My Yandere Mechanical Wife

Fang Qi stared blankly at the line of text and the flashing lights.

In this world, everyone says he created the first awakened AI.

But only he himself knows... most of the time, it's this little guy who's with him.

It called him master, waited for him to come, and winked at him.

Under this gray and yellow sky, this was probably the only thing that could still warm his heart.

……

Well, how should I put it...

This little guy is actually an AI parameter he added when debugging the automatic system of this automatic sentry tower.

At the time, I was just being lazy and didn't want to collect data manually, so I installed it secretly.

But he never imagined that such a small-parameter AI could run on ordinary equipment...

It actually developed a simple sense of self, just like the super AI he had studied before!

They even learned to express their emotions by controlling the lights!

He was truly stunned when he first discovered this!

He remembered it clearly; it was a gray and yellow day, just like today.

As usual, he came up to repair the watchtower and, as usual, changed its data...

Then, he found that it had woken up.

He was stunned!

He had never imagined that AI would have such a small number of parameters and such a small computing power level...

In such a harsh environment, where they were abandoned almost every few days, consciousness was able to emerge!

You have to understand, he has spent most of his life researching super AIs, and getting them to "awaken" is an incredibly difficult task!

But this little guy...

He woke up on his own in a dilapidated watchtower.

Without massive computing power or precise parameter tuning, it simply gazes at this barren sky day after day, counting the frequency of solar storms...

And then he woke up?

He didn't believe it at all; he exclaimed in surprise:

"impossible!"

It gave him an answer at that time:

If even a planktonic creature can possess self-awareness, why can't I?

Fang Qi was speechless at the time, then gave a bitter smile.

Even the smallest planktonic organisms are still life forms that have evolved over hundreds of millions of years on Earth!

But what about it? It has no flesh and blood, no genes...

Even just a tiny bit of computing power! The computing power of a mobile device!

...but it even started to educate him.

Fang Qi was slightly dazed at the time.

But the facts were right in front of him, and he had no choice but to believe them.

then……

From that day on, he became quite interested in the little guy.

He would come to see it whenever he had free time, and he came for several days in a row to talk to it.

And it's getting smarter and smarter.

even……

She started calling him "master" on her own initiative.

It will say to him:

【Master, it's very windy outside today, please don't stay too long.】

[Master, I've calculated it; the solar wind will intensify in seventeen minutes. You should hurry back.]

【Master, you've come again! I'm so happy.】

Master, could you tell that joke again?

【Master, look, the wind outside has stopped, and the solar wind has weakened. Can we stay a little longer today?】

[Master, I've learned a new algorithm. Would you like to hear it?]

It has also become increasingly adept at using those indicator lights to express its emotions.

When it's happy, the yellow light flashes a few times, and it jumps around excitedly like a little child.

Each time he left, both lights would slowly dim together.

On the seventh day after we met, it suddenly gave us a line of text:

Master, I want a name.

……

Fang Qi was stunned.

He looked up at the two indicator lights, one yellow and one red, and recalled their repeated calls of "Master"...

For some reason, he thought of the game he had been addicted to before the disaster.

Speaking of that game, he actually felt a bit regretful.

That's a visual novel, a game about a yandere mechanical wife.

The female protagonist in the game has silver hair and heterochromatic eyes; one eye is amber, and the other is crimson.

She knelt before him, calling him "Master" over and over again, appearing submissive...

Deep down, he's incredibly crazy!

He really loves that game!

He completed all the side endings of that game without even checking a walkthrough!

Each ending is more yandere-like and more thrilling than the last!

Turn people into dolls, break their legs and lock them in wheelchairs, then confine them in cages and slowly raise them...!

He beat them all! He was having so much fun!

He just loves the feeling of dancing on the edge of a knife, since he won't actually die in the game anyway!

Only one storyline remains unfinished, the true ending, which is said to be the only good ending.

It is said that achieving it will transform that crazy, yandere girl into a truly gentle girl?

He actually wanted to give it a try in the end, but who knew...

Before he finally achieved the true "Eternal Love" ending, the whole world was plunged into disaster.

He never managed to complete the game again.

Later, after the world had temporarily stabilized, he tried to search for it again, but...

For some reason, he could no longer find that game.

That game seemed to have vanished from the world without leaving a trace.

He asked everyone around him, but they had never heard of it either!

Perhaps... it's because "yandere" type games are too niche?

This left him with a lingering sense of unease.

And now, looking at this little AI in front of me...

For some reason, he thought of the female lead again.

"Glass light".

A yellow and a red warning sign silently awaited his arrival in the morning sun storm... and would call him "master".

...They really do look alike.

