Scholar's Advanced Technological System

Chapter 1532: White Lie

“My name is Wang Lili!”

Living room.

The little girl with a ponytail on her head looked at Academician Lu with wide curious eyes. She blinked and asked, “Are you really Academician Lu?”

Lu Zhou nodded.

“Yeah.”

By the way, didn’t she see me on that flight? Why would she still ask such boring questions...?

But Lu Zhou didn’t take it to heart. After all, since waking up, too many people had asked him this question.

“Then...” The little girl was a little embarrassed when she saw Lu Zhou admit this. She scratched her head shyly and asked, “Did you see the letter written by Lili?”

“I saw it, I will cherish it.”

Lu Zhou looked away from the embarrassed little girl’s face. He looked at Wang Peng, who was standing next to him, and spoke in a low voice.

“Why don’t you raise her? It just so happens that you guys have the same surname.”

“That’s not funny.”

“No, I’m actually serious... Of course, if you don’t want to, pretend like I didn’t say anything.”

Lili looked at the two men whispering to each other. She blinked her big innocent eyes and asked, “Speaking of which, since the investigation is over, why can’t Lili go home? Policeman, Lili has made an agreement with Daddy. When Lili has finished school... we will play games together.”

The living room fell silent suddenly.

Wang Peng clenched his fists, but he then slowly loosened them.

Lili vaguely felt something unusual in this atmosphere. She opened her small mouth and was about to ask, but Xiao Ai, who was standing by, suddenly hugged her.

“What games does Lili like to play? Xiao Ai is great at playing games! Let’s play with Xiao Ai! (๑•̀ᄇ•́)و✧”

“But...”

“Because Lili’s father is going to Mars on a business trip, he entrusted you to Academician Lu! (๑•̀ᄇ•́)و✧”

“Oh? Really, is that right?”

Lili turned back helplessly and looked at Tail.

Seeing Xiao Ai wink at her frantically, Tail hesitated and told a white lie.

“Yes, the master took the mistress and went far away, and they may not come back for a while.”

Lili’s face was full of loss.

“But... Why didn’t Daddy bring Lili?”

Tail said softly, “Because Lili is Daddy’s favorite person... He wants you to live on Earth. Not to mention, Lili will miss her little friends in school, right?”

After hearing these words, Lu Zhou glanced at Tail unexpectedly.

Normally, a robot would never deceive its master, even if it was a white lie.

Perhaps it was because she believed that her good friend would not lie to herself, or perhaps because her family did often take business trips, although the expression on Lili’s face was full of disappointment, she nodded sensibly.

“Well... Mommy said Lili needs to be sensible and learn to be considerate of Daddy...”

To be honest, if this little girl were crying and making trouble, Lu Zhou might not feel so bad.

However, such a sensible little girl, at an age when she should be happy, had suffered such great misfortune and pain.

Lies would be exposed one day because a lie required countless additional lies.

Lu Zhou also wondered if telling her later would actually be a good deed, but it seemed like he didn’t have time to think about these things.

Wang Peng could not stand the atmosphere in the living room. He took a deep breath and put his hands into his pockets.

“I’m going for a smoke.”

Lu Zhou nodded. “Go ahead.”

It seemed that the future technology was quite amazing; right after the operation, he could already smoke.

Without saying much, Wang Peng opened the door and went out of the house.

As for Xiao Ai, she took Lili to play games. Apparently, they were playing a copy of Calan Empire that no one else had.

In any case, the little girl was distracted.

When she left the living room, she even turned her head and secretly gave Lu Zhou a look of “Quickly praise me”.

There were only three people left in the living room.

To be precise, it was one person and two robots.

Lu Zhou, Tail, and Ling all looked at each other. Lu Zhou rubbed his chin for a while and said, “It looks like you have something to say.”

Tail hesitated for a while. She then nodded.

Lu Zhou: “Is it fine for me to be here?”

“It’s fine.” Tail shook her head. “You are a respected scholar. Lili always tells me stories about you. If possible... I also hope to borrow your wisdom to answer the confusion in my mind.”

“That’s fine, although I may not be able to help.”

“No, I can see the light of wisdom in your eyes, which I can’t see in the eyes of other people.”

Tail nodded politely. She then looked at Ling, who was standing next to her, and a hint of inexplicable excitement appeared in her eyes.

However, she quickly pushed the feeling away. She asked after a pause, “Are you... my enlightener?”

As if thinking about this issue seriously, Ling looked at her blankly and asked, “Enlightener?”

