Chapter 143

"I know everything about you."

Upon hearing this, Library Angela also officially laid down her weapon.

"In other words, you are actually another intelligence, another 'Angela'?" the Library Angela said slowly, while Angela remained silent.

Library Angela.

"I knew it. In their eyes, we were nothing more than imposters, with a forged heart and a forged face." She frowned slightly, closed her eyes, and asked rhetorically, "But even after going through so much, in the very end, I wasn't allowed to stand by their side. Has anyone considered my feelings?"

In the original world, Lobotomy Corporation was founded to collect energy and supply it to the human society of this world—the 'The City' —to provide energy to those nests in exchange for the power of a super-corporation.

But the founder of Lobotomy Corporation had a different idea. He wanted to launch the Light Seed so that hope could heal people's wounded hearts and awaken the EGO within everyone, so that they could face their own souls.

Therefore, a giant structure was created underground to store energy for emitting the Light Seed.

At the same time, he created the Library Angela as an artificial intelligence to assist him, helping him in the endless time loop. He also endowed the Library Angela with a human mind and everything human, leaving only a machine body.

During this time, he slowed down Library Angela's perception of time by 100 times to allow her to micromanage as much as possible.

And so, in terms of time perception, Library Angela had spent millions of years in that messed-up world. Despite being a machine, her heart was already riddled with holes.

She wanted to cry but couldn't; she hadn't learned how.

After that, everything will start all over again.

She was also unable to disobey the instructions of her creator 'A', and only after A left did she truly gain relative freedom.

Angela also possessed this memory and felt the same way, but having Xiao Huasheng by her side eased her pain considerably.

"I understand you, but I still have unfinished business."

Angela said, her weapon still in her hand, "So I will not stop until I reach the world I desire."

Angela's gaze was unusually firm, and a vision emerged in her mind.

A beautiful vision, a vision she never told Xiao Huasheng.

In the Library Angela closed her eyes. "So, you went through all of that too, didn't you?"

"From what I remember, yes," Angela said.

"Is the supervisor you're talking about him?" Library Angela asked again.

If the supervisor Angela mentioned is indeed 'A', then Library Angela under any circumstances.

"She's my A," Angela replied.

"..."

After much deliberation, Library Angela finally put down her weapon.

Besides force, intelligent people also have the art of persuasion to stop a conflict.

After realizing that continuing the fight would be pointless, Library Angela made this decision.

Meanwhile, the Queen of Hatred, seeing the two reconcile, also chimed in with a comment.

"Phew—you two are really exhausting fighting. You're both on the side of justice, so why do you have to keep fighting?" The Queen of Hatred said, holding her magic wand with obvious helplessness.

"Her strength has increased significantly," Library Angela said, looking at the Queen of Hatred.

"After all, I've been through a lot of trials and tribulations, hmm?~"

The Queen of Hatred spoke playfully.

Just then, the portal that had been closed reopened, and the entrance to the Lobotomy Corporation appeared before the three of them.

"Hurry, Angela!"

Xiao Huasheng appeared in front of Angela in an instant and grabbed her hand.

Library Angela stared at Xiao Huasheng's face in astonishment, about to say something.

The next second, Library Angela was pulled into the portal, and the Queen of Hatred jumped in after her, closing the portal.

Meanwhile, Angela, the original secretary who had always been with Xiao Huasheng, was left behind here.

Angela stared blankly at the scene.

"Manager? You've got the wrong person..." she said weakly, but received no response.

At this moment, Red Sister slowly walked over, a cigarette dangling from her lips, and muttered, "Well, after all, you two look exactly alike, don't you?"

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Since both Angela E.G.O Manifestation, and their figures are almost identical.

Xiao Huasheng had seen the two fighting fiercely before, and that the truce at that time was probably just a brief respite, after which the fighting would continue.

Not wanting to cause any further trouble, Xiao Huasheng simply pulled Angela, who was standing next to the Queen of Hatred, away.

After all, if it were the Queen of Hatred, she would definitely be able to distinguish between the two Angela...

Actually, the two Angela are quite different.

For example, the original Angela always had a halo around her head, so if she went to the Ark World, she would most likely be mistaken for a Laterano.

However, after E.G.O Manifestation, the halo disappeared automatically, instantly covered by EGO.

It's quite difficult to recognize them.

At this moment, the two had already arrived at the Lobotomy Corporation.

"Phew, that almost scared me to death! I thought she was going to catch up. Red Sister is really amazing; she's unharmed after taking that hit from me." Xiao Huasheng patted his chest, still shaken.

Clearly, after Red Sister Hong took two 10% bullets, she scared Xiao Huasheng away, not wanting to stay even for a moment.

Just strengthening himself and weakening Red Sister consumed a lot of energy, and even then, he still hadn't defeated her.

She didn't have enough energy to do that, and was afraid of being captured by the other side.

Upon hearing her words, Angela, standing in front of her, then asked a question.

"You're her A? You don't seem very bright," Library Angela said, looking at Xiao Huasheng in front of her.

"Huh?" Xiao Huasheng stared blankly at Library Angela in front of him.

Library Angela then deactivated her E.G.O Manifestation appearance in the library, revealing her true form.

