His face grew darker. The thought of him constantly cleaning up after this person, only to be so disliked, made him inexplicably angry. "Can't I just be here? I don't even have a glass of water!"
The long-haired robot that followed Wen Ziyue immediately brought a glass of water and handed it to Wen Ziyue. "Master, water."
Wen Ziyue was so angry he almost had a heart attack.
Wen Bai didn't understand why he was so angry. He thought for a moment and said indifferently, "Then stay here."
After speaking, Wen Bai led his robot 575 directly to the garage.
This time, Wen Bai had come back to ride his motorcycle.
The garages of the houses over there were all for four-wheeled vehicles, and none of them had motorcycles.
Wen Ziyue, still in the living room of the villa, sat sulking like a child in Wen Bai's living room.
He was still wondering why Wen Bai hadn't returned for so long.
Then, he heard the sound of a powerful engine starting outside.
He turned his head and saw a deep blue motorcycle, carrying the retreating figures of one person and one robot, disappearing into the distance.
"Wen! Bai!"
Wen Ziyue gritted his teeth and whispered resentfully, then opened the door and left angrily.
The long-haired robot behind Wen Ziyue, its blue eyes slightly moving, glanced at the departing person and robot, then at his master, and followed.
Wen Bai took 575 directly to the robot research center.
Director Li was already waiting at the entrance. Seeing Wen Bai and his robot arrive, Director Li quickly stepped forward. "Mr. Wen, everything is arranged. Please follow me."
Wen Bai nodded and followed them in with 575.
Director Li led Wen Bai and 575 directly to a laboratory dedicated to researching runaway robots, belonging to Lin Qi.
As soon as Wen Bai entered, the three little runaway robots immediately "clattered" and dropped their snacks, running over and hugging Wen Bai's legs.
They no longer had the timid, childlike voices from their first meeting, and said to Wen Bai, "Mr. Wen, you're here. We missed you so much."
Wen Bai looked at Director Li expressionlessly.
Wen Bai: "..."
Behind Wen Bai, robot 575's pair of deep blue eyes were fixed on the hands of the three runaway robots that were openly hugging his master's legs.
The three little runaway robots seemed to feel the gaze from robot 575, which was significantly taller than them. They were a little scared and then hugged Wen Bai's legs tighter.
Things were spiraling into a vicious cycle here.
The sharp Director Li immediately shouted loudly, "Someone come and take them away. Mr. Wen is here on business."
As soon as Director Li's voice fell, a small assistant walked over. "Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, Ruanruan, come here quickly! There are snacks here that you haven't eaten before. Mr. Wen needs to do business, so don't hug him~"
Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, and Ruanruan, the three little runaway robots who finally had names, then "clattered" and let go of Wen Bai's pant legs, running over to hug the snack bags as big as themselves.
Wen Bai: "They have names?"
Director Li explained, "Experimental subjects entering the laboratory need a codename. They didn't have any names, and since you brought them, we couldn't just assign them numbers or letters as codenames, so we chose more humane ones."
Wen Bai thought of the name of the robot behind him, which was just a randomly chosen number.
Wen Bai fell silent.
Just then, a clear male voice sounded.
A man walked up to Wen Bai and extended his hand. "You must be Mr. Wen? Hello, I am Lin Qi, the head of this laboratory."
Wen Bai nodded, ignoring the outstretched hand, and directly asked, "Is your technology the best?"
Lin Qi retracted his hand calmly and replied, "I wouldn't say it's the best, but..."
Director Li immediately interrupted his good friend, speaking with a tone of exasperated disappointment. "Mr. Wen, don't listen to him being modest. I can guarantee you that his technology is definitely at the very top of this robot research center."
Wen Bai was satisfied. "That's good."
Then Wen Bai turned sideways, revealing robot 575 behind him. "My robot is injured and needs repair. Besides that, I have another request."
Wen Bai did not state the specific request at this time.
However, when Lin Qi got a clear look at the robot in front of him, he paused for a second and said, "It's you."
Wen Bai asked with interest, "You've seen him?"
Lin Qi did not hide anything. "Mr. Wen's robot, has it suffered extremely severe damage before?"
Wen Bai thought for a moment, but couldn't recall, so he simply replied, "Yes."
"I was the one who repaired it then."
Even better. When Wen Bai first saw 575 at the villa, he couldn't tell it had been repaired at all. Wen Bai had more confidence in Lin Qi's repair technology.
After the pleasantries, Lin Qi led Wen Bai to a door next to the laboratory. "Mr. Wen, please follow me."
Wen Bai followed with his robot 575.
On the way to another door, Wen Bai passed two adult male-shaped, gaudy robots that were being placed on huge machines.
One of them even greeted Wen Bai, this time much more politely. "Mr. Wen, you're here~ Haven't seen you for a few days, you look even more radiant... Ouch! Be gentler!"
He didn't know where it learned such phrases.
A small assistant who was doing something to it quickly apologized. "I'm really sorry, Xiao Zi, bear with it for a moment, I'm just testing your pain receptors."
"Don't call me that name, it's disgusting!"
"Okay, Xiao Zi."
Xiao Zi: "..."
Wen Bai, who was halfway there, stopped. "Pain receptors?"
Lin Qi felt Wen Bai stop and heard his voice, so he patiently answered his benefactor's question.
"We've discovered that runaway robots not only have tactile and gustatory senses but also pain receptors. Their perceptions are also graded. The preliminary results and related data are still being compiled. If Mr. Wen would like to see it, I can have an assistant bring you a detailed document while your robot is being repaired."
Wen Bai nodded.
The repair time was long. Even for a small wound, because the surface human-like synthetic skin had been damaged, the internal metal also needed to be filled, making the entire process complicated.
Lin Qi was operating precise instruments, carefully repairing the face of robot 575, which had perfect features.
575's eyes were constantly looking in Wen Bai's direction.
And Wen Bai was sitting directly opposite 575, seriously looking at the preliminary experimental results and related data that Lin Qi had given him.
System 001 was also watching, and it was extremely surprised. "Host, these runaway robots not only have human-like appearances, skin, temperature, and saliva, but now they even have taste, touch, and even pain receptors. What's the difference between them and humans? The robots in this world are too advanced, just like those little spirits that have become sentient, they are completely heading towards becoming human!"