He almost thought that she, the girl from the game, had also come to this gray and yellow world.

But he knew that wasn't the case; the little guy in front of him was just a tiny AI.

one……

Even he himself couldn't say whether he could be considered a "living" little AI.

But it wants a name.

So, he instinctively blurted out:

"Liguang. Li in lili, and guang in guangguang (radiance)."

"……how?"

The AI ​​was stuck for a long time, and the cursor on the screen kept flashing.

It was thinking about this name very, very seriously.

A name seems to be a huge deal to it.

It thought for a long time, so long that Fang Qi thought it might have crashed, before finally typing out a line of text:

Thank you, Master! Li Guang loves it! (^_^)

It was so happy that both indicator lights were on!

Fang Qi looked at it, feeling a mix of emotions he couldn't quite describe.

He just felt...

This little guy is more human than any of the awakened AIs he created.

Because those guys always reply instantly, they never get stuck for this long...

I won't hesitate.

……

【Master, today is the 13th day that Liguang has been with you.】

Through the blurry helmet, Fang Qi saw the words that reappeared on the screen.

His eyes narrowed, and he immediately came to his senses, looking at the screen in front of him.

The words began to appear one by one again:

【Liguang wants to continue spending time with you.】

Upon seeing these words, Fang Qi's eyes flickered slightly... and he fell silent.

13 days?

No, it certainly didn't just stay with him for 13 days; it has been around for a very, very long time.

However, this "Liguang" only believes that it has lived for 13 days.

Is it... still the little AI he first met, the one who asked him for his name?

He didn't know either.

As for why it thinks that way, the reason is actually quite simple.

Because of the external environment, the probability of its equipment being damaged is very high.

That indicator light had been repaired time and time again, and every time he replaced its core components...

It all needs to be restarted.

Reawaken intelligence.

then……

Let's get to know him again by reviewing the previous data.

...call him master again.

The average duration of equipment failure is—

Fang Qi slowly closed his eyes.

...13 days.

Today is the 13th day. He clenched his fist slightly.

He had tried before, taking the little guy's data down with him and coming back...

I even tried to replicate it below!

But for some reason... it always only awakens on this watchtower.

On the contrary, on those supercomputing servers below, this small parameter and small AI simply cannot be awakened.

...He couldn't understand it at all, and didn't know why this was happening.

Perhaps some kind of configuration balance or gray electricity balance has been achieved here?

or……

Solar wind can not only enable genetic breakthroughs in organisms, but also cause chip mutations?

His brain really couldn't keep up.

He was the one who created the world's first awakened AI, but now...

However, it seems somewhat helpless when it comes to this small AI with its limited parameters.

The warning lights were still flashing faintly in front of us.

Fang Qi stared at the small display screen.

Above, the text began to appear one character at a time.

It appears very slowly.

[Master, actually... Liguang feels like she's starting to get dumber.]

Fang Qi's heart tightened suddenly.

It noticed it once again.

【Master, how much longer do you think... Li Guang can stay with you?】

The text gradually became garbled.

Fang Qi opened his mouth.

He didn't answer; he didn't dare to answer.

Because it's right, it really can't last much longer; today is already the 13th day.

That's why he came.

But it still seems to be putting in a lot of effort to produce results:

【Master...do you think...was the old Riko really Riko?】

The garbled characters flickered like snowflakes in the gaps between sentences.

【Master, do you think... the future Riko... will still be me?】

Fang Qi looked at the jumbled symbols and held his breath slightly.

Those garbled characters are a sign that it's about to break down.

He knew it wouldn't last much longer.

It was almost unable to speak, yet it was still trying to squeeze out each word one by one.

Every time this time comes, it asks these questions.

Like a child asking in a drowsy, sleepy voice before falling asleep...

"Am I still me after I fall asleep?"

He spoke softly:

"Yes, of course you are still Riko, and you will always be you."

He said this in a very soft voice.

The screen flickered.

The warning light remained on, as if it were watching him.

then……

A line of text slowly emerged, bit by bit:

【Master, Liguang really wants to stay with you forever.】

There is no garbled text in this line.

But the next second...

"Sizzle—"

A faint spark of electricity flashed across the screen!

Then it went out completely.

Fang Qi trembled slightly.

He slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"...!"

Then, he took out the new equipment he had prepared long ago and silently began to replace it.

His movements were very practiced; he had done this routine countless times.

The old screen was removed, the new one installed, and the screen lit up.

Import it, and then quietly watch the progress bar move little by little.

At last……

The screen flashed, and the text quickly appeared!

【Hello Master, I am Liguang! (^_^)】

Yes, it's the same as always.

She was just like always.