Bob is an affectionate term for Robert's name.Robert twirled the rose in his hand, lowered his eyes: "Rose."
Following his call, the cold blue light beams suddenly poured down, converging into the shape of a girl in the void.The entire reception room was a huge holographic projector, and it was plunged into complete darkness at the moment, only the girl covered in fluorescent light stood there, with flickering dust floating beside her.
"Bob," she said emotionally, "you've finally come to see me, and I thought I'd never see you again."
Rose still maintained her youthful and glamorous appearance when she died, with bright blond hair and delicate lips, while Robert's face showed signs of aging.Chen Wei opened the door and went out silently, leaving space for them.
No, not exactly "they" but "he," and Robert was alone in the room.The artificial intelligence is imitating the image of Rose. According to the mayor's dictation, the researchers input her knowledge and opinions during her lifetime into the program.
I don't know where there is a mistake - maybe the mayor's understanding of her is wrong - the simulated result is very different from Rose's personality, no matter how many fine-tunings, the mayor is not satisfied.
But Robert will still bring a rose and visit the avatar every month.This is Robert's self-deception once a month, although in the end he will definitely abandon his good self-cultivation, angrily push open the door of the reception room, scold the scientific researcher responsible for debugging Rose's personality, and then propose a new round of debugging requirements.
After so many years, Chen Wei has long been used to it, and will not take the initiative to hit the muzzle of the gun.So tonight, instead of continuing his usual overtime style, he notified the staff on duty that the mayor might lose his temper for a while, so he packed up his things and left the R&D building.
The alarm bell rang in the dark room, Deng Huailing opened his eyes in a daze, propped himself up from the bed, but felt something warm.He woke up suddenly, and saw Rosie curled up next to him through the morning light leaking in through the gap in the blinds.
The android was still sleeping with his eyes closed, his long hair tangled around his wrists.In order not to occupy Deng Huailing's space, Rosie shrank to the corner of the bed and covered most of the blankets on him.
He thought about it for a while, and remembered that the reason for this weird scene was actually very normal, because there was no second blanket, and he always threw the blanket on Rosie's head before going to bed, after all, he was always hot like a stove, so he hardly needed itthing.Rosie wanted to return the blanket to him. In order to win the tug-of-war, Deng Huailing abused the power of the administrator and issued an order:
"You can't leave this blanket while I'm sleeping anyway."
So Rosie fully embodies the flexibility of an android, rolling into his bed with a blanket in the middle of the night.What's even more incredible is that Deng Huailing didn't wake up - he was always alert when he slept, and would wake up if someone stared at him, but last night he didn't know that Rosie had crawled into bed.
Deng Huailing reflected deeply, whether he had become dull, or the other party's inherent sense of stability made him lose his guard.
Rosie woke up from hibernation and blinked her left eye at him, "Good morning, Mr. Deng."
"Morning." Deng Huailing muttered, bypassing the other party and getting out of bed, "No wonder I had a messy dream yesterday..."
"What did you dream about?" Rosie also got out of bed and followed him.
"Well, I dreamed of you—" Deng Huailing was squeezing toothpaste, and suddenly put down his hand, his hair was a little messed up in sleep, and he stared blankly at the mirror, "Stop talking, it's not a good dream."
"I want to know, Mr. Deng. This seems to be the first time you've dreamed of me?" Rosie looked at him expectantly in the mirror.
It's actually not the first time.Deng Huailing wanted to say, I dreamed of you the night there was a fight in the top lab.But he ended up curtly saying, "You pushed me off the pavement in the dream, let me beg and never looked back, and ran off with the black ring... That's it."
"This plot is not logical," Rosie commented, "Mr. Deng, would you still beg for help?"
"So it's a dream." Deng Huailing said, "And then you turned into a biscuit, the size of a bear biscuit, with your pattern printed on it, which is very ironic."
He compared his index finger and thumb, and said viciously, "I'm so angry that you left me and ate two big bags."