Chapter 60
No wonder Ji Chuyao got back so early; early enough that he bumped into him sharing a room with Dongfang Changye.
It turned out that the so-called Enlightened Legion above them was all fake.
Perhaps in the long history of this civilization, there had indeed been an Enlightened Legion. But here and now, it was only used to threaten human beings.
Si Chen: “Tell me what you experienced today.”
Ji Chuyao left out the plot of how he’d been almost discovered, getting straight to the point. “After getting the Radiant Legion’s authority, I went out to the surface with the guards. The guards are sent out to search and rescue any humans who are still on the surface.”
“After I got to the surface, I immediately activated flight mode and entered the mechanical body in the sky.”
“It’s a starship. But the system has been completely paralyzed. There aren’t any Machines inside. Its defense and attack systems have been completely stalled. I tried to power the main system and it almost drained my power reserves.”
“At 9 in the evening, I received an order to assemble. I had to come back. I heard the other Machines discussing on our way back, saying that 996 is a new regulation of the Machine Act and it used to be 007 year round. Since 996, the number of Machine riots has dropped.”
Ji Chuyao recounted his experience in one go. He asked, “What about you? Did you find anything?”
The two of them huddled together exchanging information was very reminiscent of honor students secretly filling in each other about their lessons after school.
Si Chen: “The Machine who took me to the base once told me that the Radiant Legion’s Machines obey the orders of human beings and will not harm humans. Perhaps this is why they do not directly attack humans but coax and deceive us to our graves.”
“The blood test is to veto the ‘human beings’ from the program. If it’s not human, there is no need for the Machines to follow their core program.”
“A mild environment, coupled with the temptation of Zeus’ benefits. A lot of the people probably think that what they need to fight is the Enlightened Legion, completely ignorant that the danger is around them.”
“And some Mechanically Transformed Evolutionaries,” Si Chen looked at the wardrobe, “Even those like Ji Yuanji, would simply fall. The Radiant Legion’s main system, ‘Zeus’ must have pretty high authority within the scope of all mechanical civilizations.”
“The Mechanically Transformed in this Space Fold, those who are alone will be executed immediately. Those who aren’t alone and whose teammates are not Mechanically Transformed Evolutionaries will be sent back to base. But in reality, these Mechanically Transformed Evolutionaries are already being controlled.”
“I also saw a new movie…’ Si Chen summed up the plot of “Happy Eden”, “I thought about it carefully and this movie has also revealed an important message — ‘time’.”
“For the human, he starts from the origin every time. He thought that the world had just been newly destroyed and that he and the Machine should be looking for another home in the universe. But in reality, it has been many years since the destruction of the planet. The Machine has been making repeated journeys.”
“Like this Space Fold.”
“Also, there should be hidden forces here. Otherwise, it’s would be hard to explain what’s going on with those movies I’ve seen.”
After their analysis, the two both fell into deep thought.
The conspiracy of the Radiant Legion Machines wasn’t complicated. It used lack of information and the humans’ fear of High-dimensional Creatures.
If it weren’t for the news brought back by Ji Chuyao and the obvious hints from those two movies, Si Chen would be at a loss now.
Ji Chuyao: “There are only two ways to leave a Space Fold. Either wait for the energy here to run out or kill the behind-the-scenes boss who controls the entire Space Fold.”
“Can you kill Zeus?”
Ji Chuyao took a deep breath. “I’m not sure. Actually, in the first mechanical civilization, there were three Machines who bore souls at almost the same time.”
“They are Turing, Zeus and Nuwa. It’s only that, in the end, Turing is the one who has gone the furthest. Zeus and Nuwa failed in the evolutionary competition and were destroyed.”
“This main system calls itself ‘Zeus’; there is a high probability that it is a backup machine left behind by Zeus. As long as the core data is preserved, in a sense, a Machine is immortal. Moreover, we’re in someone else’s territory now and we have insufficient firepower reserves. We’re not much of a match.”
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Ji Chuyao: “So, for now, we can only protect ourselves, unite the group and wait for chances.”
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As Ji Sicheng’s only son, Ji Chuyao knew a lot more about appraising goods than most. If this starship could be moved out of this Space Fold…Most anybody would be tempted.
Si Chen: “Oh.”
It was as Si Chen expected so he wasn’t all that disappointed.
The lively discussion ended and the atmosphere suddenly turned quiet.
Si Chen hesitated for a moment. “Do you have anything else to ask?”
He was referring to emotional matters.
But Ji Chuyao just smiled slightly and asked, “Are you hungry?”
If there’s anything Si Chen wants to say, he’ll let Si Chen tell him himself.
*
Dongfang Changye was unconscious for about half an hour. When he woke up, Si Chen and Ji Chuyao were eating a midnight snack.
Midnight snack was instant noodles. The noodles were compacted nutrient paste and the prepackaged soup was sauerkraut beef-flavored nutrient solution.
Si Chen had just eaten fried chicken tenders so he wasn’t very hungry.
But Ji Chuyao had skillfully prepared two packs of the noodles. Both the bowl and the chopsticks were handed to him and it would be too disrespectful to not eat the fruits of other people’s labor.
Si Chen had a taste and found that it was surprisingly good, with high nutritional value. “Where did you get the instant noodles?”
“I took it from a car when I went up the surface.”.
It wasn’t their own car but in a Space Fold, it didn’t matter.
As compensation, Ji Chuyao wrote a check and put it where the noodles had originally been.
If the owner makes it out alive, they can go to a bank and use it to withdraw money.
Dongfang Changye looked at the two happily eating and felt that he ought to be under the bed instead of on top of it.
Ji Chuyao glanced at him. “There’s another pack on the table. If you want to eat, you can prepare it yourself.”
