Chapter 253: You’re starting to get slow.

“Ailee, you are not an object to be discarded at will.”

“You’re just like me.”

“It’s an independently existing life.”

The palm of his hand stroked the machine servant’s cheek, his thumb smoothing over the simulated skin with gentle intensity.

This wiping action.

The Hsu system used to do it all the time.

Wipe down the doorway cameras for Ailee in the cramped and dank underground base.

Since Ailee had possessed the machine, this behavior no longer needed to be done, until today, when the familiar gesture once again soothed the apprehensive soul of the machine.

[On a cold, dead winter day, you look out at the climate-controlled snow drifts and the dark starry sky beyond the bridge, and fall into memories of the past.]

[You think maybe that’s a common problem for people who are older.]

[Even though your body is alive and well, you, whose actual age is three hundred years old, still reminisce from time to time about the distant days of the early days of the simulation.]

[Memories of being weak, memories of fleeing in distress, memories of 9090 starts, memories of that very understandable micro-expression]

[Memories of Ailee’s laugh, memories of Ailee’s meals, memories of Ailee’s worries, memories of Ailee’s growth]

[The former domestic intelligence apparatus, because of your influence, has long been transformed into a special life individual, is the true meaning of the existence of the broken, unprecedented first case]

[You’re relieved.]

[Witnessing the growth of the machine servant, an idea comes to your mind]

In time, perhaps Ailee will be able to transcend everything and outlast the mastermind behind the Neutron Battlestar.

[Provided we can get out of the cage, so that we won’t be discovered and erased by the masterminds]

[You ponder the future and set your next steps, and at the same time, you feel a sinking in your arms]

“Master, Ailee is out of battery.”

“Huh?”

Loyal machine servant, very disloyal at some point.

……

[Analogizing the three hundred and thirtieth year, you are 349 years old, and Airey has been with you for 327 years.]

[Too long to be sensitive to the passage of time, you become accustomed to the eternal silence of the universe]

[Your life is not static]

[You’ve held the hand of a servant, stepped on the bright stars, witnessed the rotation of the infinite rings.]

[You once plucked a twinkling star and gave a special gift to the servant of the machine, a dreamy crystal like a jewel.]

[You have passed through the civilization of life and witnessed the development of civilization with the machine servant, who has judged the newborn civilization to be less intelligent than you]

“In the eyes of 9090, in the eyes of the wise machine servant, in the eyes of Airey, only your existence is recognized.

“Anything else is heresy.

[You are in deep thought, convinced once again that you are not fit to teach]

[The universe is lonely, and it’s very rare to encounter a new civilization; most of the time, it’s just Ailee by your side, and the interstellar Bugs that pop up every now and then.]

[Your life is full of regularity at three o’clock and one o’clock.]

Research Technology.

Accompany Ailee.

Explode the head of the Bug.

This is the new regular routine of the Hsu system.

With the technological system patched up, the fleet had long since broken through a third of the speed of light and traveled into even more distant stars.

The current range is still within the paddock of the man behind the curtain.

Every now and then you can catch the gravitational waves of a neutron war star.

But the biggest change was the sheer number of bugs that popped up every so often, endlessly charging the fleet.

Rightfully so.

It all ends up as biomass for the fleet.

“Lowly worms, I will not allow you to come near your master”, Ailee said in a calm tone of disgust.

The Airey brand of soft rice is still going strong.

……

[Simulating the three hundred and fifty-fifth year, you are 364 years old, and Airey has been with you for 342 years]

[The predicted time to strike comes and you wait for nothing]

[Four years have passed]

[In year 359 of the simulation, you are 368 years old, and the blow from the neutron war star has finally arrived.]

[Your new experiment didn’t work, and this time you were still precisely killed by a neutron war star]

[You’re not sorry about this, it was expected, and you didn’t get nothing out of it.]

[Two consecutive “tardinesses” prove that the time of the neutron star’s strike is not exactly 100 years, as you guessed, but has a certain degree of inaccuracy.]

[This is good news]

[Explaining your final time of death, which will be a bit more as a result]

[After your resurrection, you appeared in front of Airee in a complete state, and your intactness caused the worried machine servant to finally let go of her heart]

[“Welcome home, master.”]

[Ailee welcomes you back with an elegant gesture, her hands lifting the hem of her maid’s skirt lightly]

[To celebrate another new birth, Ailee has prepared a sumptuous meal for you, with raw materials such as Ancient Leviathan from Planet 4546B, Mushroom of Light from Planet M996, and Space Beast from Planet Golden Horn]

[You look at ingredients dozens of times larger than yourself and are silent for a long time]

[Your experiment continues]

[Long-term machine-soul resonance and overloaded use of mechanical power have caused your tech tree to climb extremely fast, but changes originating from your body have disrupted your established plans]

Simulation of the three hundred and seventy-seventh year.

The Xu system is 386 years old, the 364th year of Airey’s company.

Everything is going according to plan.

There has been progress in research concerning the grand unified theory, i.e., gravity, electromagnetism, strong interaction forces, and weak interaction forces.

Gravitational technology is at the heart of the curvature engine.

Complemented by vast amounts of energy, it promises to bend space and create propulsion beyond the speed of light.

Always.

The Xu system were eager to study and perfect it, wanting that miracle to be born and lead Ailee out of the prison of the stars.

But now, the Xu system realized one thing, it had become sluggish.

“Since when?”

“Ten Years Ago ……”

“Fifty Years Ago ……”

“Or was it from the time I made the decision that I had to develop a curvature engine.”

Mist filled the sky overhead.

The orange sunlight, like a fire, was like the last faint campfire to burn, spilling over the Xu system’s shoulders in a pan-cold gesture.

Illuminates half of the frowning face.

The Xu system was becoming sluggish, not in terms of aging physical functions, but in a deeper sense, a sluggishness that originated in the invisible realm.

He can still feel the cold, he can still feel the heat.

The body is strong and powerful, and runs like a champ.

However, in the imperceptible daily life, Xu system gradually, no longer have big emotional fluctuations.

That overly rational thinking.

It’s just–

“Like an icy cold wise weapon,” muttered the Xu system.

Is it because of the long lifespan that causes the mind to become bored and lack the perception of emotions?

The Xu system felt that it shouldn’t be.

The signs of retardation had actually been there earlier in the past, it was just that the Xu system, at the time, had treated it as part of the stress.

“This sluggish familiarity ……”

“If it’s not natural ……”

“Is that so? It’s caused by a high frequency resonance machine soul.”