Chapter 702 Campbell
Chapter 702 Campbell
Even though these words were conveyed by Chang Ying, Lu Chihuan could still hear the gnashing of teeth and hatred in these words.
Who is it——
Do you have such a strong and deep hatred for Jinwu?
When Lu Chihuan was with Eaton in the main world, Eaton spent most of his time in the Dunson Military Academy. Before making a contract with him, it seemed that its presence was quite low.
Most students will not actively choose it as a training mecha, and will basically ignore it.
So under this circumstance, Lu Chihuan had never heard from Eaton that he had a grudge against anyone, so when Changying said this, he couldn't filter out any suspicious candidates from his mind for a long time.
After hearing this, Jinwu didn't know what he was thinking about.
It stared straight at its toes, its body parts seemed to be old and rusty, and a little sluggish, the whole machine was like a fly trapped in amber and solidified.
"Golden Crow."
Lu Chihuan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Jinwu's eyes. His clear and moist almond-shaped eyes were full of worry. "Have you thought of something? Is the other party very difficult to deal with?"
Jinwu did not answer.
It doesn't know whether the guess in its heart is correct.
But as long as it recalled that name, that unpleasant past, and that extremely stupid self, the data flow in its processor could not help but start running around in its body.
Then it also experienced what humans call a splitting headache and excruciating pain.
It didn't want to reveal its dark history, so it hugged Lu Chihuan's neck tightly as if it was afraid of the cold, and then pressed against his warm and soft skin.
This reaction surprised Lu Chihuan a little.
strangeness.
Jinwu has always prided himself on being powerful and full of protectiveness in front of others, but now he looks more like a sign of weakness, making people unconsciously imagine a puppy with its belly exposed.
Poor.
However, he also understood that Jinwu's reaction was that he was unwilling to speak, so he did not force the question. Instead, he lowered his head to look at Changying, and then said with a little regret:
"Feel sorry."
"Now we may need you to recall what happened after you escaped from the Mechanical City. This will make it easier for us to find the person behind the scenes and rescue your other companions."
However, repeatedly recalling the misfortunes that have happened may be painful for Changying.
did not expect.
After hearing this, Chang Ying lowered his head in shame, as if he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, "You don't have to feel sorry."
"These things were originally caused by me and my companions. Now we have to trouble you and the CEO to clean up the mess. We should be the ones to apologize."
"and."
"It's just a recollection of the experience of being captured. As long as I can rescue my companions, I am willing to go through fire and water."
Speaking of the back.
Instead, its tone became firm, as if it had already made up its mind.
The friends who escaped from the Mechanical City with it were all its childhood friends. They had almost never been separated since birth, so their relationship could be said to be quite good.
Although it was not Changying who initially proposed the suggestion to follow humans and leave the Department of Mechanical Engineering, it did not stop it during the entire process. Instead, it enthusiastically agreed with the leader.
Therefore.
It believes that it is also responsible for the fact that it and its friends were subsequently captured and even taken to the experimental table for transformation.
and so.
When Changying thought that his companions were still suffering in the laboratory and that he was lucky enough to be rescued, the first thing he felt was not gratitude or relief. Instead, his heart was in unbearable pain as if it was fried in oil.
When Lu Chihuan heard this, he sighed and raised his hand to touch Changying's head.
After this.
Changying's mind has grown rapidly, and he has shed his former stubbornness and ignorance. However, Lu Chihuan has mixed feelings, and he can't say whether such growth is good or bad.
after all.
This growth is given by painful experiences and is forced out.
He glanced at the Golden Crow sitting on his shoulder and saw that it still maintained the same posture as before, sticking close to him without moving. For a moment, his thoughts drifted away unconsciously.
Jinwu was probably like this at the beginning.
Forced to grow up overnight.
It was deceived by the tacit understanding and warmth deliberately displayed by its so-called friends, and unknowingly became a knife held in the other party's hand to attack others at will.
thus.
When the truth of everything was revealed, its friends abandoned it and fled alone, and the people it protected blamed and accused it—
Jinwu also lost his former innocence and simplicity, and had to understand the greed and complexity of human hearts in pain and began to grow.
