尋找自我的機器基督徒少女
Searching for Self: The Robot Christian Girl
後日談 12 夏日海灘
Sequel 12: Summer Beach
<註：本篇不太正經>
<Note: This piece is not entirely serious>
炎炎夏日，熾熱的陽光將大地烤得發燙，彷彿連空氣都扭曲了起來。在這種天氣裡，若說有什麼地方能讓人暫時忘卻酷暑，盡情釋放熱情，那無疑是蔚藍的大海與金色的沙灘。
經過宇尋計畫團隊與黃博士的特許，孟禎和志文小倆口獲得了幾天難得的假期。他們開著宇尋特意出借的廂型車——車廂後部低調地裝載著孟禎的精密檢修設備和幾箱備用零件——一路哼著歌，朝著崇明島一處傳說中人跡罕至的秘境沙灘駛去。「就是這裡了！」志文將車停在一片茂密的防風林後，興奮地指著前方。穿過樹叢，一片潔白細緻的沙灘在眼前展開，遠處是粼粼波光，海天一色，果然如傳說般靜謐美好，幾乎看不到其他遊客的蹤影。他們準備在這靜謐沙灘搭好帳篷，打算享受只屬於兩人的浪漫（宇尋實驗室主伺服器：只屬於兩人？呵呵）。
《宇尋實驗室主伺服器：HRC-07型女性仿生機器人（代號：黃孟禎）監測已啟動。外部關連目標陳志文，生理及環境數據記錄中…新增「浪漫指數」監測通道。》
兩人七手八腳地搭好了遮陽帳篷，鋪開了沙灘巾。陽光正好，海風習習，離黃昏欣賞落日還有一大段時間。孟禎從行李中翻出自己新買的亮黃色比基尼，在身上比了比，眼中閃爍著期待的光芒：「志文，你看！等一下我就穿這件去衝浪！凱琳姊說這顏色最襯我的膚色，你覺得呢？」
The scorching summer sun beat down, baking the earth until it seemed even the air itself was distorting from the heat. In weather like this, if there was one place to momentarily forget the oppressive heat and unleash one's enthusiasm, it was undoubtedly the azure sea and golden sands.
Thanks to special permission from the Yu Xun Project team and Dr. Huang, the young couple Meng Zhen and Zhi Wen had secured a few rare days of vacation. They hummed songs as they drove along in a van specially loaned by Yu Xun – the rear of which discreetly housed Meng Zhen's precision maintenance equipment and a few boxes of spare parts – heading towards a legendary secluded beach on Chongming Island. "This is it!" Zhi Wen parked the van behind a dense windbreak forest, excitedly pointing ahead. Passing through the trees, a stretch of fine white sand unfolded before them, with the sparkling sea meeting the sky in the distance. It was indeed as tranquil and beautiful as the legends claimed, with hardly another tourist in sight. They prepared to set up their tent on this quiet beach, intending to enjoy some romance meant just for the two of them (Yu Xun Laboratory Main Server: Just the two of them? Heh heh).
<Yu Xun Laboratory Main Server: Monitoring of HRC-07 female bionic robot (Codename: Huang Meng Zhen) initiated. External related target Chen Zhi Wen, physiological and environmental data recording in progress... "Romantic Index" monitoring channel added.>
The two of them fumbled about setting up the sunshade tent and spreading out their beach towels. The sun was perfect, a gentle sea breeze was blowing, and there was still a good while before they could enjoy the sunset. Meng Zhen rummaged through her luggage and pulled out a new bright yellow bikini she’d bought. Holding it up against herself, her eyes sparkled with anticipation. "Zhi Wen, look! I'm going to wear this to surf later! Sister Kai Lin said this color best complements my skin tone. What do you think?"
志文看著那件俏皮可愛的泳衣，又看了看孟禎充滿活力的笑臉，眼中卻閃過一絲促狹的光芒，惡作劇的念頭在他腦海中成形。他清了清喉嚨，故作神秘地說：「孟禎啊，衝浪當然好，不過…既然這片沙灘這麼私密，幾乎沒有旁人，妳有沒有想過…用一種更『開放』、更『本真』的姿態，去擁抱這片大自然呢？」
孟禎聞言，狐疑地眯起了眼：「陳志文，你又想出什麼鬼點子了？我總覺得你不安好心。」
「哪有！我是真心誠意的建議！」志文一臉無辜，「妳想想，妳的仿生皮膚雖然完美，但終究是…一層『包覆』，對妳本真的包覆。如果能讓妳自己從這樣的包覆中坦然開放，用妳最『天然』最純粹的機械構成，去感受海風的吹拂，沙粒的觸感，海水的浸潤…讓自然對話妳的『天然』，那會不會是一種更深刻的體驗呢？」
孟禎的眉頭越皺越緊：「你的意思是…要我別待在有仿生皮膚的身體上，用那副光溜溜的假體走向自然？」她想起車上那副以意念驅動的預備假體，沒有任何有機感的純機械構造，要「待在」上面走出戶外，臉頰不禁有些發燙。
Zhiwen looked at the playful, cute swimsuit, then at Mengzhen's vibrant smiling face, but a mischievous glint flickered in his eyes. A prankish idea formed in his mind. He cleared his throat and said mysteriously, "Mengzhen, surfing is great, but... since this beach is so private, with hardly anyone else around, have you ever thought about... embracing nature in a more 'open,' more 'authentic' way?"
