Girls und War

She never believed this either.

At 4:30 in the morning, the robot woke her up.

So she got up from the bed and went to stand guard.

The girls from the Hana-ku Army all slept in a large room, and Xia Shu carefully stepped over their beds and walked out the door.

Lieutenant Yuankong was standing on the street. Xia Shu walked up to her, saluted her, and then handed over the post.

"Did you sleep well?" Yuankong asked Xia Shu with a smile.

"I slept well." Xia Shu replied.

"Well, I'll go back and take a nap. You have to stand there carefully, because mourners will be here soon." Yuankong said again.

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he understood.

So Yuankong went back with his gun on his back.

Xia Shu stood up straight, held the gun at an angle in front of him, and stood guard seriously.

For the first half hour, it was dark, and under the streetlights, there was no one around.

There were only a few community security robots passing by, so Xia Shu could count them and it wasn't so boring.

At about five o'clock, the sky was just beginning to light.

A butler android came out of the room and stood on the other side of the door.

He was a male butler, and looked to be an older model. I wonder how long he had been working for the two elderly people.

Out of respect for the old object, Xia Shu turned slightly sideways and nodded to it.

Seeing this, it also bowed to Xia Shu.

The two of them stood guard, one on the left and one on the right.

The emotions of bionic people are very rigid and fake.

Robot designers deliberately make them less human-like to prevent humans from developing the wrong emotional perceptions of robots.

But even so, there are still many people who treat robots and androids as their own family.

There is nothing right or wrong about this.

Humans are emotional creatures and need to place their emotions on certain people or things.

Perhaps those people have some obstacles in emotional communication with others, but society generally does not discriminate against them, but instead treats them as a group of people in need of help.

As for what will happen to the robot bionic people after those people die, it is hard to say.

Like this butler android.

If the elderly person has children, there is a high probability that the bionic man will be taken away by the children and continue to work before his own wear and tear years are reached.

If there is no child, after its data is recorded in the old man's life record, the only thing waiting for it is destruction.

Maybe it's not gentle or romantic, but everything must come to an end one day.

Since the two elderly people in the room chose to face death bravely, the bionic man should be destroyed properly.

Speaking of which, the lives of these two old men are somewhat legendary.

They were childhood sweethearts who grew up in the same house. One of them had better academic performance and was admitted to a military academy.

One almost did, but he also joined the army.

They served for decades, and when they retired, one was a lieutenant colonel and the other was a sergeant major.

I'm doing pretty well.

After retiring, the two got married.

but--

But, love is never as smooth as we imagine.

After seven years of marriage, their feelings gradually faded and they divorced again.

Their lives took different paths.

After retiring, the lieutenant colonel became interested in scientific research. After diligent study, he obtained a doctorate in biology.

Then I continued my research at the Biomedical Research Institute for several decades until my youth passed and I entered middle age.

In her middle age, for some reason, she lost interest in scientific research and began to study art.

He has a little exposure to music, art, sculpture, and literature.

During this period, she also changed several life partners repeatedly, but they didn't seem to get along very well, and in the end they didn't make it to the end.

The other non-commissioned officer girl spent her adolescence in a completely useless state.

She is completely addicted to games and online social networking and has no interest in the real world.

It wasn't until middle age that she became interested in traveling again.

During her travels to various regions, cities, and even planets, the girl met many people and made many friends.

But at the same time, she didn't end up with those men and women.

Looking back, the two of them entered old age together.

When they returned to the starting point, naturally, the two came together.

It seems like a natural thing.

They are together again.

In their old age, the two did other things together.

Like starting a game company, co-authoring a book, and traveling to outer space together—

Etc., etc.

Until the end of their lives, both of them were predicted to have a certain lifespan.

Accurate to the day.

Then the one whose life span was a week longer had his life support equipment slightly adjusted, shortening his life span a little.

So, on the same day, the two of them, hand in hand, walked into the arms of death.

It is true that they were born on the same day of the same month of the same year and died on the same day of the same month of the same year.

This is the life of the people of Blue Star.

Looking at the life experiences of the two old people, for some reason, Natsuki subconsciously thought of Maya.

She felt that there was a slight possibility that she and Maya would also experience such a life.

Just as I was thinking about it, someone pushed the door open and walked out of the room.

Xia Shu looked straight ahead and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

The person who came out was an old man wearing a MC's uniform, Mr. Qishu.

He smiled and nodded to Natsuki, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay." Xia Shu's mouth curled up slightly.

"As people age, they sleep less. Think about when we were young, even 90 hours of sleep a day wasn't enough. Now, five hours is all I need," the old man rambled on. "Looking back, I did serve in the army for a few days, but I found it too hard and tiring, so I retired after just two years.

"If I had persisted a little longer at that time and served the full ten years, it would have been fine.

"Then on the day of my funeral, there will be a cute little girl like you standing guard for me."

He paused, then smiled and said, "Well, I can't say for sure. I'm thinking of taking a spaceship and flying to the world of the future in two years."

Xia Shu smiled slightly.

She is now standing guard seriously and cannot make any big movements.

The teacher didn't blame him, but continued to talk for a long time.

They are all about old stories.

He was about ten years younger than the two sisters in the ice coffins in the house. When they grew up to be mature big sisters, he was still a little brother.

After talking for a while, a few old men came over from the other side of the road.

Teacher Qishu quickly came over to greet him.

These are the relatives and friends of the two elderly people, who came from all over the world to attend the funeral.

Teacher Qishu spoke to them for a few words and then welcomed them into the house.

Xia Shu stood motionless at the door, and the butler bowed to them.

Several old people smiled and nodded.

He also casually praised Xia Shu a few words.

Then he walked into the room.

260. Funeral Ceremony

Xia Shu stood at the door seriously, holding his gun at an angle, without blinking.

From time to time, ladies and gentlemen attending funerals come here.

The android butlers bowed one by one, and the ladies and gentlemen returned the greetings.

When they passed by Xia Shu, they nodded in a friendly manner and did not disturb him.

Xia Shu saw that most of the people who came to pay their respects were elderly people, with occasionally some middle-aged people, but very few young people.

If you think about their social circles, you can understand it.

Most young people don't make friends with the elderly.

As far as Xia Shu knew, the two elderly people did not raise any children.

There was only one little boy in the nursery who inherited the gene.

This is also the choice of most Blue Star people——

They won't have children. However, the Child-Raising Research Institute, after obtaining permission, will combine their genes and use breeding equipment to cultivate the next generation of their genetic sequence.

When it got a little brighter, a news truck arrived.

Two girls who looked like reporters came down from above and took pictures of the pedestrians who came to pay their respects on the street.

Then they focused on filming Xia Shu on duty and did some recruitment propaganda.

They are reporters for a small town news station.

These days, choosing natural death is so rare that every formal funeral makes the news.

After the two finished filming, they gave a brief introduction to the live broadcast.

Then he stood by the street and waited.

These journalists are now very particular about professional ethics and will definitely not disturb ordinary people if they can avoid it.

By six o'clock, it was already daybreak.

Lieutenant Yuankong walked out of the door with several other non-commissioned officers.

"Xia Shu, go and have a rest. I'll call you later." She said to Xia Shu.

Xia Shu smiled and said, "I'm not tired, it's okay."

"Okay." Yuankong nodded and asked the other girls to line up in a row.

A team of young female soldiers stood guarding the roadside, forming a beautiful landscape.

After daybreak, more and more townspeople came to pay their respects.

There was no room in the room, so they stood on the roadside one after another.

Many people took pictures of the girls lined up at the door, which made them dare not move.

At around eight o'clock, Teacher Qishu came out.