Survive in Azure Files

She is hurt.

"...shameless bastard!" Key knelt on one knee, his voice becoming increasingly cold, staring at me with hatred in his eyes, as if he had determined that I was the initiator of the attack just now.

Of course, I could only respond with a gentler smile and influence her with pure enthusiasm and love.

Unlike Alice, Key's eyes seemed to contain no positive emotions.

She was already in tattered clothes, and she stepped on the ground with her toes and charged towards me. Was she going to beat me up first to vent her anger, or was she going to take me hostage?

However, this is exactly the biggest mistake Key made——

Although I look weak, I actually have the dual defense of Alona and the Divine Name, making me the toughest nut to crack here.

The corners of my mouth curled up, becoming more and more sarcastic.

At this point, the misjudgment of me as the easiest to deal with and the one who most urgently needs the opponent's key has already doomed them to defeat.

How long will it take Amy to defeat the robots that are haunting the game development department?

How long will it take for the key to break through my defense?

And how long can Key hold out with his bare hands against the siege from the game development department and Amy?

The key that occupies Alice's body will be captured by us, no one will be hurt, and Alice can return. This is simply the perfect ending!

At this moment, I even felt that even if my life was shortened by a few years, it would be totally worth it.

Well, then, that's the case.

Let's have a fun experiment.

I activated [Geometry] and [Feeling] in succession, and then waited patiently.

Key had already rushed in front of me and viciously raised his leg to hit my lower body, causing the smile on my face to freeze instantly. Suddenly, his body tilted and he almost fell to the ground.

"Pop-up? Why?" Key's eyes were filled with shock. "How did you do it? And that incomprehensible technology just now? Could it be that you..."

I didn't answer at all. I was sweating coldly. I no longer had the composure and bad humor I had just had. I backed away repeatedly, just wanting to stay away from this AI.

The wicked Alona is still laughing in my ear! I will remember this grudge!

Apparently misunderstanding something, Key did not pursue him any further, and his tone became a little complicated: "Are you... my... kind?"

Huh, do I look like an out-of-control AI that attacks others at random?

I continued to ignore her. Seeing that the power that I thought was almost completely useless actually had such a use, I no longer spared my energy and activated it continuously.

"Stop... I'm Key! If you're here to help the king... to help AL-1S complete his mission, there's no need for us to fight!"

There is no need to talk to him, Key is just mistaking something that does not exist. Now, I just need to capture it completely, and then find Alice who belongs to me, that's all.

It's been dragging on for so long, it's time to end it there.

Just as I was thinking this in my heart, I heard a whistling sound.

It must be the shell fired by Yuzu. Finally, this trip to the ruins can be successfully concluded.

However, the next moment, I frowned in confusion.

Why……

Looking towards the source of the sound, my pupils shrank; after roughly determining where the shell landed by listening, I was even more confused.

"careful!"

I shouted to Key, who was using Alice's body, and my body instinctively moved first, rushing over and hugging her tightly in my arms and throwing her down.

On a tall building in the distance, a giant four-legged robot in white and yellow was staring at the smoke rising in the distance. Its huge main gun ultimately did not fire a second shot.

Then, six steel cables shot out from the holes in the armor on its hind legs, fixed themselves, and retracted, dragging it deeper into the ruins.

"Why?" Key, who was not injured under my protection, was silent for a long time and asked with difficulty.

It's obviously just AI.

"…You ask why? Is there any other reason?"

Of course, because you are using Alice's body now! And, that robot was definitely aiming at Key, right?

Although he is my enemy, Key is also my enemy's enemy and my intended prisoner.

I grimaced and struggled to get up from the ground. Even with Alona's deflection explosion and the protection of the aura, it still hurts.

Key fell silent again, wondering what he was thinking.

Then she closed her eyes, tilted her head, and seemed to faint.

"Teacher! Eh? What are you doing?"

Sitting next to Alice, who was almost naked and whose shirt was torn by the explosion, I thought for a second.

He stood up, dusted himself off, and said righteously to the shocked girls, "I think I can explain."

Chapter 57: Alice Awakens

With the traces of the explosion around me and the smoke and dust on my body as evidence, I didn't have to waste any time explaining it to everyone.

The main reason is that I have a good character, I behave uprightly, I have never done anything inappropriate, and I am trustworthy. However, they never suspected that I was doing anything strange.

As for the reason for blocking missiles for Key, who is an enemy, there is nothing worth hiding.

"Subduing Key was one thing. Now that we have secured victory, we can't just watch Alice get seriously injured, right?"

Tao Jing suddenly realized, and then was filled with righteous indignation: "Damn it, occupying our partner's body and making us... throw cats and dogs, what an evil AI!"

"Sister, please help me. If you are a script writer and you write it into the script, our game will be laughed at as well, right?"

"Nah, nagging! This is called Huadian! What do you know about us literary creators?"

The dregs of the Kivotos literary creator, Cai Moutao, who remains anonymous, said stubbornly.

