Eternal Night

Chapter 509 Cabin

Wu Pifu sat on the roof of the first vehicle, watching the vehicles move forward. Along the way, he noticed two empty convoys. The first convoy had only a few trucks, while the second convoy had a full sixteen trucks, all of which were empty and moving automatically. However, once it was confirmed that there was no one in the driver's cab, these vehicles would immediately stop and remain motionless.

This sent chills down the spines of all the androids. The androids, who had been chatting and laughing at the beginning, were now completely silent.

Not to mention them, even Wu Pifu himself felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart.

Being unafraid of death is one thing, but having this kind of fear of the unknown is another.

Pollution, Lost Pollution—what are its mechanisms, its effects, and its consequences? Wu Pifu knew absolutely nothing about any of this. Although he had been attacked by Lost Pollution once, he didn't even dare to look at it during that attack. He could only shut down his five senses and sixth sense, relying solely on his martial arts intuition to fight it. Even so, his own physical body and mental consciousness underwent a distortion.

Although he is now certain that the target of the Lost Contamination is not actually him, for some reason, or some mechanism, or because he is a real individual of this era, and his civilization still exists in the absolute reality of 1.0, in short, the effect of the Lost Contamination on him is merely a ripple.

On the contrary, the artificial beings of this world have become the main targets of the outbreak of Lost Pollution, and judging from the two unmanned convoys, they undoubtedly fit the word "Lost".

What happened to them? What is their situation? How are they now?
Wu Pifu had no idea, nor dared to imagine it.

The team arrived at the evacuation point around 5 or 6 p.m.

Here on a plain, at the evacuation point coordinates, there is a chubby-looking spaceship, shaped like a large hen, with a large belly and small front and rear tail fins, capable of carrying enough people to evacuate Earth.

It was already dusk, but the sun had not yet completely set. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Together with Wu Pifu, they entered the detachment spaceship. However, as soon as they entered, the seven members of the Ruoye Squadron immediately changed their expressions. Apart from A1, who was guarding Wu Pifu, the other six immediately ran to the cockpit at the front of the spaceship.

A1 hurriedly said to Wu Pifu, "Sir, something's wrong! This spaceship, this spaceship..."

Wu Pifu already understood what had happened, and he asked in a deep voice, "Are the drivers gone?"

A1 bowed his head and said, "Yes...yes, there should have been at least twenty crew members up there, including three armed escorts and two members of the Wakaba unit, but they are all gone now. After we entered, we did not receive any marking signals from any members of the Wakaba unit."

As expected, the other six members of the Wakaba unit returned quickly, all bringing the same information: all the personnel on the spaceship were missing, but the entire spaceship was intact, with no signs of combat found.

"...Are you disappointed?"

Wu Pifu remained silent for a while, then said to the others, "Everyone, enter the spaceship in order. Do not scatter. All gather on the first floor. If there is not enough room, sit in the aisle, or squeeze in with everyone!"

The other androids also realized the seriousness of the situation. They were all filled with fear and began to enter the cabin in order of command. Wu Pifu asked A1, "Can you pilot this escape ship?"

All seven members of the Wakaba unit immediately nodded in affirmation. B8 said, "Yes, sir, we all have the established procedures for piloting the escape ship. Shall we start the ship now? Shall we go to outer space immediately?"

Wu Pifu pondered for a moment, then looked at the gradually darkening plains and asked, "How much time is left before the final evacuation?"

A1 immediately replied, "There are sixteen hours left."

Wu Pifu roughly estimated and said, "That is, nine o'clock tomorrow morning, right?"

Everyone nodded, and Wu Pifu then said, "Then let's wait until nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Now that we've confirmed that we're leaving at that time, what if other resistance forces arrive during this period? Let's wait."

Everyone nodded in obedience. As the last android entered the cabin, Wu Pifu followed them in. He then sat at the entrance of this cabin, with his back to the hatch and facing the androids, quietly watching them.

Although the androids were terrified, as they entered the ship's cabin, the entire interior was brightly lit, with an unobstructed view from the entrance to the stern. Moreover, with Wu Pifu alone at the entrance, and the engine room-like interior showing no signs of strangeness, the androids gradually calmed down. The fear stemming from the unknown, a strange emotion that transcended their programmed and logical reasoning, was something they had never experienced since their creation. Their chips, information processors, central processing units, and so on, could not determine what this fear was, and this was precisely what terrified them most… How could androids possibly feel fear?
However, as their fear gradually subsided, these artificial beings looked at Wu Pifu with inexplicable gazes, gazes filled with reverence, hope, and gratitude.

