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When Lu Xiang returned to the transfer station, she found that most of the faces there were familiar ones.
This time, the companies acted very swiftly, and a new batch of warrants had been posted online, spreading to every corner of the seventeenth district through the city's holographic projections.
No one had expected that artificial intelligence would be treated as human for the first time when they were regarded as wanted felons.
Great rewards always lure brave chasers, even more so when the targets are AIs programmed not to harm humans. The companies cleverly played on people's psychology, enticing them to roam the streets looking for AIs in exchange for a bounty lavish enough to live off for several years.
What no one realized was that the very fugitives the rescuer department was eagerly seeking had all gathered here, joining the new batch of those reporting to the junkyard for potential employment.