Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"I didn't expect that this terminal seems to be still connected to the power supply! If so, it means it can still be turned on!"

Just as Tao Jing rolled up her sleeves and prepared to operate the terminal, Lin En stretched out her hand to stop her.

"Let me do the operation, Momoi."

It seemed that Tao Jing didn't expect Lin En to stop her, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Eh? But..."

Seeing the situation in front of her, Yuzu, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Momoi... Sensei must have his reasons for doing this. So... just leave it to the Sensei without any worries."

Hearing this, Midori nodded slightly in agreement.

"Yes, sister, please don't cause trouble for the teacher."

Although what they said made sense, Taoi, who had sensed something, came up to them with a slightly unhappy look on her face.

"Yuzu, Midori, why are you all so unwilling? Aren't you supposed to speak up for me at a time like this?"

"It's because my sister is so out of tune on weekdays!"

"What do you mean I'm too unfocused? I'm obviously working hard too!"

While the three people in the game development department were arguing, Lynn "dragged" Alice, who was holding his waist, to the terminal.

As if because it detected Lin En's approach, a line of words automatically popped up on the terminal.

【Welcome to Divi:sion System, please enter the item you are looking for】

Tao Jing, who noticed something on the screen out of the corner of her eye, immediately gave up the "debate" with the other two, which was actually one-sided, and hurried to Lin En's side, staring at the screen curiously.

"Eh... What an unexpectedly friendly design. I thought that after opening this terminal, I had to play a mini-game to unlock it, and then halfway through unlocking it, the battery suddenly ran out, and I had to go to various places to turn it on again. And before turning it on, I had to go to other places to find the fuse by unlocking it or taking a detour..."

"You already played this trick when you met Alice, sister."

After sighing helplessly and complaining, Midori also looked at the screen with the same curiosity.

"But... generally speaking, shouldn't we just say something like [Welcome to this system]? Could it be that...Division System is the name of the factory we are in now?"

When Green asked in confusion, Lynn had already opened the dust cover on the keyboard and typed G.Bible on it.

But unexpectedly, a bunch of garbled characters suddenly appeared on the computer screen!

"Eh... Eh?! Could it be that it's broken?! Teacher, did you press something else just now?"

Unlike Tao Jing who was a little flustered, Lin En, who still had a blank expression, shook his head slightly.

“No, I haven’t even pressed enter yet.”

Just when Tao Jing was about to say something anxiously, a line of words suddenly appeared on the screen.

[…Are you Teacher Lin En? ]

Chapter 27 So, what is the price?

[…Are you Teacher Lin En? ]

Looking at the line of words displayed on the screen, not to mention Tao Jing and the others, even Lin En was a little surprised.

However, he suppressed his curiosity and frowned slightly.

At least in his current memory, he was not clear whether he really had any connection with the other party, or whether this was some kind of trap set for him. He was not even sure whether the person talking to him was a human or... AI.

So after considering for a moment, he decided to take safe action and started typing on the keyboard.

[Yes, I am Lin En]

After a moment of silence, two lines of words popped up on the screen again.

[…Identification successful, qualification confirmed. Welcome back, Teacher Lin En.]

[It seems that you have successfully recovered AL-1S. ]

Seeing the answer on the screen, Lin En frowned slightly and gently tapped the metal table next to the keyboard.

"AL-1S? Alice... Could it be that this machine is talking about Alice-chan?"

Looking at the words on the screen, Tao Jing couldn't help but turn her head to look at Alice, who was hiding behind Lin En at the moment, but also curiously poked her head out to look at the screen.

"Teacher, do you want to let Alice-chan try it?"

However, when Lin En heard Tao Jing's proposal, he shook his head without hesitation, and then quickly typed out a few words.

【Who are you? 】

However, in the face of Lin En's questioning, the other party did not seem to have the intention of giving a direct answer, but continued to speak.

【Please ask AL-1S to come for cross-authentication. 】

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to intend to say more, Lin En pondered for a moment and typed another line of words.

[I need you to promise that you will not have any adverse effects on Alice and others. ]

【I promise that I will abide by the conditions you set. 】

Just as Lin En was wondering whether he needed to add some more conditions, he felt someone tugging at the hem of his clothes.

"Alice?"

Facing Lynn's somewhat puzzled gaze, Alice hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Teacher...um...can you let Alice give it a try?"

After hearing what Alice said, Lynn's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he typed the last line on the terminal.

[If you dare to disobey, I will completely wipe you out at all costs. ]

"…This is the first time I've seen a teacher like this."

"Me too... But then again, we've only been in contact with the teacher for a short time, right?"

