My Endless Life.

Chapter 592 Mysterious Girl
The gentleman doll soon poured two cups of coffee over.

Well, it should be said that it looks like coffee. Although it smells like coffee, it also looks black.

But in fact, the floating residue inside makes it hard to believe that this thing is coffee.

Even if it was really coffee, it must have been expired for who knows how long.

Li Qi took a look and had no intention of drinking it. However, the gentleman doll was drinking it happily, but liquid always leaked out from the side of his abdomen from time to time.

The gentleman doll seemed to know this as well, so he had prepared a rag for wiping. He wiped any leaked out as he went along, and not a single drop fell onto the ground.

"Coffee is one of the greatest masterpieces of the human age. It is said that humans always drink a cup of steaming hot coffee whether they are working, studying or socializing. Would you like to try it?"

The gentleman doll was enjoying his coffee and raised the coffee cup in his hand to invite Li Qi.

Li Qi looked at the black mass in the cup again and shook his head slowly and firmly.

The gentleman doll shrugged his shoulders with regret, then suddenly remembered something and raised a finger and said:

"Ah, I almost forgot. I remember I once collected a singer's vocal system. It should be suitable for you. Wait for me."

"?"

Li Qi wanted to say no, but the gentleman doll quickly got up and left, and a few minutes later, updated the voice system that Li Qi mentioned.

After all this was done, the gentleman doll nodded in satisfaction:
"That's it. You should be able to speak now."

"…Thanks."

A crisp... but not pleasant sound came out of Li Qi's mouth.

Well, the voice system of the gentleman doll is probably an old item found somewhere. Although there is no problem with the sound, it is not realistic to expect it to sound as good as the original.

Fortunately, there was no impact on communication.

"Oh, perfect. Although it's a little different from what I imagined, at least it can make a complete sound. By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, right? My name is Charlie, and you can call me Uncle Charlie."

Only then did the gentleman doll remember to introduce himself to Li Qi.

Li Qi opened his mouth and wanted to introduce himself as well, but then he realized that he didn't even know the specific model of his puppet's body, let alone its name, so he fell silent again and just looked up at Charlie.

Charlie slapped his head as if he had just thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, your memory system may also be damaged... It doesn't matter, in that case I'll help you pick one, how about Eva?"

"Eva?"

"The company that produced you is called Eva Company. I'm not very good at coming up with names, so I just used it. If you don't like it, you can come up with one of your own."

"It's okay, this is it."

Li Qi said it didn't matter.

He wanted to know more about the history of this world than unimportant things like names.

After exchanging names, Li Qi finally got to know Charlie and the two began to chat.

Under Li Qi's intentional or unintentional guidance, Charlie told him about the situation nearby without any suspicion.

After listening to what Charlie said, Li Qi had a deeper understanding of the despair of this world.

Not to mention other places for now, there is basically no living life within a radius of several hundred kilometers centered on where Charlie lives.

Some were just various plants growing tenaciously under the garbage dump, and some puppets barely relying on residual programs to move.

And most puppets rarely have the self-awareness and intelligence like Charlie. They just maintain the previous program and repeat what the program tells them to do over and over again until their energy is completely exhausted.

Puppets like Charlie and Reggie, who have complete self-awareness, their own names, and can behave in a way that is completely different from the underlying logical program, are extremely rare among the extremely rare.

They are the new lives, and the other puppets are just tools.

This is the pattern around here. As for whether there is life further away, Charlie is not sure.

He had no intention of leaving here, nor was he curious about exploring far away places.

He brought Li Qi back home only because he realized that Li Qi was "special" and that there was still hope for him to survive.

As for what to do after bringing it back, Charlie hadn't thought about it.

But according to Charlie, even just chatting would be fine, after all, there are really few people who can chat with him in this place.

Charlie seemed to really enjoy chatting. Although it was Li Qi who started the conversation and asked about things nearby, Charlie still chatted until the evening. When it was completely dark, Charlie stopped talking, feeling somewhat unsatisfied, and asked Li Qi to rest early.

Although puppets don't actually need to rest, Charlie seems to be intentionally imitating the daily routine of humans. Therefore, at night, he will turn off the lights in the room and lie down in bed.

But today was different from usual, because there was another person, Li Qi, lying with him.

"I heard that many people choose to look at the stars before going to bed at night, but I don't really understand the meaning of their doing so. After all, the stars I see at night are not as beautiful as the stars I see in the planetarium... Eva, do you like looking at the stars?"

"..."

"It is said that we live on the stars. Humans have tried to build ships to other stars before, but unfortunately the puppet rebellion occurred before they succeeded..."

"..."

"If there are humans on other planets, will they also make puppets? Will the puppets there also rebel? If that's the case, it would be terrible."

“…Go to sleep.”

Charlie chattered on and on all day, and even Li Qi felt a headache.

However, apart from the application of consciousness, Li Qi is unable to use other special abilities, because he has not found any other special energy besides consciousness so far.

Therefore, abilities such as magic cannot be used.

However, his body was not made of flesh and blood, but a puppet made of various parts. The idea of ​​extracting energy to practice the Immortal Heart Sutra was not feasible. Therefore, apart from consciousness, Li Qi could not use any other abilities now.

Consciousness has little effect on Charlie. Although Charlie does not have any special abilities, his consciousness is unexpectedly strong. Li Qi has no way to influence him with his consciousness and can only passively listen to him talking.

Fortunately, Charlie was a polite "gentleman". After realizing that Li Qi had no desire to communicate, he quickly calmed down and fell into a "deep sleep".

The surroundings instantly fell silent, and the chirping of insects on a summer night replaced Charlie's chattering voice.

It seems that this world is not so hopeless that there is no hope at all. At least there are still bugs...

Listening to the chirping of insects beside his ears, Li Qi felt emotional.

……

The next morning, as soon as the sun came out, Charlie jumped out of bed and started his busy day. According to Charlie, he was going to look for useful objects in the garbage dump today. It would be great if he could find a puppet like Li Qi that still had a complete energy system and self-awareness.

Even if we can't find it, it would be good to find some backup energy. After all, neither Charlie nor Li Qi's energy system can guarantee that they can operate for a long time.

Reacher had no intention of going with Charlie.

He planned to go to the nearby library to look for the history of mankind in this world.

Although from the information we have obtained now, this world is definitely unrelated to the world Li Qi has visited, but even if it is not, it doesn’t matter. It is also good to go to the library to learn more about the human history of this world.

The library in this world is not difficult to find. Starting from Charlie's house, go to the largest circular building in the center of the city.

Charlie said he knew that books were mankind's greatest treasure, so when choosing his home address, he deliberately chose a place close to the Human Library.

Although he had only been to the library twice since then and never went there again, he had never thought about moving and had stayed nearby, which was a good thing for Li Qi.

Li Qi was very grateful to Charlie for his choice, otherwise he didn't know how long it would take him to find a library.

Li Qi's gratitude to Richard did not last long. When Li Qi actually came to the nearby library, he finally understood why Richard had only come to the library twice since he moved here.

“…The books here…are all rotten.”

Walking into the empty library, Li Qi picked up a sealed book and opened it to read it, only to find that the paper inside was so rotten that the words could not be seen clearly.

An ordinary book, without maintenance, can only be preserved for no more than fifty years.

The puppet rebellion occurred more than fifty years ago, not to mention the time for the puppets to self-destruct afterwards.

Judging from the amount of dust accumulated in the library and the degree of decay of the building, this place has not been visited for at least a hundred years, so it is not surprising that the books here are in such a rotten state.

It was more like there were some books here that were worth reading, which was beyond Li Qi's expectation.

"No, most of the books are rotten, and even if there are a few that are readable, they are not very nutritious... Where is the section for history books?"

Li Qi searched the library for a long time, but to his disappointment, he couldn't find any books worth reading.

There were only a few books that were still readable, and the records in them were all irrelevant. Li Qi couldn't find any of the history books he wanted to find.

As for searching by partition, Li Qi had also thought about it.

It's a pity that the partition signs are badly worn. Although Li Qi can barely recognize some traces left on the signs through his consciousness, it is still a bit difficult to accurately find the partition of the historical area.

What’s more important is that even if you find it, you will probably only find a bunch of crappy books, and you won’t find a single readable one.

"And there are weeds everywhere..."

In addition to the fallen dust, there are also many tenaciously growing vines and weeds in the library, some of which grow specifically from the bodies of the service dolls.

It can be seen that the puppet responsible for safety and sanitation here had lost its power long ago, leaving only a pile of motionless wreckage.

The entire library gives people a feeling of deathly silence. Witnessing everything here is like witnessing the sunset of human civilization.

Li Qi searched in the dilapidated library for an unknown amount of time. When he was about to give up, he suddenly heard someone humming a song.

“——~”

The brisk music seemed to condense into a material symbol, floating past Li Qi.

Li Qi looked towards the depths of the library following the sound of the music, and then searched in the direction where the sound came from.

Passing through an area where bookshelves had collapsed and walking down a corridor, Li Qi came to the place where someone was humming a tune. Then Li Qi's movements paused. He stopped there, not daring to move forward, and looked towards the center of the music.

Right where the humming sound came from, Li Qi saw a young girl.

A beautiful girl with short blond hair, a white beret, and a brown and red adventure outfit.

The girl looked young, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with fair and translucent skin and a well-proportioned and plump figure. She looked like a character from a comic book.

The person humming the song was this girl.

At this moment, the girl was exploring the library with brisk steps. She waved her right hand gently, and the surrounding buildings and books stood up as if time was reversed under her command. Then, the restored books flew up into the air and fell into the pockets at the side of the girl.

The girl repeated this action and gradually went deeper into the library.

Li Qi stopped and stood still as he looked at this scene.

Because he couldn't figure out the identity of the girl in front of him for a moment.

Is she a human? Or a puppet? Or some special being?

Li Qi couldn't guess, because he couldn't sense any breath from the girl. Even if he didn't hear her voice or see her presence, if he just closed his eyes, Li Qi would not be able to sense the girl's presence at all.

It was as if she shouldn't exist in the real world at all.

The sudden appearance of this special existence made Li Qi instinctively feel a little fearful. He didn't dare to get too close, nor did he dare to rush forward to say hello. He just observed the other party from a distance.

But perhaps it was because Li Qi's gaze was too direct. Just when Li Qi was hesitating whether to leave or go up and say hello, the girl's humming suddenly stopped.

She seemed to have noticed something and turned to look at Li Qi.

At that moment, Li Qi met her emerald green eyes.

"!!!"

There was a momentary blank in his mind, and Li Qi blinked subconsciously. With just this one action, the girl's figure instantly appeared in front of Li Qi from a distance.

The girl suddenly appeared in front of Li Qi, which scared him. He subconsciously dodged, but fell backwards because he did not notice the debris under his feet.

The person who caught Li Qi who was about to fall was none other than the girl in front of him.

"Oops, be careful~"

The girl instinctively reached out and grabbed Li Qi's arm, but because the movement was too violent, Li Qi's arm was not spliced ​​very tightly.

therefore--

Boom!
The girl grabbed his arm, but Li Qi still fell to the ground.

Looking at her arm and then at Li Qi who was lying on the ground, the girl scratched her cheek and gave an embarrassed smile.

After a while, she half-knelt down, poked Li Qi's body with her arm, and asked with concern:
"Are you OK?"

(End of this chapter)