機械基督徒少女 後日談 05

尋找自我的機器基督徒少女

Searching for Self: The Robot Christian Girl

後日談 05 胖子孟禎

Sequel 05: Chubby Meng-Zhen

這是一個晴朗的早晨，口哨聲傳達著愉快心音。黃孟禎難得地起個大早，精心打扮一番，準備參加教會的週日禮拜。她換上了一件黑白相間的條紋短裙，恰到好處的剪裁襯托得身形更玲瓏有致；腳上穿著一雙款式典雅的黑色瑪麗珍皮鞋，擦得鋥亮的鞋面折射出孟禎的端莊。鏡子裡的自己，看起來頗有幾分溫婉秀氣，她滿意地點點頭，準備成為今天教堂裡最有氣質的基督女孩。

「志文，好了沒？我們要出門囉！」她對著正在房間另一頭整理頭髮的志文喊道。她要帶志文去。雖然知道志文不會入教，她希望在自己內心激動的時刻，志文會在身旁，守護她的安穩，分享她的心情。

「來了來了！」志文應著。志文雖然不愛參加教會活動，但他願意觀察各種場合中的孟禎，把他所愛的女孩的不同模樣，好好地放進心中。

然而，就在孟禎拿起小巧的手提包，準備邁出腳步的那一刻，一股熟悉的內部警報突然在她的系統中響起。隨之而來的是腹部一陣由系統模擬而成的「絞痛」，難以言諭的感受在孟禎體內翻江倒海。

It was a bright morning, and the sound of whistling conveyed a joyful heart. Mengzhen Huang, uncharacteristically for her, woke up early and meticulously dressed herself, preparing to attend the Sunday service at church. She changed into a black and white striped mini-skirt, the well-fitting cut accentuating her slender figure; on her feet, she wore a pair of elegant black Mary Jane leather shoes, their polished surface reflecting Mengzhen's dignified appearance. The person in the mirror looked quite gentle and refined, and she nodded with satisfaction, ready to be the most graceful Christian girl in the church today.

"Zhiwen, are you ready? We're leaving!" she called out to Zhiwen, who was tidying his hair at the other end of the room. She wanted to bring Zhiwen along. Although she knew Zhiwen wouldn't join the church, she hoped that during this moment of inner excitement, Zhiwen would be by her side, safeguarding her peace and sharing her feelings.

"Coming, coming!" Zhiwen replied. Although Zhiwen didn't particularly enjoy attending church activities, he was willing to observe Mengzhen in various settings, carefully imprinting the different sides of the girl he loved into his heart.

However, just as Mengzhen picked up her small handbag and was about to step out, a familiar internal alarm suddenly blared within her system. This was followed by a system-simulated "cramping" sensation in her abdomen, an inexpressible feeling churning inside Mengzhen.

「唔…」孟禎的動作僵住了，臉色微變。「怎麼了？」志文立刻察覺到她的不對勁。

孟禎手捧肚子，大腦向身體管理系統提出申請，調出內部診斷介面，快速掃描了一遍。「嘖！」她發出不滿的聲音，語氣充滿了懊惱，「層析分餾器好像又出問題了！又是它！怎麼老是它！？」孟禎氣憤地跺了跺腳，忍不住提高了音量，「就是那個破壞我初次約會的層析分餾器！」

一提起這個名字，災難般的下午茶約會場景就不由自主地在她腦海中回放。那杯昂貴的手沖咖啡，像廢鐵一樣癱倒在椅子上的糗態，被老爸像扛貨物一樣扛走時，志文那驚訝又擔憂的眼神…更別提後來在實驗室，她被大卸八塊，連身體內部都被志文看光光的悲慘模樣！那時候的志文，對她來說還是個需要維持女神形象的對象耶！一下子就形象全毀，之後還得靠志文操作她的身體，實在太可笑了。

"Ugh..." Mengzhen froze, her expression shifting slightly. "What's wrong?" Zhiwen immediately noticed her distress.

