What Can I Do, I’m Not Human

The desolate star was shrouded in heavy fog, and the fog intensified during the night.

Since the thick fog enveloped the town, Chu Shici couldn’t move. Su Zheyan showed no reaction on his face but kept looking around.

Occasional screams could be heard on the streets, and the windows rattled from the wind, making it difficult to sleep.

Chu Shici was organizing the known clues with the system when Su Zheyan tossed and turned on the bed. Finally, he sat up with a cold expression.

“There are people downstairs talking, and it’s noisy.”

He paused for a moment, touched Chu Shici’s head, and whispered, “Xiao Ci, I’ll go and check it out. You mustn’t make a sound.”

Chu Shici: ?

Ah Ci, Xiao Bai? Shouldn’t he be grateful that when sewing the names together for the male protagonist, it didn’t become Ah Xiao Bai Ci?

During their time on the desolate star, Su Zheyan had become especially sensitive to human voices. Monsters could only eat him at worst, but humans would insult and torture him, making him wish for death.

No matter how loud the monsters’ voices were, he could sleep through them. But the slightest human voice around him would prevent him from falling asleep.

Chu Shici was an exception; he was an artificial human.

Although he liked men and was flirtatious, in Su Zheyan’s heart, he was a cute and innocent good robot.

Chu Shici was stuffed into the pocket on Su Zheyan’s chest and followed him to the staircase.

Due to the heavy fog, all technological devices were malfunctioning. Several candles were placed in the hotel’s lobby, and the owner was chatting with five people.

By the candlelight, Chu Shici could see their attire. They wore well-tailored black suits with golden patterns on the chest and cuffs. A snake coiling around an apple—they were members of Eternal Life Technology.

Su Zheyan had much better eyesight and had already silently hidden himself in a corner.

The pheromones of the alphas wafted in the air, and they seemed to be familiar with the owner. They chatted and drank, appearing relaxed and at ease.

As a case of liquor was emptied, everyone started getting a bit drunk.

The owner sighed, “It’s getting harder to do business recently, and all the exiled criminals are alphas. Damn it, running a hotel is not the same as running a brothel. Those alphas don’t understand long-term development. The beta we brought in last month died within a couple of days.”

The members of Eternal Life Technology exchanged glances, and two of them signaled him to stop talking, their expressions unfriendly.

The other three became interested, and the golden-haired man facing away from the staircase said, “We have clone humans in our place, and BO too. If you can pay the price, we can arrange two omega clone humans for you. They are members of a popular girl group, dream lovers of countless people.”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by someone.

Seated on the right was a man with dark skin. He slammed his glass down heavily and said, “Are you guys disgusted or not? How criminals deal with each other is their business. Don’t involve clone humans in this!”

The golden-haired man, drunk, pointed at the opposing person and sarcastically mocked, “What’s the matter? Did I touch a nerve? Oh, I almost forgot, both of you are clone humans too. In the old society, you were slaves. I can’t even count the number of clone humans I played to death with one hand, and I wouldn’t be sentenced even if I killed them in public. Let me tell you, you mass-produced things have no right to demand human rights!”

This statement completely ignited the anger in the dark-skinned man. He grabbed a bottle and smashed it toward the golden-haired man’s head, while another black-haired clone person stood up cursing.

The five of them began to fight, and the owner pretended to intervene. He shouted, “Stop fighting! Let’s talk things out.” But in his hands, he passed knives to the middle, secretly hoping that they would kill or maim each other right now.

Su Zheyan hid in the corner, his gaze fixed on their weapons, ready to take advantage of the chaos.

As they fought and cursed, Chu Shici captured some information from their argument.

These five people visited the town late at night to investigate an anomaly in the southeast. There were reports that after the appearance of the heavy fog, a deep pit would emerge in the southeast. Inside the pit, there was something that turned the desolate star into a graveyard of technology.

In the wilderness, the fewer people, the safer. Eternal Life Technology dispatched one hundred teams of five people, entering the wilderness in batches. They were the first group, ready to continue exploring after the heavy fog subsided.

At this moment, the opposing camps had already formed during the fight.

Three humans were battling against two clone humans when an unexpected incident occurred.

The golden-haired man took out a box from his pocket and grabbed a black stone, throwing it at the dark-skinned man across from him.

The man couldn’t dodge in time, and his body rapidly melted, falling to the ground while screaming in agony. After a few seconds, he turned into a pile of sand.

The owner stared in shock, his eyes wide open, and he ran to hide behind the counter.

The other black-haired clone person quickly retreated, saying, “How dare you use a black stone? It’s forbidden!”

The man, reeking of alcohol, spoke indistinctly, “Of course, it’s forbidden for clone humans, but I’m a human. Lord Zuo gave it to me, and each of us has one. Do you really think we’re colleagues? Today, you die, and I’ll report it to the company. In two days, they’ll produce a new you. By then, you won’t even remember how the previous you died. Your mind will be filled with ‘Eternal Life Technology, long live!'”

The black-haired clone man’s face turned red with anger. He glanced at the pile of sand on the ground and quickly turned around, fleeing upstairs.

Laughter echoed from downstairs as the three human employees pulled out black stones and threw them upward.

“Liu Qinglong, aren’t you tough? Why are you hiding? Come down and fight us!”

Liu Qinglong ran upstairs with his head down. Just as he turned a corner and took a few steps, someone covered his mouth and dragged him into a room.

The person pressed him against the wall, and a cold voice sounded in his ear, “Don’t move. I also have a black stone.”

Liu Qinglong immediately obeyed.

As the heavy fog dispersed slightly, Chu Shici could move around.

He sat above Su Zheyan’s head, sympathetically watching the back of the clone’s head.

Su Zheyan said coldly, “What just happened?”

Liu Qinglong tensed his body. “The black stone rapidly decomposes the body of the clone, not just clones. It’s also harmful to those who have undergone gender transformation or those who have come out of the incubation chamber.”

“What’s in the southeast?”

“I’m not sure. Mother told us to investigate.”

“I’ve only heard of the Mother of Robots.”

“Brand founder Eva is also our mother. She bestowed life upon us. She doesn’t like to deal with things, but she’s the true power behind the company.”

Su Zheyan furrowed his brows slightly. “Miss passed away twenty years ago.”

“Mother is still alive. You can’t curse her.”

“She was assassinated by artificial intelligence twenty years ago. My father was ordered to investigate the matter. You can’t deceive me.”

Liu Qinglong broke free from the restraint and turned around angrily. “If you speak disrespectfully about her again, I’ll kill you even if it costs me my life! She’s alive and well. She attended a speech just last week!”

As Chu Shici listened to the clone’s defense of Eva, the voice of that alpha suddenly resurfaced in his mind.

‘Your mind will be filled with ‘Eternal Life Technology, long live!”

A chill ran down his spine, and he couldn’t help but shiver.

Su Zheyan mentioned that Eternal Life Technology implants memories directly into clone humans, and from what he heard from the alpha, the company brainwashes clone humans to make them loyal to the company and to Eva, the founder.

Clone humans are mere puppets in the hands of Eternal Life Technology, easily manipulated. The occasional small-scale conflicts are fully under the control of the company.

In that case, how could the clone rebellion that shocked the Empire have occurred in the first place?

Unless it wasn’t the clones who organized the uprising, but Eternal Life Technology.

Or rather, it was Eva, the one who can ‘die and be reborn.’