Chapter 16 Chapter 16 God!I see

At first, Bailey felt that he was surrounded, and his vision of the open space was blocked.Then he saw a face looking down at him. Bailey looked at the face and didn't recognize it for a moment.Then he called out, "Daniel!" Hearing his name, the robot didn't show a relieved look or any expression: "Your consciousness has recovered, very good, partner Ilya. I don't think your body has been harmed." "I'm fine." Bailey tried to prop himself up on his elbows. "God, I'm in bed? What's going on?" "You have been exposed to the outside several times today, and the accumulated times have affected your body. You need to take a good rest."

"I need more answers." Bailey looked around.This is a strange room, the curtains in the room are all down, and the light is also reassuring artificial light.He feels better. "Where am I now?" he asked. "In Mrs. Dahlmann's house." "What's going on? What are you doing here? How do you get rid of those robots watching you?" Daniel said, "I don't think you're happy about this development, but in order to keep you safe and obey the orders I've received, I don't think I have any choice but to—" "My God! What did you do?"

"A few hours ago, Mrs. Dahlmann seemed to want to see you." "That's right." Bailey recalled that Gnadia had mentioned this to him earlier, "I know." "Your order to the robot guarding me is: 'Don't let him—you mean me—communicate with other humans or other robots, neither in person nor by video.' However, Partner Ilya, you didn't say that you don't want people or other robots to contact me, do you see the difference?" Bailey groaned. Daniel said: "Don't be discouraged, partner Ilya. The lack in your order is the key to saving your life. It is because of this lack that I can get here in time. Before, Mrs. Dahlman got permission from the robot that imprisoned me to The video met me and she asked me where you were. I told her frankly that I didn't know, but I could find a way to find you. She seemed anxious for me to find you. I said, I think you may have left the house for a while, I'll look it up, and I'll ask her if she can order the robot in the room to find you too."

"Isn't she surprised that you didn't order the robot yourself?" "I thought, I gave her the impression that I'm an Aurora, not as used to robots as she is; her orders would be more authoritative and efficient. Apparently, the Solari's skill at operating robots is quite Conceited, they also look down on the ability of people from other planets to use robots. Don't you think so, partner Elijah?" "And she ordered them to go away?" "She had some trouble ordering them to go, because the robots kept saying they were ordered not to leave, and you told them not to reveal my real identity, so they couldn't explain to Mrs. Dahlmann what orders they had. Anyway, she forced They gave in, but she ended up screaming angrily and giving orders."

"So you left?" "Yes, partner Ilya." Bailey thought, it's a pity that when he met Gnadia by video, she didn't understand the importance of this matter to him, so she didn't tell him: "I think you probably searched for a long time to find me, Daniel .” "The robots in the Solari world are all equipped with a message network connected by sub-ether waves. A Solari with good technology can easily obtain the information he needs, but these information must be transmitted through millions of machines. I I don't have much experience in this field, and it will take a while to search. It took me more than an hour to learn your whereabouts, and I also spent a little time visiting the place where Dr. Dahlman works."

"What are you doing there?" "Going to do some of my personal investigative work. I'm sorry I'm taking it upon myself to do so, but I'm in a rush and have no choice." Bailey asked, "Did you meet with Clorisa Gantoro, or did you see her in person?" "I met her, but it was on the other side of her mansion, not from our property. I have to check some records in the training center, although these records can only be checked in the normal way of watching videos. Well, but it may be inconvenient to do this on our property. Those three robots know my real identity, and they will probably imprison me again."

Bailey felt he had almost returned to normal.When he got up and got out of bed, he realized that he was wearing something like pajamas.He glanced at the suit in disgust: "Bring me my clothes." Daniel is quite obedient now. "Where's Mrs. Dahlman?" asked Belley as he dressed. "Under house arrest, partner Ilya." "What? Who gave the order?" "Me. She is under house arrest in her bedroom, guarded by a robot. Except for the services required for her personal food and daily life, her power to order has been declared invalid." "You announced it?"

