You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 223 Human Imitator

Dressed as an executioner, Chi Ping took only two seconds to jump to the eighth floor.

As soon as she came up, she saw an arm about five or six meters long, pinning Le Bai against the wall. She was too short, and her short legs were kicking in the air.

Seeing Chi Ping coming up, Le Bai stopped struggling. She pointed at the "person" who was pinching her and said angrily:
"Look at him!"

It's like a child complaining.

Chi Ping looked at the "human." More precisely, it was a humanoid machine. He had no clothes or skin, only some special alloy supporting his body.

His head - let's call it "head" for now, is just a black metal box the size of a fist on his neck.

There are two red dots on the box that light up, similar to the position of eyes on a human face, but their functions are completely different.

Opposite the strange "man" was a group of frightened teenagers, no older than seventeen or eighteen. They were probably a group of depressed people attending an event.

The leader, a young man in his thirties, was squatting with them. He was probably a psychologist or organizer of the event.

When Ikehira jumped onto this floor, the strange "person" seemed to have noticed it.

"If you find any disruptors, please evacuate immediately. The expulsion procedure will be initiated in fifteen seconds."

An electronic sound rang out on the floor. This guy's brain was very strange. Ikehira didn't know if he was "looking" at him, but it seemed as if these words were spoken to him.

The strange "man" gave Chi Ping fifteen seconds to leave, but Chi Ping didn't intend to give him even a second.

[Steel Body] suddenly burst out with extremely fast speed, and the increase in [Speed] made it almost impossible to catch Chi Ping's movements.

In just a moment, the executioner's alloy mask was about to hit the strange head of the "man", but the real attack was the fist that Chi Ping had just raised!
Chi Ping punched his shrunken little square head hard!

Then--

The expected impact and mechanical shattering noises did not come.
Instead, the weirdo caught the punch steadily.

Chi Ping was also slightly surprised. He was unstoppable. Most opponents would either dodge or be instantly killed. It was rare for them to take the blow head-on.

But the punch is not over yet!
【High frequency vibration】!
It was visible to the naked eye that the palm holding Chi Ping's fist was collapsing. It actually changed from solid to liquid, boiling like water, and then flew away.

Finally, even the hand that was holding down Le Bai loosened.

The strange "man" quickly retreated and kept a safe distance from Chi Ping, while Le Bai used his hands and feet to crawl to Chi Ping's side.

"Let's retreat first." Le Bai said, then pulled Chi Ping, who was dressed as an executioner, back into the corridor.

Before Chi Ping could ask, Le Bai said, "This guy is very strange."

After the two retreated a distance, the strange "person" seemed to stop attacking. As long as he appeared within a certain range, his attack mechanism would be triggered.

Seeing Chi Ping and Le Bai retreat, the black box at the position of the monster's head and the cursor at the position of the eyes also switched from red to yellow.

"What's going on?" Chi Ping poked Le Bai.

"Look!" Le Bai pointed at the strange "person".

Only the emotionless electronic voice could be heard again from that strange "person":
“第七次模拟，地点星城星源路19号，时间新历716年10月2日下午3点27。”

"Entered by: Pulao."

After the electronic music, the strange "man" Pulao walked in front of a group of people with depression:

"please continue."

The sound is still electronic, but you can feel the ups and downs of the tone, which is not as flat as before.

But you can still tell that there is no emotion in it.

The leading psychology teacher stood up tremblingly. He secretly glanced at Chi Ping who was watching the game in the corridor in the distance, hoping to get help.

But Chi Ping was just watching the battle at this time. Even if the psychological teacher died, Le Bai could heal him.

So, please hold on for now.

Chi Ping waved his hand implicitly at the psychology teacher, whose face darkened and he felt a sense of despair.

It was Le Bai who comforted the psychology teacher very effectively.

She put her hands on her neck and twisted it violently, breaking it. After falling down, her eyes were wide open, staring straight at the psychology teacher.

The latter suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

Then Le Bai's fallen body suddenly twitched, and his limbs and torso moved in an extremely uncoordinated manner.

Then, her cervical vertebrae made a "crackling" sound, and the cervical vertebrae that she had broken healed unexpectedly. Finally, Le Bai gave the psychology teacher a thumbs up and a big smile appeared on her face.

Chi Ping understood what Le Bai wanted to express, which was roughly -

"Look, I can survive like this, don't worry!"

Le Bai’s comforting effect was significant, and the psychology teacher became even more frightened.

Although he knew that there were people with special abilities in this world, he still wondered how such a terrifying person could exist!
But this mood did not last long, and Pulao spoke again:
"Please show love, compassion, kindness, and warmth."

After Pulao finished speaking, he waited for the psychology teacher to perform.

The psychology teacher walked towards the group of depressed teenagers squatting in the corner with trepidation.

He tried his best to calm himself down, and just carry out his normal activities, just like he did in his psychological counseling room, caring for, comforting, and guiding these teenagers.

He had tried his best to control his emotions, but fear was like a flame, burning him.

Especially, I just saw Pulao throwing three people (including Le Bai) down.

"Hello, you guys—"

It was just a simple greeting, but the psychology teacher spoke tremblingly for a long time, and his whole body was shaking.

Pulao spoke again:

"It's about caring, compassion, kindness, and warmth, not showing fear, terror, or despair."

The psychology teacher turned back tremblingly, pleading with pleading eyes and tone:

"I, I can't do it now."

And Pulao just repeated the first sentence:

"Please show love, compassion, kindness, and warmth."

The psychology teacher was heartbroken. He cried, his face covered in sweat and tears: "I——"

"Please show love, compassion, kindness, and warmth."

It was these words again, and they carried some chilling murderous intent.

Because there was a flash of lightning on one of Pulao's hands.

The psychological teacher had to do enough ideological work on himself and then get close to the depressed teenagers.

“I can’t do what I normally do, I might get thrown out.

"If any of you survive, tell my daughter that I love her very much.

"She's only three years old now. She's a very bedwetting and warm little girl."

The frightened young men remained silent, but Pulao's voice rang out again:

"Detecting emotions such as reluctance, cherishment, attachment, and love. Analyzing, recording, and learning—"

Then, I saw Pulao imitating the psychology teacher's tone and posture, saying exactly the same words:
"I can't do it the same way I usually do—

"She's a very bed-wetting and warm little girl."

His tone, intonation, and cadence were all attempts to imitate the psychology teacher, but his words were emotionless and dry, a mechanical imitation.

Chi Ping immediately understood.

This guy called Pulao was probably a pure robot, devoid of any human elements, yet he was trying to act like one.

He is learning about human emotions.

But emotions are something that we are born with. How can a robot possibly learn them?

Studying forcing oneself can only bring endless torture and pain.

Perhaps this is an experimental machine of the Mechanicum?
Perhaps it is the means by which those modified humans, who have been dominated by mechanical will, are trying to regain their human will?

But this is just Chi Ping's guess. What he needs to do now is to tear down the guy in front of him.

After saving him, study him.

(End of this chapter)