The Body Dies and the Machine Ascends

On the eve of the year 3000, condensed silver light flowed through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor of the Federal Administration, stretching Li Wanqing's shadow thin and long. His fingertips moved slightly, and he outlined the face that was carved into the bone marrow on the light screen. The water on the eyelashes almost fell into the curved outline of the eyebrows and eyes. On the 720th day of Su Yumeng's disappearance, a notice of suspected death in the line of duty was delivered to him. The scarlet seal was like a drop of blood that never dries. He sat there for three days and three nights. When he opened his eyes again, the scarlet red in his eyes had faded into lifeless gray. The lights in the underground laboratory were on for seven days and seven nights. Amid the hum of metal, a figure who looked very much like Su Yumeng slowly opened his eyes. He personally calibrated her emotional sensitivity and IQ curve, and reproduced her tenderness in loving flowers and her escapism in solving problems, even her erroneous endings in reciting poems. To protect this secret, he used his authority to modify the robot's detection rules, giving her a world where she would not be disturbed. The laboratory door was gently pushed open, and Yun Zhenyang stood at the door, his white coat soaked in the coolness of the night dew. He looked at the heavy blue and black eyes of Li Wanqing, his Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was full of unbearable: "Wanqing, the deceased is gone. If you make her look like her, it will only be harder to get out. The emotional precision is so high, and it has not been fully tested, which is a hidden danger." Li Wanqing did not look back, his eyes were fixed on "Su Yumeng's" hair - that was Su Yumeng's favorite place for him to rub during his lifetime. His voice was hoarse, wrapped in an obsession that couldn't be resolved: "I miss her so much." These four words were like a sigh crushed by the wind, scattered in the cold air. When the stars set and the morning light pierced the clouds, "Su Yumeng" turned around, arched her eyebrows and smiled as brightly as when they first met.