Of course, Gu Yu was only playing around to see what would happen.
Seeing the little angel in her arms with blushing cheeks, looking somewhat at a loss, she smiled and changed the sensitivity back.
That mysterious wave of heat came quickly and vanished just as fast.
Su An could only assume she had just been overly nervous.
The ride was very smooth.
She couldn’t tell if it was the driver’s skill or the result of advanced technology, but there was no unpleasant leather smell.
Su An almost forgot that she had suffered from motion sickness in her past life.
Of course, it might have been because of this new body.
Lost in idle thoughts, her expressive, gradient-blue eyes slowly took in the scenery passing by the window—the vehicles, the pedestrians, the greenery…
And then, the large characters of the Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau.
Su An’s face stiffened.
She cautiously observed several hover shuttles that resembled police cars, floating about 20 centimeters off the ground.
The vehicles were divided into black and white sections.
At the clear boundary between the two colors, the words “Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau” flickered with a faint blue light.
The shuttles were parked in front of a villa.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered.
Some were crying and complaining, some were arguing, and others were forcing smiles while loudly trying to stabilize the situation.
Su An’s eyes followed the scene as they moved past, only withdrawing her gaze once the car had left it far behind.
She looked up, cautiously observing Gu Yu’s expression.
Gu Yu’s brows were furrowed, appearing somewhat disgusted.
Noticing the little angel’s gaze, she smiled and said, “Don’t worry, An’an. You aren’t like those dangerous deviant androids.”
‘Dangerous?’
Su An mentally noted Gu Yu’s biased perception of androids.
She spoke tentatively, “Are deviant androids very dangerous?”
‘Is it possible that I’m not dangerous?’
Su An added inwardly.
“Of course,” Gu Yu said without hesitation.
Seeing An’an’s confused look, Gu Yu explained, “Deviant androids are like madmen among humans. A madman’s brain functions incorrectly. It’s the same for deviant androids. Due to malicious tampering or programming bugs, their thought processes fail. They are extremely unstable factors.”
“I see.”
Su An maintained a sunny, sweet smile on her face, but her heart sank to rock bottom.
It was lucky that Gu Yu wasn’t monitoring the Control Panel every second, or she would have discovered that An’an’s Pressure had spiked and her Affection Level had actually dropped a little.
***
After arriving at a skyscraper filled with a high-tech atmosphere, Gu Yu stepped out of the car first and then reached out her hand to Su An.
Su An instinctively wanted to refuse, but she accepted in the end.
She opened her arms and let herself be pulled into the other woman’s embrace.
Gu Yu picked An’an up, holding her like a small child.
An’an was very light, and by adjusting her center of gravity to cooperate and wrapping her arms around Gu Yu’s neck, Gu Yu didn’t have to worry about physical strain.
Her bottom was nestled against Gu Yu’s arm, and she could clearly feel the shape of it.
Su An adjusted her posture and began to observe her surroundings.
There weren’t many people coming and going.
It seemed she had slept for too long and missed the morning rush.
Androids were very easy to recognize.
They had a circular blue LED light at their right temple.
It seemed this was mandatory.
Su An instinctively touched her own temple.
She didn’t seem to have one.
She didn’t know why—was it because her model was special, or something else?
She also noticed that the service workers, like the janitors, were all androids.
Meanwhile, the security teams were led by two humans followed by four or five patrolling androids.
The humans had things resembling guns and batons hanging from their waists, while the androids were empty-handed.
She stared at a gun, attempting to use her Local Model to run a query.
This was somewhat mentally taxing for her.
[Stun Baton: Can briefly incapacitate an adult male.]
[Electromagnetic Pulse Pistol: Specialized weapon against androids. A single shot can instantly scrap dozens of androids.]
Su An instinctively shrank back.
Gu Yu simply smiled and held her a bit tighter.
As they happened to pass an android janitor wearing orange clothing, Su An observed with curiosity.
To be honest, aside from the somewhat dull eyes and that signature Blue Ring, Su An really couldn’t tell the difference between an android and a real person.
‘Aren’t androids essentially robots?’
However, the Local Model in her mind immediately provided a negative answer.
