Alvia tapped the table lightly. Although that face was very pretty, it was still a little unfamiliar to Zhou Zhou. In addition, the other party's expression and movements at this time were extremely oppressive, so Zhou Zhou couldn't help but sit up straight, put his hands on the edge of the table, and his expression gradually became serious.
But the two people's temperaments are completely different. Zhou Zhou's seriousness is just pursing his lips and blinking his eyes. He looks more like a well-behaved student waiting for the dean to speak, eagerly awaiting the final judgment.
Silence...
Gradually, Zhou Zhou discovered that Al seemed a little nervous. His fingers tapped on the table faster and faster, his eyes slightly drooped, as if he was thinking about some very important issues.
Unable to guess what Al was nervous about, and not knowing why he had been silent, Zhou Zhou finally couldn't help but speak.
"Al, do you already know my identity?"
Alvia raised her eyes slightly: "Yeah."
Zhou Zhou couldn't figure it out: "When did you know this? Did I reveal myself somewhere?"
Elvia didn't say that they had been suspicious of Zhou Zhou's identity from the very beginning. In the Empire, a person with no identity or background suddenly appeared in the game controlled by Zeus, and all his information in reality could not be found, so he would naturally receive special attention.
Because Zhou Zhou appeared in the same copy as him for the first time, Elvia even thought that the other party was approaching him deliberately with ulterior motives. After all, he had seen many such tricks.
But gradually, he discovered that Zhou Zhou was very simple, insensitive to other people's emotional changes, and completely unmoved by other people's malice. However, sometimes he would appear in time when the other person needed him most and give the other person the greatest comfort.
He is serious about his work and people, has his own unique way of thinking, and can catch others off guard in the most unexpected places. Apart from being a little playboy, his appearance and personality are very consistent with Elvia's aesthetics.
Or maybe it’s because he is Zhou Zhou, so every shining point about him is just right.
From luring the snake out of its hole at the beginning, it turned into walking into a trap. From thinking that the other party was approaching you deliberately, it turned into approaching you involuntarily.
The discovery that Zhou Zhou was not human began when Zeus said he felt there was nothing wrong with Zhou Zhou and that he liked him very much.
As the intelligent brain of the empire, Zeus possesses human emotions, but he rarely says directly that he likes someone. Before meeting Zhou Zhou, the only human to whom Zeus had shown kindness was himself. It was also because of Zeus' help that he was able to overcome numerous difficulties and become the emperor of the empire.
Before this, although Zeus was hailed as the first and only artificial intelligence with human emotions, he actually rarely interacted with humans and just did his job within the scope of his responsibilities.
Ever since Zeus chose and took the initiative to contact him, he began to appear in the imperial palace in the form of a child, and Zhou Zhou was the second person for whom he made an exception. Zeus had never doubted Zhou Zhou's identity before and took the initiative to get to know him. Elvia guessed that this was because Zeus subconsciously discovered that the other party was of the same kind and took protective actions.
In addition, Zhou Zhou had no idea about some common sense questions, and his unnatural expression when asked about real life and past experiences all confirmed Elwell's guess.
It was not until he looked at all of Zhou Zhou's data in the copy that he finally confirmed his idea. The settlement data of each copy of Nightmare City reflects the changes in the player's mental power, brain fluctuations, emotional fluctuations, etc., but all of Zhou Zhou's data changes are very small, and his mental power has even been zero all along.
Humans in the interstellar age are born with different levels of mental power, and people without mental power at all are almost non-existent. Of course, there may be a very small number of people who have no mental power for various reasons, but these people cannot use holographic equipment. Zhou Zhou has no concerns about this at all, and has even been in the game since the first time he met them.
So all the unusual details added up to point to the smallest possibility, that Zhou Zhou is the second artificial intelligence with human thoughts and emotions since Zeus, and he has emotions that are more in line with humans than Zeus, so anyone who gets along with him has not noticed anything unusual about him.
Of course, it was impossible for Elvia to tell everything in front of Zhou Zhou. He only listed the details of Zhou Zhou's usual abnormal behavior and his copy data. Of course, these were indeed his guesses.
Zhou Zhou: “…” He thought he had disguised himself well, but his true identity was discovered so early?
"Since you know my true identity, why didn't you tell me?"
Alvia said, "Because I noticed that you have been avoiding this matter. I thought you didn't want others to know."
Whose fault is this? It was you who threatened me before that you would destroy it if we were discovered.
Thinking of his frightened days, Zhou Zhou said to Elvia with a hint of resentment: "Actually, a long time ago, when I found out that I was an NPC, I wanted to tell you my identity. That was the day I confessed to you."
Alvia was stunned, and fell silent as he recalled what he had said that day. At that time, he had never thought that Zhou Zhou would be an NPC with human thinking. He thought he was being coerced into doing something against his will. It turned out that those probing words were meant to tell him his true identity?
And his reply... No wonder Zhou Zhou looked frightened. It was obviously a good time for the two of them to be honest with each other, but because he misunderstood, Zhou Zhou was frightened and dared not say anything.
