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“Brother, I’m not joking,” Ling said, displeased.

“Ies looks a little different, as if… he has become much smarter.”

She felt that Ies had really become smarter, and his eyes had become incredibly bright and lively.

Although the previous Ies was also smart and cute, that kind of intelligence was like 'a robot in the house with the intelligence of a few-year-old child', while now it's as real as if it has come to life.

To prove her point, she held up two fingers to Qi Shi as a test.

"Ies, how many is this?"

Qi Shi glanced at her silently, offering no reply.

"Look, look at me! Look at the way Ies is looking at me, he's clearly looking down on me!"

Upon seeing this, Ling immediately became excited and shouted in confirmation of her opinion.

"Uh... why are you so happy even though you're being looked down upon? That's not a good sign, Rin." Tetsuya gave a helpless smile.

However, he wasn't stupid either.

I hadn't noticed it before, but now I could see that Eis was acting strangely.

“I knew it, didn’t I? I could tell from the start, brother, you were still being perfunctory.”

Ling put her hands on her hips and lectured him, looking like she was scolding her careless older brother, while Zhe sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"I can see that now, but I've never heard of shutting down and restarting having this effect."

"Why not?!" Ling said with a confident and stern expression, swinging her fair arm in a fist, and then speaking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Isn't that how it's always portrayed in movies? The robot protagonist awakens a brilliant mechanical soul in a moment of crisis, or the machines combine to become a giant robot, suddenly becoming much stronger!"

“You said it yourself, that’s Yingying.” Zhe’s face was full of helplessness towards his sister.

"Moreover, robot fusion is illegal in reality."

"Brother, let's take Ies to do a forbidden fruit test!"

But Rin was completely caught up in the excitement and hugged Qi Shi's body tightly, not listening to anything else. They would soon have a new family.

A very special test in New Elitus.

In this world brimming with cutting-edge technology, rebuilt after the apocalypse, and boasting advanced mechanical and intelligent technologies, humanity has created many highly intelligent robots such as Bomb, autonomous engineering machines, and police robots.

It is the dividing line that separates mechanical tools from one's own life.

Only after passing countless complex and rigorous tests to confirm that robots possess complete human emotions can they shed the labels of mechanical tools or property, be granted citizenship, and enjoy the rights of citizens.

“I completely agree! If Ies can pass the forbidden fruit test, the video store’s tax revenue will drop by at least five percentage points.” Zhe crossed his arms and calculated seriously.

But Rin, who knew her brother well, knew very well that he was just joking seriously and didn't take it seriously at all.

He immediately stared at it with wide eyes, without saying a word.

"Hehe~"

Zhe felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by his younger sister.

"How about we take the Turing test first?"

The bell delivered a death stare.

"Are you saying that Ies is actually malfunctioning?"

"Hehe~ How could that be, Ring?"

Zhe chuckled and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, but he wasn't flustered at all.

“This is a necessary concern. We need to understand Eis’s situation. In the projections, weren’t there quite a few robots that went astray after awakening and then started destroying organic life? You don’t want to cause Eis to go astray by ignoring these things, do you?”

Ling knows her brother very well, and he knows his sister very well too.

"This... seems to be the case."

After hearing what she said, Ling couldn't help but nod in agreement. She had to admit that her concern was justified.

Then he looked at Qi Shi, preparing to take him to check on the situation first, just in case something unexpected happened.

Zhe breathed a sigh of relief; he had finally managed to make up a story.

Once the brother and sister made their decision, they began packing up the shop and preparing to leave.

While Suzutsu and her brother were discussing things, what was Qi Shi doing?

He had already been happily absorbing abilities and knowledge, traversing New Elidu and absorbing various advanced technologies.

This is truly a bountiful place!

Chapter 13 A Place of Outstanding People and Abundant Resources, Liufen Street

Turbocharging shop.

The two, one man and one cloth, were staring at each other.

After a five-minute standoff, the middle-aged man with the robotic arm suddenly moved, with an unstoppable momentum as he dismantled all the machines, and once again thrust the screwdriver he was holding into the bangbu in front of him.

But the next moment, he couldn't see the movement at all. He only felt as if a gust of wind had blown by. He was sent flying five meters away, crashing into a wooden table full of parts in the machine room. He didn't even touch the hem of Qi Shi's clothes.

"Ouch~ my back is killing me."

Enzo got up from the ground, clutching his aching back and groaning.

"Uncle Enzo, are you alright?"

Seeing this, Zhe quickly stepped forward to show his concern, but he could only sigh wearily.

"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing." Enzo raised his hand and then twisted his waist to indicate that he was fine.

With that robust physique and smooth, well-defined muscles, he was no ordinary man in his youth.

