Chapter 263: Because You Will Be Sad

Xu Xi changed his treatment location.

After waking up.

He was picked up by the Mechanical Servant, transferred from the cold, hard Treatment Pod to a soft bed.

Crisscrossing wires and dense instruments surrounded the bed, providing the life-sustaining flame for Xu Xi.

This was done by Ailei.

A rescue attempt born from guilt and sorrow.

To save that person.

To keep that light.

To make the one who strangely named the machine but irresponsibly disappeared stay by her side forever.

“Master must take responsibility for Ailei.”

“Because of Master, Ailei has become strange.”

“Because of Master, Ailei cannot stay calm.”

“This is Master’s fault, so Master must take responsibility for Ailei and cannot leave casually.”

Before the sickbed, the man whose condition had worsened further, his face pale and thin, his fingers long and withered, covered with various life-supporting tubes.

Ailei couldn’t bear to see Xu Xi like this.

She hated her own helplessness.

The Mechanical Servant’s voice, calm yet deeply trembling, like a wingless bird falling, completely lost its direction.

She lowered her head.

Dared not meet those familiar gentle eyes.

The Mechanical Servant, who should have been loyal, had defied her master’s orders, and she could not forgive herself for this, her damaged half-face revealing a silent wail.

The man on the sickbed was not angry with the Mechanical Servant.

Once again.

Weakly leaning on the bed, he stretched out his hand, accompanied by a tired but warm voice, gently holding the Mechanical Servant’s five fingers.

“Sorry, Ailei, for troubling you to take care of me at such a time.”

…

[You did not stop the Mechanical Servant’s plea]

[You clearly knew]

[Ending your life with your own hands would be an unbearable thing for the loyal Mechanical Servant]

[If the roles were reversed, and it was Ailei begging you, you would also find it hard to make a decision]

[Therefore, you respected Ailei’s choice]

[No longer asking the loyal Mechanical Servant to turn off the life-support machines for you]

[You lay on the sickbed, your consciousness slowly fading, clearly feeling your consciousness gradually disintegrating, heading towards the end of burning out]

[The life-support machines running 24 hours a day only helped slow down your death, they could not truly cure you]

[Ailei discovered this]

[Trying various methods, maximizing computational power, doing everything possible to prolong your life]

“Ailei, how is it today?”

“…”

“Is that so, still trying, that’s already very impressive.”

“…”

“Mm, I’m fine.”

“…”

Failure after failure, intensifying each time.

No matter what attempts were made, none had any effect on Xu Xi’s body, nor could they rejuvenate the burnt-out soul.

Xu Xi’s life flame was inevitably heading towards extinction.

For this outcome.

The Mechanical Servant could not change a thing, only watching with silver-blue mechanical eyes as the figure became more hunched and weak, deeply mired in the pain of life and death.

As time passed, Xu Xi’s pain deepened, and so did Ailei’s guilt.

“It’s okay, Ailei, don’t worry about me.”

Xu Xi lay on the sickbed, his face as pale as paper, every breath seeming extremely difficult, as if he could faint at any moment.

But even in such a physical state.

He still managed to smile, comforting the Mechanical Servant who had failed time and time again, telling Ailei not to blame herself.

I’m sorry…

I’m sorry…

Ailei’s body trembled violently.

Another failed experiment, she returned to Xu Xi’s resting bed, looking at the familiar face with scattered eyes, listening to the familiar gentle comforting words.

Finally.

The sorrow within her heart broke through the limits of data.

“…I’m sorry, Master.”

“Because of my incompetence, you have endured too much pain”, the Mechanical Servant could not hold on any longer, she could no longer accept Xu Xi living in such pain.

Every comfort from Xu Xi.

Turned into invisible blades.

Silently cutting through the loyal and guilt-ridden Machine Soul.

With a trembling wail, she asked Xu Xi why he did not forcefully command to turn off the life-support machines.

In terms of authority.

Xu Xi was the creator of Ailei’s underlying logic.

Possessing the highest priority control.

In terms of emotion.

Xu Xi was the most important person to Ailei.

If Xu Xi requested multiple times, no matter how reluctant, Ailei would listen to Xu Xi.

But Xu Xi did not do this.

Since the first request to turn off the life-support system was denied by Ailei, he never brought it up again.

That weak and powerless stance made the Mechanical Servant unable to understand.

“Because then, Ailei would be very sad.”

There was no sunlight in the escape pod.

The pale ceiling light shone down from above, illuminating Xu Xi’s nose and his hollowed eyes.

Enduring the discomfort of his body’s emptiness.

He smiled and explained to Ailei.

There was no special reason, nor was it that he did not feel the pain, the reason was simple, he just did not want to make Ailei sad.

“But, but you—”, the circulating air in the pod messed up the hair on her forehead, blurring Ailei’s eyes.

The silver-blue calm mechanical eyes, in that chaotic crisscross, seemed to have layers.

All the grief.

All the sorrow.

Were all presented to Xu Xi through that inhumanly realistic face.

Unable to hide, unable to endure, since the RTX-9090 era, the Mechanical Servant’s emotions were always directly expressed.

“But you, this is too painful”, the voice trembled to the point of distortion.

Except for the lack of real tears.

The Mechanical Servant’s expression at this moment was no different from a human’s, thick sorrow melted on every part of her cheeks, because of excessive grief, her facial features were somewhat squeezed.

A heartless machine had gained human emotions.

While the human was step by step heading towards nothingness.

The contrast was so strong that the Mechanical Servant could not accept it, she did not accept this reality.

“It’s okay, Ailei.”

Xu Xi stretched out his withered and powerless hand, gently placed it on the Mechanical Servant’s head, giving her a sense of security with the little strength he had left: “This has nothing to do with you.”

“Actually, during this time, I’ve figured out a lot of things.”

The voice was as thin as a gossamer, as if it would disappear in the air.

Like fallen leaves, the sound gradually fades.

Like light rain, moistening things silently.

At the same time, it carried a dry and powerless hoarseness in the throat.

“We’ve known each other for a long time, right.”

Xu Xi wanted to smile, but such an action was no longer possible for his exhausted body.

The corner of his mouth had just started to curve when he suddenly coughed.

“Cough!”

“Cough cough cough!”

“Master—”, Ailei helped the weak Xu Xi sit up from the bed at the fastest speed, smoothing his breathing.

“I’m fine, Ailei”, Xu Xi gently shook his head.

His body was even weaker.

The pain became more apparent.

Xu Xi struggled against the drowsiness, forced himself to stay alert, and with a forced smile, looked at the Mechanical Servant.

“Ailei, time really flies, it’s been over seven hundred years since I met you in the Underground Laboratory.”

“So fast…”

Friend Friend Novel provides book lovers with great online novels for free reading. If you like this site, please share it with more book lovers!

If you think “Life Simulation: Let the Female Sword Immortal Regret for Life” is a wonderful novel, please paste the following URL to share it with your friends, thank you for your support!