Calamity Dance

Chapter 1 Mechanic

"Ring bell bell bell!"

The alarm clock at seven o'clock in the morning rang on time, accompanied by the sunlight piercing through the gaps in the curtains.

pain!Headache!

This was Xu Qingquan's first reaction after being woken up by the piercing alarm clock.He struggled to reach out to turn off the alarm clock on the bedside table, and lay back on the single bed like a cow that lost strength, his heart was still beating wildly, unable to calm down at all.The curtains opened automatically, and the sun came in, as usual.

"I drank too much again." Xu Qingquan sighed, not wanting to get up, and at the same time secretly scolded why this smart home always opened the curtains inappropriately.While trying to open his eyes, Xu Qingquan recalled the dream he had just had.

Xu Qingquan has been having dreams on and off for 15 years.In the dream, I was running in a completely unfamiliar mountain forest, looking for something.But last night's dream was not so clear. He was hungover, drank a lot of Merlin, and in order to celebrate his promotion to a senior repairman, his hourly salary increased by three Shining coins.He is no longer thinking about what he is looking for like when he was 15 years old. Since he became a mechanic, what he was looking for in his dream, after waking up, he always boils down to the weekly Weekly salary, and when can I retire without smelling the smell of motor oil.

He sat up with difficulty, patted his head, stretched his waist, and tried to stand up, but the merlin in his stomach seemed to have run into his head, making it impossible for him to support his body.

This is the first time Xu Qingquan has been so drunk. Although he is good at wine, he can't drink it by himself because he doesn't have many friends. It's rare for him to celebrate by himself like last night. Never seen.

"Damn it!" Xu Qingquan thought, "The wine in the bar must have been mixed last night! What's the name of the new bartender?" He couldn't remember the name of the new bartender who made drinks for him last night. The pain in his head was tearing again.

Forget it, Xu Qingquan no longer tried to think about what happened last night.He picked up the bottle beside the bed and drank the remaining mineral water in one gulp, rubbed his eyes, barely stood up, and decided to wash up, because it was time to go to work, the first shift after being promoted.

Xu Qingquan turned on the faucet, wiped his face, and the lights around the mirror turned on automatically. At the same time, the temperature, humidity and wind force outside today were displayed on the side.Xu Qingquan stared carefully at himself in the mirror, and the face in the mirror was automatically enlarged, as if to let him see clearly how many beards he had.His eyes were bloodshot and extremely dry, and his eyelids didn't have any will to support these empty eyes.He didn't care about these, simply washed up, rubbed his eyes, and walked out of the bathroom.

In a one-bedroom house, only the bathroom is independent. Xu Qingquan sat on the bed in a daze for a while, and finally made up his mind to go to the machine repair shop for a day's work today.

Ever since he became a mechanical repairman, Xu Qingquan, who looked up at the jet locomotives flying in the sky enviously when he was a child, has now lost all affection for machinery.Homo sapiens, steam machinery, assembly lines, robotic arms, etc. are all areas he needs to repair.These things have become a part of his body like the air he needs to breathe. The jet motorcycle that he thought was cool when he was a child is just a pile of scrap iron to him now.However, Xu Qingquan is very tolerant of his mirror, which can be said to be the only smart machine he likes.

Xu Qingquan lives in Talim District, which is governed by Homo sapiens. The so-called Homo sapiens are artificially intelligent robots, and the core is a robot controlled by a programmed limited version of artificial intelligence.Since a genius named Talim developed the first generation of artificial intelligence 500 years ago, disputes between Homo sapiens and ordinary people have followed.At first, it was just an internal debate among ordinary people about the ethics of intelligent machines. With the iteration of Homo sapiens, the debate turned into whether Homo sapiens should enjoy human rights, but in the end, the debate turned into a real issue—— Man is in direct opposition to his creators.Finally, an all-out war that lasted for nearly a hundred years broke out.War has wiped out nations, wiped out races, and nearly wiped out entire planets.With the emergence of Tasha the Conqueror, the war ended with the victory of humans, and the Tasha Dynasty was established. The artificial intelligence was selected to be recompiled, subject to the control of humans, and obtained the same autonomy as humans.The current Talim District was established to commemorate Talim, the founder of Homo sapiens, and it is also one of the autonomous regions that Homo sapiens obtained at the beginning.With the evolution of nearly a thousand years, the current Talim District is already an area where humans and Homo sapiens live together.

"Boy, did you drink too much last night?" Aunt Jian, who was selling pancakes at the door of the machine repair shop, greeted Xu Qingquan with a smile, "How about it, today is still three slices of artificial meat?"

"Okay, add two more eggs for me. I went to Wave Bar last night. The new bartender didn't know what kind of wine he made for me. I still have a headache!" Xu Qingquan patted his head and took out his wallet , Posted the money collection port on the stall, and a notification sounded "Receive 10 coins" from the stall.

"Why is it so expensive, Aunt Jian! Wasn't it only 8 coins yesterday!" Xu Qingquan cursed.

"Don't make these hypocrisy for me, two eggs are free of charge! You repair robots, the wages are not low, how much can you make an hour? 15 yuan, right?" Aunt Jane still had a smile on her face, "Don't frown on this handsome face. I heard that you got a salary increase yesterday. Give me a raise too!"

