Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2217

"Oil Painting"

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Seeing Shade remain silent, she shot him another reproachful look and asked with some displeasure:

"Why aren't you comforting me? That way, you could earn my favor. Perhaps in a while, I might be willing to follow you to your cabin and let you engage in reproductive activities. Isn't that what all you males think about?"

"I'm becoming curious about you. The moment I touched you, I immediately sensed what you truly are."

Shade looked seriously into her eyes:

"You were never born. Your main body is merely the last trace of life remaining amid death. If that is so, why do you understand humans so well? Why do you understand the world so well? lady, may I speculate that you actually know everything? You know what will happen here. No one knows you exist, so you heard the cultists' plans?"

The gentle expression vanished from the lips-pursed girl's face, and she once again became the way she had looked when Shade first appeared:

"If you're willing to kneel and lick my feet, I can tell you how to save everyone aboard this ship."

Shade laughed:

"All right, it seems you aren't as mature as I imagined. You learned about humans and the world through observation? I'm sorry that this world gave you such a sinister and terrible first impression. I cannot deny that, but right now, you need my help."

"You have it backward. You need my help. You want to learn that group of cultists' conspiracy from me. Yes, as long as you beg me, I can tell you what they are doing. I have no ability to stop them, and I cannot even touch any physical object, but you seem quite capable."

The girl continued, but Shade still shook his head:

"No, it truly is you who

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