"The robots on this field don't know my true identity." Bailey got dressed. "I know things are not going well for Gnadia," he said. "In fact, she did have a chance, and it was far more than we had imagined. She didn't hear her husband's words, as she said at the beginning." She arrived at the scene only because of the cry, but she was actually there all along." "Did she say she saw the murder happen? Did she see the murderer?" "No. She has completely forgotten the situation at the critical moment. This kind of thing happens occasionally. But it turns out that she did have a motive for killing."

"What motive, partner Ilya?" "I doubted it at first. I told myself that if this were Earth, and Dr. Dahlmann was what others said he was, and Gnadia was what she appeared to be, I would say , she loves him very much, but he only loves himself. The difficulty is whether the feeling and reaction of the Solari people to love are the same as those of the Earth people? My judgment on their emotional reactions is not reliable Yes, that's why I'm meeting a handful of Solaris, not by video, but with my own eyes." "I don't understand you, partner Ilya."

"I don't know if I can explain it clearly to you. Before the Solaris were born, their genetic possibilities had been carefully analyzed. After they were born, they had to be tested to know the exact nature of their genes. structure." "I know this." "But genes don't mean everything. The environment is also important. Environmental factors can cause abnormalities, but genes only show the possibility of abnormalities. Have you noticed that Gnadia is very interested in the earth?" "I noticed, partner Ilya, and I suspected that she was only pretending to be interested in Earth in order to influence your opinion."

