Chapter 327
"I think the people in that city...were too nice to that doctor," Freya said, pursing her lips.
Kiana's expression was also subtle.
From Aurora, they learned that the doctor was expelled because his ideas were contrary to common sense and even frightened and rejected by ordinary people.
This led to him being driven away by people in the city.
There may be only a fine line between genius and madness, and being half a step ahead makes one a genius, while being a full step ahead makes one a complete madman.
That doctor was undoubtedly a madman. He created truly thinking 'life' only to destroy the city to prove his 'correctness,' an act that seemed extremely childish.
It's like a child throwing a tantrum because they can't get candy.
"Second sister..."
Aurora her cheeks and huffed angrily.
Freya quickly smiled apologetically, "Alright, alright, I won't bother you... please continue."
In fact, the doctor Alice mentioned in this adventure story was indeed a madman.
Even knowing that turning living people's brains into machine parts violates the ethics and morality of the modern world, he still chose to create such machines.
The world needs pioneers, but this PhD clearly does not meet that standard.
His research seemed to exist solely to prove himself 'correct'; he didn't consider whether those around him would accept it, nor did he consider ethical boundaries, but simply firmly believed that he was right.
Aurora continued to recount the adventures that Bianca and the others had in Alexandria.
"Because the robots rioted, the president of the City Management Association, along with the first mate of the newly joined member Shakespeare and the librarian, went to the control center and fought with Unit 4 for control of the robot."
"Meanwhile, Bianca's assistant brought many militiamen and a large amount of equipment to cross the poison gas from the City Management Association... and with Champollion's encouragement, they successfully located the kidnappers' base in the lava cave at the bottom of Sulfur Lake."
"And they quickly found their missing Pilot Jimmy, and Alice, in a sense, was the mastermind behind the Alexandria attack."
"In the end, Shakespeare's first mate won the information war by relying on 'the Reason Crystal.' The verdict regarding Jimmy and Alice, the computer-based humanoid terminal who was objectively responsible for the city's riots, will probably have to wait until the damages are tallied before a decision is made."
Aurora was also unaware that Jimmy and Alice would receive such a sentence.
The real culprit behind this riot was 'Doctor Faust,' who had died a few days earlier.
"Aurora, do you have any information about the 'Reason Gem'?" Freya asked.
"Yes... The Reason Gem is said to be one of Durandal's lost powers, or rather, Durandal's lost powers. Therefore, Shakespeare's first mate and the president of the City Management Association had agreed beforehand that after resolving this riot, the 'Reason Crystal' would be given to Bianca and the others."
Aurora said.
"So, Rita and the others will be staying in Alexandria for a few more days?"
"Well, they say they're waiting for Alice and Jimmy's verdict. Apparently, Mr. Jimmy has fallen in love with the humanoid terminal of Unit 4 at first sight."
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Although Freya had a vague premonition while listening to Aurora's story.
After all, on one side is a mechanical otaku, single, and a virgin, while on the other side is an adorable mechanical doll, plus being alone in a room, and also her savior... It's no wonder he's like this.
"It seems that Bianca's adventure team is going to suffer a loss."
Hearing her say that, Kiana asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"If I'm not mistaken, then Unit 4 will probably be left behind. Aurora, what caused the robot riot?"
"It seems... the security password has been breached..." Aurora said, recalling what Rita and the others had reported.
Freya nodded and said to Kiana, "The doll named Alice needs to take responsibility for this incident. I think the artificial intelligence in my city is related to the power of that strange gem called the 'Reason Gem.' Since Shakespeare's first mate and the president of the city management association had consulted beforehand, it proves that the 'Reason Gem' has some kind of loophole. Therefore, Alexandria will likely need a replacement... The doll should be left in that city, and if that boy named Jimmy really falls in love with Alice, then he will definitely choose to stay..."
372. My name is Erwin Leanna Schrodinger.
Just as Freya had predicted, three days later, after tallying the losses and allowing the jury to process the case, the trial of the riots in Alexandria was finally concluded.
Although the sentence was "ten years of residential surveillance, twenty years of community service, and fifty years of relinquishing system management rights, privacy was protected."
But what's truly important is that the specific supervisors of this series of criminal laws were all that boy named Jimmy.
Yes, he earned a robotic doll wife.
In a way, it really benefited these two 'people'.
Jimmy, who was not comfortable entrusting the task of monitoring Alice to others, and Manfred, who hoped to restore the aircraft, decided to stay in Alexandria.
Just as Freya had predicted, Jimmy chose to stay with Alice.
Because Jimmy disembarked, the Iron Mask took over the Iron Mask's duties, so Shakespeare had to ask Champollion to serve as the first mate of the Caledonius.
Bianca had no idea when Shakespeare had gotten involved with Champollion.