That gaze made Wu Pifu feel a heavy pressure in his heart.

At this moment, the three beautiful androids from the Wakaba Squad, A1, B8, and D7, came to Wu Pifu's side and sat in the seats closest to him, which could be considered as keeping him company.

D7, a young lady with long, straight black hair, wore a miniskirt and stockings, looking quite beautiful. She chuckled softly and said to Wu Pifu, "Humans are so reliable. It's a pity... if only they were a little bigger."

Wu Pifu ignored him with dead fish eyes, staring intently at the entire cabin.

A1 and B8 chuckled softly, and it wasn't just the two of them; some of the female androids behind them also laughed.

Chirp on Wu Pifu's shoulder and Daphne at his feet chirped and barked twice in dissatisfaction. Strangely, these female androids seemed to understand the sounds of the two little animals.

A1 said seriously, "Sir, this is actually the underlying logic of our program, which is to protect humanity, continue humanity, and save humanity... If there really isn't a single living human left in the Human Council on the moon, then you will be the last human in this world. Your life force must be continued, and that's how our underlying logic is written. So, with you, with you... that is our instinct. It's just a pity that you are still too young. If you were a little older, that would be better."

This was almost a double entendre. Wu Pifu really, really, really wanted to refute it, saying that he was actually not small at all, and Yao Yao could testify to that!
But at this point, he naturally couldn't refute it. He could only grunt and groan in dissatisfaction. When he saw these android beauties laughing again, he simply closed his eyes and tried to avoid seeing them.

Unexpectedly, the resistance leader, the red-haired mature woman, also walked to the front, casually found a seat, and looked closely at Wu Pifu. This made Wu Pifu even more dissatisfied. He opened his eyes and said to the mature woman with dissatisfaction, "You don't want to sleep with me too, do you? I treat you as comrades-in-arms, but you just want to sleep with me?"

The red-haired mature woman chuckled softly and shook her head, saying, "I really do want to sleep, as I've already told you, this is the underlying logic of our program, something we can't even control ourselves. But sir, something's not right..."

Wu Pifu continued irritably, "What's wrong? Don't tell me you're planning to use force. Let me tell you, even if I just blow a breath, you can't withstand it."

The red-haired mature woman sighed and said, "Of course we can't be a match for pure-blooded humans, but what I'm wrong about isn't that, but something else... Sir, the underlying logic of human continuity within us isn't absolutely mandatory. Because such things require both willingness and consideration of the environment and circumstances. We're not beasts. Moreover, this underlying logic also includes human laws, and age is an important factor. All of these are written into our underlying logic; it's a procedural constraint. So, since we learned that you are a true pure-blooded human, we haven't taken any coercive measures against you, right?"

Wu Pifu nodded. Although these artificial female demons had started to seduce him ever since they learned he was human, there was no coercion involved, and because of the mainframe's disguise, their seduction was not blatant.

The red-haired mature woman then said seriously, "But now, this desire to have a relationship with you and continue your life force is exceeding the limitations of our underlying logical structure, and even surpassing the limits of our central processing unit. Just like when we feel fear, we have an eagerness to obtain your life force... Not only them, but I am also like this."

"So you're still planning to sleep with me!?" Wu Pifu said angrily.

Many androids gave a wry smile. D7 said softly, "It's not like that, sir. Our programming contains a lot of knowledge, and this situation falls within that knowledge. It's actually the instinct of life, which is that the first priority of life is to survive, to live as the primary goal. But if it's certain that an individual cannot survive, then procreation and the continuation of the race become the primary goal. We currently have this emotion that transcends the underlying logic. In other words..."

A1 picked up the thread, saying, "We all have a strange feeling that we will die, so we want to continue the existence of the human race for you before we die. This idea even surpasses all our logical algorithms."

Wu Pifu looked over and, sure enough, saw that these artificial beauties all had rosy cheeks, their pupils seemed to be dripping with water, and their bodies were trembling slightly, their thighs rubbing and shaking incessantly. This scene made Wu Pifu immediately realize what was going on.

"It's alright, I'm here, you'll be fine," Wu Pifu said, bowing his head.

The androids remained silent, suppressing a certain emotion that pushed them to their limits. At that moment, the red-haired mature woman approached Wu Pifu and said in a very low voice, "My lord... our team is missing three people."

Wu Pifu looked up sharply. The red-haired mature woman said in a very certain voice, "I remember every single person in the team, every single one... After entering the cabin, I counted again, and three people were missing, but, sir, but..."

"I can't remember who's missing, I've forgotten them!"

(End of this chapter)