If you give it some time.
It might be able to completely recover from this betrayal and deception, but soon the encirclement and suppression from other planets and countries would be imminent, and Jinwu would have no time left.
So at the last moment of life.
It chose to take the initiative to face the fierce artillery fire and died under the watchful eyes of everyone.
That was the only decision it could make.
Because of this, time stopped at that moment and remained so for about a hundred years. The scenes before death kept replaying before its eyes, and even the kindest person would probably be driven crazy.
and so.
Jinwu's mentality began to twist.
It is almost stuck in the quagmire of memories and has never walked out.
Poor little thing too.
Lu Chihuan withdrew his thoughts and saw that Jinwu did not stop him from asking Changying about his experience, so he simply dragged a small stool over and sat down, then looked at Changying with encouragement.
Tell it not to be timid or nervous.
Chun Jing grabbed Chang Ying's hand and shook it, then added.
"Don't be afraid."
So Changying, the little robot, began to narrate his experiences in a disjointed manner, "When we followed that human to escape from the mechanical city, he took us on a starship."
"He not only treated us to energy bars of different flavors, but also described to us the prosperity and bustle of his hometown, and then said he would take us there to have a look."
“We were very excited at the time.”
"So we didn't doubt what he said. However, in the next few days, the human didn't give us any energy blocks. When we asked him to borrow some, he made up all kinds of excuses to shirk our responsibility."
"Because we ran out of energy, we had to start shutting down automatically."
After saying these words.
The small body of the little robot rose and fell violently, and its eyes made of special crystals revealed a hint of human fear, as if even after such a long time, the scene in its memory still made it feel afraid.
"…We only discovered it after someone installed an energy block on us and restarted us…"
"I don't know when I was transferred to a laboratory. The human stood in front of us and told us... everything he said before was a lie."
"His hometown disappeared a long time ago, and he never thought of taking us to his hometown. Everything he said before was just a sweet talk to trick us out."
"We were kept there for a long time, and for most of that time we were being transformed by that human, who seemed to be very poor."
Chang Ying tried his best to recall the human's appearance, trying to give some useful clues, "On weekdays, it drinks the cheapest nutrient solution, and its mental state is not very stable. From time to time, it will go crazy in front of us."
"He kept muttering about how he could have been a nobleman admired by everyone and had endless wealth. Then he started to curse you, the CEO, as usual..."
Lu Chihuan seemed to be thinking about something.
He bent his fingers and tapped his knees lightly, then asked, "Then how did you... escape from him?"
Chang Ying replied with a slight uneasiness, "After that human modified our chips, he put us on a flying vehicle and took us out, and then ordered us to do bad things."
"It seems that he did this to ruin the reputation of our Mechanical City, but we were basically controlled at the time, so we couldn't refuse his orders. We were in a daze most of the time."
"But there was one time—"
"When he brought me to the vicinity of the Stu Sea, I accidentally fell into the sea and hit the reef while carrying out his orders. Part of my body was damaged at that time."
"Under this strange combination of circumstances, the chip's instructions started to work at times, and I was awake for a while."
"The human didn't notice anything unusual about me and still gave me orders to carry out my mission as usual, so I took this opportunity..."
"He fled immediately."
After that, it drifted into this city. Because it was badly damaged and its energy was almost exhausted, Changying thought that someone might pick it up and break it into parts and sell it.
But luckily.
Chun Jing picked it up.
Lu Chihuan tried hard to digest what Chang Ying had just said.
The crow-like thick and long eyelashes fell down, casting a faint shadow on the porcelain white skin. "So do you still remember... where is the laboratory where that human imprisoned you?"
Changying shook his head.
"When he took us out of the lab, he basically stuffed us into the aircraft, so I didn't see anything when I left the lab, but... I seemed to hear the sound of waves hitting the rocks at that time."
Lu Chihuan heard it.
He raised his hand and pinched his sore nose, then forced himself to analyze, "So the human laboratory might be near the Stu Sea, but the Stu Sea is so big that finding the place is like looking for a needle in a haystack..."
Jin Wu, who had been silent all this time, could not help but reply, "Not necessarily."
