future artificial man

Chapter 2 2. The new master? 【Modification: 16.5.4】

According to the agreed time, Meng Ling went out early the next morning, ready to return to the store manager's house.

"Beibei, you have to take good care of the house!" Before leaving, he didn't forget to pet the electronic dog Beibei's little head, and reminded him by the way.

"Don't worry, whoever dares to break into our house, this handsome dog will definitely bite him to pieces! Aww~ woof!"

--split line--

In the world in 2090, the earth's technology has developed to an unprecedented height, cool suspension trains are running across the sky, and personal or private aircraft are constantly flying into the sky.The goal is the moon and Mars!Now which two planets have been developed, and the bustling city has also been established.

But this obviously doesn't mean anything to her, at least for now, she doesn't have the will to go to the moon or Mars.What she wants to do most now is to find her maker and unravel some of the unknowns in her.

"Turn on—navigation system!"

The electronic eyes flickered for a moment, and she was able to clearly see her own coordinates and orientation through the space satellite, and set the fastest route—start moving forward!
A dreamlike world, unimaginably prosperous.This is a beautiful world, with countless sci-fi buildings towering into the clouds, and neon slides blooming dazzling brilliance, forming dazzling patterns one after another.

The streets and alleys are crowded with people, in addition to humans, there are also many artificial humans and robots.

It is reported that there are more than 100 billion human beings in this world, and nearly 30 billion artificial humans and other types of robots.

The earth can no longer bear the huge population, so countless people have been sent to the moon, Mars and even deeper into the universe.

Humans seem to be happy to do this, because whether it is the moon or Mars, for humans who have been robbed of their jobs by artificial humans and robots.They could get rich overnight on the Moon and Mars!It's like the era of great voyages, colonization and gold rush hundreds of years ago. Countless people embarked on the journey to open up the universe with the dream of getting rich overnight.

--split line--

"The destination has been reached, and the navigation is over." My own voice sounded in my head. There is no way to tell Meng Ling that she is an artificial human?
Ring the doorbell and the sound is an intense piece of music?Well, it's the same as ring tones on mobile phones.The singer of this song is said to be a well-known Uranus singer, what seems to be his name: Michael.Jackson?A supposedly legendary king of music pop?
Well, whoever it is, it doesn't matter to an artificial human, let alone a human who has been dead for many years.But one thing I have to say is that his music is really not bad!
"Meng Ling is here?"

The person who opened the door was an old man who was not young, at least 70 years old.He is the grandfather of the store manager, and Mengling has met him several times.

"Hello, Grandpa!" Mengling greeted the old man obediently.

The old man seems to like children very much, and he has always had a high opinion of Meng Ling, and there have even been rumors that: "It would be great if she was not an artificial human, but a human girl? I will definitely make her my granddaughter-in-law!"

For such words, many people just laughed it off.Such voices are not lacking after the appearance of artificial humans.Because the cyborgs are so perfect, of course, when they appeared, they did attract many humans.Some businessmen have taken a fancy to this profitable business opportunity, and even developed a special companion artificial human.

Invited into the house.

The house has a typical layout of three bedrooms and two living rooms. The price of goods in this world is much higher than before. People who can have such a spacious house are already considered a good well-off family.

"Xiaokang went to his father's house, and he will be back soon."

Xiaokang, whose full name is Li Xiaokang.It is the manager of the cake cafe where Meng Ling works. He is only 27 years old. He heard that he had a relationship, but it has not been resolved yet.

It seems that because he was brought up by his grandfather since he was a child, he is very close to the old man.After growing up, he has stayed with his grandfather until now.

"Here, your drink." Xiaokang's grandfather was very kind, no wonder the store manager kissed him so much.

He took the drink and nodded to the old man: "Thank you, but my energy is at a high level now, and I don't need to replenish too much."

"You, you still speak so directly. This behavior of human beings is a kind of politeness. Uh, forget it."

"I know this too, but I can't help it. It's been like this since the first day after my program was set."

