Chapter 228: Please Use Me More

Ailei did not disappoint Xu Xi.

This time.

She was no longer rigidly following data.

But sincerely expressed her thoughts, thinking from her own perspective.

“Master, it’s curiosity.”

Ailei gave the answer, a conclusion she reached after countless days and nights of thinking, combining vast amounts of data, and self-reflection.

This was exactly what Xu Xi wanted to hear.

But at the same time, Ailei’s tone was filled with confusion.

She couldn’t understand why the object of curiosity was the starry sky, and not something else.

“Because what truly attracts you, Ailei, is not the stars in the sky, but all unknown things,” Xu Xi said with a gratified expression, completing the thought for his mechanical servant.

“Because it’s unknown, we are curious about the truth.”

“Because of curiosity, we want to explore.”

“Because of exploration, we come to know the world.”

“This is the growth of a person, and the completion of the heart.”

“In this process, following your own thoughts to do what you like is the meaning of life.”

Under the night sky.

A familiar and warm large hand once again covered Ailei’s head, gently stroking her smooth black hair, the action tender.

Xu Xi didn’t know if his mechanical servant could understand.

But he felt.

This approach was meaningful.

It would plant a seed unique to the heart within the cold machinery, guiding Ailei to walk a better path.

“Let’s go, Ailei.”

“If you can’t figure it out, forget it, there’s plenty of time to think slowly in the future,” Xu Xi said, holding the girl’s hand, walking towards the direction of return.

The girl allowed herself to be led.

Together with Xu Xi.

Strolling under the starlight of the night.

The evening breeze blew again, sprinkling stardust, blurring the menacing ruins in the dark night.

“Following your own thoughts, to do what you like…”

Along the way, Ailei kept recalling Xu Xi’s words.

The loyal mechanical servant felt that Xu Xi’s earlier thanks to her was indeed unnecessary.

Because from beginning to end.

The mechanical servant’s thought was to help Xu Xi.

Not because Xu Xi gave an order, then to help.

But wanting to help Xu Xi, so following orders to act.

Seemingly no difference, but reversing the order of precedence, it’s two completely opposite ways of thinking.

“Master.”

“What is it, Ailei.”

“Please command me as much as possible in the future.”

“Huh?”

In the desolate ruins, the man’s surprised voice clearly echoed, he faintly felt that his education had gone wrong again.

…………

[You have successfully dominated the entire world]

[The legacy of the old Federation has been fully inherited by you]

[Whether it’s resources, intelligent machines, or the most advanced starship technology, you have taken it all]

[As long as you master the technology, you can leave the planet and truly step into the universe]

[You once deliberately searched for the remaining four virtual network bases within the Federation’s territory, but unfortunately, you only saw a pile of bones, with no more valuable information]

[You look down at the devastated apocalyptic world, filled with emotions]

[You have no intention of revitalizing civilization, nor the desire to revive this planet, the only thing you want to do is to decipher mature starship technology, build a star fleet and leave here]

[You decide to calm down, carefully study starship technology, and in the process accompany Ailei, witnessing her growth]

South of the Federation.

Sixth Satellite City.

This is Xu Xi’s starting point, and the place he is most familiar with.

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

For no other reason, just nostalgia.

Whether it’s the main base city or the capital, once bustling Federation metropolises have long become historical ruins.

Living or not, doesn’t make much sense.

“Master, please wait a moment, I’ll clean the room for you.”

“Ailei, no need to trouble yourself.”

“No, for your health, this is very necessary, it can effectively avoid the impact of dust on you.”

“Then… alright.”

The loyal mechanical servant always considers every aspect of Xu Xi.

During the war, she was Xu Xi’s most capable AI assistant, and now in peaceful times, she remains a diligent and capable obedient maid.

The sunlight is warm and bright, slanting on the courtyard’s flowers and grass.

Amidst the sound of gears meshing and machinery operating.

Ailei directs a large group of intelligent machines to thoroughly clean the long-unoccupied house.

Taking this opportunity.

Xu Xi alone takes the elevator down to the underground laboratory, intending to tidy up the equipment a bit, preparing for future research work.

The steel cable rubs, the electric lamp buzzes.

Xu Xi enters underground, skillfully presses the red button on the side of the door, and the next moment, the laboratory’s lights all turn on, illuminating everything inside.

“Long time no see, very nostalgic.”

Xu Xi scans left and right.

The familiar layout, the large alloy-cast workbench, the orderly mechanical arms suspended overhead, and some old friends piled in the corner.

Everything.

Is so nostalgic.

In the simulated early years, these items helped Xu Xi a lot, especially the exoskeleton mechanical arm and production machines, which contributed greatly to Xu Xi.

“Let me see, Gauss twin guns, intelligent machine catalog…”

“And power batteries, small reconnaissance aircraft…”

The voice echoes in the spacious laboratory.

Xu Xi walks, his hand lightly touching each item, and when he sees the thick intelligent machine data book, he can’t help but pull it out to flip through.

It records Xu Xi’s intelligence collection on intelligent machines.

In the early stages, before the intelligent machine troops developed, it was all thanks to this thick handwritten catalog that Xu Xi could accurately avoid risks time and time again.

But today.

On the verge of stepping into the universe.

This catalog can be said to be completely useless.

“Let’s tidy up a bit,” Xu Xi closes the catalog, putting it back in its place.

Then, he starts changing the positions of the items, placing unneeded things in the corner, freeing up more space for subsequent work.

After finishing, Xu Xi walks to the workbench, pulls out a backrest chair, and sits down.