Chapter 201
Ever since Xingnuo woke up in the desert, he felt that the world was full of incongruities.
Even my own memory seemed to be wrong in some way.
What made him even more nervous was that Xingnuo felt that he should have a very close relationship with 067 and they could talk about anything.
But feeling the jumping system light ball in his mind, Xingnuo couldn't help but remain silent. He always felt that he was not familiar with this system.
But Xingnuo thought about it carefully and felt that it was right not to be familiar with him.
He and 067 were bound together for no more than three months. 067 always punished him with electric shocks, and Xingnuo responded with a passive attitude towards completing tasks. They tortured each other.
How good can the relationship be?
067 saw Xingnuo's silence and shouldn't have said anything more, but for some reason, he said:
"Don't feel bad, I'm the one who got you into trouble this time."
Xingnuo frowned as he walked away from the city. From time to time, a miniature tornado would blow past him, blowing sand all over the sky.
Covering his head, Xingnuo could hardly open his eyes. He felt a hint of familiarity in 067's tone, but the panic did not ease. Instead, he fell into even greater fear.
"067, I always feel that you are not like this."
067 was very confused. It felt that it had never changed and couldn't help but say:
"Then what should I be like? I am just a system, just like other systems. There is nothing wrong with the chips, core code and energy."
Xingnuo was silent for a moment and did not move forward.
After a gust of sandstorm passed, Xingnuo found a dry and bare rock and sat there to rest.
"I don't know either, but I think we should be more intimate."
Just like a knight and his sword, no matter when and where, the knight will hold his sword, and the sword will always be sharp and loyal, protecting the knight.
067 was a little puzzled, "Be more intimate?"
Xingnuo held up his face, looked at the sky covered with yellow sand in front of him, and the vaguely visible cyber-tech city, and his mind was empty for a while.
He had never felt such emotions before, but since waking up in the desert, he often felt out of place.
Maybe he was overthinking it.
Xingnuo had no time to rest because the mechanical tracking eyes behind them discovered them.
"The level of technology in the high latitudes is too high! Even if we run into the desert, there will be mechanical eyes that can find us!"
The mechanical eye flashes red light and is hidden under the desert. It will break out of the ground only after it finds the target, takes a picture of the target and transmits it back to the headquarters.
Xingnuo ran forward, smashing the mechanical eyes with a few stones, breathing lightly.
"I now suspect that your main system has committed many evil deeds and has been stealing energy from small worlds everywhere, so that it is now suffering a serious backlash. That is why the people in this world hate your system so much."
067 did not refute because he felt that what Xingnuo said made sense.
"When I was receiving training at the system center, I heard a senior tell a joke."
"It said that our current main system was actually just a branch system at the beginning, with a very high number, but somehow it replaced the former main system."
"We don't really trust most of the systems, and I just took it as a joke."
“Now that I think about it, maybe it’s not a joke.”
Xingnuo ran some distance towards the center of the desert, made sure that no mechanical eyes had come out, and sat down cross-legged to rest.
"Perhaps in the beginning, the main system was indeed a main system that helped the cannon fodder to counterattack, but it was replaced. The new main system was bent on obtaining energy and linked your mission to plundering energy. In the end, it went too far and caused all the small systems to be discovered."
067 nodded, and seeing that Xingnuo was tired, he exchanged some water and bread for him from the mall.
"My energy is running out. Maybe if I can hold on for a few more days, we will say goodbye forever."
Xingnuo didn't know why, but at this moment, his heart felt like it was stabbed and filled with pain.
Xingnuo is a person who lacks love.
Although he appears easy-going and optimistic, in reality, he simply cannot accept separation.
Especially since he thought that he and 067 would continue to go through the worlds together.
Although the relationship between the two was very strained, and as far as memory goes, they might not even say a word to each other for two or three days, Xingnuo actually needed someone, or a system, that could always stand behind him.
At least this would make him feel that he was not alone.
Xingnuo took a sip of water, wiped his still dry lips, and said:
"No, after we finish running through this desert, we will go hide in the next one. We will always find a way."
067 seems to have heard this sentence before.
But he searched the records stored in his chip and found that it was indeed the first time he heard it.
“How strange.”
