Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

In the laboratories of academic institutions, a number of small humanoid and multi-legged robots have been born.

Most of these works are just toy-sized miniature models, usually used in design competitions or external exhibitions, but their research has successfully laid a solid foundation for the movable joints and balance design of the human figure.

During this period, large fixed industrial robots and many service robots on wheeled carrier platforms developed rapidly, while humanoid or multi-legged robots mostly remained in the concept or model stage.

Obviously, compared with robotic arms and wheeled chassis automatic machines whose benefits can be directly seen by capital, humanoid and multi-legged robots are expensive, have great technical risks, and it is difficult to recover the costs in a short period of time.

After the Japan incident, the world situation changed rapidly and dramatically.

The Pacific Rim region was severely damaged in the Shinobu-san explosion, and a large number of areas became uninhabitable areas of heavy collapse fluid contamination, while the rising collapse particle cloud further contaminated more land.

The global situation also changed accordingly, triggering a series of armed conflicts and regional wars like a chain reaction.

For the Russians, tens of thousands of industrial facilities were abandoned in the Yellow Zone, and the remaining regional industries could not support the needs of normal order and material life.

Faced with the cruel reality, many crises and difficulties that needed to be solved urgently, as well as urgent industrial needs, Russia, which lacked industrial manpower, took the lead in the research of humanoid and multi-legged machines.

It has to be admitted that it was this catastrophic event that led to the unique development of humanoid robots in the field of automatic machinery.

Human beings may create a brand new future with their own hands. This fact is subtly changing the traditional thinking of the general public with the use of the ALR-51C(T) multi-legged robot in the yellow zone.

Russia's moves were surprising, and the chaotic situation in Siberia soon improved.

There were only rumors that the Bolsheviks had revived.

No one has confirmed the truth of the rumor, at least not the United States, which is also in a state of panic.

From the coast of Alaska to Panama in the south, new crystal lattices were reported every day, and the extremely high concentration of collapse fluid stored by the previous civilization appeared in front of everyone.

During the days of maintenance of the machine, Raphael kept an eye on the Federation's handling of the collapsed lattice on the west coast, but they seemed to not care about it at all.

The task was not taken over by the professional chemical defense force of the Army Collapse Weapon Research Institute, but by a private civilian enterprise that undertook the recycling commission.

According to records released by the federal government, some collapsed liquid crystal cells were salvaged by companies related to relic technology and transported to large cities such as Salt Lake City and Phoenix.

In the absence of any understanding of the collapsed liquid crystal cells, these disposal companies actually chose to use brute force to dismantle them.

Invariably, these suicidal behaviors lead to explosions of the collapsing fluid within the lattice.

People leaving the West Coast encountered a devastating disaster halfway, and the survivors on the road to Salt Lake City instantly became victims of the explosion.

It is deeply ironic that the federal government’s response has been nearly paralyzed, much like New York City’s response so many years ago.

The president simply apologized at a press conference and promised that he had ordered the governor to send the Guard to the rescue.

After the press conference, the president announced his resignation that evening. He moved out of Camp David and was found dead in his villa the next day.

He was shot three times, once in the chest and once in the chest, and there was a bullet hole under his right eye.

The unnatural death of the President of the United States is no small matter.

The collapse storm raging in the territory and the death of the head of the federation made everyone feel that time was passing extremely slowly, as if the sand in the hourglass was stuck like asphalt.

The FBI and the Secret Service jointly released an investigation report on the former president's death, claiming that it was a suicide.

That afternoon, the headline was "U.S. President William Pablo Morton Dies."

It was reported that the current president died at the age of 59 due to misdiagnosis by quack doctors and poor medical treatment.

As for the media hype about a thorough investigation of dismantling companies, institutions that illegally issued licenses, and officials involved, no one mentioned it again.

Raphael: "..."

For a moment she thought she had misheard.

As a result, Director Harry's mouth corners curled up subtly.

“The things in this… hehe…”

He whispered, “During the operation, the doctor only found a bullet in the right chest and sutured the wound.”

Raphael: ???

"Is it possible? Isn't it... rescuing the body?" She was completely shocked. These people in American politics were playing too many tricks.

“Aren’t there three gun muzzles?”

Harry looked at both heads:

"I don't know the details. I only know that according to the autopsy results, there were three bullets. Two of them penetrated the president's lungs, and the other one remained in the right ventricle and was not discovered by the doctor. However, the doctor announced that the operation was a success."

"How do you know the results of the autopsy?" Raphael asked.

"It's not a secret."

No wonder Americans today are full of anti-intellectualism and conspiracy theories. It is hard to say that there is no conspiracy involved.

What's more, making these low-level mistakes is just short of telling others that there is something fishy, ​​and then a bunch of idiots still complacently think they are masters of conspiracy.

The people who are paying attention to this matter are not fools. They have all guessed that there are entanglements involved that are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

When existing information cannot explain something, conspiracy theories naturally emerge that make sense.

The result is that one side is complacent with its low-level tactics, while the other side is unable to see the overall situation and simply attributes it to a conspiracy theory.

"My people are not just here to eat and do nothing. Anyway, the president died from those three bullets."

Raphael was silent.

If she hadn't kept silent, what else could she say? After all, "environmental medical standards are limited" and no one could accurately diagnose the presence of a bullet in the president's head without opening his brain.

The cause of death must also be "suicide" and not something else.

The president must use the name of "suicide out of fear of crime" to quell the public anger caused by the Salt Lake City explosion. This is the most reasonable and appropriate way to deal with it.

Someone has to sacrifice something, right?

Raphael took the initiative and asked, "What do you need us to do next? Protect you?"

