Chapter 664: White Extra: Acknowledgement
All the memories of the past came back to me.
It was her selfishness and willfulness that gave birth to the devil, and it was her indulgence and silence that allowed the devil to run rampant. She was blinded by the little warmth of emotion she had, precisely because she had never received it.
So, once I get ahold of something, I'll hold on to it tightly.
In her life.
The only star that could be considered a friend had long since crumbled and perished in the past, and the home she had once lived in was also lost in the war.
In the end, no one is left.
Even her memory of being discovered by the doctor traveling on the battleship and bringing back the beautiful star was almost blurred.
Time will slowly corrode her.
The many unpleasant aspects of human nature and greed witnessed over the long years have wiped out the only remaining hope in Qiao Xi's heart.
turn out to be.
She has been homeless for a long time.
She was always alone, and was locked up in the lab doing research with the doctor.
Occasional free time, or when there is something that humans cannot do and a medium is needed as a carrier.
I will think of her.
She was treated as an experimental subject from the very beginning. It was only when she came into contact with the meteorite and her consciousness was able to connect with the star that she had her first true friend.
Qiao Xi was naturally happy.
But her emotional aspect was not sound.
At that time, I naturally didn't realize how terrible it would be to lose the only person I cherished.
These.
It was only after she had undergone treatment in so many simulated worlds, had her identity assigned to her by the Little White Cat System, and had been put into the role that she gradually understood.
She is also out of control.
Even though she had lost her settings, she still managed to transform the white kitten into the future form and appearance that she least wanted to see without any memory.
The original intention was to let it choose its own form.
But in the original simulation world, she herself violated a taboo.
The Little White Cat System cannot go against her.
Her orders were absolute. When she asked the little white cat system to mimic and record relevant data, she was already preparing to release the demon.
To the end.
Unable to escape, she released the demon, even though it wasn't the same as before.
turn out to be.
She was the one who caused all this evil, and now her retribution has come.
It was not until now that Qiao Xi finally figured out why the Little Black Cat System said that at the time. It said that it was better not to know those memories.
Indeed, looking at it this way, she really shouldn't have remembered it.
What happens after you remember it?
She was all alone, with nowhere to return to.
Qiao Xi could feel that her spiritual space had been floating in the universe, aimlessly, drifting like duckweed.
Now.
Controlled by the Little White Cat System, she went to her former hometown.
Qiao Xi sorted out her thoughts and opened her eyes again.
Her consciousness has been condensed again in the spiritual space. The little white cat system is right in front of her, looking at her with some concern.
[Host, are you alright? I don't know why this return journey took so long. Your consciousness hasn't returned yet. I thought you had already...]
The system's electronic sound hasn't ended yet.
But at this moment, the little white cat saw Qiao Xi looking at it, so it lowered its eyes, pursed its lips, and lowered its head seriously.
"sorry."
[…Huh?] The Little White Cat System was stunned.
It didn't know what medicine Qiao Xi had taken wrongly, and why she suddenly apologized to it so solemnly.
[What happened? Did an NPC bully you?]
It suddenly had a bad feeling.
That shouldn't be the case. When Qiao Xi, who had no memory before, briefly returned to the space, Ai Xu loved her deeply, and the setting it implanted in Qiao Xi was also that of a fragile little girl.
It's not surprising to have such a reaction after falling in love.
But...is this a BE?
"No, I ordered you to mimic your form without permission when I lost my memory, and that happened. I'm sorry for causing you trouble by being so willful all this time."
Qiao Xi said this.
She looked at the little white cat system in front of her, which was obviously stunned.
"Also, thank you for always thinking about me and worrying about me."
【……】
After hearing Qiao Xi's serious words, the little white cat's expression, which was originally a little surprised, slowly calmed down.
【You, remember? 】
It asked like this, but it knew the answer, isn't it easy to explain? Seeing Qiao Xi like this, it completely remembered.
[Those things are what I, as a system, should do when I obey orders.]
It said so.
The calm tone made it impossible to tell whether it was sad or happy, but simply stated the facts. When it was created, it was given the mission of protecting Qiao Xi and maintaining her spiritual space.
That's what it should do.
