I'm not Yingjie

Facing Spasi's eyes that were exactly the same as the captain's, Hun blushed, lowered his head, and walked hurriedly past him without saying a word.

"..."

As Soul walked past Spasi, his smile gradually faded until it disappeared.

Do you really not care about the feelings of the people around you at all?

Spasi looked at the agreement in his hand with a complicated look in his eyes.

Spasi walked aside and put down all the documents in his hand, leaving only Lin's agreement. Looking at the name written casually on it, he gradually exerted force with his fingers and crumpled it into a ball.

All lives are equal, this was the last thing his wife told him.

So he had to face every life and even every corpse lying on the operating table. When he extracted serum from their bodies, he was thinking that they would provide fuel for survival for the living.

But at that time, Mei told him another idea, that he was a valuable person, so he needed to live more than others.

Abandoning others in order to survive, and the irony is that the reason for living is to save more people.

Spasi raised his hand and wanted to throw the agreement into the trash can, but his hand stopped in mid-air. He sighed, hesitated for a moment, and put the body donation agreement into his pocket.

He took out the wine flask from his pocket, twisted it open and took a sip. The bitter taste of wine filled his mouth.

He glanced back at Lin's ward, picked up the documents and left.

Karen was right, and May was right too.

When Spasi took out the body donation agreement, he actually expected Lin to hesitate a little longer and realize that this was a cruel thing, not a noble thing.

At least he could realize in the little life he had left that his existence was important to the people around him. If he could understand through this agreement and this epilogue why Spasi made that choice at that time, it could be considered Spasi's "revenge."

But after all, Spasi was only there to give him a choice, not to choose for him.

And Spasi also understands that he will continue to meet more people who are willing to make the same choice, and he will witness their sacrifice until he makes the same choice.

How long will that day take? Will it be after Lin's death or before his death?

It seems that nothing matters anymore.

The agreement in his pocket was waiting for the day when it would take effect.

……

"Lin, do you have time?"

Lin, who was about to enter the paradise, stopped and turned the visual window to face the hesitant Mei, and the light signal flashed twice.

Does this mean...something's up?

Lin's unique communication style is still puzzling, but this time Mei is not as suspicious as before, and instead feels a little apologetic.

Mei seemed to be trying to find a topic: "What are you...doing in and out of the paradise all the time?"

"...something happened."

"What exactly is it?"

"..." Lin was silent for a moment, then turned around and looked at Mei Yi at eye level, "Do you have anything to say?"

"No..." Mei couldn't explain why she called Lin for some unknown reason.

Ever since she came back from that memory, her opinion of Lin has changed.

Can you relate? Probably not. No one would have the same experience as Lin. His philosophy is different from that of ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a freak.

But Mei didn't feel any change brought about by his firm belief in him. Only an inexplicable sadness lingered around him.

"You don't have to worry about what happened last time."

However, before she could figure out how to start, Lin spoke first.

"What you see is not necessarily real. What you see there are only illusions of the past. It does not mean that I am exactly the same as I was in the past."

"You really have a keen sense."

"If you don't want others to notice you, then wear a mask." Lin turned around, "Smile, sadness, anger... use any kind of mask to hide yourself."

Mei asked from behind him, "Is this what you did?"

"I didn't do that." Lin stood in front of the door and looked up, "But someone did it before."

Chapter 32 The Cat and the Door

"Xiao Lin."

Someone whose face I couldn't see waved to me.

"where are you going?"

Where will I go...

Why are you asking me this question?

"Humans, you need a clear goal to live in this world. You can only survive after you know where you are going."

What about you? What is your purpose in life?

"Me? I want to see Xiaolin grow up, have friends, lover, family, enjoy the happiness of being a human being, and then..."

"Despair at the stupidity of humanity."

……

"Team Leader Lin? What happened?"

Hun nervously pushed Lin's arm, who was in a daze, fearing that he would suddenly fall ill again and be unable to move in bed.

"...No, nothing." Lin Huan's scattered pupils gathered again and glanced at Hun beside him, "Where were we talking about just now?"

"It was the captain who asked me to ask Team Leader Lin if we wanted to host a small party to celebrate your return to headquarters."

Hun lied. In fact, this was what she wanted to ask, but she was always a shy girl in front of Lin, so she didn't dare to say that she was thinking such questions.

"No need." Lin refused without any hesitation.

"Really..." Hun's mouth twitched and he lowered his head in frustration. Although he had expected that Lin would definitely refuse, he didn't even consider it. It was a bit discouraging.

Lin changed the subject: "Are there any new members joining the fifth team?"

Soul nodded: "Yes, her name is Desdobia. She joined the Fire Moth with her childhood sweetheart after the fourth collapse."

In order to maintain a balance in the number of team members, the Fire Moths need to deal with a disaster like Honkai that cannot be predicted by common sense, not extreme excellence in one aspect, but a balanced plan for each team.

The fourth collapse did not cause too much loss. In addition to allocating future directions, the Fire Moths were still actively absorbing new talents, gradually making up for the personnel lost in the previous collapses.

"It's been over a year since Team Member Lin left Team 5, but I feel like it was just yesterday." Hun said with a smile, "Team Member Lin hasn't managed his team much in the past year, and the team leader often complains that you left Hua and Yimer to her."

"..."

Come to think of it, since Lin took over Team 7, he hasn't had any in-depth communication with the team members. Apart from giving orders to assemble for missions, Lin lets them do their own things. He also often goes out for something and asks them to go to Team 5.