"No, you underestimate the security. Even though there are only a few cats and dogs down there, it's no problem to command them."

"Wow, quite confident."

In an era where the president can be easily killed, anyone who is confident in his personal safety is either stupid or really capable.

What is the level of the director?

Chapter 167 Interview

After completing the necessary joint parts replacement and body maintenance, Raphael learned that a guest was waiting for her.

In the reception room of DARPA's new headquarters building, there was a strange middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a well-tailored suit.

When Raphael walked in, the stranger and another official who was waiting inside stood up.

"Let me introduce you to Louis Barnard, a correspondent for the Washington Post from California."

"Isn't California finished?" Raphael said bluntly.

The faces of the two people in the reception room froze for a moment.

She seemed not to notice the momentary surprise of the two and continued to greet them.

"Hello, have you been here for long since California?" Raphael asked with concern.

This concerned tone made reporter Louis stiffen. He wanted to stand up and roar at the girl in plain clothes across the table. What did she think of the disaster? Was it a tool for her own amusement?

There is absolutely no morality in building pleasure on the suffering of others.

This is like going out and telling an old man in a wheelchair that if he wants to be healthy, he'd better get up early every day and run a few laps on foot.

It’s better to consider why the other person is in a wheelchair.

"Just went through the testing lane yesterday morning," reporter Louis said.

"Well, you're lucky. We haven't been to the West Coast. What's it like there?"

Louis smiled bitterly, and his forced toughness disappeared. No matter how many people he met, probably no one could resist asking this question.

“It’s completely changed, horribly changed,” he said. “I can only see it in old videos.”

He always answered the question with the same phrase: "Why, are you from California?"

"No, I'm going to go there to fulfill my vacation plan."

“That’s really…”

"Who sent you to us?"

"The Ministry of Defense has granted permission. They allow me to ask you about the situation in Japan."

"Really?" Raphael said.

"Yes, as far as we know, you are the last active-duty personnel of our army to be evacuated from Kyushu Island."

"Oh, I see."

Raphael smiled, trying to hide her rising anger behind a slightly rude smile.

"What did they tell you when they sent you here?" she asked bluntly. "We need to find out."

“They said that you received a letter from the CIA asking for help while you were on your way to Kagoshima Airport, and you decisively turned back and headed to the designated area to rescue the important people trapped in the city.

You are amazing. Not only did you defeat the rebel Self-Defense Forces, but you also led our important personnel through hundreds of kilometers of contaminated areas."

Important officials? How did the two sisters, who did not even reveal their real names and were only referred to as "Lily" and "Rose", become important officials of the federal government when the reporters talked about them?

"That's true. Fortunately, there was no danger and the rebellious Self-Defense Forces didn't gain anything," Raphael admitted frankly, "If you want to know what happened on the road, these tell you that there is no possibility of leakage."

Louis smiled. He had heard this sentence countless times in his career as a military reporter: "...this tells you there is no possibility of leaks."

People always feel as if everything about them is under control and what they say won't have much impact.

"Then I'm all ears," Louis said. "I'd like to get more details and collect materials."

"There's still a lot of time today, you can talk as long as you want," the official in charge of reception in the bureau reminded.

The two men looked at each other.

"Oh, may I ask in what genre do you plan to tell the story of Japan to the readers of the Post?" Raphael asked with the greed of someone who had not read a newspaper for a long time.

“Can it be written in memoir style?” Louis said, “so that it can be more detailed and more…

I was in a makeshift camp on the West Coast not long ago, and many of the victims there were exhausted, saying, 'We're sitting here, and we don't know what's going on at home...'

And in most cases, you know, they have no doubt that this is hell, but they still really want to go back to their familiar homes and their familiar lives.”

"I have this experience too, I understand."

The last place I could call home had been classified as a high-level yellow zone, where there were no normal creatures, only silicified skeletons. There were also some difficult neighbors nearby, but most ordinary people were willing to build good relationships with the residents around them.

Even Raphael, Lingyin and Fei Niao, who were outsiders, were often taken care of by the neighbor's old lady. Oh, the old lady was shot dead by Fei Niao in her sleep, Raphael remembered this.

She began to recall, from the moment she saw the beam of light at night.

Memories are really bad, not only for humans, but also for robots with their own selves. She still doesn't understand the working mechanism of emotions, because the many modules in the core of the mind have no obligation to explain, but just operate silently.

Hard-working little bee, hard-working good core, sister loves you.

Pah, what the hell is this? Raphael cursed inwardly.

Looking back at what she did in Japan during that period, Raphael suddenly felt that she had done something wrong. That was why she was concerned about Senior Takimoto Yuzuki.

"If I look on coldly today, disaster will befall me tomorrow, and no one will cheer for me."

She couldn't help but think, what Mr. Lu Xun said is so true.

I don't know how you've adapted to that country. I heard that the academic pressure will increase dramatically, and there are also things that are naturally inherited from the past. I think it must be difficult for you to adapt, especially learning the language.

However, by immersing yourself in such a language environment, you have to speak Chinese all the time and you can develop an authentic accent in minutes.

Raphael imagined that if she forced Senior Youyue to come to the United States, she would probably end up saying "What the fuck are you doing" when something happened in a few days. Only Canadians would keep saying "sorry".

"Hol-ly fu-uck..." A common swear word with a drawn-out sound came out of her mouth while she was distracted. "Oh, there's no need to record this," she reminded reporter Louis.

"Don't worry about that. Most texts that are to be published in print will remove unnecessary swear words."

"Yeah, that's good."

"Would you like to take a break?" Louis knew that dissecting one's inner memories was a very cruel process for the person experiencing it.

"Don't worry, I've gone through this review many times."

Chapter 168 Dealing with the afterlife