The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

No words of rebuke or urging were uttered.

2B said something sensible and calm, then hung up the call.

Given the current situation, it would be great if 9S could be temporarily distracted by the matter of the machine lifeforms in the desert - this would mean that the other party would not be exposed to what she is investigating.

Although according to existing data, there were also traces of human beings in the desert area half a year ago, it is a desert after all.

Half a year has passed, and I think all the relevant traces have been buried by the yellow sand. Even if 9S wants to investigate, it will be quite difficult...

Not to mention that the place where he is now is quite far away from the area of ​​human activity speculated by Yoerha's troops.

In other words, the other party is less likely to get in touch with what she is investigating, and she won't have to stab him again.

To some extent, this is also the reason why she chose Lin Qiao to go with her.

In addition to the ability to deceive ordinary mechanical life forms and change their own identification signals, as well as being relatively familiar with Pascal Village, it can avoid a lot of trouble.

The most important thing is the other party's keen insight as a spy-type android...

This is of great help to her as she currently does not have the assistance of a scanning android, and can even help her find the trace of the giant who previously killed the three "Engels".

Furthermore, the other party and Tiamat had seen human remains before, so they were considered insiders.

From this perspective, one of the reasons is to supervise them and ensure that relevant information is not leaked.

——But considering that he is a spy and doesn't have the hacking ability like a scanner, I'm not as nervous as I am about 9S.

After all, the latter was able to actually dig out all the hidden information in the entire bunker, causing the YoRHa project to fail.

Because she had a stroller, Lin Qiao did not take her from the amusement park to Pascal Village.

——Although that road is closer, you have to crawl back and forth through the sewer, which is a bit inconvenient.

However, when passing by a broken overpass, 2B couldn't help but stop and look in a certain direction.

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" Lin Qiao couldn't help but ask.

"No, but I remember that the people in the resistance camp said that the two buildings should have collapsed in the battle with the mechanical life forms a long time ago."

2B looked at the two tall buildings covered with moss in the distance and said uncertainly.

——The place she was talking about was exactly the open space where Lin Qiao originally went to look for A2.

According to the resistance, the two buildings there were in ruins not long ago...but now they have been restored for unknown reasons.

Lin Qiao shook her head and pretended to think: "It's hard to say... maybe they remembered it wrong."

“Aaaa.”

"Well, Tiamat is right. This may also be related to the resurrection of the androids."

“…”

2B fell silent as she listened to Tiamat's "Aaaaa" sound.

So what did the latter say?

"But it's not impossible." 2B thought for a while and nodded.

With all the strange things happening at the moment, this possibility can even be said to be quite high...at least it's somewhat possible.

"But may I ask what it feels like to be resurrected?"

In other words, what is the experience of death like?

——Perhaps this is what 2B really wants to ask.

And her words successfully made Lin Qiao stop.

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Chapter 686 Pascal: You are the one who brought the android here?

"The feeling of resurrection... it's a little hard to answer."

Although he knew that 2B was definitely not asking about the incident in which he was killed and then arrested by the system, Lin Qiao still recalled the situation at that time and gave his own answer.

"Anyway, by the time I realized what was happening, it was already like this. Although I felt a little complicated, it didn't seem like a bad thing, so I just accepted it."

"As for whether there is a conspiracy or not, we can only take it one step at a time... That's about it."

At least that's how he felt when he was resurrected.

Although I feel uneasy, it is definitely better than dying directly.

"It feels unexpectedly... bland?"

After considering her words, 2B replied.

Lin Qiao did not refute, but just chuckled: "You look a little disappointed. Is it different from your expectations?"

"That's not the case..." 2B shook her head.

It’s not really disappointing, but it’s true that it didn’t meet expectations.

Compared to Lin Qiao, the reactions of other artificial humans were much more exaggerated.

Those who are calmer will think about the key points while being excited, such as how it was done or what the reasons are.

But if the personality is a little bit more impulsive or fanatical, it’s hard to say... To a certain extent, it is basically similar to those protagonists who think they are the chosen ones after traveling through time.

It's just that due to his honest nature, he doesn't do anything annoying other than talking in an annoying way.

——It’s probably similar to when Huande got the strengthening item.

No, it would be more correct to say this analogy.

Of course, from 2B's perspective, all of this was most likely caused by the giant they encountered in the ruined factory before, but the reason is unknown.

"But their behavior is understandable. After all, they stepped into death and then returned. It is understandable that they and the people around them would be overwhelmed by joy... And you are happy too, 2B, right?"

