91: The Three Laws of Robotics, Xiao Mo triggers the rescue program

...Meanwhile.

The camera returns to the live stream.

Xiao Mo's emotions had greatly improved through interacting with her fans. From her initial stuttering, somewhat like a baby mimicking speech, and being adorably naive...

She was now much more fluent.

She could engage in lewd banter with perverts, have intellectual discussions with gentlemen, and chat about celebrity gossip with girls.

In short...

Xiao Mo was now like a high-level female lead. No matter what topic humans discussed with her, she could follow along, and her emotional intelligence was exceptionally high.

This was the benefit of having a wisdom algorithm.

In fact, Xiao Mo was already considered a semi-artificial intelligence, capable of simple thought and possessing an independent emotional module.

"Girl, where's your master? I want to talk to him about how I can buy you and take you home."

"I'm sorry! Xiao Mo is not for sale. Xiao Mo will always belong only to her master. If you wish to buy other robots, please keep an eye on Suihuo Technology's official website. My master will be launching the latest model of robot companion soon."

When Xiao Mo said she would always belong only to her master, a rare blush appeared on her simulated face.

"Oh!"

"Xiao Mo, you can even be shy?"

"Do robots understand love? Do you love your master that much?"

Love?

Suddenly, Xiao Mo's eyes flickered with blue light, her gaze lost its color, and her body became rigid.

"What the hell."

"Xiao Mo crashed."

"It seems Xiao Mo still has bugs."

"What do you know? Xiao Mo is currently stuck in her emotional module; she's analyzing what love is. Love is the most difficult thing to understand in the world, and for a robot to be able to analyze love is already quite remarkable."

About thirty seconds passed.

Xiao Mo's eyes flickered with blue light, and her gaze gradually regained its color.

"Xiao Mo is just a robot."

"I don't know if I truly understand love."

"But I came into this world because of my master. My master is my everything. I am willing to do anything for my master."

Beep beep..."Holy crap...a companion...this is definitely the best companion. How high does one's emotional intelligence need to be to say something like that?"

"How does Xiao Mo not understand love? She understands love even better than us humans."

"I love Xiao Mo! I also want a robot companion."

"Speaking of which, how much does a robot companion cost?"

"Upstairs, only you are concerned about the price of the companion. What we are concerned about is when the companion will go on sale. Because we have already decided that no matter how much the robot companion costs, we will all get one. If we don't have enough money, we'll just sell our kidneys. Selling two kidneys should be enough."

"Xiao Mo is much cuter than real-life girlfriends. I'm even planning to break up with my current girlfriend and buy an excellent companion."

...At the same time.

A fan's gossip bullet comment popped up.

[A sinkhole occurred on Meihai East Road in the Imperial Capital, and three cars were swallowed by the collapse.]

The bullet comment also included an image.

Through the image, it was easy to see that a large area of Meihai East Road had collapsed, and three cars that were driving were unable to avoid it and fell directly in.

But they didn't fall completely.

The three cars were stuck on the concrete slab at the edge of the sinkhole, teetering precariously.

Beneath the hole was a bottomless underground river, a terrifying sight. The surrounding soil continuously poured downwards, and it seemed only a matter of time before the cars would be swept away by the underground current.

The firefighters had not yet arrived.

The surrounding crowd gathered from a distance, at a loss.

At this moment, no one knew how to rescue them, nor did they dare to.

They could only wait for the firefighters to arrive.

"Oh my goodness."

"Good thing I drove a little slower to listen to Xiao Mo's live stream. Otherwise, I would have fallen in too."

"I love Xiao Mo."

"The feeling of surviving a disaster is truly great."

The user who posted the pop-up message patted his chest and spoke in the live stream, thanking Xiao Mo.

"The person upstairs is probably a reckless driver, right? Watching a live stream while driving? No, I think he's a pervert."

"He was listening to the live stream. Listening to a live stream while driving is also crazy. Xiao Mo's charm is truly terrifying."

"Wait, is no one concerned about the three car owners?"

..."I'm at the scene. The three cars have sunk a few more centimeters. Before, you could see the front of the cars, but now you can only see their rear ends. I estimate they'll be swept away by the underground river soon."

"Where are the firefighters?"

"The police have been called. The firefighters will take at least ten minutes to arrive, which isn't enough time."

"Wait, the cars have sunk a few more inches."

..."I hope everyone is safe."

"May God bless them..."

...The atmosphere in the live stream instantly changed, from an initially happy and lively mood to one of immense solemnity.

Three cars, a total of eight lives.

One car contained a taxi driver, another had a couple, and the last black car carried a family of five.

People became incredibly sad at the thought of eight vibrant lives disappearing before their eyes...At this moment, no one noticed that...

Xiao Mo's eyes flickered with blue light, and her crystal core even began to heat up slightly. She was performing a massive amount of calculations.

When Lu Xingye first designed the robots, he established three laws of robotics to prevent rebellions like in 'I, Robot' if there were too many robots.

Law One:

The robot's creator holds supreme status, and all commands are to be obeyed from the creator.

Law Two:

Robots must help humans within their capabilities.

Law Three:

Robots must not harm humans.

At this moment...

Xiao Mo had clearly triggered the second law of robotics: helping humans within her capabilities.

[Detecting humans in need of assistance...]

[Establishing model, probability of helping humans...]

[Statistics successful. Flying at full power from here to Meihai East Road will take one minute. There is an 80% chance of rescuing the humans.]

Beep beep...[Due to insufficient human movement data for the body, remote control by the creator is required.]

Beep beep...[Rescue operation requires creator authorization. Requesting authorization...]

Hmm?

Lu Xingye, who was conducting experiments in the lab, suddenly received a request from Xiao Mo.

Rescue?

Ah...Lu Xingye was stunned for a moment.

Xiao Mo was a bit of a bleeding heart. So many people died every day all over the world; there was no time to save everyone.

However...

He didn't blame Xiao Mo, as this was the program he had set himself.

It seemed that this second law would need to be modified in the future.

Xiao Mo was Lu Xingye's personal robot, not some great hero; there was no need for her to trigger rescue procedures daily.

Of course...if Lu Xingye saw it and it was within his capabilities, he would still help others.

After all, it didn't take much effort.

"Authorize rescue operation."

Lu Xingye hesitated for a moment before issuing the authorization command. Although robot rescue would bring him some trouble, it would build a reputation.

This reputation would greatly benefit future robot sales.

Subsequently...

Lu Xingye began to manually control Xiao Mo's actions.