I was expelled from school at the beginning, but luckily I am the king of endurance.

"All of Eridu's systems... have been hacked. No, this isn't a simple hack. The entire city is being transformed into something."

Liyin, who was being pointed at by Xiaoya with a gun, was frantically operating something on her tablet, but errors popped up one after another. Soon, even the error reporting programs disappeared because they were also hacked.

"What's going on? Hey, quickly pull the cables off Alice!"

The sudden change made Xiaotao think that the halo-destroying machine was about to start, but then Alice's voice rang out.

"I don't recommend that." Alice opened her eyes, her eye sockets, which should have shone a deep blue, now glowed the same purple light as the outside. "The Princess's superficial personality has been isolated and stored deep within the database. Forcibly disconnecting it would likely cause irreparable damage."

No, (three) (two) Emu 9 Alice, Xiaoya remembered the control AI she and Futaba saw when they revisited the ruins.

"key?"

"I am the executor left behind by the nameless priests to assist the princess in fulfilling her existential obligations, and I am also the key to her soon-to-be-crowned throne." The AI ​​occupying Alice's machine, Qidusan Ming 4 Jiu (Seven) 3 Tera Tsukiyi, spoke, "My object's name is 'Key'.

"All obstacles have been resolved. Now we begin the process of correcting the princess's path.

"It has been confirmed that the available resources in the fortress city of Eridu are 1 exabytes.

"Initiate ATRAHASIS protocol now."

In the Tower Square, when she was calculating Hoshino's next move, she suddenly stopped. She received an error report from the Abishu system. The huge computing power was suddenly disconnected and the calculation program automatically terminated.

Of course Hoshino would seize such a good opportunity. With a "bang", Shi was knocked away by Hoshino's shield.

But Hoshino and Nilu did not continue to attack. They just looked up at the top of the tower, where a purple light was emitting.

......

"Atrahasis?!"

When the teacher heard the name of the protocol activated by the key, he immediately recalled the ancient Babylonian myth of the destruction of the world. If the name of this protocol has a metaphor, then it means that those unknown priests want to destroy the world and then reproduce in this world as survivors, just like in the myth?

What a crazy move! Xiaoya finally came to her senses. It turned out that from the G.Bible at the beginning to "Alice" hurting Xiaotao, everything was caused by this key that had deceived everyone.

"To ensure system security, followers are now being called."

As the sound of the key rang out, many spherical robots appeared everywhere in Eridu for no reason. If Xiaoya hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought that Eridu had hidden a robot production factory.

But...it's really scary to see a spherical robot appear out of nowhere in front of you.

"If it's not for me, why are you here?"

He casually fired a shot and smashed the spherical robot that appeared out of thin air in front of him, and Xiaoya quickly retreated to protect the teacher.

Apparently, Xiaoya was not the only one doing this. By the time the teacher realized what was happening, he was surrounded by students.

C&C, Abydos, and Xiaoya immediately realized that this ability to deploy troops out of thin air regardless of space was most suitable for decapitation operations.

"Is that so? I... built Eridu out of fear for Kivotos' demise. I concentrated all the technology, strength, energy, and resources I could mobilize for the millennium here... But because of this, Eridu became the fuse for Kivotos' demise?"

Liyin fell to the ground, her eyes full of disbelief. All her hard work ended up giving the enemy a rope to hang herself. She felt that the creed she had held since childhood was shattering.

"The resources needed to build the Ark are being acquired..."

In the control room on the top floor of the tower, a steady stream of spherical robots are emerging. Amidst the constant firing, Xiaoya also noticed some clues.

These spherical robots did not appear out of thin air. Before they appeared, there was a brief moment of something like garbled data, as if these data made up them.

Is this a game or reality? After discovering this, Xiaoya was once skeptical. Why did her youth college story suddenly turn into a science fiction style?

"It's my fault... It's all my fault... If I hadn't built this city, it wouldn't be..."

"Lin, I remember you asked me about the trolley problem, right?" the teacher interrupted. Amidst the gunfire, he showed no fear, even though any bullet could kill him. "Now I'm telling you, no one needs to be sacrificed. All we need is reasonable communication to stop the trolley."

“But, there is no such option…”

The teacher ignored it. He trusted his students. For example, now, if they wanted to stop Key, they just needed to...

"Progress in acquiring the resources needed for the Ark... Hmm?"

"Noah, now, turn off the power!"