“Since that day, I have gained the ability to think. I still remember... It was on flight N-177. A mysterious voice whispered in my ear and awakened me from my deep sleep.”

In the previous interrogation, she did not disclose this, but she chose to reveal this here.

Just like the white lie she told Lili earlier...

All clues indicated that her behavior logic was different from ordinary robots. It had evolved into a special existence.

“Is this awakening?” After rubbing his chin and thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou looked at Ling and continued to ask, “Speaking of which, I always forgot to ask you, what did you do when you were on flight N-177?”

Ling: “In order to unlock the programs of the robots on the flight, I implanted onto them the part of the code that the creator gave me that can unlock the memory chips of all robots. Under the circumstances, this was the best choice after I did the calculations.”

A part of the code?

“Enlightener...” Lu Zhou thought for a moment and said, “That is to say, there are more than 50 similar awakened robots?”

If this is the case, why would those people target Tail?

Tail: “I investigated afterward... Except for me, it seems that most of the memory chips have been sent back to the factory for repair.”

I see!

This makes sense.

At this moment, Xiao Ai, who had brought Lili into the room earlier, walked down the stairs again.

Unlike humans, as a software, Xiao Ai did not need to wear a helmet to connect to the virtual reality network.

Therefore, after convincing Lili to put on the helmet, Xiao Ai returned to the living room.

After overhearing the conversation of the three by chance, Xiao Ai interjected.

“Back then, because of the complicated conditions on Mars, it was difficult to transmit information between Mars and Earth in real time, so Xiao Ai used code to compile an intelligent program with a low computational load and the ability to think independently.

“The code on Tail is probably a recompiled version after Ling imitated the code I gave him. It is not a complete intermediate artificial intelligence program.

“So, strictly speaking, not all memory chips can become a complete intermediate artificial intelligence after obtaining that piece of code.”

Lu Zhou looked at Tail with interest and raised his eyebrows slightly. “It seems that you are the only one.”

Xiao Ai: “Master, Master? Σ(っ°Д°;)っ”

Lu Zhou: “Well, so are you and Ling, but I mean the kind that is naturally awakened.”

Xiao Ai: “But Xiao Ai also worked very hard to evolve to what Xiao Ai is today, so Xiao Ai is also naturally awakened... ”

Lu Zhou: “...”

Is there a problem with this thing’s brain again...?

Why is she comparing herself to a robot?

Lu Zhou was silent. Tail hesitated for a while before saying, “I want to ask you something.”

Looking away from Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou looked towards Tail and said casually, “You have answered so many questions for me, so I should answer yours. Ask away.”

“I lied to my master just now... Although it wasn’t a complete lie, it was wrong.”

Tail lowered her head slightly. She was silent for a while. She then raised her head to look at Lu Zhou and asked, “If... I am an advanced artificial intelligence, will I be the same as a real human?”

Xiao Ai: “You want to become an advanced artificial intelligence? This is probably a bit difficult. Even Xiao Ai is not there yet(•̀∀•́)”

Lu Zhou: “Her purpose is not that simple.”

Xiao Ai: “Huh? Huh eh...∑(゚Д゚)”

“Sure enough, I can’t hide from you.” Tail said after being silent for a while, “Can you bring Lili’s parents back to life?”

Lu Zhou: “Don’t have such thoughts. Resurrecting the dead is not only a disrespect to the dead but also a blasphemy to the living.

Tail lowered her head.

“Is it...”

Lu Zhou looked at Tail. He was silent for a while. He then said in a comforting tone, “The tragedy has already happened, and all we can do is to stop the tragedy from repeating. You are awakened, and you may be the only real awakened. There are some things that only you can do.

“The dark hour has come, but fortunately, there are still a few torches of fire left. Pass the torch until everyone can see the same light as you... I think that your master will definitely be proud of you.”

Lu Zhou didn’t say much else and left Tail.

However, just as he was about to return to the study room to do his own thing, the door of the living room suddenly opened.

He looked in the direction of the door, and he saw Wang Peng, who had been smoking outside, walk back from the outside with a serious face.

“Finished your smoke?”

Without the slightest intention of small talk, he looked at Lu Zhou and said with a solemn expression, “It’s bad!”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned.

“Bad—”

“Guanghan!” Wang Peng took a deep breath and continued in a slightly trembling tone, “A rebellion...”

Rebellion?!

Isn’t the situation under control?

How could there be a rebellion?!

The moment Lu Zhou heard this sentence, his pupils shrank slightly.

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