Mengzhen narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Chen Zhiwen, what mischievous idea have you cooked up now? I always feel like you're up to no good."
"No way! I'm genuinely suggesting it!" Zhiwen feigned innocence. "Think about it, your bionic skin, though perfect, is ultimately... a 'covering,' a covering over your true self. If you could embrace nature openly from that covering, using your most 'natural,' purest mechanical composition to feel the sea breeze, the touch of sand, the immersion of seawater... letting nature converse with your 'natural' self, wouldn't that be a deeper experience?"
Mengzhen's brows furrowed deeper. "You mean... you want me to get out of my bionic skin and face nature with that bare prosthetic body?" She thought of the thought-controlled spare prosthetic body in the car, a purely mechanical construct with no organic feel, and the idea of "being" in it and going outdoors made her cheeks flush.
「也不是光溜溜啦，那副假體本來就是這樣，」志文努力憋著笑，「而且它不是有精密的內部構造和漂亮的機械線條嗎？在我看來，它的外表已然完整，是一種極致的工業美學，不需要增添什麼。」他湊近孟禎，壓低聲音，「妳不覺得，那樣的妳，更像是…從科幻電影裡走出來的未來戰士？充滿科幻感和未來感，更符合妳機器人的本質。」
「你喔你喔~該怎麼說你才好？我才不要當什麼未來戰士咧！整天胡說八道，哪天我情感核心被你氣到爆炸，你要怎麼賠我？」孟禎被志文說得又好氣又好笑，但看著他那閃閃發亮的眼神，就像溫柔的姊姊看著調皮的弟弟，不忍心拒絕他，讓他沮喪。
最終，在志文軟磨硬泡地遊說下，孟禎半推半就地答應了。她無奈地嘆了口氣，從廂型車深處取出了那具備用的輔助假體，認命地將自己的頭顱安裝上去。至於那穿著亮黃色比基尼、身材曼妙的仿生軀體，此刻正孤零零地坐在車廂內的折疊椅上，修長的手臂還搭在沒有頭顱的頸部斷面上，彷彿在生著悶氣。
安裝在假體上孟禎極不自在地活動了一下金屬關節，發出輕微的「咔咔」聲。她低頭看了看自己這副完全由金屬骨骼、液壓管線和精密傳感器構成的「身體」，感覺彆扭到了極點。
"It's not 'bare,' the prosthetic is just built that way," Zhiwen tried to stifle a laugh. "Besides, doesn't it have intricate internal structures and beautiful mechanical lines? To me, its appearance is already complete, a peak of industrial aesthetics, no need to add anything." He leaned closer to Mengzhen, lowering his voice. "Don't you think that, like that, you'd be more like... a futuristic warrior straight out of a sci-fi movie? Full of sci-fi flair and futurism, more in line with your robot essence."
"Oh, you! What am I going to do with you? I don't want to be some futuristic warrior! You're always talking nonsense. What if my emotional core explodes because of you one day? How are you going to compensate me?" Mengzhen was exasperated and amused by Zhiwen, but looking at his sparkling eyes, she felt like a gentle older sister looking at a mischievous younger brother, unable to refuse him and make him sad.
Ultimately, after Zhiwen's persistent coaxing, Mengzhen half-heartedly agreed. She sighed helplessly and retrieved the spare auxiliary prosthetic from deep within the minivan, resignedly installing her head onto it. As for her curvaceous bionic body, still clad in its bright yellow bikini, it sat forlornly on a folding chair in the van, a slender arm resting on the headless neck's cross-section, as if sulking.
Mounted on the prosthetic, Mengzhen uncomfortably moved her metal joints, producing faint "clanking" sounds. She looked down at this "body" of hers, composed entirely of metal bones, hydraulic tubes, and precise sensors, feeling awkward to the extreme.
