Chapter 44 Performers (11) Jinjiang exclusive authorized first release,...
"You're saying that this virus is caused by someone researching a forbidden project to put human minds into artificial intelligence?" Ani concluded her statement.
Song Shuang: "This method bypasses most of the firewall settings of Tianqiong Technology and does not require verification interfaces and..."
As she spoke, Ani nodded slightly. Like her, Song Shuang graduated from a well-known university in the Milky Way and later joined the Galactic Guardian Federation. He is the most educated and professional star warrior under the liaison officer Ren Ping.
The conversation between the two became more and more complicated, and Song Shuang gradually entered a state of complete oblivion. She temporarily forgot her situation and immersed herself in this exchange of knowledge and experience. Just when Song Shuang subconsciously wanted to stretch out his hand and use gestures to further describe it, his movements were restrained by the spider silk.
Her brain, which had been working so hard, finally calmed down a little.
Annie rested her fingers on her chin and pondered. Her fingertips tapped the little robot's energy battery slot from time to time. The symbol expression on the round little robot's screen changed from "TvT" to another "oO?" from time to time.
She pressed the energy battery back again and looked up: "Have you ever thought that although this is a shortcut to understanding the Joker virus, it is more likely to create another new virus."
Song Shuang's brain cooled down and he pondered for a while: "Every success has a price."
"This price is too high," Ani put the little robot back and leaned it against an idle machine next to the production line. "After the new virus destroys the hunting area, it will become more difficult for us to achieve our goal of winning. Even if something like this happens, the hunting ground will not let us out."
Song Shuang showed hesitation, she had not given up completely.
Ani said, "I want to take this equipment away."
"Why?" She looked up.
"First, I can't let you abuse it, in case the situation gets worse." Ani looked at her, "Second, I have other tasks for you."
"you say."
The advantage of coercion is that Ani doesn't need to explain too much to make others obey. She was very happy that the other party was rational and easy to communicate with: "Do your best to eliminate other hunters within your capabilities. I know you can't eliminate them all, but that's okay. I just want no one other than the Omnics to appear among my opponents."
She rubbed her fingers, pinched her knuckles lightly, and continued thoughtfully: "I am the only new face, so the audience will subconsciously pay attention to me."
"Okay." Song Shuang nodded lightly.
They are strong sisters, very strong. It was just that she stumbled and unexpectedly met her weird nemesis. Although he failed temporarily, Song Shuang would not doubt himself.
"And that's what..." Ani lowered her head and looked closer into Song Shuang's dark eyes. "Little genius, you know so much about intelligent machines. You must know the production characteristics of each of their sequences and most of the program architecture of Skydome Technology. Those 'famous performers' ahead of me, the pillars of various circuses, are all within your scope of understanding."
Song Shuang sensed that she was bewitching him. Annie's illusion ability was stronger than she had imagined. When it spread in a targeted manner, she thought of the famous illusion masters in the interstellar space, the butterfly tribe who were scattered in all walks of life and monopolized countless assets.
She lowered her eyes and didn't meet Ani's gaze: "Just make your request."
"I want them to report errors," Ani said. "A running bug, a debugging bug, any of them will do, or maybe a moth flew into the machine and fried the relays - it doesn't matter, I want them to short-circuit, paralyzed, and unable to operate."
Song Shuang raised his head: "How is this different from murdering the omnics? Besides, it's dangerous and difficult. I can't do it."
Ani looked at her with a smile: "But I think you always have a way."
“…”
Song Shuang fell silent. While she was not answering, Ani untied the threads that bound the two of them and said, "Is it your job to work on your sister's thoughts? We are still a long way from the carnival night, so there is plenty of time. I will wait for you to meet at this factory after every regular performance."
When all the spider silk fell off, Ani stretched out her hand to say goodbye to her, and Song Shuang watched her leave without saying a word. However, after taking a few steps, Annie suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around, pulled back a vine that was hiding in the corner and crawling out, and at the same time hugged Ling Xiao, who had a very low sense of presence, back into her arms.
"Something was left behind." Ani greeted Song Shuang naturally, turned her wrist and held Ling Xiao's waist as she walked out, whispering, "What are you doing, do you want to run?"
Ling Xiao really wanted to run.
During the discussion between Ani and Song Shuang, his detached rationality finally slowly returned. Ling Xiao realized his situation again.
She is dangerous.
She only allows herself to dominate others, she is a true hunter, a vortex of chaos.
If you don't run now, are you really waiting to be toyed with by humans?
Ling Xiao should have run away long ago, but when he really planned to escape, it was too late. Ani hugged him in her arms, and the vines came back to life and wrapped around her arms.
