Fortunately, Eve Nightburn wasn’t sleeping too deeply this time, so Miri Dreamwell could wake her up directly.
In the past… without some special methods, Eve would never wake up at all.
“Mmm~” Eve wiped the drool from her mouth and sat up from the park bench.
“Is… the thing done?”
She rubbed her eyes, feeling as though not much time had passed. Did Ivory and the others work that fast?
Miri grabbed Eve’s arm and shook her head. “Not yet. We need your help now, little sister.”
“Me?” Eve was baffled. Didn that young lady just tell me to get lost? How come she wants me back now? Can people flip-flop that fast?
“Okay, I’m coming!” Eve quickly switched her tone.
If they’re asking me to come, they’re totally giving me face!
Enough with the nonsense—let me see what’s up!
Eve jumped down from the bench and dashed energetically back into the room.
“I’m here!”
She waved at the girls, signaling her arrival.
“Mhm,” Ivory glanced at Eve. By then, Miri had also caught up. Once everyone was present, Ivory spoke. “Then let’s begin the second experiment.”
“In past theories, we believed different Calamities were essentially different forms of the same entity—like the relationship between humans and monkeys.”
“Previous Calamities were impossible to communicate with, so we could never understand their thoughts. But now, things are different.”
Ivory paused, smiling as she stared at Eve before shifting her gaze to the robot beside her.
“Now, we’ve found two communicable Calamities. One is the intelligent robot vessel ‘Emov,’ which we created ourselves. The other is the first communicable Calamity we encountered—Eve Nightburn.”
Hearing this, Eve immediately sensed something was off!
Oh no! So that’s why you suddenly “kindly” called me over, young lady! You just want me as a lab rat!
“Hahaha, uh… I think I’ll just leave you to it… haha…”
As she spoke, Eve subtly shifted her feet back a few millimeters, planning to slip away when no one was looking.
She had realized it now—this was a trap! Gotta run!
After painstakingly building up her credibility, Eve couldn’t afford to lose it all here!
Ivory saw right through her. “If you run now, forget about how many people will come after you again—your sister will most likely face disciplinary action. Who knows, maybe even…”
Ivory made a slashing motion across her neck.
“You… you’re threatening me!” Eve panicked. How could this young lady be so devious?!
Her hair might be pure white, but her heart is pitch black!
“Mhm, that’s the reality,” Ivory didn’t deny it. She simply took out a lollipop, unwrapped it, popped it into her mouth, and stared at Eve.
After hesitating for a while, Eve finally gave in.
Miri, noticing the coldness in Ivory’s gaze, spoke up. “Senior, isn’t this a bit too much?”
She wanted to step forward and reason with Ivory, but suddenly, Eve grabbed her arm.
Turning her head, Miri saw Eve shaking her head. “Don’t bother, sis.”
Eve then looked at Ivory. “Fine, I’ll do it. Let’s get started.”
With Eve’s agreement, Ivory said nothing more and inserted the chip back into Emov’s body.
“It hurts!!!”
A piercing scream erupted from the girl’s body once again, startling everyone present.
This time, Ivory didn’t force her eyes open but waited for her to regain composure on her own.
After a long while, the girl finally recovered from her terror and stood up, gazing at this unfamiliar world.
Though she still couldn’t comprehend the strange sights around her, the fear of the unknown had lessened slightly.
But the moment she saw Eve standing beside Miri, the girl was instantly reminded of that feeling—of being watched by the entire world!
“Spare… spare me! Please!”
Trembling, she stumbled back, accidentally bumping into Ivory and losing her balance, collapsing to the floor.
“No, don’t come near me!”
Even on the ground, she scrambled backward, desperate to avoid the monster that could devour her!
Ivory observed the panicked girl and asked, “I’m curious—what exactly do you see right now?”
At first, the girl couldn’t understand the words, but the knowledge embedded in her system quickly translated them.
“The world… I see the entire world!”
“The world… I’ve angered the world!”
“Yes… that’s it!”
Though her ramblings made little sense to a normal person, Ivory nodded in understanding.
“I don’t think the world blames you. If it wanted you gone, you probably wouldn’t even have the chance to think right now.”
Ivory guessed that, in this Calamity’s eyes, Eve might represent the world itself.
But since the only word in Emov’s vocabulary was “world,” the Calamity instinctively interpreted Eve as the world.
So this is how Calamities perceive the world?
“So… that’s how it is?”
The girl seemed to grasp Ivory’s meaning and cautiously lifted her head to look at Eve.
“You… won’t eat me?”
Huh?
Eve was utterly confused. What nonsense is this?
First, you call me the world, then say I’ll eat you—what do you take me for?
Some kind of desktop trash bin where you can dump anything?
Besides, you’re acting like we know each other. We only crossed paths once at the mall—and by “crossed paths,” I mean literally fought…
But honestly, Eve had never even spoken to this creature before.
Unbeknownst to both of them, each saw the other as an incomprehensible monster.
How delightful!
Still, Eve decided to humor her. “I won’t eat you, I won’t! I like strawberry cake, not a hunk of metal like you.”
By “hunk of metal,” Eve meant the chip—essentially a small steel plate. If we’re talking about chest proportions, though…
Eve was the real “steel plate” here!
“But seriously, how did you get the idea that I’d eat you? I didn’t even know I wanted to.”
