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Sometimes, it would adjust the angle of its hard head and point it upwards: but there was nothing at the top of Mobara, whether it was day or night.

Therefore, the machine without a name still doesn't understand what it means.

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Chapter 330 Qianye Yu (Part )

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In the following days, the nameless machine would sometimes think of "Human No. 1" while working. In its software, there was a pseudo-random algorithm that would call out the most heavily weighted information in recent days, so that the nameless machine could better capture the surrounding information.

This thought gradually grew deeper and deeper like a vine, entwining the bottom layer of its software; more questions were added to its hard brain. And just like the instinctive reaction of a machine, the software also automatically gave answers to the questions through observation and simple reasoning.

such as:

How did Human No. 1 die? Answer: Human No. 1 had a comminuted fracture of the right occipital bone, with the fragments bulging outwards; a quasi-circular hole-like wound was seen under the right eyelid, with burns on the edge of the wound, and contusion bands, smoke halos, and gunpowder marks on the periphery.

In summary, Human No. 1 was hit in the face with an old-fashioned firearm and shot with contact, and most likely died on the spot. Considering the shooting angle and the signs of fighting on his body, Human No. 1's death was most likely a murder.

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How did Human No. 1 get here? Answer: It was not the time when the automatic vehicle was dumped when it was discovered, and the unnamed machine did not hear any sound close to the firing of firearms. Therefore, someone carried Human No. 1 to the Mobara City garbage dump by a separate vehicle after the murder was completed.

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What is the meaning of the recording that Human No. 1 carries with him? Answer: Human No. 1 is discussing his favorite literary work and commenting on its content.

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Therefore: Human No. 1 "Eiichiro Yasumoto" was shot and killed by others at close range, and the body was transported to the landfill in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture, and discarded and destroyed.

What are the motivations and reasons?

Considering the items carried by Human No. 1, the other party's motive for killing him is most likely strongly related to the content of the experiments conducted at Human No. 1's workplace, or his comments on "Stars, My Home".

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The nameless machine agreed with this conclusion.

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But this did not stop the other thoughts and questions it raised about Human No. 1:

Does Human No. 1 have a partner and offspring?

What was Human No. 1 thinking about before he died?

Is "Stars, My Destination" a literary work, a video game, an interactive movie, or an electronic dream?

Is there anything special beyond Earth?

Why would it be better to die outside the earth?

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"Am I going to die?"

The sudden question made its hard head spin.

The software did not give an answer immediately, but instead raised new questions:

"What does it feel like to die?"

This time, the nameless machine stood still:

It did not resume its activity until the sun rose the next day.

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The nameless machine has a strict set of behavioral rules for handling organic matter.

As a result, it didn't keep Human No. 1 for long:

Only after Human No. 1's corruption was completely completed, with his flesh and blood fading away and only bones left, did the nameless machine completely destroy him.

When the destruction was complete, the nameless machine stopped working again: this time, it stood there for nine sunrises and sunsets.

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A long time passed. The world outside of Mobara may have undergone even greater changes: among the garbage thrown into Mobara, there are gradually more and more "humanoid" corpses.

The reason for this is that the difference between these corpses and humans is too great; their shapes are all kinds of strange, but they still barely retain the outline of humans. If ordinary humans are compared to standard products made on factory assembly lines, then these corpses are made in workshops, either crude or fine custom products.

Later, the nameless machine learned that these strange corpses were called "ghosts" in the world outside the Mobara garbage dump.

But they never caused as many problems as "Human One" did -

Perhaps it's because they are no longer human.

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The nameless machine continued to operate as usual, regardless of the sun rising or setting. In addition to searching for suitable and compatible parts in the garbage dump to maintain its integrity, the nameless machine often adjusted the tilt of its head and looked at the dark sky when on standby.

Based on the changes in the garbage models, the nameless machine deduced that thirty years had passed since Human No. 1 was destroyed by it: for some reason, the time calculation provided by the system log was always reset to zero after a certain interval.

It was also in this year that the work of the nameless machine was interrupted: it even left Mobara City and went to the urban area of ​​Chiba City.

These changes are all due to "Human No. 2"——

The first living human being encountered by the nameless machine.

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That day, the weather in Mobara was sunny as usual - she just stood at the edge of the garbage dump and wandered outside the gate.

The nameless machine had not heard any sound of the arrival of any vehicle, but "Human No. 2" had appeared here at some point in time.

She had light blond hair that covered her shoulders, neck, and chest in a messy mess, like a shawl that was too big for her. Her eyes were mineral green, shining brightly in the sunlight.

The nameless machine spotted her presence from a distance, and then suddenly realized from her height and body dimensions:

This was a human child—a girl, not even ten years old.

