Chapter 382 This Is Love

Strictly speaking, ethanol-5 and lemon-7 are not really a relationship between male and female friends.

Because synthetic humans simply don’t have the ability to reproduce... There is no such relationship at the design level.

There is no real flesh and blood on their bodies at all, let alone the genetics that can breed future generations.

Synthetic humans will have different gender consciousness and individual differences simply because humans are different.

After all, the essence of synthetic humans is the "laboratory version" of the body that humans will use in the future to contain downloaded consciousness. From the design level, it does not intend or allow individuals to create offspring without the permission of the system - this is called unauthorized self-replication, and it is a viral behavior.

Their bodies do not secrete corresponding hormones, nor do they have receptors to receive hormones, nor do they have brains to process this information. It is simply impossible for them to fall in love with anyone else.

"I don't understand love, and I don't need love. Just to make myself look more like a human being, I falsely interpret love. This kind of love is as shallow as the hatred and anger granted by Naraku-7."

Lemon-7 stared at the body of his companion, with no fluctuation in his moving and clear simulated pupils: "Don't look at me with that disgusting look, Ethanol-5."

Hearing this, the traumatized look in Ethanol-5's eyes also faded.

His face lost all expression, looking lifelessly at Lemon-7 like a faceless fashion model.

But Russell's face showed a strange smile.

"Are you serious?"

His voice was like a devil's whisper: "What if he takes it seriously, Miss Lemon-7?"

"What I said was serious and not a joke. What I deduced and said according to logic should be carefully analyzed, understood and implemented by others of the same kind. There is no, nor should there be, the possibility of not taking it seriously."

"Oh, really? But we humans call the emotion you just felt...'anger'.

"——What are you angry about?"

"I'm not angry."

Lemon-7's face did not change at all. Instead, he patiently said to Russell: "My current body does not have the function of 'anger'. I cannot understand the judgment value of anger, and further based on the corresponding anger mark value Take actions that correspond to the limits.”

"No, this is anger."

Russell was equally patient and calm: "I can feel your heart.

"If you had an anger value at this moment, it would have risen sharply just now. Although there are no hormones and no programs to make your mood excited, which makes your tone so calm. But there is no doubt-you are exactly Because I felt strong 'anger', I took the initiative to interfere with ethanol-5 without asking questions.

"His love is indeed hypocritical. He believes that the identity of the two of you should be 'lovers' at least in front of me. And his lover clearly said that 'he is a traitor', so he should question it and Show sadness and pain. Am I right, ethanol-5?”

"That's what you said."

Ethanol-5 nodded gently and shyly, and the vivid "question" and "pain" were completely absent from his smiling face.

Russell turned to look at Lemon-7: "But you are different.

"You are angry because of the act of ethanol-5 - this is because you feel that your existence is provoked and interfered with. In other words, you think that the other party has made an act that is offensive to you... But since you and he are fake What's the offense in couples and virtual playing house?

"Ethanol-5 just imitated the behavior of Ethanol-4 in his memory and did what he was supposed to do according to his 'identity', and you felt that your personality was offended. This proves - what you saw The 'Ethanol-5' that comes to mind is not the inherited name of 'Ethanol' that can be seen according to the basic rules of synthetic humans, but is specific to individuals of a certain generation.

"You didn't get angry when you saw the other person's unfamiliar body, but after the other person made a poor imitation. This shows that your judgment is not made through visual units; therefore, his changing body does not constitute an offense to you. But imitating ethanol-4 can be offensive.

"In other words, you value Ethanol-4 in your heart... you value and miss your companion who developed many bad habits after being contaminated by Naraku-7.

"This proves one thing. Even if synthetic humans do not have the ability to express love or perceive love, it is still possible to have 'love' in a broad sense..."

Russell whispered, the expression on his face was as gentle as if he was feeding the pigeons in the square, but what he did was so terrifying to Ringo——

He was actually... trying to teach an artificial human what "love" is?

——What taboo words and deeds this is!

