"Who's speaking?" Richard asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You may call me 'Yogum.' I am a creation produced by the 'Ou Di Na De' Alliance. I possess no self-awareness, but I can complete corresponding tasks according to my settings. Of course, providing visitors who have obtained a pass with assistance within the rules is also one of my functions."
Richard blinked after hearing this, thought for several seconds, and asked the same question again. "Who's speaking?"
"You may call me 'Yogum.' I am..." The voice gave the same answer.
"Who's speaking?"
"You may call me 'Yogum'..." It was still the same answer, with no change whatsoever in tone. It was equally stiff and mechanical, leaving no doubt that even if he asked a hundred times, the response would remain the same.
So that was it... It truly had no self-awareness... It would most likely fail the Turing Test... Of course, it could also be disguising itself very well, but the odds were low. After all, it had no idea that several artifact spirits and similar beings had already died by my hand... Richard thought.
Pressing his lips together, Richard pursued the matter. "A creation of the 'Ou Di Na De' Alliance? Was it made by some organization of the Ancient Wizard Civilization?"
"In your era, you may put it that way," the voice replied.
"Then..." Richard narrowed his eyes. "Then that illusion just now was related to you? Or rather, was it directly generated by you?"
"Yes." The voice answered without concealing anything or showing the slightest embarrassment, faithfully carrying out its preset program. "The illusion created earlier was a defensive measure of mine, intended to prevent those without authorization from intruding.
"The basis for generating the illusion was the intruder's thoughts and memories. A person cannot defeat themselves, so in