Chapter 228: Please Use Me More Often

Ailee didn’t let the Xu system down.

This time.

She is no longer dull to follow information.

Rather, it’s about authentically speaking thoughts and thinking in terms of self.

“Master, is curious.”

Ailee spoke the answer, which was the final conclusion she had come to after countless days and nights of thinking, combining a great deal of information, as well as self-reflection.

That was exactly what the Xu system wanted to hear.

But at the same time, Ailee’s tone was tinged with confusion.

She couldn’t figure out why the object of curiosity would be the stars and not anything else.

“Because what truly attracts you, Ailee, is not the stars in the sky, but all that is unknown”, the Xu system beamed in relief, complementing his own machine servant.

“Curious about the truth because it is unknown.”

“Want to explore because I’m curious.”

“Know the world because you explore it.”

“It is the growth of the person and the mending of the heart.”

“Following your own ideas in the process so you can do what you love is what life is all about.”

Under the night sky.

Large, familiar and warm hands once again covered the top of Ailee’s head, gently rubbing the silky black hair in a gentle motion.

System Xu wondered if his own machine servant would be able to understand.

But he felt.

This approach makes sense.

It will plant the seeds of the heart alone in the cold machinery that will lead Ailee to a better place.

“Let’s go, Ailee.”

“Forget about it if you can’t figure it out, there’s plenty of time to think about it slowly in the future”, the Xu system held the girl’s palm and walked towards the direction of return.

The girl allowed herself to be led.

with the Hsu system.

Walking under the stars at night.

The evening wind blew again, shedding crumbs of starlight and blurring the hideous ruins in the darkness.

“Follow your heart and do what you like ……”

On the way, Ailee kept thinking back to the Xu system’s words.

The loyal machine servant felt that the earlier thank you from the Xu system to her was really unnecessary.

Because from start to finish.

The machine servant’s idea was to help the Xu system.

It was not because the Hsu system gave the order to help.

Rather, they wanted to help the Xu system, so they followed orders to act.

It doesn’t seem to make a difference, but the order of precedence is switched and it’s two diametrically opposed mindsets.

“Master.”

“What is it, Ailee.”

“Please order me as much as you can from now on.”

“Huh?”

The sound of the man’s surprise echoed clearly in the empty ruins, and he felt vaguely as if he had made another mistake in his education.

…………

“You’ve succeeded in dominating the world.

[The legacy of the old Confederation, fully inherited by you]

You’ve got the resources, the smarts, and the cutting-edge starship technology in your pocket.

[Just eat up the technology in it, and you’ll be able to get off the planet and really set foot in the universe]

[You’ve deliberately searched for the remaining four virtual network bases in the federal area, but unfortunately, you’ve only seen a pile of bones and no more valuable information.]

[You look down on a devastated, apocalyptic world and are overcome with emotion]

You have no intention of revitalizing civilization, much less this planet, and the only thing you want to do is parse out proven starship technology and build a fleet of starships to get out of here.

[You have decided to settle down and scrutinize starship technology, and to accompany Ailee in the process, witnessing her growth.]

Confederate South.

Sixth satellite city.

It was the starting point of the Xu system and the place he knew best.

Research on starship technology could be conducted anywhere, so Department Xu chose to return to the familiar laboratory base.

For no other reason than nostalgia.

Main base city or not, capital city or not, the once prosperous metropolis of the Federation has long since become the ruins of history.

It doesn’t make much sense to live or not live.

“Master, please wait a moment while I go and clean the room for you.”

“Ailee, don’t bother.”

“No, it’s necessary for your health to avoid the effects of dust on you.”

“Then …… well.”

Loyal machine servants, always considering every aspect of the Xu system.

In times of war, she was the Xu system’s most capable AI assistant, and now, in times of peace, she was still a hard-working, capable and well-behaved maid.

The sun was mild and brilliant, slanting down on the flowers and plants of the courtyard.

Over the sound of gears biting into mechanical operation.

Ailee directs a large group of wise instruments to carefully place and carefully clean the houses that have not been lived in for a long time.

In the meantime.

Department Xu took the elevator alone and entered the laboratory located underground, intending to slightly organize the instruments in preparation for future scientific research.

Steel cables rubbed and electric lights snorted.

Xu System entered the underground and skillfully pressed the red button on the side of the door, and in the next instant, all of the lights in the lab turned on, illuminating every single thing inside.

“It’s been a long time, and I miss it.”

The Xu system scanned left and right.

The familiar layout, the wide workbenches cast in alloy, the neatly organized robotic arms hanging overhead, and some old friends stacked in the corner.

All of it.

It’s all so poignant.

In the first few years of the simulation, these items had helped the Xu system a lot, especially that exoskeleton robotic arm and production machine, which played a rather important role.

“Let’s see, Gauss Twin Guns, Wizards Illustrated ……”

“And power cells, small scouts ……”

The sound echoed through the empty lab.

The Xu system walked, palms caressing one thing or another, and when he saw the thick book of information on the wise weapons, he couldn’t help but pull it out and flip through it.

It records the Hsu system’s intelligence gathering on the Intelligence Devices.

In the early stages, before the Intelligent Armament Force had developed, it was all thanks to this thick handwritten atlas that the Xu system was able to accurately avoid risks time and time again.

But to this day.

On the verge of going cosmic now.

This illustrated book, so to speak, is utterly useless.

“The changes of time are always the most relentless and saddening”, Xu system closed the icon and put it back where it belonged.

He scanned the lab again to make sure he hadn’t missed anything, then casually found a chair and sat down.

Brightly lit and quiet.

Xu System sat, gazing down at his right palm, looking at the fine lines in the center of his palm and the hazy blur of faint mechanical power between his fingers.

He fell into a long contemplation.

“Immortal cultivators, eat qi to live long and realize the Great Dao.”

“Wizard, world of tomes, control of laws.”

“Martial artists, observing the heavenly embodiment of prana, qi and blood create boundaries.”

“The first three simulations are unique to each of the transcendental systems of promotion.”

“Technology, though not transcendent, has a plausible truth, a pure reality to dissect and observe the nature of the universe ……”

“So far, I have acquired quite a bit of knowledge and have the qualifications to set foot in the universe.”

“But that alone is not enough.”

“The higher you stand, the more you know the mountain looms, with my current knowledge base, not only can’t I understand the simulator, but I can’t see it even more.”

“Is this thing, really, as I think it is, a product of the sci-fi side of things?”

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