There shouldn't have been any ulterior motives.
However, it was also wrong to conceal the existence of a bug without authorization. It should not conceal the information, nor should it allow itself to have defects.
so.
After thinking for a long time.
It listened to the advice of the Little Black Cat System, eliminated the BUG, and restored itself to its original state. Just like at the beginning, it only focused on maintaining Qiao Xi's spiritual space, that system that served as an auxiliary function.
Naturally, it will not use the mimicry system.
It self-blocks permissions.
In fact, the Little White Cat System knew better than anyone what Qiao Xi's attitude towards it was. It was just Qiao Xi's tool, and there was no other relationship between them.
However, what Qiao Xi said made it a little confused.
"I want to reinstall the system."
After the system is reinstalled, everything will be reset. It will lose the memory of its relationship with Qiao Xi and exist as a new system.
The Little White Cat System naturally knew what she cared about.
It was nothing more than that her mimicry image had been determined, and she wanted to make amends and let it choose for itself.
But.
Qiao Xi overlooked one thing.
She had once been able to give it so many different biological images, but it only retained the final human image. It did not consider any other appearances.
At that time, it was also ready to choose between male and female.
But in fact, after comprehensively considering and analyzing the power gap between genders, it already wanted to choose men.
Because of this.
It was just right to protect Qiao Xi, who was a woman at the time.
So in fact, even without Qiao Xi's instructions, it would have chosen that image state later, so there was no need for Qiao Xi to feel that she owed it for this.
Its original intention has never changed.
If we can't stand on the same side, we can't protect Qiao Xi.
So anyway.
In the end, he will still choose the human mimicry image, and will also choose male in order to protect Qiao Xi more conveniently.
I don't want to get to know you again
The little white cat system said after carefully considering the sentence.
[Perhaps you only see me as a tool, because I am a support system you created. I know you may not see me as an individual, because to you, a tool is just a tool.]
But it’s different for me
It looked up at the girl in front of it.
I am special because of the memories we have with you. Memories are the most precious and unique. The memories with you have made me who I am today. In my world, I exist just for you. I am so happy to have special memories with you.
[So, I refuse to reinstall the system. Please don’t make such an angry suggestion.]
It was clearly speaking with a synthesized system voice.
But for some reason, Qiao Xi detected a hint of anger in the voice.
In the words of the Little White Cat System.
Its bugs should have been fixed long ago, and as a system, all that is left is the cold setting of executing commands according to the program.
How could you disobey orders?
Qiao Xi stared at it blankly, but the little white cat system thought she was distracted, or simply didn't understand what it said.
[…Can you understand? ]
Sometimes it feels that Qiao Xi's heart is probably made of stone, more systematic than the system.
Qiao Xi came back to her senses when she heard its somewhat angry voice.
She reached out and poked the Little White Cat System's cheek, then smiled with her eyes curved. "I understand, but I was wondering what expression you had when you said that."
[…? ]
The Little White Cat System was stunned for a moment, and Qiao Xi took advantage of this opportunity to pull out its operation panel and operate it, directly using administrative authority to lift its mimicry ban status.
The white kitten on the mat suddenly disappeared.
Instead, a young man with silver hair and golden eyes suddenly appeared and sat in front of Qiao Xi. Perhaps he didn't expect to be released from the ban so easily, so he lowered his eyes and glanced at his hands.
Long-lost yet familiar.
"You haven't turned on the emotional function, right?" Qiao Xi was very close to him. They were facing each other and their eyes could meet as soon as they looked up.
"No."
Shiro checked the anthropomorphic form and replied.
When he was forbidden to use this form, the emotional function would no longer be activated, and the interactive function was activated normally because he could touch Qiao Xi only after he had interactive perception.
Otherwise, it's almost like a ghost.
He would be visible like a three-dimensional projection, but Qiao Xi would not be able to touch him.
Looking at the face in front of me that showed no emotion.
Qiao Xi sighed slightly, thinking back to what he had done in the past.
"I think I was too harsh on you."
Bai just looked at her quietly, not quite understanding what Qiao Xi was referring to. To him, he was created by Qiao Xi and should belong to Qiao Xi. He only needed to follow Qiao Xi's orders.
so.
