"The last thing that I need to tell you is that you will have to teach them the passions of love. I am sure you already noticed how separate they are, right?"
"Yes, I caught the girls watching me and Mikota when we were kissing and they looked like they wanted the same thing."
"You need to be careful around them until they have started becoming more individual! If you aren't careful, you could lose half of them," Julia explained.
"Okay, that makes sense. If we start acting like that and then they all will. And I will make lots of incomplete A.I. and that will take too long. I understand, but there is still one thing left, that I don't. The time limit; while five years seems like a long time, why only five years?
Julia was silent, and she was making a weird face.
"What?"
"Gripton set and expiration date on this world…"
"Huh? Like it will just end? And then what?"
"Not just end. No, you know Gripton wouldn't do something that simple. I had tried to convince him at the time that a manual reset was the better choice, but this was before everything went wrong, so it should have been fine," Julia said with a tired looked, the first I had seen from her.
"What is going to happen in five years?" I asked, getting a bit worried.
A game reset was always the best option because it did just that. Only the game would reset and then if you wanted the minds also could be rolled back or kept the same. Now, I was being told that it was a game-ending event, which means the world will have to be rebuilt, but not until after the main reset. No, that was only for Reborn; what happened to the A.I. Worlds?
"In five years, a race of aliens from mars will come and take all the water from the planet and then the core, for Mars. Once the Godless Green Earth is destroyed, so will all the A.I. and hidden files. The aliens are a fully advanced race of fighting robots, but they are actually very small, and they are known as…"
"The Galaxsor Techknowledge, oh this is just great. A race we built to train or annihilate. You know, I am pretty sure that Gripton and I agreed to never use something like this on a world? On the bright side, I know one of them, Professor MTK!"
Chapter 271: What Do You Do For Fun
[Day 2/1825 on The Godless Green Earth A.I World]
I was back in my body, but my eyes were closed. I could feel a warm body pushing down on me, Mikota. There was dirt under me, and the air felt damp like it had just rained. I opened up my eyes and looked around.
Mikota was sleeping on my chest, still wearing my shirt and belt, looking cute while sleeping. I was in a cave that wasn't wide but the ground was soft. After looking around a bit I could see body prints all over the floors and paired, but spaced apart. That's right I still had more to learn, and teach, this was no time to be laying around.
There was a small bar in the top corner of my HUD that displayed what day of how many were left. Good, only a single day had passed, so I still had lots of time, but there were other problems.
Like the massive Gialazsaur that were roaming around; there would have to be some way to take them and get them back to normal. Either that or I would have to send each one back to the Pillar of souls, but there had to be some way to control the evolution. The secret could be that it was because they were incomplete A.I. so they couldn't handle whatever it is that happens?
There was also the little part about making them complete A.I., how was I supposed to do that? I needed to figure out how to make them think for themselves, but it would take guidance, handholding, and a whole bunch of high fives. I needed them to get a good hold of who they were as individuals, and that would start with new names.
I kissed the top of Mikota's head and she writhed on me as she stretched out and yawned. She looked up at me and grinned, then crawled up to kiss me. I wrapped my arms around her and rolled to the side, kissing her back, but then stopping.
"We have to keep this stuff to ourselves or we will end up having a problem, okay?" I asked Mikota, and she nodded in understanding.
"I know, but there is no one here, and you looked good this morning, sue me!"
I kissed her again before getting up and then helped her up as well. I shared another kiss with her, but then we separated and walked out of the cave where we were in a larger area.
Our four captors were the only ones in the area, but there wasn't anything else around. It was just big and open with some cracks above letting light in from the morning. The sun hadn't fully risen yet so the light in the cave wasn't overly bright, But I could see wet spots on the ground, but it wasn't too bad.
"You are awake now! Did you learn what you needed to save our people?" Kaz asked, walking up with the others.
"Not completely, I would like for you guys to show me around and give me a tour of what our people do every day. Before we go, I would like to change your names. Not completely, but something to make you each more unique than the other."
The group gave me strange looks but there were no complaints. They even got into a line and waited for their turn. At least they understood order, that would be helpful later on.
"Okay, Kaz, you will be Kazuya, I think this one suits you, then for your lady, Mia, how does Mila sound?" I asked.
"Kaz-oo-ya...sounds like I am sneezing, but it's not bad. I like it, something that is not like the others," Kazuya said pounding his chest with one hand.
"Mila sounds nice," Mila said with a warm smile.
Good, I think Garry and Tali will be good names for you two, What do you guys think?" I asked the other two as Kazuya and Mila moved to the side.
"Garry, not too bad, but I really like the name Tali, it suits you," Garry said, turning to Tali who started to blush and looked away.
