Story Reader / Collab / Untold Naraka / Story
Following Embla's footsteps, you proceed deeper into the underground city to continue your investigation.
When Lucia and Liv try to piece together the disarray tracks in front of them to form an estimated route, Lee calls you aside...
Commandant.
I have been thinking... Is the state exhibited by Embla and Askr really just the result of self-evolution?
Without any bionic necessity, mechanoids are only implemented with service-oriented AI. In other words, they are only programmed to serve specific tasks.
Even if this simple command evolves, it shouldn't result in a mechanoid developing sentience, let alone imitating human relationships.
So... I was thinking. Perhaps...
We've found signs of Embla. Let's get going.
At first, Embla's footprints are sporadic and staggered. But further on, Embla appears more light on her feet.
What's going on? Her pace has quickened and become more agile...
That's definitely not a part of her design... It can't even be the result of self-evolution...
If she continues at this level of motion intensity... The structural strength of her mechanoid frame might not last much longer.
...Seems like the only possibility.
Chasing behind Embla, the cityscape gradually disappears behind you.
A plaza-esque area appears before you...
...
Embla's tracks are starting to fade. You only have a vague sense of where she is going.
Instead, your vision is filled with scattered mechanical limbs and the interspersed fights between mechanoids.
Looks like she continued forward.
Well then, let's keep going.