As soon as it opened its mouth.
Changying and Chunjing's eyes fell on it at the same time, as if they wanted to hear Jinwu's analysis.
Jinwu paused.
He organized his words in his mind before speaking, "Do you still remember the sudden appearance of Changying's location? Perhaps that was not an accident, but was deliberately manipulated by the human that Changying mentioned."
"He deliberately released Changying and the others, and ordered them to cause trouble everywhere. After learning that Changying had escaped, he did not rush to find him, and later revealed his location."
"This is just telling us clearly that all the troubles we are facing are caused by him. If you really have the ability, just follow the location and find him to settle the score."
"This was a provocative act on his part."
"It's a blatant conspiracy, and for the sake of our companions' long-term victory, we have no choice but to fall into his trap."
After saying this.
Everyone fell silent.
Lu Chihuan couldn't help but rub his communicator with his fingertips.
This action can help him calm down. "You mean he did all this not only to provoke conflicts between the Mechanical City and other forces, but also to lead us to see him."
“He’s so confident.”
"Aren't you afraid that we will kill him?"
After all, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick can't hide.
"Could it be that he has some killer weapon?"
The Golden Crow didn't know the answer to Lu Chihuan's question. It just replied with its inorganic electronic voice:
"We'll find out when we get there."
Lu Chihuan shook his head, then muttered to himself, "I don't know what deep hatred this person has against you. He went through so much trouble to target you and the Mechanical City. It would be great if I could know his identity..."
This was half said.
He saw Changying looking at him hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
"Long-term win."
Lu Chihuan took the initiative to ask, "Do you have any clues?"
Chang Ying's voice revealed some hesitation, "I don't know if it is a clue... but I once picked up a necklace dropped by that human. There was a photo embedded in the necklace, and a line of names engraved on the outside."
"Campbell Winder."
"I don't know if that's his name or the name of someone else in his family."
Before Lu Chihuan could react after hearing the name, he felt the body of Jinwu, who was hugging his neck, tremble violently, as if he had heard something dirty.
next moment.
It jumped off Lu Chihuan's shoulder and walked out.
"I'm going out to calm down."
Lu Chihuan didn't understand.
He looked at Jin Wu's departing back with concern, his pale pink lips slightly opened, but in the end he still felt that he should give Jin Wu some time and space to calm down.
So I didn't call it.
Just turn your head.
He saw Chun Jing and Chang Ying's equally confused expressions, so he tried to smooth things over for Jin Wu, "Don't worry about Jin Wu, he might be in a bad mood after hearing the familiar name, he will come back after he calms down."
"Come."
"I'll screw the parts on for you first, and then I'll carefully measure whether there are other problems with your body. I'll also re-paint the paint that has fallen off your body."
After Changying came to his senses, he thanked him somewhat embarrassedly.
By the time all the work was done, the sky outside had become as dark as spilled ink. You couldn't see your hand in front of you, and only the occasional barking of dogs could be heard.
Lu Chihuan was very sleepy.
After Chun Jing arranged the room for him, he forced himself to change the sheets and quilt covers before he was willing to close his eyes and fall asleep peacefully.
I guess I was too tired.
He hardly had any dreams that night, and when he woke up it was already noon. Outside the door he could hear Chun Jing and Chang Ying talking in low voices, they were talking in whispers.
It seems like they are talking about mechanical knowledge.
Lu Chihuan was not interested.
He just felt that the sunlight coming in from the window was a little dazzling. He couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his eyes. His long and thick eyelashes trembled, and then he buried himself in the quilt again.
That’s when—
He saw Jinwu sitting beside the bed.
Jin Wu didn't know how long he had been sitting by the bed and looking at him. His cold, inorganic eyes fell on Lu Chihuan's face. These artificial eyes clearly could not reveal any emotions.
But Lu Chihuan could see emotions such as entanglement, embarrassment and seriousness in it.
The Golden Crow seemed to have made a difficult decision, so much so that it tightly grasped the bed sheet under its hands, and now spoke with a bit of solemnity, "I have something important to tell you."
"I know Campbell Winder, whom Changying mentioned before."
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