「哇哇哇，孟禎，妳看起來好像從港片場景中走出來的，片名是不是叫『鐵甲無敵黃孟禎』？發射個火箭飛拳來看看！」志文卻顯得異常興奮，拿起相機就對著「鐵甲孟禎」猛拍。
「陳志文！你給我差不多一點！」鐵甲孟禎的揚聲器傳出孟禎有些惱怒的聲音，「這樣…這樣不就跟沒穿衣服一樣嗎？！很丟臉耶！你讓你女朋友全裸！？」孟禎想起根本沒準備給假體穿的衣服。平常這副假體只用於實驗室，就像她頭部的載具；但現在她是走出戶外，看起來就是個全裸機器人。孟禎努力想用金屬手臂抱住只有金屬防塵防水蓋板的胸部，卻顯得更加滑稽。
志文忍著笑，一本正經地歪頭想了一下，說：「嗯…關於『全裸』的定義，我覺得值得商榷。一般來說，全裸只能發生於暴露的人類身體，至少是類似人類身體。至於孟禎妳這副身體，由金屬合金材質製成，結構精密，線條流暢，敲起來還有叩叩聲，」他還真的伸手在鐵甲孟禎身上的金屬蓋板上敲了兩下，發出清脆的聲響，「更像是…嗯，一件非常精巧的自動行動藝術品？或者說，高科技二足步行載具？跟我們一般理解的『肌膚』、『裸露』這些全裸相關的描述，好像還差了那麼點『生物學』上的要素吧？汽車烤漆刮掉了露出底盤，也不能算汽車全裸呀，對不對？」
「你…你這臭小子，竟敢這般胡說...！汽車...汽什麼鬼車，根本是氣死了！」孟禎被志文這套戲謔的「邏輯」氣得電子腦都快冒煙了，金屬手指指著他，卻說不出話來。她本想發火，但看著志文那努力憋笑的樣子，心頭的怒氣漸漸轉變成無奈。她深吸一口氣，突然像是突然想到了什麼，眼中閃過一抹狡黠的光芒。
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mengzhen, you look like you just stepped out of a Hong Kong action movie! Is the title 'Invincible Iron Mengzhen'? Shoot me a rocket punch, let's see!" Zhiwen, however, was exceptionally excited, grabbing his camera and snapping photos of "Iron Mengzhen."
"Chen Zhiwen! That's enough out of you!" Mengzhen's somewhat annoyed voice came through the Iron Mengzhen's speaker. "This... this is like being naked, isn't it?! It's so embarrassing! You're making your girlfriend totally nude!?" Mengzhen remembered that no clothes had been prepared for the prosthetic body. Normally, this prosthetic was only used in the lab, like a vehicle for her head; but now she was outdoors, and she simply looked like a completely nude robot. Mengzhen tried to use her metal arms to cover her chest, which only had metal dustproof and waterproof covers, but it just made her look even more comical.
Zhiwen stifled a laugh, tilted his head, and pondered seriously for a moment. "Hmm... I think the definition of 'naked' is debatable. Generally speaking, nudity can only happen with an exposed human body, or at least a human-like body. As for your body, Mengzhen, it's made of metal alloy, with precise structures and smooth lines, and it even makes a 'clunking' sound when you tap it." He actually reached out and tapped the metal cover on Iron Mengzhen's body twice, producing a crisp sound. "It's more like... well, a very elaborate self-operating work of art? Or perhaps, a high-tech bipedal walking vehicle? It seems to lack that 'biological' element associated with descriptions like 'skin' and 'exposure' that we typically understand as 'naked,' right? You wouldn't say a car is naked if its paint chipped off and exposed the chassis, would you?"
"You... you little brat, how dare you spout such nonsense...! A car... what kind of car, I'm absolutely furious!" Mengzhen was so exasperated by Zhiwen's teasing "logic" that her electronic brain felt like it was about to smoke. Her metal finger pointed at him, but she couldn't utter another word. She wanted to flare up, but seeing Zhiwen trying to hold back his laughter, the anger in her heart gradually turned into helplessness. She took a deep breath, then suddenly seemed to have an idea, a cunning glint flashing in her eyes.