"However, as you can see, I have no way of checking your bambu."

He said to the two siblings with some helplessness that this bastard was simply terrifying. He had tried several times, but he couldn't even touch it, let alone disassemble it to check for circuit faults.

"By the way, as the people bound to this 'Bangbu,' you should have the authority to command it to shut down, right?"

Enzo looked at the brother and sister as he spoke, and then changed the subject, with Zheze looking at his younger sister.

"Of course not!"

Ling immediately shook her head firmly, her cute little face remaining resolute in her stance.

“If Ies already has emotions and his own thoughts, how can we control him at will? That would be disrespectful to Bu.”

Qi Shi nodded in satisfaction: Not bad, I approve of you, you are qualified to be a backup mount.

Upon hearing this, Tetsuya looked helplessly at Enzo, indicating that his sister had already completely sided with the other side.

"Well, then..." Uncle Enzo wanted to say that he didn't understand the thinking of young people and was about to end the work, but he saw Tetsuya winking at him frantically.

You have to understand that he came here under the pretext of checking Bomb's mental health. If he doesn't get a result, he'll definitely get a lecture from Ling when he gets back.

"Cough cough cough, that's it." Enzo coughed a few times before he could finish speaking and changed his words.

"Uh... From my observation, your Bomb is psychologically healthy and there are no problems. However, you need to pay more attention to its upbringing. I mean, how a person's personality develops depends entirely on their living environment."

He has no knowledge of any kind of psychology. The soul of a machine is the most mysterious field. He is just making judgments based on his own observations and experience.

He then pulled the two aside and began to speak in hushed tones. Although they spoke in hushed tones, they did not escape Qi Shi's powerful hearing.

“Your idea is correct. It is obvious that your Bomb has completely broken away from the original behavioral module and has developed independent consciousness.”

"Although he resisted the repair, he didn't show any aggression. He was just trying to drive me away. Compared to me poking him with a screwdriver, he was actually quite good-natured."

Enzo said he became much more composed when talking about his professional field.

"As for the issue of the increased strength of the machine, I don't know much about it at the moment because I haven't broken it down. Our research on voids and ether energy is far from complete. Although such a strange thing is rare, it is not entirely outside the realm of common sense."

"Judging from the way you just threw me, your movements were agile and smooth without any hesitation, your eyes were bright, your purpose was clear and your logic was normal. There should be no major damage to your body, so you don't need to worry about it."

Despite his superb skills, he was not arrogant or blinded by them; instead, he approached the unknown with an open and inquisitive mindset.

"However," Enzo suddenly changed his tone, revealing his true colors as an illegal car modification shop owner, and began promoting his products.

"I still recommend that you keep some insurance. I have a new one here that is perfect for your situation."

"I think it's necessary to take a look."

Ignoring the deathly smile on his younger sister's face, Zhe spoke with a serious expression.

Compared to Rin, who was only happy about this, he was more composed and had some concerns in his heart, hoping to be on the safe side.

"Hey! You definitely won't be disappointed." Enzo immediately flashed a welcoming smile after hearing this, then went into the machine shop and retrieved the item.

It was a small, exquisite box with regulators and buttons, and several wires connected around it.

The brother and sister remained silent for a moment, and after a long while, Zhe finally couldn't help but speak.

"Isn't this EMP?"

"Uh... although it looks like an EMP and functions like an EMP, it's actually a Bomb Hazard Blocker!" Enzo said with a straight face, spouting nonsense.

"Then, Uncle Enzo, how much does it cost?" Zhe asked.

“Hmm…” Enzo stroked his chin and pondered, looking like an outlaw: “I went to great lengths to get this EMP, it’s a real rare find, you can’t buy it anywhere else, but we’re all acquaintances on the same street, I’ll give you a discount.”

Bell: You just said it yourself, it's EMP, right?

Of course you can't buy it; it's a military contraband!

"Hehe~ I suddenly remembered that I forgot to turn off the gas at home." Hearing this, Zhe knew that he was about to be ripped off, so he immediately gave an awkward but polite smile and changed the subject.

Ling picked up Qi Shi, and the two siblings immediately left.

"Wait a minute! I'll only take three million dinnes! Two and a half million dinnes will do too!"

Enzo called out from behind.

Watching the brother and sister walk away, he sighed and rubbed his forehead, wondering if this batch of goods he had just bought would become a burden.

After leaving Six Point Street, Rin carried Qi Shibu, and the two siblings walked down the street.

"Ring, since we're already out of the store, let's stop by and restock the video store. I noticed that some of the older films are sold out."

Zhe suggested that since they had already closed the shop, the two of them didn't plan to go back so soon.