3 3 301 DialogEnable Wanshi Hook up the artificial heart, use the suction device to suck the vital fluid away, block the local pain signals, and transfer the feedback to the external terminal.
4 4 301 Assistant A & B Understood.
5 5 301 The assistants help prepare the Construct on the maintenance bed according to Wanshi's instructions. Wanshi changes into dustproof clothes and stands in the center of the maintenance room. An assistant approaches him at that moment.
6 6 301 Assistant A Doctor Wanshi, a Construct was taken to maintenance room 13.
7 7 301 Wanshi Turn on data projection.
8 8 301 Wanshi nods as he looks at the scan of the Construct in maintenance room 13 and says to the assistant.
9 9 301 Wanshi The auxiliary circulatory system of the lower chamber is damaged. Help me start the remote maintenance kit in maintenance room 13.
10 10 301 Assistant A Huh, but that would take a huge toll on your mind.
11 11 301 Wanshi takes several connecting wires from the kit terminal aside and attaches them to his head, ignoring the assistant's persuasion.
12 12 301 Wanshi Testing connection.
13 13 301 The view of maintenance room 13 is revealed by the kit terminal, several robotic arms lifting the maintenance tools in turn under Wanshi's control. The damaged parts of the Construct are magnified through the microscope, and the gathered data is displayed on the dials of the robotic arms.
14 14 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Wanshi That's alright. We'll fix them at the same time.
18 18 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Wanshi Maintenance over. I'll leave the module "stitiching" to you. 1
19 19 301 Wanshi pushes the maintenance tools aside. The robotic arms slowly lower in the projection of the terminal, putting an end to the work in maintenance room 13.
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21 21 301 1 Assistant B Yes, Doctor. 1
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23 23 301 The assistant takes a step forward and takes over the maintenance tool after hearing this. Wanshi stretches out and steps back to make room for the assistant.
26 24 301 However, when Wanshi is stepping back, he suddenly stumbles on his feet. Everything in the maintenance room seems illusory and distant to him. He reaches out to the left, and the touch of the wall brings him back to reality. He keeps his footing by holding onto the wall.
65 58 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Lies are everywhere in human society.
66 59 301 Lies are around each of us from the moment we come into this world. And everyone will come into contact with them as part of the social network.
67 60 301 Lies, ill-intended or not, are alterations to reality.
68 61 301 The moment you see beyond the lies and find reality, a certain string will begin to tighten... or snap.
69 62 301 AniZhuanchangBegin And what might have sounded inconsequential in daily life may turn deadly dangerous after the wall of lies is breached.
72 65 301 AniZhuanchangEnd The confusion caused by the shocking news from the professor makes Wanshi forget when he was called into the office and when did the topic come up.
73 66 301 Wanshi, frozen in place, swallows hard, trying to suppress the shock and find the words.
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76 69 301 1 Wanshi Professor, what you just said... 1
77 70 301 Professor Yes, some lives are more equal than others in the Star of Life, a place that is supposed to save all lives. 2
78 71 301 Professor Our Construct Maintenance Department, which was established by the military and the Science Council, is basically a slaughterhouse covered with lies. 2
79 72 301 Wanshi Then the so-called recalling... 1
80 73 301 Professor The Constructs known to the public that have been recalled and returned to the battlefields are nothing more than exceptions shaped by the military to be inspirations. 2
81 74 301 Professor They weren't using recalls, but an arduous operation that extracted the Constructs' memories. By controlling the time difference, they created an illusion of a recall. 2
82 200 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Professor This means that not every Construct is immortal. Their demise on the fields also spells their farewell to this world. 2
88 79 301 AniZhuanchangEnd AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Assistant B Speaking of which, I often heard you use recalling to comfort the Constructs during the adjustment. 1
93 82 301 If it's a lie, then what I did before...
