"How is your Bangboo?" Qingyi looked at Aethel in Wise's arms and carefully inspected it. "There doesn't seem to be any external damage, but it doesn't look very intelligent..."
"Mmm, you're right. Aethel can only maintain basic communication at the moment. It's basically impossible for her to lead us through the Hollow." This was the bad news Fairy had just informed him of.
Hearing this, Qingyi's expression became solemn. "Is that so? Mmm... Teddy has been sprayed with a high-concentration aether spray for several days now. If we don't hurry, he'll definitely be beyond saving." Moreover, from what the kidnapper had just confessed, their base had captured a large number of other victimized Bangboos.
"We have already captured the Bang-Bang-Bang-napper. If we don't strike the hornet's nest today, we will definitely alert the enemy. No matter what, we cannot give up this rescue. Phaethon, what do you think?" Qingyi looked at Wise. Her face seemed to have turned even redder at this moment, and the alarm in her mind was still ringing. She really couldn't understand. It was just a kiss. Although it was her first, it shouldn't have damaged her emotional center to such an extent. My head hurts. Oh well, the firewall can still hold for a while, and it doesn't seem to be a problem. I'll deal with this matter first and then go back for a physical check-up.
Qingyi shook her head, her dark green twin tails swaying with the movement, as she waited for Wise's reply.
"I agree! But Aethel's functions are already... what should we do?" Wise looked at Qingyi. Since she had chosen to continue the investigation, she must have her own considerations. Just then, Fairy suddenly interjected.
"Officer Qingyi, it is time to use that technology. You understand, right?"
"This is really a case of frying one's own kind. Why must an AI plot against another AI? But... it is indeed a good method. [That] technology? Good, let it be so."
"Good, let it be so."
The two sides thus inexplicably reached some kind of consensus, which left the siblings who had been listening in a bit dazed. Although Wise had the Machina-Brain talent, he still couldn't understand the communication between AIs.
"Wait a minute, you two AIs! Please communicate within the scope of human language!"
"Certainly. I am happy to translate for you, Master. Through [distributed computing], some of Aethel's functions can be loaded onto Officer Qingyi's system. That is to say, you will be in sensory sync with Officer Qingyi. This can immediately restore the Hollow search function, but the risk is that Officer Qingyi will share Aethel's aether erosion."
"Mmm, this..." Wise was a little hesitant after hearing Fairy's words. After all, Qingyi didn't have his kind of aether erosion resistance.
"It's fine." Qingyi herself seemed unconcerned, but Wise still couldn't help but remind her not to force herself. But he didn't know that this subconscious concern had become a weakness.
"Don't worry. I am responsible for saving all the citizens of New Eridu. I am not as fragile as a human." Qingyi raised an index finger, closed one eye, and once again showed her signature pose, looking at Wise and Aethel in front of her. "AI on the other side, I am now opening the interface permissions to you. Let's begin the sync."
"Understood. Beginning sync. Please also open your permissions to me, Master." Although this work could be handed over to Belle, Fairy still approached Wise. The reason given was: this way, she could once again go deep into the Master's... this would achieve a better effect. After all, the Master was right next to Qingyi. It was absolutely not because this would allow her to be mentally close to the Master!
Wise held Aethel in both hands and placed it on the ground. Qingyi didn't say much, just walked over, closed her eyes, and rested her head on Aethel's head. And Wise, at this moment, also felt it. Even though he was here, the consciousness sync with Aethel still remained. Soon, he felt a new consciousness join in.
"Distributed virtual architecture interface encapsulated, HDD unidirectional slave machine Stand By—"
"Connection, activate!"
As Qingyi let out a soft cry in her mind, Wise also reacted. This feeling of 'you are in me, and I am in you,' where both sides could immediately know what the other was thinking, was very strange. Qingyi looked at Wise, her expression inexplicably hard to describe, but in the end, she said nothing.
The two of them and the Bangboo continued forward. Not long after, they found a completely broken Shark-fin Bunboo. Fortunately, this was not the Teddy they were looking for.
"Mhm, let me check. By the way, Proxy, have your Bangboo turn its head away. I don't want her to see the next part of the work."
As Aethel turned around, Qingyi began to dismantle the Bangboo. Soon, she found a memory chip from within. "Hmph, criminals always think that the dead can't speak, that they can cover up their crimes by silencing them." Qingyi sneered, then analyzed the content of the memory chip. "The data has been recovered. Mmm... connect to my thought space, I'll share the data with you."
From her voice, Qingyi seemed a little uncomfortable, but she had no choice. Wise didn't stand on ceremony with her. After saying, 'I'm coming in,' he directly connected to Qingyi's thought space. After learning that this organization called the Bang-Bang-Bang-nappers had actually used the Shark-fin Bunboo as a switch to open a hidden passage, Qingyi couldn't help but feel a little angry. These uneducated guys, what do they think an intelligent construct is?!
Wise, who was still connected, clearly understood Qingyi's mood.
The two opened the secret passage according to the method left in the memory chip. After entering, Wise and Qingyi knocked out a kidnapper together and found the imprisoned Bangboos inside. Fairy analyzed them. To protect Aethel's physical and mental health, he had thoughtfully replaced [dismantle] with [pat], and [vital signs] with [bottom line].
"Prompt: This Bangboo seems to have been subjected to inhumane patting and has already lost its final bottom line, leaving only a shell..."
"Just like the Shark-fin Bunboo from before, another one... so inhumane, again and again, to commit such crimes against Bangboos... just to take their bodies for their own, to resell for profit. Human desire can be twisted to such an extent..."
Hearing Qingyi's words, Wise also nodded in agreement. The two then continued to search for Bangboos that still had a [bottom line]. On the way, they found a Core-nut Bunboo that had not been eroded and was quite conscious.
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