Chapter 623: Confusion (30)
He didn't let Qiao Xi go, nor did he intend to let himself go. With a frenzy determined to perish together, he tortured himself while hurting the other person.
Cut skin.
Blood beads oozed out like thin threads, but without even a chance to fall, they were taken away by Zhi Liao's kiss.
Climbing up and up in the sweetness and pain until sinking completely.
“…”
When I regained consciousness, all I saw was a hazy darkness. The wound had been treated, but my arm, even after being medicated, still ached. My body felt like it was falling apart, my limbs drained of strength and unable to move.
There was a heavy chill in the air.
I forced myself to look out the window, but all I could see was a dark sky that I couldn't tell whether it was the eve of dawn or the night.
The room became very quiet.
The air was no longer hot and boiling, but she could feel the gaze that was always following and staring at her, as if it was locked on her.
...I feel inexplicably painful.
It wasn't just from deep within her body, nor was it from the medicated knife wound. As if to strangle her breath, a biting chill penetrated her nose, sucking away all the air, a slow, suffocating pain.
Qiao Xi opened her lips slightly.
Couldn't say anything.
"......" The gaze that had been staring at her moved, and a warm breath approached, placing a kiss on her lips.
Long and gentle.
"Hmm..." Qiao Xi felt that breathing was a little difficult, but her weak limbs could not muster any strength, and she had no room to resist.
Zhi Liao was kissing her.
It's like guiding her to breathe, stimulating her senses, and letting her learn to demand oxygen.
The warm softness leaves.
Instead, a hand covered Qiao Xi's head, and that person gently rubbed her.
Qiao Xi was a little confused.
It took her a long while to find her weak voice: "...Zhi Liao?"
"Go to sleep."
A reassuring and steady voice came from the side, and then Qiao Xi felt a warm hand pulling her hand and holding it.
The strange thing is that it was such a trivial action.
It actually makes people feel at ease.
As if driven by sleepiness, she closed her eyes in response to the deep tiredness. Before the drowsy darkness ended, she fell asleep.
“…”
The sound of steady breathing was heard.
The air returned to stillness, shrouded in silence. But strangely, the empty loneliness he felt before was no longer there. Zhi Liao was surprised by the comforting contentment that came from nowhere.
Like doing something like this.
At first, he thought that as long as they were comfortable, it didn't matter who they were with, as long as they both felt comfortable.
Like a pastime.
It's just something he uses to kill time when he's bored.
It's over, they are two parallel lines. No one bothers each other, anyway, they are just people who seek to heal each other in one night.
It's normal - just like drinking coffee.
Some people like it, some don't. He just treats it as a form of entertainment in his life, as a pastime. It's the only way to kill time in these boring days.
His identity is quite special.
Even electronic devices are frequently changed, and phone numbers are not used with just one, in order to avoid being tracked by those people.
So naturally, I won’t be looking for fun on my phone.
You can't do that either.
Since he was just killing time and having fun, and he was someone who was addicted to this game, there would naturally be many like-minded players like him. Apparently, she was one of them too?
so--
Only then can you go find someone else without any grudges.
For Zhi Liao, who knew that things were no longer related after they were over, he naturally didn't care that the person who was by his side one night would be in someone else's arms the next. Everyone was just out for fun, and there was no emotional connection to speak of.
That’s right, he and Qiao Xi…
That's how it should be.
However, his nameless rage consumed his rationality, and he was far less calm than he had imagined. At that moment, an unprecedented desire to possess someone surged wildly.
Then, swallowed.
The touch remaining in the palm of his hand is still vivid, and the sound echoing in his ears is still real, making him no longer like himself.
It's not about seeking comfort.
Not as calm and composed as usual.
He was arrogant and impulsive, unlike him, and unlike any other time before. He thought he wouldn't be that crazy, but he underestimated the impact of his anger.
What are you angry about?
Just think about this problem.
I vaguely felt like I had grasped the answer, but my subconscious was resisting. Perhaps I didn't want to believe such a ridiculous reason. How could such a thing be possible?
The only special person to him is Gan Youmeng.
Putting aside his messy thoughts, Zhi Liao lowered his eyes and stopped thinking about these meaningless questions.
In the system space.
The little white cat system sat in front of its cushion, holding a cup of tea and drinking tea, occasionally looking at the big screen to pay attention to the movements outside.
“Click—”
The hibernation chamber opened at this moment, and a thick white mist dissipated. The black cat's system hibernation maintenance was completed, and it walked out of the chamber.
【morning--】
The little white cat system saw it and waved its paw to greet its companion.
【Is there any problem with the machine? 】
The little black cat system stretched and cast its gaze on Qiao Xi's body lying quietly in the container on the other side.
[No, the corresponding functions have been restored, but there is really nothing I can do about the memory]
The little white cat system is worried.
It said this while looking at the sleeping body over there, immersed in light green liquid and with countless thin tubes inserted into it.
[…Because the feelings have never revived.]
The little black cat system sighed. Although Qiao Xi could understand and retrieve those emotions, her essence was still like a puppet imitating other people's personalities and performing roles.