"I'm sorry." Now Alvia could only apologize.
Zhou Zhou waved his hand: "It's okay, and this is the best outcome for me now." He didn't have to worry about being destroyed or killed even though his identity was known. Instead, he realized his long-cherished wish, which was much better than the best outcome he could have imagined before.
After his identity was revealed, Zhou Zhou became noticeably more relaxed. He looked at Elvia's bedroom. Although it was much smaller than other palaces, it was really big. It was even bigger than his own home in the Nightmare City. It turns out that after Al went offline, he returned here, and he finally came to the real world.
Compared to the relaxed Zhou Zhou, Elvia was acting out of character. He remained silent while Zhou Zhou was observing the surroundings of the bedroom. His long eyelashes hid the look in his eyes, and his fingers began tapping on the table again.
The sound of clattering drew Zhou Zhou's attention back. He looked at Al and blinked in confusion. What happened to Al?
Finally, Alvia shook hands and seemed to have made up her mind: "Although we have been together for a long time in the game, you may not know me very well. Let me introduce myself first."
He raised his eyes slightly, and his face, which did not resemble a real person, was cold as ice, looking more oppressive than usual.
Zhou Zhou nodded immediately. He thought Elvia had something very important that she was hesitant to tell him, and he was nervous for a long time. It turned out that she wanted to tell him this.
"My real name is Elvia, my current occupation is the emperor of the empire, I am 27 years old, I have no other relatives, no bad habits, my mental strength is level 3S, and I have no marriage history."
Al has never been in love!
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia with curiosity. Even though he had no clear definition of beauty and ugliness, he could not deny that Al’s face was extremely beautiful. Even he could not help but keep glancing at her face. So why had Al never been in a relationship? Was it because he didn’t like it?
No wonder he was rejected when he confessed his love, Zhou Zhou suddenly realized.
Zhou Zhou already knew Al's real name. When he was in the mirror world, the little Al who had lost his memory said that his name was Elvia. Although Zhou Zhou remembered this name, he was used to calling him Al and never changed it afterwards.
After the other party's brief introduction, Zhou Zhou waited for a long time but there was no follow-up. Later he realized that Al had finished speaking and was now waiting for him to introduce himself.
"My name is Zhou Zhou, I'm an NPC from a game called Love Academy. I don't know how I ended up here. This year, I'm 19 years old! I like to talk... No, I like to do missions with everyone."
Elvia nodded and asked, "Zhou Zhou, you and Keli are still..."
Zhou Zhou instantly understood what Al was not saying and immediately shook his head: "No, we broke up and are good friends now."
After Zhou Zhou finished speaking, he always felt that the atmosphere was weird. Obviously, Al was the person he was most familiar with, and the two of them always had a tacit understanding when they were together. But now this question-and-answer format seemed like an interview.
Al is the examiner; he is a clerk who does interviews.
Al nodded, staring at Zhou Zhou with a pair of cold blue eyes. Those eyes seemed to contain strong emotions. Zhou Zhou, who did not belong to the human category, was unable to understand the complex emotions, but he subconsciously knew that what the other party would say next must be very important.
"Zhou Zhou, do you like the real world, do you like it here?"
"I like it!" Not only because this is a brand new world, but more importantly, there are many people here who are important to him.
"Then are you willing to live here with me? Or we can stay in the game all the time and do tasks together. When we get bored, we can go to other games. If you want to come out to the real world, I will take you to other planets, and you can see the scenery of each planet through projection. The Empire is also researching related technologies. Maybe soon you and Zeus will have the same bodies as humans and can freely travel between the virtual world and the real world."
This was the first time that Alvia confessed his feelings. The psychological trauma he suffered in his childhood made him very disgusted with things like love and marriage. He could not accept close contact with other people and had never thought of spending his life with anyone else.
But no one can predict what the future will be like. The one he likes might turn out to be a game NPC, and a love NPC. It is even possible that he will have to have a platonic love for the rest of his life. But it doesn't matter. The moment he fell into a deep hallucination in the mirror world and was rescued by Zhou Zhou, he knew that he had completely given up.
It should be said that when he followed Zhou Zhou into the copy, he had already started paying attention to him.
Elvia was nervous in his heart, but his face was even colder. He stretched out his hand towards Zhou Zhou tentatively, but he didn't expect that Zhou Zhou would put his hand on him the next moment.
Not only did Zhou Zhou put his hand on hers, he even enthusiastically held the hand that Elvia extended with both of his own hands.
"OK."
Elvia's expression relaxed a little, and a smile slowly appeared on her face, which was a little stiff due to nervousness. It was stunning.
"Al, I didn't expect you would be willing to let me live in your house and do so many things for me. I don't know how to repay you. You are really my best friend!"
Zhou Zhou was so touched that he wanted to become brothers with Ai'er immediately and let their family love last forever!
Alvia: “…”
Alvia couldn't laugh anymore.
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