Faulty Utopia

Hearing Tapai's words, Sun Jack looked at him helplessly and shook his head, "Just wait, wait for the feedback from the Think Tank."

Tapai opened his chest armor and took out some food. "Hungry? Want to eat something?"

"I'm not hungry, I have no appetite." Sun Jack took the half-smoked cigarette from his ear, relit it, and took a deep drag.

A scanning laser shot out from Tapai's eyes, quickly penetrating Sun Jack's body, scanning him.

"But according to your current blood sugar level, hormone secretion, fat, and protein metabolism, you are indeed in a state of hunger."

Sun Jack ignored him, smoking his cigarette and staring blankly at the sky, more worried about something else right now than UO's suggestion.

"Do you think Father Sun Jieke's change implies that my willpower is not as firm as I imagined?"

"I've been imitating humans for so long, learning nothing else but the one thing that everyone changes. (´Д`)y Everyone is the same."

"But I can't change, everything would be finished if I changed, then all those past sacrifices, all those people who died because of me would have died in vain." White smoke enveloped Sun Jack's face, making his features faint and indistinct.

"You can't change that, that's just human nature, in fact, cases like you are the exception. (ᖛ̫.ᖛ)ʃ)"

"Damn." Sun Jack lifted his right foot and kicked Tapai's metallic body, his metal boots clanging against Tapai with a crisp sound.

"Can you stop using those broken emoticons? They're annoying as hell."

"Oh ha, you think I'll listen just because you say so? I won't, I've decided, from now on, every sentence I say will have an emoticon. (๑╹ꇴ╹)ｸﾞｯ!"

Sun Jack glanced at him, "Don't forget, so many people have died because of you too, you must also atone for this."

Tapi wore an indifferent expression. "As a robot, I think this definition of atonement seems useless to me, but if you insist, then alright, though I still have to say, I did nothing wrong. (*/ω＼*)"

"Emola is too close to Metropolis, if we don't deal with Emola, we don't even have a month's time to move to the wilderness. (つ﹏⊂)."

Sun Jack shook his head, knowing that Tapai still held that kind of idea, he wasn't human, he was just an AI that had recently awakened.

He was merely imitating, but still not a real human, at best like those with intellectual disabilities without self-control.

Although Tapai was very useful, this idiot must be closely monitored by himself.

"Tapai, calculate, if based on the change in Father Sun Jieke, how long can the current Sun Jack composite last?"

No sooner had Sun Jack asked than Tapai replied directly, "4 years, 6 months, 11 days, this is the answer according to the changes in human data I've collected. According to my calculations, in 4 years, 6 months, and 11 days, your clone's synchronization rate with your consciousness will reach a critical value, exceeding 50%, and the clone will no longer allow you to overlap consciousness, considering the replacement between the old and new Sun Jack as well."

"That short?" Although Sun Jack didn't consider himself as having an iron will, less than five years seemed too short.

"It's already long enough, and you don't have to worry. This is just about unwillingness to synchronize, doesn't it mean they won't help you? Five years is not enough time to change the personality as well. (◞‸◟)"

"Is there another way to stop it?" Sun Jack asked unwillingly,

"Unless you do nothing, just be responsible for syncing wills with 30,000 Sun Jacks every day, otherwise there will definitely be differentiation between Sun Jack and Sun Jack. (・ε・｀)"

"Can I replace them periodically? Any unstable Sun Jacks, just destroy them immediately."

"Damn, like a modern-day barber, huh? Are you really that harsh on yourself? Can't you be a bit nicer to yourself?"

"Just tell me if it's possible or not."

"Of course, it's not possible. Doing that would only accelerate the desynchronization of consciousness. If you really go through with this, you'd become part of the Clone rebellion. Seriously, be a bit nicer to yourself."

Sun Jack silently noted this time in his mind. He knew that he didn't have much time left.

His current ability to barely hold his own against FFP depended entirely on the unreserved cooperation of the Sun Jack Clone group.

He had only this much time. He had to accomplish his goals within this period, otherwise, it would be troublesome.

"Are you really not eating? Look, everyone else is eating. (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ"

Tapai pointed to the corner where the Poet was vigorously slurping spicy noodles.

Seeing that the two were watching him, the greasy-mouthed Poet grinned, revealing his chive-covered front teeth.

"I kind of regret recruiting him. Besides producing some crappy poetry, I don't see what use he is," said Sun Jack as he forcefully bit into the compressed biscuit handed over by Tapai.

"Hey~ 2B!!" The Poet suddenly stood up, throwing his noodle bowl at Sun Jack with all his might.

The next second, the soup full of red oil scattered midair, outlining a human silhouette in the air.

Seeing this scene, the screen on Tapai's face immediately turned red, "Enemy attack! ╰_╯"

With a swift motion of Tapai's arms through the air, a huge magnetic field shield enveloped Sun Jack, blocking the incoming rapid-fire lasers from the assailant.

"Shit!" As Sun Jack swung his arm, his Laser Rod buzzed and extended rapidly, stabbing towards the blurred figure in midair.

Seeing that they had been spotted, the attackers stopped hiding, revealing their pure silver Liquid Metal skins. At that moment, Sun Jack realized that over a dozen had already infiltrated the tunnel boring machine!

Upon seeing the silver skins, he immediately identified them, they were FFP's liquid robots!

"Isn't the tunnel boring machine underground? How did he find me!"

Sun Jack's scalp tightened. He immediately suspected the conversation he just had with UO. "Could it be him? Was his plan all along to find me? Did he sell me out to FFP to save himself?!"

Sun Jack was about to counterattack when he instinctively flew up, the ground instantly cracking. Coldness began spreading from the spot where Sun Jack had just stood, quickly covering the surroundings with a cold frost, and the temperature inside the tunnel boring machine rapidly dropped.

Tapai swiftly flew in front of Sun Jack, "I'm connecting you to the network, sync your consciousness and leave first!"

However, just as he finished speaking, he staggered, and together with Sun Jack, they plummeted towards the ground.

Watching the lost signal on the system screen, Sun Jack's heart continuously sank.

While being in the radiation mud beneath the tunnel boring machine was immensely safe, if someone discovered it, this place would become nothing but a massive iron coffin!