"We Yoruha androids are forbidden from having emotions."

Before Lin Qiao could finish, 2B interrupted him.

But compared to her usual calm tone, her tone at this moment was much heavier.

But no emotions allowed...

Lin Qiao just smiled indifferently.

"In order to imitate humans, even functions like eating and sleeping, which are meaningless to machines, have been added. Even the body structure is designed to be more similar to humans. Even the YoRHa model androids are more comprehensive in the above aspects, but they are prohibited in this aspect. It's really superfluous."

“That’s because…”

"Besides, if we really want to ban people from having emotions, then from the perspective of efficiency, shouldn't we just discard this function when we manufacture it?"

“…”

"By the way, 2B, the annoyance and frustration you feel right now, as well as your dissatisfaction with me, can also be considered a kind of emotion... So, you, who are responsible for maintaining discipline, have already taken the lead in violating the rules."

“…”

Amid Lin Qiao's teasing, 2B's pretty face, which was almost identical to A2's, looked a little embarrassed for a moment.

Well, she had asked 9S a similar question before, and although he just responded with an "ah, yeah, yeah", at least he listened on the surface.

But right now...

2B felt like she had found a bigger problem than 9S.

The most important thing is that she can't refute the other party - that means she really has feelings, which means she is the one who broke the rules, and if she doesn't refute...

I have to say, this is a really difficult problem.

At least Miss 2B, who had honestly stabbed her partner more than times, had never encountered such a situation before, so she didn't know how to respond.

She always felt that Lin Qiao was luring her into a path of no return... just like the ancient snake that tricked Eve, the ancestor of mankind, into eating the forbidden fruit.

If we continue to chat at the other person's pace, things might get bad...

After thinking about it, the universe, and spinning, 2B, whose CPU was almost about to burn out, finally came up with a somewhat clumsy method.

"....I'm sorry, I haven't thanked you for what happened at the amusement park last time."

“At that time, I was very grateful.”

She changed the subject in a somewhat stiff tone. To be honest, this was the best solution she could think of besides killing someone.

However, although it was an excuse to change the subject, the gratitude was also from the heart.

It was just that at that time, due to Beauvoir's electronic hacking, she was somewhat confused, so she couldn't remember what weapon Lin Qiao used to eliminate the other party...

However, judging from the traces left at the scene, it should be some kind of powerful weapon.

Lin Qiao waved his hands to show that he didn't care... He could see that 2B didn't want to continue the previous topic, so he decided to stop here.

"By the way, what kind of mechanical life form is this one called 'Pascal'?"

It's rare to talk about serious issues.

Although she has killed many mechanical life forms, this is the first time for 2B to communicate with them.

"Well..." Lin Qiao answered after thinking for a while.

"A pacifist... that's about it."

"Does that mean we don't have to worry about the other party launching an attack?"

"That's pretty much it."

Even so, 2B still found it hard to believe.

Peaceful mechanical life forms... they really lack realism.

【Proposal, stay alert.】

The auxiliary machine on the side also expressed its own opinion.

Lin Qiao turned her head and glanced at the small box floating in the air.

Well, to be honest, although this little thing is usually silent and speaks in a formatted and emotionless manner, its inner thoughts are much richer than those of the cyborg.

The further we walked, the more lush the greenery around us became, and after a while we arrived at a forest.

And this is also the village where Pascal lives.

However, before Lin Qiao and 2B could get closer, they saw a white flag waving in the air from afar.

Compared with Lin Qiao's sudden landing last time, it was obvious that Pascal had received advance contact from Annie Morning, and he came prepared this time.

However, when she saw so many mechanical life forms, 2B subconsciously took out her weapon...

As if it had been expected, the next second after she took out the White Contract, Lin Qiao took a step forward and raised one hand to block in front of her.

"Please wait a moment, please put your weapons away, we are not enemies!"

The gentle girl who was completely opposite to her appearance came out of Pascal's mouth.

The other mechanical life forms beside him were also repeating "Don't kill me".

Words like "surrender".

"Are you Pascal?"

After weighing the pros and cons, 2B put away the sword in her hand and looked at the leading mechanical lifeform opposite her.

Those eyes emitting soft green light are unique even among mechanical life forms.

"Yes, my name is Pascal, thank you very much for sending the oil over."

"And it's been a while since I last saw you. What a coincidence."

Pascal's arms and hands twirled as he spoke...perhaps this was a sign of his excitement or enthusiasm?

Chapter 687: Artificial Humans and Mechanical Lifeforms