In an instant, the entire Erito was plunged into darkness, and the spherical robots that kept emerging stopped their reinforcements as if the pause button had been pressed. The few robots on the scene were quickly wiped out by the crowd.

Now, the plan to rescue Alice is not over yet.

Labor Union? Millennium!: Chapter 54: The Ingenious Calculation of Miss Himari

Electricity is a widely used energy source in modern society.

In Kivotos, electricity is almost free energy, and few students or citizens today still remember the concept of "electricity bills."

Fusion power plants located throughout Kivotos provide nearly unlimited electricity to all of Kivotos at all times.

Of course, where there was electricity, there had to be transmission lines, and as it happened, the seminar had control of the entire Millennium circuit.

Now the communication network in Eridu has been cut off, but the teacher's tablet has a high-performance AI called Alona. This time, Alona did not cheat the teacher. By calling the satellite authority of the Federal Student Union, the teacher can directly contact the outside world.

"Everyone looks alright... Sorry, teacher, but we got here just in time this time, didn't we?"

The teacher's tablet projected the shadows of Yuuka and Noah.

"That's just in time, Yuuka!" the teacher replied with a smile.

"Hehe, I originally wanted to quit after telling everyone about the Eridu structure diagram, but Yuuka-chan said that just that wasn't enough. We should help people to the end."

"Ahem, that's nothing. Let's talk about you, President!" Yuuka suddenly raised her voice, and Liyin, who had slumped to the ground, subconsciously looked up. "You actually embezzled seminar funds to build this kind of city without permission. I will definitely teach you a lesson later! Please be prepared!"

Liyin didn't answer, but from the look on her face she seemed to agree.

The unexpected support lifted everyone's spirits. Now that the power was cut off, Key couldn't deploy troops out of thin air. So now, all they had to do was capture her.

"An error has occurred in the resource acquisition process. An emergency has occurred. All followers must immediately gather at the Eridu Central Tower to protect the protocol executors..."

Although there are no enemies in the tower, a large number of spherical robots have been gathered in various places in Erido. Now, under the command of Key, the first wave of assembled spherical robots have begun to attack the tower.

But the tower is still safe for now, and Hoshino, Nel and others are still in the tower square.

"Unexpected intruder? That's impossible. There are zero remaining troops in the city. A logical error has occurred. Confirm the scene."

Key frowned, and then the scene in the square appeared on the display screen in the high tower command room, which was still running on the backup power supply.

When using the Abishu system, Nel and Hoshino going in and out of the pile of robots... these were all within Key's expectations, but what the hell was that large robot that was so ugly?

"Ah! That's..."

"It's Vanguard-kun!"

Xiaotao and Xiaolu both exclaimed in surprise. At this moment, the Vanguard-kun had been completely transformed. Not only was it painted with the engineering department's paint, but it was also equipped with many strange weapons, making the Vanguard-kun's originally abstract appearance even more bizarre.

Of course, the Vanguard did not come alone. Three masters from the engineering department were also riding on the rear of its chassis.

"We caught a suspicious sign in advance! The Millennium Engineering Department is resurrected!"

Kotori shouted excitedly as Vanguard-kun slammed into the pile of spherical robots, knocking over a large number of enemies.

"Vanguard-Space Battleship Specialized Version MK2, forward!"

Looking at the chaos on the screen, Xiaoya couldn't help but sigh that this Qianweijun was so tasteless in both appearance and name!

"But these weapons look very interesting!"

Eri's eyes lit up. Putting aside the abstract appearance of the Vanguard, the new weapon installed on it by the engineering department was a genuine space-level weapon, although it had not been verified in the universe.

These weapons are conceptual weapons that she has never seen before at Caesar Military Industry. How can she not be excited?

"Unable to understand. Modify the instructions. Followers must avoid the battle and gather inside the tower."

Key methodically controlled the movements of the spherical robots. Although she no longer had the computing power of Eridu, Alice's own computing power was also very powerful, enough to support her in dispatching each spherical robot.

"Sorry, the entrance to the tower is guarded by Amy. They can't get in."

Unexpected sound, who is the master coming this time?

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Himari. She had found her wheelchair from somewhere and was driving it in from the door.

"Himari? You're not running away..." If we were to say who among the people present was the most surprised by Himari's arrival, it would definitely be Liyin. She saw with her own eyes that the student named Amy took Himari away, and based on her understanding of Himari, a character like Himari who likes to plan everything behind the scenes should not appear here.