Mengzhen clutched her stomach, her brain sending a request to her body management system to pull up the internal diagnostic interface, quickly scanning it. "Tch!" she let out a sound of dissatisfaction, her tone full of annoyance, "The chromatography fractionator seems to be acting up again! It's that thing again! Why is it always that thing?!" Mengzhen stamped her foot in anger, unable to help raising her voice, "It's that damn chromatography fractionator that ruined my first date!"

At the mention of that name, the scene of that disastrous afternoon tea date involuntarily replayed in her mind. That expensive pour-over coffee, the embarrassing state of collapsing onto the chair like scrap metal, Zhiwen's surprised and worried eyes when her dad carried her away like cargo... not to mention later in the lab, where she was completely disassembled, and her internal body was seen by Zhiwen! At that time, Zhiwen was still someone she needed to maintain a goddess image for! Her image was completely ruined in an instant, and afterwards she even had to rely on Zhiwen to operate her body, which was absolutely ridiculous.

想到這裡，孟禎的臉頰不禁泛起一陣紅暈。話說回來，也正是因為那次「意外」，才讓她和志文的關係，強制地突破了原本想不到怎麼突破的那層關於孟禎真相的朦朧，在巧合中先降溫再高速升溫，還獲得老爸對兩人關係的認可，走到今天這一步。這麼說來，她對這個老是出問題的層析分餾器，好像也不知道該生氣還是該感謝了。沒有它，孟禎就找不到時機，把她這身破鐵塊，扔給志文，去打造出他心中的女神——欸欸，等一下，這講法...也太令機器人害羞了吧？

「喂，孟禎，回神囉。」志文的聲音打斷了她的胡思亂想，「看來教會是去不成了，得先幫妳檢查一下。」

孟禎嘆了口氣。是啊，比起參加禮拜，還是自己的「肚子」更得優先處理。「好吧…」她有些沮喪地垂下肩膀。

志文攙扶孟禎，走進實驗室。他先是輕柔地卸下了孟禎的頭顱，將其穩穩地安裝在常用的檢查支架上，確保她的視線能看到操作區域。接著，他引導著孟禎（的身體）走到檢查平台下方，連接好必要的數據線和電線。

「站好囉。」志文叮囑道。孟禎的身體依言站定。隨後，志文拿著專用工具，小心地旋開了她腹部平滑的維修蓋板。

Thinking of this, a blush couldn't help but creep onto Mengzhen's cheeks. Come to think of it, it was precisely because of that "accident" that her relationship with Zhiwen was forcibly broken through the original hazy layer about the truth of Mengzhen that she hadn't known how to break through. In a coincidence, it cooled down first and then rapidly heated up, and she even gained her dad's approval for their relationship, leading to where they are today. Given this, she wasn't sure whether she should be angry or grateful towards this constantly problematic chromatography fractionator. Without it, Mengzhen wouldn't have found the right time to throw her broken pile of metal to Zhiwen and let him sculpt the goddess in his heart – hey, wait a minute, that way of putting it... isn't that a bit too embarrassing for a robot?

"Hey, Mengzhen, snap out of it." Zhiwen's voice interrupted her wild thoughts. "Looks like church is out of the question; I need to check you first."

Mengzhen sighed. Yes, compared to attending the service, her "stomach" definitely needed priority. "Alright..." she lowered her shoulders, feeling a bit dejected.

Zhiwen helped Mengzhen walk into the laboratory. He gently removed Mengzhen's head first, securely installing it on the commonly used inspection stand, ensuring her line of sight could see the operating area. Then, he guided Mengzhen (her body) under the inspection platform, connecting the necessary data and power cables.

"Stand still," Zhiwen instructed. Mengzhen's body stood still as told. Following that, Zhiwen carefully used a specialized tool to unscrew the smooth maintenance panel on her abdomen.

