I'm Not a Flame-Chaser

Bronya produced a keyboard, plugged it into the computer, and then Lin began to type.

[It's me. Your damaged system has been repaired and is now running normally.]

Currently, the hardware can only maintain my basic computing power, and it's not capable of moving independently.

Next, I will transfer you to another piece of hardware.

[Learn.]

Lin nodded to Bronya.

Bronya's legs and emotional circuits were destroyed in an experiment in the Quantum Sea. Cocolia saved her by implanting a biochip into Bronya's brain through surgery. Later, during the Fourth Honkai War, Bronya deliberately burned the biochip, which was later successfully repaired through surgery.

Bronya is now the Herrscher of Reason. Her legs and brain have been healed through her powers, but the biochip has not been removed. Instead, it has been used to increase Bronya's computing power so that she can better utilize the Herrscher Authority.

The light gray-haired girl took a deep breath and placed her hand on the console, causing the azure particles to light up again.

Then, more information entered her brain, and this time, prepared, she simply frowned and endured it.

After the light faded, the computer flickered twice and went out. The girl lowered her head, her pupils slightly unfocused.

"Call..."

The girl raised her head and said to Lin in a more mechanical tone than before, "In the words you taught me, it should be 'Long time no see, Lin' right now."

"...haven't seen you for a long time."

Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Prometheus."

Coral's "Reversal": Chapter 47 Awaken, My Artificial Intelligence!

Let's go back ten days.

"Are you interested in spending the rest of your life with someone you know absolutely nothing about?"

"... What does this mean?"

Bronya's expressionless face was turned toward Lin.

Why did this man suddenly say something to her?

"During the process of defeating the Herrscher of Domination, someone provided me with assistance by passing on information about the Herrscher of Domination. However, since she herself also exists via the internet, it is very likely that her existence was exposed and discovered by the Herrscher of Domination. She has not contacted me recently."

"Today I received her scheduled message. I asked Qianqi to find the source of the message, and we found that it was sent from the public network of the city on Coral Island. Then I commissioned Tesla to build a detection device based on the source of the signal."

Bronya listened patiently, then said expressionlessly, "What does that have to do with what you said?"

Lin took a breath and continued, "That person is actually Artificial Intelligence from my era, named Prometheus, the prototype of all subsequent Artificial Intelligence. I heard that you have a biochip in your body, which can accommodate Artificial Intelligence through the power of the Herrscher of Reason."

I see.

That statement means that by having Artificial Intelligence reside in her biochip, Bronya could provide a container for it while simultaneously leveraging the Artificial Intelligence's superior computing power and the knowledge reserves of the Previous Civilization to enhance the limits of her own abilities.

Bronya had her own considerations.

"Okay, but you have to tell Bronya what happened Kiana and Seele recently."

"..." Lin kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.

There was no rebuttal, which means that he did know about their affairs, and that it should be related to him.

Bronya narrowed her eyes.

Back in the present, Lin and Bronya successfully located the electronic computer containing Prometheus's original system. According to Lin's previous speculation, she was not originally on Coral Island, but rather it is very likely that after losing her bionic body, the system was disassembled into original components and brought to Coral Island, leaving only this part in the end.

After restarting Prometheus's system on Coral Island, she found Lin through the internet and sent him a lot of information, which led to her being discovered, attacked by the Herrscher of Domination, and ultimately suffering a hardware overload failure, leaving her stranded here.

Once Bronya completed the system transfer to Prometheus, their mission was accomplished.

"System compatibility reaches 93.5%, and appearance overlap reaches 99%." Bronya's gray eyes turned bright red, and she lowered her head to pinch her hands and face. "Based on the information, it is speculated that Lin is using an individual named 'Bronya Zaychek' to replace this unit because of 'mating preference bias,' which has been recorded."

"...No."

Lin didn't know whether to refute the idea of replacing Prometheus with Bronya, or the mating preference, or the last one that had already been recorded.

Prometheus, who was searching for information, suddenly looked up and quickly moved closer. Lin trembled and immediately stepped back. Their lips were only two centimeters apart.

"Why are you hiding?" Prometheus, in Bronya's body, asked, tilting his head.

Lin countered, "Why did you come here?"

"This is a necessary condition for collecting information."

"Such conditions do not exist, and what information do you need to collect?"

"Compared with Lin's physiological characteristics 50,000 years ago, is there a significant difference?" Compared to Bronya's lack of information, Prometheus was simply "absent," coldly stating that even the slightest biological characteristic was difficult to discern.

However, Lin sensed a trace of malice emanating from him.

"No need." Fifty thousand years ago, Prometheus was already a guy with endless wicked sense of humor, using Artificial Intelligence characteristics to disguise himself. Lin Ke knew all too well that beneath her harmless face were things that had gone astray in the process of learning from humans.

"Understood." Prometheus responded coldly, a glint of light flashing in his crimson eyes. He extended his hand to Lin, "Execute the procedure, skip the preliminary stage, and proceed to the next step. Lin, take off your clothes."

"...Why?"

"In order to collect bodily fluids."

"..."

Lin Mo stared silently at Prometheus, and as always, she met his gaze without flinching.

The man asked hesitantly, "What's the purpose of collecting bodily fluids?"

"For no reason whatsoever." Her tone was calm and perfectly justified. "It's a system task that runs the underlying programs."

"... Can we stop running system tasks?"

"No, Lin's weight has dropped to -0.3%, so he can't give me any orders."

Are there ever negative weights?

