Chapter 391 Aroshia, Grade A Chain Mission 2 (1/2)
The slave market was being rebuilt. Han Xiao showed his identity to the construction team and entered the underground corridor successfully. He came to the cell that Aroshia had once been in, looked around, knocked here and there, and did not find anything unusual.
Floating Dragon had searched the cell long before him, and they did not find anything either.
Aroshia stood outside the door and watched. She suddenly asked, ”Why do you want to bring me away?”
Han Xiao paused for a moment. He definitely could not say that it was a mission requirement, so he said, ”I'm very curious about you.”
”Curious…” Aroshia mumbled. ”What is that?”
”Curiosity is the desire for knowledge. For example, when a normal person loses their memory, they want to know who they were before. This is a type of desire.”
”Desire… I don't seem to have this sort of thing. Is that special?”
”Er, usually, those without desires are artificial intelligence, and not needing to consume or excrete is a characteristic of energy life forms.” Han Xiao sized Aroshia up and said, ”But you're neither of them. You just don't have the basic physical needs, you might not have no desire at all. Don't you have anything you want?”
Aroshia thought carefully and said, ”I don't think so.”
”Are you sure? Since you asked me a question, that's the curiosity of wanting to know what 'desire' is,” Han Xiao said. ”Desire is the sign of life, a feeling that makes people realize their existence. It can also be said that it's the motive for every action a life form takes. Therefore, a life form like you seems very unique.”
Aroshia tilted her head, pondered, and said, ”Is the reason for you teaching me how to use the energy inside my body also your own desire?”
”I want you to be stronger and become a help to me,” Han Xiao said honestly. He had figured out a few ways to communicate with Aroshia. There was no need to pretend—he just had to be straightforward and express his motive.
As always, Aroshia still had a carefree attitude. ”I won't die, so what's the point of becoming stronger. Strong or weak, it's all meaningless. Or I should say, existence itself is meaningless.”
Han Xiao thought about it and said, ”But if you die, your memory will be reset. You'll forget about this short-term memory. The 'you' after reviving might not be who 'you' are now. Once you revive, you'll start from the beginning again, thinking the same things you have been thinking, wasting the same time you have already wasted, only to end up in the same place you are now. Becoming stronger will help you to avoid reviving, preventing yourself to be killed by others or disasters.”
Han Xiao paused and said, ”And about meaning… You don't need food and excretion to maintain your life, so you can't feel existence. If your mind is blank, a day or even a year will feel like an instant. Hence, why not find something to do and give meaning to your life?”
”I see…” Aroshia mumbled a while, nodded, and said, ”Thank you, talking with you is very pleasant. No one had ever said this much to me.”
In the past three years, the others only had two impression of her—A Space Wonder or a slave that did not run away. Never was there someone that communicated with her like she was a normal individual.
”Don't mention it, it's just chitchat.”
There was no clue in the prison cell. Han Xiao could only stop and casually chat with Aroshia, waiting for the time limit to arrive and see what would actually happen.
Seconds and minutes passed. As the last minute ended, the change happened.
Aroshia was still standing outside the door—she did not return to the cell. She took a few steps backward, then looked down on her body. Nothing unusual happened. Then she backed off further and further.
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[Visitor From Afar] Completed
You have received 1,800,000 Experience.
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Han Xiao was so surprised her eyebrows almost raised uncontrollably.
He hardly did anything at all, yet a Space Wonder that even the Floating Dragon could not resolve was gone just like that. There was definitely more to it! Han Xiao recalled that this mission had an unknown reward. He looked at the interface and realized that this reward turned out to be a new mission.
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You Have Triggered Grade A Hidden Chain Mission, [Reboot]
Mission Introduction: Aroshia is a unique life form. An enormous secret lies within her. Bring her alongside you, and one day, this secret will find you.
Reminder: This is a Chain Mission. The next mission will only be unlocked once the previous one is completed.
First Round: Teach Aroshia. Help her to awaken her power, control the energy inside her body, and reach Grade B
Reward: 5,200,000 Experience, 1 x Random Reward, +5 Risda Favorability
Failure Condition: Aroshia dead
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