067 finished speaking, and the feeling of the chip vibrating slightly came back.
Xingnuo stood up and ran towards the center of the desert again.
He slept in the open air and worked under the stars, fearing that if he was a step slow the mechanical eyes behind him would track him.
The management team of this world is very strong, and they have various high-tech tools to assist them. Once they are discovered, they will be caught up quickly.
But one day 067 ran out of energy.
At this time, Xingnuo found a small round metal ball the size of a palm in the desert.
"This is a discarded metal energy ball. I'm going to shut down now, Xingnuo. Actually, I've always wanted to tell you that you're a very good host."
Although he appears soft on the outside and tough on the outside, he is very smart and sentimental.
Even at this point, 067 has not been abandoned.
067 Although I don’t understand human emotions, but during these days of avoiding being hunted down, I seem to understand a little bit why in some classic TV dramas, the male and female protagonists would fall in love while escaping from desperate situations.
This feeling of only being able to rely on each other, cherishing each other, and even saying one more word can make you feel a little more at ease and excited.
It's too difficult.
It seems like they are the only ones left. It is hard not to be moved and it is also hard to escape from their dependence on each other.
Xingnuo paused, his heart felt a little empty, and tears fell down for no apparent reason.
"067, look at this metal ball. It is also a carrier of energy like you, and it can be charged. Why don't you try to hide inside it?"
067 didn’t have much energy left, and it wanted to use the last bit of energy to exchange a life-saving item for Xingnuo.
But looking at Xingnuo's tears falling down, the 067 chip vibrated faster, as if something broke through the system mechanical chip and poured out.
067 doesn’t want to shut down like this.
In this case, once the computer is shut down, it may never be restarted again.
"Change the carrier, and I will untie you."
Xingnuo took a deep breath, his eyes red, "Then let's untie it. Will untying it give us a little more energy?"
067 hummed.
The next moment, Xingnuo felt as if something was empty in his soul.
He was stunned for a moment, then he realized that 067 had really been living in his soul all along.
It is hard to imagine that he was bound to a system with his soul for several months and went through a life-and-death struggle.
"067? Can you hear me?"
Xingnuo shouted, and shouted many times in his mind to the small metal ball.
But there was no response.
In the next few days, Xingnuo could only walk into the desert alone.
Without 067 talking to him from time to time, the vast desert seemed like a giant beast from the abyss that easily swallowed up Xingnuo's figure.
Xingnuo felt lonely for the first time in a long time.
He really wasn't used to being alone, even though he had been alone for more than twenty years.
Xingnuo thought, if he died, he must be a clingy person in his next life!
If he had a father and a mother, he would cling to them every day and be carried wherever he went.
Only delicate and crying babies will be loved.
When Xingnuo thought that 067 would never respond to him again, one night, the small metal ball in his arms lit up, and after a few hissing sounds, a familiar mechanical sound was heard.
"Xingnuo?"
Xingnuo woke up instantly. Hearing the familiar voice and seeing the ice-blue light of the small ball, he couldn't help but laugh while crying.
"I thought you were dead."
067 thinks so too.
"That was a close call. I thought I would never be able to start the machine again!"
Xingnuo listened to the sound made by the small ball, took out a used charging device found in the desert, and charged the small ball.
The electric current can add some energy to 067 with a changed carrier.
Xingnuo lay on the sand, looking at the small ball beside him, and finally felt a little relieved.
067 spoke more frequently, and there was always a strong sense of joy. Although it still sounded like that cold mechanical voice, Xingnuo felt that this was the system he was familiar with!
Looking at the endless night sky, Xingnuo envisions his future life:
"In fact, we are also in a miserable situation. We were tricked by the main system. We didn't steal any energy at all, and we are still being chased."
"If I run away this time, I want to start a new life somewhere else, and maybe learn how to cook."
067 echoed with a faint blue light flashing beside him.
"Then I'll just follow Xingnuo. I'm a system, born to be bound to the host and stay together forever!"
Xingnuo likes the word forever very much.
"067, no matter what happens from now on, you must come find me wherever I am."
067 flashed the metal ball fiercely and responded:
"Of course! I'll find Xingnuo no matter where I go!"
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