Wen Bai was ready to fight, his hand gripping the knife, his face expressionless as he thought, one by one...
In a blink of an eye.
He saw three small runaway robots charging at him. These three were not even as tall as his legs.
But Wen Bai never underestimated his enemies. He remained cautious, ready for battle.
The three child-like runaway robots approached Wen Bai with extreme speed. Wen Bai judged their attack trajectory.
Unexpectedly.
The three small runaway robots stopped about a meter away from Wen Bai and then, with a series of "plop," "plop," "plop," they all knelt down.
They prostrated themselves on the ground and in hushed unison began to plead, "Please, please spare us, don't kill brother!"
Wen Bai, knife in hand and ready to strike: "..."
System 001, enthusiastically observing its host's combat prowess: "..."
The head of the "Shocking Style No. 2" runaway robot, still clutched tightly in Wen Bai's hand, continued to shout at the three little ones with its mouth agape, "Why aren't you running? Didn't you forget what I said! Why did you come over! Ah! Run for your lives! If you come here, you'll just become spare parts for the robot head! Go~"
The three small runaway robots were startled by the shout. Though frightened, they did not retreat. They continued to kneel on the ground and began to cry, softly saying, "Please, human, please spare brother."
Wen Bai looked at the three small robots in front of him, then at the head of the "Shocking Style No. 2" male runaway robot still being held and shouting at them to leave. Wen Bai stopped his actions and sheathed his knife.
He did not kill children, whether human or robot.
The ears of the three small runaway robots twitched as they heard the human's movement.
Then, they quietly looked up at the human in front of them, sniffling.
Wen Bai stared expressionlessly at the three small runaway robots. As if he couldn't help himself, he reached out and, not gently, pinched the face of the closest child-like runaway robot.
Wen Bai's thumb moved on the cheek below the robot's eye.
He saw no tears on the face of the small runaway robot. Indeed, there were no tears...
A few minutes later.
At Wen Bai's request, System 001 quietly restored his body's strength to normal.
Although his body had only been enhanced for five minutes, Wen Bai felt as if his entire spirit had been drained, and he even felt a throbbing pain in his head, as if his mind had been emptied.
Wen Bai stood in place, expressionless, exuding an imposing and aloof aura, betraying no weakness.
The tall robot that had been standing behind Wen Bai was now subtly monitoring the fluctuations of his master's physical data.
Its sapphire eyes moved.
After a moment of thought, the tall robot walked to its master's side and placed an arm around Wen Bai's waist.
System 001 sighed, "575 is so thoughtful. It must have detected your physical condition."
Wen Bai nodded in agreement with System 001's words.
He did not push away the tall robot beside him. He truly had very little strength left.
Wen Bai leaned languidly against the tall robot beside him, using it as support to regain his strength.
Only Wen Bai knew that if 575 let go now, he would probably collapse to the ground.
"Why did you attack us?" Wen Bai asked, mustering his voice.
The head of the "Shocking Style No. 2" male runaway robot was now being held tightly by a small runaway robot. The head's mouth opened and closed as it said rather righteously, "To rob you!"
Wen Bai, uncharacteristically curious for being robbed by a robot for the first time, was intrigued. System 001 was also very curious.
However, Wen Bai was curious about what being robbed was like.
While System 001 was curious if such weak runaway robots, who begged for mercy faster than humans, could actually rob anyone? Kuaishuge.
Wen Bai asked, "How many people have you robbed?"
The "Shocking Style No. 2" male runaway robot remained silent this time. Even the "Shocking Style No. 1" male runaway robot said nothing.
Seeing that their brothers were silent, a small runaway robot answered loudly, "You are the first. We haven't managed to successfully rob anyone before."
Wen Bai: "..."
System 001: "As expected."
So, these runaway robots had a bad start?
Wen Bai had recovered some strength and felt he could walk without issue.
He didn't want to waste any more time. With this time, he and 575 could have taken the motorcycle for a few rides on the road.
That tree trunk had been chasing him and his robot relentlessly. The motorcycle, he remembered, had fallen directly onto the ground and should still be usable.
Wen Bai turned directly and walked towards the small path outside the forest. The tall robot, which had been keeping a close eye on its master, maintained its posture of supporting Wen Bai and followed him out.
As the man and robot walked away, they left a group of bewildered runaway robots frozen in place.
"You're... leaving? Don't you want my chip?" the "Shocking Style No. 2" male runaway robot shouted.
Wen Bai did not reply.
After a moment of thought, the "Shocking Style No. 1" male runaway robot, limping, chased after them. "Human, can you... can you..."
Wen Bai was not interested in them and replied directly, "No."
"You don't even know what I was going to say!" the "Shocking Style No. 1" male runaway robot shouted at Wen Bai.
Wen Bai: "Mm."
There was no more perfunctory answer than this.
Wen Bai and the tall robot continued to walk, and they had already reached the small path.
The "Shocking Style No. 1" was left behind, dejected. Its previous arrogance had long since vanished.
System 001 suddenly spoke, "Host, aren't we supposed to investigate the reason why robots become runaway robots? Now there are so many runaway robots here, and they seem so weak and easy to control. Aren't they ideal experimental subjects?"
Wen Bai thought for three seconds and felt that System 001 had a point.
Then he slowed his pace forward and asked without turning around, "What do you want to say."
The "Shocking Style No. 1" male runaway robot behind them saw a glimmer of hope and quickly hobbled after them. "You've seen how weak we are, and I'm with these three robots. These three are defective robots. They have no offensive capabilities, and they can't even beat a dog. They were chased and cried by a small dog before."