degradation

Chapter 30

After the vacation is over, life returns to the rhythm of two points and one line at work and home.

24 still waits for Dino to come back in the porch every day, the two of them eat together, and then watch TV or lie on the sofa for a while.Although it looks very ordinary, Dino finds it interesting.

24 still doesn't look at him as often as before. In the past, Dino was often blushed by 24's staring eyes, but now it seems to be the other way around.

But there is always one side that has to take the initiative. If the other party is an emotionless existence, then leave it to him to take the lead.It's been like this from the beginning anyway, isn't it.

Dino looked at 24 who was tidying up the table, and suddenly pulled him against the wall and kissed him.

24 is very well-behaved and learns things quickly.After being asked by Dino to respond to him, every time I kiss, I will try my best to learn how to kiss. 24's tongue is very small and soft, and it is very comfortable to pick up, and the jerky response makes Dino very obsessed and easy His passion was aroused, so Dino became more and more addicted to kissing, and a new endless cycle was born like this.

So you see, it’s not all rewards, right?

24 is also working hard in his own way, Dino said to himself in his heart.

After the long kiss was over, 24 looked at Dino, and sure enough, the next second, he put his head on Dino's chest again and didn't look up.

Dino put his arms around 24, and the same strength came from his waist, something that 24 had learned from a long time ago.

But at this moment, Dino couldn't help but smile when he smelled the shampoo on 24's hair. He patted 24 on the back and signaled 24 to look up.But such an order was rejected, 24 still hugged Dino's waist, buried his small face in his chest and did not move.

24 is a robot. If he really doesn't want to move, Dino's human strength will never be able to compete with it.

There was no other way, Dino could only continue to pat 24 on the back and smiled lazily, "Okay, look up, I won't make trouble anymore."

Hearing such a direct request, 24 finally raised his head from Dino's arms, but his eyes were still erratic.

The day went on like this.

Originally thought that Professor Owen's invitation was just a polite word, but it didn't take long before he really received the invitation.

Dino sat in front of the short table in front of the window, watching 24 outside the window squatting on the grass and gently stroking the neighbor's dog through the fence, feeling warm in his heart.

"Dino seems to get along very well with 24." Professor Owen handed Dino a cup of hot black tea, and sat on the other side of the short table, "Although your major is in this area, I never think you are a robot who can get along with robots." Nice guy to get along with."

"Thank you," Dino took the teacup, and couldn't help but glance at 24 again, "I... didn't expect that either."

"There must be something special about 24," Professor Owen followed Dino's gaze and looked at 24 outside the window. "It can change Dino's view of robots."

"Huh? No, it's just that we've been together for a long time, and I don't feel as disgusted as before."

Professor Owen looked at the students in front of him, and there was a bit of incomprehensible expression on his face.

The two chatted in front of the short table. Professor Owen took out some blueprints and exchanged opinions with Dino for a while. Then, with the help of 24, the three sat around the dining table and enjoyed a meal. A decent dinner.

While drinking and drinking, Professor Owen chatted about intelligent robots intentionally or unintentionally. Such a topic seemed to be taken for granted because of 24's presence.

"Although the popularity is still low, maybe sooner or later, robots will be used everywhere in human life."

"Yeah, robots will become more and more human-like by then." Professor Owen pondered for a while, "Then strong artificial intelligence may no longer be just a concept. What will Dino do then?"

Dino was startled while holding the wine glass.

If there are people in the world who can let him share secrets besides Lucas and Jimmie, maybe Professor Owen is that kind of existence.If strong artificial intelligence is not regarded as something that is not allowed to exist by humans, perhaps after discovering that 24 has self-awareness, Dino would have dazzled the professor long ago.

But if it is the current situation, after thinking about it again and again, Dino still laughed, and said casually, "It's smashed."

"Oh..."

Professor Owen nodded and said nothing more.

Dino's face flushed a little after drinking. Fortunately, he is still 24, so he won't be worried that he won't be able to drive home.

"Dino, let 24 drive your precious car?"

"Of course, don't worry." Dino was a little emotional after drinking, and said casually with his arm around 24's shoulders, "He's all mine."

Professor Owen was stunned for a moment, then just smiled, patted 24 on the shoulder, and motioned him to take care of Dino and be careful all the way.

When the two of them finally staggered into the house, it was almost midnight.

Dino's face was flushed, and with a smile, he asked 24 to lead him to change his shoes and enter the living room. Then, when 24 was pouring water, he pulled off his narrow tie and covered his eyes.

"Dino?"

"Shh, don't talk, come with me."

Dino smiled and took 24's hand, his eyes were so clear that he couldn't see any drunkenness at all, he took 24's hand and walked step by step towards the locked bedroom.

"No induction system, either."

24 nodded, and stopped the automatic sensing when the line of sight was obstructed, so the whole person really seemed to have lost all navigation, and was in the darkness in front of him.But the steps under his feet still follow Dino's guidance without any doubts, and he seems not worried about whether he will encounter obstacles under his feet. Perhaps this is called trust by human beings.