The weak and useless branches and leaves tightly wrapped around her knuckles and stuck to every inch of her skin. It was as if beneath that healthy and lively body there were nutrients that were extremely attractive to it.
Ling Xiao refused to tell the truth: "I'm just a little sleepy. ... I don't understand what you are saying."
"Oh, brother Lingxiao didn't pay attention in class when he was in school." Annie whispered in his ear.
Ling Xiao's ears were rubbed red. He raised his hand to block it, but his wrist was grabbed. He met her gaze and slowly put it down: "I have never been to school."
Ani was stunned for a moment.
"The textbooks won't teach me how to survive," he said. "I only have the experience of survival, nothing else."
Ani didn't say anything. Ling Xiao turned his gaze and looked at the colorful road ahead. "Is it strange for you? Born on one of the five origin stars and a top student from a prestigious school on the Aquamarine Star, am I not worthy of being on the same track with you?"
When he said this, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then he tried his best to look at Annie's expression, even though he felt that the other party would show an expression that he didn't want to see. Before Annie could speak, he continued, "I don't know anything. Unlike those two sisters, I am of no use to you. Miss Annie, it's time for you to regret it."
The lavender eyes gazed at her lightly and silently.
Ani thought for a while and said, "Then you still have to listen to me about education, right?"
"……What?"
"Guoguo's education." Annie answered seriously.
Ling Xiao opened his mouth, he wanted to say "We can't have children", but for some reason, he just turned his head and continued to look at the road in front of him, and said: "Miss Annie, if there is autumn on this planet, I can give you the fruit. The day when the fruit falls is one of the few days I look forward to in my boring and insignificant life."
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Ani brought him back to Crown Circus.
The contestant's identity was recorded by the official, so he could not appear in front of Li and Annie openly. She asked for the key to the fifth warehouse, ostensibly to "communicate more with the little animals," but actually to allow Ling Xiao to stay.
Annie also brought the equipment back and placed it among the miscellaneous items in the warehouse. At first glance, it was impossible to tell the difference between them.
Ani continued his training as usual. As time went by, Liu wanted to talk to her several times, but he lost the opportunity because Ani left too quickly.
At noon on the day before the regular performance, Annie tore open the package of the nutrient solution and walked to the warehouse with a bag of strawberry jelly nutrient solution in her mouth. Liu finally held her hand and said, breaking through the estrangement that had been aggravated for many days, "Let's reconcile."
Ani took a sip of the nutrient solution, glanced at him, and said vaguely: "What are you talking about reconciliation?"
Liu's expression changed, and he whispered, "Aren't you... angry with me? I belittled Lin in front of you, and made you unhappy. Right?"
Ani thought about it for a few seconds and nodded: "A little bit."
Liu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "I won't say those words again. After all, he was once related to you. Junior sister, can we restore our previous relationship? You need the cooperation of others to get the first place."
Ani bit the straw and said, "But I just don't want to pay attention to you. I didn't do anything else. Aren't we just colleagues? It's the same as Sister Li, Sister Annie, and our clown and magician. We're just colleagues."
"But you treated me before..." The words that were about to come out of his mouth suddenly stopped, and Liu couldn't say anything. How should he say this? Because Annie had been so caring, considerate, close and gentle to him before, but all this treatment was overturned and disappeared overnight, and he didn't even know what had happened.
I don't quite understand the flow. Why did he just treat schoolmate Annie as someone stronger than himself and have some admiration for her, but she immediately stepped back and distanced herself, becoming so indifferent?
Ani looked at him for a long while and asked, "What to you?"
"…Be good to me." He said with difficulty.
"Because you are the teacher's younger brother." Annie thought for a moment, "It's not because of this relationship. Your relationship has never been good. I have known it for a long time. It's just because of you here--" She raised her hand and touched the corner of Liu's eyes, her fingertips sliding across the tiny silver-blue scales.
"This is very similar to him." Ani said, her fingers sliding down and pinching the lower part of his coral ear bone. "The blood of the Blue Dragon family is so clear. Teacher, there are also tiny red blood veins here. When you are shy, your coral ears will turn red."
Her soft and light knuckles, with a faint fragrance, slid across his face. It's like reviewing a toy, a figurine, or just a painting. She seemed to be saying, "There's a little bit of verve here, but just a little bit."
Liu had never heard such words. She said they were similar, but all the parts she was not satisfied with belonged to him; she said charm, but she only coveted the part that was the same as her brother, and abandoned herself.
He was completely stunned, staring blankly as he digested her words. When Ani pulled her hand back, Liu subconsciously grabbed her arm, his eyes red: "You think I'm..."
"No." Annie guessed what he was going to say, and slowly finished eating the strawberry jelly. The empty nutrient solution bag squeaked when she squeezed it. "I can tell the difference very clearly. I found that you are just you, not like the teacher at all. Even if I suddenly miss him for a second, I can't get comfort from you."
