Chapter 198: Domesticated Self-Regulating Robots

[You were transported several times and managed to return to the underground laboratory where you lived with the parts of the production machine]

[You try to install production machines]

[Your methods are too rough, and the spirit of the machine is slightly displeased]

[Eventually, you stumbled into assembling a production machine that made your life in the wasteland secure]

You’re short on energy, so it’s a good thing the machine comes with solar panels, and you’ve found a secluded hollow where the sun shines down from above, which is just what you need.

[You ate foul-smelling food for a month because the spirit of the machine was not pleased.]

You don’t feel bad about it. You know that surviving in such a world is a blessing in itself.

[Over time, plans to be updated]

[Having solved the most basic problems of survival, you set your sights on growing in strength]

[Unlike previous simulations, which rely on training to become stronger, this time you are in a special situation, constantly learning and using a variety of equipment, mechanical resonance to obtain its principles]

……

[The machine spirit delights, the mechanical force resonates, you establish a connection with the robotic arm, and you succeed in learning how it operates]

[You vaguely feel more comfortable maneuvering the robotic arm.]

[The machine soul delights, the mechanical force resonates, you’ve been using the production machine for a long time, you gradually understand the principle of the production machine]

[You find that the instant squares and water produced are much better tasting]

[You’ve been using the Gauss double gun for a long time, and you’re having a lot of fun with it.]

[Your shooting accuracy becomes so good that you hit nine out of ten shots, even though you’re not aiming deliberately.]

[You vaguely understand the design principles of the Gaussian double gun.]

……

“In the second year of the simulation, you were 21 years old.

[You’ve managed to survive a year in the ruins of a city where wise weapons roam, and most of the credit for that goes to your deep pockets.]

[You’re addicted to the world of knowledge]

[Feeling the laws of the universe open up to you]

[The long period of solitude does not make you feel bored, the underground laboratory is full of technological items, every time you study one, you can feel a new experience]

[You think maybe this is the joy of learning]

[Your talent is so strong that you have grown rapidly from a state of ignorance with little knowledge to a knowledgeable scientific researcher in just one year]

[In addition to the increase in knowledge, you have discovered an unexpected blessing]

[The mutual superposition of the machine-soul pleasure and the mechanical force resonance has caused a slight change in your body, and your bodily functions have become even better, no weaker than those of the genetic warriors in the lab’s data]

[You can even enhance the performance of different machines at your own will.]

[This new and unique ability you call mechanical power]

[A blessing from the underworld shelters you, your mechanical power increases to ten times, a cold wind blows, and you subconsciously shiver, as if someone is gazing at you.]

……

[Third year of simulation, you’re 22 years old]

You’re the superman of supermen!

[Your store of knowledge is extremely impressive, resonating with an understanding of most of the machinery in the lab, with only a few too esoteric that continue to plague you]

[“The power of double gold is as terrifying as it is!”]

[You’re evaluating the simulation with a sighing expression]

[Knowledge is the power to clear your mind and help you see the real world.]

[In the course of long research and study, you perceive that you are located in the sixth satellite city in the southern part of the Union]

[Neither a major metropolis of the Federation nor an important cosmic port]

[You’re glad for that. If you traveled to an important city, it would mean that you’d have to face a starship’s intelligence and fight a spaceship with your person.]

[Can you win?

[You’ve concluded in your mind: certain death]

[You begin to use what you’ve learned to remodel the poorly maintained underground laboratory, trying to repair damaged wiring such as utility systems, lighting systems, and power armor systems.]

[You’re making good progress, but in the midst of your busy schedule, you’re coming to realize an inevitable thing]

“There are limits to manpower.

……

On the surface, the sunlight was grand, and the wandering metal monsters were illuminated in glittering splendor.

Underground, dim and lightless, calloused palms, slowly combing the new lines.

In the gaps between the brick and mortar dust.

All is silent.

Crooked and crumbling buildings create a misplaced and disorganized blockade that prevents the sun’s rays from shining into the earth.

The very few locations where there is light are lined with solar panels, absorbing every ounce of light possible, and some extend to the surface of the ground, drawing it in stealthily and silently.

Green, shaggy moss slowly covered the cracks of the ruins.

Providing the Hsu system with not much fresh air.

“I hope it works, or else my research efficiency is going to be greatly reduced”, the Xu system stopped its hand movements and ended the last adjustment.

He was dressed in not-so-clean clothes and slowly backed away.

Large, smooth mechanical objects.

It just presented itself.

The surface was silver-white, with numerous concave and convex sockets, and numerous wires crisscrossed the outside, flashing traces of light as the Xu system watched.

“There is a limit to my power alone, after all.”

“The two phrases, Machine Soul Pleasure and Armor Resonance, can certainly make me stronger, but that strength is mainly in the speed of learning.”

“I’m still alone and can’t do anything.”

“Neither can it fight against a large number of intelligent devices, nor can it, with a single thought, calculate all the data of the experiment.”

The Xu system had complicated eyes.

Looking at the silver-white mechanical object.

The switch was activated with immense caution.

Technological civilization, that sacred and great technological tree, is not something one can play with after all.

The Xu system desperately needed it now, something to help him out a bit, to take care of the chores within the lab base for him, or even to become a booster and provide combat assistance.

The items in the lab were basically researched by the Xu system.

If you want to go further.

It would have to travel to the surface.

Study and parse those smart machines, those mechanical creations all over the city.

As such, Department Xu had barely managed to rummage through the many pieces of trash in the underground lab to find a badly damaged robot, and wanted to use its kernel, as the lab’s auxiliary AI.

“Pity ……”

“Labs of this caliber are usually equipped with supercomputers with excellent performance.”

“But all that can be found here is the remains of some unusual machinery.”

Drops.

Drops.

As the Xu system watched, the solar-converted electricity activated the machine’s core at a slow frequency, bringing it into a powered-up state.

Just in case, the Xu system dismantled all the parts of the robot beforehand.

At the moment it was even more so with a Gauss double gun.

Tighten up.

Be wary of the activated machines that will fall to the Smart Machine Rebellion and attack on sight of the Xu system, a human.

“Click,” Xu said as he silently activated his Gauss pistol.

The machine began to make a noise, the sounding module slightly harsh and shrill from age.

“Domesticated Self-Regulating Robot, RTX-9090 Booting Self-Test in Progress ……”