107: Section 107

What the heck?

A sweeping robot?

Automatic fire extinguishing?

And it's chasing him and attacking him?

Director Chen couldn't understand what the other person was saying from those few words, so he quickly led his team and rushed inside.

"Don't move!"

Members of the National Security Bureau instantly aimed their guns at the target inside the house... wait... a robot?

After pushing the door open and entering, the others finally saw the situation inside the house clearly.

Just as Xiao Zhang had said, there were indeed three sweeping robots surrounding him.

There were three sweeping robots: two small ones and one large one.

Weren't these the sweeping robots Lin Bai had purchased earlier!?

Two of them had even deployed special flying devices on their sides, allowing them to spin continuously around Xiao Zhang, preventing him from leaving.

Then, using an extended vacuum hose, they continuously sprayed the accumulated trash inside the machines all over Xiao Zhang.

Dust and garbage swirled everywhere, making it almost impossible for Xiao Zhang to open his eyes.

The third sweeping robot, which was larger and couldn't fly, was the mop-and-wash integrated machine Lin Bai had originally bought, which came with a water storage tank.

Now, this water was relentlessly washing over Xiao Zhang, clearly making him miserable.

But since these were Lin Bai's property, and what they were doing was dishonorable, Xiao Zhang didn't even dare to fight back without an order; he could only lie there, covering his head and passively taking the beating.

"Holy crap? Are these the flying sweeping robots that Li Yaoyao mentioned in her report?"

"But shouldn't their function be sweeping, mopping, and collecting trash?"

"How do they also have functions like detecting fire sources, automatic fire extinguishing, and even attacking intruders?"

For a moment, Director Chen was stunned and at a loss.

However, worried about Xiao Zhang's safety, he decided to shoot the sweeping robots to destroy their internal mechanisms.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After three shots, the three sweeping robots finally ceased their attack and fell to the floor, motionless.

"Director... what is going on?"

"I had just finished setting up that small explosive device in the kitchen and was about to leave when the robots immediately started spraying water toward that area, drenching the entire kitchen, and then they started surrounding and attacking me!"

Having finally escaped the triple siege of dust, garbage, and dirty water, Xiao Zhang was utterly disheveled.

Director Chen also found it hard to believe.

"Li Yaoyao only mentioned that these three sweeping robots could fly, but I never expected them to possess seemingly advanced artificial intelligence!"

"They can automatically judge sources of danger and identify intruders?"

"This is clearly a relatively advanced form of artificial intelligence!"

"This must also be a very advanced technology, perhaps so advanced that we couldn't identify or discover it before!"

I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain from this trip.

However... due to the urgency of the situation just now, he even fired three shots inside the house.

This will be difficult to explain.

Originally, he planned to tell Lin Bai that it was an accidental fire, but now it seems he needs a different excuse.

Director Chen thought for a moment and quickly came up with another excuse.

As for these three machines, they definitely couldn't be left here.

So, he decided to just take the three sweeping robots back for the research team to study.

It just so happened that he had heard one of the difficulties in the Spaceborne Aircraft Carrier Project was the need for relatively advanced artificial intelligence to complete certain intelligent collaborative operation commands.

"Take these back, clean up the scene, and continue the mission!"

Without the obstruction of the three sweeping robots.

The subsequent mission was completed very smoothly.

Just then, on their way back from shopping at the mall, Lin Bai and Li Yaoyao saw several fire trucks returning.

Lin Bai even joked, "It's a pleasant autumn day; we must be careful about fire."

However.

When he returned to the mountaintop, Lin Bai couldn't help but be stunned.

"What the heck?"

"Did my house catch fire?"

From outside the gate, he could see many people standing outside his front door: security guards, property management staff, police, and firefighters.

"I can't be this unlucky, can I?"

"The villa I won in a lottery is being burned down after I've only lived here for a few months?"

However, what reassured Lin Bai was this:

When he got closer, he realized that fortunately, only the left side of the villa had issues; the other areas seemed fine, and the damage hadn't spread.

"Mr. Lin Bai!"

"You're finally back!"

The person who came to greet him was another National Security Bureau member disguised as property management; his current identity was a Property Management Supervisor.

He was also the person who had signed the contract with Lin Bai for the lottery-won villa.

So Lin Bai recognized the person immediately.

"Why did it suddenly catch fire? I remember I haven't even used the kitchen!"

"Was it caused by an electrical short circuit or something?"

Facing Lin Bai's confusion, the Supervisor had already discussed the excuse with Director Chen.

He said to Mr. Lin with an apologetic expression, "We are truly sorry, Mr. Lin Bai!"

"What happened is that our security guards were negligent and accidentally allowed a serious criminal fugitive to sneak in!"

"Then, in order to evade police pursuit, he saw that Mr. Lin Bai's house was empty, developed malicious intent, and smashed a window to get inside and hide!"

"However, during the process, he was discovered by our security guards, who contacted the police."

"When the police entered to make the arrest, this serious criminal fugitive actually smashed open your kitchen's natural gas pipeline, causing an explosion."

"Fortunately, when we reported the fire, fire trucks happened to be patrolling nearby, so the villa didn't suffer greater damage."

"But please rest assured, Mr. Lin, we will certainly provide you with the most satisfactory compensation!"

After hearing this, Lin Bai felt speechless inside.

This is just too unlucky, isn't it?

However... if it were just an ordinary thief entering, Lin Bai would definitely blame the security guards here for being negligent and ineffective.

But after all, he was a serious criminal fugitive.

Security guards aren't police officers.

Earning a meager salary, it's understandable that they wouldn't sacrifice their lives to protect someone else's property.

And knowing to contact the police so quickly was already doing their utmost.

Therefore, Lin Bai didn't blame the other party.

Furthermore, this wasn't really Property Management's fault, but since the other party was willing to apologize and offer compensation, Lin Bai accepted the apology.

At this moment, a National Security Bureau member dressed in a police uniform walked over, bringing a document for Lin Bai to sign.

He also added to Lin Bai, "We apologize, Comrade Lin Bai. Just now, while pursuing the fugitive, we were forced to fire shots inside your house, which unfortunately damaged your three sweeping robots."

"But please rest assured, our bureau will also compensate you!"

"However, because firearms and bullets were involved, we need to recover these sweeping robots pierced by bullets. If you have no objection, please sign this document."

“...”

"Three shots, took out three sweeping robots?"

"That's some accurate shooting..."

Lin Bai muttered a silent complaint internally.

However, he didn't think too much about it, subconsciously assuming that the fugitive had used his sweeping robots as shields, which was why they were hit.

It was just an unexpected coincidence that they were all sweeping robots.

Finally.

Lin Bai walked into the house to inspect it.

He found that there was no other damage.

Except that the floor and walls were soaking wet from the firefighting efforts.

The worst damage was in the kitchen area, where some cabinets, walls, and furniture had been burned.

But that was all.

Apart from the kitchen, no other areas showed damage.

There weren't even footprints above the second floor; everything was tidy and clean, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Lin Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.