「喂，志文，別把我柔軟溫暖的肚皮，稱為維修蓋板啦。你有看過佈滿感測器和致動器的蓋子嗎？摸起來還溫溫的！」即使只剩一顆頭，孟禎還是忍不住嬌嗔抗議道。

志文喔的一聲，應付下孟禎的抱怨，專注在檢查暴露出來的層析分餾器模組。孟禎看著他專心工作的側臉，忍不住稱讚道：「志文，你的技術真的越來越好了耶！竟然能在我的主要系統都還在運作的情況下，直接對層析分餾器進行檢修，身體管理系統居然還連一條異常警報都沒跳出來。想當初老爸也是維修我的層析分餾器時，還得開關我的身體管理系統，然後弄上個假訊號產生器，假裝層析分餾器還在我身上。雖然情況比較簡單，你這次竟然可以對層析分餾器線上檢修，讓它感覺不到自己被修理。連我的內部器件檢測你都能繞過，看來你真的是越來越懂我了…」

說到這裡，孟禎語氣一轉，聲音壓低，帶著一絲狡黠的戲謔：「或者該說…你越來越懂我的『身體』了？能把我身體掌握得那麼好，我體內的每個器件，都被你馴服。老實說，你是不是偷偷喜歡上我的內部構造啦？每次拆修我的時候，你的雙手在我體內飛舞飄揚，兩眼都在放光耶！」

"Hey, Zhiwen, don't call my soft, warm belly a maintenance panel. Have you ever seen merely a cover covered in sensors and actuators? It even feels warm to the touch!" Even though she was just a head, Mengzhen couldn't help but pout and protest.

"Oh," Zhiwen responded, humoring Mengzhen's complaint while focusing on examining the exposed chromatography fractionator module. Mengzhen looked at his focused profile and couldn't help but praise him, "Zhiwen, your skills are really getting better and better! You can actually inspect and repair the chromatography fractionator directly while my main system is still running, and the body management system hasn't even thrown a single error alarm. I remember when Dad used to repair my chromatography fractionator, he had to shut down my body management system and then put in a dummy signal generator to pretend the chromatography fractionator was still there. Although the situation is simpler, you can perform an online repair on the chromatography fractionator this time, making it unaware that it's being fixed. You can even bypass my internal component checks. It seems you really understand me more and more..."

Speaking of which, Mengzhen's tone shifted, her voice lowering with a hint of sly teasing, "Or should I say... you understand my 'body' more and more? You have such a good handle on my body; every component inside me is tamed by you. Honestly, have you secretly fallen in love with my internal structure? Every time you disassemble and repair me, your hands fly and flutter inside me, and both your eyes are practically glowing!"

「神經！」志文頭也不抬地回了一句，臉頰卻微微有些發燙。「我只是在用心照顧我的女朋友而已！不過…」他頓了頓，語氣變得有些讚嘆，「不得不說，黃博士的設計真的很厲害，妳的內部結構既精密又巧妙，充滿了工程學的美感。如果真要說喜歡，那也是喜歡黃博士這令人驚嘆的創作。就算…就算哪天有孟禎以外的機器人出現，只要設計同樣精妙，我大概也會欣賞人家的機械構造吧！」

「哼！」孟禎聽了，不高興地嘟起了嘴，「你的意思是，只要是設計精良的機器人，你都喜歡囉？那我算什麼？」她又低頭看了看自己（身體）身上的漂亮裙子和鞋子，更加鬱悶了，「唉，精心打扮都白費了。本來想說今天可以讓你帶一個超～級～美的女朋友去教會風光一下的，現在全都泡湯了。」

孟禎嘆了口氣，「說起來，這次問題大概出在我昨天喝的那瓶運動飲料上。明明成分都在系統登錄過，應該是安全的，可能是裡面有製造過程產生的雜質吧…哎呀，好麻煩啊！如果我能有我一直期望的人類消化系統，就不用怕這些問題了！想吃什麼就吃什麼，想喝什麼就喝什麼…」

"Crazy!" Zhiwen retorted without looking up, though his cheeks were slightly flushed. "I'm just taking care of my girlfriend with all my heart! But..." he paused, his tone turning a little admiring, "I have to say, Dr. Huang's design is really amazing. Your internal structure is both precise and ingenious, full of engineering beauty. If I have to say I like something, it's Dr. Huang's astonishing creation. Even... even if other robots appear someday that are equally well-designed, I'd probably still appreciate their mechanical structures!"