Nodding, the old man still had a smile on his face: "I have always admired the programmers who made you, how they set you up to have human emotions. Alas, it seems that I am also old, let alone the progress of the times. .”

"Don't say that, age does not exist in size, but in mentality! The appearance of aging is just a slowing down of metabolism. Now that technology is so advanced, you can change back to your original appearance at any time as long as you want."

"Hehehe, your little mouth is so sweet! Alas, I also saw it on TV. That kind of medicine has indeed been born, but the price is too expensive. Even if our family earns another 100 years of money, it will not be enough. It’s impossible to afford that kind of medicine. And now I see it, I have such filial children and grandchildren by my side, even if I die, I will have no regrets!”

"Grandpa, don't talk about whether you will die or not. Didn't the scientists say it? Keep a healthy mind, live a happy life every day, do whatever you want, and eat whatever you want. Isn't it true that you can live to a hundred years old?" question!"

"Look at your little mouth, it's really sweet. Live to be a hundred years old? By then I won't be an old monster? Wouldn't my children and grandchildren dislike me by then?"

Humans naturally like to live a long life, and of course it would be even better to have a permanent appearance.

When Mengling and the old man were chatting happily, Li Xiaokang also came back.

Li Xiaokang, 1.8 meters tall, has a handsome appearance and a Confucian temperament. Because of regular exercise, he has a good physique, and his face and exposed muscles have edges and corners, full of the unique beauty of men.Compared with those handsome man-made men born with oily noodles, this has a different flavor.

"Hey, Meng Ling has arrived, Grandpa, you look very happy too!"

"Xiaokang is here, come here, don't you have something to tell Mengling? You chat first, I'll go get something to eat."

Li Xiaokang originally didn't want his grandfather to enter the kitchen, because there was oily fumes from cooking, which would be very harmful to people's health.But the old man couldn't screw it up, so he could only tell him to turn on the range hood to reduce the harm as much as possible.

"Meng Ling, as for the work in the store, I'm afraid it is no longer suitable for you." After a pause, he took out a piece of paper that had been folded several times, and it was full of threats written on it: "Those people you also How much should you know? A supermarket was smashed up last month because it hired artificial humans as cashiers."

"I understand this, do you want to fire me?"

"Fire? No!" Li Xiaokang shook his head: "You did such a good job, how can you be fired? I want you to change jobs. I know that you were a service-oriented artificial human at the beginning, so I would like to ask You come to our house to do something."

At this time, Li Xiaokang pointed to his grandfather in the kitchen again, and said, "As you can see, we humans will age, and we cannot replace the aging parts of our bodies like you artificial humans. So we need someone to take care of them."

Mengling nodded, she could understand what her store manager meant, after all, he was still young and needed to work hard outside.However, there are elderly people in his own family who need to be taken care of, which may distract him.

It just so happened that the artificial man was originally designed to serve human beings, so it was natural to let Mengling take care of it.There is nothing wrong with it here.

"As for the salary, it's [-] per month, and there are free energy drinks every day. The only requirement is that you take care of my grandpa's daily life. Of course, it would be even better if you could live here."

"When I was created, it was to serve mankind. So I don't have any problems!" Mengling agreed, "But you provide me with free energy and want me to live here. You want to be My new master?"

"Eh? The new owner?" It seemed that Li Xiaokang didn't have this idea in his mind, at least not just now according to the situation. "I don't care if I can become your new owner. In fact, when I was in the store, I felt that you were different from ordinary artificial people. It seemed to me that you should be more like a human being."

"Human?"

"Hehe, to be honest. Apart from ears, what else is there that is different from us humans?"

There is no need to dig into the corners of this topic, and shifted: "If that's the case, then I will move all the things over tomorrow. Tomorrow, there should be no problem, right?"

Mengling's so-called home, the place where she lives.But you have to pay rent every month, so it is the best thing to have a free place to live.

"There is no problem, but I will be working in the store tomorrow, so I may not be able to help you carry the salute."

"I'm not as delicate as you think, my horsepower can easily lift a ton of weight!"

(Speechless——!)

(End of this chapter)