Gou Zhe glanced at the brightly lit house ahead and didn't wait any longer. He circled the house, looking around, and walked to the side of the house where there was a large window.
Gou Zhe jumped lightly, grabbed the low wall beside him with his hands, and applied force with his arms.
He directly scaled the villa. The small decorative wooden gate and low wall outside were no obstacle to him.
He walked to the large window on the side of the house and looked inside.
But upon seeing, he froze.
Of course, no one would come to open the door.
Because the person who was supposed to open the door was now lying on the ground.
Gou Zhe looked around, saw no one nearby, cautiously put on his gloves, adjusted the brim of his baseball cap, and climbed into the house.
Due to the angle, he had only seen the man collapse from outside the window.
Upon entering, he was horrified to discover that only a headless corpse remained inside.
Gou Zhe walked to the headless corpse and crouched down. He examined the fatal wound on the body on the ground: the wound on the neck.
There were still traces of flesh and blood attached, and the break was not neat, suggesting it wasn't cut by a sharp object.
Coupled with the fact that the neck bone was violently severed at the joint, the wound looked as if it had been violently torn off...
And for such a method, he couldn't think of anything other than a rogue robot.
The man's corpse was still tightly clutching a necklace with a pendant in its hand.
On the corpse, there was also a photograph that was completely incongruous with the scene.
Gou Zhe craned his neck to take a look.
The photo was somewhat obscene.
It depicted a man and a female household robot naked, their expressions lost in ecstasy as they engaged in some act.
And this man, Gou Zhe had seen his information not long ago, he was the male owner of this house, and the female household robot in the picture was the rogue robot in female form that Gou Zhe had seen at the shooting location.
It wasn't strange for the male owner to engage in such activities with a household robot, as household robots originally had such special functions.
What was strange was that not only the male owner in the photo had an expression of intoxication and deep desire, but the expression of the female household robot was even more so.
The two were facing each other. This photo was taken from the side, from a distance, through the gap in the door, clearly capturing the expressions of both the male owner and the female rogue robot.
The male owner of this house should have known, at least from this point on, that this female household robot had gained consciousness, that it had become a rogue robot...
A corner of the photograph was stained with blood, lying on this headless corpse.
In fact, when Man Yixuan sent the information about the female rogue robot's experience and its relationship with the couple to Gou Zhe, Gou Zhe had a vague suspicion, but this kind of relationship still surprised him.
It seemed this man had an affair with the female household robot who originally took care of their daily needs, and Li Meili must have discovered that the female household robot had become a rogue robot.
However, if the female rogue robot had human intelligence, it shouldn't have been so easily discovered if it didn't want to be.
There was a high probability that the female rogue robot provoked the female owner Li Meili, or intentionally let her discover it.
Li Meili couldn't stand it, so she chose to sell this household robot that had become a rogue robot, selling it to the red-light district with a vengeful mentality to please those men.
So, was this female rogue robot seeking revenge?
The complete picture of events was roughly forming in Gou Zhe's mind, overturning his previous understanding of rogue robots.
No, it should be said that the rogue robots he had encountered recently had behaviors infinitely close to humans, which completely contradicted Gou Zhe's understanding of rogue robots.
If rogue robots had human thoughts, understood joy and sorrow, and could also scheme against humans, even retaliate against them...
Then, were these robots truly still robots?
Gou Zhe's mind was a bit chaotic at the moment.
He wasted no more time, stood up, and left the villa area.
After Gou Zhe left, Sun Qi, who had been watching the entire event, walked to the door out of curiosity.
However, as soon as his hand touched the wooden door, it was gently pushed open.
Sun Qi: "..."
Since the door was open, he followed suit and looked through the window where the other person had climbed in.
It could only be said that curiosity killed the cat.
With just one glance, Sun Qi was immediately so frightened that he collapsed onto the ground.
He was so scared that he let out an uncontrolled scream, then scrambled backward... and ran.
Wen Bai stood on the balcony of the second floor of the adjacent villa and watched the entire event.
The tall robot beside him had also watched the entire event.
However, this tall robot was not interested in the wall next door or the people coming and going below. His only interest was in his master.
Seeing that both Gou Zhe and Sun Qi had left, Wen Bai then went downstairs.
Wen Bai, accompanied by his tall robot, strolled away.
After Wen Bai left, a dark figure appeared behind him. The dark figure stared in the direction Wen Bai had left for a long time without moving.
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In the brightly lit laboratory, a mobile phone vibrated non-stop on a table next to the experimental bench.
After the phone screen's light went out, it lit up again after a while.
The short-haired woman wearing a white coat and black-rimmed glasses finished comparing the data from the two chips in her hands. After recording everything, she took off her gloves.
She picked up the phone that was still vibrating and pressed the answer button.
No matter what the person on the other end said, Ren Liuliu only replied coldly, "No, I don't think I'll consider it now... I have an experimental subject, I understand."
Then Ren Liuliu hung up the phone and placed it on the desktop.
She put on her white gloves again and continued her unfinished work.
And the person approaching this laboratory was still some distance away.
Gou Zhe was truly exhausted. He knew his current physical condition. If 100% represented full energy, his current energy was probably only 6%, sustained solely by willpower.
His entire head felt slow to turn; he was in desperate need of rest and sleep.
But at this moment, there was something more important and urgent than sleeping that he needed to confirm immediately.
Gou Zhe drove directly to the location of the laboratory and went straight to the basement.