Chapter 257: The Last Life

Despite the faint hope, the Hsu system still made an attempt.

He sent a small fleet.

by remote control.

Control the fleet to fly towards the high walls of the civilization’s graveyard.

Try to cross over, try to break away, perform that feat of parting from the cage.

The end result is –

“!!!” , the violent explosion bloomed in the starry sky, the shimmering radiating cross, so conspicuous in the darkness of space, was eaten away and cracked by the high wall.

The Xu system stared silently at the starry sky, its expression unchanged.

“Sure enough it failed ……”

“That invisible blockade, completely blocking the way out of conventional navigation, and the only way to break through its barrier is to have a higher level, spatial or dimensional aspect of technology.”

“Curvature engines, dimensional leaping, or the fabled space-time teleportation.”

“Without these related technologies, one would have to wait for the demise of despair.”

The Hsu system turned around.

Witnessing the high walls of the cage with his own eyes made his will even stronger, he must build the warp engine and take Ailee away from this dead star.

The outside world is not always safe.

But staying inside the cage will surely face danger.

……

[You’ve reached the end of the stars]

[Vast and magnificent, as spectacular as you’d expect.]

[The twinkling stars are like thousands of bright eyes, witnessing the flow of nebulae and the rise and fall of civilizations.]

[As you stand at the end of civilization and witness the invisible wall, your vigilance against the masterminds rises several levels.]

[You know very well that these centuries of unimpeded access do not mean that the masterminds behind the scenes are incompetent, only that the other side never pays attention to the insects and rats inside the cage]

This is your chance, the only time you can get away with Elle.

In the 601st year of the simulation, you are 620 years old, and Airey has been with you for 598 years.

[At your command, the entire fleet pushes back, keeping a distance from the high walls of space in case of accidents]

“Ailee, any thoughts?”

“You mean …….”

“That wall, isolating the space between inside and outside, don’t you think it’s awesome?”

“It doesn’t feel as good as the master.”

Ailee replied in a calm tone.

She always has.

……

[Simulation 621, you are 640 years old, and Airey has been with you for 618 years]

[Your research has made a breakthrough. You’ve seen the dawn of curvature sailing.]

[To celebrate, you take a rare day off and cook a meal yourself, and Ailee looks at your glowing cuisine and doubts Kisei once again]

[Simulation of the 655th year, your 674th year, and 652nd year of Airey’s company]

[You begin to wait for the Neutron Battlestar to strike]

[Simulating the 657th year, your 676th year, and 654 years of Airey’s company]

[Two and a half years late, the Neutron Battlestar has reappeared, and this time you’ve grabbed Airey’s hand beforehand and observed more information from Airey’s special viewpoint.]

The star-studded universe distorted abruptly.

Perspective Lift.

Lift from the minuscule point to the infinite vastness.

In that particular perspective, the Xu system saw a light more intense than the sun, ravaging the universe at superluminal speeds, shattering everywhere it went.

Speed, direction, action logic, target sequence, trajectory route.

All of it.

All remembered by the spirit of Airey’s machine.

“It’s spectacular,” Finally, System Xu frankly faced the impact of that macro-giant star, his eyes widening as he tried to get a better look at the Neutron Battle Star.

But the Neutron Battlestar was just too fast.

System Xu didn’t get to see anything before his body was directly torn apart.

……

[You’re dead and you’re alive again]

This is your ninth death.

[Your heart sighs, the ten lives that were the bottom card are now down to the last one]

[The effect of ten deaths before the end makes you feel very satisfied, and it is the resurrection over and over again that has made you what you are now]

[You have succeeded in mastering a large number of scientific theories, which are the rules of the functioning of the universe, the essential order of all things, from which even the promotion of the transcendental system can draw a lesson or two]

[Simulating the 660th year of your age, 657 years of Airey’s company]

[With years of machine-soul resonance, and continued shared observations from Ailee, you finally caught the light of hope and began making trial models of the curvature engine, antimatter engine, and elemental decay engine]

[The time constraints leave you with very little margin for error]

[For this reason, you have to cherish every opportunity to experiment and to create miracles that really work.]

[Simulation of the 662nd year, your 681st year, the year of Airey’s companionship]

[You’re starting to take care of your health.]

[Even though you know that a genetically engineered body will not get hurt or sick easily, you have only one life left and are unwilling to take the risk]

You don’t want to die until Irene’s out of the cage, no matter what.

The Xu system is starting to rest.

For the first few hundred years, he was kept busy.

In order to develop the curvature engine, for the miracle that was so tiny that it was impossible, he resonated the machine soul to the point of coma, even causing himself to be eroded.

And now.

He’s starting to rest.

“Master, you are ……”

“Rest,” the man said this, once again taking control of his face with a familiar and empty standard smile.

“All this time, Ailee, haven’t you been trying to get me to rest, and I’ve been thinking about it, and I think I do need it.”

“Why, is there a problem?”

[You try to keep a smile on your face, the long period of machine-soul erosion has made you feel more and more like a humanoid think tank, but you show as much emotion as you can so that Ailee doesn’t worry]

[You reassure her that you simply want to rest.]

[Without words, in that wordless silence, Airey gently grasps your palm and lets it rest on top of her head.]

[“Master …… Ailee will protect you…”]

[The trembling voice is full of determination, and you are silent for a long time, only able to soothe the restless spirit inside that body by rubbing your hair]

[Simulation of the 682nd year, your 701st year, the year of Airey’s companionship]

[The curvature engine experiment is carried out many times, and with the stacking of resources and number of times, you gradually find the law of success]

“Ailee is still your right-hand woman, and, uh, she’s become more caring.

“Master, please have some soup.”

“Master, please dress.”

“Master, it is time for you to sleep.”

“Master, Ailee will destroy the filthy bugs for you.”

Repeat after repeat, attempt after attempt, and under the watchful eye of the Xu system, Ailee did more and more incredible things.

She delivers the fourth type of gene potion for the Xu system.

After taking it, the body functions and longevity are once again ushered in.

But a change like that obviously couldn’t stop fate.

“It’s ready, Ailee.”

“…… Master, lunch is ready for you, do you need Ailee to heat it up?”

“I say, enough already.”

“……”

“Ailee, there’s no point in continuing to waste time over something that can’t be done.”

“……”