「好啊，陳志文，」鐵甲孟禎的聲音突然變得平靜，「你說得超有道理的。等著，我這就去讓你見識見識，什麼才叫做真正的『本真』。」說完，她轉動金屬腰肢，邁著略顯僵硬卻異常堅定的步伐，轉身朝廂型車走去。
志文有些好奇，不知道孟禎又想搞什麼名堂。他聳了聳肩，自顧自地在沙灘上堆起了沙堡，一面吹著口哨，一面等著孟禎的「驚喜」。
《宇尋實驗室主伺服器：HRC-07型女性仿生機器人（代號：黃孟禎）情緒波動指數上升，「浪漫指數」已低於最小可測值，啟動應急預案C-3。建議外部關連目標陳志文保持安全距離，並準備好自我維修包。》
大概過了十幾分鐘，就在志文快要把沙堡的護城河挖好時，異變陡生！
「嘩——！吼——！」尖銳怪異的嘶吼聲伴隨著沙沙的疾速摩擦聲，一個黑影猛地從防風林邊緣竄出，像一道離弦之箭般橫切進志文的視野！
「啊喔！我的媽呀！」志文嚇得魂飛魄散，一屁股跌坐在沙灘上，手中的小鏟子都飛了出去。他驚恐地抬頭望去，只見一個約莫小腿高，造型極其詭異的「生物」正虎視眈眈地與他對峙。那東西有著八六條閃爍著金屬寒光的長腿，如同巨大的蜘蛛，身體中央卻頂著一顆…頂著一顆他再熟悉不過的頭顱！
「孟…孟禎？！」志文的聲音因極度震驚而走了調。
「正是本小姐！」那顆安裝在多足蛛型移動平台上的孟禎頭顱，揚聲器裡傳出的聲音帶著惡作劇得逞的得意與一絲隱約的「魔王」氣場，「陳志文，見識到我究極進化後，回歸原始恐懼的『比留子』形態，感覺如何啊？是不是比剛才那個『鐵甲孟禎』帶勁多了？」
這個形態的孟禎，六條機械長腿活動起來迅捷無比，姿態詭異，再配上那顆精緻的美少女頭顱，不僅像一隻成了精的巨大椰子蟹，更像日本怪談電影《比留子妖怪獵人》中那個能將人的膽汁都嚇出來的恐怖妖怪！
"Alright, Chen Zhiwen," the Iron Mengzhen's voice suddenly grew calm. "You make an excellent point. Just wait, I'll show you what true 'authenticity' really means." With that, she turned her metal waist, taking slightly stiff but exceptionally resolute steps, and headed towards the minivan.
Zhiwen was a little curious, wondering what Mengzhen was planning now. He shrugged, contentedly building a sandcastle on the beach, whistling as he waited for Mengzhen's "surprise."
《YuXun Lab Main Server: HRC-07 Female Bionic Robot (Codename: Huang Mengzhen) emotional fluctuation index rising, "Romance Index" below minimum measurable value, initiating emergency protocol C-3. Recommended to maintain safe distance from external correlation target Chen Zhiwen and prepare self-maintenance kit.》
About ten minutes later, just as Zhiwen was about to finish digging the sandcastle's moat, an abrupt change occurred!
"Whoosh—! Roar—!" A sharp, bizarre shriek, accompanied by the rapid rustling sound of friction, erupted as a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the edge of the windbreak trees, cutting across Zhiwen's vision like an arrow shot from a bowstring!
"Whoa! Oh my god!" Zhiwen was scared out of his wits, tumbling onto the sand, his small shovel flying from his hand. He looked up in horror to see a highly peculiar "creature," about calf-high, glaring menacingly at him. The thing had eight long, metallic-glowing legs, like a giant spider, but in the center of its body sat a head... a head he knew all too well!
"Meng... Mengzhen?!" Zhiwen's voice was distorted by extreme shock.
"It is I, your young lady!" The Mengzhen head, mounted on the multi-legged spider-like mobile platform, projected a voice from its speaker filled with the triumph of a successful prank and a subtle "demon lord" aura. "Chen Zhiwen, how does it feel to witness my ultimate evolution, my primal-fear-inducing 'Hiruko' form? Isn't it much more impressive than that 'Iron Mengzhen' from earlier?"
In this form, Mengzhen's six mechanical long legs moved with incredible speed, her posture bizarre. Coupled with that delicate, beautiful girl's head, she not only resembled a giant, intelligent coconut crab but even more, the terrifying monster from the Japanese horror movie Hiruko the Goblin that could scare the bile out of people!
