At six o’clock in the morning, the small alarm clock on the bookshelf rang.
Su Zheyan blinked open his eyes and turned around to look at the strange lines on the cabin walls.
Every morning and evening, he would stare at the lines and sink in a deep thought.
He still didn’t understand what the irregular lines represented, but he always felt that they were very important.
Su Zheyan thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to gently trace the lines with his fingertips.
There are a few very shallow scratches in the middle, invisible to the naked eye, but can be felt.
He took a marker pen from the bookshelf, drawn on top of the scratches which darkened the original marks.
The lines are finally connected to one another, and they no longer appear messy and disorderly.
It’s just that Su Zheyan couldn’t decipher what these irregular lines represented, nor could he understand why it appeared in his capsule.
Just as he was pondering, he suddenly felt something crawling up his body.
Su Zheyan looked down, and the platinum little robot grabbed his buttons and moved up little by little like a determined rock climber.
The moment the two looked at each other, the square mouth on the robot’s face turned into a semicircle, and it seemed to smile at him.
He waved his short metallic hands and greeted him energetically: “Zheyan, good morning! What are you looking at, take me along! I want to see it too.”
Su Zheyan raised his eyebrows slightly: “What did you call me?”
While climbing up, Chu Shici said nonchalantly, “I call you Zheyan. When your father bought me, he asked me to take good care of you. From now on, you will be my little brother, I will protect you.”
Su Zheyan flicked his fingers lightly, and the robot was thrown down.
Chu Shici fell onto the soft quilt, and a system notification sounded in his mind.
[Vigor value +1, current vitality value 9/100.]
He looked up at Su Zheyan whose head was lowered, looking at him coldly with emotionless eyes.
Chu Shici had a flash of inspiration, he pretended to be angry, jumped up and hit the calf in front of him.
He hit it twice and held his head in his hands in despair, it seemed no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t beat that finger up.
Su Zheyan’s cold and handsome face still showed no emotion, but the notification sounded again.
[Vigor value +1, current vitality value 10/100.]
The system was surprised, [Oh my God… amazing!]
Chu Shici was a little tired, he hugged the slender fingers in front of him, and sat on Su Zheyan’s slightly cool palm to rest.
Hearing what the system said, he nodded in agreement, “He looks noble and glamorous, but the truth is that he just has face paralysis. I really didn’t expect him to have such a cute side as well.”
The system shook his head, [I’m not talking about him, I’m talking about how amazing you are. Weren’t you a human being before, why can you still have so much fun playing with the hero’s finger?]
Chu Shici: …
[Your ability to accept is really strong. Some hosts have changed from men to women, and they all cry to mourn their dead birds. You turned from a human into a thing, and you are still alive and kicking. I’m relieved to see you in such a good mood.]
The sadness he buried in his heart was dug up, and Chu Shici felt very sad.
He looked down, let alone a bird, when the robot doll was naked, nothing.*
*(no ding dong swing along below if you know what I mean, tragic.)
The system realised that he had said the wrong thing and sent him a compensation gift package, slipping away guiltily.
After studying the lines on the cabin wall for some time, Su Zheyan planned to write a diary entry before going out to find supplies.
He was about to put the little robot doll back into the iron box, when out of the corner of his eye he saw the little thing slumped listlessly against his palm.
The mouth has changed from a rectangle to a half bracket that curves downward. Looking as if the word ‘I’m sad’ was written on his face.
Chu Shici was still wallowing in self-pity when he suddenly heard a cold voice from above his head.
“You’re sad. Robots have troubles too?”
Chu Shici quietly raised his head, “Although I don’t look like that now, I was actually a human being.”
Su Zheyan didn’t speak, but a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He took out a mirror from the drawer and put Chu Shici in front of the mirror, as if to let him see reality clearly.
This was Chu Shici’s first time looking in the mirror. He did a full turn and examined himself carefully from head to toe in the mirror.
At first he looked increasingly sad, but after watching for a while, his mood gradually improved.
The robot doll in the mirror is about 10 to 15 centimetres tall. Platinum matte metal shell, smooth body is especially suitable for playing, smooth curves make him look beautiful and balanced.
There are two modes of movement, walking and skating, and the four-wheel rollers are suitable for a variety of terrains. The back is equipped with a hidden jetpack system, and the full-speed skating speed is faster than riding a bicycle. You can also listen to the radio by pulling out the antenna on top of your head.
Chu Shici took a deep breath and regained his energy.
On the bright side, at least he looks expensive now. Unlike those fragile plastic toys, it is a high-end robot doll.
He turned around, and suddenly saw a pattern printed on his back and right shoulder, which looked like an apple with worms.
Chu Shici grabbed the finger beside him, “What’s printed on the back of me?”
Su Zheyan took a glance, “The snake wrapped around the forbidden fruit is the symbol of the Eden brand series under Eternal Life Technology.”
“What is Eternal Life Technology?”
“A company in the empire. Birthplace of all AI creations.”
After he finished speaking, he found that the robot was staring at him blankly.
Su Zheyan asked suspiciously, “Is there something wrong?”
Chu Shici hugged his finger, “It’s nothing, I just feel we seem to be getting closer.”
Su Zheyan softly snorted and withdrew his fingers, ignoring him.
Although Su Zheyan still looked cold, Chu Shici’s mood improved a lot.
