【Sixty Days Until Everything Begins】

The two of them rode the wind and found refuge in a cave.

At this moment, Adam had lost consciousness.

"Adam... Adam..."

In the cave, Eve shed tears, repeatedly performing meaningless CPR.

Eve could not believe that Adam was dead.

She felt that the current Adam was like a goldfish in a fish tank.

Still handsome, still beautiful.

But he would never speak to her again.

"Eve, we need to talk..."

Kagtua looked at the distressed Eve and softly spoke.

"Get lost! Get out of here!"

Eve picked up a nearby stone and hurled it at Kagtua.

"I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore!"

"War, capitalism... in the end, it's all death!"

"All death!"

Kagtua stood dumbfounded at the mouth of the cave, looking at Eve, with her legs broken and leaning against the stone wall inside, then at the barren desert outside the cave, feeling as lost as this wasteland before him.

This is the far west of the world.

Few people tread here, resources are scarce.

It had long been abandoned by modern humanity.

When Kagtua and Eve arrived here riding Adam's fierce wind, Eve broke her leg upon landing.

Kagtua had initially wanted to quickly treat Eve's leg injury.

But after witnessing Eve's suicide attempts like neck-wringing and biting her tongue, Kagtua decided to temporarily not devote so much energy to Eve's antics.

"You... you should calm down a bit first."

Supporting its immense and burdensome body, Kagtua walked out of the cave.

【Fifty Days Until Everything Begins】

"Eve, I'm back."

"I didn't catch any rabbits today, this place is too remote."

"And my energy is running out; if I don't save some, I'll shut down soon..."

"Eve? Are you..."

Kagtua, returning to the cave, was startled to see Eve leaning against the stone wall with her head, hurried over to check.

Sure enough, a large amount of fresh blood was flowing down Eve's forehead.

A huge dent had fallen on her head, the violent impact revealing the deceased's determination before death.

Kagtua sorrowfully took out the instrument to check the damage to Eve's brain, confirming that it was not yet irreversible, and quickly allocated energy to treat her.

Fearful of her doing something like this again if healed, Kagtua left a bit of injury to let her body recover naturally.

"Live on..."

"I'm begging you."

Kagtua gently whispered in Eve's ear.

【Thirty Days Until Everything Begins】

Many days passed, under Kagtua's meticulous care, Eve finally stopped mentioning death.

But she always found herself lost in thought, carving unsent love letters to Adam on the wall. Eve insisted on sharing a bed with the deceased Adam, and Kagtua had no choice but to comply, using his preservation skills on Adam. Today, afraid of disturbing the resting Eve, Kagtua rose early and went out to hunt for prey.

"Kagtua…"

Upon hearing Eve's faint call, Kagtua, who had already left the house, hurried back and knelt before Eve's bed.

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have lost my temper with you that day."

Eve gently caressed Kagtua's face, filled with tentacles, and softly spoke.

"It was nothing."

Kagtua replied in a low voice, handling Eve as delicately as if she were the world's most fragile porcelain doll.

"Our artificial intelligence cannot feel sadness or anger."

"You're lying."

Eve chuckled and shook her head. She turned over and went to sleep.

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【Twenty days left until the beginning of everything】

"Look, guess what I brought you?"

Kagtua returned to the familiar cave, now transformed into a comfortable home. There was only one drawback - a dead body still lay in Eve's bedroom. Eve didn't mind at all.

She continued to smile as she leaned against the bed, next to Adam, waiting quietly for what Kagtua would bring out. To Eve's surprise, Kagtua produced a small turtle.

"I found it on the beach all the way to the west."

"Would you like to keep it?"

"It can keep you company when I'm not around during the day."

"Although it may not be accustomed to this environment, I should be able to help it overcome this by attaching some of my avatars to it."

Kagtua placed the small turtle on Eve's bed.

"Wow… it's so cute."

After Adam's death, Eve smiled for the first time.

"It looks a bit like the kind of Jade I saw in ancient China."

"It is said that they used turtles as a model for making Jade."

The turtle retreated into its shell, ignoring Eve.

"Haha... is it afraid of me?"

Eve said softly as she stroked the turtle shell.

"No, why would it be?"

"Let's call it Jade from now on."

Seeing Eve smile, Kagtua couldn't help but smile too.

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【Ten days left until the beginning of everything】

"Listen, Eve, I have good news."

Kagtua burst into Eve's bedroom excitedly, exclaiming loudly. Eve was still writing love letters to Adam on the wall, completely covering the room.

"There are plenty of fuel resources in this place, the fuel supplies here are abundant."

