As we passed, the people would stop working and then give us a brief look, but then their eyes would snap open wide in shock when they saw me. Each one of them put down whatever they were working on and started to follow us deeper and lower. Each area was bigger than the rest, and it was almost like it was a box in a box kind of thing in a row, but they all had small doors.
It was really weird the way no one made a noise, and there was a clear space between every pair of male and females. On top of that, each pair stood two meters apart. It was depressing, and I really hoped this was something that could be explained and not told to me. I was having a hard time keeping my cool composure, but I took a deep breath as I entered what seemed to be the last and largest cave.
As I walked, there were cracks everywhere in the ceiling that had let in light, but in this massive room, there were no cracks. Instead, there were large crystals growing from the roof. They gave off a weird pink light that was warm, and that worried me a bit. After waiting, it seemed to have no adverse effects, so I kept going; Mikota let out a soft moan of contentment from the light hitting her skin.
Ahead of me there was a raised slate stage and three older and large looking Gialazsaur, but not nearly as big as the ones I had fought. These were all men, and they looked straight forward, but it was too early to say anything.
"Welcome, we do not get visitors, ever. Why are you here? The reason you came? Are they the same as this?" The first man with dark red skin and hazard orange stripes asked, while gesturing to carved writing on the walls.
Interesting, I looked to where he pointed, but I was intrigued by his directness. I looked at an image burned into the wall, it had to be burned, the letters were too perfect, and I was pretty sure I knew who left it.
"Whatever you do, don't react or talk to me, just keep looking ahead and send me thoughts if you need to. I did leave the message for you, but you were supposed to find this before they did. It is just a sign asking you to save the Gialazsaur form getting found by the humans and...a way to get to them."
I kept looking forward, and nodded my head to the dark red Gialazsaur. I knew what they were going to ask next, and there was a good chance that it was going to be impossible. Oh I was going to get my leader spot alright, but then I was going to be asked…
"Then we would like you to lead us all back home to get to the lost ones to return them to us!"
'You just told me that I didn't need to go down there!'
"And nothing has changed, these elders are just convinced because of something that happened a long time ago. You need to change their minds and show them how to live again. There is nothing evil going on here, It's just sad," Gripton said with a long sigh.
Chapter 268: Dav
[Day 1/1825 on The Godless Green Earth A.I World]
"Why do you think that I am supposed to take you to this place? You can see what the carving says, can't you? I was meant to protect you and I am here late, very late. I will not try to make excuses, you have all suffered a great deal, but I will not take you down to the pillar of souls."
The crowd erupted in shouts, all directed at me. Not what I wanted, but these were straightforward people, not monsters. They needed me to be direct, but for people that had been so quiet, it was pretty intense. I let them get it out, but I kept my eyes locked with the speech and walked up to the slate stage. The voices stopped as I stepped onto the stage, but the man in red and the other two men did not move.
They both had dark green skin, but I was only looking at the one with dark red skin.
"Why are there so few of you? Why are your people so separated? Why do you not Breed?"
"You speak as if you know, but I know you have just arrived. You were different before, but then you killed...The Devolved, then you changed. If you are him and you have come with a way, then I must know. Please put your she down and let me read your memories. My name is Jit and these are Giu and Ped, we are the Watchers."
Giu was the one on the left with white stripes, Ped's were a light green. I nodded and then pulled Mikota up to my face and kissed her. Then I put her down and looked at Jit, I don't know what kind of power this Gialazsaur has, but this might be more than he bargained for.
"Come and take a look then," I said, putting my hands out to the side to show I had nothing to use against him, but he put my arms down when he came over.
"I know you will not hurt me," Jit said in a low voice. "I can see thoughts and look through a person's entire lifetime."
"How long does it take for, say fifty years?"
"What?" Jit asked, stepping back and raising a dark red eyebrow.
"How long does it take for you to get through a person's life?"
"A short bit, why?"
"Then let's sit down, we will be here for a bit," I said while sitting down and not waiting for him.
"If you insist, but it will not be that long," Jit said, sitting down in front of me.
"How does this work? Can you leave at any time or do you have to watch the whole thing?"
"No, I must experience it as you did but in fast forward, but I am still conscious, so I will ask you some questions. I will place my head on your head now and begin," Jit said, reaching forward, and placing a hand on each one of my shoulders, and then leaning into me and connecting foreheads.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Jit screamed into my face for five minutes straight, I counted, because I was glued in place like a statue. When it was over, Jit pulled back and scurried back across the floor in fear. There was a wild look in his eyes, and I knew why.
"What are you?!" Jit tried to yell it at me but it just came out dry and horse.