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The nameless machine took some time to quietly observe "Human No. 2"; to do so, it even temporarily overwrote the worksheet through emergency protocol.

At this moment, Human No. 2 should be the only human in the entire Mobara garbage dump - there is no other human like her within hundreds of kilometers around her.

Compared to the human corpses that the Nameless Machine had discovered, Human No. 2's head was unusually large: perhaps this was due to her particularly fluffy hair, or perhaps it was due to her age.

The nameless machine moved forward past two mountains made of garbage... Perhaps because it remembered Human No. 1, it didn't even bother to keep a safe distance according to the work schedule.

It's just that the distance is too close, or maybe it's because the nameless machine has a head that can't even be covered by garbage:

Human No. 2 turned his head and spotted it.

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Human No. 2 waved to the nameless machine—the sunlight made her eyes sparkle, and she seemed to be excited by this sudden encounter.

Ah, discovered.

Then the nameless machine also raised its front limbs and waved them left and right. Not knowing what to do, it imitated the other's movements.

Da da da.

Human No. 2 had a strange way of walking, and the soles of her shoes made a slight sound as they touched the ground: each step she took was long and she moved forward as if she were jumping - later, the nameless machine realized that this was the walk of a happy child.

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Human No. 2 walked quickly and came close in a blink of an eye. She stretched out her two palms slightly and spread them in front of her chest:

"Hello! My name is Nora. I've been...'disappeared', so I'm here: Iron Man, do you have a name? And... do you have anything edible here? Can you sell me some? I can give you a job in exchange."

The nameless machine froze. It wanted to retrieve some information to deal with the current situation, but its mind was scattered:

"Oh. I..."

It wanted to say something - but the nameless machine remembered that it could not utter fictitious facts through its loudspeaker: lying is something only humans can do.

Then, the nameless machine opened the abdominal cavity and took out the breastplate that had been stored there for who knows how many years. It lifted the breastplate, inserted it into the smooth forehead, and smoothed it with its iron-like palm.

Then, the nameless machine took a little time to find its default identity in the system - it deleted the original four letters "Null" and entered new characters.

Then, the nameless machine raised its forearm with separated fingers and grasped the girl's slender and warm palm with minimal power and the highest level of precision output control.

"My name is -- Yasumoto Eiichiro."

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"bring it on."

Yasumoto Eiichiro moved slowly, allowing the girl to follow his speed:

"I'll get you something to eat, Nora."

It’s time to revise your daily work schedule——

It comes to mind.

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Chapter 331 Qianye Yu (Part )

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Chiba's appearance was a little different from the previous two years - or maybe it was just that Nora was too young at that time and her memory was still vague.

Nora pulled her collar tighter to prevent the cold water drops falling from the sky from seeping into her clothes - this action was a bit unnecessary, after all, she had been soaking in the puddle for who knows how long; her body had long been soaked by the rain water that had poured into her clothes.

But she still had to do it: Nora didn't want her father to feel worried when he saw her. He was often worried and anxious about his fragile flesh and blood.

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"Dad! Dad!"

When Nora ran to the hut made of canvas, iron sheets and oil drums, her father, Eiichiro Yasumoto, was standing at the door waiting for her. According to Eiichiro Yasumoto's habit, this wait was calculated in hours and days.

Although she has told Nora many times that she is just a machine, sometimes, Nora still calls Yasumoto Eiichiro "the man with cold skin"; just like she called him "the iron man" when she first met him.

Eiichiro Yasumoto is no longer the nameless machine he once was:

However, it still doesn't know how to raise so-called "children"; that is too human behavior, and even if it steals the name - Yasumoto Eiichiro is still not a human. In the scale of Yasumoto Eiichiro's life, the few years he spent with Nora were just a moment... but it was longer than the hundred years of yesterday.

Especially in these moments of waiting.

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"Nora."

Eiichiro Yasumoto stretched out his front legs and used his broad, flat palms to block Nora's head; the raindrops hit them with a crackling sound and slid down from the sides in a curtain of water.

"Are you injured? Is your temperature normal? Do you feel dizzy or hot?"

Nora took a step forward and wrapped her arms around Eiichiro Yasumoto's cylindrical torso:

"No, no! Dad, you're getting more and more nagging. I'm so hungry!"

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The Mobara garbage dump is not suitable for raising human children: most of the garbage there is industrial waste from other parts of Chiba; there are not many daily necessities for human use. Recently, Eiichiro Yasumoto and Nora chose to move to the downtown area of ​​Chiba, where resources are slightly more abundant.

"Let us go inside: I have found you something to eat."

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"Little sister, you are an only child?"

It was a familiar voice that Nora had heard not long ago.

She looked over Eiichiro Yasumoto's shoulder: a pair of crooked red eyes peeked out from behind their hut. It was the voice of a ghost.