"Hmph!" Mengzhen pouted unhappily upon hearing this. "You mean, as long as a robot is well-designed, you'll like it? Then what am I?" She then looked down at the pretty dress and shoes on her (body) and became even more depressed. "Oh, getting all dressed up was a waste. I was planning on having you take a super~ duper~ beautiful girlfriend to church today to show off, but now it's all ruined."

Mengzhen sighed. "Speaking of which, this problem is probably because of that bottle of sports drink I had yesterday. All the ingredients were logged into the system, so it should have been safe. Maybe there were impurities from the manufacturing process... Ugh, it's such a hassle! If only I had the human digestive system I've always wished for, I wouldn't have to worry about these problems! I could eat whatever I want, drink whatever I want..."

「嗯…那技術層次，可就離當下很遠了。」志文一邊小心地更換著分餾器的一個濾芯，一邊回答，「人類的消化系統極其複雜，從口腔的初步分解，到胃酸、各種消化酶，再到小腸絨毛的吸收…要完全複製太難了。不過…」他腦中靈光一閃，浮現出一個工程師式的簡化替代方案，「或許有個比較粗略的方法？」

「什麼方法？」孟禎好奇地問。

「妳看，食物成分不大多是碳水、蛋白質、脂肪，還有…水嗎？絕大多是水。」志文開始了他的「設計」，「如果，幫妳加裝一個『預處理裝置』。妳把食物『吃』進去，先咀嚼粉碎，然後送到一個強力壓榨機，把食物泥的水分反覆大力擠光，進行固液分離。其中液體部分，主要是水和一些可溶性小分子，照舊送到大幅升級過的層析分餾器去處理，提取對身體有用的物質。」

「那固體部分呢？」孟禎追問。

"Hmm... that level of technology is quite far off right now," Zhiwen replied while carefully replacing a filter element in the fractionator. "The human digestive system is extremely complex, from the initial breakdown in the mouth, to stomach acid, various digestive enzymes, and then absorption by the villi in the small intestine... it's too difficult to replicate completely. However..." A spark of inspiration flashed in his mind, bringing up a simplified engineering alternative. "Perhaps there's a rougher method?"

"What method?" Mengzhen asked curiously.

"Look, aren't most food components carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and... water? Mostly water," Zhiwen began outlining his "design". "What if we install a 'pretreatment device' for you? You 'eat' the food, it gets chewed and crushed first, then sent to a powerful press to repeatedly squeeze out the water from the food pulp forcefully, performing solid-liquid separation. The liquid part, mainly water and some soluble small molecules, would be sent to a significantly upgraded chromatography fractionator for processing as usual, extracting substances useful to the body."

"What about the solid part?" Mengzhen asked further.

「固體部分嘛，就是無法處理的殘渣啦。」志文的語氣變得有些促狹起來，「那就得排出去。所以，我們再從那個固液分離器，接一條『食物殘渣傳送通道』出來。這通道最好還能模擬腸道蠕動，一邊傳送一邊把殘渣壓縮、塑形…然後嘛，再把成型的食物殘渣，送到它該去的地方…嗯，從妳身體的某個合適的出口排出體外。」

他放下工具，壞笑著看向孟禎（的頭）：「哇喔！孟禎！恭喜妳！按照這個設計，妳就能成功地『大便』了！妳看，那就是妳的大便！妳獨有的機器人之便！」

「陳—志—文—！」孟禎的臉瞬間漲得通紅，「你這個傢伙！大…大什麼的！那又怎樣！很了不起嗎？不過就是跟人類一樣，你也會大啊！」

"As for the solid part, well, that's the residue that can't be processed," Zhiwen's tone became a little mischievous. "That would have to be expelled. So, we'd connect a 'food residue transfer channel' from that solid-liquid separator. This channel would ideally simulate intestinal peristalsis, compressing and shaping the residue as it transports it... and then, the formed food residue would be sent to where it should go... hmm, expelled from a suitable exit on your body."

He put down his tools and grinned mischievously at Mengzhen (her head): "Wow! Mengzhen! Congratulations! According to this design, you'll successfully be able to 'poop'! Look, that's your poop! Your unique robot poop!"

