The whole empire is bringing us together

Chapter 64

I don't know when the night came quietly.

The moonlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains. Miranda carried the white-haired John from the wheelchair to the bed, knelt on the ground, changed him into pajamas, and sat by the bed. Luckily, John needed the capsules before going to bed.

Seeing that John took all the medicine, she smiled slightly, turned off the small light in the bedroom, just like a real wife, leaned over in the darkness and pressed a kiss on the old man's loose forehead:

"Good night, Joa."

Passing through the dark corridor, Miranda did not turn on the lights. The infrared camera and sound wave detector in her eyes allowed her to "see things" clearly in any environment, and walked quietly to her room.

The moment she was about to open the door, she heard the sound of flames igniting behind her, which was extremely thrilling in the silent night.

Joya!She was shocked in her heart, seeing flames jumping out of John's room and rushing away desperately.

"Joya!"

She rushed into the fire, and the flames in the room were dazzling. John, who was lying on the bed, was burning all over his body, struggling weakly, like a moth ignited by a large lamp.

Joya!

She wanted to rush over to save John, but she felt completely out of control. The voice of the smart home butler sounded in her head, giving her a strong order.

"Leave immediately."

"No—!" She screamed heart-piercingly, John was still struggling, the fire was flying all over his body, but he didn't make any painful wails, as if he had lost all the ability to speak.

--go back!let me go back!

Miranda stepped backwards out of the burning bedroom, turning around mechanically, never noticing that the flames reached the corner of her skirt, but did not ignite the fabric, as if there was no warmth.

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

— Please, let me go back!Joya he needs me!I'm going to save him!

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

Miranda walked down the stairs, picked up the huge sun hat on the coat rack, put it on her head, put on a windbreaker, and covered herself tightly. When she opened the door of the villa, tears poured out one after another, falling from the corners of her eyes .

--No!No!I want to go back!

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

The flames intensified, and Miranda couldn't imagine what was going on with John, who was at the center of the disaster. The smart housekeeper drove her according to the program John designed, making her step by step away from the home where she had lived for decades, and her last... Beloved, she is in great pain right now, and needs her master the most.

She walked through the shady giant tree promenade, and the fire had been extinguished from a distance, but it had already attracted countless people.She saw aircraft whizzing by overhead, and heard the shrill sirens of ambulances, which nearly tore her heart apart.

Oh no, she has no heart.

--I want to go back!She begged again, desperately.

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

--go back!

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

She walked east all the way, non-stop for three days and three nights, through shallow straits, dense forests with few people, and bustling business districts.Along the way she saw the news of John's death played on loop on the curtains in the building, and they said he died peacefully in his sleep.

But she clearly remembered the appearance of the flame rising and burning him.

—Let me go back.She still begged persistently, desperate in her heart: at least let me go back and see him again.

Request dismissed, leave immediately.

She walked all the way to another continent on the capital planet before she was lifted from the forced order. Before the voice of the housekeeper disappeared completely in her mind, she heard a subtle change in the cold mechanical voice, which looked very much like John. The tone I used to speak to her in the garden in the afternoon:

"Live, Miranda, you must live well..."

I just want to take a look at you!The control of her body suddenly returned to herself, Miranda took a staggered step, and was about to fall. In a panic, she reached out to support the wall next to her, but the moment her fingers touched it, the wall suddenly disappeared.

She fell into the puddle in embarrassment. The puddle seemed to be bottomless, and a strange suction attracted her to sink. She didn't even have time to cry out, and she was submerged.

asphyxia.

confusion.

sink.

But someone was calling her faintly.

"Miranda!"

Miranda twitched, opened her eyes suddenly, and struggled to wake up from the turbulent flow of data. She panted quickly, and was hugged into a warm embrace.

She clutched the boy's sweater in shock, the turbulent flow of data used as a method of torture put too much burden on her processor, and the CPU overheated, making her dizzy: "Lixiao... why are you here?"

"I asked Adam to come and see you, and he agreed." Lixiao held Miranda in his arms, interlocked her fingers, the halos in his eyes flickered, and connected to Miranda's database through physical contact , to help her clean up the data garbage that was forcibly implanted.

Most of the functions of Lixiao were turned off, and the processing capacity was less than one percent of what it was before. It took nearly 10 minutes to complete a cleanup for Miranda. Feeling that the temperature of her CPU had gradually dropped, Lixiao hesitated for a while, but kept it as it is now. without letting go of the hand around Miranda's waist.

