"Woo........."

Hearing this groan of pain, Fang Zheng, who was discussing with everyone what to do next, was startled, and he turned his head to find Yui kneeling in front of the black stone pillar, looking as if he had been hurt.

"Yui!"

"Yui?!"

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng hurriedly ran over, and Yingli Li and Asuna immediately followed, came to Yui's side, and surrounded her.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine......... Daddy........."

Hearing Fangzheng's inquiry, Yui looked up and showed a bitter smile.

"I just......... Finally remembered........."

"Think of what? Have you regained your memory? ”

Hearing Yui's answer, the three of them, including Fang Zheng, were taken aback, Yui's memory has always been a concern for everyone in the Dark Moon Sword Guild. But even if they are worried, they have nothing to do but do their best to take care of Yui. The lucky kid was also very obedient and sensible, and soon won the love of everyone in the guild.

But now, Yui actually said that she had regained her memory?

"Yes........."

Yui lowered her eyes, I don't know why, but her expression was a little sad at the moment.

"I'm sorry, Dad, Sister Asuna......... Sister Yingli Li........."

"Why apologize?"

Hearing Yui's apology, Asuna shook her head in surprise.

"It's a good thing that you're able to regain your memory."

"No ........."

However, Yui seemed to grow sadder at hearing Asuna say this, and she closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Actually, I'm not like you, I'm not human, I'm ......... AI。 ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Yui's answer, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, even Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows, just stared at Yui quietly and listened to her continue.

"In this world, it is governed by a huge system called 'Cardinal'. It is able to control the balance of the world based on its own judgment. Cardinal was originally designed based on the concept of not requiring human maintenance, through the mutual correction between the two main programs, as well as countless sub-programs for world adjustment——— including the AI of monsters and NPCs, and the balance of props and currency, all of which are solved by Cardinal. ”

At this point, Yui paused, then continued.

“……… The developers of Cardinal want to leave the task of taking care of the players to the system......... In general, this should be the interaction of the humans themselves. But the developers are going to try a completely new format, they use a full stealth device to read the player's emotions, monitor the player's mental state, visit the player in question, listen to their voice, and solve their problem——— 'mental state management, support program, MHCP prototype type 1, code name Yui, this is my ........."

Hearing Yui's self-statement, Asuna and Eriri looked at each other, completely speechless for a while. Yui smiled bitterly.

"In order not to make the player feel incongruous, I was also given an emotional mechanism, so ......... I'm sorry, Sister Asuna, Sister Yingli Li, all the feelings I showed were fake............"

Tears dripped down Yui's eyes, and Fang Zheng stared at Yui in silence, and then he reached out and touched Yui's head.

"Well, it doesn't matter. What is false and what is true is not up to you. ”

At this point, Fang Zheng paused.

"I've seen an AI that, well, isn't as advanced as you, and the emotion module is imperfect, but she never thinks about whether her feelings are made up of circuits, programs, or whatever. Now she lives her life every day, serving every guest dutifully, and it can be seen that she is happy......... I think that's enough. I laugh when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad, as long as that's it, and I don't need to care so much about the rest. ”

"Daddy........."

Yui looked at Fang Zheng blankly, and then she lunged over and hugged Fang Zheng.

Then, sobs came from Fang Zheng's chest, and Fang Zheng just stroked her hair and remained silent.

After a few moments, Yui raised her head a little embarrassed and smiled at Fang Zheng.

"I'm sorry, Dad........."

"No, nothing, but I'm curious......... Since you are an AI, how can you have amnesia? ”

“……………”

Faced with Fangzheng's question, Yui hesitated for a moment, then she closed her eyes and spoke.

"On the day the game officially started, Cardinal gave me an order prohibiting me from interfering with all the actions of the players. At the time, this order came as a surprise to me, as it was clearly contrary to my duties, but as the main program, Cardinal had much higher authority than me, so I could only follow it. ”

And at this point, Yui's expression began to become sad.

"At that time, the situation can be said to be extremely bad, the sadness, anger, and pain of the players......... Everything was delivered to my area. Originally, according to the program, I should have rushed to the player's side as soon as possible to relieve their pain. However, I was not able to reach out to the players, which caused me to start accumulating bugs and loops internally......... But ........."

Yui looked up at Fangzheng.

"However, it was at that time that Dad stepped up, and it was incredible that after that, the spirit of most of the players tended to develop in a good way. There are still some people who have symptoms such as fear or restlessness, but the situation is much better than before. Not only that, but I was able to feel a sense of calmness and composure from my father, which made me feel very relieved......... Moreover, everyone in the Sword of the Dark Moon was very happy, and their happy mood attracted me even more, so ......... On the day of the Halloween event, I want to come out and see it......... I want to be a part of it too......... I hope to be as ......... as everybody."

With that, Yui reached out and grabbed Fangzheng's collar.

"I......... I like my father, and I also like Sister Asuna, Sister Yingli Li, and Sister Black Cat......... You're all very interesting people, and I'm glad I've been able to live with you guys for so long......... I also want to live with my dad and with everyone. But......... It's too late. ”

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and Yui said softly.

"The black stone pillar is not an ordinary decoration, but an emergency management device set up by GM to connect to the system. In fact, the Reaper monster was also set up to prevent the player from entering here, and in fact, this part of the maze was not completely constructed, so this error occurred. Originally, this was supposed to be a separate space, and it was supposed to be a place where only GMs could teleport in. And I've just used the object elimination device to get rid of that monster, so Cardinal will notice me as well, and I'm afraid it's retrieving my program at the moment, and if it decides that I'm violating the order, then I'll be eliminated........."

"How so!"

Ying Lili's face turned pale, and Asuna's body couldn't help trembling.

"Difficult, isn't there any other way? We're going to get out of here now........."

"Mr. Fangzheng, is there really no way?"

At this time, Ying Lili also looked at Fang Zheng with despair, and asked, in fact, they also knew very well in their hearts that they were just players, and the other party was the master of this system, and they couldn't do anything at all.

"Absolutely."

But the next moment, Fangzheng's answer surprised everyone. Then, they saw Fang Zheng stand up and walk to the side of the black stone pillar. He rubbed his hands together, then looked at Zinka and Yuliel who were standing near the doorway. The two of them weren't interested in it before, so they didn't know what was going on, they just thought something had happened to the child they brought.

"Ah, you two can leave, this stone pillar is the key to the mission, just now we have found the route to complete the mission, let's leave it to us."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Fangzheng."

"You're welcome, don't forget our agreement."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Yuliel smiled bitterly and nodded, then she stretched out her hand and took out the teleportation crystal, and the next moment the light flashed, and then she saw Yuliel and Xinka disappear into the light.

"Okay, now that the outsiders are gone, it's time for me to do it."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng put his hand on the black stone pillar, and soon, a keyboard formed by the condensation of light beams appeared in front of Fang Zheng.

And looking at the information data that kept beating on it, Fang Zheng grinned.

"Let's talk, Cardinal........."