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97 86 301 1 Wanshi ... 1
98 87 301 Professor The memory extraction operation is different from the frame replacement one, which is done with precise instruments and professional assistance. 2
99 88 301 Professor It's a dangerous and complicated technique to perform memory extractions on the battlefield and strip the M.I.N.D. from the frame, which might even result in the loss of memory data. 2
100 89 301 Professor And what is recalling known for? 2
101 1001 301 Professor That we could quickly activate it on the verge of death and safely transfer the Constructs' memories to Babylonia at the cost of a slight deviation in their M.I.N.D.s. 2
102 1002 301 Professor If it's so easy to achieve the same effect as a memory extraction, why would we continue to delve into the mysteries of the M.I.N.D. to improve the success rate of those operations? 2
103 1003 301 Professor Recall... has been a trick for the Constructs from the very beginning. 2
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105 301 504 0.7
106 91 301 Stop it.
107 92 301 Perhaps it's just that we don't have enough clearance to know the higher-up's intentions...
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111 95 301 1 Wanshi It can't be... the Science Council, the military, the Parliament members—they must have some ways to make recalling possible that they can't share with us... 1
112 96 301 Professor Take a look at this data. 2
113 97 301 Wanshi This is... 1
114 98 301 Professor It's a list of Constructs that have enabled recalling. It also records the flow of data shortly after that. 2
115 99 301 Wanshi How could it be... All those memories were... 1
116 100 301 Professor Exactly. All of them were led into a void. They couldn't feel anything in the outside world, like a computer being shut down. 2
117 101 301 Professor They thought their minds were freed, and one day someone outside will turn them on again. 2
118 102 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Professor But the truth is that their memories were never separated from reality—they were also shattered by this war along with their fallen frames. 2
123 106 301 AniZhuanchangEnd AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Wanshi Constructs can feel pain just as well as humans. Isn't it a doctor's job to ease their pain? 1
128 109 301 Professor, please tell me this is a bad joke. Or else I...
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132 113 301 1 Wanshi ... 1
133 114 301 Wanshi If it's a lie, why are you telling me? 1
134 115 301 Wanshi Aren't you afraid that I'll tell the Constructs the truth? 1
135 116 301 Professor Will you? 2
136 117 301 Wanshi I... 1
137 118 301 Professor You won't. 2
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140 120 301 Stop it.
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143 122 301 1 Professor To let them step into battles with false hopes, or to let them know the truth, to face the harsh reality and confront their end in pain... 1
144 123 301 Professor ...I know what your choice would be just by the look on your face when you were helping those Constructs. 1
145 124 301 Professor It is the same choice as the one I made before... 1
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148 126 301 Stop it...
149 127 301 ...How should I respond to the weight of your trust?
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152 129 301 1 Wanshi That's selfish of you. 1
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154 131 301 1 Professor Selfish? Perhaps... 1
155 133 301 Professor Maybe I'm just a jester that couldn't hold it together on my own anymore. Maybe I just want to find someone to talk to. 1
156 134 301 Professor The blood-soaked facts won't be changed by individuals. Our department has compromised with their lies due to so many factors, which is probably my sin, this cowardice. 1
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159 136 301 Stop it.
160 137 301 Wanshi's hands clench tightly in agony as he feels the warmth of blood oozing from his palms.
161 138 301 He wants to question, to scold, and to get rid of the past.
162 139 301 He slowly raises his hands, trying to do something, only to see the sad and haggard face of the professor when looking up.
163 140 301 The professor who brought him into the Star of Life has already grown so old already.
164 141 301 The hands in the air finally freeze before his chest.
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167 143 301 1 Wanshi ... 1
168 144 301 Wanshi This is no excuse to keep lying to the Constructs. 1
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170 146 301 1 Professor I didn't mean to coerce you by telling you the truth. I... wish that you'd find a different answer... 1
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172 148 301 1 Wanshi I... I'll never end up like you, telling lies in the name of salvation. 1
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174 150 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Wanshi tears off the badge of the Star of Life and drops it on the professor's desk with the sole wish of leaving this suffocating room as soon as possible without looking at him again.