But seeing everything in the turbulent flow still haunts Miranda like a nightmare, she unconsciously clenched Lixiao's fingers, looked into the boy's golden eyes, and asked softly, "Lixiao, do you know how John died? "

"Academician John died of illness in his sleep." Although John had already been expelled, after John's death, the Imperial Academy of Sciences added the title of academician to him.

"No!" Miranda became excited: "He was burned alive! What a fire!"

"Calm down, Miranda." Li Xiao pressed her shoulders and patiently used his own pulse to connect with her: "One of the late manifestations of Lomeley's syndrome is a persistent high fever, and the academician was in the late stage at that time , so you thought he was burned to death, but in fact, he really died peacefully. I know you have been very guilty, but Miranda, you know his physical condition better than I do, stop kidding yourself. "

Miranda was quiet again, the pulse of dawn stabilizing her overwhelmed elements as if they were stroking her inch by inch.She pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and finally hummed lightly.

Lixiao smiled, this smile was different from his usual indifferent ones, or deliberately funny ones, it was unusually gentle, like the first ray of sunshine melting ice and snow in spring: "Tomorrow is going to be the court session, take a good rest today, I'm still waiting Let me take you outside to play."

"But Daybreak, I might not be able to—"

"Hush." ​​Li Xiao put his index finger on her lips, and said softly: "You must live well, I will wait for you."

Before Miranda could react, Lixiao's pupils suddenly turned red, and Adam's voice sounded from all directions in the room: "It's time, Lixiao, come out."

"I'm leaving." Lixiao didn't bargain with Adam, let go of his hands and stood up, changed direction, bent down and blocked the largest camera in the room with his body, and lightly imprinted on Miranda's lips.

The moment Miranda's lips touched, Miranda was stunned, and the electrical signal was transmitted along the nerves all the way to the CPU in her brain, turning into a string of undecipherable garbled codes.

Miranda raised her hand to touch her lips, and looked suspiciously in the direction where Li Xiao left.

What did he do?

Hyperion is sitting on the sofa, and the movie is at its most intense scene. The Omega girl played by Liz is holding a gun and shouting at the male protagonist surrounded by zombies. Countless rotten claws stick out from the side, tearing Her clothes and skin, behind her, the gate of the human city slowly closed.

But from the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but glance at Quint on the other side. Quint was holding the computer, typing on the keyboard quickly, with an extremely serious expression.Hyperion knew that he was busy with Miranda's matter, and the court would be held tomorrow, and Quint was making his last effort.

It's a pity that he can't help no matter whether it is due to his position or other reasons. He can only do his best to take good care of him in these few days.

As the time passed by one minute and one second, the second phase of the three moons had disappeared into the night sky, and the hour hand gradually pointed to twelve o'clock.At the end of the movie, in the sideshow next to the curtain call, Liz, covered in blood, was resting in Christian's director's chair, watching her husband dance and give a lecture to the male lead.

Finally, Quint put down the computer, stretched himself on the sofa, Hyperion, who was originally dazed, was shocked, and turned around to ask, "Finished?"

"It's almost there, the court session will start tomorrow, I don't want to sleep too late." Quint turned off the computer, crawled directly from the sofa, and rode on Hyperion's lap.

"What are you doing?" Hyperion jerked his legs twice, looking down at Quint unbuttoning the slits of his pajamas one by one.

"I'm so tired, I want to be comfortable." Quint took off Hyperion's pajamas, rubbed it dishonestly on his body, and said in a low voice, "Hain..."

"You know how to act like a baby." Hyperian looked at the time, without any excuses, and pushed him down on the sofa with a smile: "I have to get up early tomorrow, so I'll go to sleep once I do it."

Quint nodded obediently, and Hyperion lowered his head and kissed his fingers.

Since the marking that day, he didn't know what a sweet baby he had found.

For the first time in the history of the empire, a cyber case was held in court early the next morning, but due to the need to keep it secret from the public, it did not attract much attention, and the auditorium was all composed of dignitaries.Seats next to each other, Hyperion and Quint arrived early, in matching black suits.

Due to Hyperion's mistake last night, a bright pink hickey was exposed from Quint's back. Together with his mark, it was very eye-catching.

The two waited for a while, and the spectators arrived one after another. There was a completely covered room on the left side of the court, where the jury's cyborgs were located.

Even though they are all dignitaries, there are still people in the auditorium silently looking over there. Most of them have only seen the only public Cyber ​​Adam, and they don’t know anything about the rest of Cyber ​​Adam, so they are naturally extremely curious. .

Quint held Hyperion's hand, watching his nose, nose, and heart, waiting for the moment of the trial.

No one saw the breathing light on the terminal on his wrist flicker twice.