Her own feelings did not resurrect.
[It seems like that] The little white cat system seemed to be thinking about something.
It didn't know what went wrong. Qiao Xi had her own personality, emotions and thoughts.
However, she is unable to empathize with others when it comes to emotions, or rather, the extent of her empathy is to calculate in her mind and then simulate and interpret other people's emotions.
Because I'm always playing a role.
The individual named Qiao Xi has no emotions of his own.
So no matter how many worlds she travels through, how many people she meets, or how many entanglements she has, the identities she uses and everything she expresses are all her performances, the reactions of this character.
Abandoned the existence of Qiao Xi as an individual.
She just prescribes the right medicine, interpreting the opposite sex that the other person would be interested in according to his or her preferences.
so……
Even if one has a perfect personality, even if one can understand feelings and have emotions.
But at her core, she was still like a puppet, living and operating for others. Although she might have improved a lot now, her own emotions had not sprouted or revived.
[After so many times with those people, it still doesn't work? ]
The little white cat system is worried.
The kind of thing described in the material is something only those in love would do. Driven by pure, intense emotion, the union is born out of love. Arousing such strong emotions is also their purpose.
[No, not even with you]
The Little Black Cat System shook its head.
No matter how much observation data it recorded, no matter how much previous information it read, it could not understand Qiao Xi's emotions, the kind of person who risked his life for someone, the kind of person who would protect someone at all costs.
No longer a carefully calculated ending.
It is no longer an ending just for the sake of ending.
I haven't seen any data on Qiao Xi in this regard. Most of the results were executed by her, led by her, and she was the one who achieved the ideal ending of a story.
So whether it is a normal person or an abnormal person.
Regardless of status, or whether they treated her well or badly, she was... indifferent and just completed the task for the sake of completing it.
(Record)
(A combination of individual name Qiao Xi and Experiment 1732, emotional recovery plan)
fail.
(A combination of individual name Qiao Xi and Experiment 0941, emotional recovery plan)
fail.
…….
After briefly looking through these materials, the conclusions I came to were all the same.
[Failure, failure, failure, failure, failure——]
Last page.
(The combination of individual name Qiao Xi and system number 01 Bai, emotional recovery plan)
--fail?
It was a questionable failure because it detected an abnormality in the system's white activity, causing a data bug, so the results were not entirely accurate. However, the bug was fixed, and the initialization was successful, with no more bugs.
My information...
The little white cat system also came over to take a look, lowering its head as if thinking about something.
She treated me as an individual worth studying, nothing more than that. There was no sign of emotional revival.
The Little White Cat System added.
[That means it failed.] The little black cat system nodded and crossed out the question mark at the end.
Suddenly remembering something, the Little White Cat System looked at it with some confusion.
【Why don’t you try it? 】
The little black cat closed the system log and shrugged.
"I have the same structure as you, why would I bother wasting time? She treats the system model as an experimental subject for research."
Just like before.
When Qiao Xi said she was studying the little black cat's body, she really just wanted to take it apart and study its interior, and she had no other ideas.
[Ah…that’s true.]
Thinking of this, the little white cat began to frown again. In the end, all its functions were restored, but there was no progress in emotional recovery.
[Try increasing drug stimulation]
The little black cat system muttered this, and the little white cat had no choice but to nod in agreement. They couldn't find any other solution.
[It really can’t be done——]
The Little Black Cat System was silent for a moment, and didn't say anything else. The Little White Cat System looked at it with a puzzled look.
【What's wrong? 】
[If it really doesn't work, I can only... install the emotional function for her]
The Little Black Cat System was silent.
The Little White Cat System was horrified and firmly refused: [No, if I can't awaken my emotions on my own, then I'm not human.]
Emotional function, mimicry system.
This type of human-like functions are tailor-made for their systems in order to make themselves closer to "humans", and the reason why humans are human is that they have seven emotions and six desires.
Be able to think for yourself and make your own decisions.
They are born with the ability to protect important things and choose who to form a family with, and only they can understand the meaning of these emotions.
If you lose these.
If humans rely on implanted emotional functions to awaken emotions, then can they still be considered human? What's the difference between them and artificially created AI systems?
[That’s why I said, this is the only way]
The little black cat system sighed.
[Oh...] The little white cat system no longer had the heart to pay attention to it. It just looked worriedly at Qiao Xi, who was sleeping in the container and whose consciousness had returned to its body.
She was wearing a sterile white dress.
She just lay there quietly, letting her long, seaweed-like hair spread out in the solution, relying on the oxygen device on her face to survive. She floated there quietly, motionless.
Gurgle gurgle...
Rising bubbles, accompanied by the unreal sound of water, filled my eardrums. My senses slowed, and I felt the illusion of my body being healed. A warm energy filled me, and my limbs surged with strength. My spirit was full, but when I closed my eyes, the world I saw was empty.
Vacant.
No memory exists.
Qiao Xi's returning consciousness was getting familiar with her original body, and the little white cat system also looked away and sighed.
【Look at it with a positive attitude】
The little black cat patted its head and told it not to think too much.
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