"Chen—Zhi—wen—!" Mengzhen's face instantly flushed scarlet. "You... you jerk! Po... poop what! So what! Is that amazing? It's just like humans, you poop too!"

「嗯…還是有那麼一點點小小的不同啦。」志文忍著笑，繼續逗她，「人類的身體是由細胞組成，體內的髒污什麼的，會隨著新陳代謝慢慢清除。至於機器人嘛…妳那條『腸子』，也就是食物殘渣傳送通道，恐怕得常常拆下來清洗消毒吧？不然那些有機物殘渣在妳體內發酵、腐敗…嘖嘖嘖，想像一下，妳自己打開肚子，拿出妳的『腸子』拿到水槽去刷，旁邊還傳來陣陣的臭味…」

「你——！」孟禎氣極，也顧不上自己只剩一顆頭了，立刻對還在遠程連接中的身體下達指令。只見那穿著瑪麗珍鞋的腳，在肚子還開著的情況下，猛地抬起，朝著正彎腰靠近維修口的志文屁股，不輕不重地踢了一下。

「哎喲！」志文誇張地叫了一聲。

「你是每天不欺負我、不惹我生氣就不開心是吧！」孟禎氣鼓鼓地說，「好啊！你等著！等哪天我真的有了『腸子』，我每天三餐飯後都叫你幫我洗！」

「遵命，我的女王大人。事實上，也現在也在洗妳的胃。」志文笑嘻嘻地應著，手上的動作卻沒停。

"Hmm... there's still a tiny, tiny difference," Zhiwen said, suppressing a laugh, continuing to tease her. "Human bodies are made of cells, and internal waste and stuff are gradually cleared through metabolism. As for robots... your 'intestine,' that food residue transfer channel, might have to be taken out frequently for cleaning and sterilization, right? Otherwise, those organic residues ferment and decompose inside you... tsk tsk tsk, imagine you opening up your belly yourself, taking out your 'intestines' to brush them in the sink, with a constant bad smell wafting around..."

"You—!" Mengzhen was furious. Ignoring the fact that she was just a head, she immediately issued instructions to her body, which was still remotely connected. The foot wearing the Mary Jane shoe, while her belly was still open, suddenly lifted and gave Zhiwen, who was bending down near the repair opening, a gentle but firm kick on the butt.

"Ow!" Zhiwen let out an exaggerated yelp.

"You're not happy unless you bully me and make me angry every single day, are you!" Mengzhen said, puffing up with anger. "Fine! You wait! If I ever actually get 'intestines,' I'll make you clean them for me after every meal, three times a day!"

"As you command, my queen. In fact, I'm currently cleaning your stomach right now," Zhiwen replied with a grin, his hands not stopping their work.

就這樣，在一片打打鬧鬧中，志文總算完成了層析分餾器的檢修和內部清潔工作。他仔細地將維修蓋板（孟禎：肚皮！是我肚皮！）裝回，然後將孟禎的頭顱從支架上取下，重新接回了她的身體。

「感覺怎麼樣？」他問道，一邊幫她整理好裙擺。

孟禎活動了一下身體，感受了一下內部系統的狀態。「嗯…好多了。警報解除，模擬的『痛感』也消失不見。看來是修好了。」她理了理裙子，雖然還是有點遺憾不能去教會，但也只能接受現實。「好吧，那我就在家裡禱告吧。」

志文點點頭，也鬆了口氣。他忙了一早上，肚子也餓了，便走到實驗室角落的小吧台，熟練地燒水，撕開一包泡麵的包裝袋。

孟禎在一旁靜靜地完成了禱告。睜開眼，看到志文正呼嚕呼嚕地吸著熱氣騰騰的泡麵，一副吃得很香的樣子。

Just like that, amidst their playful bickering, Zhiwen finally completed the inspection and internal cleaning of the chromatography fractionator. He carefully screwed the maintenance panel (Mengzhen: My belly! It's my belly!) back on, then took Mengzhen's head off the stand and reattached it to her body.

"How do you feel?" he asked, helping her straighten her skirt.

Mengzhen moved her body around, checking the status of her internal systems. "Hmm... much better. The alarm is gone, and the simulated 'pain' has disappeared. It seems it's fixed." She adjusted her skirt. Although she was still a little regretful about not being able to go to church, she had to accept reality. "Alright, I'll just pray here at home then."