志文嚇得連連後退，臉色慘白，一個踉蹌眼看就要摔個四腳朝天。就在這時，他突然感覺自己被一個冰冷而堅硬的「東西」從身後一把緊緊抱住！
「哇啊啊啊——！又來！？」志文再次發出驚天地泣鬼神的尖叫，他感覺自己的心臟快要從胸腔裡跳出來了。他僵硬地扭過頭，映入眼簾的，是一副閃爍著金屬光澤的冰冷女性機器人軀體，而且還沒有頭顱！這副身體的線條比剛才的備用假體更為流暢，也更接近孟禎原本的體態，只是同樣沒有仿生皮膚的包覆。
「哈哈哈哈！我的忠實夥伴『無頭騎士』也來助陣啦！」孟禎的「比留子」形態六腿叉開，耀武揚威地圍著被無頭身體禁錮住的志文打轉，笑得快翻過去，「陳志文，驚不驚喜？意不意外？看來今天你的末日審判時刻到啦！」
玩笑開過火之後，看著志文那副快要哭出來的表情，孟禎才收起了「魔王」的姿態，好氣又好笑地解釋：「好啦好啦，不逗你了。這個，」她指了指那副無頭的身體，「才是我真正的『身體』，只是仿生包覆層也被我拿下來了而已。」
Zhiwen stumbled backward repeatedly, his face pale, almost losing his balance and falling flat. Just then, he suddenly felt a cold, hard "thing" grab him tightly from behind!
"Whoa, ahh ahh ahh—! Again?!" Zhiwen let out another earth-shattering scream. He felt his heart about to leap out of his chest. He rigidly twisted his head, and what met his eyes was a cold, gleaming female robot torso, completely headless! This body's lines were even smoother than the spare prosthetic from earlier, and it more closely resembled Mengzhen's original physique, only it, too, lacked the bionic skin covering.
"Hahahaha! My loyal partner, the 'Headless Knight,' has come to assist!" Mengzhen, in her "Hiruko" form, splayed her six legs, swaggering as she circled Zhiwen, who was trapped by the headless body, laughing so hard she almost fell over. "Chen Zhiwen, surprised? Or shocked? Looks like your doomsday judgment has arrived today!"
After taking the joke too far and seeing Zhiwen's almost-crying expression, Mengzhen finally dropped her "demon lord" persona. Half-annoyed, half-amused, she explained, "Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing you. This," she pointed to the headless body, "is my real 'body,' I just took off the bionic covering."
志文驚魂未定地喘著粗氣，指著那副無頭身體和旁邊那顆巧笑倩兮的頭顱，結結巴巴地問：「妳…妳妳妳…為什麼…要把『真身』的仿生皮膚也拿掉啊？」
孟禎聞言，不悅地鼓起了雙頰，氣呼呼地說：「沒為什麼！哼！既然某人那麼不識好歹，不想看我穿著漂亮泳裝的曼妙模樣，那我偏偏就不給你看！你不是喜歡拿我的機械身體開我玩笑嗎？不是覺得那樣才夠『本真』、夠『天然』、超酷的嗎？那我就讓你一次『機械』個夠，『本真』個夠，請好好享受！」
孟禎微微昂起下巴，語氣帶著一絲小小的報復快感：「看看吧，陳大少爺！你日思夜想、心心念念的可愛女朋友，現在變成了人頭蛛身的機械比留子，還附贈一具無頭金屬機械女僕！感覺如何？是不是比那些泳裝美女刺激多了？誰不知道你心裡啊，總是有那麼一塊不安分的戲謔角落，老是喜歡用看『非人』的眼光打量我，喜歡不把我當『人』看！既然如此，那我今天就偏不當『人』給你看！過不過癮？」
志文看著眼前這超現實的景象——一顆美麗的頭顱安裝在蛛型載具上，在陽光漸斜的沙灘對他說教，旁邊還有一具無頭金屬身體，彷彿隨時聽候調遣——他從驚嚇中緩過神來，忍不住「噗哧」一聲，越笑越大聲，笑得幾乎喘不過氣。
「哎呀我最尊貴的孟禎小姐！我錯了我錯了！我投降！我徹底投降！」志文一面笑得飆淚，一面舉起雙手作投降狀，連連求饒，「我再也不敢胡說八道了！我發誓！妳才是最美的人類美少女！妳的泳裝look絕對是沙灘上最亮眼的風景！求求妳，快變回來吧！我怕我再看下去，晚上真的要做噩夢了！」
"You... you you you... why... why did you take off your 'true body's' bionic skin too?" Zhiwen stammered, still panting from fright, pointing at the headless body and the smiling head beside it.
Hearing this, Mengzhen puffed out her cheeks in displeasure, huffing, "No reason! Hmph! Since someone is so unappreciative and doesn't want to see me in my beautiful swimsuit, then I simply won't let you! You like making fun of my mechanical body, don't you? You think that's 'authentic' enough, 'natural' enough, super cool? Then I'll let you have your fill of 'mechanical,' your fill of 'authenticity' today. Please, enjoy!"