"Yes, when the weight is negative, this machine can issue commands to Lin. Currently, the cockroach with the second lowest weight is 0.01%. Please continue to work hard to increase your weight."

In other words, if both the cockroach and Lin give her an order, will she execute the cockroach's order first...?

Lin covered his forehead, wanting to leave quickly, so he asked, "How do I increase the weighting percentage?"

"Beep, searching, one relevant entry found, instructing this machine to mate..."

"Alright."

Perhaps today should be a touching reunion, as the Artificial Intelligence that has waited for 50,000 years has finally found the person who nurtured her and returned to find her.

But now Lin feels he should apologize to all the touching reunions in the world, using that word to describe the dark humor he and Prometheus exude.

With an unprecedentedly dark expression, he pulled Prometheus away from the warehouse and headed towards the orbital elevator.

Bronya had not yet woken up and regained control of her body during this time, perhaps because she was processing the massive amount of information brought by Prometheus. After all, the computing power of Artificial Intelligence is unmatched by humans.

But this leads to a problem.

In a flat, emotionless tone. "Honey, I need to go to the bathroom."

Lin coldly crossed his arms and stared at the raw material introduction of the rail elevator in front of him, saying without looking up, "You've just been there."

"It cannot adapt to human physiology and needs your help to correct it."

The soft touch came from his arm. He turned his head and saw Prometheus, in Bronya's body, hugging him. The still slightly immature but budding softness was pressed against his hand without reservation.

The mechanical girl looked up, her face clearly saying, "It's because she's not used to the human body."

Lin and Bronya didn't seem like newlyweds at first, but Prometheus was disguised too convincingly...

People around them would occasionally glance at the couple who were always showing affection with ambiguous looks.

For some reason, Lin felt lost and confused about the future.

Coral's "Reversal": Chapter Forty-Eight - A World Without Lies

The development of Artificial Intelligence went astray at a certain point.

Bronya hadn't woken up since they came out of the orbital elevator; Prometheus had been taking over her body the whole time.

Lin leaned against the window, gazing at the rapidly rising scenery outside. The ingenious vertical transportation system of Coral Island gave him the feeling of riding an elevator in a game, moving up and down tens or even hundreds of meters, as if he had stepped into a future world.

The petite gray-haired girl nestled in his arms, her crimson eyes flashing rapidly with green data as she searched the Coral Island database.

The current Prometheus seems to have reverted to the first version of the android body. Back then, she was indeed very similar to Bronya, Xiao Ke like a doll, quiet as if she were an inorganic object.

After the search was completed, Prometheus blinked. She was indeed not used to the soreness in her human body after keeping her eyes open for a long time. She looked up at Lin and asked, "Question: Why didn't Lin have a normal physiological reaction when she came into contact with me?"

"...There's no reason why," Lin replied calmly.

Prometheus twisted his waist and rubbed it with a soft, elastic part of his body.

"What are you doing?" Lin lifted her up.

"Confirm whether Lin has normal physiological responses." Prometheus stared at him, licking his fingers. "Very healthy."

"This is Bronya's body, don't go too far."

"... To date, Lin has had 'excessive' relationships with five women in Changkong City. Apart from Hua, the longest he has known her is eight months, and they have engaged in mating activities that were not even possible in the Previous Civilization."

Lin was speechless. Prometheus had been monitoring him through the internet for some time and naturally knew what had happened to him. However, since the Herrscher of Domination incident ended, Prometheus had been in a dormant state and therefore did not know about the relationship between Lin and Seele.

He looked at her seriously. "What exactly do you want to do?"

The mechanical girl raised her head and looked at him with a strange expression.

"... Never mind, let's not talk about it."

Is this really what you call Artificial Intelligence? Prometheus adapted to the situation with astonishing speed, without any sense of incongruity whatsoever.

As Lin was sighing, his clothes were tugged. He looked down and saw the girl say to him, "Lin, you said you wanted to see how I laugh. I've learned how."

Lin was stunned for a moment, and then...

The corners of the girl's mouth curled up in a barely perceptible way, so small that it was almost invisible unless you looked closely.

Then the girl tiptoed and, in the pure white light, touched it gently and innocently.

"Thank you for coming to see me."

The mechanical crimson in her pupils disappeared, replaced by a pale gray. As soon as Bronya's consciousness returned, she saw Lin's face reflected in her eyes, his breath pattering against her face, and the softness on his lips.

"..."

"..."

Bronya took a step back blankly, touched her lips, then looked at Lin, touched her lips again, and repeated this several times.

Then she said indifferently—

"Scumbag."

Jiu leaned against the window, gazing quietly in the direction of the forest.

He sensed that Lin was heading in the opposite direction, and had likely already found what he was looking for.

Thus, for the first time, Jiu encountered Lin at such close range, yet she did not fight him.

A ragdoll cat Sera jumped onto the window and rubbed against his arm.

Jiu reached out and scratched its chin, Sera made a gurgling sound of pleasure.

"..."

Looking at Sera lying next to him, Jiu's gaze was low.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he sensed that Lin was about to leave.

But now, Jiu is unusually silent.

Why... did I feel relieved?

Because they haven't fully recovered to their peak condition yet, are they congratulating themselves on escaping unscathed? No...

Jiu turned around and looked at the group of cats in the living room. They were playing on the sofa. They were all abandoned cats adopted by Binai.

Is he just like these cats?

Jiu coldly looked at the kitchen door, which was not closed. There were chopped vegetables and thawed meat inside, but no one was cooking.