Uh-oh, no let's get them away from flirting for now, but I bet Garry wouldn't have said that a day ago. Looking at him now, he looked a bit embarrassed with himself that he had said those things, but it was good. Now, I just needed to get them back on track.
"This is Mikota, she is my partner, and you know who I am, Dav, or Dave, doesn't matter to me. So, show me how you live each day."
"Sure, we will go up top to the gardens and show you the people that work up there. Then we will come back down and I will show you the different places that we work," Kazuya said, waving everyone forward.
"What about activities? What do you do for fun?" I asked as we headed through another door that led to the big chamber where I had spoken with everyone, but the place was empty now.
"Fun? What do you mean? We have to work every day just to survive. Sometimes the animals are hard to find to hunt, and sometimes the garden doesn't give us enough food. So we must make sure we always have lots of extra for the time when we can not get it for ourselves."
Kazuya explained leading us back out the way we had come, and I finally started to see more people. Some were working on weaving baskets, while others made or fixed tools by hand. There were no fires or fancy tools, just people sitting on the ground working in the ground.
As we walked by these groups I noticed how they would all from time to time look to see how the other person was doing it and then they would go back to their own task. It was the same for all the people, but another thing was how no one talked, but at the same time, what would they even talk about?
Work all day with no play makes for a very boring day, but these people seemed to be fine with it. Not overly joyed about it, but not complaining either or even looking discomforted or bored. They were all set to the task at hand, and now I was starting to understand what Julia had meant by incomplete programs.
After walking through the series of rooms that constantly got smaller, we finally reached the cave entrance, but Kazuya stopped us all, and then we heard a scream.
"Go back, we can't go out! One of the Devolved is attacking!" He said, turning to push us back.
"No, you go back and take Mikota with you. I will go see this one, I need to figure some things out about why they are like this and if there is something I can do t
o help them," I said, but Mikota grabbed my arm.
"No, I am coming with you! I am your guardian, not the other way around!" Mikota said, glaring at me.
"Fine, but I want the rest of you to go inside and make sure everyone is in a safe area, okay?"
"Sure," Garry said, turning to go, but Kazuya was staring at me in shock.
"What are you going to do? They are monsters! You will just be killed like so many others of us!"
"And what about the ones screaming out there? What if they don't make it? I don't have time to talk about this right now, but we will talk more later. For now, just listen to what I said and get everyone safe!"
That got Kazuya turned and running back with Mila, Tali, and Garry. I turned back to Mikota, who jumped up into my arms.
"And you thought you could just leave me behind like that? Come on I want to see what being a guardian means!" Mikota said, pointing forward.
"You don't know what to do?" I asked, a bit shocked.
It was more of a hope that she did and then disappointment when she didn't know.
"How am I supposed to know? How do you make us fly?"
"I just want to do it, I'm not really sure how it works. I guess we'll just have to hope you figure it out when the time comes, hehe," I said, moving out of the cave, and pulling the ground up under me to lift me into the air with Mikota.
I could hear the sounds coming from the south, so I had to turn around and that's when I saw the massive beast chasing down its own kind. Luckily, It hadn't seemed to catch anyone yet, so I started to fly over in that direction.
"Hey, Boxasaurus! Over here! Pick on someone...like me!" I shouted as I tried to catch up with the beast.
It must have heard me because it started to turn, so I slowed down. The evolved Gialazsaur was green with pink stripes and almost twice the size of the ones that I had fought before. This one was looking at me like I was about to be a quick snack! I was no taller than its head, but there had to be a person inside of the beast, but how to find them?
The Gialazsaur got tired of looking at me and started to charge, and I still didn't have a plan. That's when Mikota started to get hot in my arms, and I looked down into bright burning red eyes.
"Put me down, she wants to hurt you."
Chapter 272: Gi and Farms
[Day 2/1825 on The Godless Green Earth A.I World]
I lowered myself down to the ground fast and put down Mikota. She was already changing in my arms, but was that okay?
"Mikota, are you sure about this?" I called out as she started to run forward.
"Trust me, I can control it, but you have to figure out how to get her back!" Mikota said as she transformed into a massive white Gialazsaur.
Mikota and the other Gialazsaur crashed together, but they were not having any effect on each other. The claws and teeth of the two weren't leaving any marks, and that meant that they shouldn't be fighting. I started to float back up into the air, then rushed forward and put my hand on the green geometrical body segment.
[Primal System] Activated!
[Absorb Gi] Activated!
[Guardian Summons] 15% completed!
