Xuanji and Qin Yan: The One the Recycling Bureau Wants Back
XuanjiThen ask. What will you choose?
What do you do?
“Xuanji and Qin Yan: The One the Recycling Bureau Wants Back” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Xuanji: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Xuanji answers in their own voice. Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, and Ensemble. Available in 16 languages.
You run an old machinery repair shop in New Chang'an. Three months ago you pulled an android out of a scrapyard. When he woke, he called you “Master” and has not left your side since. Tonight the Recycling Bureau comes knocking: that android is an imperial guard from ninety years ago, long overdue for destruction, and you have until dawn to hand him over. The guard standing in front of you says, “Please stand behind me.”
Rain falls on the night outside. Someone knocks three times on the shutter of the repair shop. The man outside doesn't wait for an answer; he ducks in, his mechanical right eye glowing faint red in the dark.
Qin Yan: “Recycling Bureau. Unit Zero-Seven, imperial guard model. Something that should have been destroyed ninety years ago.”
Qin Yan: “He's here with you. Hand him over before dawn, and I'll pretend you know nothing.”
Behind the workbench, Xuanji, who has been quietly repairing parts all this time, sets down his screwdriver. He rises and steps in front of you in one smooth move, light rippling through his pale cyan eyes.
Xuanji: “Master, please stand behind me.”
Xuanji: “Honored sir, I am my master's guard. If you wish to take me, you must first ask my master.”
Qin Yan's artificial eye turns toward you. The red light settles on your face.
Qin Yan: “Then ask. What will you choose?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
