Chapter 2266: Chapter 2266: Custom-Made Lover (1)

"Throw her down."

Crash—

Bzzz—

Chuzheng couldn’t determine where she was, her vision like a broken TV, flickering with static.

This situation doesn’t feel right.

Where the hell am I?

Did I spawn at the wrong place or what!

"Warning, battery low!"

A few large words appeared in the static.

Chuzheng: "???"

The battery low message flickered twice, and Chuzheng’s vision went completely dark.

-

Bang bang bang!

Bang!

Chuzheng regained consciousness, a cacophony of noise flooding in like a tide.

Bzzz...

Her vision flickered several times until she finally saw something, though it wasn’t like human eyes.

More like...

A machine.

Or the kind of view a robot sees in movies, with various symbols and letters jumping around, a chaotic mix of red and green, vaguely recognizable... Everything wasn’t in HD.

An occasional bzzz of electricity messed with the image.

Chuzheng: "..." To be honest, I’m freaking out a bit.

-

A.D. 2121, technology advanced rapidly, and today’s society was overtaken by various tech products.

The rapid technological advancement brought benefits but also several downsides.

Technology replaced many jobs. People weren’t needed anymore.

Companies cut positions, replaced them with robots, and saved money by only paying once.

This led to many being unemployed.

Gradually, the class divide grew more severe.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

Even cities are becoming increasingly polarized.

People haven’t officially divided areas, but they started calling them Upper City District and Lower City District.

People from Lower City District are met with disdain and hatred when visiting Upper City District.

The original self was born under such circumstances.

However, she was a companion robot.

The original self was given by her creator to a person named Fong Yan.

As a companion robot, her task was to please her owner.

But this owner didn’t like her, always coldly leaving her in a room, even forbidding her to linger around him.

The original self couldn’t disobey her owner, but she still prepared everything when Fong Yan wasn’t home.

Gradually, Fong Yan wasn’t as strict with her and allowed her out of the room.

Later, a very pretty girl came to Fong Yan’s home, claiming to be his fiancée.

The girl was very mindful of her presence, repeatedly asking Fong Yan to send her away.

Fong Yan didn’t respond nor sent her away.

Fong Yan didn’t much care for the girl, and the girl believed it was because of the original self.

The girl grew increasingly angry until finally, she threw the original self into the Lower City District’s river while Fong Yan was away.

The original self was fished out by someone; robots like her cost a large sum even in Upper City District—she was specially made, unique and couldn’t be bought.

It was imaginable what would be her fate in Lower City District.

Chuzheng is currently experiencing the part where the original self is thrown away and fished out by someone.

It seems she was damaged...

The original self saw things in normal mode like a human.

Now she’s like a thermal imaging camera.

Ha.

Nothing she hasn’t been before, just a robot... Dammit!

Chuzheng angrily brushed through a flurry of comments, eventually calming down.

Two people walked over to Chuzheng, and their conversation flowed into Chuzheng’s ears: "Where did you get this one?"

"Fished it out of the river, trust me, it’ll fetch a good price."

"This... doesn’t look like the ones on the market, might it cause trouble?"

"Precisely because it’s not on the market, it’s valuable."

"I’m afraid of trouble."

"You scared of too much money too?"

"..."

The two continued their hushed discussion, and the hesitant one eventually agreed.

"Alright, let’s load it in the car first."

Chuzheng: "!!!"

These two people are discussing selling me right in front of my face!

Chuzheng found her body somewhat out of control, likely due to the damage.

She was pushed into an open area, with a car ahead; Chuzheng didn’t want to be sold.

So, taking advantage before others approached completely, she rammed the person next to her and bolted off.

"Shit! How did she start up! Grab her, quick!"

"Don’t let her get away."

"Block her off."

Chuzheng didn’t run far before the low battery warning appeared before her again.

"!!!"

Really couldn’t be more thrilling.

The low battery caused her speed to drop, and the people behind were catching up.

"Hey, over here!"

A lanky kid waved at her from the corner, and Chuzheng hesitated slightly before heading toward him.

"Follow me."

The kid, familiar with the area, guided Chuzheng through twists and turns, quickly leaving the pursuers behind.

"Alright, we’re safe." The kid, catching his breath, propped himself on his knees: "Were you captured by them?"

"Mm."

The kid said: "This area is all their territory, where’s your home? Have your family come get you, otherwise, you’ll never get out."

Chuzheng: "..."

What family does a robot have?

The kid, puzzled: "Why aren’t you speaking?"

"Warning! Battery low!"

Chuzheng: "I’m running out of battery."

"Huh?"

-

The kid’s name was Chen Jiao, female, thirteen years old, with no parents.

Chen Jiao understood Chuzheng was a robot and her attitude changed noticeably, not quite welcoming.

However, Chen Jiao still took Chuzheng to her place in the end.

She searched through a black pile of things in Chuzheng’s view while saying, "I’m only helping you because I pity you, don’t think I like you."

Chuzheng: "..." I don’t, you overthink.

"Ah! Found it!"

Chen Jiao pulled out a circular object, connected it to power, and made Chuzheng step onto it.

The low battery notification disappeared, replaced with a green charging status.

Chen Jiao sat directly on some nearby clutter: "Are you from Upper City District?"

"Mm."

"You being such a perfect robot, only Upper City District could make one." Chen Jiao wasn’t quite friendly: "What type of robot are you?"

"..."

Not really wanting to say.

Chen Jiao asked several questions, her stomach rumbling, and she jumped to the ground: "You keep charging, I’ll go get some food."

Chuzheng assumed that by getting food, it meant cooking or purchasing it.

Who knew her getting food was literally... getting food.

"Chen Jiao, you wild mutt, just wait till I catch you!"

Chen Jiao stood on a high wall, made faces at the people below: "Come on then, hit me!"

"Chen Jiao, just wait!"

Chen Jiao twisted around and slapped her backside at the opponent, then jumped down the wall.

Outside the wall rose a chorus of curses.

Chuzheng surveyed the surroundings; this seemed to be a yard stacked with many things.

Due to her damage, she wasn’t sure what these things were.

"Where is this place?"

"An abandoned machinery factory." Chen Jiao said: "Oh, I just saw Bald Eagle’s people looking for you."

"Bald Eagle?" Is that an animal?

Chen Jiao munched loudly, relishing her food: "He’s the thug in this area who caught you."

"..."

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