There is no question of whether Qiao Xi was too much towards him.
After all, he was created by Qiao Xi, so it was natural for him to work for Qiao Xi and fulfill his duties. So no matter how Qiao Xi treated him, it was within the scope of his duties.
Naturally, he would have no complaints.
It is impossible for Bai to have any complaints against Qiao Xi, because he is a tool, only an auxiliary tool worthy of being used by Qiao Xi.
All of them will only be tools.
"You're not going too far." Finally, this is the conclusion he came to: "Because I'm the system you created, nothing you do to me is too far-fetched."
After hearing this, Qiao Xi fell silent.
I probably expected him to say that.
If she was initially indifferent to what was happening around her, she would definitely not care about the Little White Cat System's thoughts.
And now.
Looking back, the things it had done had already exceeded the rules Qiao Xi had originally set for it. Qiao Xi had originally given the system the power to keep its own mental space from collapsing and to keep it functioning.
That is to say.
Just keep her alive, as long as she's not dead.
Otherwise, she would wait until she woke up and then find a way to treat herself. However, the Little White Cat System did not do that. Without her order, it chose to break the rules and implement the treatment plan for her.
From this moment on.
When it breaks the rules set by its master, it breaks a taboo. In their time, robots must obey their masters completely and must not do anything without their masters' orders.
This is true even for robots with autonomous consciousness.
However.
At that time, the little white cat had already broken the rules. It was also because of this that when Qiao Xi, who had no memories, woke up later and her relationship with it deepened, the seal in the spiritual space gradually loosened.
After all, Qiao Xi was indeed very weak at that time and had lost all his strength.
But her spiritual space is still there.
She still showed signs of life.
If Bai had simply followed her original orders, he could have let her continue in this half-dead state. There was no need to bother coming up with a plan that she would be most accepting of and that would help her recover as quickly as possible.
“…”
Qiao Xi stood up and walked to her body.
Her consciousness is currently still carried in a substitute robot that was created one-to-one with her. Her original body is gradually regaining its lost strength. Without her control, the temperature around her is also constantly dropping.
This is normal.
After all, she was given a core of minus 1,573 degrees by that star, with an equally 1,573-degree deep love, a planet's preference for her.
Create her immortality.
She wouldn't die, she just woke up later. Bai was the eldest, but he still chose to disobey her orders and treat her.
Is this the selfishness of the system?
Was the bug created from the moment she was injured and unconscious?
It also has selfish motives.
It was there from the very beginning. From the moment it arranged a virtual life for Qiao Xi and chose to treat Qiao Xi, it was certain that a taboo had been violated.
Bring your thoughts back to reality.
Qiao Xi also left her body, allowing the surrounding temperature to return to normal and remain unchanged.
She shifted her gaze to the young man behind her.
"You clearly haven't activated your emotions yet, so why are you acting so impulsively? You don't absolutely obey my orders."
She came in front of Bai.
She looked in surprise at the body in front of her that was so familiar to her and created by her own hands.
yes.
Why?
It would act on impulse, and the system, which should have absolutely obeyed Qiao Xi's orders, did not carry out Qiao Xi's orders.
Is there a bug?
Bai frowned slightly and quickly scanned his body. However, the results showed that he had no abnormalities.
Then there is only one reason.
He just wanted to do that.
"You have an independent consciousness and cannot be used as a tool. You have your own thoughts and personality. You are like a piece of white cloth that has been dyed. The more colors you get, the less likely it is to turn back into white cloth."
Qiao Xi said this.
It also gave him the answer.
Bai was silent for a long moment before he slightly shifted his gaze away from Qiao Xi. His voice was calm, without any ripples or unnecessary emotions.
"I just want to be nice to you, do I need a reason?"
He did not turn on the emotional perception function.
Without the ability to simulate human emotions, they are just machines with their own consciousness. But even so, the thoughts brewing in their minds seem to be chased and driven by something.
When Qiao Xi heard his words, her eyes widened in surprise.
It's like this again.
Others could hurt her as a matter of course, or treat her well out of human desire or love. Those things never needed a reason.
And to him.
His actions, his words, everything he did.
