I and Lin Yan didn't dare to act rashly. Although household robots are already very popular now, in this doomsday world, no one can let their guard down.

After a while, probably because the people upstairs didn't notice any movement, that robot head slowly peered down again. When its two mechanical eyes saw Lin Yan and me standing on the balcony, staring straight at it, it immediately shrank back.

Quite intelligent.

Lin Yan and I whispered to each other and decided that if it dared to come down again, we would smash it to pieces with a hammer.

As expected, the robot head came down again after a while. Lin Yan was about to raise the hammer and swing it over when the robot seemed to know what was about to happen. It raised both hands in a surrender gesture above its head, opened its mouth, and said in a mechanical voice, "Please don't hurt me. I don't intend to harm you."

Lin Yan stopped the hammer in mid-air and asked, "Who are you?"

The robot paused for a moment, then after a few seconds, seemingly receiving an instruction, it mechanically replied, "I am a resident living above you."

"What is your purpose?"

"...Can you give me something to eat?"

Lin Yan and I exchanged glances.

"Are you alone?"

"Yes."

I furrowed my brows. "You have observed us for so long, but we don't know who you are. Why should we give you food?"

"I really have no ill intentions. I have been hungry for almost a week. Please wait a moment."

After saying these words, the robot shrank back again, and two minutes later, it reached out with a document in hand.

I took the document from the robot's hand. It was a student ID card from a well-known high school in City A. When I flipped open the document, I saw a photo of a young teenager named Chen Jiayang.

"Where are your parents?" I asked.

"They haven't come back for a week."

Lin Yan and I exchanged another glance, and in each other's eyes, we saw the same question: Should we save him or not?

I contemplated for a moment, and in the end, sentimentality took the upper hand.

I took two buckets of instant noodles and a bottle of mineral water from the storage room and handed them to the robot.

The robot mechanically thanked me and then retreated.

Lin Yan and I waited for a while, but the robot didn't come down again, so we turned back and went inside the house.

"What should we do if he asks for more?" Lin Yan asked me.

I hesitated and said, "He is still a child."

"But what if the student ID card isn't his?"

I remained silent for a moment. "Our supplies are abundant, and even if the crops mature, we can ensure long-term food. Even if he is just trying to deceive us for sympathy and food... I think, under the premise of ensuring our own safety, we can help him appropriately."

Lin Yan didn't say anything further.

I knew what he meant; he agreed with me.