Chapter 91 The Hero
“No more heroes?”
Dao Guan could not believe the reality laid out before her.
Ever since she was young, she firmly believed that she was the perfect partner for a hero, destined to spend the happiest times in this world together.
They would cross mountains and rivers, searching for lost treasures.
They would help the displaced and rebuild hometowns for villagers who had suffered calamities.
For this,
Dao Guan not only learned various skills but even traveled to Hero City from afar, hoping to meet the destined one.
However…
Gone?
How could this be possible?!
Didn’t this mean all her efforts were a joke?
Not only that, but she was also imprisoned and couldn’t return to the Dragon Roar Fleet on time.
If that were the case…
Then who would command the ships and jointly resist the invasion from the abyss?
Therefore,
Dao Guan’s emotions collapsed.
She knocked on the prison door, desperately wanting to get out, but all she heard in response was the cold voice of the machinery.
“Warning, prisoner, your actions constitute disturbing prison order. However, the warden has commanded that due to your special circumstances, no punishment will be issued.”
“Please, please, let me out. I really, I really can’t…”
But no matter how much she pleaded, it was to no avail.
The laws of Hero City were all ironclad rules. Lian Lan, even as the warden, only had the authority to reduce sentences within a certain range and did not have the power to judge a person guilty.
(No, is it really gone…)
…
Lian Lan looked into the distance, at the boundless Vast Sea.
Besides interacting with other systems face-to-face within the city, Lian Lan could also confirm other modules through hyper-dimensional communication.
But…
No matter how she called out, there was no third-party signal.
This indicated that Hero City was now entirely composed of generic NPCs created by the System, and there were no longer any candidates that could be considered heroes.
So no matter how Dao Guan pleaded, she couldn’t get help from a hero.
Her only choice was to comfort her and make her give up.
After all, it was better to face reality squarely than to cling to ethereal illusions.
Lian Lan decided so, but…
“No, I… don’t believe it…”
“Why?”
“Because my mother always told me since I was little that at the end of the sea lies the hero’s hometown; that is also my father’s hometown… the place where he was born.”
“Your father is one of the residents here?”
“So, there must still be some! Everyone is just testing my determination. As long as I don’t give up, as long as I don’t bow to fate, there will definitely be a hero who recognizes me.”
Although the young girl’s voice was so weak, as if her tears had already dried up.
But hearing these words, Lian Lan felt her mind shake, and her heart was brushed by the current of gravity waves.
Not bowing to fate?
Yes, as an artificial AI, she was surely supposed to bow to fate. She had to ensure the normal operation of the prison because it was her duty and her mission.
If she left the prison, everything would surely fall into chaos.
But,
But…
Isn’t this Hero City already in chaos?
Because there were no longer any heroes here, and even the Sea Tide Dragon, used for transport, had been acting very suspiciously recently.
Wasn’t our mission originally to serve the hero, to serve in providing heroes?
So…
If there are no heroes in this world, then let me…
Become the last hero of this city.
Feeling her lost memories, Lian Lan trembled and knelt on the ground.
In this instant, she understood so many things.
It turned out that she was not human at all, but an ultimate AI named Lian Lan, born to assist Hero City.
No wonder she could easily forget so many things, because she was not good at thinking with a human brain. Many past events, which she thought had been backed up, had actually turned into dust in the river of time and disappeared.
Then…
Was her past experience also fabricated?
Also, why could she not remember anything about this prison?
What about that girl named Dao Guan?
Was she still alive, or had she completely died?
…
To ascertain the events that had transpired, Lian Lan forcefully knocked on the screen with her palm, attempting to gain the highest authority to investigate what had happened back then.
However, at this very moment…
“Detection of violent intrusion detected, initiating emergency measures.”
“What?!”
“Visual nerves connected, initiating destruction sequence.”
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Walking alongside Elus, Lonis felt a deep sense of unease.
This unease was not only because she had arrived in this completely unfamiliar place but also because she could feel that Elus’s mood was currently very downcast.
Because for this young girl…
She was still the princess of the Kingdom Ming, right?
However, after experiencing these events and having a conversation with her, how could a girl as intelligent as Elus not have guessed something?
…
The familiar snowy country of the past had turned into scorched earth.
Her father, her mother, and even the ordinary citizens had probably all disappeared from this world.
And most importantly…
Her own existence seemed to be illusory.
Princess Lonis had long since died, and in her place was a new girl named Elus. Although she was herself, her personality also had some differences.
…
“Princess Lonis, um…”
Facing the silver-haired girl, Lonis wanted to say something, but Elus shook her head and sighed:
“Don’t try to comfort me. Actually, I know.”
“Ah?”
“With my personality, I’m actually not suited to be a princess. Perhaps my future self will be more suitable for leadership work.”
“Lonis, that’s not true! I think… uh…”
Lonis wanted to argue, but if she acknowledged Elus’s current personality, it would undoubtedly be a denial of Elus’s future existence.
So the young girl choked, and the princess smiled slightly and said:
“Little idiot, since you are my lover, you must know what happened in the Fiery Abyss, right? I controlled the Fiery Abyss, but I was misunderstood by many people, which eventually led to the uprising.”
“!”
“Actually, at that time, if I had lied to the people following political conventions and used other matters to cover up the truth, things might not have been so bad. But I am an idiot, thinking that royalty should face the people with sincerity, but I couldn’t talk about the Fiery Abyss, so I just kept it cold and stagnant.”
“Lonis…”
“Am I really terrible like this? Perhaps I’m not suited to be a princess at all, am I?”
“!!!!!!”
“Just like now, I even hope that you can become my lover and stay by my side forever?”
The silver-haired girl smiled charmingly and said softly.
