"Anyway, why did you want to save that fish, Yuu? Weren't you planning to eat it?" Chito has some doubts about Yuuri's positivity.
"No... I don't get why... But I want to save that fish" Yuuri didn't understand, and beckoned to Senju next to her, "Senju, come over here, don't just stand there."
"..."
"It might be what he called 'empathy.'" Chito understood a little, and then heard the voice of Senju.
"Uhh, can you two first put on some pants?!?"
The two of them remembered that they hadn't put on their clothes yet, and after their faces blushed for a while, they quickly put on their clothes, and Senju next to them came over.
"Senju, did you really wipe out that big guy? It's completely gone," Chito calmed down and found that there was no wreckage of construction machinery on the ground, only a few small green balls of light and a few things floating there.
"What are those?"
(T/L: Exp and loot.)
"Oh, so Chito can see it? The green one is the experience orb, the red one is the rose, and the white one is the iron ingot. Chito, go ahead and try picking them up," Senju said after knocking down the construction machine.
He didn't bother collecting the items himself since he didn't need the experience at the moment, so he wanted Chito to give it a try.
"Is that really all that's left of the big guy?" Yuuri observed from the side, stating the reality of the situation. However, Chito found it hard to believe. "It was so huge... and this is all that's left?"
"Well, that's all there is left, almost all the essence is in those few light balls, but I've used it a lot, Chito, try to pick them up." Senju also wanted to see what Chito looked like after they upgraded.
"No, let's give it to Yuu, the idea of saving the fish was originally proposed by her," Chito wanted Yuuri to accept these things after hearing this, "Originally, I didn't think there was any benefit in helping the fish, so they should belong to Yuu and Senju."
"Chii-chan, don't be so cold, let's get it together," Yuuri hugged Chito, who was in a little emotional, and Senju raised his head, "Alas, I really can't figure out what you guys think."
"Hehehe," Yuuri laughed happily, and Chito, seeing this, was a little speechless. "I'm not praising you."
["I can't imagine that the primitive weapon can do this, I feel like my program is buggy,"] the autonomic machine paused for a moment, and then said in some surprise, as if its program could not explain the current scene.
"Well, this isn't a primitive weapon per say," Senju raised his bow and braided it, "It's enchanted with a more 'advance' technology ingrained within it, it's also why it glows."
["I see,"] the autonomic machine accepted
After the two next to him pushed and conceded, Chito still asked Yuuri to go over and get it. As Yuuri walked toward the glowing orb, Chito recalled the moment they encountered the construction machine.
"Looks like Senju really took down that big guy… Is life really so easy to destroy?"
["It depends on the definition of life,"] the autonomous machine replied calmly.
["But if Senju hadn't destroyed that big guy, it would have been me and the fish who perished. Though, one day, we all will."]
"I see," Chito sighed slightly. People and machines, fish and cities—everything was alive, yet all would eventually come to an end.
After sighing, Chito then looked at the broken wall next to her, "Can this place still be sustained?"
"Yes, it just broke the wall, but luckily Senju stopped it quickly, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do anything if the whole facility was damaged."
While Chito was chatting with the machine, Yuuri approached the glowing orb. To her, it looked like something beautiful.
As she got closer, the light moved to her feet, and a few pleasant chimes rang out around her before the orb vanished.
Yuuri focused carefully but didn't feel any noticeable change. She picked up the items on the ground and found a few iron ingots and a strange red object in her hand.
After casually tossing the iron ingots aside, she held onto the mysterious red thing, admiring its beauty as she carried it back.
"Hey, Chii-chan, look, what is this? Yuuri ran over while shouting, and Chito was also attracted by the things in Yuuri's hand, "This is a 'flower'?"
"What are flowers?" Yuri was a little puzzled, "Can you eat this?"
["It's supposed to be a rose, it's surprising, there are plants,"] the autonomous machine also spoke, with a hint of surprise in his tone.
"This shouldn't be edible," Senjualso struggled, although ordinary flowers can be eaten, he really didn't know if this can be eaten, and it needs to be kept for later use.
"Well, if you can't eat it, then it's useless," Yuuri said as she handed the rose to Senju, who looked at her and didn't seem to have changed much and asked, "Yuuri, do you feel anything, like you're strong or something?" "
"Huh?" Yuri picked up a piece of steel next to her and tried it, and after a while she threw it to the side, and the ground next to it also shook, "No, it's still the same." "
"... Really?" Senju looked at the debris next to him, a little speechless, that should be thirty or forty kilograms.
(T/L: Sheesh)
"It's a mess here," Yuuri said with a sigh of relief, looking at the hole that had just appeared, "and the fish will be saved." "
["It's okay, the facilities here are just a little damaged, and they can still be maintained,"] the autonomous machine reassured
"Well, that's great, you can rebuild it here, and then start with... What was it again?" Yuuri trailed off, seemingly forgetting what she wanted to say.
Chito, standing next to her, understood and filled in the word for her. "It's evolution."
"Yes, that's it," Yuuri remembered.
However, there was a dilemma in the answer of the autonomous machine, "It's very difficult, my strength alone can only deal with things like water leakage, after all, I only have the function of maintenance."
"Hey," Yuuri was a little angry, and Chito understood from the side, "Probably there is a limit to evolution, this city has been greatly damaged, and the people on this level have disappeared one by one, if there is no reconstruction after the destruction, it will only be the end." "
"We still can't figure out the evolution of things, and we don't know where the limit is, but I hope these repaired machines can help you," Senju placed five autonomous machines next to him, and then placed a pressure plate next to them.
After placing four around and one on top, all five gradually stood up, and the six self-discipline machines thanked Senju after a moment.
"No need, that's it, we're going to leave too," The three of them discussed it for a while, and decided to leave now to continue their journey, "I hope you and the fish can live a long time."
["I hope so too, I hope everyone is healthy,"] Came out of one of the several autonomous machines, and looking at its appearance, everyone recognized that it was the old autonomous machine that had always accompanied them.
"That's empathy," Yuuri realized.
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And then I disappear once again, till then, whenever that is...