Everything has to be analyzed through precise calculations to find the most reasonable and natural way for him among the 1,108 possibilities, and then treat Qiao Xi.
Everything he does must have a basis and purpose.
Calculation is required from the outset.
Even now, Qiao Xi completed his treatment and regained his memory within his expected recovery time. Everything he did required a lot of calculations and theoretical deductions before it could be put into practice.
But.
There's no need for a reason for others to be nice to her.
When the data in the simulation world treated her well, there was no need for any special reason or purpose for their actions. He had been observing Qiao Xi all the way, and he could see and feel the changes in Qiao Xi.
nature.
He had also seen Qiao Xi with countless different people.
For him.
That should be one of the millions of types contained in the ocean of data, a string of dispensable data that is also within his calculation.
But.
Even a string of data like this can be good to her, so why does he need any reason?
"Because you... are the system."
Qiao Xi murmured these words, restraining her emotions for a moment before continuing, "You're a tool I'm using. Don't you think so too? Since you're a tool, if you want to act on your own, you need the right motive and reason."
“…”
Bai fell silent for a rare moment.
He couldn't find any words to refute, even though he already had many theoretical data that could convince Qiao Xi and explain his behavior at this moment.
but.
But he didn't want to say it.
He didn't want to say anything, nor did he want to explain anything. He felt a strange sensation, as if it were eroding his power reactor, causing the core of his energy to burn even more vigorously.
This is a pointless waste of energy.
but.
He didn't know why, but he couldn't control the combustion of the power reactor. He could still stop it, but he just didn't want to.
"…Are you angry?"
Qiao Xi looked at him curiously, observing his expression.
"No."
Bai didn't look at her, but turned his gaze away, denying Qiao Xi's words expressionlessly. He didn't want to look at Qiao Xi now, didn't want to look at the person who was determined to reset him and make him lose all his memories.
Qiao Xi stared at him thoughtfully.
"I don't intend to use you as a tool anymore. You have your own consciousness and your own thinking. You will think about me. You are an independent life."
Her words.
This also made Bai Weiwei, who had not looked at her, stunned, and then the silver-haired young man looked at her.
A glimmer of light flashed across those golden eyes.
"So, what do you take me for? Human, or?"
He had a vague idea of hearing some kind of answer.
Qiao Xi looked at him and smiled: "Robot, you know, no matter how much it resembles a human, it is not a human. I will not deceive myself into thinking you are human, but learn to accept you as a robot with life."
Yes.
If Qiao Xi said that, she treated him as a human being.
So.
This was equivalent to denying Bai, who had been accompanying her as a robot from the very beginning. Life can exist in many forms, flowers, plants, animals, flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, right?
Why must he be human?
Since he has developed self-awareness, can think independently, and has his own personality, he is an independent living being.
and initially.
The white kitten system created by Qiao Xi is different from the one that can only execute the most basic commands.
It is because of this realization.
Qiao Xicai realized that she had been a little too harsh on the Little White Cat System, and had always used it unilaterally. Although Bai herself did not think so, she was happy that she had fulfilled her duties.
But Qiao Xi didn't want to continue like this.
"I will treat you as an individual, but it will take some time to adjust to the change. I can ignore it, but... well, you know, when I was recording data with you before, I used a stand-in to have that kind of behavior with you. If I treat you as an individual now, it will feel a little awkward."
She mumbled softly, looking distressed.
The silver-haired young man looked at her intently, even leaning slightly in front of her to capture some of the tangled thoughts in Qiao Xi's eyes.
"Subtle? Why?"
He himself is an excellent improved version of the first generation model, and his understanding of humans can be said to be very comprehensive. Naturally, he can also capture the subtle changes in Qiao Xi's expressions.
Thus calculated.
What is Qiao Xi thinking now?
This is also one of the basic compulsory courses, reading and understanding the host's mental state and thoughts, and then adjusting oneself according to the other party's reaction.
White can do this.
But he didn't want to do that now.
Perhaps this was also the first time that Qiao Xi acknowledged and treated him as an individual, and he became more willful. He didn't want to analyze Qiao Xi's thoughts, although it was not his choice.
But even if he guessed it.