Moreover, according to the recent trend of increasing numbers of Fire Moths, there will probably be new members in his team...

Lin suddenly felt that he should really communicate with his teammates. The coordination and possible conflicts within the team were factors that would affect stability, but Lin had never cared about these.

"Hun." After thinking for a while, Lin lowered his voice and said to Hun softly, "Tomorrow the fifth team will come to the meeting room of the seventh team."

Hun was stunned: "Hmm?"

Lin said seriously: "Remember, don't let Alicia know."

Everything went haywire when that guy showed up. Lin's original intention was to deepen the relationship between the team members, but if Alicia also participated, some "accidents" that he didn't want to see might happen.

He wanted to finish the rest of Sakura's affairs as soon as possible, and couldn't be delayed by something like this.

"Well, I see."

……

"Unit 2?"

Prometheus, who was being repaired by Velvi, asked with concern after hearing Velvi casually mention Prometheus Unit 2.

"During the time when you and Lin were away, the Fire Moths had some disagreements on various issues, but they still recognized Lin's ability to defeat the Herrscher." Velvet's fingertips twirled a small screwdriver, disassembling the things in her hand while recalling, "Although almost everyone believed that it was the credit of the Titans and the artificial intelligence."

"Is that why you are asking for faster deployment of autonomous Titans and development of new artificial intelligence?"

"Yes, I was also dragged into the labor camp, but I only provided some suggestions on materials. The design of the Titan had already been completed by the former minister. Then I ordered Mei to speed up the development of Unit 2 and let it serve as the main control core of the Titan and Mei's computing host."

Here, Velvet did not call Unit 2 "she" but "it" because in order to achieve the best computing power artificial intelligence, it is necessary to reduce the computing power invested in personality simulation. In other words, Unit 2, which acts as the host, is an artificial intelligence that only has intelligence but not personality. It is impossible for it to be considered a new life form like Unit 01.

Not to mention that it also has obvious gender characteristics.

Prometheus thought for a moment and said, "Sister?"

"Oh? Do you already have a sense of family? Then what should you call me, sister-in-law? Stepmother? After all, it was me who gave you my body, which is equivalent to Mei giving birth to a child, and then I gave birth to the child as a surrogate."

Weiwei's thoughts are still so jumpy and irrelevant.

"Wait, what do you think of Lin?"

Prometheus didn't want to answer.

"He is the one who gave you enough samples of thinking logic simulation, right? Should I call him father? No, that's too weird..."

Prometheus's 10,000 behavioral algorithm simulations for Velvet did not predict that she would actually be concerned about how an artificial intelligence should address a human being and think about family relationships.

Maybe this is what makes a genius different.

"But this still involves a lot of problems..."

Are the emotions of artificial intelligence real or just simulated?

……

"Meow~"

The girl followed the black cat and jumped onto the wall. She looked at the food and money in the house with shining eyes. After checking to see if there was anyone nearby, she jumped down, stuffed a piece of bread in her mouth, and then carefully selected some ornaments that she thought were valuable. Finally, she took some money.

The idea of ​​"There is a Code for Thieves" was a bit far-fetched for her. She was just filling her stomach and satisfying her hobby of collecting.

By taking more and giving less, you can survive without exposing yourself.

After all, even though cats are light and nimble creatures, they can only survive in the dark corners of the streets through tactful means of survival.

"Hmmmm, Padu's great harvest...Huh? What is this?"

The girl was about to leave after viewing the scene with satisfaction, where there was no trace of her theft. At this moment, she caught a glimpse of something wrong in the corner of the room.

She was very good at finding ways and treasures, and had a natural sense for hidden things. This house, built in an inconspicuous corner of Hulunbuir Street, looked ordinary on the outside, but was surprisingly wealthy and uninhabited inside. If she was asked what was wrong with the spatial layout of the house, she couldn't say, but it just felt very strange.

The girl walked to the corner where she felt uncomfortable and reached out to touch the wall.

"despair."

Got stuck.

As the girl stared in amazement, the wall in front of her opened backwards and turned into a door.

It’s happened, it’s happened, it’s happened!

She realized that she seemed to be in trouble. These things of unknown origin usually have monitors and alarms. When she touched the switch just now, she might have exposed herself.

I have to leave quickly and avoid it for a while.

The girl deftly put the dry food into the small bag she had prepared, then quickly jumped over the wall and ran away.

And that door stands quietly, waiting for someone to open it.

Chapter 33: Absolute Death

Lin has said it many times, but he doesn't mind saying it again.

If people's trouble levels are divided into ten levels from low to high, Hua and Yimer are at the lowest level and are harmless, Hun is around level three and is a bit troublesome, the chatterbox Kevin is at level six, the drunk Himiko is at level eight, and the artificial intelligence Prometheus who goes against him is at level ten.

Then Alicia is at a level that all these people combined can never reach. If there is a selection for the award of the world's number one troublemaker, he will vote for Alicia without hesitation.

After serving the last dish, Lin counted the number of people. When he found that there were a few more people, he was silent for a while and began to look for that person.

As expected, the pink-haired girl was chatting happily with Vivi, who was not wearing a top hat. They seemed to be discussing how to install expression patterns on the visible window outside Lin's helmet that could reflect his mood changes.

"Oh, Lin, thank you for your hard work in cooking so many dishes." She greeted Lin with a chuckle after seeing him.

"..."