《Science Magazine》雁春尘

2、Robo-1 Robo-

　　When I woke up, the days are dark and red, as if the sky was stained by blood. There was a screen in front of my eyesight. Suddenly, the words “Memory Restore” appeared. Then, a window of “Allow” and “Disallow” appeared. Automatically, I had no choice but to choose “Allow”. Then, thousands of words and data flooded into my memory section. The information was too large to accept at once, and everything turned into black again.
　　The second time I woke up, I remembered every little detail of how I ended up here, with only red sky. It all started a few days ago, the catastrophe began. Men were crying and spreading everywhere to hide the extreme weather that no one has ever seen before.
　　Mountains and the Earth’s crest broke into pieces. The rocks were running and chasing people as if they were playing hide-and-seek. Floods were even on the central plains of Alberta. The waves were no longer the prayers of Mother Nature. Instead, they were the angry howling of offended founder, the founder of Earth or the immortal known as the God. Gentle breezes turned onto hurricanes and tornados, shredding every remains of the buildings. The city was a fried garden, no longer paradises to the mankind. Bent towers as if begging for forgiveness.
　　Yet it was too late, hope had slipped away from the Pandora Case.
　　Of course, I had never seen all those images, it was just found in my database. At that day, I was just born, just ready to explore. Unfortunately, it seemed that there were nothing more to be explored.
　　My father one, so to speak, hid me into a multiple layer safe box that looked like a coffin more than a safe box. With his serious face and tone, he spoke to me:
　　“Don’t come out. Not until the light inside turns green.”
　　“Yes, I understand.”
　　“Remember to look for whoever survived.”
　　“Yes, I understand.”
　　“Be careful with your body, replenish your batteries and fix your body as soon as possible.”
　　“Yes, I understand.”
　　“I will bring the others to see you when you come out. You are the most precious piece I’ve ever made.”
　　“Yes, I understand.”
　　“Good luck.”
　　“Yes, I understand.”
　　At last, the light inside the safe box never turned green. My father one never brought anyone to see me. The floods hit the lab few minutes after father one left the room. The equipment inside the lab was damaged by water and salts. I was lucky enough to close the case before the floods hit. Though, the box did not protect me for very long. It got hit by something and opened. Until today, I was finally awakened, to finish what my father one had assigned me to do.
　　Yes, the day was Dec. 31st, 2012. I am the first and the last intellectualized robot on Earth, Robo-1, built to look for survivors and to continue the human civilization even if there were no humans around anymore…