3 3 301 DialogEnable Lustrous always returns to her room on time after a day of work.
4 4 301 The rooms in the base are designed like a beehive.
5 5 301 Looking up from the corridor, Lustrous sees two "cliffs" full of shiny blocks, like frost flowers on giant glass.
6 6 301 Every block is either a lab or a research room. Many people in white lab coats walk on the corridors, looking no different from worker bees without wings.
7 7 301 Tens of thousands of drones hum around them, taking care of everything in the base under the management of the logistics department.
8 8 301 They flow through the corridors, vents and electric cables to perform cleaning and maintenance, so the researchers can focus on the zero-point reactor.
9 9 301 The blinking signals of servers in the server room form a brilliant sea. The tall server cabinets look like solemn monuments, making the people working among them look like dust.
10 10 301 The researchers only care about their studies.
11 11 301 No matter where Lustrous goes, she can only hear discussions about physics and mathematics. The base is overflowed with a language formed by parameters, variables and equations.
12 12 301 But now there is a small variable.
13 13 301 Right, that foolish young human.
14 14 301 With a poker face, Lustrous walks up to the girl wandering in front of her door.
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17 17 301 1 Lustrous What are you doing? 2
18 18 301 Lamia Oops—ah, ma'am! 1
19 19 301 Lustrous Who allows you to come over here? 2
20 20 301 Lamia N-no one. Did I make you angry? 1
21 21 301 Lustrous Not yet. Are you looking for me? 2
22 22 301 Lamia Y-yes... 1
23 23 301 Lustrous Speak. You have a minute. 2
24 24 301 Lamia Um, huh? Speak... what? 1
25 25 301 Lustrous Why did you come here, and why were you looking for me. You have 50 seconds left. 2
26 26 204 1
27 27 301 Lamia The uncles at the medical department said you were the most powerful and smartest person in the base— 1
28 28 301 Lustrous The first description is true. The second, maybe. You have 40 seconds left. 2
29 29 301 Lamia S-so I want to ask you a question, because they didn't want to answer me— 1
30 30 301 Lustrous Ask. 35 seconds. 2
31 31 204 1 19
32 32 301 Lamia ...But I am scared. Will it make people upset? That's why everybody didn't want to tell me— 1
33 33 301 Lustrous It's not up to you to decide other people's reaction to your question. 28 seconds. 2
34 34 301 Lamia ... 1
35 35 301 Lustrous 20. 2
36 36 204 1
37 37 301 Lamia What is a "mother"? 1
38 38 204 2 3
39 39 301 Lustrous ... 2
40 40 204 1 19
41 41 301 Lamia Ma'am? 1
42 42 301 Lamia Did I make you angry? 1
43 43 204 2 4
44 44 301 Lustrous No, but I was a bit upset at the medical department people. 2
45 45 204 1
46 46 301 Lamia Why?! The uncles over there are all very nice. Please don't blame them. 1
47 47 301 Lustrous It's not up to you to decide. I was upset because they tried to cover up a trivial matter, which made me have to explain to you in person. 2
51 51 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Lamia You have so many books here. It's different from all the places I have seen. 1
52 52 301 Lustrous That's none of your business. Come here. 2
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54 54 301 Lustrous turns on the computer and opens the file of Lybia.
55 55 301 Lustrous This is your mother. She gave birth to you. 2
56 56 301 Lamia What is "give birth"? 1
57 57 301 Lustrous To humans, it's a process in which sperms and an egg cell merge in a mother's uterus and develop into a fetus, which is eventually delivered by the mother. 2
58 58 301 Lamia I... don't understand, ma'am. 1
59 59 301 Lustrous To put it simple, she made you. 2
60 60 301 Lamia Like how the uncles in the robotics department made machines? 1
61 61 301 Lustrous Something like that. 2
62 62 301 Lustrous Look here. Can you see? Status—Deceased. She's dead. 2
63 63 204 1 19
64 64 301 Lamia ... 1
65 65 301 Lamia When did she die? 1
66 66 301 Lustrous The day you were born. 2
67 67 301 Lamia D-did she die because of me? 1
68 68 204 2 8
69 69 301 Lustrous No. She died of her own stupidity. 2
70 70 204 1
71 71 301 Lamia ...Is my mom a stupid person? 1
72 72 204 2
73 73 301 Lustrous Most times not, but one stupid mistake is all it takes to fail in Atlantis. 2
74 74 301 Lamia ...I feel very sad. 1
75 75 301 Lustrous isn't touched.
76 76 301 Lustrous I can't help you. 2
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78 78 301 Lamia I feel terrible... I'm going back to the medical department. The uncles there will give me medicine... 1
79 79 301 Lustrous No medicine can help you. 2
80 80 301 Lamia My mom... Where is she now? 1
81 81 301 Lustrous Do you mean her body? We buried her in the sea. 2
82 82 301 Lamia Is this... her photo? Can I print a copy of it? 1
83 83 301 Lustrous No. 2
84 84 204 1
85 85 301 Lamia Why? 1
86 86 301 Lustrous It's classified information. 2
87 87 301 Lamia Please, ma'am. Can I just have one photo? 1
88 88 301 Lustrous No. 2
89 89 301 Lamia ... 1
90 90 301 Lustrous What's with that hateful look? 2
91 91 301 Lustrous I usually only reject every question once. Today I did it twice to you. You should thank me instead. 2
92 92 301 Lamia I hate you, Lustrous! 1
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94 94 202 1 1
95 95 203 2 0.25
96 96 301 RImgBg1Shake The little girl runs out of the door, but her mechanical feet slip on the floor. She falls down but immediately gets up again, disappearing in the other side of the corridor.
97 97 301 Lustrous hears her cry across the long corridor.
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99 99 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin She lets out a sigh, then closes Lybia's file and shuts her eyes.