Yesterday the male lead ignored his love pandering, let alone reached out to play with him, he didn’t even bother to say anything to him.
It seems that the increase in vitality will indeed affect the hero’s attitude towards him.
According to the system, as long as the vitality value rises to 80, he can become a living person.
After completing a few main plotline tasks, you can freely choose a world to rebirth on, as well as the ability to customise certain basic information such as appearance and attributes.
Compared with the happiness in the next life, this small grievance is nothing.
Chu Shici adjusted his mentality and prepared to go to the target to exchange feelings.
He ran to the table and aimed at the soft pillow before jumping off. He didn’t choose a good landing point and fell directly to the ground.
The sound was very loud, and Su Zheyan, who was writing a diary beside him, looked down at him, and then looked away again.
Chu Shici was stunned by the fall, and laid paralyzed on the ground for a while before wobbly getting up.
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Su Zheyan finished writing the diary entry quickly and, after eating a box of nutrition cream, he was ready to look for supplies.
He took out the robot doll that had snuck into the bag and put him on the quilt for him to play by himself.
Chu Shici refused, “Take me with you, I want to go too.”
Su Zheyan hinted at him to stay put with his eyes.
Before leaving, he asked softly, “What do you eat?”
Chu Shici didn’t react immediately.
Su Zheyan asked again, “You can’t eat the things I brought back yesterday, what can you eat, engine oil?”
After confirming with the system, Chu Shici nodded: “The battery is also fine, I still need to lubricate, otherwise my joints will be stiff.”
Su Zheyan opened the hatch and left.
As a little toy doll, Chu Shici couldn’t go anywhere and could only entertain himself in the cabin.
Probably because he didn’t treat him as a human being, Su Zheyan didn’t mind Chu Shici peeking into his diary and didn’t hide it.
Chu Shici dragged out the diary, opened and looked at it. Except for basic information such as weather and date, there is only one line of words.
[The robot likes to play with my fingers, cute.]
Chu Shici pointed to the line of words, ‘Look, the male lead praised me for being cute. ‘
The system almost burst out in laughter, immediately slapped a hand over his mouth as he was drinking black tea, [You are more amazing than the hero. I like your optimism.]
In fact, Chu Shici felt that compared with his previous life, his life now is pretty good.
You don’t have to live in fear anymore, and you don’t have to worry about your limbs being cut off by debt collectors.
Thinking about it this way, it seems okay to be a robot doll for the time being.
Su Zheyan didn’t come back after going out for a long time, and Chu Shici was getting bored from waiting for him.
Chu Shici looked around the capsule cabin and found nothing new to occupy his time.
The compensation package given to him by the system was already opened. It contained a signal booster.
Chu Shici pulled out his overhead antenna and replaced it with a booster gifted by the system.
A current flowed through his body, and countless voices filled his mind instantly.
The system explained to him: [Desolate Star will block the signal, and the original antenna of the robot is useless. After changing to this, you can receive broadcasts from any country in the world.]
Chu Shici tried to tune the frequency, and the elegant voice of the female announcer echoed in the capsule cabin.
[# Welcome to the Imperial Capital Daily, recently an omega gave birth to twins. He has fathered 73 children since sexual maturity. He used his body throughout the entire reproductive process. In today’s society, he still abides by the ancient law, follows the tradition, let’s make natural birth great again. #]
Chu Shici’s eyes widened in shock.
The system urged him, [Change the channel, change it! I can’t take it anymore!]
Chu Shici changed a few more channels.
[# Eternal Life Technology issued a statement that they have never stolen citizen’s information, and will pursue legal responsibility for those who spread rumours. #]
[# Since the “Beta Labor Law” was proposed in July last year, anti-Beta discrimination supporters marched from all over the country to gather here in the capital today to protest, demanding the return of the legal rights to Beta citizens. From the current point of view, Beta neither has the strong body and intelligent mind of Alpha, nor the beauty and artistic talent of an Omega. As a minority vulnerable group, Beta’s status in society has become increasingly awkward. #]
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Same as yesterday, Su Zheyan didn’t come back until evening.
He tidied up the supplies and put them into the capsule, casually treating the wound on his arm.
Chu Shici leaned over to look at him, “Is the injury serious?”
Su Zheyan didn’t say a word, he reached out and rummaged around the backpack for a while and took out an oil drum full of engine oil and a few hoses.
The oil drum was too big for a robot, so he packed it in separate bottles, inserted a hose, and handed it to Chu Shici.
The first time he ate motor oil, he felt wary.
Chu Shici tried to drink a few sips and found that it was not so bad.
While he was eating, Su Zheyan took out another pink box from his backpack.
He opened the box, stood in front of Chu Shici, and said in a flat voice: “You said you want to wear clothes, but I didn’t find a robot doll clothing store. This is a princess dress-up box from a toy store. Which one do you want to wear, take it out and try it.”
Chu Shici was holding the oil bottle when he was blinded by the princess dresses in the box.
He turned his head stiffly, “Zheyan, listen to my voice, don’t you think I sound like a man?”
A trace of bewilderment flashed across Su Zheyan’s eyes, and there was a rare surprise in his tone.
“Robots have gender? Isn’t that your voice pack?”
Chu Shici: …
Suddenly he felt tremendously sad and the oil was not fragrant anymore.
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T/N: AHHAH This chapter was really funny in some parts, love it! What do you think?
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- Notices
- Ongoing
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