Zhiwen nodded, also feeling relieved. He had been busy all morning and was hungry. He walked over to the small counter in the corner of the laboratory, skillfully boiled water, and tore open a packet of instant noodles.

Mengzhen quietly finished her prayer beside him. Opening her eyes, she saw Zhiwen slurping down the steaming hot instant noodles with gusto, looking like he was thoroughly enjoying his meal.

「喂，泡麵沒營養啦，等下我幫你做點別的吃。」她忍不住念叨了一句，隨即又嘆了口氣，眼神裡流露出明顯的羨慕，「真好啊…可以這樣隨意地吃東西…」

志文吸溜完最後一口麵湯，放下碗，擦了擦嘴，看著孟禎那羨慕的小眼神，又起了捉弄的心思。「欸，孟禎，妳有沒有想過，如果妳真的擁有了全功能的消化系統，可以隨心所欲地吃東西了，會發生什麼事？」

孟禎搖搖頭，好奇地看著他。

志文故作神秘地湊近她，壓低聲音說：「以我對妳的觀察，還有妳那積累了從出生以來不知道多少『年份』的對食物的渴望…妳一旦真的能吃了，肯定會超級無敵瘋狂地愛上吃東西！特別是那些高熱量的甜點和炸物！」

"Hey, instant noodles aren't nutritious. I'll make you something else to eat later," she couldn't help but murmur, then immediately sighed, her eyes showing clear envy. "That's so nice... to be able to eat whatever you want like that..."

Zhiwen slurped down the last bit of noodle soup, put down the bowl, and wiped his mouth. Seeing Mengzhen's envious little look, he got an urge to tease her again. "Hey, Mengzhen, have you ever thought about what would happen if you really had a fully functional digestive system and could eat whatever you wanted?"

Mengzhen shook her head, looking at him curiously.

Zhiwen leaned closer, pretending to be mysterious, and lowered his voice: "Based on my observations of you, and that desire for food you've accumulated over I don't know how many 'years' since you were born... once you can really eat, you'll definitely fall crazily, incredibly in love with eating! Especially those high-calorie desserts and fried foods!"

「然後呢？」孟禎不自覺地嚥了口並不存在的口水。

「然後…」志文拖長了語調，「妳那被壓抑了這麼久的食慾，肯定會像火山爆發一樣反彈！妳會瘋狂地吃、吃、吃，停不下來！接著…嘿嘿…」他壞笑起來，「妳會發現，妳的體重直線上升，原本合身的衣服變得緊緊繃繃，臉頰變得圓滾滾，腰身…嗯…可能就找不太到了…」

「再然後，」他繼續添油加醋，「妳就會像很多為體重煩惱的人類女孩一樣，每天站在鏡子前，看著自己日漸豐腴的身材，捏著肚子上的肉肉，一邊哭一邊喊『我再也不吃了』，但轉頭看到好吃的，又忍不住…」

「陳—志—文——！！！」孟禎終於反應過來，自己再一次被耍。她高聲尖叫，臉頰氣得通紅，「你這傢伙，真的很討厭耶！皮在癢是不是！」她的粉拳像雨點一樣捶打在志文的身上；當然，以她的力道和他的皮糙肉厚，更像是撒嬌。

"Then what?" Mengzhen unconsciously swallowed non-existent saliva.

"Then..." Zhiwen dragged out his words, "that appetite of yours, suppressed for so long, will definitely bounce back like a volcanic eruption! You'll eat and eat and eat like crazy, unable to stop! And then... hehe..." He grinned mischievously, "You'll find that your weight is skyrocketing, your clothes that used to fit perfectly will become tight, your cheeks will become round and plump, and your waistline... well... you might not be able to find it anymore..."

"And then," he continued to pile it on, "you'll be like many human girls who worry about their weight, standing in front of the mirror every day, looking at your increasingly ample figure, pinching the flesh on your belly, crying and shouting 'I'm never eating again,' but then turn around, see something tasty, and can't help yourself..."