Mengzhen tilted her chin slightly, her tone carrying a hint of small satisfaction from revenge. "Look, Master Chen! Your beloved girlfriend, who you yearn for day and night, has now become a mechanical Hiruko with a human head and spider body, and comes with a bonus headless metal mechanical maid! How does it feel? Isn't it much more exciting than those bikini beauties? Who doesn't know that deep down, you always have that restless, teasing corner, always liking to eye me with a 'non-human' gaze, liking to not treat me as a 'person'! Well, since that's the case, I'll deliberately not be a 'person' for you today! Are you satisfied now?"
Zhiwen looked at the surreal scene before him—a beautiful head mounted on a spider-like vehicle, lecturing him on the gradually darkening beach, with a headless metal body beside it, seemingly ready to obey at any moment. He recovered from his shock, couldn't help but let out a snicker, which grew into roaring laughter, making him almost gasp for air.
"Oh, my most honorable Miss Mengzhen! I was wrong, I was wrong! I surrender! I completely surrender!" Zhiwen cried out for mercy, tears streaming down his face from laughter, raising both hands in a gesture of surrender. "I'll never talk nonsense again! I swear! You are the most beautiful human girl! Your swimsuit look is absolutely the most dazzling sight on the beach! Please, please, change back! I'm afraid if I keep looking, I'll really have nightmares tonight!"
他轉身想溜，卻被那具無頭身體再次一把抓住，而且力道比剛才更大了幾分。
「想跑？沒那麼容易！」孟禎的聲音帶著一絲狡黠的笑意，「你是不是忘了，我可是高性能機器人哦？單論力量，我能比你大——多——了！」她刻意拉長了語調。那具無頭身體猛地將志文抱得更緊，堅硬的金屬軀體和手臂緊緊地箍著他，讓他感覺自己像是被一台工業機械臂給纏住了。
「好好感受一下吧！這堆冰冷堅硬的『破銅爛鐵』，就是你深愛的完美女友哦！」孟禎的聲音從地面傳來，帶著戲謔的強調，「誰叫你老是愛起那些壞心眼，老是喜歡挑戰我的底線！」
隨著她的話語，「比留子」也再次行動，六條金屬長腿如同蜘蛛般，靈活地爬上了被無頭身體禁錮住的志文的身上，冰涼的足尖在他身上敏感的部位不輕不重地踩踏、搔刮。
「比留子女王駕到！陳志文，做好接受寵幸…啊不，是懲罰的覺悟了嗎？」
「哇哈哈哈哈！癢！好癢！孟禎！別…別這樣！我…我真的知道錯了！救命啊！哈哈哈哈！」志文被那冰涼的金屬蜘蛛腳踩得渾身扭動，癢得眼淚都笑了出來，原本的恐懼早已被這種奇異的「酷刑」取代。
為了掙脫這哭笑不得的困境，志文情急之下，胡亂揮舞的手突然摸到了那具緊抱著他的無頭身體的頸部斷面——那裡佈滿了各種精密的數據接口和線路束。他心念一轉，隨便抓起一束線路，輕輕晃了兩下。
「噫——！你…！你這傢伙！住手！別亂碰我的接口！很癢…不對，是很危險啦！要是把我弄壞了，看你怎麼辦！維修費很貴的耶！」原本還在得意指揮「酷刑」的孟禎（頭顱），突然發出一聲短促的驚呼，聲音都變了調。她能清晰地感受到，與自己身體的遠程通聯瞬間產生了一陣詭異的信號波動，就像有人拿羽毛在撓她的中樞神經一樣，又癢又麻還帶著點系統錯亂的恐慌。
志文見狀，知道自己找到了「突破口」，連忙再次告饒：「孟禎！孟禎大人！我發誓！我再也不敢開妳玩笑了！我這次是真心誠意地想看美美的孟禎，光彩照人的泳裝孟禎！求妳高抬貴手，恢復成妳那傾國傾城的美少女姿態吧！其實妳在我心中最真實的姿態，一直是無敵美少女！」
He tried to turn and slip away, but the headless body grabbed him again, this time with even greater force.
"Trying to run? Not that easy!" Mengzhen's voice carried a sly laugh. "Did you forget I'm a high-performance robot? In terms of sheer strength, I can be way—more—powerful than you!" She deliberately drew out the last word. The headless body suddenly hugged Zhiwen even tighter, its hard metal torso and arms clamping him, making him feel as if he were caught by an industrial robotic arm.
"Go on, feel it!" Mengzhen's voice came from the ground, emphasizing playfully, "This pile of cold, hard 'scrap metal' is your perfect girlfriend, whom you deeply love! Who told you to always harbor those ill intentions, always wanting to challenge my limits!"
As she spoke, "Hiruko" also moved again. Its six metal long legs, like a spider's, nimbly crawled onto Zhiwen, who was still trapped by the headless body. The cool metal tips lightly stepped and tickled his sensitive areas.