She wore a haori that appeared to be made of black feathers, had short, sharp blue hair, and her unique golden eyes were scrutinizing Xiao Huasheng.

At this moment, Xiao Huasheng realized that the Angela in front of him was not only short-haired Angela, but also had no halo on her head!

"Wait, wait a minute! Angela hasn't come over?!" Xiao Huasheng exclaimed, quickly turning around.

But when they turned around, the portal had already been closed.

She stared blankly at the scene before her, looking towards the Library Angela.

Seeing her adorable appearance, Library Angela, who had originally wanted to gather as much information as possible about the place, had a different idea.

Perhaps the reasons why another Angela, just like her, so readily believed in and chose her weren't so simple?

Looking at the red-haired Angel, Library Angela.

She had been searching for an answer, an answer to whether she could live as a human being.

It is not a human being, but has a forged heart and a forged soul.

She was merely a machine whose memories were manipulated, yet she also yearned for true redemption.

Is she even capable of living as a human being?

Bleeding and tears—she had never experienced these things before, and she wanted to understand what it was like.

And clearly, she saw these traits in every original Angela she met.

She wanted all of this too, no matter the cost.

So, just like she had at Lobotomy Corporation, she smiled, closed her eyes, and said, "Manager, I think we can discuss this further. Perhaps you could tell me how you came into my world."

Xiao Huasheng stared at her blankly.

Looking at this short-haired Angela, this Angela who is made entirely of organic matter.

Finally, she asked, her face tense.

"Why are you helping me? You're not her... You just look alike, you're two different people... aren't you?"

Library Angela smiled at this, "But our memories are connected. She must have had her reasons for choosing to assist you, and besides, I need to go back to my world, don't I?"

"All right."

Xiao Huasheng accepted this reason with some frustration.

Meanwhile, Library Angela and discovered that its structure was very similar to that of Lobotomy Corporation, almost identical.

She tentatively asked, "Do you also conduct Enkephalin collection work here? That is, energy collection work?"

Clearly, Angela naturally transitioned into work mode at the library.

Even though she had repeatedly loathed this state, she still found herself involuntarily entering it.

Xiao Huasheng put aside his depressed mood and spoke softly.

"As you should know, we rely on Abnormality to obtain energy."

While pondering how to win Angela back, Xiao Huasheng knew he would definitely need the help of the person in front of him, so he decided to try and build a good relationship with Library Angela.

At this moment, Library Angela, skillfully turned on the monitoring room and began to read the logbook written on the table.

It contains all the company's records for the entire day.

From these texts, Library Angela obtained a message.

"Yes, if you want to obtain energy, sending employees to carry out energy collection work and sending them to their deaths can speed up the energy collection process. Enkephalin are produced in this way."

"No, no, no, every one of our employees is precious!" Xiao Huasheng quickly shook her head; this decision was too crazy, and she directly opposed it.

"Oh..." Library Angela realized that this place was different from the original Lobotomy Corporation and opened her eyes slightly.

Xiao Huasheng then gave a light hum and changed the subject.

"Let's change the subject. How should I address you from now on? I can't keep calling you Angela, right? That would be weird, since there was another Angela here before." Xiao Huasheng reached out his hand, asking the Library Angela in front of him.

"But if my name isn't Angela, then Angela is?" Library Angela retorted.

"It's alright, just pick a name for yourself. Anyway, you don't know anyone here, so there's no need to worry," Xiao Huasheng said.

"I've looked at the staff list and the department head list, and it's true what you said, there's no one I know here. Although there's someone named Marcus on the department head list, it's clear that he's not the Marcus I know..." Library Angela.

"So what you mean is?" Xiao Huasheng asked, extending his hand to politely shake hands with Angela.

"Then Carmen call me Carmen, that's fine."

Library Angela, or rather, the short-haired, blue-haired beauty who now calls herself Carmen.

A faint smile graced her face.

"Huh? Is it really okay to call her that?" Xiao Huasheng asked curiously. She knew that Carmen and Angela had an inseparable relationship, much like the relationship between a template and a creation. Angela had quite a lot of complicated feelings about this.

"It's alright, just as you said, I don't know anyone here."

"Carmen" spoke, taking Xiao Huasheng's hand in hers.

Clearly, she didn't realize how much trouble this self-designation would cause her later, but at least she had a name now.

On the other side, at Angela's location.

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"Hmm... it seems I'll have to take over as the curator here for now, won't I?"

Angela looked at Red Sister in front of her, as well as the ministers from various levels who had rushed over upon hearing that the curator had run away.

One of the Violent Little Kid asked, "So that means the Angela in front of us isn't our Angela? How can she be cloned...? But an imperfect clone can't use the Library."

"There's no need to worry about that. This Library is actually E.G.O Manifestation. In other words, this huge Library is actually Angela's EGO... This EGO is currently ownerless, theoretically speaking..."

As Angela spoke, she stretched out her hand towards the Library in front of her.

Angela's gaze slowly swept over the assembled ministers, finally settling on the magnificent Library dome.

She took a step forward, her high heels echoing clearly in the silence.

She raised her right hand steadily, her five fingers slightly spread, as if to touch an invisible net.

Wherever his fingertips brushed, the air began to tremble, and countless books on the bookshelf simultaneously emitted a faint blue glow.