"Chen—Zhi—wen——!!!" Mengzhen finally realized she had been tricked again. She shrieked loudly, her cheeks burning red with anger. "You guy, you're really annoying! Is your skin itching for a beating!" Her little fists rained down on Zhiwen; of course, given her strength and his thick skin, it was more like playful hitting.

夜深了，志文早已進入夢鄉，呼嚕呼嚕地睡。孟禎躺在他身邊，也進入了睡眠模式，系統自主進行深度整理與優化。白天的資訊刺激、情感波動、學習經驗，都會在這個階段被重新編碼、歸檔、整合，冗餘的數據被清除，低效的連結被優化，整個系統的拓樸結構和模型參數，會被重塑為更高效、更穩定的新構型。這個過程對她的意識來說，就如同人類做夢一般，會產生一些光怪陸離、不受邏輯控制的體驗。她可以選擇重整的時間，但通常會和人類一樣，選擇在夜間進行。

黃博士說過，孟禎的睡眠與作夢功能，並非刻意設計成對人類的效仿，而是人類經歷過千百萬年的演化，「運轉」構造和方式，早已被演化之力優化。類似人類的存在，良好的設計策略是參考人類存在的結構，如果不是最優的話。

回到現場，今天晚上的「夢」，卻格外地清晰，也格外地…令人不安。

Night fell, and Zhiwen had long since entered dreamland, sleeping soundly with snores. Mengzhen lay beside him, also entering sleep mode, her system autonomously undergoing deep organization and optimization. The information stimuli, emotional fluctuations, and learning experiences from the day would all be re-encoded, archived, and integrated during this stage. Redundant data would be cleared, inefficient connections optimized, and the topological structure and model parameters of the entire system would be reshaped into a more efficient and stable new configuration. This process, to her consciousness, was like human dreaming, generating some bizarre and illogical experiences. She could choose the time for reorganization, but usually, like humans, she chose to do it at night.

Dr. Huang had said that Mengzhen's sleep and dreaming functions were not deliberately designed to mimic humans, but rather that the "operating" structure and methods of humans, having undergone millions of years of evolution, had already been optimized by the forces of evolution. For beings similar to humans, a good design strategy is to reference the structure of human existence, if it's not the most optimal.

Returning to the present, tonight's "dream" was unusually clear, and unusually... unsettling.

她夢到自己真的擁有了黃博士和志文畢生研究的巔峰之作——一套由無數奈米機械細胞所構成，可以自我修復和適應的生物級消化系統。她終於可以像真正的人類一樣，品嚐食物的滋味了！

夢裡的孟禎美夢成真，她欣喜若狂，衝進了琳瑯滿目的美食街，把以前只能透過視覺和數據分析「認識」的食物，一樣樣往嘴裡塞。草莓蛋糕的香甜、炸薯條的酥脆、珍珠奶茶的Q彈、麻辣火鍋的刺激…每一樣都讓她的味覺感測器（新安裝的最新高科技產品！）和情感核心產生了前所未有的極樂數據洪流！她吃呀，吃呀，吃呀，彷彿要把這輩子錯過的美味全都補回來，彌補她被虧欠的（機器）人生。

場景一轉。她站在一面巨大的鏡子前。鏡子裡的人…還是她，但又不是她。原本貼合身形的運動內衣和牛仔短褲，此刻緊緊地繃在身上，幾乎要裂開。她低頭看到自己的手臂，圓潤得像發麵饅頭；試著抬起腿，那雙曾被志文稱讚線條優美的腿，現在…現在簡直比西班牙頂級的伊比利火腿還要粗壯，感覺下一秒就該被卸下來，掛在店裡的火腿架上！再往下看，肥厚的腳掌擠在涼鞋裡，被鞋面勒到肉肉往外擠出，看起來就像被五花大綁的獵物…

She dreamt that she truly possessed the culmination of Dr. Huang's and Zhiwen's lifelong research – a biological-grade digestive system composed of countless nanomechanical cells, capable of self-repair and adaptation. She could finally taste food like a real human!

