Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Lin Wei had just tried to erode the door, but there was no reaction; and as he got closer and closer to the "cocoon", Lin Wei gradually smelled the stench of burning flesh.

"Lin Wei, her vital signs are weakening!"

Anna behind him called out anxiously. The light spot on the life detector was shrinking visibly.

Oh, as expected, self-destruction.

Lin Wei seized the opportunity, moved his hands together, and pushed away the obstructing neural network, speeding up to walk towards the center. From time to time, some signal lights that were knocked down fell to the ground quietly and went out silently.

Soon, the two of them walked to the side of the "cocoon" in a somewhat awkward manner. Through the gaps in the not-so-tight "cocoon silk", they could see that it was indeed a human girl. Her eyes, torso, and limbs were wrapped in a layer of metal shell. The half of her face that was exposed showed a sickly paleness that came from not having been exposed to the sun for a long time. The whole person maintained a fixed and awkward posture, motionless.

"How are you?"

Anna felt soft-hearted and couldn't help but greet him, hoping for a response.

The "girl" moved her fingers wrapped in metal armor, as if she wanted to make a move, and then sparks burst out from the joints, and the whole person collapsed completely.

"A bio-modified human. At least half of her brain has been removed, and the empty space houses a quantum computing engine. Rather than calling her a human, it would be more appropriate to call her a 'humanoid machine.'"

Lin Wei took a quick look and looked a little embarrassed. The World Snake was being too cruel.

"It's already self-destructed—the excessive voltage overload has burned all the circuits and chips, making it impossible to repair or read it. The half that still exists as a living organism is now on the verge of death."

"Then what should we do...Lin Wei, you are so smart, is there any way to save her?"

Anna covered her mouth, feeling reluctant.

"Otherwise, the clue will be broken!"

Listening to Lin Wei's story, she no longer hated the mechanical girl in front of her, because she was obviously just another victim.

Lin Wei stared at the dying humanoid in front of him with flickering eyes, wanting to say "no";

He glanced back at Anna, who looked worried, and swallowed it back.

After all, I have a way...

Lin Wei hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed.

He treats me with sincerity, and I treat others with sincerity.

Anna has been treating me sincerely all this time, and I would feel guilty if I continued to lie to her.

As for the consequences...

Oh, anyway, this isn’t the first time I’ve been so willful!

Lin Wei laughed at himself, thinking that he was still an emotional person after all...Lin Wei, ah, Lin Wei, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later!

But so what? If I can't even understand my thoughts, then what qualifications do I have to laugh coldly at the hypocrisy and sanctimoniousness of this world?

"Anna, can I trust you?"

Sighing again, Lin Wei made up his mind, and then asked suddenly.

"Uh...huh?"

Anna wondered if she had heard it wrong. What do you mean?

"Can I trust you, Anna?"

Lin Wei turned around, looked directly at Anna, and asked seriously.

"...Of course! Who do you take me for?"

Anna suddenly felt aggrieved. Looking at Lin Wei's serious expression, she felt panicked and then even more aggrieved.

"Well, don't tell anyone what you see next... Let's keep it a secret between you and me..."

"Who cares about your secrets? I don't want to see them! I don't want to hear them!"

As soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, Anna turned around like lightning, walked a few steps away, covered her ears with her hands, and shook her head repeatedly with her back to Lin Wei.

Lin Wei was stunned, then smiled and thought that this was fine.

Then he took a deep breath, held his hand in the air, and in an instant a black lance appeared out of thin air.

"Projection·Sixth God's Key·Black Abyss White Flower!"

With force from his arms, he thrust the long lance aside the fragile "cocoon" and pointed it directly at the dying mechanical girl. As a bright red light appeared behind Lin Wei, an illusory black flower appeared at the tip of the lance, which opened and closed before merging into the body of the mechanical girl.

Anna, who was not far away, felt an extremely powerful force suddenly erupting from behind her, which made her jump with fear for a moment. It felt like a dormant beast behind her suddenly erupted and pounced on her fiercely!

However, the power came and went quickly, and before Anna could react, it disappeared.

Anna didn't care about anything else. Worried about Lin Wei's safety, she suddenly came to her senses, only to see Lin Wei slumped on the ground, holding his cane with both hands, sweating profusely and panting.

"Are you okay? What did you just do?"

Anna hurried back to Lin Wei and was relieved to find that he was just exhausted.

By this time, she had finally understood that the change had to be related to Lin Wei. Although she was curious about what that thing was, she decided not to think about it or ask. She raised her hand and carefully wiped the sweat from Lin Wei's forehead, then worriedly asked another question that concerned her more.

"Is that thing just now dangerous?"

Lin Wei raised her head, looked at her worried eyes, smiled and said,

"Don't worry, I can control it... and it won't make me subject to anyone."

Anna wanted to ask again, but seeing Lin Wei's honest eyes that didn't seem fake, she finally had an idea and chose to believe it.

"Then she..."

Anna pointed in the direction of the "cocoon". At this moment, the hole in it that was pierced by the lance had returned to its original state.

"She should wake up in a while. But I can't guarantee how much she'll remember when she wakes up."

Lin Wei sneered inwardly. "Do you think you can stop me with biological technology? Do you think the mechanical self-destruction will leave you helpless?"

I'll lift the lid of your coffin!

It would be a waste of talent to use the creative power that can repair biological cells at the genetic level only to repair some dysfunctional body tissues at the cellular level.