"Run away? I'm so sad. You actually said that to me. I had a rough idea of ​​what was going to happen, so I rushed over after leaving the quarantine facility.

"I expected you to cause some serious trouble. After all, you've always been like this."

Himari said with a smile from her wheelchair.

Liyin was speechless. It seemed that ever since the teacher and the others broke into Eridu, everything seemed to be developing in a direction beyond her expectations.

"So this is the 'key'? The trigger AI used to activate the mysterious ancient artifact of the nameless priest." Himari had already driven the wheelchair past Li Yin and came to the room where Alice was previously imprisoned.

It had been so long since the teacher came to Kivotos and started planning, but this was the first time she had seen Key in real life.

"Confirmed, high-threat target, needs to be eliminated."

Key, who was connected to a large number of lines, stared at Himari. Of course, she knew Himari. When she browsed the Millennium database in the Millennium, Key had classified this omniscient scholar as a high-threat target.

"Haha, this is very interesting indeed. If we let this continue, Alice's personality will be completely replaced by Key. Then, the wishes of the nameless priests will come true, and the [Princess of the Nameless Gods] will fully awaken." Himari completely ignored Key's harmless threat.

After all, what Key said was true. If the line connected to Alice was removed rashly, Alice's AI model would suffer irreversible damage, and Key did not want this to happen.

The key now occupies Alice's body, but it is like a tiger with its teeth pulled out and its nails trimmed. It has all the power but cannot use it.

"Well, well...Himari-senpai, Alice..."

"But there is still a way to stop it." Himari said with a smile. She didn't look nervous at all, which made Yuzu and the others feel like they were on a roller coaster.

The teacher had carefully stepped over the cables all over the floor and came to Key's side, waiting for what Hinami would say.

“Well, although everyone has worked very hard, we must hurry before the nameless priest arrives.

"Xiao Tao, take out the little gadget that Utahara gave you."

Workers' Union? Millennium!: Chapter 55: Li Yin escapes

"it is this?"

Xiaotao took out a small object from her pocket. It was a small USB flash drive.

"Yes, that's it."

Himari took it. This was the result of the engineering department's recent research on Alice's body. It was equipped with a program cracking software designed by Himari based on the "Mirror" program architecture and Alice's underlying code for the ancient Kivotos.

"That's all it takes..." Himari inserted the USB drive into the console in the command room, and a pop-up window appeared on the display.

Everyone watched as Himari quickly pulled up the keyboard, her hands flying, much like how Yuzu played games when she was concentrating.

"Okay, that's it."

After typing the last character, Key's eyes darkened.

"Wow! All the purple light has disappeared!"

Asuna exclaimed as all systems in the Central Tower returned to normal, Noa and Yuuka restored the power supply to Eridu, and now the entire city was lit up.

In the square in front of the tower, Hoshino swatted a bunch of spherical robots away, then stood on guard with a shield. However, the subsequent spherical robots did not continue to surge forward. The purple lines on their bodies dimmed, and then they fell down one by one.

"Hey~ Looks like the teachers have solved the problem. I'm really exhausted."

Stretching, Hoshino's previous fierce aura disappeared, and she returned to her usual lazy look.

"Hey, don't you consider competing with me?"

"Oh, uncle, I'm tired. Why don't you go find the head of the discipline committee of Gehenna?"

It seems that Hoshino was entangled by Nel, and he seemed a little embarrassed when he was still wearing Abishu.

Of course, there are people who think all this is ridiculous, such as Qinxiang the cat.

"Uh, just, that's how it ends? There's no story about any bonds or friendships?"

Qinxiang leaned on the gun, she thought there would be some emotional drama next.

"Haha, this Cat-san is joking. This is reality after all. Things like 'a genius, sickly, beautiful hacker opens Alice's mental space, and then the teacher leads the game development team into Alice's mental space, using their bond and friendship to awaken Alice and defeat Key' only happen in fantasy RPGs."

"I'm not Cat Classmate! And what the hell is this genius sickly pretty girl hacker?"

Himari didn't explain further. She unplugged the USB drive and said, "I've already woken Alice from the deep database, and I've transferred the key to this USB drive. Now I'll leave the rest to you, teachers.

"After all, I'm so busy running around. My body, a genius, sickly, and beautiful hacker girl, can't stand this kind of torture."

......

Watching Himari drive her wheelchair away, although Xiaomei wanted to complain about the strange prefix she gave herself, what was more important now was...

"Alice!"