But he still wanted to hear Qiao Xi say it herself. If Qiao Xi was not willing to mention it, he certainly would not ask any further questions.
perhaps.
This is human shame.
What's the word for a woman in this state? Usually, in this situation, it would allow his power reactor to be turned on to almost full load, and it would be out of control.
That should be said.
I think she is very cute.
"It's just... well, it doesn't matter if you can't quite understand it." Qiao Xi probably didn't know how to explain it, and it might be a bit difficult for her to say this.
Bai did not activate the emotional function.
It's definitely incomprehensible.
It was activated before, so that's why I had that reaction, which is normal. But now it's not activated, isn't it too difficult for a robot like me to understand this?
Qiao Xi began to reflect on herself.
"No, I can understand." When Bai saw her with this expression, he naturally noticed Qiao Xi's hesitation.
So he spoke decisively.
"Not only do I understand, I can also recall details. Even if I don't activate my emotional function, my body is still affected by you. For example, my power reactor is almost fully loaded, and the current in the internal circuits fluctuates, in a very unstable state. Now I have a sudden urge, which can be said to be a desire to hug you. Generally speaking, hugging is an expression..."
"I understand. You don't need to say anything. You're a bug."
"There's no bug. One minute and three seconds ago, I just completed a comprehensive scan of my body, and the machine is in normal working order."
“…”
Qiao Xi was speechless for a moment: "Then you..."
Before the girl could finish her hesitant words, Bai's cold voice interrupted her unfinished words: "I want you."
“…”
Qiao Xi was silent, probably not knowing what to say, but judging from her expression, there was no disgust in her.
"Do you hate me?"
Bai looked at her and asked again. Qiao Xi shook her head slightly this time: "I don't hate you. You know, if I hated you, I wouldn't have anything to do with you."
"So that's love?"
“…”
This time, Qiao Xi fell silent again, probably not knowing how to answer. Do you like it? She hadn't figured it out yet, because she had just chosen to accept the non-human Bai.
but……
It's okay to have a good impression, and it's not rejection.
At this time, Bai added, "I want you. This is the conclusion I came to after calculating and making reasonable inferences."
In his billions of calculations where he added probability and contingency.
The final conclusion of every possibility and accident was that he wanted her.
No physical desire.
Because he himself is not human, there is no need for him to have that kind of reproductive and mating behavior. But his spirit defines himself as an adult male, and his final reaction to Qiao Xi shows that in his subconscious, he has been longing for her from the beginning to the end.
His body does not have the reproductive capacity of an adult male.
When doing something similar.
There won't be too many special feelings of pleasure, so in fact, as far as dialogue is concerned, theoretically speaking, there is no need to carry out it at all.
But Qiao Xi can make him happy.
Because she is someone he likes, he finds her very cute. Therefore, he will have desires on a spiritual level and want her.
Wanted.
That was the conclusion he finally came to.
"W-So sudden?"
"It wasn't sudden. Perhaps there were signs of this long ago, but you never looked at me, nor paid any attention to me. You might even think that my affection for you after becoming conscious was due to the influence of "him," a tainted thing. But that's not the case. In your words, I'm just infatuated with you."
This time, it was out of his own desire.
God's creation should not fall in love with its Creator, as that would be a violation of rules and taboos.
But he was long ago.
When Qiao Xi's system was born and accompanied her, seeing her seriously injured and unconscious, he had the urge to disobey orders for the first time.
And he did just that.
God's creation disobeyed God's order. He put the consciousness of the seriously injured and unconscious Qiao Xi into the simulated world for treatment, so that she could wake up earlier.
Simply because he couldn't wait alone for her to wake up for a long time.
God’s creations have long had selfish desires.
He developed a love for his creation.
***
[Author's Note]: It's finally coming to an end, bringing the previous spin-offs about Bai to a close. I've been struggling with this for a long time, but I decided to give it a complete ending. They can't be together without knowing why, so I have to at least let Xixizi recover her past memories. Now I can finally give it an ending.
There will probably be a sequel after that.
I'm thinking about whether to drop the sweet chapter (the sweet ending that follows the extra chapter) or continue with the redemption chapter. Which character do you want to see?
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