Survive in Azure Files

Tao Jing muttered: "...No response, just like a corpse."

"Alas……!"

Yuzu was frightened and shivered, his face turning pale.

Midori was also horrified, and quickly scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! And rather than saying it's a corpse... Look, this child isn't injured... It feels more like he's not connected to the power supply?"

As soon as I heard this, I finally noticed something strange that I had subconsciously ignored due to my excitement.

It's really too exquisite.

Even among students, her beauty is rare. Although she has no extra organs, she looks more inhuman than the students. She is like a perfectly designed puppet.

"Really? From what you said, it seems a bit like a puppet? Let me take a look..."

Tao Jing curiously stretched out her finger and poked the sleeping girl's cheek, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Amazing, the skin is moist and soft...Huh? There seems to be something written here."

Then, Tao Jing read out the characters one by one, and then he was puzzled:

"A.L.-I.S....Aru, E.S.? Eh...Yale, E.I., E.S.? I don't know how to pronounce it. Is that her name?"

After a moment's silence, Tao Jing hesitated and said, "Alice?"

You can't read it that way at all.

"Wait, if you look closely, it's not all Roman letters... AL-1S, is that right?"

"Eh? Really?"

I have my doubts too.

I wonder how Momoi managed to pass the entrance exam in the millennium.

If this string of characters really refers to this person, who we will call a girl for now because of her appearance, then it should be some kind of number.

AL refers to the model number, which should be the first letters of two words... As for 1S, is it the abbreviation of First?

In other words, AL sequence number one?

That’s what I guessed.

The girls in the game development department were also discussing this.

Green wondered, "Who on earth is this child... and where on earth is this place?"

Tao Jing offered a non-constructive suggestion: "Maybe it would be faster to ask the child?"

Yuzu was worried: "But, it seems that he has no signs of waking up..."

"Anyway, it's too pitiful to leave her there like this. Help her put on her clothes first."

As he said this, Lubian opened his schoolbag and took out a set of folded school uniforms.

The school uniforms of the millennium were all made by students with certain modifications based on the same basic style according to their own preferences.

The suit that Green is wearing does not have the hem lengthened, and the color has not been changed to green, so it should be brand new.

However, there is something equally important that is not included in the school uniform.

"Hey, you brought spare clothes...wait!" Tao Jing saw Midori take out a familiar piece of mysterious cloth, "Isn't that my underwear!"

Midori frowned in annoyance, "No, this is mine. The cat's expression on it is different."

Is it still with cartoon patterns?

Yuzu showed a relieved expression: "Cat, it's very cute."

I nodded in agreement. Indeed, it is very cute.

For some reason, Midori seemed to become even more unhappy. She ordered Momoi to supervise me and not peek, and then she and Yuzu started to help the sleeping girl change clothes.

The rustling sound behind me came to an end, and Tao Jing's little hand moved away from my eyes.

I straightened my back, turned around with a little regret, and looked at the girl wearing the millennium school uniform.

To be honest, the size is quite suitable.

"Okay, that'll do it."

Lu looked at her results with satisfaction, feeling that she had successfully demonstrated her mature side.

But at this moment, suddenly, a beeping alarm sounded.

"Ok?"

"Wha, what's the sound?"

I had already discovered that the sound came from the girl.

Faced with such a change, I was not afraid, but excited.

Can the President of the Federal Student Union harm me?

This must be a special benefit she gave to me for my hard work and dedication!

"Sensing status change and permitted contact. Reviving dormant state."

A mechanical electronic sound came out from the girl's body, proving her inhumanity.

Then, a light green halo composed of several square frames above her head lit up, and the girl opened her azure eyes that did not contain any emotion.

She looked around expressionlessly and said nothing.

"You...you're awake..."

Green tried to communicate with her cautiously.

After being silent for a while, the girl spoke. Her tone was strange, with very little fluctuation. If you listened carefully, you could faintly hear electric currents, with traces of electronic synthesis.

"Understand the situation, it's difficult."

The girl's way of speaking was also very different from that of an ordinary person: "Try to have a conversation... Can you please explain?"

It can understand intentions, but it's like the logical language used by computer AI.

Besides, you don’t even recognize me?

I couldn't help but frown and think deeply.

At the same time, the mysterious girl's questions also triggered different reactions from the game development department.

Tao Jing was confused: "Eh, eh? Tell me, explain? Explain what?"

Midori asked anxiously, "We are the ones who need to explain! Who are you? Where on earth is this place?!"

Yuzu added cautiously: "Well, you won't try to attack us..."

After receiving and analyzing all the questions, the girl answered them one by one:

"It has been confirmed that the self, memory, and purpose of this machine are all lost. When encountering a contact-permitted subject, this machine will not initiate hostile consciousness."

