"It's so dark~"

"It's so dark~"

"Okay~Dark~Ah!!"

"It's noisy!" Chiho shouted at Yuri

"Ahh It feels like we've had a conversation like this before............" Yuri said after a moment's thought.

"It's much brighter than that! There are still lights on the road...... And the floating waves are here, too! Qianhu said.

"Ahh It looks like it was not long before I encountered the floating waves! Yuri said suddenly.

"That's where it is! The memory is still very deep, after all, it was the day I met Chinohe and Yuri............" The boy smiled.

"But unlike there, there's the sound of something moving." Yuri heard about it.

"I guess the equipment here is still alive!"

"Alive............ Ay? What's alive...... People? Yuri asked excitedly.

“………… No, no! What I said was actually what I meant by the machinery here that was still working. Senhe argued.

"What...... Doesn't that mean living like a living being? Yuri teased.

“………… Not! ”

"And what is a living being?" Yuri then asked.

"Isn't life what is alive...... How so? Chiho began to wonder.

"Na! Does Fukiba-chan know? Yuri asked the boy again.

"Hmm............ That's a hard question to answer...... Is it that there are many ways to say about life~............ I'm afraid I can't answer that question right now. The boy said helplessly.

"Turns out that Ukiba-chan also has something I don't know............," Yuri laughed.

"Well............ I just know what I know! The boy continued to smile.

"You~~ Floating waves at least know more than you know!" Qianhu said.

"You know more than Chima-chan, right?"

“………… Not! Chiho squinted.

"Well! In fact, everyone has something they are good at! For example, Senho's repair skills are much better than mine, and Yuri's shooting skills are far superior to mine, so it's not enough to just pay attention to your own shortcomings, but it's also important to discover your strengths! The boy explained.

"Well! Yuri is the best at eating! Senhu said as he drove the car over the gas tank.

"Hey............" Yuri could only blush and smirk at this.

Smack! Smack!

In the distance, there was the faint sound of something hitting the ground............

"Chi-chan ............?" Yuri turned her head to ask.

"Shhhh Be quiet......" Chido cleverly stopped the car and turned off the engine while stopping Yuri from continuing to make sounds.

"............" The young man didn't dare to gasp and looked in the direction where the voice came.

"Ka!" The sound of impact became clearer and clearer, and with a slight vibration, a huge black shadow appeared in front of the eyes of the three of them.

“…………”

The three of them didn't dare to make a sound when they looked at the huge robot that was walking on all four legs, and even their breathing slowed down as much as possible, as if even the slightest gasp would attract the gaze of the behemoth............

"Ka!"

…………

"Ka!"

The vibrations grew lighter and lighter as the mechanical monster left, and gradually even the monster's figure disappeared............

"Whew.................." The three of them exhaled in unison.

"What the hell do you think that just now? Feel...... It feels like a big guy. Yuri said in fear.

"You don't have a lot of vocabulary, do you?" Qianhu complained.

"Well! The light is not bright enough to see clearly! The young man also said worriedly.

“………… Is that a creature? Yuri then asked.

"Hmm...... No, it shouldn't be what a creature looks like! No matter how you look at it, it's a mechanical look. ………… And he can't breathe or be conscious, just like the one we're sitting in right now! ”

Qianhu patted the car under him and continued: "Machines don't move on their own, they think on their own!" ”

"Could it be that someone is doing it?" Yuri asked.

"But I think that guy was walking alone just now............ Chido said confusedly.

"Chino, Yuri, I've heard of it, but I'm afraid it's different from ordinary machines." The boy said.

"Different?" Chiho asked.

"Hmmm! That's supposed to be a robot............"

"Robots?" Yuri wondered.

"Hmmm! It's a machine that can move autonomously like a human ............."

"So there are such machines!" Qianhu said clearly.

"In that case............ What if a machine came up to us and also greeted us and said (good morning)? ⊙▽⊙" Yuri asked curiously.

"Sa............ But there wouldn't be any such machinery............" Chiho said as he parked the car in front of a pipe that looked like an entrance.

"It's not impossible if it's like Yuri says............" the teenager said with a different opinion.

"Isn't it? Such a machine is no different from a living thing! Didn't someone say that there are no other creatures on Earth anymore? Qianhu said.

"Indeed...... But that's just my opinion, maybe you're right! The boy stepped out of the car and said.

The trio began to descend the stairs at the entrance of the passage............

“………… Huh! ⊙▽⊙,There are ............ things that are still alive," Senhe, who was the first to walk down the stairs, was subverted by the scene in front of him.

"Chi-chan!" The next person who screamed out was Yuri, who was walking behind Senhe.

"Ahh ………… It's a fish! The boy who came down at the end looked at the creatures swimming happily in the glass aquarium and said in surprise.

Click! Click! Just as the boys and girls were stunned by the creature in front of them, a sound of footsteps similar to the giant machine just now came from not far away............

"Yuri............ Do you have prophetic powers? The boy said as he looked at the figure walking over.

"............" and the two girls, who had already been stunned by the situation in front of them, were already speechless in surprise.

The figure stopped in front of the three of them, and looked at them carefully for a while with what seemed to be their head and what seemed to be just their eyes............

Just as Yuri pointed her rifle at the figure, waiting for the other party to prepare to shoot if she wanted to attack............

"Good morning!" The figure said suddenly.

It is a robot that uses four slender legs to support itself like a vertical, flattened cuboid. It was greeting the three of them in the same way that Yuri had described before............

"............," Yuri was silent.

"............" Chiho was silent.

The "............" teenager also began to fall silent.

"Na! This...... What kind of expression should we use to face it at this time...... Fukiba-chan! Yuri asked the teenager beside her stiffly.

“………… I think it's good to just smile............" The boy said awkwardly using the old stalk of the previous life.

Only the fish in the tank were still swimming freely............