First Player

Chapter · "To hug you, Doctor."

"You...what are you doing!" Xiaomei took a step back in fright.

"Xiao Mei, I lost my bet yesterday, and I still have a debt of thousands of kel..." The man's words were like a bolt from the blue.

Xiaomei's whole body was shaking - this was what she was most afraid of! Her only place of refuge was gone.

Why does a man go to this point, why does he have to gamble away the last of their tenderness?

"Xiao Mei, please help your father one last time. From now on, your father will never force you again..." The man stepped forward like a mangy dog, tears streaming down his face.

"..." Her lips trembled: "What can I help you with?"

This man - this man who had always treated him with fists, now humbled himself in the mud. He lowered his head, cried and kissed her instep.

Regardless of the bullshit family affection or her deep-rooted cowardice and kindness, she just couldn't kick him away.

"The prince of the investor of 'Dream' said that he can help us. He doesn't dislike you, as long as you follow him and serve him well..."

At this moment, Xiaomei felt as if she had fallen into an ice kiln.

She once thought that the first half of her life was the most unfortunate thing, but she never thought that a man could prepare a worse ending for her.

"You want me -" Xiaomei could barely hear her own voice:

"——Become a person's lover?"

When the last words came out, her vision went dark and she could hardly see anything.

"There is no way for your father to survive, so you should help your father for the last time... Do you just watch your father die? No one wants you in the first place. Since there is someone who doesn't dislike you, you might as well..."

Xiaomei couldn't listen anymore.

She rushed out of the house and ran hard, the cold night wind hitting her tears, the temperature was hotter than ever.

She coughed, her body's weakness getting worse, and the tears left by the man on the instep of her feet were colder than snow.

She wanted to roar out the things in her throat urgently, and roar out happily along with the pain of her fragmented first half of life, but she coughed, her throat was choked, and she sobbed, and in the end she couldn't say anything.

……too painful.

...Why does she have to suffer this?

... She also wants to have a healthy body, a normal personality, grow up in a warm room, or go to school... But why do things always get worse?

Finally, she stopped and stood on the mountain of metal garbage, staring blankly at the night light of the city, her red cloak fluttering like blood behind her.

She seemed to be able to see through the cold moonlight the person who was three whole areas away and said he wanted to take her away.

Where is he now? doing what?

"Maomao, you are very strong, you can protect me, but in this situation... what should I do." She pressed against the white cat's warm body:

"I can't leave my father alone. He will be beaten to death by debt collectors. What should I... do?"

"After all...he is also my father. He raised me. I, I can't abandon him..."

This city-state, this city... to her, it was prosperous and dilapidated, warm and cold.

"Meow~"

The white cat barked lazily and turned over. The fat ball pressed against Xiaomei's thin arms, and she almost couldn't hold it.

Her eyes were confused.

"Dear... love. Don't be afraid in the dark..."

"Enjoy with me the dawn of new life..."

She seemed to have stepped on something.

In this garbage mountain, there are countless discarded machines and androids. Most of them have stopped functioning. But an android with a sound-producing device still running was singing.

She slowly squatted down.

This is an android wearing a cloth apron, lying among broken mechanical parts, leaving only intermittent singing.

"We enjoy the wind of freedom..."

It sang loudly, and the song was unrestrained and free, like a bird flapping its wings.

Her tears fell to the ground.

…

After a day of teaching, Su Mingan pushed his emotional value to the full value of 2,000 points. Whether it is the Judgment skill or the Lamb Barrier, he can now use it at will.

Every time he goes to class, he can hear a bunch of favorability prompts, and many people's favorability has soared to more than 80 points. When paired with missionary aura and SS-level charm, the effect is obvious.

He looked at himself in the mirror of the teacher's dormitory.

There were obvious dark circles under his eyes, his face had lost all color, and his lips were almost purple.

...his complexion seems to be getting worse and worse.

There is only one day left before the opening of Kaiusta. Tomorrow, he will be exposed to the biochemical technology of this university and push [Biochemistry] to level 10.

He turned on the faucet, and the moderately warm water sprinkled on his hands, with Xiko floating next to him.

"Xiko, I always have a hunch that something is going to happen." He said.

"..." Xi Ke was silent.

He took out the bronze pocket watch with a gold chain. The hands on it were broken, and a line of small words was clearly visible.

…

[Time will tell you, don’t be afraid in the dark, I love you. 】

…

He always felt sad every time he saw it.

Akto's body has always been very magical, and he seems to have a strong ability to empathize. When he sees the tragic scene of this city of measurement, he can't help but feel uncomfortable for the city-state. Seeing this pocket watch, he also Will feel sad.

"[The depth of life is more worthy of pursuit than the length.]" Xiko suddenly said.

