Happy Doomsday

ld it tightly in her arms.
The android who was loaded with the memory of “Bai Tian” didn’t ask for their purpose, nor did she collapse or cry.
She just wrapped the food in the plastic cloth she had pulled out from somewhere and dug back into the gap of the ruins.

“Thank you.” Putting her face close to the gap, Bai Tian’s expression was a bit dazed.
“Just throw things in from here.
I’ll get them myself… You will come again, right?”

Meanwhile in the modified truck, Ji Xiaoman was looking at the iron bead solemnly.
Her mother had finished eating and was taking a nap with the unfinish knitted fabric in her hand.

She was finishing the final part of Ruan Xian’s medicine and filling up a syringe.
The iron bead bypassed her feet rather unkindly and quietly rolled towards the densest area of parts.
Unfortunately, before the iron bead could enact even half of its sneaky plan, it was stepped on by Ji Xiaoman.

It rolled over and nibbled on Ji Xiaoman’s shoe while making a threatening whimper.

Ji Xiaoman sighed, picked a scrap part from the table, and threw it into the air.
The iron bead instantly loosened its bite on her shoe and caught the part steadily.
It clicked and chewed off the metal parts with satisfaction, rolled lazily on the ground, and then stopped again at Ji Xiaoman’s feet with its three small eyes gleaming.

Ji Xiaoman hesitated for a few seconds, then picked out a few badly worn screws.
This time she pinched them with her metal hands, squatted down, and sprinkled the screws on the floor in front of the iron bead.
The iron bead lowered its head and ate very happily.
Ji Xiaoman gently touched the metal shell of the iron bead with her metal fingertips and her eyes softened.

“Good boy,” she whispered.

Then Ji Xiaoman seemed to think of something, and her eyes dimmed.
She scratched the shell of the iron bead with her sharp fingers again, and then slowly retracted her hand.

“I’m sorry,” she murmured again.
“If something happens to them, I won’t throw you away.”

The young mechanic stood up, pulled the blanket on the bed, and gently covered her mother.
She kissed her mother’s forehead and carefully pushed back a few strands of loose hair with her fingers.

“Mom, I love you.” Ji Xiaoman sighed cautiously.

There wasn’t much time left before the reset and she knew it well.
She believed Qian Yigeng knew better than her.
These strange outsiders were more capable than she thought, but they were strangers after all.
Putting your hopes on people who you didn’t know would be a great folly, and everyone in the Underground City knew this.

Relying on the information she had obtained, if the three of them did enough damage, and enough androids that were equipped with the old-fashioned cybernetic brains had escape, as long as they persist for a while, based on Qian Yigeng’s temperament, that bastard would definitely activate the “Return South Wild Geese” and forcibly recall all androids equipped with an old-fashioned cybernetic brain.

If her deduction was correct, He An would definitely pressure Qian Yigeng’s stores to ensure that people don’t get carried away by the benefits and smash open the brains of those androids.

Yes, it was just a matter of time.

If she hit the jackpot and was able to find a few experts, then she could really obtain the mind access needle as promised.
If the other party fails, she also had the opportunity that wasn’t considered chance— In addition to giving in to Qian Yigeng, she could take advantage of the opportunity to propose a plan to “create reproductions that confuse thieves based on pictures”, so as to gain access to the information about the mind access needle.

She didn’t think the combat power of these outsiders should be underestimated, as they had provided her with a new path.

As long as she succeeded in entering Qian Yigeng’s headquarters with her mother, faced with such a large number of old-fashioned cybernetic brain androids, Qian Yigeng must use the mind access needle to process their memories in batches, so as not to damage these precious resources.

In extraordinary times, the overly cautious Qian Yigeng would assuredly keep the mind access needle on him.
She could use this opportunity under the guise of providing enemy information to kill Qian Yigeng and steal the needle.

She didn’t need to really rely on anyone.

After that, whether the three men succeeded or not had nothing to do with her.
As long as the car was repaired, then the agreement would be fulfilled, and thus her obligation as a mechanic.

It was just…

Ji Xiaoman glanced at the iron bead burping at her feet and bit her lip.

Perhaps she still hoped that they would succeed— The people who wanted their car fix would get their wish, Qian Yigeng would be overthrown, and the nearby area would be able to achieve temporary peace.
Even if she knew full well that the people of the Underground wouldn’t really give up the sex market, right now there were bad precedents, while the latecomers would be relatively restrained.

And she herself could not only remove the deadly time bomb in her mother’s brain, but she could also use the mind access needle to find damaged areas within the brain and make real repairs.
She would have a real mother.
The repaired old-fashioned cybernetic brain was bound to be equipped with rich feelings and a stable personality.
Her mother would not longer talk nonsense, have a stiff smile, and call her by some unknown name.

This was the most important part; the heaviest bargaining stake and she would not stupidly expose it to those three people.

Then they would have a real home, just like two ordinary humans.
Her mother— Whether she was willing to recognize this bizarre mother-daughter relationship or not—would be able to call her by her real name.

Instead of repeating “Ji Xiaoman” hundreds of times like before as that was the only name stuck in that female android’s head, perhaps in a week or two, she could be touched by the person that was in front of her and call her “Bai Tian”.

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