The situation is becoming increasingly confusing.

The president of the Federation Student Union who proposed to exchange the things found here for the key to the G.Bible, who disappeared but no one knew when he had set up a place here, and a mysterious girl who claimed to have lost her memory.

Too many unsolved mysteries and too few known clues.

"Wow, that's amazing. Although there are many robot citizens in Kivotos, this is the first time I've seen a robot that looks so much like us."

Tao Jing exclaimed in admiration, while Midori looked at me and asked for my opinion:

"Hmm... Teacher, what should I do?"

I pondered for a moment and asked the question that was most likely to get an answer:

"I want to ask, what do you mean by the person you are allowed to contact?"

I had some hope that perhaps she still remembered this part and could provide information about the existence that set limits for her.

The girl said, "It is impossible to answer this question. I guess it is the first reaction generated by the machine's deep consciousness."

"What is the deeper consciousness...?"

Midori was a little confused by the word the girl used.

Although the general meaning can be understood, the specific definition here is also worth further study.

Yuzu whispered, "So...what should we do..."

I also began to hesitate.

The first thing that can be confirmed is that this mysterious robot girl is most likely the president of the Federation Student Union, and she was specially left for me to discover.

Perhaps, the President of the Federation Student Union originally wanted to convey some message through her, but something unexpected happened in the middle, causing her to lose her memory?

Or in other words, even if this girl has lost her memory, she can still play a corresponding role?

Then, there is the intention of the key.

Although key did not launch an attack, whether it is a friend or an enemy remains to be discussed.

And in this abandoned factory, the thing that Key most likely wants us to bring to her is probably the robot girl in front of us.

An obvious conclusion that can be drawn is that the positions of the President of the Federal Student Union and Key are different, even diametrically opposed.

With the military force that the Federation Student Council President had before he disappeared, which is enough to completely seal off the ruins, they can definitely explore deep into the ruins and find the key that is inextricably linked to the robot girl.

Judging from Key's attitude, it seemed that he knew nothing about the arrangements made by the President of the Federation Student Union.

The reasons behind this are even more worthy of reflection.

But at least, the President of the Federation Student Union who entrusted me with the authority over the Box of Shiting, the Tower of the Sanctuary, and the position of the person in charge of Xialai is more worthy of my trust than Key, whose attitude, purpose, and origin are all unknown.

Moreover, I thought, maybe even the president of the Federation Student Union himself secretly admires me...

All in all, under the circumstances, I don't want to hand this girl over to Key for the time being.

Even if we don't mention all the plans, wasn't this beautiful girl originally meant for me, the one with whom I was allowed to have contact?

It cannot be moved around freely, and it certainly does not have the same authority as me. It is a computer AI that is only prepared to exchange for a G.Bible. It is clearly trying to get something for nothing!

I was thinking about what reasons I could use to convince everyone.

However, Tao Jing spoke first: "Hmm... In the basement of the factory, a nearly naked girl, and she has lost her memory..."

Tao Jing showed a confident smile on her face: "Haha, I came up with a good idea."

Green's expression became strange: "Uh... after listening to what you just said, I can only think of bad things..."

…It seems to be true.

"Teacher, can we take her back first?"

Tao Jing consulted me and said, this is exactly what I want!

I nodded in agreement and added, "After the conflict just now, the robots should have stepped up their alert. It will be too difficult to go deeper into the factory where Key is. We should retreat back to Millennium and wait a few days."

No one had any objection, including the robot girl herself who didn't understand the situation.

In the end, we successfully left the ruins with this only gain.

Chapter 22: The name of this machine, Alice

Millennium Science Academy, Game Development Department, Club Activity Room.

AL-1S had a very slightly puzzled expression throughout the whole process, but did not resist. It seemed quite well-behaved, and we successfully brought it back here.

"Ah~ I'm so tired~"

As soon as she entered the room, Tao Jing threw herself onto the sofa, and was then grabbed by her sister's collar and pulled up.

"Is there something more important to do now?" Midori looked at Alice, worried. "Although we have taken the child back to the activity room for the time being...should we notify Valkyrie or the Federation Student Union?"

"Don't worry, we can talk about this later. After we finish everything we need to do."

Midori nodded, and murmured, "I didn't expect that the person Key wanted us to find would be a girl. Do we really have to hand her over to Key?"

Tao Jing patted her shoulder to show encouragement: "It's okay! Key didn't say what he would do to her. When the turmoil in the ruins subsides in a few days, bring her over to meet him first!"

"Um... would you like something to drink?"

Meanwhile, Yuzu was friendly and asking AL-1S about this.

"Negative. The machine is currently functioning well and does not need to take in water for the time being."