Chapter 248 – Ailee has made a great soup for you.

Ailee preferred the hazy mist to the warm sun.

Ailee preferred the colorful flowers to the hazy mist.

Ailee preferred serving the Xu system to gaudy flowers.

So.

In the early morning hours of each day, when the Eco-Starship’s climate circulation system kicks in and creates a haze of light in the living quarters, Ailee goes to work.

Take a humanoid body and walk into the cold, wet air.

Letting that hazy water mist through the parts gap.

Take a step.

Climbing the steps.

Entering the house of the Hsu system, he began to faithfully prepare breakfast and make a plan of action for the future.

Over a long period of time, the machine servant gradually figured out the habits of the Xu system.

She knew that the sense of deadness originating from the universe was constantly intruding on human senses, so every once in a while, the Xu system would go into hibernation.

to circumvent the long interstellar voyage.

“Master, the hibernation pod has been commissioned and is ready for you to use at any time.”

After the recovery of the starship wreckage is complete.

Ailee was very considerate, debugging the performance of the hibernation chamber in advance for the Xu system.

But this time.

The Xu system does not use hibernation pods.

He was silent for a moment, and with that broad palm, he rubbed the long, silky hair of his own machine servant, “Ailee, I won’t hibernate from now on.”

“You have 600 years left to live.

[600 years is a long time, a long time that the sum total of your past life experiences has never been]

[600 years is a short period of time, and with civilization and technology as the mainstay, it is difficult to make a qualitative transformation in 600 years]

[You can’t bear or let go of your loyal servant after the simulation is over]

[To do this, you must implement the “Farewell, Cage” 2.0 program.]

[With all my might, I’m going to make this plan work so that I can help Ailee get out of the Star Cage.]

“You’re not hibernating anymore.

[You’re no longer playing a virtual game]

[You devote all your time to the resonance of the machine’s soul and mechanical power, and you study technology moment by moment, especially in the three fields of energy, materials, and navigation.]

[You know very well that you have no chance against the Neutron Battlestar, either in attack or defense.]

“The curvature engine must be developed in order to break out of the cage.

[In the one hundred and sixty-fifth year of the simulation, you’re 184 years old, 162 years of Airey’s company.]

[Ten years have not affected you in the slightest, you still look as young as you did when the simulation first started, and your loyal machine servants have not changed]

[You realize that curvature engine research can’t be done overnight, and you choose to guard against arrogance and steadily develop the technology]

“Sub-light-speed ion engines are a priority for your research.

[In addition to this, the Grand Unified Theory and anti-matter applications, have become prime research targets]

“Ailee, increase power output.”

“Negative, you need to rest, the prolonged mental exertion has damaged your health.”

“It’s okay, Ailee, just listen to me, okay?”

Inside the lab.

Department Xu operated the new particle collider, looking young and physically powerful, but a tired look could be seen between his eyebrows.

Avery is trying to get Xu System to rest more.

But it was rejected by the Hsu system.

“Go on,” Xu Department smiled, smiling gently and brightly, but the Machine Servant inexplicably felt that the familiar warmth had become suddenly far away and suddenly close.

“…… is.”

She finally agreed.

Listening to the master is a must.

……

[The calculating power of the machine servant, the intuition of the machine servant, are all higher than you can imagine]

[In the slightest detail, she seems to have guessed something and cooperated with you in your experiments in silence, and even activated her special ability many times, overdrawing her machine soul to assist you.]

[Afterward, she lies weak in your arms]

[Clutching at the corner of your coat, refusing to let go for a long time]

[After the first phase of the experiment, Ailee has prepared a new type of soup for you, a different kind of super tonic that is said to nourish the whole body.]

[You look at the many ingredients floating on the surface and fall into a long silence]

“Ailee, does eating this really replenish your nutrition?”

“Yes, Master.”

“Uh, can you be sure that it won’t cause food poisoning?”

“It won’t, Master.”

Meeting the expectant silver-blue eyes head-on.

It was impossible to say no.

Eventually.

Xu System hesitantly picked up the bowl of soup, his nose lightly sniffing as a complex flavor rushed into his nose.

With a light sip, the flavor is very mellow and unexpectedly not poor.

“Do you like it, master?”

The Machine Servant’s calm voice was tinged with undetectable apprehension and anticipation as she looked at the Xu system, waiting for an answer.

“It’s doing deliciously well, Ailee.”

The Xu system’s eyes lit up, and with a smile, he affirmed the machine servant’s culinary skills.

It’s amazing.

It could be that Airey had actually studied tonic soups, or it could be simply psychological.

After drinking the great tonic soup, Department Xu was surprised to find that his body really had a warm and cozy feeling, and his past fatigue disappeared without a trace.

“Thank you for the compliment, Ailee is happy to be of service.”

The machine servant took note of the physical changes in the Xu system.

Every day thereafter.

She would always prepare a bowl of great tonic soup for the Xu system.

The Hsu Department had curiously asked if there was a name for such a marvelous tonic soup.

“Airey’s brand of tonic soup,” so says Airey.

……

[Elle is always concerned about your health, she worries about you, watches you all day long, and makes you special tonic soup.]

[Thanks to Ailee’s help, your exhaustion has improved]

[Ding, the machine spirit is pleased–]

[Your compliments have increased Ailee’s arithmetic efficiency by 30%]

[Simulation of the 175th year, your 194th year, 172 years of Airey’s company]

[You and the machine servant are still working hard on the technology, and in the process, the speed of the ion engine is gradually increasing.]

You have a higher-power magnetic confinement plasma engine.

At the same time, the fleet encounters a new civilization, and you find some records of that civilization in the cores you’ve collected.

[New civilizations have also discovered the blockade of the stars and are trying to escape and isolate themselves from detection.]

[But it fails, and both the warring factions that fight and the fleeing factions that try to save their lives are reduced to endless dust in the vastness of the universe.]

[Your heart is a little heavier because of this]

[Simulating the 181st year, your 200th year, and 178 years of Airey’s company]

[You’re still insisting on resonating with the soul of the machine and interacting with the smart machine with the power of the machine.]

[The effects of the machine’s soul are chaotic and varied, sometimes increasing itself, sometimes providing you with inspiration as you repeat the interaction over and over again, recording those rare moments of inspiration]

[A long time of machine-soul resonance makes your degree of manipulation of machinery, become more refined]

[You’re happy with that.]

[Looking at the many inspirations recorded, you are very pleased, and feel that it is not in vain that you resonate the machine soul every day, and Ailee serves you the golden special tonic soup at the right time]