But... the consumption is too great!

While Lin Wei was complaining, he was also amazed at the Bishop Otto, whom he had never met before. When this guy was still a little brat, he had just obtained the Void Wanzang, but he actually wanted to use the "Mimesis·Black Abyss White Flower" to release the "Zero Rated Power" to revive Kallen's father who had been burned to charcoal. What a brave act of a naughty child!

Fortunately, Kallen stopped him...

Oh, no, Karen, why did you stop him?

Asking for a hammer, you get a hammer... Oh no, asking for benevolence, you get benevolence, how great!

"Well……"

Soon, a moan came from the direction of "Cocoon".

Lin Wei and Anna looked in the direction of the sound and saw the heavily bound limp girl slightly raise her head. Their eyes, covered by a metal blindfold, could be clearly seen.

"Ah, the self-destruction failed?"

The girl muttered to herself in an emotionless voice.

"Vision system damage confirmed... Computer unable to boot... Auxiliary system connection failed... Physical functions cannot be assessed, but... Feeling fine..."

The words that came out of the girl's mouth were clear and indifferent, as if an intelligent machine was performing a system self-check, except that it got stuck slightly at the very end.

She was clearly a person, but she looked like a machine. This uncanny valley feeling made Anna a little unbearable.

"Can you hear us?"

Anna wanted to try to have a conversation but didn't want to scare her, so she spoke very softly.

"The hearing system is good..."

The girl paused slightly, evaluated the situation again, then turned her head slightly, followed the direction of the voice, and pointed the cold metal mask of her clothes at Anna, her tone even colder and more indifferent.

"Intruder, congratulations on coming here. Unfortunately, I can't see what you look like."

"you!"

Anna was very angry at this indifferent attitude and thought to herself that she shouldn't sympathize with you! She simply started interrogating him directly.

"You did all that stuff outside?"

"If by 'those things' you mean keeping the base operational and defending it from invaders like yourself, then I guess so."

The girl continued to answer indifferently.

"I regret to inform you that all valuable information here has been destroyed. You are doomed to return empty-handed... uh..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly twitched in pain without any warning.

"I thought it was a heartless machine, but it turns out it feels pain? Tsk, nothing more than that."

Anna was furious with her, and seeing this change, she couldn't help but look back. She saw Lin Wei, who was still sitting on the ground, retracting his arm. He had just cut off a nerve line, and while sneering, he gave Anna a look.

"continue."

The girl turned her face slightly towards Lin Wei, as if she had really seen the action, and then returned to her original position and continued to narrate indifferently and without emotion.

"If you intend to torture me, I suggest you save your energy. The database has been confirmed to be damaged and cannot be repaired. I cannot provide any valuable information at this moment. Therefore, in order to save both of our time, it would be more efficient for you to choose to kill me now."

Anna was so angry that she couldn't speak. She had never seen anyone so serious and angry!

Lin Wei, who was watching the fire from the other side, was even a little amused. The humanoid snake machines in this world were more interesting than each other.

Anna calmed down, and a light bulb suddenly lit up in her head, as if she had found some loophole, and asked,

"You just said, 'kill' you, not 'destroy' you, right?"

"I don't think quibbling over words will really help our conversation."

The humanoid girl remained expressionless.

“Only living things can be described in terms of killing and being killed.”

Anna did not give up, and continued to ask questions while controlling her temper.

"What exactly are you? Human? Or a machine? Or something else entirely? This doesn't require retrieving information from a database, right?"

Lin Wei sat on the ground, gave Anna a thumbs up in her heart, and continued to watch.

The humanoid girl was startled, as if she was stung by the "machine". She was silent for two seconds, and then continued to speak indifferently.

"Yes, I'm just a machine. A machine that carries out the master's orders and guards the house for the master."

"Who is your master?!"

Anna finally couldn't help it and asked directly.

Chapter 59: Why Do Birds Fly? (5,000 words)

"Who is your master?"

Anna asked directly.

"The master is the master. Please put away your curiosity. I am not obligated to answer questions from intruders. Unless you are willing to pay equal compensation for all the losses here today... no, more compensation."

The mechanical girl continued speaking in her emotionless voice, not caring at all about the other person's reaction.

Anna was indeed very angry at this attitude that had no desire for normal communication. She was about to turn around and ask Lin Wei to think of a solution, but when she looked at her, she saw that her whole body was tightly tied up and she could not move. She couldn't help but soften her heart, and the anger that was originally surging out was extinguished in an instant.

Don’t blame her… Don’t blame her…

Anna told herself in her heart, softened her attitude, and asked softly,

"What's your name?"

She decided to take things slow and change her approach; while the mechanical girl maintained her usual attitude.

"I don't have a name. Machines don't need names. As for my number... Sorry, the data is corrupted and cannot be read."

Although she said sorry, her tone was so cold that it seemed as if the AI ​​was just reading the entries according to instructions.

"So you've been like this since birth?"

Anna asked, deliberately defining the other person's possible birth as "born" rather than "made."

If she was really just a machine, it would be so sad and pitiful, Anna thought.

From the moment they were born, they lived as tools, without freedom, emotion, or thought...

Suddenly, although it seemed absurd, she inexplicably thought of herself, the captain, the group of "tools" called "Valkyrie", and then the unique and brilliant Orchiddale.

Who are we?