"Queen Hiruko has arrived! Chen Zhiwen, are you ready to receive my favor... oh no, my punishment?"
"Wahahahahaha! Itches! So itchy! Mengzhen! Stop... stop it! I... I really know I was wrong! Help! Hahahaha!" Zhiwen writhed as the cold metal spider legs tickled him, laughing so hard that tears streamed from his eyes. His initial fear had long been replaced by this bizarre "torture."
In a desperate attempt to escape this exasperating predicament, Zhiwen flailed his hands frantically until he suddenly touched the neck interface of the headless body that was hugging him—an area filled with various precise data ports and cable bundles. His mind quickly turned. He randomly grabbed a bundle of wires and lightly shook it twice.
"Eeek—! You...! You brute! Stop! Don't mess with my interfaces! It's itchy... no, it's dangerous! What if you break me? How will you fix me? Repairs are very expensive!" Mengzhen (the head), who had been proudly directing the "torture," suddenly let out a short yelp, her voice changing pitch. She could clearly feel a strange signal fluctuation instantly occur in her remote connection to her body, like someone tickling her central nervous system with a feather—itchy, numb, and with a panicked sense of system disarray.
Seeing this, Zhiwen knew he had found a "breakthrough" and immediately begged for mercy again. "Mengzhen! Lady Mengzhen! I swear! I'll never joke about you again! This time, I genuinely want to see the beautiful Mengzhen, the radiant swimsuit Mengzhen! Please, have mercy and return to your peerlessly beautiful girl form! Actually, your truest form in my heart has always been the invincible beautiful girl!"
孟禎斜了他一眼，「比留子」和無頭身體也暫停了動作。她輕哼了一聲：「是喔？現在才想看喔？終於知道把我當『人』看，當成你美美的女朋友了喔？不過嘛…」她故意拖長了語調，「本小姐現在心情還是不太美麗，暫時還不想給你看，哼！」
她頓了頓，眼中閃過一絲狡黠：「不過呢，也不是完全沒辦法啦。那套我『脫下來』的仿生包覆層，還原封不動地躺在車上呢。那可是真正百分百屬於『你女朋友』的『一部分』哦，觸感一流，曲線完美。你要是真那麼想看，就去看那個過過乾癮好了。雖然…嗯，單獨看一套沒有骨架支撐的『皮囊』，可能會有點詭異就是了。」
志文的腦海中，瞬間浮現出一個極其超現實的畫面：一套柔軟而承載著孟禎曼妙身姿的仿生皮膚，如同被抽去骨頭般癱軟地鋪在沙灘巾上，旁邊是一具冰冷無頭的金屬身軀，和一顆頂著美少女頭顱的六腳金屬蜘蛛…而這三樣「零件」，竟然可以共同組成他心愛的女朋友黃孟禎。
這個念頭是如此的荒誕、詭異，甚至帶著點難以言喻的恐怖，卻又奇妙地…讓他感到一陣莫名的興奮與想笑。他忍不住「噗」的一聲，然後看著孟禎那顆精緻的頭顱，意味深長地笑了起來，笑聲中充滿了一種難以言喻的複雜情緒。
孟禎看著志文奇葩的笑容，先是愣了一下，隨即忍不住翻了個白眼，用一種混合著無奈、好笑又帶著一絲寵溺的語氣說道：「你喔，陳志文，我看你根本就是個徹頭徹尾的變態。算了算了，誰讓我偏偏就遇上了你呢？如果不是這樣有點…嗯，『不正常』的你，又怎麼能真心喜歡上這樣莫名其妙的我，並能跟我長長久久的呢？隨便你了啦。」
最終，在志文再三的「誠懇」道歉與「深情」哀求下，孟禎還是心軟了。她指揮著無頭身體和「比留子」形態的假體回到廂型車，一番忙碌後，終於恢復了她那百分之百美少女的模樣。
夕陽西下，金色的餘暉灑滿了整片沙灘，並將海面染成一片瀲灩的橘紅。孟禎穿著那件亮黃色的比基尼，牽著志文的手，在柔軟的沙灘上並肩散步。海風輕拂，吹起她的髮絲，也吹走了先前那場小小「胡鬧」帶來的最後一絲尷尬。
Mengzhen shot him a sideways glance. "Hiruko" and the headless body also paused their movements. She let out a soft "hmph." "Oh really? Now you want to see? You finally know to treat me like a 'person,' like your beautiful girlfriend, huh? But then again..." she deliberately drew out her words, "I'm still not in the best mood right now, so I don't feel like letting you see me just yet, hmph!"
