Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 799 - 660: Visit Group

Chapter 799: Chapter 660: Visit Group

Sure enough, A40 and several other operators received the task of going to Shangjing Airport.

"I was placed into Countermeasure Team Seven, along with a bunch of new recruits. Can’t I choose my own teammates?" A40 checked his briefing.

"That’s how work is, if you could do as you please, it wouldn’t be called work."

"Do I really own the money I earn? Some people say in the newspapers that Synthetic Humans are tools made by others, so I can’t create value, and the money I earn shouldn’t belong to me." A40 said.

"You have high autonomy and superior intelligence, which far exceeds the concept of a tool. If your creators were to own your wages and property, it would be akin to a regression to slavery. Such a thing is not permitted, so rest assured, the law protects the normal earnings of Synthetic Humans." Xu Yang reassured A40.

A40 strongly agreed with Xu Yang and thanked him for standing by his side.

Xu Yang, in A40’s view, had become an omnipotent, powerful figure; as a behind-the-scenes controller of Nestor Corporation with significant influence, his decisions could affect the destinies of tens of millions of people. A40 knew that following such a boss was indeed no mistake and held great reverence for him.

"So, I am a human then." A40 said.

"Not quite. Your cognitive version is 3.5, while Seeking Shadow has already upgraded to 3.6, she is closer to being human than you. Moreover, Synthetic Humans lack certain functions."

"If I look like a person, act like a person, and think like a person, you must say I’m a person." A40 insisted.

"It’s hard to say, you still fall short. For example, you find it difficult to engage in aesthetic activities and abstract thinking, unable to conduct cross-disciplinary research, and it’s hard for you to think analogically. If there are drastic changes in the environment, you still need to push new patches for maintenance. For instance, since the severe cold, we’ve issued a new polar condition intelligence patch for all Synthetic Humans, because Synthetic Humans do not feel how extreme cold damages survival... so you’re not alone as a ’person’, behind your activities are the efforts of many engineers and developers." Xu Yang explained.

A40 recorded Xu Yang’s words.

Reviewing his own memory entries, besides the endless days and nights with Huang Feng, A40’s file also included new parts sent by others, regular maintenance at the engineering station, and combat model support provided by Taro Tanaka. These entries formed a logical chain, making A40 inclined to accept Xu Yang’s view that Synthetic Humans cannot live as freely as humans do.

"You are right, but I still represent progress over traditional robots because I buy things. I bought many, many gifts for Huang Feng." A40 said.

"Did Huang Feng reward you then? Like returning the favor?"

"Of course, she kissed me."

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"It’s like this, Huang Feng put on her tools, opened my protective shell, delved deep into my charging port, rubbed my memory bars, targeting five different sensors of mine. She used a data cable with a speed of 200GB per second to fill up my disk, wrote a Trojan in my cognitive software, so she can manipulate me anytime. I fell into a malfunction state, my alarm logs filled with exclamation marks. She then connected me to the engineering machine’s prepared high-voltage battery, allowing the dangerous large current to pass through every wire in my body, slowly approaching the critical point of a surge, waiting for the violent pulse to come. Then she intentionally adjusted my voltage, keeping me in a state of power shortage until I pleaded loudly..."

"Wait, this is not what I want to hear, A40, my good brother, I wish you a pleasant job." Xu Yang went offline.

A40 found a charging station, filled up the four fast charging slots behind him with energy batteries, and stood next to a concrete column waiting for the charge to complete. Stray cats gathered around him for warmth, and when he left, he had to put all these cats down on the ground.

Perhaps he is not human, but he feels affection for these small natural animals.

After charging, A40 headed to the Bureau of Secrets.

"Come on, those from Countermeasure Team Seven, let’s get in this vehicle." An operator in black armor signaled from the Shuttle Machine’s cockpit.

A40 squeezed in to find his spot and sat down, clutching his katana tightly. He operated by protocol, feeling no strangeness towards any environment.

In the cramped space of the vehicle, the other new operators, curious and different, were excited about their first mission, continually chatting.

"Kyushu High Pavilion’s business outreach team..."

"Flying directly from Beining Prefecture to Shangjing, it’s quite a grand gesture. Such large-scale visits are rare these days."

"Is the airport full of beautiful stewardesses?"

"Stay calm, we from the Bureau of Secrets need to show some professional integrity."

A40 leaned against the window, ignoring the noisy chatter of the other new operators.

The public face of Kyushu High Pavilion’s outreach team was to promote commercial contacts, but A40, based on cause and effect, could tell they harbored concealed intentions.

They would inevitably seek out the whereabouts of Pan Ruiyi Squad and investigate the mysterious "death" of Xu Yang.

Pan Ruiyi, Zhang Yunxi, and the other ten elite members of the Battle Witch squad vanished in a spatial rift on Nangong Island during the "Yama" incident, with Kyoto Infinity declaring them dead early on.

But news emerged that Pan Ruiyi reappeared on the battlefield, now operating under the name of a senior Battle Witch of Nestor Corporation.

This suspicion had led to substantial investigative actions, triggering this high-profile visit plan.

To cover for the boss, it’s necessary to smoothly send these people away, preventing them from investigating the boss’s background.