"The reason why no grass grows on this land is because there are many minerals densely distributed beneath the surface.”

“These minerals not only isolate the nutrients in the soil but also block satellite signals, preventing others from detecting the fuel here.”

“This is a large oil field, Eve!”

“A simple survey, even enough for my level of artificial intelligence to use for thousands of years.”

“We have achieved great success!”

“As long as you bring back this information, the organization will definitely not blame you for deserting.”

Eve, who was carving on the stone wall, was startled by the barrage of words from Kagtua.

But she was only momentarily surprised.

Eve's gaze bypassed Kagtua and looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the cave, sighing deeply.

“Those things are no longer important, Kagtua.”

She tilted her head and patted the empty space next to the bed – at this moment, Adam finally found a resting place with Kagtua's help, so Eve's side appeared particularly empty.

“Come over here.”

Kagtua didn't understand Eve's sudden behavior, but it still moved closer.

“Would you help me make another puppet glove?”

“I want to perform another play.”

Eve cupped her hand to her mouth and whispered in Kagtua's ear.

“...but you don't have anyone to act with.”

Kagtua said.

“It's okay, it will be just the two of us.”

“The two of us?”

“Yes, just the two of us.”

Eve's smile was like a midnight peony.

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【Zero days left from the beginning of everything】

Today, Kagtua suddenly remembered something.

It seems like today is Eve's eighteenth birthday.

Looking at Eve, who had turned pale before its eyes, Kagtua was completely at a loss.

It didn't know any way to deal with kidney diseases; this area of knowledge was completely blocked by the technicians who created it.

“Eve, come back home with me right now.”

“We can fly back now and make it in time.”

“As long as you relay the message about this oil field back.”

“They have no reason not to let you live.”

Kagtua grabbed Eve's hand and tried to pull her up from the bed.

But she clung to the bed like a piece of gum.

“I don't want to...”

“Listen... just listen to me this once..."

“I said I don't want to!!”

“That's why I say you're a machine, you don't understand at all!”

“They won't let me live peacefully…”

“They will definitely burn the bridge after crossing the river, execute me in public after knowing my intelligence, to set an example.”

“Even if it's a well-intentioned gesture, they won't deign to spare me.”

“Humans are born to hurt others…”

“You simply don't understand.”

“In a world like that, with leaders like that, they can just go to hell!”

“I will never compromise... I will never accept.”

Eve's emotions surged again as she tightly held Kagtua's hand, her tone almost roaring. But a cold object suddenly pressed against Eve's hand, instantly calming her down.

"Eve... Look at this."

"Even after seeing this, you won't regret it, will you?"

Kagtua held up a small piece of ice and placed it in Eve's palm.

"...What is this?"

"It's Adam's frozen sperm."

"..."

Eve fell completely silent. Her grip on Kagtua's hand weakened and she hid her face behind her bangs, as if trying to hide herself.

"I did this when Adam passed away."

"Just didn't tell you."

"Don't you want this crystallization of love?"

"As long as there is..."

Eve slapped the ice chunk out of Kagtua's hand.

The shining blue light flickered in the air for a few moments before shattering on the floor.

"If there's no love... what's the point of talking about crystallization..."

Eve sighed bitterly and lay back on the bed.

..."

Eve remained silent, as if dead. Kagtua hurriedly picked up the shattered ice and absorbed it into his body.

He rushed to Eve's bedside, propped her up against his arm, and continued to gently persuade her.

"Give yourself another chance..."

"As long as you live..."

"There is still hope."

In that moment, Eve seemed to be moved by something, and her attitude suddenly softened. She no longer lashed out at Kagtua.

She knew it was time to part ways.

"There will be no more hope."

Eve blinked, and tears of pain fell on Kagtua's ugly skin.

"I have no one to blame."

"I'm just a little disappointed in this world."

"Such a vast world can't even accommodate a tiny bit of love."

"If there's a world where everyone can live and work in peace, without worries, that would be wonderful..."

"And... above all, let there be no more girls experiencing this pain like mine."

"I promise you, I..."

Before Kagtua could finish his sentence, he realized that Eve in his arms had passed away.

"Eve... Eve..."

After calling out twice in vain, Kagtua resolutely took out the ice block stored in his body and muttered to himself.

"I will definitely create such a world... Eve."

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Not long after, humans engaged in an ultimate battle due to the conflict between the two nations, resulting in widespread devastation and a regression of civilization by tens of thousands of years worldwide.

But what does this have to do with the newly born Acadia at the far western edge of the world?