"Wow... But, I think a teacher like this is also... pretty cool..."

While the other people in the game development department were whispering about what Lin En had typed, Lin En, the person involved, took a step back as if he had not heard their discussion, then reached out and gently touched Alice's head.

"Go ahead if you want to give it a try, Alice."

After getting Lynn's permission and encouragement, Alice nodded slightly, walked to the terminal, and placed her hand on it.

However, Alice did not input anything, but stretched out her hand and gently stroked the terminal——

"Alice...seems to remember you..."

This scene is as if the terminal was once Alice's partner, which is a bit confusing.

"Alright! Alice-chan is in front of you! You should also quickly tell us the location of the G.Bible!"

Hearing Momoi's aggressive questioning, Midori sighed helplessly.

"Sister, it's useless even if you yell at this terminal—"

Before Lu could finish his words, a line of words popped up on the terminal screen.

[Voice recognition, qualification confirmation, welcome back, AL-1S.]

"Varied--?!"

Looking at the words on the screen, Lu couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

“Does this thing even have voice recognition?”

Seeing this, Tao Jing didn't even bother to use the keyboard and spoke directly into the terminal.

"So, where is G.Bilble?!"

After a moment of silence, a line of words popped up on the terminal screen.

[Emergency, the power of this system has reached its limit and will be shut down. 51 seconds remaining.]

"Eh? What the...what's going on?! We didn't say anything when we were communicating with the teacher, but why did the power go out when it was our turn? No...so, in the end, we have to look for fuses in this factory?!"

In response to Tao Jing's words mixed with complaints, another line of words just calmly popped up on the screen.

【Are you looking for the G.Bible? 〈YES/NO〉. 】

After seeing this line of words, Tao Jing nodded repeatedly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"YES! YES! YES!"

After hearing Tao Jing's words, a new line of words appeared on the screen.

[The G.Bible is in my memory. If you want the G.Bible, I have a suggestion: To ensure the stability of data transmission, please connect the hardware device that stores the media through the data interface. ]

After seeing the other party's answer, Lin En couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

There is no doubt that this is a trap that is full of doubts but is obvious at a glance, and it can even be said to be an open conspiracy.

Although Lin En was confident that Alona would not lose to the other party in the information war, he could not guarantee whether the other party would immediately destroy the G.Bible the moment the battle started.

"Wow... In that case, I can only use my NS's SD card!"

After arguing for a while, Tao Jing reluctantly took out the NS she carried with her and connected it to the terminal.

【Data...transmission begins.】

However, it wasn't long before Tao Jing's wails reached everyone's ears.

“Wait… wait a minute! Don’t delete its original data! My save file!!”

Looking at Tao Jing, who looked so sad and heartbroken, Lin En couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It was only then that Lin En finally determined that the person communicating with them was not a "human" but an AI with a certain degree of intelligence, similar to Alona.

Although he had thought of using the Box of Shiting to receive the other party, he could not guarantee what would happen after the two sides came into contact.

What's more, although he believed that Alona would not lose to the other party, if the other party was allowed to "move in" to the Shiting Box, there was no guarantee that the other party would become the host.

After all, the Box of Shiting is related to many important nodes of Kivotos, and Lin En certainly can't take risks with it.

However, doing so is not without cost.

The price he paid was the game save files that Tao Jing had worked so hard to obtain.

Thinking of this, Lin En, who was also a game player like the other people in the game development department and knew how much pain Tao Jing was feeling at the moment, could only clasp his hands together and bow in his heart.

Tao Jing, don't worry, your sacrifice is worth it!

……I guess so?

Chapter 28 [Mirror]

Even though only ten or twenty minutes had passed, Taoi seemed to be getting impatient.

However, rather than being impatient, she is more like the old monk Tang Monk who keeps repeating the same thing over and over again.

"Wow... I worked so hard to create this save file..."

Seeing this, Lu next to them was about to say something, but Qing, who was sitting in front of the computer desk, stopped what she was doing, turned her chair and looked at them.

"The results of the data you asked us to give you are out."

Hearing this, Lin En and everyone in the gaming club looked at Qing at the same time.

"As the students of Millennium Science Academy know, we, the Ministry of Truth, have always considered ourselves to be the strongest hacker group in Kivotos. We have also solved the problem of system and data recovery countless times. So, regarding this matter you asked us to do, I will tell you the result directly."

Then, Qing looked seriously at Momoi who was looking at her expectantly.

"Momoi, your game data cannot be restored."

"..."

After a brief and somewhat depressing silence, Tao Jing stood up and collapsed on the sofa.