"If she's really that interested, even to the point of fascination, if she's turned on by something on Earth about crowds, if she's involuntarily drawn to something that the Solari see as nasty, then There is a possibility that she is abnormal. I must detect this possibility, so I must see her and several other Solaris with my own eyes. I want to observe their reactions. Therefore, I am desperate Get rid of you. That's why I can't investigate with video interviews." "You didn't make it clear to me at the time, partner Ilya." "If I make it clear, can you waive the responsibility that the first law requires of you?" Daniel fell silent. "The experiment paid off. I tried to meet people, and I did. An elderly sociologist tried to meet me, but couldn't stand it; Under the oppressive situation, he still refused to meet me. When he was very likely to see me, he sucked his fingers and started crying as if he was a baby; Dr. Dahlman’s assistant had already She is used to seeing people, so she can bear it, but at a distance of five meters; while Gnadia—” "But what, Elijah?" "She only hesitated before agreeing to see me. Not only could she tolerate my presence in front of her, but the more time passed, the less nervous she would be. It all fit the pattern of psychopaths. She didn't care about seeing me, she was fine The earth is very interested, and she may be particularly interested in her husband... All her behavior on this planet can be explained by her extremely strong and morbid interest in the opposite sex. Dr. Dahlman does not encourage this kind of feeling or even The kind to go along with it. This must have distressed Gnadia very much." Daniel nodded: "She was so distressed that she killed on the spur of the moment." "I don't think so, though, Daniel." "Maybe you are influenced by other factors, Ilya? Mrs. Dahlman is a charming woman, and you, you are an earthling. For earthlings, personal contact with attractive women is a kind of pleasure, not abnormal. " "I have a better reason," Bailey said uncomfortably (Daniel's calm eyes were so penetrating that they could dissect a person's soul, God, this thing is just a machine).He added, "If she murdered her husband, she must also be the murderer who tried to kill Grue." On impulse, he almost blurted out to Daniel the possibility of killing people by robots, but he held back.Let the robot act as the murderer without knowing it. This theory does not know what kind of excitement it will bring to Daniel. Daniel continued his words: "And the murderer who planned to kill you." Bailey frowned.He didn't want to tell Daniel about the poisoned arrow. He didn't want to deepen Daniel's strong sense of responsibility to protect him. He said angrily, "What did Clorisa say to you?" He should have told her not to mention it, but then again, how did he know Daniel would run to her? Daniel said calmly: "Mrs. Gantoro has nothing to do with this matter. I witnessed this attempt to kill you with my own eyes." Bailey was completely confused by him: "You're not there." "I got there an hour ago just in time to hug you and bring you here," Daniel said. "what are you saying?" "You don't remember, partner Elijah? It's almost a perfect murder. Mrs. Dahlman advised you to go to the open place, didn't you? I didn't hear it, but I'm sure she must have told you so .” "She suggested so, yes." "She might even lure you out of the house." Bailey thought of his "portrait," and the closed block of gray light.Could this be a very clever method of psychological induction?Is it possible for a Solari to have such a deep understanding of the psychology of an Earthling? "No." he replied. Daniel said, "Is she the one who suggested that you go to the ornamental pool and sit on the stone bench?" "Uh, yes." "Did it occur to you that she might have been watching you and noticed that your dizziness was getting worse?" "She asked me once or twice if I wanted to go back into the house." "She may not have really asked you, she may have noticed that you are getting more and more uncomfortable in the chair, she may have even pushed you, maybe not even pushed. When I rushed to hug you in time , you are falling backwards on your back, falling into a pool that is one meter deep. If you do fall into the pool, you will definitely drown." Only then did Bailey recall his feeling at the last moment before he passed out: "God!" "And," Daniel said calmly and grimly, "Mrs. Dahlman is sitting next to you. She watched you fall, but she didn't put out her hand to stop you, and she didn't mean to pull you up from the water. She wanted you Drowning. Maybe, she will call a robot, but it must be too late when the robot comes. Afterwards, she just needs to explain that she can't even touch you, how to save you?" You're right, Bailey thought.No one doubts that she can't touch humans, that's a fact.If anyone is surprised, it should be surprised that she can be so close to humans. Daniel said: "It can be seen from this, partner Ilya, her crime is beyond doubt. At the beginning you said that whoever killed Dahlman was the murderer who planned to kill Agent Grue. In fact, you are quite suspected of defending her. Now , you must understand that she must have tried to murder Grue. The only reason she wanted to kill you was for the same reason she wanted to kill Grue, to get rid of a troublemaker, to get rid of someone who was actively investigating the first murder people." "These things probably had nothing to do with the murder. She probably didn't know what the outdoors were doing to me," Bayley said. "She has studied the earth, and she