However, a small accident occurred during this process, causing Bianca to suddenly have a headache about how to write tonight's report.
Besides the Courage Crystal that Shakespeare initially retrieved, the Reason Crystal returned by the President of the City Management Association also caused a certain change in the Holy Sword Durandal.
Or rather, Reason Crystal that could give all the robots in the city similar thinking abilities was embedded in the back of the sword. This strong artificial intelligence became the 'brain' of the Holy Sword Durandal, driving the Soul Steel to transform the 'body' into a short sword with a bow, a pair of wings and big eyes, and calling itself 'Little You'.
How is Bianca supposed to write a report, and how is she supposed to submit it?
Bianca was filled with despair as her holy sword suddenly turned into a mysterious object.
'I originally had no connection with you humans.'
A certain sword that could fly around on its own made such a declaration.
However, this does not mean it intends to distance itself from humans. On the contrary, its excessive enthusiasm is what truly makes it a headache.
Bianca, under the persistent and overly familiar questioning of this mysterious creature, has even revealed information such as her height, weight, date of birth, and favorite person to this 'cheap' thing.
The sword, however, indicated that it simply wanted to learn more about its new master.
Of course, it also explained why it made that declaration.
That's a story from a very, very long time ago. With its body made of Soul Steel, the Holy Sword Durandal seems to be related to the Previous Era, but it wasn't a standard weapon manufactured Previous Era.
Previous Civilization anti- Honkai organization Fire Moth, created Durandal being with supercomputing power, in order to master the technology of altering macroscopic properties by manipulating microscopic particles.
Under the guidance of the Fire Moth, Durandal continuously conducts machine learning, solidifying the results into its own hardware structure. Of the seven basic control units in the complete form, five were created by it through learning.
That being said, after reaching her complete form, Durandal felt bored and chose to shut down.
When it first awoke, the Previous Era was over.
Yes, we're doomed.
Ha ha ha ha...
The short sword, which called itself "Little You," also found this unfunny. After several more periods of slumber, it awoke for the third time to meet Charlemagne's knight and become Roland's sword.
The Holy Sword Durandal does indeed refer to it.
Now, the Holy Sword Little You has declared that its new master is Bianca Atagina.
Bianca sighed again, realizing that her report tonight was really hard to write, and turned to Rita and Sophia for help.
Unfortunately, both of them ignored her plea for help. Rita still had to write a detailed electronic report and upload it to the Alliance's database via the Black Cube.
Sophia also wants to upload the internal structure diagram of the robot she 'accidentally' disassembled.
Three days ago, Bianca went to the base in the lava cave at the bottom of Sulfur Lake, while Sophia in the city encountered robots attacking passersby.
Although she didn't carry Honkai Energy weapons, and using Honkai Energy directly in this world where energy recovery is slow would be a waste, this situation didn't stump Sophia. She dismantled more than a dozen robots while carrying large steel plates. Fortunately, the City Management Association didn't ask her for compensation, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to afford it.
Bianca became even more frustrated when she saw Rita and Sophia standing by and doing nothing.
In any case, Bianca won't be able to get rid of this annoying Holy Sword Little You anytime soon.
A few days later, on March 5, 2012, Shakespeare delivered a speech after arriving in the Azores.
After a pretentious speech, she told the crew the Caledonius's next voyage objective: to reclaim the world from the Emperor of Asgard Wall.
At the same time, Shakespeare exaggeratedly introduced his former first mate, now the Iron Mask, as a pilot.
After describing Iron Mask as a traveler hidden beneath the iron mask, a doctor from another world, Shakespeare has her recount her legendary, dimensional-crossing experience from thirty years prior—
In the direction Shakespeare pointed, the Iron Mask, having removed his mask, appeared before the entire crew for the first time.
Just a dozen minutes ago, Durandal was harassing Bianca, asking her what food she liked to eat. Now, she was cooperating by keeping her weapon in its original form and quietly staying in the hand of the Iron Mask.
"My name is Erwin Leanna Schrodinger. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you my true identity before for some reason."
"However, since the captain asked me to share my past experiences, I'll take this opportunity to explain—unlike most of you, I left the world and universe I once lived in by my own will."
"Yes, just like the three Valkyrie who have recently joined us in the audience."
The Iron Mask — Schrodinger said so.
Her left side of her face, along with her Roman curls, was in a quantum state, and the pink cat ears from her Honkai Beast form remained on her head.
Rita, Bianca, and Sophia were all visibly stunned for a moment.
"To be precise, I come from the same world as them and served in the same organization. But that was decades ago. I've never heard of the 'Alliance,' nor do I know about Anti-Entropy or the World Serpent..."
At this point, Schrodinger's feelings were quite complicated.
Their feelings were even more complicated than those of Rita and the others who were stunned.