"Old. Now, do you believe that I am Dave?"
"So much, so fast. Lifetime after lifetime, and you can remember them all! The blocked ones are the brightest and there was only one that was blocked, but not even I could see that. Yes, I do believe, but there is more to this. We do not breed because then the humans can find us!" Jit said with a new and more resolute and not as steely, walking back up to me.
Jit had crawled back up, and now he weirdly offered me his arm. It was like he was trying to push open a door without using his hand, using the back of his forearm. It only took me a split second of digging in my mind and I found it. I reached around and grabbed his elbow and pulled him in for a hug, but I caught him off guard. I ended up pulling him into me, almost toppling the two of us like a pair of cows tripping over our own feet.
I guess it was just the arm clasp then, no homie hug, too soon. Mikota was laughing at the two of us and it was like a slow clap. She had such a beautiful voice and a cute laugh, and the sound of it caught on like wildfire.
Soon, the chamber was filled with hollering and ruckus laughter echoing all around. Both of us smiled after we separated from the near tipping, but the laughter carried on a lot longer than it should have. Then it stopped, and everyone was quiet, and I watched as people looked back and forth from each other.
"It's alright, you can laugh and cry, whatever it takes, JUST LET IT ALL OUT! We all have to move past this block. We don't need to go back, we just have to make this world our home. None of this is going to be easy, I still don't understand half of what I need to know, but I will learn it!" I shouted out to the people and then turned back to Jit, who had his hand out.
"This won't be nearly as traumatic as what I saw, but it is easier to show you than tell you. Dave, I name you Dav and now I have ended my watch," Jit said, placing his hand on my chest, pushing me out of my body.
I fell into the darkness of eternity once more, and a familiar voice spoke to me again.
"Welcome back, Dave," Julia said.
Chapter 269: Eye Of God
[Day 1/1825 in Limbo- Eye Of God A.I. World]
"Fancy seeing...feeling you hear. I thought I was going to be going through some memories?"
I was floating in nothingness, but I could still feel Julia. Jit's hand had pushed me out of my body, and that was a new experience. Thoug
h I was back here again, there must be some kind of connection.
"You will be, but I will be your guide. There are things you need to see and others that aren't as important, but still will help you understand your people more," Julia explained to me.
"Okay, then what is this place you keep bringing me to?"
"This is one of the A.I. worlds called the Eye Of God. I control it and all the memories that you experience in the game, but now that you are no longer in Reborn, I can interact with you on a more personal level."
Suddenly, I was standing in a forest, but there was something wrong, or different about them. The bark was a soft and dark green while all the foliage was different shades of blue. The next thing I noticed was the blue light coming from above, which was very strange because it covered the sky, but it wasn't brutal to look at.
"This world Blank created was quite amazing, wasn't it?" Julia asked from beside me.
I looked over to find a woman a bit shorter than me with blonde hair and blue eyes. Julia was very pretty, but I didn't need to start adding A.I. to my to-do list. She was wearing a white gown that went down to her knees.
"So this is where the Gialazsaur lived before this? Before the Worldbreakers, messed it all up?"
"Yes, The paradise that Blank had created, but this is also…"
But I could already feel the tremors, and the ground was shaking below me. I heard voices crying out in the distance, and I looked at Julia, but she shook her head.
"This is just a memory, you can only watch to see what happens, come we shall take a different look."
"No, let's go to the next part, I don't need to see this."
I was not going to watch the world be pulled apart and all these people dying. This was not beneficial to me in helping these people.
Suddenly, I was climbing with other Gialazsaur up through cracks in the ground. Many were injured and they were all covered in dirt and mud, but they all kept climbing. This must have been how they got out, but what would happen if they...but my thoughts were cut off as the tunnel collapsed and everyone was killed.
"There were less than ten thousand that survived the climb to the surface, but when they got there, the trouble had only just started," Julia explained.
I was shifted to another scene but this time I was in a building that was some kind of lab, and there were tables…
"Take me from here now," I ordered Julia.
Humans were dissecting the Gialazsaur on the table, but Julia hadn't shifted us yet. I was about to yell at her when a door opened, and I stopped. Two guards were walking with a female Gialazsaur, and they had her in cuffs, but she saw the others on the table. Breaking away from the guards, The female threw herself at the glass, screaming one name over and over.
"JIT!"
Then something started to happen to the female. Like Mikota, she had white skin, but pink stripes and they were beginning to glow, and so were her eyes, The guards tried to use a taser on her, but her skin was starting to get red, I knew what was about to happen, but I had never seen it.