knows some strange problems of the earth people." "But I told her I was outdoors today, and I told her I'm getting used to being outdoors." "She should have known that wasn't the case." Bailey clenched his fist with his right hand and struck the palm of his left hand: "You made her too smart, which is unreasonable and unacceptable to me! In short, we cannot accuse her of guilt unless the murder weapon is found." Daniel stared fixedly at the earthling: "I have an answer for this too, partner Ilya." Bailey looked at his robot companion in shock. "Really?" "Partner Ilya, you should remember your reasoning. If Mrs. Dahlman was the murderer, the instrument of the murder—whatever it was—must have remained at the scene of the crime. At that time, the robot who arrived immediately There was no sign of any murder weapon left at the scene, so it must have been concealed or destroyed. Therefore, Mrs. Dahlmann cannot be the murderer. Am I right?" "right." "But," continued the robot, "there is a place the robot has not looked for." "where?" "Under Mrs. Dahlman's body. She was so nervous that she passed out on the ground. Regardless of whether she was the murderer or not, the murder weapon—whatever it was for the time being—has been suppressed by her, and no one else can see it." "She was removed and the murder weapon should have been found," Bailey said. "That's right," Daniel said, "but she wasn't removed by the robot. She told us herself at dinner yesterday that Dr. Saul told the robot to bring a pillow under her head and lay her there. The first person to remove her was Dr. Aden Saul. He removed her when he came to examine Mrs. Dahlman." "so what?" "So, partner Elia, this creates another new possibility. Mrs. Dahlman was the murderer, and the murder weapon was at the scene of the crime. Dr. Saul hid or destroyed the murder weapon in order to protect Mrs. Dahlman." Bailey despises Daniel very much.He had hoped that the robot could actually come up with some reasonable inferences.He asked: "Dr. Saul has no motive at all. Why should he?" "He had a very good reason for doing it. You remember what Mrs. Dahlman said about him? She said: 'I've been nursed by him since I was little, and he's very kind, very kind.' I didn't know why he had any motive to care about her, so I went to the training center to investigate and checked some records and materials. As a result, my guess turned out to be a fact." "what?" "Aden Saul is Gnadia Dahlman's father, and Dr. Saul knows that he has this relationship with her." It never occurred to Bailey to refuse to believe what the robot said, he was only very chagrined that it was the robot Daniel Oliva, not him, who had done the necessary part of this logical analysis.Despite Daniel's eloquence, this logical analysis is still incomplete. "Have you talked to Dr. Saul?" he asked Daniel. "Yes, I put him under house arrest too." "How did he say?" "He admitted that he was Mrs. Dahlman's father. I questioned him with the record of facts and his record of asking her about her health when she was a child, and he had to admit that he was a doctor, and he did these things more than the average Sola It's easier for people to get permission." "Why does Dr. Saul inquire about her health?" "I thought of that too, partner Ilya. He was an old man when he got the privilege to have an extra child, and he actually did. He thinks it's because of his good genes and good health." Perhaps he is more proud of this result than the average Solari. In addition, he is a doctor and has to deal with people in person, a profession that is extremely despised in the Solari world, which makes him feel very proud of himself. He is more proud of having good genes and a healthy body. Because of this, he has been very cautious about keeping in touch with his daughter." "Does Gnadia know about this?" "As far as Dr. Saul knows, she doesn't know, partner Elijah." "Did Dr. Saul admit that he removed the weapon?" "No, he doesn't admit it." "Then you got nothing, Daniel." "Nothing?" "Unless you can find the murder weapon and prove that he took it, or you can induce him to confess, you can't prove it. Your chain of reasoning sounds good, but it is not proof." "There's no way this man can tell the truth without being pressed in a way I can't do. He loves his daughter." "No," said Belley, "his feelings for his daughter are not the kind you and I are familiar with. People's feelings in the world of Solari are not the same as we are familiar with!" Bailey strode up and down the room, trying to calm himself down: "Daniel, your logical reasoning exercises are perfect, but none of them make sense." (Logical but unreasonable, this Isn't that the nature of a robot?) He went on: "Whether Dr. Saul was fertile or not about thirty years ago, he is old now, even people from outside the world. You may wish to imagine this old man examining him. The comatose daughter, and the son-in-law who was violently murdered. Can you imagine how he felt when faced with these unusual situations? Do you still think he will be very calm? Still think he can calmly make a series of surprises action coming? "You see, first of all, he has to notice that there is a murder weapon hidden under his daughter's body, and it is completely suppressed by his daughter, and even the robot has not noticed it. Second, as soon as he finds something exposed under his daughter's body, he has to He immediately deduced that it was the murder weapon, and wanted to hide or destroy it immediately before others noticed, so that it would not be used as evidence against his daughter. For