Chapter 198: Housekeeping-Type Self-Discipline Robot

【You successfully transport and return with parts for the production machine to your underground laboratory residence.】

【You attempt to install the production machine.】

【Your rough handling slightly displeases the machine soul.】

【Eventually, you clumsily assemble the production machine, securing your survival in the wasteland.】

【You lack energy, but fortunately, the machine comes with solar panels. You find a quiet hollow where sunlight streams down, perfectly meeting your needs.】

【Due to the machine soul’s displeasure, you endure a month of foul-smelling food.】

【You don’t mind much, knowing that surviving in such a world is already a blessing.】

【As time passes, your plans evolve.】

【With basic survival issues resolved, you turn your focus to increasing your strength.】

【Unlike previous simulations where you grew stronger through self-cultivation, this time is special. You continuously learn and use various machines, resonating with their principles to enhance your abilities.】

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【The machine soul is pleased, and mechanical resonance connects you with the mechanical arm. You successfully understand its operation.】

【You feel that manipulating the mechanical arm becomes more intuitive.】

【The machine soul is pleased, and through long-term use of the production machine, you gradually grasp its principles.】

【You notice that the produced instant food cubes and water taste better.】

【Your long-term use of the Gauss twin guns greatly pleases the gun soul.】

【Your shooting accuracy becomes remarkably high, hitting nine out of ten shots without deliberate aiming.】

【You vaguely understand the design principles of the Gauss twin guns.】

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【Simulation Year 2, Age 21】

【You survive a full year in the city ruins roamed by intelligent machines, largely thanks to your reclusive lifestyle.】

【You immerse yourself in the world of knowledge.】

【Feeling as if the laws of the universe are opening their doors to you.】

【Long-term solitude doesn’t bore you; the underground lab is filled with technological items, each offering a new experience upon research.】

【You think this might be the joy of learning.】

【Your talent is terrifying; within a year, you transform from a novice to a knowledgeable scientific researcher.】

【Beyond knowledge, you discover an unexpected bonus.】

【The combined effects of the machine soul’s joy and mechanical resonance slightly alter your body, enhancing your physical abilities to rival gene warriors in lab records.】

【You can even enhance different machines’ performance at will.】

【This new and unique ability, you name it Mechanical Force.】

【A mysterious blessing protects you, amplifying your Mechanical Force tenfold. A cold breeze makes you shiver, as if someone is watching.】

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【Simulation Year 3, Age 22】

【Incredible, you are like a superman among supermen.】

【Your knowledge is astonishing, resonating with most machines in the lab, though a few remain too profound.】

【”The power of dual golds is terrifying!”】

【You reflect on this simulation with a sigh.】

【Knowledge is power, clearing ignorance and revealing the true world.】

【Through long research and study, you realize your location is the Sixth Satellite City, south of the Federation.】

【Neither a major metropolis nor a crucial spaceport.】

【You feel fortunate; landing in a key city would mean facing starship intelligent machines, pitting human against cosmic warships.】

【Could you win?】

【You conclude: certain death.】

【You start using your knowledge to improve the poor conditions of the underground lab, repairing damaged systems like water, electricity, lighting, and power armor.】

【Progress is smooth, but amidst the busyness, you realize an inevitable truth.】

【Human effort has its limits.】

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Above ground, the sun shines brightly, illuminating the wandering metal monsters.

Below, in the dark, calloused hands slowly sort through new wiring.

In the gaps of bricks and dust.

All is silent.

Collapsed buildings form chaotic barriers, blocking sunlight from reaching the depths.

The few spots with light are equipped with solar panels, absorbing every ray, some extending to the surface, silently drawing energy.

Green moss slowly covers the ruins’ crevices.

Providing Xu Xi with scant fresh air.

“I hope this works, or my research efficiency will greatly decrease,” Xu Xi stops his work, finishing the final adjustments.

Dressed in somewhat dirty clothes, he slowly steps back.

A large, smooth mechanical object.

Comes into view.

Silver-white, with numerous ports and countless intertwined wires, glowing as Xu Xi watches.

“My strength alone has its limits.”

“While the machine soul’s joy and mechanical resonance enhance me, that strength mainly boosts my learning speed.”

“I’m still just one person, limited.”

“I can’t fight numerous intelligent machines, nor can I compute all experimental data with a thought.”

Xu Xi’s gaze is complex.

Staring at the silver mechanical object.

He carefully activates the switch.

The sacred and grand tree of technological civilization isn’t something one person can master.

Xu Xi urgently needs something to assist him, handle the lab’s trivial tasks, even provide combat support.

He’s mostly researched all items in the lab.

To advance further.

He must venture above ground.

To study and analyze the intelligent machines and mechanical creations scattered across the city.

Thus, from the lab’s debris, Xu Xi salvages a severely damaged robot, hoping to use its core as the lab’s auxiliary AI.

“Such a pity…”

“A lab of this level usually has a high-performance supercomputer.”

“But all I can find here are remnants of ordinary machines.”

Beep.

Beep.

Xu Xi watches as solar energy slowly powers the machine core, bringing it to life.

As a precaution, Xu Xi had previously dismantled all robot components.

Now, armed with Gauss twin guns.

He stands ready.

Alert for the machine, upon activation, joining the intelligent machine rebellion, attacking him, a human.

“Crack,” Xu Xi silently activates the Gauss pistol.

The machine begins to emit sounds, its vocal module slightly harsh and sharp from age.

“Household Autonomous Robot, RTX-9090 initiating self-check…”