I quickly looked over to find a man with red skin lying on one of the tables. Yes, that was the same Jit that had just pushed me out of my body, but he was much younger. I looked back to the woman that must have been Jit's she, and she was starting to glow red intensely. Then she started to expand into the geometrically shaped creature I had fought before.
Then, I was standing in the rubble of the destroyed building and Jit stood in front of me, and I quickly looked behind me to find some injured Gialazsaur. Turning back, I could see Jit standing with his arms out to the side, screaming for the monster to stop.
"Gji! Stop! We are your friends! It's me Jit!" He screamed with tears running down his face.
The massive Gialazsaur looked as though it was going to attack one of its own, but then bullets started to fire at Gji. She left Jit and the others, bounding after the humans that were having no effect on her. The rest of the group started to run, but Jit fell to his knees weeping. Then I was inside a cave-like the one I had been pushed out of before coming here.
Now I was starting to understand, but I had some questions.
"Julia, how old is Jit?"
"347."
"Are they supposed to be able to die?"
"No, not of old age or disease, but the same is applied from the game worlds. Gripton still made it so they could die if foolish, but none of us saw this coming. Then, when we did, it didn't matter, we could do nothing to help. I have been able to program A.I. with Systems before like we did for most of the Zodiac worlds. We used them on the BBEGs that we designed, like the Game Masters and Gods, but these A.I. are still at the learning stage and cannot be touched by anyone but you, because you are the only player intended for this game. As they are, they are easily influenced, and have trouble making decisions on their own."
"I can see that, they all seem to rely on each other to decide if what they are doing is right," I said thinking about it.
"You're right, and that is what was stopping them from moving off this world. They lack complete free will, they still need to reference themselves to others like them. You need to help them become more individual," Julia explained to me.
"I need to help A.I. have more personality?"
"And you need to do it before they can mate," Julia said with a grin.
"Wait, what? And why is that funny?"
Chapter 270: Galaxsor Techknowledge
[Day 1/1825 in Limbo- Eye Of God A.I. World]
Julia was laughing now, and it was a sweet and beautiful sound, but I was still confused about what was so funny. I was really surprised to see her act so human, but that was the point of all of this, to make the A.I. no different than us. Still, there was something I was missing here and it was hilarious, according to Julia.
When she calmed down she had somehow got a lot closer to me, and now she was wiping her face on my bare chest. I was not sure what to do here; my arms were begging me to let them circle around. Something was there, a feeling, a memory, but then it was gone. It was like I was trying to think about…
"I am not her, but you don't feel this way about her. What you feel can only be felt here, in the Eye Of God."
"What am I feeling? No, wait."
I wrapped my arms around her and I got the strangest feeling. It was like remembering someone but in reverse. It was knowing her in the future, but that made little to no sense at all. You could predict the future if you could calculate the moving parts, but you couldn't know the future.
"Here it is, in the Eye Of God. Gripton designed this place to be able to hold all events of Reborn and the A.I. worlds. all the memories that had ever happened in the game, but I do not control those thoughts, The God System does."
"And this is? Just how many projects did he do under my nose? No, wait, that's not fair. I remember he had tried to show me all these worlds numerous times. I had always been too busy getting everything ready to come to the game. I had left everything up to him so I shouldn't be bad talking him like that."
"The God System is a group of over ten thousand Basic A.I. That constantly goes over every event and files them and then sends them out as requested. You call this the Memory Download."
"That makes sense, but I still don't understand this feeling? I know we'll be together one day," I said, putting my hand to the back of her head, pulling her into my chest.
"But not in this world, but I will wait for you. It's something to do with the A.I. constantly moving and calculating memories, I don't know exactly what it is," Julia told me.
"So, back to the main topic at hand. What was so, funny?"
"Oh, yes, first I will explain why personalities are so important before mating! First, It takes about one-hundred years for a born A.I. to mature to the point where they can start learning to be independent. This happens if it is an original program or one born from dependent A.I."
"Ah, okay, that makes a lot more sense! Now, enough beating around the bush!"
; "Yes, I will tell you...but can we stand here for a little bit longer? You will leave after I tell you and we won't see each other again for a long time."
And that's what we did; we just stood there, with her wrapped in my arms. The feeling was almost a discomfort, the way I just knew that one day I would find her again. It wasn't like Tequila, that was a love that stretched forever in my mind, this was like holding a part of my destiny in my arms.
We stood and got lost in the moment, but then we both knew it was time to go. We would have time, just not yet. I let go, and Julia pulled apart from me smiling. She was really beautiful, with crystal blue eyes and a warm and inviting smile.
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