Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 998 Will you answer our questions?

After the words fell, everyone subconsciously looked at Alice, and Alice also subconsciously looked at the SLP game console on her waist, and then she was stunned for a moment: "No, my game console is not turned on again?"

How do narration prompts appear?

Therefore, everyone quickly realized that the words just now were actually spoken by the silver-haired girl in front of them. Her voice happened to be exactly the same as the narration of the game console. The world is so big that it is normal for such coincidences to occur... This is of course impossible, so the reasonable explanation should be -

“You, you, you, you are the narrator of the game console!?”

Alice pointed at the girl floating in the center of the light tower with a trembling expression, as if she couldn't accept this cruel fact for a while. It must be very strange that the game console that she had always regarded as a treasure suddenly became a girl and turned into an electronic girl.

“The answer is: yes.”

The girl's voice came again, and it seemed a little distorted through the digital tides that kept floating in the dark blue ocean. Her voice was very unique, just as cold as her eyes, but it was not without emotion. It was just that she seemed to deliberately suppress those extra emotions, intentionally isolating herself from subjective cognition, trying to look at everyone from a purely objective perspective, and even tried to focus on statements and conclusions in her sentences without any personal emotions, which resulted in this split effect.

"Alice, the girl who has awakened from her long sleep, has never been able to control her power well since she activated her power on October 1855, 10. In order to better guide your mission, this machine has been in a dormant state, deeply linked with the Super Level Player game console in your hand, and making appropriate modifications and supplements to the various game data you edited to make it more suitable for the basic rules of the Mirror Star World. But in this process, the person who truly stimulates the power of the power is always you, Alice, and this machine is just a supplement."

That's it!

Alice suddenly realized that her limited edition game console was no different from an ordinary one. The game development system on it was not built-in, but an auxiliary system created by the girl in front of her to guide her better. The various restrictions when developing the game before, as well as the game narration, background story and even plot that she clearly did not add but always appeared on her own, were all supplemented by her. In those game development studios, she should at least be a director, right?

Moreover, the last sentence she said touched Alice's heart deeply. The genius player couldn't help laughing out loud, and said proudly: "The so-called system is just an auxiliary. I, Alice, can get to this point entirely by my own strength. I understand, I understand everything, hehehe."

The silver-haired girl couldn't help but frown, thinking that Alice's reaction was different from what she had imagined. Why didn't she question the authenticity and ask about her true identity first, but instead paid attention to the strange aspects? Could it be that as Tiantis said, the few years she lived on Earth, although it helped her eliminate the shadow of the past, also profoundly changed her personality and made her a little... weird?

No, you can't let your imagination run wild or make assumptions.

You are an observer, all you need to do is observe, and then follow your reason and make the most correct judgment.

Don't let your emotions cloud your self-awareness and end up making decisions that break your mother's heart, as happened in the past...

The silver-haired girl in the sky warned herself silently, while the pink-haired little girl on the ground, after being in a daze for at least half a minute, suddenly held her head in her hands and cried out in despair as if her worldview was shattered: "Wow wow wow wow! This is impossible! Could it be that the goddess has always been by our side, but I just didn't notice it? Father, can I be considered a qualified believer like this? And, and——"

And how could Her Majesty, the goddess who created the world, be a speechless, expressionless robot girl lolita who is about the same age as me! ? A closer look reveals that her hair color and eye color are exactly the same as Ringer's! Even her cold expression and calm tone are exactly the same as Ringer's! If you ignore the gender, she is a complete replica of Ringer!
Father, please forgive my wild thoughts.

My faith is no longer pure...

The pink-haired girl closed her eyes in pain, and in despair, she even began to seek forgiveness from her late adoptive father, Mr. Yang Ke. Unfortunately, if Mr. Yang Ke were alive again, he would be speechless, ponder deeply, and finally smile in relief when he saw this scene.

Unfortunately, Medien does not have the same broad-mindedness as her adoptive father, so she begins to escape from reality.

Sister Livia was in a dilemma. Emotionally, she didn't want to believe that the goddess looked like this. But reason told her that since the Holy Spirit who was destined to save the world in the prophecy was still a pink-haired little girl, why couldn't the goddess who created the Holy Spirit and the maiden kingdom be a silver-haired little girl?

What she hesitated about was whether to kneel down and worship immediately, confessing to the goddess her distress of having gone astray and her joy after coming into contact with true faith, and asking the goddess to recognize her identity as a believer and allow her to follow the Holy Spirit and be by her side. If so, she would probably have no regrets for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately, this thought did not last long, because the silver-haired girl just glanced at her and Metien calmly, and uttered an indifferent denial: "The conclusion is: wrong. I am not the goddess in the legend of the world, but the control core of the Heavenly Temple created by the goddess, responsible for observing the universe and all things, and assisting the girl's royal power to maintain the balance of the laws. You can call me - Celestial Themis."

She paused, then said calmly, "Greetings to everyone."

Although there really wasn't any hint of a greeting in her tone.

Celestial Themis? Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never heard of this name, not even the young Wang Quan. Even if they had lost their memories, this was still a very strange thing, because according to reason, given their identities and responsibilities, they should have been in contact with them frequently. It was impossible that they would not have retained even the slightest memory, right?
Only Saint Xia Liya's eyes flashed with a trace of realization and deep thought, and she finally understood where her empty mood came from. It turned out that she had long been aware of the existence of Themis in the heavens, but it was difficult for her to recall. In her vague dreams, it seemed that there were indeed a few times when she was talking to someone in a steel ruin, but there was no one around her. After waking up from the dream, she was confused about this. When Alice asked her if there were any other people living in the Heavenly Temple besides the Girl King before the Cloud Whale sailed to the universe, she was hesitant to speak, and there was always a name lingering on her lips, but she couldn't say it out loud.

