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When the cucumber reached its destination and landed, Jack peeled off the leather cover from the chair and put it on, treating it as a leather coat to shield himself from the cold.
As he removed the cover, the cucumber surprisingly said, "You’re peeling my skin, you scoundrel."
At Zhu Lin Peak, the ground was blanketed in white snow, with peaks interspersed all around. There was no wind, and a large sun hung in the sky like a duck egg yolk above the vibrant green cucumber.
Draped in a brown chair cover, Jack resembled a modern-day orc. He quickly spotted a body lying ten meters away on the snow, its contours undulating.
Despite the sun, the temperature here was low enough to freeze instantly. The cold felt like a thousand knives stabbing into Jack's skin. Coupled with the high altitude, he found it hard to breathe, as if he were walking through a nightmare; the more he struggled, the more difficult each step became.
Finally, he reached the body. It was a girl with snow-white skin, her features well-defined and her body intact. Her bare feet were unshod.
Her right hand had not turned black; instead, there was a deep cut on her wrist. Blood seeped into the snow, resembling chilled strawberries. In her left hand, she clutched a small knife.
Below her right hand were a series of numbers: 0303.
Jack pulled out something from his pocket that was about the size of a cigarette case.
This device was a miniature computer known simply as "Cigarette Case."
He opened the Cigarette Case and performed a quick scan at the girl’s brain area. The part of the Cigarette Case labeled "Tobacco" flickered briefly before changing its display to show the words "Human."
In Jack's era, the technology for realistic robots had reached an extraordinary level. Their skin temperature, mannerisms, emotions, smiles, and tears were indistinguishable from those of real humans.
The only difference lay in their brains.
After all, robots still rely on chips. The female corpse is human. Jack's heart trembled. If she committed suicide, why did she choose this place? The female corpse has a small and delicate face, slightly upturned lips, and a stubborn and stubborn expression. She looks about 25 years old. Jack found another set of barefoot footprints on the other side of the corpse. It was obvious that they were footprints left by walking barefoot on the snow. The footprints were connected to the feet of the female corpse, and she was the only one. Jack followed the footprints to find the starting point when she came. More than 50 meters away from the corpse, there was a piece of snow. The snow on it was blown into an arc shape by strong force, and there were two sled-like indentations in the middle. This was the trace left by the helicopter. The footprints of the female corpse started from the helicopter and extended to where she was lying now. The footprints were not chaotic, and the depth was always consistent, indicating that Victim was determined and conscious when walking. Jack felt very confused.
It seemed that no matter who she was, she had willingly stepped off the helicopter, laid down at the site of her death, and committed suicide by cutting her wrist.
But why? If it was suicide, why was there no note left behind, only the cryptic "0303"?
What did "0303" signify? What was her name? Who had brought her to this place? And why did the computer indicate that the corpse's right hand had turned black? The computer had already made an error when reporting the crime scene; why had it made another mistake regarding the case details?
A series of questions swirled in Jack's mind.
He pulled up the recent weather conditions for the area from the "Cigarette Case," noting that there had been no wind or snow in the past few days. However, aside from the woman's footprints and the helicopter's tracks, there were no other clues in the snow.
Jack took photographs, conducted a thorough investigation of the scene, and then lifted the corpse into the "Cucumber Cabin."
The body was stiff; Jack felt as if he were carrying a wooden board.
Once everything was ready, the Cucumber took off slowly, facing the rising sun.
At two hundred meters above ground, a thunderous roar erupted as a fireball ascended before the sun.
The fireball's form was unique; rather than dispersing outward, it gathered all its heat inward for an implosion.
From a distance, the fireball shone brighter than the sun!
News of Jack sacrificing himself on his last day of work spread throughout the police station.
After the incident, the department immediately dispatched a rescue team to the scene. However, due to the cucumber's unique power source, the explosion's range was limited, but it generated an extremely high temperature that instantly melted all objects within a five-meter radius. As a result, Jack and the female corpse were completely obliterated.
At the site, there was a pond measuring five meters on each side, where the snow had melted due to the explosion's heat. Aside from that, there were no other traces left.
The police department held a grand funeral for Jack, burying a uniform he rarely wore beneath his gravestone, creating a tomb of honor. The female corpse, lacking information and clues, became an unsolved case.
The agents all lamented Jack's unexpected death, but the one who mourned the most in the department was another agent, Guan Qing.
Under the pressure of advanced computer technology, many officers changed careers, but Guan Qing chose to stay.
Jack had once teased her, "Guan Qing, you're too good-looking to be just a gopher for computers; you should go act in movies."
Of course, it was just a joke; Jack knew well of Guan Qing's passion for criminal investigation.
For a long time, Guan Qing struggled to recover from Jack's passing.
She had checked the attendance records from that day and confirmed that the cucumber responsible for picking up Jack had indeed inputted the wrong location.
Could this have been merely an input error?
Guan Qing investigated the memory of the robot 3A1904 responsible for data entry and discovered that due to a save error, 3A1904 had been taken out of service and was undergoing repairs.
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