an old man who was in a panic at the time, this idea It may have come too soon. Thirdly, he must actually carry out his idea. This is really too difficult for Dr. Saul who is in a panic. Besides, he must persevere and never change his words no matter what. Get rid of these charges. All the things you said may be the result of logical analysis, but none of them are reasonable." Daniel said, "So do you have any other explanation for the case, partner Elijah?" Bailey had just sat down, and now he tried to stand up again.But he was too sleepy, and the chair was very deep, so he couldn't get up for a while.He stretched out his hand impatiently and said, "Daniel, can you give me your hand?" Daniel looked at his hands and asked blankly, "What are you talking about, partner Ilya?" Bailey cursed Daniel's inflexible head secretly: "Help me, I want to stand up." With a gentle tug of Daniel's strong hand, he was pulled up. Bailey said, "Thank you. No, I haven't got another explanation, but I know the whole point of the case is where the murder weapon was." He walked impatiently to the wall, and the thick curtains covered most of the wall.Without knowing what he wanted to do, he suddenly lifted a corner of the curtain, and the glass was dark, only then did he realize that it was already twilight outside the window.Daniel came over quietly, picked up the curtain in his hand, and Bailey let go. Bailey looked at the robot's hand.Like a mother trying to protect her child from playing with fire, Daniel took the curtains from him lovingly and carefully.At that moment he grabbed hold of the curtain, yanked it from Daniel's hand hard, and pulled it down with all his strength.All that was left of the windows were some torn rags. "Partner Elijah!" said Daniel gently, "you should know what the open space does to you." "I knew what it was going to do to me," Bailey said. He looked out of the window and saw nothing but darkness.But that blackness was open space, and even without light it was open space, one and unshaded, and he was facing it. For the first time, he was free to face open space, and he did it no longer as a show of courage, not out of stubborn curiosity, not as a way to solve a murder case.He faced it just because he had to face it, needed to face it, and it represented a completely different meaning. The wall is something he can lean on!Darkness is something he can rely on!Subconsciously he must have thought of these things, but at the same time he thought he loved them the most, needed them the most, he also hated them.Otherwise, why would he hate Gnadia so much for surrounding his portrait with gray blocks of light? Bailey felt a sense of victory filled his heart, and this sense of victory seemed to be contagious. Suddenly, a new idea burst out like a cry from the bottom of his heart. He turned drowsily to Daniel. "I got it!" He whispered, "Jesus! I got it!" "Know what, partner Ilya?" "I know where the murder weapon is, I know who the murderer is, and suddenly everything is clear!" Daniel forbade Bailey to take immediate action. "Tomorrow!" he said solemnly and firmly. "This is my suggestion, partner Ilya. It is getting late, and you need to rest." Bailey had to admit it was true.In addition, he needs preparation, a lot of preparation.Although he felt that he had solved the mystery of the murder case, the answer, just like Daniel's argument, was deduced.That was not proof, the Solari had to give him a hand. If he was going to face them, one Earthling against six Solarians, he had to be in control.This means he needs to rest and prepare. But he couldn't fall asleep, he thought he must not fall asleep.Even though the robot had expertly made a special soft bed for him, and this special room in Gnadia's mansion was filled with scents and soft music, he was still sure he couldn't sleep. Daniel sat quietly in a dark corner. "You're still wary of Gnadia?" Bailey asked him. "I don't think it's wise to let you sleep here alone without protection," the robot said. "Well, whatever you want. Have you figured out what I want you to do, Daniel?" "Clearly, partner Ilya." "Under the provisions of the first law, you probably have no problem, right?" "I'm still not in favor of your attempt to arrange a meeting. Will you carry your arms and keep yourself safe?" "I promise you, I will." Daniel lets out a human-like sigh.At this moment, Bailey wished he could see through the darkness, study that perfect robotic face. "I've found that human behavior is not always rational," Daniel said. "We need our own three laws," Bailey continued, "but I'm glad we don't have them." Bailey looked at the ceiling.This matter depends on Daniel, but he can only tell Daniel a small part of the truth.Robots are also implicated in the case.The reason why Aurora World sent a robot here to assist him in investigating this case was of course their own interests, but it was a mistake.There is a limit to what a robot can do. If all went well and the matter could be settled within twelve hours, he could hope to set out for Earth within twenty-four hours.He seemed to see a glimmer of life, a strange hope that even he didn't believe in, but that was the way out for the earth, definitely the way out for the earth. Earth!New York!Jessie and Bentley!That comfortable and familiar home!that intimate feeling... Bale was half asleep thinking about it, but he didn't think of Earth with the relief he'd expected.There was already a sense of alienation between him and those cities. He was thinking in a daze, and at some point his mind finally went blank, and he fell asleep.