Could it be that the person I saw in my dream at that time, and the name I wanted to say but couldn’t, was Themis from heaven?
Although it was impossible to prove it, everyone did not doubt that Celestial Themis was lying, because if it was not created by the goddess, it would be absolutely difficult to control the huge and sophisticated creation barrier in front of them. They were just a little surprised: the legend did not mention that after creating the fourteen maiden kingships and the golden apple, the goddess also created the so-called control core of the Heavenly Temple. So theoretically, can this girl named Celestial Themis be considered their sister?
"You seem to be able to answer many questions for us."

Linger carefully examined her, trying to find any strange emotions in her cold and ethereal golden eyes, but there was none. She was so suppressed that she didn't look like a living creature. Instead, she seemed to really treat herself as a machine, waiting for the user's orders in a rigid and awkward manner. So a strange look flashed across his face: "And it seems that you are also waiting to answer those questions for us, right?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes were fixed on the girl. They naturally had many questions they wanted to ask, in addition to those closely related to the girl's royal power, there were also some new questions that arose after entering the Heavenly Temple. For example, why is the goddess's residence, the holy place of creation, in ruins? For example, why are the buildings in these ruins from Alice's hometown, the other world called Earth? For another example, what is the relationship between the goddess and the game command company in the Earth world? Why is the control center of the Heavenly Temple placed at the top of the game command company?
If you only think about these questions by yourself, you will never get the answers, so someone must answer them. Now it seems that no one can do it except Themis in the heaven. Moreover, since she is also a creation of the goddess, it is very reasonable and appropriate for her to answer the doubts of the young queen, right?
In each pair of eyes of different colors, there is the same waiting and expectation.

This kind of uniform gaze must be very oppressive to ordinary people, but she was not afraid either. She looked down at the people under the light tower indifferently. The dark blue tide passed silently, and her long hair was floating softly in the sea. Her hair, which was well-behaved and serious when she was sleeping, seemed to be gradually scattered because of waking up, like shining silver strings, smeared with cold starlight.

After a long silence, she finally spoke in a low voice: "The answer is: yes."

"I will answer your questions, but before that, I need to apply for approval of the system authority. I am the control core of the Heavenly Temple entrusted by the Goddess herself. Because of this, I should follow its rules."

As for what it means to apply for permission, there is no need for Lingge and others to ask, as she has already answered it with practical actions.

"Visitor: Young Girl Wang Quan, confirmed; Golden Apple, confirmed; Mirror Star Intelligent Lifeform, confirmed. Visitor Linger made a request to access the system database for review; Visitor Linger does not have such permission to apply for permission, and the applicant is automatically changed; Visitor Young Girl Wang Quan, applying to access the system database for review; The permission request is reasonable, and the statement will begin now."

"My highest mission is to obey the instructions of the goddess, observe the universe and all things, and assist the young girl's royal power in maintaining the balance of laws. However, without violating this mission, the system has the right to independently determine its behavior logic and mode of action. Therefore, from this moment on, all the statements, statements or explanations I use to you will be based on the approved authority - this authorization has been recorded by the main system of the control center of the Holy Temple of Heaven and kept on file for backup."

"The prior statement has ended. Does the permission requester have any intention to change? Confirm again. Does the permission requester have any intention to change? The secondary confirmation mechanism has passed. The permission requester has no intention to change. Now apply for modification of instructions. The old instruction is: maintain the deep link status with the SLP game console, which has been abolished; the new instruction is: retrieve the system database, answer the visitor's questions, and perform the function of an observer."

"System core authority, any objections? No."

"System database, any objections? No."

"Control center activity code, any objections? No."

"Magic recording device, any objections? No."

……

"Central Balance System, any objections? No."

"The request to modify the instruction has been approved and will be executed now."

After a long, plain, almost straightforward instruction was confirmed, the eyes of Celestial Themis suddenly lit up with a brilliant light, the color was exactly the same as the surrounding dark blue starlight. At the same time, she stretched out her hands, and the huge steel gauntlets were surprisingly flexible, tapping quickly in the void, so fast that it even left a blurry afterimage in the eyes of everyone. Then, dark blue light screens of various sizes appeared in all directions at an astonishing frequency. On each light screen, there were countless words and numbers, turning into a waterfall-like data stream, rushing down, refreshing faster than the naked eye can capture, reflecting dense and tiny fonts in the girl's eyes, making people doubt whether she can really see these rapidly flashing data clearly.

This fantasy scene didn't seem to stop until half a minute had passed. In the meantime, except for the time when she repeatedly asked "whether the authority requester had the intention to change", the young royals including Saint Shallia shook their heads to express denial, and the rest of the time everyone waited with bated breath. Although they didn't know what she was doing, they thought it must be something important, so they didn't dare to disturb her.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute, and finally, hundreds of light screens completely filled the space beside Themis in the heaven, and she herself typed the last command symbol in the void. It was silent, but it made a trembling sound that made everyone's heart beat.

She retracted her hand, and the huge iron gauntlet naturally fell to her side. Three blue halos on each side moved rhythmically like living creatures. The girl looked down and said indifferently: "The database has been retrieved. The truth you want to know is all here. The goddess entrusted me to keep it. Please ask your questions in a concise order. I will judge whether they are reasonable and decide whether to answer them. You are qualified to question, verify or repeat the questions, but under this, please abide by the regulations of the system's core authority."

"So, from now on——"

The bright light in her eyes flashed: "Heavenly Temple Control Center, the system core authority agent, Observer Celestial Themis, at your service."

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