"Hahahaha, it's because of this salary increase that I'm so drunk! It takes me an hour to earn 15 yuan, and you can get 3 yuan for a 10-minute pie. I guess I was still screwing screws when you lived in a villa What!" Xu Qingquan was not really angry, this was his daily bickering with the pancake stall lady.Compared with the people who work together, the aunt is more like a friend of Xu Qingquan.

"Remember to repair the circuit at my villa." Aunt Jian handed the pancakes to Xu Qingquan while packing them, "Here you go, eat it before going in, don't eat it with engine oil."

Xu Qingquan took the pancake, weighed it, the portion was substantial, and bit down, the sauce and sliced ​​meat were mixed with half-cooked egg yolk, which was his favorite taste since he was a child.He grew up in an orphanage, and although he said he never went hungry, he never tasted anything delicious.Since he doesn't know who his parents are, and he has no relatives to speak of, for Xu Qingquan, he cherishes all the kindness others give him.He has worked in this small machine repair shop for four or five years, and Aunt Jane's presence at the door spreading pancakes gave him a sense of intimacy.

"Aunt Jian, how long have you been here?" Xu Qingquan finished eating the pancakes, wiped his hands on his clothes, and raised his head.This is the first time Xu Qingquan asked this question in four or five years.

"What's the matter? Are you trying to praise my superb craftsmanship in a different way?" Aunt Jian skillfully packed the sauce, ready to make a portion for the next person.

"No, no, don't think about it too much. Your craftsmanship doesn't care if I starve to death, so I'll praise you for saving the people!" Xu Qingquan said with a big grin.

"Don't be poor, it should be when your kid was born, and I will be here." Aunt Jian didn't look up, nor did she look at him.

"Oh, that's about a 1000-year-old pancake old woman, right?" Xu Qingquan joked, "I'm afraid that this craftsmanship has come to an end? Is there any magical skill in the world to spread pancakes? I'll find them for you How about a teacher?"

Aunt Jian didn't look up, she didn't answer immediately, she just laughed twice, just like she usually did, "Go in, don't ask me for a teacher, and don't ask me for salary if you are late later."

Xu Qingquan thanked Mrs. Jian and stepped into the machine repair shop.

Rennes machine repair shop is named after the owner Rennes, and has been in business for more than 20 years, which is almost as old as Xu Qingquan.Not many people know that Rennes is the only divine craftsman in Talim district.The reason why Xu Qingquan knew it was only that he accidentally saw it when he went to the bar after get off work and found that he had left his wallet and turned back to the store.

At that time, Ren was talking to a man in a robe, and he couldn't hear the specific content clearly, but he heard that the man called Ren a divine work, but Ren refused him to call him so, and told him not to mention it again.Xu Qingquan didn't see what the person wearing the robe looked like, but saw a small silver rose embroidered on the neckline of the robe.This is the symbol of the Gupa religion. As a sect that worships machines to the point of going crazy, if a person is called a divine worker, then the identity of this person is almost indistinguishable.

Looking back, the business in the store has been constant in the past few years, and occasionally well-known mechanical repair problems have been entrusted here to deal with, presumably the owner of the store must have extraordinary skills.In Xu Qingquan's view, Ryan's identity as a divine craftsman is his exclusive secret. Although he does not worship the status of a divine craftsman, his boss has taken care of him a lot in recent years. Instead of rejecting him, he was willing to teach him from scratch.In addition, Ren never defaulted on wages, and recently raised Xu Qingquan's rank and salary, Xu Qingquan has a good impression of Shengong Ren in his heart.

Seeing Xu Qingquan coming, Ren pulled his hand out from the inside of a mechanical leg, found a rag and wiped it casually, walked over, and said, "A pair of battle armor sent by Plinta came today. , Let me show you, I took a preliminary look and think there is something wrong with the core, you deal with it first, I will go over to have a look after I repair this leg."

"Okay, no problem." Xu Qingquan said yes, but he was a little worried.

The Printa mentioned by Rennes is also the Printa Warrior Academy among the four major academies, and it is an important source of the main battle force for the Tasha Dynasty. After the artificial intelligence war ended 1000 years ago, the seemingly unified and peaceful planet is still undercurrents.Since it was a dictatorship, those who tried to restore the previous state system formed a sect called the Syndicate.The original teaching of Syndicate was only to restore the country, but with the evolution of the times, chaotic rule and anarchism prevailed in the sect, and there were constant conflicts between Syndicate followers and the Tasha Dynasty.As a result, Syndicate was identified as a cult by the Tasha Dynasty and suppressed.From this, the Printa Academy was also established, providing continuous assistance to the dynasty in terms of military affairs and warfare.Since Printa Academy uses mirror images to simulate drills in teaching, and the problems with their mechs can explain at least two points. First, where new conflicts occur; The ability of the mecha to carry out devastating strikes, otherwise the academy can repair it by itself.

With these two worries in mind, Xu Qingquan walked to his repair room, ready to see the extent of the mech's damage.

(End of this chapter)