“…But I…”
Ani patted his shoulder and said, "You are yourself, so we are just colleagues now."
She pulled her arm free and placed the empty package into the cleaning robot waiting nearby. A red heart appeared on the robot's display screen, and the wheels under its feet sped up and moved away.
Annie hummed a song and walked towards the warehouse, ignoring the little mermaid who was standing there stupidly. After she entered the warehouse, she closed the door and first greeted the snakes, the bloody monsters and other domesticated animals. Then she walked around and distributed food to each monster. Then she suddenly raised her head and looked at the narrow skylight of the warehouse.
There was a fence on the skylight, and indeed, a few green vines were entwined on it.
He always took advantage of the vine clan's flexibility to sneak out. Not to mention such a large skylight, even if it was just a gap or an insignificant air tube, he could turn into a vine and drill in. As long as the branches and leaves could pass through, Ling Xiao could pass through.
Not a fluid, more like a fluid.
After confirming his presence, Ani skillfully cleaned up the venue and trained the monsters to perform more complex performances. With Sister Annie's generous teaching, these little animals became as well-behaved as domestic cats and dogs, clinging to Annie's trouser legs and rubbing against them.
Hmm…
The touch I got today was a little special.
Annie glanced casually and saw that the wet vines had come around at some point. It blocked the monster's rubbing, slowly wrapped around Ani's legs, passed her knees, and climbed up like clinging to an oak tree.
Green vines were wrapped around his knees, and the instigator was looking at the monster demonstrating inside through the huge steel cage.
Ani pulled at the vines. Ling Xiao turned his head, and surprise appeared on his calm face. He said in a serious tone, "I'll take it back right away, Miss Ani."
How formulaic and distant it is, and there's even a hint of respect in this title.
Annie curled her lips and said, "Okay." She agreed, but when he was retracting the vines, she grabbed them with her backhand, grabbed the end of the vine, and suddenly pulled him over and threw him to the ground. She pressed Ling Xiao down, holding his face without saying a word, lowering her head and moving closer, her lips suddenly lowering as if they were about to touch his thin lips.
At the moment when they were about to touch each other, she paused for a moment, her hot breath passed over his lips and filled their minds: "You did it on purpose, Brother Ling Xiao."
He didn't answer. There is no denying that climbing up high is the vine's habit, and it is also his nature.
Ani laughed softly, and the sound spread to every branch of his body as her body vibrated slightly. In Lingxiao's poor and calm mind, this sound was like the rustling sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops, the trees swaying in the wind, and the leaves moving and the forest rustling.
But he said, "I did it on purpose. I am trying to please you so that you won't feel comfortable attacking me. Please, let me live."
"Of course I'll let you live. Didn't you promise to date me after this?" Ani still remembered this incident. "I've already made up my mind to endure until the end. Why are you crawling over here again..."
She was halfway through her words when she suddenly noticed Ling Xiao's eyes were on her hands. She was wearing animal trainer's gloves. The bright red leather gloves fit her palms tightly, forming a sharp contrast with the skin color exposed between the cuffs.
Ani raised her hand and waved it in front of Ling Xiao. He suddenly came to his senses and turned around, his ears feeling hot.
"What are you thinking about?" Annie asked.
"...I was thinking," he said with his Adam's apple rolling, "How could I accept this kind of invitation from someone other than myself? Why do I lose my way and always let myself crawl on you? Am I sick and broken? Do I need to buy some medicine?"
"You're lying." Ani could tell he wasn't telling the truth, "You didn't think about that!"
"These are what I've been thinking about since you locked me up here these days."
"You secretly pretend to be a plant crawling around in the dark every day, and you actually said that I trapped you." Ani opened her eyes wide, "Slander, total slander. No, I was asking you what you were thinking just now, tell me the truth..."
The second half of the syllable of "explain" was swallowed up by the line of his lips as he raised his head and moved closer.
Is it a vine? Or his fingers? Annie didn't look carefully, she just felt that the other person was hugging her neck. Ling Xiao's lips are thin and curvy, like a mountain kissing the nearby clouds. His long eyelashes swept across Annie's straight nose, and his wet and cool tongue licked the gap between her lips in small sips.
It seems to be saying, my arbor, let me entangle you.
Annie held the back of his head and gently bit the small red spot on his lower lip. Ling Xiao snuggled in her arms, so quiet that it seemed as if he had never taken the initiative to climb up. He just innocently accepted Annie's kiss back and her embrace, and found peace on her fragrant shoulders.
...How can it be so easy to put up? Ling Xiao closed his eyes and thought.
