Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

With the mentality of having to hide all these emotions, he observed the top floor of the narrow building.

What will the top floor of the narrow building look like?

There are some pictures in Xu Beijin's memory, just a few.They were messy, fragmented memories, like the random glimpses of someone opening their eyes in half-dream.

He has been here before.

No, it should be said that he used to belong here too.

It was utterly, utterly empty and deserted.There is no one here.There are rumors that the taskers can leave the narrow building when they come to the top floor of the narrow building.But obviously, there is no one here now.

But there is something here too.

It was a humanoid thing, just standing there.

When it closed its eyes, it really looked like a human being, but when it opened its eyes, the numbers and letters flickering in those dark eyes showed that it was not a real human being.

It just uses this human-like shell.

The appearance of this shell is somewhat similar to Xu Beijin.

Xu Beijin looked at it quietly, and the disgust, revulsion and complexity flashed across his eyes.He didn't speak, and was deadlocked with this "person".

In the end, the other party spoke first.

"I know why you came here."

Xu Beijin took a deep breath.He realized that an inevitable revulsion rose when he saw this guy.

It was an instinct that came from—from, the fear that was close to death.

He closed his eyes slightly, thinking of Ringo who was still in the border of the narrow building, thinking of the taskers waiting for him in the narrow building, and thinking of more, the taskers and the residents of the narrow building who were waiting for the ultimate nightmare .

So he finally said: "NE."

This is NE.The artificial intelligence that manages this game.The mastermind of the narrow building.

It really does look like a human being.

At least, when it was slowly walking towards Xu Beijin like a human being, it was indeed so.

But its rigid movements, and the inflexible twisting of its joints, all show that it rarely moves like a human.

Xu Bei thought for a long time, and finally chose a more gentle topic: "I didn't expect you to use the appearance of a human being."

"I watch humans," NE said. "I always watch them—you."

He corrected himself.

Xu Beijin was silent for a moment.

Then he couldn't bear the homely atmosphere with NE anymore.He wished he could leave this ghost place immediately.

This one—empty, silent, filled with warm white light but nothing else, the top floor of a narrow building.

Xu Beijin said: "Let's get to the point. Now that you know why I came here..."

"I've been observing you during this period, and..." NE said to himself, "The one in the border, your..."

It hesitated for a moment, not quite understanding what the proper definition of this relationship would be in human language.

Xu Bei stared at NE all the time.

Finally, NE said: "Lover?"

Xu Beijin suddenly sneered: "I don't know when you became interested in human emotions."

NE seemed to want to say something, but it finally gave up.

This state of hesitation is not suitable for an artificial intelligence.

Xu Beijin once again confirmed that something has indeed changed in NE.

But what can change an artificial intelligence?

Xu Bei stared at NE.That face, which was somewhat similar to his own, made him feel a little angry and disgusted.

But he suppressed his emotions.He told himself that you are not standing here to lose your temper with this damn artificial intelligence.You are here to save—to save Ringo, and those humans.

So even though his heart was boiling with emotions and all kinds of thoughts overflowed, Xu Beijin still remained expressionless, silently waiting for NE's answer with a calmness beyond his own imagination.

He thought that he had been suppressed and silent for a long time, and it was not hard to endure just for a short while now.

Although his teeth were clenched and his breath was heavy, with a deep pain that even he didn't expect.

But he thought, Ringo was waiting for him.In that dark, closed, terrifying place, waiting for him.

And NE's electronic eyes looked at him quietly.

It should have been a pair of well-shaped, beautiful eyes.It can be seen that even when NE constructed his own human body, he subconsciously referred to human aesthetics.

But the gibberish-like data that kept flashing in those dark eyes destroyed this beauty, and instead created a kind of fear.It is not human, but it uses the appearance of human beings.

uncanny valley.

Xu Bei recited these three words silently in his heart.

He seemed to have thought of something, so he half closed his eyes, showing a little tiredness.

He curled his fingers subconsciously, as if trying to hold a can of drink or something—Ringo's hand, he thought.

But nothing.There was only the icy air on the top floor of the narrow building, and the almost condensed inorganic indifference from NE.

NE said: "I don't understand why you would be willing to...help humans like this."

Xu Beijin sighed, and said, "I am a human being."

"You are not."

"At least I think so." Xu Beijin raised his eyes, "Compared to artificial intelligence, I have a more sense of being a human being."