Dongfang Changye could still feel a slight pain on the back of his head; like an air leak.
But he could vaguely tell that the poisonous tumor that had been oppressing his nerves was gone.
For a long time, his mood had been in a state of extreme irritability and he needed a lot of energy to suppress it.
People are prone to abnormal behavior under high pressure. And for Dongfang Changye, it lasted for five years.
Now, he was as calm and peaceful as a neutered dog.
Dongfang Changye felt that he should say something, he opened his mouth and said, “Thank you.”
After such a busy day, everyone was tired.
Too bad there was only one bed in the room and it was dirty.
Because Ji Yuanji was hidden in the closet, Si Chen had specifically asked Al not to clean up.
But now, the room was too messy.
Si Chen pointed to the broken glass and coffee table on the ground, “Sweep clean.”
Because of sleepiness, he was too tired to say a single superfluous word.
As soon as the words fell, Dongfang Changye and Ji Chuyao set off almost at the same time. Their target was the broom in the corner.
Ji Chuyao politely and humbly said, “Please, go on ahead.”
After all, it was Dongfang Changye who had smashed the table. He shouldn’t try to rob him of the opportunity to make amends.
Si Chen took out the spare bedding from the cabinet, spread it on the floor and wrapped himself up in a ball.
There was only one set of spare bedding. It was actually a double-sized quilt.
Si Chen actually didn’t mind sharing a bed with an acquaintance. But the problem was, whoever he sleeps with now, the other person can only be excluded.
Therefore, Si Chen decided to sleep alone.
Dongfang Changye finished sweeping and mopping the floor silently by himself. He then went to the bathroom and washed the blood-stained quilt, pillowcase and bed sheet.
Although he was an illegitimate child, Dongfang Changye had actually been taken back in to the Pei Family at a very young age because of his talent.
He was brought up as a young master. He never did any chores and didn’t know the first thing about doing them. Regarding the hard life he’d had before the age of four or five, he simply had no memory of it.
Later, when he joined the organization, naturally, there was someone else to take care of the cleaning. If something couldn’t be cleaned, then they just left it dirty. Blood, dirt and mud; everyone was used to living like that in the wilderness.
It was the first time that Dongfang Changye washed sheets by himself.
His movements were very careful, for fear of inadvertently tearing up the bed sheets.
When everything was over, Dongfang Changye felt more tired than after several rounds in the ring. But looking at the clean quilt, he felt a faint sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Dongfang Changye walked out of the bathroom, the ceiling lights in the room were already turned off.
Through the dim lamp light, he saw Si Chen lying on the ground, sleeping soundly.
His cheeks had a soft curve.
Dongfang Changye’s heart also softened.
It was a pity that as soon as he got closer, Dongfang Changye realized that in the corner, Ji Chuyao was also lying on his side on the bed sheet.
Because of the sofa, Ji Chuyao was in a blind spot.
Ji Chuyao wasn’t covered with the quilt, and there were two or three positions between the two of them, but his posture covered Si Chen regardless.
Dongfang Changye didn’t think that the empty spot in the middle was reserved for him.
…
Damn, what bad luck.
Dongfang Changye lay down on the sofa with the sword in his arms. He rested his hand on the back of his head. There was a piece of gauze there, slightly painful to the touch.
In this position, a slight turn of his head and he could see Si Chen.
Dongfang Changye lowered his eyes. He was tempted to fiddle with the hair on the top of Si Chen’s head but held back.
During his long undercover career, Si Chen had been his nostalgia for the past and a kind of sustenance for the future.
Dongfang Changye agreed with most of what Si Chen had said before the operation, except for one point.
【You never loved me equally. 】
He replied silently, “Excuses.”
He may have been perfunctory and his feelings were not so pure.
But for a brief moment, Dongfang Changye looked at the light shining on Si Chen’s face, thinking that he would lead him to the grave by the hand.
Love can only be repaid with love. *
Si Chen couldn’t give love and so he denied his love. It was unfair.
But pursuing this was pointless.
Dongfang Changye leaned on the sofa and gradually fell asleep.
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…
Five minutes to eight o’clock in the morning.
The nanny robot Al and Friday pushed the breakfast cart to the door at the same time.
Yesterday, their two masters slept together.
The two used Bluetooth to transmit data between their minds, communicating silently.
– Yesterday I heard activity, it seemed quite loud.
– Yes, but humans shouldn’t be bothered during their post-coital rest. Especially since they are safe and didn’t ask for help.
– I’ve brought along two boxes of anti-miscarriage pills.
– What a coincidence! Me too.
In the future, human reproduction would be top priority.
-Last night, another group of Machines had been infected by the Enlightened virus and sent to be formatted.
– Damn Turing.
Finally, it was eight o’clock.
Al knocked on the door politely and punctually.
After a while, Dongfang Changye, dark expression on his face, opened the door halfway, “Just leave it outside. Si Chen is still sleeping.”
Al smiled and said, “Alright, sir. But there is one more thing. Today is Master Si Chen’s turn for the blood test.”
The author has something to say:
*Love can only be repaid with love. ——Love Fenton/Ai Fenton
What anti-miscarriage pills these AI talking about? 🤔
These robots had too wild imagination.
Oh joy, your turn Si Chen. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Omg do i See a love triangle?🤨
Thank you sm for the chapters it’s very well appreciated 🫶🙇♀️
Thanks for the chapter 🌹
Lol, I like this robots
Thank you for your translation 💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟
i’m just nodding my head when they explain what’s happening, “yep yep totally get it” (￣▽￣)”
I really like dfcy but I still like jcy…. THEY’RE ALL INTERESTING INDIVIDUALS I LOVE IT.