"Okay, we can't stay here for long," I said. "We made too much noise. Even though we solved it quickly, we could still be attacked by robots at any time. Let's find a safe place to rest first."

My proposal was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

Then he took the unconscious Alice back to the abandoned factory.

The Sword of Light was temporarily kept by Amy, and just in case, she used strong and durable cloth strips to tie up Alice.

As for the source of the cloth strips, it was just the remains of half a Xialai uniform and a Millennium uniform.

Midori also brought spare clothes this time, which fit Alice's body perfectly;

Since I didn't have clothes of the right size, I had to go shirtless for the time being.

As a result, I suffered from the girls' slightly reserved but full of curiosity and exploration glances.

Is this a form of female gaze?

What's more, some people are as bold as Tao Jing, who is not satisfied with just looking at it, and directly comes over to touch it, sighing as he touches it:

"Wow, teacher, you have strong muscles all over your body... Wow."

I couldn't help it, and I slapped Tao Jing on the head, warning her, "Don't touch me."

Unless you're willing to let me touch you.

Xiaolu, who was originally eager to try, is now depressed.

Amy was beside Midori, trying to reason with Midori who was firmly against a certain action:

"The teacher can take off his clothes, but I can't?"

"What else? No, the teacher's clothes were damaged due to force majeure!"

"I am also under force majeure. I am very hot and must dissipate the heat."

"Then why don't you just turn your back to everyone like you did just now?"

"No, I have to keep an eye on Alice who seems to be controlled by a strange AI. Otherwise, you will be killed in an instant."

"We are not that weak!"

Yuzu, who was watching over Alice, remained neutral.

While resting my tired body in the corner, I went back to review the entire incident and look for details that I had not had time to notice at the time.

First, the relationship between Key and Alice. According to Key, she claims to be there to help AL-1S complete its "mission". What is the "mission" designed for?

Secondly, Key seemed to have mistaken me for someone of the same kind, and her attitude was completely different from before. Perhaps I could take advantage of her misunderstanding to gain her trust and get more relevant information.

Thirdly, what is the purpose of the giant white and yellow robot that is obviously aiming at Key and launching missiles? Why does its camp have such a hostile attitude towards me? What does Apophis, or Bina's name for me, mean? These questions may need to be explored.

Finally, it’s about the cards.

This time, after releasing the state of Divine Name Liberation, I did not fall into a coma.

I can think of four possible reasons:

First, I did not perform the Divine Name Refining this time; second, the life span I consumed this time was only a little over a year; third, I was not pushed to the point of exhaustion first; fourth, it might be related to the side effects of Yazi's power.

The so-called enhanced fertility seems to have made me more energetic to a certain extent.

The card's description was always like this, and I couldn't help but glance at a certain blonde girl with pink eyes who was concentrating on playing a game.

It feels like a perfect match for the general.

When I felt I had almost rested, suddenly, a soft but clear moan sounded in the room.

The sound came from the robot girl lying on the ground, and it made everyone present perk up and feel different emotions.

I quickly walked over and squatted, ready to play along with Key to see if I could find out about Alice's current situation.

However, after a tremor, a pair of azure blue eyes, as clear as spring water, slowly opened.

"...Alice?" I tried to call out.

"...Teacher? Everyone?"

Alice tried to get up from the ground, and realized that she was tied up. Her expression became more and more confused: "What... happened?"

One possibility I considered is that it was Alice who woke up instead of Key.

But it cannot be ruled out that Key is pretending to be Alice, although at present, Key does not bother to do so.

And Key probably won't call me teacher either.

"Alice! That's great..." Midori breathed a sigh of relief, then helped Alice up and walked behind her, "Don't move, I'll untie you."

I hesitated, but didn't stop.

Tao Jing pointed at her own face: "Alice, you still recognize me, right?"

"Ah, Alice knows this!" Alice's expression was both delighted and surprised. "Could it be that Alice has been sleeping for a thousand years and has finally been awakened?"

Well, this innocence that cannot be easily imitated is definitely Alice herself.

"No, no, no, not that long. Less than an hour."

"Oh……"

Alice nodded dejectedly, and after being untied, she did not have any abnormal reaction.

Yuzu swallowed, "Alice, how are you feeling? Are you okay?"

"Ouch... I feel tired for no apparent reason, and my body aches. I can't understand the current situation."

It would have been better if she hadn't asked. As soon as she asked this, Alice burst into tears.

I asked gently, "Don't you remember anything?"

"Yes... The last memory is... Alice, did you do something bad?"

Alice asked uneasily.

Those of us who knew about it looked at each other in bewilderment.

Finally, I reached out and touched Alice's head, shook my head and smiled: "Nothing. Alice fell asleep suddenly. Maybe she stayed up too late playing games recently."

"No, there's no such thing! Alice goes into sleep mode before sunrise every day!"

"…This is totally a late night, right?"

In short, although there are still various unsolved mysteries waiting to be explored, at least Alice is back temporarily now.