Later, when the person holding him stopped suddenly, the heat in his hands disappeared, his body was pushed and he took a small step forward, and as the tie that blocked his sight was removed, a gentle voice came from his ear. the sound of.

"Open your eyes."

The moment his vision recovered, what fell into his eyes was a dizzying sea of ​​stars, as if he was in a different dimension, surrounded by dazzling and brilliant galaxies.And what you can see when you look up is a looming, beautiful, and dazzling Milky Way.

If it was a human being, he must have fallen to the ground the moment he saw all this, right?

It all seemed too shocking.

24 With his clear and ethereal eyes open, he couldn't stop looking up at the projection of galaxies that filled the entire room. The room has been completely remodeled. The projection not only projects visible stars, but also very cleverly Covering the traces of space that would be exposed by the light, so in such darkness and light, the whole person seems to be unable to recognize where he is.And not only that, 24 can even touch the dots of stars floating around him when he stretches out his hand, although when his fingertips touch the projection in the air, the beautiful stars shatter into fine sand and float away, But in an instant, it will gather elsewhere to its original shape, and continue to float in the air.

24 seems to be lost like a human being, he wandered in place for a long time.Later, when he looked at the "starry sky" he was in again, he finally saw Mars shining with the stars at the other end, and recognized something in an instant, so he immediately turned his head to look for Dino's figure.

But suddenly he couldn't tell where he was and what direction he was facing.24, who has already turned off the sensor system, has lost all the ability to switch on like a human being, and keeps turning his head to look for Dino's figure over and over again.

"See it?"

But Dino suddenly hugged him from behind, "This is made according to your drawing, and the one on the ceiling is added by myself."

"Dino," 24 looked at Dino puzzled, "Why?"

Dino pulled 24 and sat beside the bed surrounded by faint light, which was the only object close to reality that could be seen in this space, "This is a gift from me to you."

24 raised his head again and couldn't stop looking around, his eyes were like fascinated observing the "sky" and couldn't move his eyes, "Thank you, Dino."

"Don't you love looking at that sky?" Dino continued, "Although I don't know what you're thinking when you look at it, but...you see, it's here, so You... you too, stay with me all the time, okay?"

24 was silent for a while, then turned his head to stare at Dino, "Dino, my calculations tell me that your choice is wrong."

"No choice is necessarily right or wrong, it's just a choice."

"Didn't you say you don't have a heart in your chest?" Dino held 24's hand and gently placed it on his heart, "In the future, you will have one."

It is yours.

24 looked at Dino silently, feeling the bursts of powerful heartbeats coming from his palm, and then slowly lowered his eyes, unable to know what he was calculating.

The stars floated slowly between the two of them, and the faint light set off the faces of the two of them softer and softer.

"24?"

After an unknown amount of time, Dino called him nervously.

"I don't know what human's likes are, maybe I will never learn it," 24 lowered his head and said calmly, "But Dino doesn't need to worry about anything."

24 raised his head slowly, this time, he looked directly into Dino's eyes very seriously, without any doubts.

"As long as Dino needs me, I'm not going anywhere."

"I will always be by Dino's side."

Dino's eyes were sour, and his heart was warm but painful.He shook 24's hand vigorously, and whispered with some choking, "This...that's enough."

Really, that's enough.

However, the other party wanted to pay more than that.

"And..." 24 slowly lowered his eyes again, just like when he didn't want to look at Dino before, but at this moment he raised his other hand and carefully grabbed Dino's arm, and then slowly Leaning in front of Dino, "I, I want Dino...to be happy."

In the next second, 24 closed his eyes, and kissed Dino's lips spontaneously and gently for the first time.

24 ah...

Dino closed his eyes, and hugged 24 tightly, deepening the relationship between the two. This was the first kiss that 24 took the initiative to lean over.

The surrounding stars were touched by the actions of the two people, and suddenly turned into a cloud of quicksand-like light mist, and then condensed into dots of starlight around the next second and continued to float.

... and again and again.

Later, when everything calmed down, 24 looked at the sleeping Dino, then picked up Dino's loose shirt on the ground to cover his body, and quietly walked out of the bedroom.

24 came to the balcony, the sky was still pitch black, and the real stars were extremely bright, but looking at it now, it seemed that it was not as bright as another starry sky.

24 let go of his palm, held a note in his hand and looked at it again and again.

It was a note that Professor Owenjiao had slipped into him by Dino on his back when he left Professor Owen's mansion.

leave here.

That's what it says on the note.

Before it's too late.

But it didn't take long before a call came from behind him. The call was hoarse as if he had just woken up and he couldn't hide his panic. 24 still had no superfluous expression on his face. He turned his head to look at the direction from which the voice came from, then looked at the note in his hand, and then stretched out his hand in the next second, letting the wind fly the note in his hand. further away.

"I am here."

24 responded to the room, then raised his head to look at the sky, then turned around firmly and walked into the room.

The white curtains fluttered back and forth with the gentle night wind, and through the fluttering gap, two figures could be vaguely seen embracing each other tightly.

The author has something to say: Well...it is suitable to read before going to bed, this chapter.

Good dream