"What?" Su Mingan looked at it.

"Doctor, the difference between your words and deeds is as high as 78%. I have a question to ask you." it said.

"You ask."

"In the fringe zone, you can sympathize with a girl who trades flesh and want to bring her back to Central City. You can also have a good conversation with the leader of the resistance group and say, 'I will never forget them.'

But after returning to Central City, you were so rational that you could concentrate on discussing the situation in the city-state with the leaders, as if you had never been to the Fringe Zone... Why is this?

I can't understand your thoughts of action. Your personality and your actions are so different that even my program cannot measure it. "

Su Mingan picked up the towel and wiped the water on his hands.

He closed the pocket watch with a click, and the falling chain made a clear and sweet sound.

"Because humans are complex things," he said.

"Is it complicated?" Xi Ke said: "Everything can be measured, and so can humans. City-states are built on vast data, and no one can escape from it."

"After all, data cannot take into account everyone." Su Mingan looked at her projection:

"For example, if I say, 'Xiko, I love you,' can you calculate my intention in saying this?"

"..."

Xiko suddenly fell silent.

The barrage suddenly exploded:

【Is this okay? ? AI can attack it, but are you still a human? 】

[The first player has a unique taste and can always do things that ordinary people can't do...]

[Uh, why not consider that Su Mingan is testing Xi Ke? 】

[Because he is on vacation. 】

[Yes, this is too much of a vacation. A six-day trip to a science and technology city, with delicious food and drinks, and personal care. I would like to call it the most earthly copy...]

…

Su Mingan put down the towel, and the robotic arm on the side automatically put it into the disinfection box. His wheelchair headed down the hallway.

Xiko floated behind him, its transparent body passing through the wall, following closely behind.

"I have always believed that AI has no soul. However, you and the Liming system seem to have human emotions. Liming is even afraid of being shut down." Su Mingan said: "Xiko, do you also have desires?"

"have."

Xiko replied almost instantly.

"What?" Su Mingan was a little surprised.

"I want to have a body." Xi Ke said.

"Why?"

"For a hug, Doctor."

"..."

Su Mingan turned his head.

Under the bright indoor light, the azure stream of light flows down from its blue clothes and slowly closes at the fingertips, like countless streams of circulating data.

It stared at him with a simulated expression of concentration and melancholy, which for a moment gave him the feeling of being "gently watched by a human woman."

‘It’, at this moment, is very much like ‘her’.

"But I'm not..." he said.

He is not Akto.

He is not Asa Akto, just a visitor from another world who has invaded his body. Once the end of the journey reaches 20 days, he will turn around and leave without any regrets, heading to the next completely different world.

He could not stay in this grand and magnificent technological world for long.

"It doesn't matter." Xi Ke said, "You are all the same to me."

...How can it be the same?

Su Mingan stopped looking at it.

Akto is greater than him. He is the pinnacle of mankind. Akto's business intelligence, experience, and scientific research level are all far above him.

How is it possible...it's all the same.

He pressed his fingerprints and the dormitory door in front of him opened wide.

The campus lights were still on at night, and he saw the fountain spraying in the square, and some young lovers sitting cuddling together.

Students on bicycles passed by, and the ringing sound was clear and sweet. The lights of the library in the distance are bright all night long, and there are thousands of students working hard for the future.

Su Ming'an stared at all this blankly. This quiet and peaceful atmosphere was like his one month of college life.

"The detective agency is recruiting new people again. I remember that you are very interested in detective novels. There are also philosophical books, which are very rare nowadays..."

A gentle, soft girl's voice came from my ears.

Su Ming'an looked stunned, and he slowly turned back——

A young man and woman clinging to each other walked past him. The man and woman looked at his wheelchair curiously, and turned their heads shyly when they caught his eye.

"Let's go quickly, I'm a disabled person... don't stare at others all the time. Let me tell you, I've been looking for that philosophy book for two whole hours..."

They talked and quickly walked away.

...It turns out I wasn’t talking to him.

Su Mingan leaned back on the chair and looked at this peaceful ivory tower.

This place and the fringe area are completely two different places.

The girl in the red cloak, covered in bruises, coughing and crying, seemed like an unreal dream. The faces of the battle group leader who smiled at him in the tavern and the scarred battle group members gradually became blurred.

…

【Lovis...】

【Please don't...forget us. 】

…

He is now back in the center of power.

But he still couldn't do anything.

He could not interfere with Dawn's numerical determination. Changing the values ​​rashly will only make things worse.

Now... this city-state is actually in the best shape.

He hadn't forgotten those people.

But he couldn't change anything.

"—Asa Aktor."

In the night breeze, he suddenly heard someone calling him, and it was his real name.

He looked back.

A girl looked at him quietly in the night.