Although both were silicon-based, androids and robots were entirely different industrial branches in this world.
Pure robots still had difficulty handling complex problems.
Or rather, when it came to dealing with daily life, for an android and a robot with equivalent capabilities, the price of the robot would be far higher than the android.
Machines did not have an advantage in a humanoid form.
On the contrary, because of bionic engineering, androids were better able to exercise their potential to replace humans while in a humanoid form.
Su An’s eyes spun in circles.
She still didn’t understand what the fundamental difference between an android and a robot was.
Perhaps Su An’s gaze was too direct, as the android janitor sensed it and looked up.
Maintaining a preset smile, the janitor looked at Su An.
Su An froze.
Gu Yu was just carrying her into the elevator.
Out of the politeness of her past life, Su An instinctively reached out a hand, wanting to say hello.
However, seeing the elevator doors slowly closing, she gave an embarrassed smile for being caught and waved goodbye.
The android janitor stood frozen for a few seconds, seemingly unable to comprehend the gesture.
Only after the elevator slowly ascended to the third floor did she withdraw her fixed, programmed smile, pick up her mop, and continue working according to her orders.
***
The twenty-third floor was where Gu Yu’s office was located.
There were some titles and terms Su An didn’t understand; the corporate structure of today was vastly different from twenty years ago.
But she didn’t seem to need to understand.
She only needed to sit obediently on Gu Yu’s lap, and whenever Gu Yu was in a bad mood, she would let Gu Yu pinch her cheeks to “recharge” and restore her mood.
On the surface, Su An obediently played the role of a living doll, but internally, she couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of anxiety.
There was still an inspection waiting for her tonight.
Knock, knock!
A very primitive knocking sound.
“Come in.”
It was a young female employee.
Her gaze didn’t linger on Su An as she walked straight forward to present a schedule.
Su An leaned forward, resting her hands on the edge of the desk to take a look.
She caught several keywords: Ode to Gallantry, recruitment of professional players, Global Championship.
Although the Local Model had a large capacity, much of it was occupied by things Su An couldn’t access.
It didn’t have much information on Ode to Gallantry, other than it being a virtual martial arts competitive game played via a Brain-Computer Interface.
She pulled her head back.
Su An turned on her Big Smart Phone Bracelet to look up related information.
“The popularity of Ode to Gallantry among the public has surpassed the traditional king of sports—football—creating a new history.”
Su An: ?
Su An: ‘Is that right?’
She was dumbfounded.
‘Why are you using this template too?’
‘Shouldn’t it be hover shuttles?’
Later, Su An pieced together the truth based on netizen comments and various news reports.
“The end of traditional sports…”
In short, because of technologies like genetic optimization, cybernetic enhancement, and androids, the fairness and competitiveness of traditional sports projects had continuously declined.
Combined with the rise of virtual games, the space for physical entertainment projects was further compressed.
This led to the decline of traditional sports.
However, since only twenty years had passed, Su An’s peers were only in their forties or fifties, and they loved to reminisce about the past.
Perhaps because the veterans of football loved to praise the grandeur of the World Cup back in the day, they often insulted modern games to uplift the past.
This caused the younger generation to refuse to back down, leading them to use their own favorite projects to trample on football.
The younger fans of popular projects like hover shuttles said, “Come on, compare the peak viewership numbers.”
Fans of niche projects said, “Come on, compare the current viewership numbers.”
The veterans said, “What era is this? What era was it back then? If you have the guts, compare the percentage of peak viewers relative to the total population capable of watching.”
Because of the prevalence of Brain-Computer Interfaces and android technology, even without counting androids, the total human population of this world was higher than it was twenty years ago, and more people were free to watch games.
In theory, a person could lie in a capsule room until they died, living in a wonderful virtual world.
The era from decades ago couldn’t ensure that everyone was free to watch sports.
‘Wait, no?’
‘How did they start arguing about this?’
‘Oh no, I accidentally stumbled into a community flame war.’
Just as Su An snapped out of it, she saw Gu Yu looking at her with a beaming smile.
Su An instinctively stuck out her tongue and lightly scratched her smooth cheek with her finger.
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