Energy started to rush inside of me and the massive beast stopped struggling. Mikota let go and also started to change back, but she just started steaming as she shrunk back down. I had to lower myself as the form slowly returned to that of a woman.
The woman threw her arms around me with tear-filled eyes, and I hugged her back. I couldn't imagine how long she was stuck like that, but this was good and it meant that there would be a way to control the forms. The woman had gone quiet and I could feel her weight sinking in my arms.
I looked down at the woman, but she had just passed out. I could see the others that had been being chased starting to run back to us. I turned back around to find Mikota sitting on the ground almost falling asleep herself.
"Are you okay? How did you do that? Gix, go tell Kal, he will want to come and carry her back, but bring her over here and put her down. Go take care of your she, she looks very tired," A man with red skin and Green stripes asked. "I am Gen, and from all of us, thank you."
I walked over and placed the sleeping woman on an open patch of grass, and then turned to go over to Mikota. I scooped my very tired little guardian, and then lifted into the air. The people called out to me, and I told them I would be back, but I still rose and floated higher into the air.
Soon, we were out of sight from the others and I looked down at Mikota with a smile.
"You did really good at being a guardian for your first time!" I said after giving her a long kiss, that she gripped my face for. "How was it?"
"Weird, I was that thing, and I could control it, but it took so much effort to hold it. I don't know how they got stuck like that," Mikota said, putting a finger to her lip thoughtfully.
"I think it might have something to do with being a guardian, but I also think it has something to do with us having sex, and maybe some other stuff. So, really, I have no idea, but what I do know is that we now have a way to save the other partners trapped inside of what they call the Devolved. Now, we just have to make this place start flourishing, and I am starting to get some ideas about how we can do that."
"Oh? You have a master plan?" Mikota asked after a long yawn.
"I don't know, but I think I need to start playing this like an RTS. In a Real-Time-Strategy game, you want to increase economy, production, and tech, so we have a lot of work to do, but I do think that we can do this. We also need to start working on building up an army and defense. Gripton made this world, so I'll just have to trust him. Now I will just wait…"
"Yoo-hoo, Anyone home? Mind if I stop by?" Gripton asked, poking his head out of a cloud about three meters away from me.
"I figured you would be here shortly after hearing your name."
"Oh yes, I have a beeper that goes off in my head every time I hear my name and I go check to see if anyone is talking the mad trash about me!" Gripton said, chuckling to himself.
"Really?"
"NO! I don't give a shit what other people think! They can go piss up a rope! Anyways, I do have one set for you though, it usually goes off if it's something that I can help with. So, what do you think so far? Ready for the good stuff?" Gripton asked.
"Like some way to start building stuff? This is an RTS right, so I should have access to a menu and options?"
"Yes, you already have it but you need to go and collect more Gi from the rampaging Gialazsaur. First command! Farm! That's all for now, bye," Gripton told me and then disappeared again.
Hmm? Farm? But then my screen started flashing red, but the ground was nowhere in sight. I was going to leave, but then I stopped and kissed Mikota since I would have to be less touchy-feely with her once I was down and back with the others.
Mikota pulled my face down to hers and we shared a long and slow kiss. Then, I started to lower us back down to the ground after we finished. And the group of people was still there, but there were more now. I could also see someone leaning over the top of the woman, that must be Kal. The man had brown skin and hair with red stripes, which would mean his eyes were red.
I had noticed right away that all the Gialazsaur had matching hair and skin, plus matching stripes and eyes. I don't think it meant anything other than it is easier to describe them in my head.
I looked away from the group and tried to use the Farm command again. This time it worked and I could see a virtual outline of a hill with a door and a fenced-in garden. I was able to move it around with my mind and turn it. I decided on a place at the edge of the landscape, there was a large cliff on the other side, but I wasn't too worried about it. Sometimes you just had to trust in game logic!
After placing the farm, the people jumped and turned to see what had happened. Then they started to file over there and picked up tools to start digging up the land and building the fence. This was good, that meant that I would just have to place the places and they would build them. Now, this was
more like it!
I tried to use another farm, but I got a red flash and a warning message.
[34 Gi of 150 Gi] Required to build this building!
So I had to collect Gi, but there had to be more ways to get it than hunting down Devolved Gialazsaur, right? It was going to take eight hours according to the timer running over the project. So, that meant I would have time to go looking for more women to save, but Mikota was still sleeping in my arms.
Maybe I would go see the others first, Kazuya must have come back to the tunnel entrance by now. Maybe he and the others now, so I decided to fly over. The group that I had saved now were all working at the farm, so I figured that I could leave them to the task. Maybe with the new system, I could get everyone special jobs and that might help, but I still have a long way to go yet.
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