Time: Probably a certain year, a certain month, a certain day

It is difficult to see the remains left by humans on the earth in its twilight years.

But surprisingly, this time there is no absolute dominant biological group on the earth.

It seems that the Creator felt that this was against order, so... he simply made the earth's ecology a closed loop.

So even if you are an apex predator, you can still be killed by a rat.

It's probably the routine of fighting beast chess.

However... although humans can no longer be seen on the earth, the traces of humans have not been completely erased.

The underground security fortress originally used to store nuclear weapons still exists, and the various plant seeds in the seed bank are still well preserved.

…

"Uh-oh?"

The person making this sound is Alpha 4000, a robot that rolls around.

It does not have a specific name, and it is most likely the last Alpha 4000 still operating on the planet.

This data is not very accurate.

but……

If there are just a few more pitfalls, the last Alpha 4000 will probably burn out.

After another 1,794,121 attempts, this orange Alpha 4000 still failed to climb out of this pit smoothly.

But it seems a little different today.

The sun did not rise as usual, or the mountains in the distance suddenly grew taller.

The Alpha 4000 cannot capture energy from sunlight, which leads its computing core to a conclusion.

"I'm going to die."

No no no.

Alpha 4000 has no emotional setting, and its conclusion should be - I am about to stop my activities.

Yes.

According to the calculation formula originally designed by humans for Alpha, this conclusion does not even need to be concrete, it can also realize it.

So it automatically switches to a low-power state and no longer struggles with the pit that traps it.

Fluorescent light flashes, and Afar 4000 seems to be asleep.

…

In the sky, the dark shadow that covered the sky and the sun was approaching.

At first I thought it was a rain cloud, but when it broke through the clouds, it revealed its true form.

It turned out to be a shield-shaped spaceship.

Some people are wondering, why isn't it called a flying saucer?

Because...it doesn't fly spinning?

emmmmmmm

The shield spacecraft landed slowly and completely crushed Alpha 4000 into the pit.

Not long after, a door opened in the corner of the spacecraft, and an uncle's voice came: "Aha! We are back!!"

"Yes, we are back, but just as we concluded from our initial calculations, humans have disappeared." A mechanical voice responded to him.

The fog around the hatch dissipated, revealing the uncle's true appearance.

It is an armed robot with a humanoid silhouette.

It has no mouth, and the sound comes from its belly. This is very strange, because the two robots can communicate by radio, but they... choose to imitate humans.

"Then...don't I become the overlord of the earth?" the armed robot Saru 9000 asked.

"From the data point of view, the creatures on this planet can no longer pose a threat to you, but the problem is that if you go to the mountain in front of us this morning, you have 72.356‰ of being struck by lightning. By then your body will

The degree of damage will approach the critical value. Conclusion... I may be able to connect you and

He was buried together." The owner of the mechanical voice finally showed up.

It was something like a stone tablet. When it moved, the body kept repeating the process of disassembly and reorganization.

This is the Venerable 2000 robot, an exploration-level navigator.

After hearing this, Saru laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, stop making trouble, brother, I was just joking."

His Holiness still couldn’t understand why Saru imitated it so purely. It didn’t smile and silently dragged a black box off the spacecraft.

Saru followed closely behind.

The two robots moved forward along the broken road in front of them, one behind the other.

In the evening, they found a good place for burial next to a big banyan tree.

"According to the evaluation results based on comprehensive conditions and factors, this is the best burial place in this area. However, the black coffin made of black gold can only guarantee that it will not be decomposed and swallowed by the roots of plants within a thousand years. This is different from ours.

The last instructions I received were still violated." His Holiness said.

Saru ignored it and started digging the hole. His movements were not regular at all, and he even made strenuous movements from time to time. It looked like...

Just like a human being working hard.

The Venerable has been observing Saru's behavior, and it asked: "According to the strength of your body, this kind of work should be very easy for you, but why do you have to imitate humans so completely?"

After hearing this, Saru put down his shovel and wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead. Probably, for him, whether that area was considered a forehead was a problem.

"Oh... we are burying human remains now. We have to be decent and let him feel that he is still wrapped in familiar people and things when he is laid to rest, right?" Saru's answer was simple.

Perfect.

His Holiness expressed even more doubts about this.

"But the corpse in the box we are carrying has been stored for 3,500 years. It is no longer possible to perceive everything around it based on the psionic energy waveform alone. Therefore, this kind of imitation is meaningless."

Saru looked at the Lord speechlessly: "I said...do you have no thoughts except obeying orders?"

His Holiness replied: “My original design intention is to complete the navigation work of the Explorer when it is dormant and transitioning. There is a stress response to emergencies, so I think I have personal thoughts, but I don’t care about meaningless thoughts.

Express refusal."

"Oh?...Then why do we take such a big risk to go through the Fissure in the Lake and return to Earth to bury these bones that are no longer aware of the outside world?"

The Venerable was silent for a while, turned around, looked at the box and replied: "This is an order."

Saru smiled: "Bingo, did I just say that you know nothing but obeying orders?"

After that, Saru started digging holes again.

His movements were still clumsy and looked laborious.

His Holiness continued to observe Saru's every move, as if he wanted to deeply analyze Saru's true intention of imitating him.

But it failed.

It concluded that.

communicate.

The premise is.

Refusing to assist Saru in completing the burial, knowing that it gives a clear conclusion that satisfies the working of the formula.

"Hey, don't be stunned, just put the box in."

The Venerable did not move. There was a light spot that could move freely in the center of its cold body. At this time... the light spot was scattered into three. The three light spots were divided into triangles and were placed in the center of the body.

"I don't think this is the best setting, so I don't agree to be buried here.

Here." The venerable said, dragging the box and leaving.

Saru was stunned, then caught up and said angrily: "Hey, didn't you say that this is the best place before?"

The Venerable's torso flashed twice, and two arcs of light split open the rock blocking the road, and the cut surface was as flat as a mirror.

"My analysis program is based on actual information acquisition. From the current point of view, this is no longer the best burial place."

Saru looked at the cut surface of the rock, and after being silent for a while: "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."

His Holiness: "We only have differences according to functional distribution, and there is no specific hierarchy. I do not have leadership attributes towards you, so the specific plan still needs to be completed through communication between us."

"Ha...ha...ha...ha..." Salu laughed a few times and then stopped talking.

…

Just keep moving forward.

The two robots passed through the last remains of the magnificent city and stopped in front of a hole at the end of the city.

"This should be a good place." Saru checked the sign, which read "An important military area, no one is allowed to enter."
To be continued...