She must have been a flower stand in her previous life, and he stroked her hard and straight spine and her unchanging bones, becoming her blood and flesh, her clothes and crown. Just leaning on each other forever, cuddling each other.
"Ling Xiao," Ani called his name and complained softly in his ear, "You are so deliberate. So hypocritical."
Ling Xiao took her hand and pulled her over. He looked at Ani's fingers with distinct joints and whispered, "I told you the truth. I was thinking that Miss Ani's hands looked very beautiful. If it was... I thought of something unreasonable."
He rested his forehead on Ani's shoulder, paused, and said, "You made me go against my nature and betray my instinct. Now I want to settle the cost of our relationship with you."
"Okay." Ani thought for a moment, "Now, we have some companionship."
Ling Xiao slowly took her hand.
He would not tell Ani what he was thinking at that moment when her ears turned red. Maybe he was thinking that this was just a pretense to keep her steady and that he was just trying to survive; maybe he was wondering if she would dislike his breeding system and think it was too weird; maybe he was just wondering where she would touch first, the calyx connected to the ovule, or the pollen tube that she said was "different from others"?
Ani picked him up and pressed him against the cage, then kissed him again in front of a group of "little animals". The purple flowers on the green vines blossomed one after another, and he acquiesced to their ambiguous "companionship".
The vines are very comfortable to be entangled with. Ling Xiao didn't want to let go.
Annie bit him a few times, but the pair of light purple pupils in front of her were still staring at her blankly and quietly, as if being bullied was natural. She raised her eyebrows and deliberately bit the corner of his lip with her fangs. Her thin lips, which had been rubbed red, oozed clear and slightly bitter plant juice.
Annie licked the wound. He didn't cry out in pain just now, but now he was confused and said, "This is very inappropriate, Miss Annie..."
This honorific title again.
One day she would definitely bully Ling Xiao so badly that he couldn't even utter these words. Ani thought.
Before she could answer, there were a few knocks on the door outside the warehouse, followed by Liu's voice asking if she was there.
When Annie came in, she closed the door. She didn't want to pay attention to it. Ling Xiao asked her, "Is it okay?" Annie shook her head. Then there was movement outside the door. It was Sister Annie: "Hey, what are you doing here?"
Liu: "Something was left in the warehouse."
Annie: "Well, I have a performance tomorrow. I'll look for a spare key..."
As soon as the sound was uttered, the tightly wrapped vines immediately began to be pulled back in a panic. He doesn't want to be judged as a virus by the artificial intelligences. But in his hurry, the knots got tangled together. Annie helped him untie a few of them, but she didn't dare to use force for fear of tearing them apart. In just a few seconds of chaos, the door rang.
In an emergency, Annie pushed Ling Xiao down and blocked him with the animal training cage and other equipment beside her. She adjusted her expression and looked at the two people at the door as usual.
"You're in there?" Annie looked at her in surprise, then looked at Liu and asked with her eyes, "Is there a conflict?"
Ani said, "I didn't hear you. He's talking to... talking to Xiaoduo." She had the cage of the bloody monster next to her. She patted it and continued, "Talking to Xiaoduo."
At least half of Xiaoduo's one hundred eyes were filled with resentment.
The other party didn't ask further questions, but just reminded her, "You have a performance tomorrow, so have a good rest tonight." Then he left.
Only Liu was left standing there. The biggest crisis was resolved, Annie breathed a sigh of relief and floated over to take a look at the place below her that was blocked by debris.
Ling Xiao was very good at reducing his presence. He curled up in this corner, hugging his knees. He looked very small, and his pair of purple eyes looked at her quietly.
Just as Annie was thinking "He's so good", she immediately felt the thin vine that was hooked around her leg rubbing against her calf. Her mind quickly turned to "being good on the surface" and before she could think about it, Liu Bian beside her suddenly said, "You are still thinking about my brother, right?"
The vine suddenly stopped moving.
"You two still have feelings for each other." Liu said, "When did you see me thinking about him? I don't understand, and I don't want to accept it. What's wrong with me?"
It's like being loved by God wrongly for a moment, so it's so hard to accept after losing it.
He minded that Annie treated him as a substitute for a second...now he wasn't even a substitute anymore, and he also minded that there were things that made him inferior to Lin. He was unwilling to accept this. From any perspective, this truly beloved young master of the Blue Dragon family was unwilling to accept this.
On the other side, Ani's eyes hadn't moved away. She clearly saw Ling Xiao's peaceful lavender eyes flicker, and he raised his head, looking at her quietly and attentively.
The look in his eyes seemed to be questioning, but not completely interrogating - there was grievance and acceptance, and she felt that there might also be an emotion of understanding in it. Ling Xiao seemed to be thinking, "You are really like this, I should have known it earlier." While thinking this, he was looking at her, waiting for her answer.
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