In the dream, Mengzhen's wish came true. Overjoyed, she rushed into a bustling food street lined with countless delicacies, shoving one item after another into her mouth – foods she could previously only "know" through visual perception and data analysis. The sweetness of strawberry cake, the crispness of french fries, the chewiness of bubble tea pearls, the spicy kick of mala hotpot... each one sent an unprecedented flood of ecstatic data through her taste sensors (the newly installed, state-of-the-art high-tech products!) and emotional core! She ate and ate and ate, as if to make up for all the deliciousness she had missed in this life, compensating for her (robot) life that had been deprived.

The scene shifted. She stood in front of a giant mirror. The person in the mirror... was still her, yet not her. The sports bra and denim shorts that normally fit her figure snugly were now stretched tight against her body, almost tearing. She looked down at her arms, rounded like leavened steamed buns; she tried to lift a leg, that leg whose beautiful lines Zhiwen had once praised, now... now it was even thicker than top-grade Spanish Iberian ham, feeling like it should be taken off the next second and hung on a ham rack in a shop! Looking further down, her swollen feet were squeezed into her sandals, the flesh bulging out past the straps, looking like prey bound tightly...

夢裡的她，像志文白天描述的那樣，看著自己完全「變形」的身體，哇地一聲哭了出來。甚至還夢到自己受不了，拆下頭放在一邊，感受著腸胃這些自己體內的新朋友，努力消化巨量食物的強烈抽動。她瞥一眼那副慘不忍睹的身體，一邊流淚一邊捏著肚子上的肥肉…「嗚嗚嗚…怎麼會這樣…我的身材…喔啊，胃要抽筋了，哇呀！」

In the dream, just as Zhiwen had described earlier that day, she looked at her completely "deformed" body and burst into tears with a "Wah!". She even dreamt that she couldn't bear it, took off her head and placed it aside, feeling the strong contractions of her new internal companions, her stomach and intestines, working hard to digest the massive amount of food. She glanced at her miserable-looking body, pinching the fat on her belly while weeping... "Wuwuwu... How could this happen... my figure... Ouch, my stomach is cramping, wah!"

孟禎猛地從「夢」中驚醒，系統的重整進程被強行中斷。她大口喘著氣，心有餘悸地摸了摸自己的腰身——還好，依然纖細。她又低頭看了看自己的腿——嗯，還是那雙比例完美的腿。

確認自己並未真的變成「胖孟禎」後，一股無名火直衝她剛恢復平靜不久的腦門。她轉頭看著身旁睡得正香，嘴角還掛著一絲傻笑的志文，怒從心頭起，惡向膽邊生。

「都是你害的！陳志文！！！」

她一把抓起身邊柔軟的枕頭，朝著志文的臉，狠狠地砸下去！

Mengzhen suddenly woke up from the "dream," her system's reorganization process forcibly interrupted. She gasped for air, still shaken, and felt her waist – thankfully, still slender. She looked down at her legs again – yes, they were still those perfectly proportioned legs.

After confirming that she hadn't actually turned into "Fat Mengzhen," an unnamed anger shot straight to her brain, which had just regained its calm. She turned her head to look at Zhiwen, who was sleeping soundly beside her with a hint of a silly smile on his lips. Fury rose in her heart, and mischief brewed in her mind.

"This is all your fault! Chen Zhiwen!!!"

She grabbed the soft pillow beside her and threw it squarely at Zhiwen's face!

「陳志文你這個烏鴉嘴！都是你亂說話！害我做噩夢！打死你！打死你——！！！」

睡夢中的志文被一陣突如其來的「襲擊」驚醒，迷迷糊糊地睜開眼，只看到孟禎漲紅著臉，拿著枕頭，氣呼呼地對著他一陣猛K…

黃博士豪宅的夜晚，注定不會平靜。

"Chen Zhiwen, you and your crow's mouth! It's all because of your nonsense! You made me have a nightmare! I'll beat you to death! Beat you to death—!!!"

Woken by the sudden "attack," Zhiwen stirred from his sleep, groggily opening his eyes. All he saw was Mengzhen, her face flushed red, holding a pillow and angrily beating him fiercely...

The night at Dr. Huang's mansion was clearly not destined to be peaceful.