221: Yang Lele's talent information and contract partner...

He walked upstairs and pushed open the door.

The first thing Yang Dian saw was Yang Lele, who was lying on his bed, propping her chin with both hands, and staring wide-eyed at Unit-01.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, both the person and the mech turned their heads at the same time.

“Welcome home, pilot.”

Zero’s greeting was as usual.

But for some reason, Yang Dian always felt that the voice coming from Unit-01’s speaker had more emotion.

Before he could think too much, Yang Lele had already gotten off his bed, came to Yang Dian’s side barefoot, and hugged his arm:

“Ge~ Ge~”

“Why are you back~ ~ ~”

“Hiss~ ~ ~” Yang Dian gasped, and after pushing Yang Lele’s hand away, he touched the goosebumps that had involuntarily risen on his arm.

Something’s not right.

Very not right.

One hundred percent not right!

“Did you cause some trouble?”

“I remember the last time you spoke to me like that was when you accidentally set fire to the pile of firewood in the backyard when you were 12.”

“Speak, is there another mess for me to clean up?”

Yang Lele put her hands behind her back and kicked Yang Dian’s shoe:

“Is that how you look at your invincible, cutest sister in the entire Universe?”

Yang Dian sighed:

“If you made a mistake, just say it. I promise I won’t blame you.”

Yang Lele blinked, “Really won’t blame me?”

Yang Dian nodded affirmatively, “Really won’t blame you.”

“Tell me.”

Yang Lele looked up at Yang Dian and said cautiously:

“You know about my Awakening of talent, right, Ge?”

Yang Dian nodded:

“I know.”

“You Awakened some kind of Beast Taming talent, and you can contract other creatures, right?”

Yang Lele’s eyes widened instantly:

“How did you know, Ge?”

“I haven’t even told Mom and Dad!”

Yang Dian reached out and flicked Yang Lele’s head:

“Can you still hide things from me?”

“Hmph~” Yang Lele propped up her head:

“Then you’re really wrong!”

“What I Awakened is not a Beast Taming talent, nor a talent to contract other creatures.”

“What I Awakened is the Contract Concluding talent, which allows me to conclude contracts with all other living and non-living things!”

“Of course, the premise is that others do not refuse.”

Yang Dian’s pupils constricted slightly, then he looked at Unit-01.

“And then you contracted Unit-01?”

“Hehe.” Yang Lele smiled innocently, walked to Unit-01, and hugged Unit-01’s forearm, which was several heads taller than her:

“I concluded a fair and just perfect contract with Unit-01 under the witness of the great Contract Law.”

“We are mutually attracted to each other!”

Yang Dian rubbed his forehead with some distress.

He had thought that Yang Lele would conclude a contract with Big Old Black, and he had also thought that she would conclude a contract with Little Yellow, or Little Orca, or even the Plum Tree in the backyard.

But he had never thought that Yang Lele’s imagination would be so wild.

She actually concluded a contract with Unit-01!

‘So, when Zero controlled Unit-01 to speak just now, the expression of more emotion wasn’t because it became more anthropomorphic, but because it truly possessed more emotions?’

Thinking of this, Yang Dian looked at Unit-01 again:

“Zero, how do you feel now?”

As Yang Dian finished speaking, Unit-01’s eye visor lit up with blue light, and then Zero’s voice sounded:

“Pilot, I am now very confused, very lost, and very conflicted.”

That’s it.

Zero, like Scar, also developed self-will.

However, Scar is a pure Silicon-based life, while Zero is more like an intelligent life.

“What are you confused about? What are you lost about? What are you conflicted about?”

Unit-01’s visor flickered a few times, just like a person blinking:

“I am confused about why I suddenly have rich… emotions?”

“I am lost about my current special state.”

“I am conflicted about the directive you issued before you left.”

“You told me to guard the village and protect your family, which I am currently doing.”

“But your order, that no one else, especially Lele, should pilot me except you, contradicts my own thoughts.”

“I don’t know why, but I am now very willing to let student Lele…”

“It’s Queen Lele!” Yang Lele interjected from the side.

Yang Dian looked at Yang Lele with some speechlessness.

Zero then naturally changed the address:

“I don’t know why, but I am now very willing to let Queen Lele pilot me into battle.”

“But obviously, this idea contradicts your command, and it also does not comply with the Armament Department’s mech piloting regulations.”

As soon as Zero finished speaking, Yang Lele hugged Unit-01’s arm again, and shouted at Yang Dian with a face full of anticipation:

“Ge~”

Yang Dian had no choice but to take out his phone.

After thinking for a moment, he first sent a message to Qian Xueming.

【Old Qian, what are your thoughts on Scar, on intelligent life?】

A few minutes later, Qian Xueming replied to Yang Dian’s message.

【Why are you suddenly asking this question?】

【Our view on Scar is consistent; he is a pure red idealist warrior, a red warrior purer than most people.】

【As for intelligent life, we maintain a cautious attitude.】

【Existing intelligences all belong to artificial intelligence. Although they appear very Smart (agile/nimble), this agility is based within the underlying logical framework.】

【They are not true intelligent life and do not have independent thinking ability.】

Yang Dian rubbed his chin and truthfully relayed Zero’s message:

【My sister Awakened a talent that allows her to conclude contracts with all things, not limited to living things, but also including non-living things.】

【She concluded a contract with my Unit-01, and Unit-01’s artificial intelligence—Zero—seems to have Awakened self-awareness and already possesses emotions such as confusion, perplexity, and conflict.】

Less than a second after the message was sent, the caller ID lit up.

It was indeed Qian Xueming’s hurried call.

As soon as the call connected, Qian Xueming spoke with some impatience:

“Did it really Awaken self-awareness after concluding the contract? Is the power of the contract stable, is Zero controllable, and has your sister shown any abnormal state?”

Yang Dian turned on the speakerphone, so Zero and Yang Lele could also hear.

Thus, the blue light on Unit-01’s visor began to flash rapidly, while Yang Lele quickly nodded, jumped up to sit on Unit-01’s outstretched arm, and hugged its neck:

“Zero and I are one in mind!”

Yang Dian showed a helpless expression.

His sister was truly a bit chuunibyou (eighth-grade syndrome):

“It can basically be confirmed that Zero has Awakened self-awareness and is in a controllable state. My sister is also the same as before; the power of the contract is stable, and no abnormal situation has occurred.”

Qian Xueming walked around the office a few times, then suddenly asked:

“Can your sister still contract other things?”

“Like starships, like artificial intelligence, like mountain ranges, or even an entire planet…”

“If Earth doesn’t work, Mars will do. If Mars doesn’t work, the moon is fine.”

“If all else fails, can she contract a spatial node, or that Lizardman God?”