Chapter 44 Tasting the Fruits of Victory "So how can we...?"
"So how can we enable everyone to have their own independent souls now?"
After a brief discussion with the Earth base, a time was set for the next meeting. Looking at 003's body, everyone felt a sense of disorientation. The blade hanging over their heads had vanished; the Natural Faction no longer needed to hide, and their long-cherished dream had finally been achieved.
Looking at the door where the scene disappeared, and then at Sang Zhitao, 775 sat cross-legged on the ground and finally mustered up the energy to ask about the topic that had always been a source of curiosity.
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment and looked at 89757: "I remember you said before that if we awaken the robot's soul all at once according to the information obtained after deciphering the lyrics, it would easily cause them to become confused, right?"
After a moment's thought, 89757 nodded and said, "That's right."
"Back when we were at the Algorithm Plaza Management Branch, did you mention that the Earth songs I brought could evoke emotions in the robots?" Sang Zhitao continued to ask.
89757 didn't know what she was planning to do, but still nodded and said, "That's right. Based on the findings at the time, and the data we downloaded after tracking the robots, Earth songs can indeed be used. Many robots already have basic emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness."
Sang Zhitao nodded and looked at her mother-in-law, saying, "Mother-in-law, let everyone work hard to break down that code and hide it in different works, so that we can slowly stimulate their emotions and let their souls be born on their own. I think this will be better."
After listening, the mother-in-law nodded, her eyes full of agreement: "I'll listen to you."
Sang Zhitao was not surprised by her reaction. After looking at the injured people, she said, "Everyone, go get treated first, then deal with the war outside, clean up the damage caused by 003, and then we will awaken our comrades step by step."
"Yes!" Everyone, whether injured or unharmed, stood up and solemnly bowed to Sang Zhitao.
Sang Zhitao looked around and felt a deeper sense of her new role as a manager.
Seeing everyone helping each other leave, Sang Zhitao glanced at the old woman left behind and suddenly stopped them, saying, "Wait!"
Everyone turned to look at her in confusion.
Sang Zhitao smiled and said, "Let's quietly remove the secret order as well. A free soul should also have a free body."
The group looked at each other, then smiled genuinely and nodded vigorously at Sang Zhitao.
After watching them leave, Sang Zhitao turned to her mother-in-law and said, "Mother-in-law, I'll trouble you to stay here from now on."
The old woman's bent back straightened up a little. She looked at Sang Zhitao with a relieved smile, gently shook her head, and slowly said, "This is very good. I have witnessed a miracle. It is my honor to be able to stay here and witness the future."
As soon as she finished speaking, the mother-in-law stroked the crystal ball in her arms: "005... Although she has been controlled, she has done a lot of wrong things. Let her stay here with me as punishment."
Sang Zhitao knew that her mother-in-law meant to refuse her proposal to reshape 005's body. After thinking for a moment, she sighed silently and nodded in agreement.
"Of course?! Aren't you coming? 142 said he made something delicious for you~" 223 suddenly poked his head out from outside the door and shouted.
"Coming, coming," