Just a magical girl who picks up trash

"Distribution of interests, intrigue... Honestly, I really want to agree with you, but since I seem to be a member of this meeting, I don't want to agree!"

Tian Ling ignored the merciless complaints and handed the "invitation" in her hand to Yu Yuan beside her. The operation of Tianyu City now depends on the three of them. The artificial intelligence is maintained. When everyone left, Tian Ling was undoubtedly appointed to be the main person in charge of all information processing in Tianyu City.

Zeya Anxin continued to operate as a satellite, but to be honest, the actual person in charge of Yucheng today should actually be Yu Yuan!

He seemed to have noticed this, so as the invitations overlapped, Luo Luo also looked at Yu Yuan, as if waiting for the other party's answer.

The Continental Alliance Conference is a grand event that integrates all the powerful forces in the entire continent. Those who are qualified to participate in the conference are people with certain strength in certain aspects. This kind of event does not matter which force organizes it, but it undoubtedly has a symbol of status.

Although Tianyu City was established not long ago, it has been steadily growing in recent years by establishing a channel similar to "cooperation" with scavengers, showing its extraordinary potential. I don't know how many forces have been eyeing this piece of fat meat, openly or secretly.

This naturally includes some guys in the Scavengers Alliance, and there is no doubt that such an invitation letter was sent out this time to let Tianyu City participate, and then use it to explore the true background of Tianyu City. Luo Luo originally wanted to remind them of this, but when he saw Tianling's understanding look after reading the letter, he immediately realized that he was meddling in other people's business!

"go with!"

Finally, after a moment of silence, Yu Yuan gave such an expected answer... Although she herself did not care much about the so-called alliance, but in fact this earthquake was more or less related to the search for her sister Yu Huan, coupled with the necessary intelligence gathering, so there was no harm in attending this meeting.

"Who's going?"

Tian Ling was not surprised by Yu Yuan's decision, but asked such a question without thinking, and in return, Yu Yuan gave her an elegant roll of the eyes:

"Among the three of us, besides me...who else has a physical form now?"

To put it bluntly, the three of them are currently in the state of artificial intelligence bodies. Of course, if we talk about bodies, it cannot be said that they do not have them. After all, with Zeya's manufacturing technology, it is obviously a very simple thing to create one or two bionic human machines to provide them with activities. However, no matter how realistic it is, it is still just a robot. If they attend this meeting with such a body shape, they may be discovered.

Among the three, the only one who truly possesses a human-like body is Yu Yuan, the system elf. After all, after many system upgrades, she already has her own body... This is also what Yu Yuan has always been looking forward to. After all, this way she can be with her sister... ahem, I'm getting off topic!

"..."

Yu Yuan's playful words were met with a huge roll of the eyes from Tian Ling. Then, as if he had thought of something, a look of despair suddenly appeared on his face. He said hurriedly and panickedly:

"Wait, wait, wait, if you leave too, does that mean everything in Tianyu City will..."

"Well, I'll leave it to you, Acting City Lord!"

"...Even if you elevate me to this level, it can't hide the fact that you're bullying me, you bastard!"

"That can't be helped. I'm the only one with a body among us. So it's all fate..."

"Fuck you, sister! You are our eldest sister after all, you shouldn't bully your younger sisters like this!"

"Eh? Then shouldn't you trust your sister? This kind of hard work of traveling and attending meetings is undoubtedly the job that suits me best, isn't it~~"

"You... hum!"

The dispute ultimately ended with Tian Ling's expression raging, and Luo Luo, watching from the side, was undoubtedly stunned. It was not until a long time later that he gave a heartfelt evaluation:

"Your circle is so chaotic!"

41. Boredom

Robots, also known as artificial intelligence, exist to repeatedly execute certain commands that have already been written in their own memory databases, and they exist in a rigid manner.

However, once an artificial intelligence develops its own thinking, or evolves, it will reluctantly make some judgments based on itself and the surrounding situation. Although this judgment comes from itself, it will still be more or less influenced by the "mission" that was once engraved in its "memory", thus leaning towards one side.

For example, the main brain, although after countless years of self-evolution, she now has her own thinking mode that is no less than that of humans, but she still obeys the mission of the former mechanical planet, struggling to resist the silver outside the planet while constantly counterattacking in an attempt to destroy it.

The battle line has been stretched to the cosmic layer on the surface of the planet. After being blocked by the mechanical planet, the Silver offensive was completely wrapped in all directions of the entire planet. However, due to the continuous development of the mechanical planet in recent years, the encirclement that was originally close to the planet has become increasingly larger.

If you look carefully at this time, it is not difficult to find that on the surface of this planet, around the silver liquid that can be clearly seen wriggling in the universe, countless densely packed mechanical figures as big as ants are holding their weapons and constantly reducing the amount of silver in front of them.

Faced with this, the silver naturally continued to extend its tentacles to fight back. Every time an organism was destroyed, the silver would drag it in without hesitation to absorb and transform it, and then increase its own liquid quality.

Similarly, every time they resist Silver, some girl robots will collect the silver-white liquid stripped from Silver into special containers, and then recycle it through the huge mechanical recycling station below, and use the energy in it to rebuild a new body.

After all, the universe is now completely destroyed, and the only thing left is the mechanical planet at this moment. The others were swallowed up by silver early on. Even such a huge silver planet has limited resources and cannot be regenerated indefinitely. Therefore, in fact, as early as hundreds of years ago when the materials in the material warehouse ran out, the main brain came up with this method.

Since silver can assimilate and devour everything, its molecular structure must also contain everything. If it can be utilized, then it should be possible to use this resource to create weapons to fight against the opponent.

Using the enemy's power to attack the enemy is undoubtedly a very good method. However, it is precisely because of this that a vicious cycle between the Mechanical Planet and Silver begins!

Silver continuously devours the mechanical life forms attacking from the mechanical planet to continuously strengthen its own strength, but the corresponding mechanical life forms also continuously cut the silver liquid to replenish the lost resources, thereby creating new bodies... This cycle has also led to the two sides being deadlocked since a hundred years ago and has continued to this day: the birth of Xiaobai with a red ponytail!

"Ha~~~"

As an absolute outlier among all mechanical life forms, a robot that has had no mission since birth, to be honest, this is undoubtedly a very boring thing for her. This can be felt from such a big yawn. After all, mechanical life forms are still machines in essence. Although there is a saying that if it runs too fast, it will shut down and cool down, but in fact there is no such function as sleeping!

However, Xiaobai was yawning at this time... It was a huge yawn that could almost be said to be extremely bored.

"Are you sleepy? This new machine actually has a sleeping function. Could it also have a dreaming mechanism?"

Just as she yawned, a female voice with an electronic sound came from behind her. It was the voice of her guardian: Qiqi. As a full-time nanny who has resigned from her original mission of the attacking force and come to Xiaobai's side, her biggest mission is to observe any "anthropomorphic" emotions of Xiaobai. Now she saw that Xiaobai could actually do "sleep", which they had never done before, which made her curious about another thing.

Xiaobai...can you dream?

Dreams... It was a mysterious existence that was beyond comprehension, a mysterious existence that could not be calculated no matter how the system calculated. It was said that all humans would dream, but no matter how the main brain analyzed it, it still did not know the mystery of the so-called dreams... There was no way to analyze it at all. After all, it was a manifestation at the deepest level of human consciousness that you yourself were unaware of. Even if you wanted to observe it, there was nothing to observe.

Not to mention that humans are now extinct, so dreams... can only be regarded as dreams.

"Ah~~ No, I was just yawning out of boredom. Dreaming or something... Honestly, I don't even know if I can dream!"

After all, her knowledge, like Qiqi in front of her, comes from a large database, but the difference between them is that Xiaobai seems to have other people's spiritual fragments in her body. It is precisely through the influence of the integration of these spiritual fragments that she now shows such active behavior that is completely different from Qiqi. But she is not a human being after all, and whether she can dream or not... it is really hard to say!

"Really? Then... continue observing!"

After hearing Xiaobai's uncertain answer, Qiqi seemed to reveal a slight disappointment, but then she continued to speak calmly. However, Xiaobai was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand weakly and said:

"Well... I don't mind you continuing to observe, but I'm wondering if... could you give me something to do? It's so boring just sitting here!"

It's more than just boring. Ever since she was born and it was determined that she didn't have any specific job and was just being observed like an experimental subject, she has been sitting in this beautiful place for three days and three nights!

God knows how she managed to hold on for these three days and three nights. In short, she had nothing to do during these three days and three nights. She just sat here and watched the pedestrians (mechanical life forms) coming and going, and the huge gear-like shadows floating in the sky under the operation of this huge machine.

"boring?"

He tilted his head habitually, and it seemed that it took him a long time to analyze the meaning of this sentence, and then Qiqi gradually made a judgment in his mind.

42. Job Change

Because she had no mission since birth, Xiaobai became the only mechanical life form on this mechanical planet. As the first emotional experiment machine, her complaints were quickly responded to by Qiqi:

"Report completed. I've informed the main brain of your suggestions. After analysis, I've decided to assign you a task. Based on your completion of the task, I'll increase your level and expand your scope of activity. Do you accept?"

Every mechanical life form has its own mission when it is born. Some are responsible for the maintenance of something, some are mainly responsible for manufacturing certain items, and some are responsible for fighting with the silver outside, and so on.

And because these mechanical life forms are not simply machines, they more or less have their own leisure time. Although most of the time these mechanical life forms are actually in a daze or recharging themselves, occasionally there will be one or two who go "shopping" based on the previous records of "humans" in the memory bank!

If you want to go shopping, you need extra power. After all, this is an armed planet, and there is a powerful enemy that has destroyed the universe and is constantly launching attacks outside. Therefore, it is natural not to let mechanical life forms wander around at will and cause some unnecessary changes. Therefore, after analysis by the main brain, these mechanical life forms were finally compiled into their own... hierarchy!

The hierarchy does not limit the majority power of mechanical life forms, nor does it distinguish between superior and inferior. After all, except for the main brain, all mechanical life forms actually maintain a common mindset and there is no distinction between high and low.

One of the functions of this so-called level is the open range area... In order to cultivate the emotions of mechanical life forms, the main brain has actually given these mechanical life forms the power to freely choose their "careers". According to the different tasks they complete and the different bodies they are divided into, there will be many "upgrade" and "career change" routes. As the level increases, the range of movement on the mechanical planet will be larger, and the position will also be higher!

It is said that this management method originated from a system called "online games" left by humans in the past. Because she felt that the NPCs in it were very suitable for the current situation of the main brain issuing tasks, she applied it.

Okay, that’s a long way off!

According to Qiqi, Xiaobai's level was LV3 at birth because she was a special machine. And because she was not classified as a logistics or vanguard fighter machine, etc., but a special machine, after analysis by the main brain, she was finally given the power to freely choose her "initial career"... Of course, it must be a career below LV3. If she wants to change her career, she will undoubtedly need to continue upgrading!

"There are currently 3,227 careers available to you. After selecting the humanoid missions, they have been organized into three main categories. You can freely choose your initial career from these!"

Just like the Sims, once you choose a career, you have to start developing and working in that direction, and this will also determine whether Xiaobai's life will be boring for a period of time in the future.

"Hmm, can you show me what professions there are?"

Compared to Qiqi's calmness, Xiaobai was obviously extremely excited... Finally, she had something to do and was obviously averse to the feeling of "boredom", so she couldn't wait to take up her post and start working.

"..."

As if seeing Xiaobai's emotions, Qiqi was silent for a while and finally listed the three major categories of occupations: logistics, manufacturing and... combat!

As the name suggests, the Logistics Department is mainly responsible for the maintenance of various mechanical sites on the mechanical planet and the transportation and filling of various materials. After all, the management of mechanical factories of all sizes on the planet is still very large and cumbersome. Although the main brain is responsible for coordinating the resources needed each time, there are also many things that need to be classified and cleaned up.

The so-called logistics department is mainly responsible for the management of these things. Of course, there will be special labor and machinery to carry out the transportation. So to put it bluntly, it is somewhat similar to... a job like a senior executive!

However, for the first option, Xiaobai just passed it without even thinking about it!

Of course, this wasn't because she couldn't manage or something. Mechanical life forms themselves were about sharing knowledge, so in fact, there was no such thing as "not being able to manage" for her. But as for this so-called administrator profession, she just wanted to say: It's like letting me change from sitting here and looking at the scenery to sitting in a small office and looking at reports... What's the difference... No, it's even more boring!

With such complaints, the first one was undoubtedly directly rejected, and I didn’t even have the chance to take a closer look at the specific categories!

Then the second one comes right after: Manufacturing Department!

Well, this is easier to explain. It is to manufacture various weapons, machines or some things that are helpful for the operation of the planet today. At first glance, this made Xiaobai full of interest, but after a careful and in-depth understanding, she immediately lost her initial enthusiasm!

To repeat, the knowledge of mechanical life forms is shared, which means that every mechanical life form can basically become a qualified manufacturer except for the differences in structure. Therefore, this industry can be said to be similar to a part-time job that anyone can do.

Of course, this is not the reason why Xiaobai rejects it because he thinks it is ordinary and cheap. The real reason is: although knowledge can be shared, it cannot be increased!

Because the knowledge in the database is there, and it is shared by all mechanical life forms. To put it bluntly, there is only so much of it. It has not decreased or increased in thousands of years. Mechanical life forms do not have the curiosity and creativity of humans. At most, they can make some optimizations and upgrades to current technology, but they do not have the ability to innovate.

This situation leads to the fact that the Manufacturing Department is called the Manufacturing Department, but in fact it is just the repetitive production of certain items... Well, it is just like the work on the assembly line in a mass production workshop, boring and tedious!

This is Xiaobai’s only feeling about this!

If she were asked to invent something new and interesting, she might be interested, but if she were just to tinker with some assembly line-like items repetitively... Sorry, I'm not interested!

Perhaps it was because the essence of the spirit she inherited was that it was restless? Therefore, this also led to a lot of changes in her non-existent personality, which was obviously one of the singularities.

Qiqi undoubtedly recorded all of Xiaobai's unique features that distinguished him from mechanical life forms. After the first two were rejected, Xiaobai was left with only the last option:

Combat system!

43. I want to protect you!

"Mobility engine expansion complete, energy reserves confirmed and reorganized, launch ready, countdown 3-2-1! Launch!"

"Zi~~Boom~~"

“Boom boom boom~~~”

A huge metal cube with a honeycomb design was placed there at an angle with its tip touching the ground. At first glance, it looked like a standing Rubik's Cube, covered with densely packed and constantly changing colors.

Along with this sound, the small honeycomb-like grids on the Rubik's Cube opened one after another, and then silver-white "eggs" were ejected from them like weapons, flying straight into the sky.

"The space device simulates a small spaceship that sends combat-type mechanical lifeforms into outer space to fight against Silver. While equipped with a space system, the spaceship itself acts as a 'weapon' for the mechanical lifeforms to use in space. If Silver accidentally swallows it, it can activate its self-destruct program to cause ultimate damage to Silver!"

The girl's words, mixed with electronic sounds, without any emotion, suddenly rang out in the vast white metal hall. Then, another girl's voice, also with electronic sounds, but undoubtedly richer in emotion, was heard:

"Oh, that's quite impressive... Was it just my imagination? Why did I feel like there was a hint of bragging in your introduction just now?"

"...There aren't any strict divisions within the combat system. The only things we need to do are two: destroy Baiyin and, if possible, collect the energy separated from Baiyin. Then, transport it to the space collection station for resource recovery!"

Ignoring Xiaobai's "Huh? Is this a change of subject? Are you ignoring my question?", Qiqi continued calmly describing her duties as a combat-type mecha. After she finished, she fixed her gaze on Xiaobai beside her, her tone inexplicably tinged with seriousness as she spoke:

"Because combat-type occupations are extremely dangerous, as a new type of machine experiment, you are not technically permitted to participate in combat-type selection. However, since this is your initiative, the Mastermind has agreed to your request in accordance with the 'free development of experimental subjects' directive. However, we still need to confirm this: Experimental subject JMQS001, are you sure you want to participate in the combat-type mission?"

The solemn words obviously lacked the previous casualness and indifference, and at the same time, it also made the surrounding atmosphere inexplicably heavy. Facing the other party's words, Xiaobai also understood the meaning of the other party's words through the memory in the memory bank... If he chose another profession, although it would be a bit boring, he could live a stable life.

Mechanical life forms have no lifespan, which means that she can live forever as the only free organism on this mechanical planet. In human terms, this means living a life like heaven without any restrictions.

However, in comparison, the life of the combat-type machines is... hell!

A true hell that could be swallowed up at any moment, where even the intelligent carrier could not be preserved, and could completely disappear at any moment!

However, after only a second of silence, Xiaobai, with a solemn expression, nodded seriously at the two extreme choices. He also gave his answer in a heavy tone, not as excited as before:

"I am sure!"

This answer made Qiqi silent for a while, but suddenly her eyes flickered and she asked a question that surprised Xiaobai:

"why?"

"Ugh?"

The sudden question was a little unlike Qiqi's style. Xiaobai was slightly taken aback by the sudden question. He did not answer immediately, but asked instead:

"Is this... a question from the Mastermind?"

As her own guardian, Qiqi is also the spokesperson for the main brain. Her main responsibility is to transmit her own observation information to the main brain, and also to convey some instructions from the main brain to herself. She is like a transit station, so it is obviously correct for her to ask this question.

However, for some reason, Qiqi did not give a clear and concise answer to Xiaobai's seemingly certain question. Instead, she paused for a few seconds before speaking:

"The existence of combat-type mechanical life forms is extremely dangerous. They could 'die' at any time for various reasons while fighting in space. Once devoured, even their 'existence' disappears. They can't even create new machines. Their own intelligence is completely wiped out!"

The existence of silver has always been a mystery, but the terror it displays is undoubtedly very powerful. Even if a mechanical life form is devoured by it, it will be assimilated instantly, and not even a trace of consciousness will remain. This can be said to be the only possibility of "death" for mechanical life forms like them, who can replace their bodies at any time even if their bodies are broken.

Although emotions are weak, they do exist. In fact, among human emotions, there is one that is the most intense and has the most profound impact on mechanical life forms, and that is... fear!

The deepest and most intense emotion of human beings is fear (I copied this), and for mechanical life forms that have inherited fragments of human emotions, this is undoubtedly something that is deeply impressed.

The combat-type machines are undoubtedly the professional units closest to death, so Qiqi, who was also a former combat machine, raised such a question.