She was originally a scientist at Schicksal's North American Branch, an assistant to Emma Planck, and a participant in Moonlight Throne Project.
Because of Bishop Otto, the Moonlight Throne Project failed, and Schrodinger, who was affected, was still corrupted by Honkai Energy to the point of almost losing half of his body, even with Nancy's help.
Still capable of rational thought, Schrodinger attempted to awaken the Herrscher power within the original Welt, namely Welt Joyce. Therefore, with the belief that he was doomed to die, he gambled on the little time he had left and attacked the clinic where Welt and the others were.
Just as she was about to die, Leanna arrived and stopped her with [Holy Spear Countercurrent]. The Honkai Energy completely contained by the Abyss Flower in her Honkai- Honkai right arm, and she will wait for the event to end before slowly being healed.
After learning the truth about the experiment's failure from the Finnishman, and after the Finnishman were killed by Otto who had taken over Leanna's body, and Welt and the others were seriously injured, Schrodinger once again Honkai and fought Otto.
Ultimately, Schrodinger was no match for Otto. Forced to use quantization, he snatched the Black Abyss White Flower from Otto and forcibly used the 'Holy Spear's Hundred Year Orchid' to heal Welt and the others' fatal wounds. He left behind a plasma shield to protect Welt and the others, giving Welt time to master the power of Creation. Finally, he dissipated in quantization...
After falling into the Sea of Quantum, out of gratitude for Leanna's kindness, he added the name 'Leanna' to his own name.
Schrodinger looked at Rita.
Rita glanced at Bianca, Bianca glanced at Schrodinger, Schrodinger glanced at everyone... Sophia, feeling ignored, was a little annoyed.
To be honest, Schrodinger revealed her identity now because, after observing for a period of time, she confirmed the personalities of Rita and the others, and also determined the current Schicksal... no, the current alliance is not ruled by Bishop Otto.
This is good news.
That's why she agreed to Shakespeare's arrangement.
Otherwise, even if she were asked to recount her legendary experience of jumping between dimensions, Schrodinger would still be wearing that iron mask.
Instead of taking off the mask as it is now... Of course, the discomfort of wearing the mask is definitely one reason.
Schrodinger explained, "A crisis occurred at the time, and in this crisis, due to a series of unexpected events, I lost my 'stability' as a physical entity. The Imaginary Energy went berserk, and the particle's unity was lost—"
"That world refers to this rare phenomenon as 'quantization.' The physical body dissolves, consciousness fades, and eventually it falls to the bottom of the 'Sea of Quantum,' trapped in the crevices of the world at the lowest point of energy... That's how it should be."
Schrodinger suddenly made a major turn of events, but no one had yet been able to process the amount of information she had just revealed.
Schrodinger, however, continued, "Fortunately enough... as I was slowly sinking into the abyss beyond that world, I accidentally touched this unique holy sword. I used it to stabilize my existence, and it relied on me to regain its original power... In the end, we gathered enough energy to launch a 'leap' that was enough to jump out of that abyss."
Schrodinger's Holy Sword Durandal trembled slightly, as if in agreement with her words.
Schrodinger looked at everyone and continued with an expressionless face, "However, at that time, we had been away from our original world for too long, so long that there were no 'beacons' outside to help us locate ourselves, and we had no way of specifying where we would appear after the 'jump'."
"But as you can see, we arrived here, incomplete and broken. Although I am not a fatalist, I believe that in this distorted world we live in, this sword has its own mission to complete—to cut through the wall of calamity that threatens us all."
373. Sister Kira, I haven't forgotten what I promised you, so don't worry...
The Caledonius's mission was to gather the power of the Holy Sword Durandal and sever the Asgard Wall that surrounds the Europe continent.
Rita and the others reported to Aurora through the Black Cube at night. Aurora, communicated with Freya was far away in the Inca Republic, through a space of consciousness.
Freya immediately connected the strange gem in Shigure Kira's hand with the Reason Crystal she obtained from Bianca.
Now that it has been confirmed that the Shigure Kira's possession is also the lost power of the Holy Sword Durandal, Freya has Rita and the others travel to the Inca Republic aboard the Caledonius.
Whether it's the peculiar gem in Shigure Kira's possession, the search for companions for Shakespeare and the others who severed the energy barrier, or some other reason... the Inca Republic is indeed the place they should arrive at first.
Of course, while Bianca, Rita, and others were embroiled in the Alexandria riots, Freya also successfully arranged a meeting with Sophia Henry Thoreau, the Speaker of the Inca Republic.
After a cordial and friendly meeting, Freya and the other party reached a consensus, which can be considered as establishing a common front against the energy barrier.
At the same time, Freya also confirmed that the speaker also possessed two peculiar gems.
Freya herself did not want to directly intervene in this mission. Even though she agreed to help Shigure Kira save the world, it did not mean that she needed to do it herself...