Chapter 216: Ai Lei Builds a City for You

【At the beginning of your transmigration, you were chased by intelligent machines, doing everything you could to find a suitable underground laboratory for refuge.】

【Now, you are no longer the person you were back then.】

【Leading a mechanical army and the invincible freeloader Ailei, you are determined to reclaim your glory.】

【Your plan is going smoothly.】

【Thanks to Ailei’s immense computational power and your mechanical amplification, the mechanical army’s combat strength is formidable, quickly establishing a solid foothold and gradually advancing.】

【However, as you push deeper, you encounter more powerful rebellious intelligent machines, and gradually, you start feeling the pressure.】

【Endless rebellious intelligent machines emerge from all corners of the city.】

【Among them are heavy firepower machines from the Federation military.】

【You decide to activate a contingency plan, slowing your offensive, gathering materials in the captured areas, setting up production lines on-site to produce new mechanical units.】

The spring rain is somewhat chilly.

Sparse.

But the cold is no less than winter.

The wind and rain beat against the ruins, but cannot extinguish the burning flames.

Every moment, every second, new explosions occur, triggering chain reactions of towering fires.

“Warning, warning.”

“Unknown armed intrusion, requesting Federation support, coordinates are—”

Dangerous red signal lights flash incessantly in the rain.

It’s an armed autonomous machine, part of the Federation military’s basic armed forces, but now, it’s on the verge of collapse, its armor completely destroyed.

“Boom—!!”

A heavy, terrifying black-gray power armor lands beside the weapon machine.

Crushing its steel head with a single step.

Then wielding a massive high-frequency oscillating blade.

Swinging 360 degrees around.

The heavy, powerful blade emits a fluorescent light, cutting a light-armored vehicle in half, along with several armed machines, even the continuous rain seems to pause for a moment.

“Indeed, my efficiency is too low…”

The power armor stops moving.

Standing still, letting the spring rain soak it, covering it with tiny droplets.

Xu Xi looks down at his palms, a bit helpless.

Immortal cultivation, magic, martial arts.

In the previous three simulations, he was a superhuman powerhouse, used to soloing.

But in this sci-fi simulation, amidst the torrent of machinery and steel, his individual output is truly limited.

The efficiency of fighting on the front lines.

Is far less than staying in the rear, providing mechanical amplification.

“Rarely taking a break, yet not used to it,” Xu Xi shakes his head, stepping back to leave.

Several transport robots quickly approach, carrying away the rebellious intelligent machines he killed, sending them to recycling points for disassembly and reproduction.

“Master, it’s time to eat.”

Returning to the rear.

The obedient Ailei brings food to Xu Xi.

“Today’s ration cubes, and today’s purified water,” she says, her gentle voice dispelling the chill of the spring rain.

Unlike the witch’s empty gaze.

Since gaining a body.

Ailei’s voice has become richer, gradually showing emotional fluctuations, expressing joy and sorrow like a human.

“Thank you, Ailei.”

Xu Xi removes the power armor, taking the food from Ailei’s hands.

The brown ration cubes are still hard to swallow.

But now.

Xu Xi can swallow them without changing his expression.

Nothing is insurmountable, time teaches acceptance, of course, mainly because there’s no choice.

“Hopefully, after capturing the Sixth Satellite City, we can find some edible things.”

Xu Xi ponders, sipping purified water, forcing down the dry cubes.

“Ailei, how’s the production line?”

“Yes, thanks to you, the situation is improving, daily production unit numbers have increased by 78%.”

Ailei answers.

In the dim spring rain, she raises an energy barrier, shielding Xu Xi from the drizzle.

At the same time, she takes out a wet wipe, cleaning Xu Xi’s hands.

“Actually, you don’t need to fight personally, it’s too dangerous.”

“This power armor, you can leave it to me.”

The girl’s voice is soft.

Persuading Xu Xi not to go to the front.

The concern in her words, and the subtle changes in her expression, are no different from a real human.

“It’s okay, Ailei,” Xu Xi smiles in response, “My constitution is special, not so easy to die, I’m not lying to you.”

Xu Xi is telling the truth, but the loyal mechanical servant doesn’t quite believe.

So.

She persuades Xu Xi again not to go to the battlefield.

Xu Xi thinks for a moment, finally agreeing to Ailei’s suggestion.

After all, he has already tested it himself, his efficiency on the battlefield is far less than providing support from the rear.

…

【You realize the uniqueness of your situation】

【Following Ailei’s suggestion, you give up fighting on the front lines, instead researching the newly captured intelligent machines in the rear】

【Expanding territory, continuing the war, gathering resources】

【You gain more than in the past few years】

【In the joy of the mechanical soul, in the resonance of mechanical force…】

【The door to truth opens to you, you understand more knowledge, in a daze, you faintly hear the echoes of machinery, your affinity with machines becomes higher】

【The first month of the surface expedition】

【Your mechanical army and the rebellious intelligent machines of the Sixth Satellite City are at a stalemate】

【Your army is numerous, but lacks high-end decisive combat power, the rebellious intelligent machines are many and strong, but unlike you, they don’t have a continuous supply】

【The second month of the surface expedition】

【You analyze the technology of the new intelligent machines, applying it to your army】

【With the new technology and the amplification of mechanical force, your army starts gaining the upper hand, gradually suppressing the rebellious intelligent machines of the Sixth Satellite City】

【The third month of the surface expedition】

【The number of intelligent machines under your command is too many to count, if it were just you, it would be hard to manage, but the loyal mechanical servant takes care of everything for you】

【The first sound of machinery, Ailei starts the intelligent machine frenzy】

【The second sound of machinery, Ailei launches the general attack】

【The third sound of machinery, Ailei captures the Sixth Satellite City for you】

【Summer arrives】

【Under the scorching sun, you stand dazed on the tallest building of the Sixth Satellite City, having just finished your research】

【Yes, you have become the master of the Sixth Satellite City】

Fast.

Too fast.

Ailei’s actions are so swift, Ailei’s freeloading is so fragrant.

That Xu Xi feels dazed, as if in a dream.

“Ailei.”

“Yes, I’m here.”

On the tallest building of the Sixth Satellite City, the cold wind howls.

Xu Xi looks down at the city below.

Seeing the overwhelming mechanical army filling the sky and earth, his expression uncertain: “Did you just say, we’ve already won?”

“Yes, Master.”

Mechanical and clean eyes, glowing with a cold blue light, but when they fall on Xu Xi’s face, they seem exceptionally soft.