In his whisper, Lemon-7's face remained expressionless, but she had not spoken for a long time, and her whole body was frozen in place as if it had shut down.

This means that her computing system has begun to operate at full speed, and it is probably stuck... If nothing else happens, Lemon-7 may not be far from the next nirvana.

...Is this too cruel?

For a moment, Ringo didn't know whether he should stop Russell.

She felt sorry for the synthesizer who loved her lover but didn't know how to love him, but she really felt that this was a fact that the other person should face up to, so she bit her fingers in confusion.

But at this moment, Russell suddenly spoke.

"Lemon-7, I have one more thing to ask you.

"You said that the synths defected for romance. You must have known that this was a losing battle. Then why did you attack an empty boat full of innocent passengers?"

"We did not attack the airships."

Lemon-7, which was stuck on the edge of failure, responded without hesitation: "You are talking about yesterday's airship crash, that was not done by us.

"We know you will come, but we have no idea when you will arrive, let alone that you will come from Sun Island..."

"——Wait a minute."

Russell raised his eyebrows and interrupted: "You knew I was coming? Who told you?"

"Naraku-7 said that the hero 'Ultramarine' from Happy Island will come to us to stop our behavior."

"When did he say that?"

"December 1, 9:43 a.m."

Lemon-7 answered clearly.

Today is December 14th.

In other words, Naraku-7 was sure that he was coming almost two weeks ago.

...But when Russell learned about this, it was still yesterday.

The Sanshin Heavy Industry should hand over this matter to Thoth's psychic force... Amirus would temporarily decide to hand over this matter to himself, probably just because Thrall wanted to see him.

Why was Naraku-7 so sure that he would come so early? But didn’t know that he was coming from Sun Island?

Does this mean that she didn't know that this matter was actually handed over to Thoth's psychic power in the first place?

Russell specializes in disrupting Lemon-7's thoughts to make her psychology more superficial and human-like... and also to improve her perception of emotions and psychology.

He can be sure that Lemon-7 did not lie.

They were not the ones who attacked the airship - or at least to Lemon-7's knowledge, they were not the ones who shot it down.

Thinking of this, Russell asked the most critical question:

"Where was your 'Fire Opal' parked on the day the airship was shot down?"

"Right above here."

Lemon-7 replied without hesitation: "It has always been parked above the Tartarus Hotel. Because this is the only strategic area that is threatening enough to hurt the board of directors without causing it to perish with us."

Russell narrowed his eyes slightly and turned to Ethanol-5 and asked: "Is what she said true?"

"yes."

Ethanol-5 added seriously: "Since we got the 'Fire Opal', it has always stopped here. Tartarus also knows this."

It's the truth.

"oh."

Russell responded lukewarmly and looked at No. 44: "So, on No. 44 - on that day, did the hotel see missiles emerging from the void?"

No. 44 was silent, as if he didn't know how to respond.

So, Russell simply snapped his fingers.

He jumped off the bed and walked to No. 44.

He reached out to hold her chin and let her look into his hazy eyes.

"Better answer me directly, No. 44... no, Tartarus."

Russell whispered: "I can ask many people. There must not be too few people who witnessed all this that day."

"No."

After being silent for a while, as if he had received some kind of permission, No. 44 breathed a sigh of relief, and spoke very quickly but clearly enough: "If a missile appears within the hotel's warning range, it will be attacked immediately by the tower." Altaros's defense system intercepted it."

"The Synthetic Rebels' Fire Opals are above you, do you know this?"

"I know, but it doesn't matter. Because we can intercept Fire Opal's missiles, and the hotel walls are not afraid of Fire Opal's direct bombardment at all."

He knew clearly that the missile bombardment was useless, but he still parked the mechs here.

He knew clearly that the bombing fortress was right above his head, but he turned a blind eye.

"I'm starting to get a little more interested."

Russell suddenly laughed out loud, and his hazy eyes dimmed slightly: "The situation has become interesting..."