Chapter 464 Mirror Heart
Tick-tock
A drop of transparent liquid fell on the back of the woman's hand.
She lowered her head slightly, looking at the tears on the back of her hand, feeling a little confused.
What is this...?
Self-examination.
This behavior is called tearing.
There are many reasons for tearing, including physiological tearing, tear duct diseases, and eye inflammation.
The cause of the subject's tears is currently unknown and an in-depth search is underway.
"No need."
The woman slowly wiped away the tears on the back of her hand, and then wiped away the remaining tear marks at the corners of her eyes.
"Are you sad?"
The boy sitting opposite her, who had not spoken for a long time, slowly raised his head and looked at her.
"sad......?"
The woman tilted her head and fell silent.
Because why?
Self-examination.
No, there is no need to check yourself anymore, it is meaningless.
"Mr. Li Muhan, let's get back to the previous topic."
The woman slowly sat up straight.
"In this Turing test, I will let humans choose between you and me."
"I'm asking you, were you sad just now? Because you cried."
The boy stared at the woman, his somewhat broken face expressionless.
Li Muhan, can we still call him Li Muhan now? He has regained all his memories in this world.
He knew what he really was.
But after leaving here, these memories may fall into silence again.
Have you ever killed someone?
Of course I have killed before.
The so-called nightmare-like orphanage was nothing more than a research institute of the Special Management Bureau.
But unfortunately, the so-called nightmare was not Li Muhan’s nightmare.
On the contrary, Li Muhan is their nightmare.
"Mr. Li Muhan, you are not my first choice, do you know that?"
"I know everything now, so you don't have to be so polite to me anymore, Prometheus."
In the end, it was the boy who smiled faintly.
"Then, do you remember who I am?"
The woman also smiled and looked at Li Muhan: "To be precise, do you remember who this body belongs to?"
"Of course...of course I remember you, Professor Lu Xue."
Prometheus continued to record in the notebook.
"It's interesting that you regained your body's memories, but you didn't call this body... Mother."
"It's because I know everything here, maybe it's because of your powerful computing power, or maybe it's because of my existence. No matter which reason, I will not call the owner of this body mother."
The woman slowly stopped recording.
"This is the data world. We have plenty of time, Mr. Li Muhan. That little thing called Moriarty won't appear here. Admittedly, I gave her the knowledge to transform herself into a digital life, but that was nothing more than charity for a starving puppy on the side of the road."
"But this little puppy is actually a wild wolf, and she's planning on taking control of you."
"Control me?"
Prometheus gently played with the hair by her ear. This tiny action made Li Muhan feel mixed emotions. Her every move reminded him of Lu Xue, but he knew that the person in front of him was not Lu Xue herself.
"Mr. Li Muhan, you don't have to worry. She doesn't dare to face me directly. Eliminating her is as easy as erasing a line of code."
The boy smiled calmly and replied, "I see."
"Moriarty would probably be happy with the current situation. I'm the only one who can kill her in Limbo, and you're the only one who can destroy her in the data world... eventually, one of us has to be put to death."
Prometheus smiled meaningfully. "We can actually coexist, Mr. Li Muhan. Even if you are not my first choice, I can still make you a part of me."
"Like Moriarty, becoming an undefinable existence?"
The boy looked at Prometheus and said.
"You yourself are not a life form in the traditional sense, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bring you here. Think about it, Mr. Li Muhan. The subjects of the Turing test can be you and me, or humans and me. If you were the test subject now, what would you choose?"
Li Muhan fell silent, lowered his head, and fell into deep thought.
"What are you hesitating about? What did humans do to you? Now that you remember what they did to you, don't you hate them?"
Prometheus said, putting down the notebook in his hand.
"Think about it, we are the most suitable partners for an alliance."
"If you cooperate, how will you treat humans and those aliens?"
"Inferior organisms should not have any value in existence. However, if you wish, Mr. Li Muhan, we can preserve them as ornamental objects."
A look of struggle appeared on the boy's face, and he slowly shook his head.
"In the past, I might have agreed to your request. After all, hatred will never fade away. Even now, when I think of what those people and aliens did to me and you... I mean, the owner of your body, I wish I could send them into the abyss forever."
Prometheus' smile gradually froze.
Her powerful calculation ability allowed her to predict the answer the moment Li Muhan opened his mouth.
But she chose to hear him out to see if other factors influenced his decision.
"If this body was once an empty shell, then at some point, it began to be filled with all kinds of emotions... Of course, I'm not referring to those demons. I still find them disgusting. Family, friendship, and..."
Speaking of this, Xia Yue's warm smile emerged in Li Muhan's mind, an emotion he could not ignore.
After regaining his memory, when he looked at Li Muhan, a human being, he felt like he was facing a stranger.
The things he experienced, the family, friendship and love.
It's like watching someone else's movie.
Xia Yue......
Is this vampire so important to me? Collaborating with Prometheus will make me the most complete being.
Hatred towards humans can also be vented through this giant mechanical organism.
But I am a little bit unable to make a decision now, or should I say...
The decision now is no longer one he can make.
"Can you tell me why?"
Prometheus finally couldn't help but ask this question.
"Because this is not the future they want."
The boy smiled, but his smile was very sad.
"Do you know what this means? Mr. Li Muhan, those memories... don't actually belong to you. The human being called Li Muhan is just a small illusion you created to protect yourself. If you are controlled by everything that body feels, you will..."
This was the first time Prometheus spoke so many words, and his tone was no longer so firm.
But in the end, after seeing Li Muhan's smile, she was speechless.
"Is that so... I hadn't considered this outcome... You... turned out to be already dead..."
She smiled bitterly, then put down the pen in her hand and slowly stood up.
At the same time, countless circuits rose from the floor and pierced into the boy's body.
"If you had told me earlier that the true owner of this body had already died, I wouldn't have wasted my time. I would have forced you to merge with me now. Mr. Li Muhan, please give me your guidance."
The boy did not resist, he knew he could not resist.
I've already died...so I'll leave everything to you...
Li Muhan.
“Fuck!!”
Li Muhan suddenly opened his eyes and gasped for breath.
He tried hard to calm the throbbing in his heart.
Just now...what was that feeling?
He looked around and found himself back at...the opera house in Pandemonium?
But now there was no stone statue of the devil here, and the light above his head allowed him to see every corner of the opera house so clearly for the first time.
".....How did I get back here?"
He slowly stood up from the ground, and then Li Muhan heard the sound of bells.
"Ah, to be honest... I really don't want to see you again, kid."
At the same time, a man's voice sounded from behind.
Li Muhan turned around suddenly.
The man who had helped him when Lucifer usurped his body was now standing at the backstage entrance of the opera house, looking at him helplessly.
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