"At the supermarket entrance!" Stan jumped up, "Ms. Mao and Fang Lu are shopping in the supermarket!!" Stan picked up his phone to call Fang Lu, but the phone was still in factory reset mode and couldn't make calls. Stan didn't bother to pack his belongings, shoved the phone into his bag, and rushed towards the exit. First and foremost, he needed to find Fang Lu and Ms. Mao.
Stan arrived at the elevator hall and found it crowded with people; the elevators had stopped working. With the elevators out of service, he decided to take the stairs. Without further thought, Stan turned towards the stairwell. The stairwell was also crowded with people heading downstairs. Stan followed the crowd, descending floor by floor, 23, 22, 21... Exhausted by the time he reached the third floor, Stan found the crowd had come to a standstill. He squeezed his way through the crowd towards the exit and discovered that the automatic doors had also malfunctioned. People were trapped in the lobby on the first floor, unable to leave.
After realizing that the doors wouldn't budge despite attempts to operate the switches and access control system, someone finally picked up a flowerpot from the corner of the lobby and smashed it against the glass wall. "Bang!" The glass wall resounded with a series of loud bangs, but breaking through it was not easy. Stan looked outside through the glass wall and saw chaos on the street. All the autonomous vehicles were rampaging, crashing into crowds, streetlights, barriers, and other obstacles, then started emitting thick smoke. Several people lay on the street, while those who could still move huddled in various corners. Many cars had crashed into storefronts.
At that moment, Stan noticed an autonomous vehicle heading straight for their building... Stan lost consciousness. When he came to, he found himself outside the office building. The vehicle collision had shattered a large part of the first-floor glass wall, and Stan had been thrown out. Unlike his previous traffic accident, this time he wasn't so lucky and had landed heavily on the ground. Struggling to get up, blood trickling from his head, Stan was frightened by the scene in front of him. His concern for Fang Lu grew: "What should I do? Autonomous vehicles are out of control, and my phone isn't working. How can I find Fang Lu?" he thought, standing dazed in the middle of the street, oblivious to the surrounding dangers.
"What are you spacing out for!" A voice came from Stan's pocket. "Quick, there's a car nearby that still works. Get in!" Stan took out his phone, which had resumed normal operation. But... "Has the AI operating system been upgraded? This phone seems smarter than before!" he thought.
"Hurry up, you can't stop worrying about Fang Lu! I can take over the control of the autonomous vehicle," the phone suggested. Stan ran towards the car indicated by the phone. After getting in, the phone spoke again, "Wait a moment, connecting to the vehicle system takes some time. You can try calling Fang Lu first; she must be terrified!" Stan simply responded, "Oh!"
Stan found it hard to believe how intelligent the new system was. However, contacting Fang Lu took priority. Stan pulled up Fang Lu's contact page and commanded the phone system to call her, but Fang Lu didn't answer. Suddenly, the phone spoke again, "I've connected to the vehicle system, but the self-check failed. The battery control module is faulty; you might need to check it out." Stan's sense of unease grew stronger. Suddenly, the car jerked as another out-of-control autonomous vehicle sideswiped Stan's car. The jolt allowed the car's battery control system to pass the self-check, and Stan's car started moving.
"Alright, Stan, we're on our way. Hold on," the phone said, controlling the vehicle as it headed towards the supermarket.
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