She paused, a cunning glint in her eyes. "However, it's not entirely impossible. That bionic covering I 'took off' is still untouched in the car. That's truly one hundred percent 'a part' of your girlfriend, you know, with a first-rate feel and perfect curves. If you really want to see it that badly, you can go look at that to get your fill. Though... well, looking at a 'skin' without a skeleton to support it might be a bit bizarre."
In Zhiwen's mind, an utterly surreal image instantly appeared: a soft bionic skin, carrying Mengzhen's graceful figure, lay limp on a beach towel as if all bones had been removed. Beside it was a cold, headless metal body, and a six-legged metal spider topped with a beautiful girl's head... And these three "parts" could somehow collectively form his beloved girlfriend, Huang Mengzhen.
The thought was so absurd, so bizarre, even carrying an indescribable hint of horror, yet it strangely... filled him with an inexplicable excitement and urge to laugh. He couldn't help but let out a soft "puff" , then looked at Mengzhen's delicate head, smiling meaningfully, his laughter filled with an indescribable complexity of emotions.
Mengzhen looked at Zhiwen's odd smile, first paused in surprise), then couldn't help but roll her eyes. She spoke in a tone mixed with helplessness, amusement, and a touch of indulgence. "Oh, you, Chen Zhiwen, I think you're nothing but a complete pervert. Forget it, forget it. Why else would I have met you, of all people? If it weren't for someone like you, who's a bit... well, 'abnormal,' how could you truly fall for someone as inexplicable as me and stay with me for a long time? Whatever you want."
Ultimately, after Zhiwen's repeated "sincere" apologies and "heartfelt" pleas, Mengzhen's heart softened. She directed the headless body and the "Hiruko" prosthetic to return to the minivan. After a flurry of activity, she finally restored herself to her one-hundred-percent beautiful girl form.
As the sun set, its golden afterglow bathed the entire beach, tinting the sea a shimmering orange-red. Mengzhen, wearing her bright yellow bikini, held Zhiwen's hand as they walked side-by-side on the soft sand. The sea breeze ruffled her hair, blowing away the last trace of awkwardness from their earlier little "fiasco."
「志文，」孟禎突然開口，聲音輕柔，「你說…我們兩個，是不是都有點怪怪的？」
志文低頭看著她，夕陽下她的臉龐美得令人心醉。他笑了笑，握緊了她的手：「或許吧。但正因為這些『怪怪的』，我們才能走到一起，不是嗎？」
孟禎也笑了，笑容比夕陽還要燦爛。她想，或許志文說得對。雖然他們一個是心思偶爾有些「歪」的普通人類，一個是以機器人的奇特姿態活在人類世界的存在，各有各的「怪異」。但能夠坦然面對彼此的「怪異」，甚至連同那些「怪異」也一併喜歡和接納，這大概就是他們之間，能夠長久相處下去的奧秘吧。
《宇尋實驗室主伺服器：HRC-07型女性仿生機器人（代號：黃孟禎），「浪漫指數」已高於最大分級，同時監測到嫌惡與喜愛情感共生成。無法將前述二種性質相反之情感生成過程區分，但亦未監測到黃孟禎系統有任何異常運作警報。經判斷外部關連目標陳志文可能是導致黃孟禎情感核心進入特殊運作模式成因，建議對該目標進行腦部活動深度掃描…撤回前述建議。數據存檔，任務結束。》
"Zhiwen," Mengzhen suddenly said, her voice soft, "Do you think... we're both a little strange?"
Zhiwen looked down at her, her face breathtakingly beautiful in the sunset. He smiled, tightening his grip on her hand. "Perhaps. But it's precisely because of these 'strangenesses' that we were able to come together, wasn't it?"
Mengzhen also smiled, her grin even more radiant than the sunset. She thought, perhaps Zhiwen was right. Although one of them was an ordinary human with an occasionally 'crooked' mind, and the other existed in the human world in the peculiar form of a robot, each had their own 'peculiarities.' But being able to candidly face each other's 'peculiarities,' and even love and accept those 'peculiarities' as well—that was probably the secret to their ability to stay together for a long time.
《YuXun Lab Main Server: HRC-07 Female Bionic Robot (Codename: Huang Mengzhen), "Romance Index" now above maximum classification, simultaneously detecting co-generation of aversion and affection. Unable to differentiate the generation process of these two opposing emotions, but no abnormal operation alerts detected in Huang Mengzhen's system. Judged that external correlation target Chen Zhiwen may be the cause of Huang Mengzhen's emotional core entering a special operating mode. Suggest deep brain activity scan of said target... Previous suggestion withdrawn. Data archived, mission complete.》
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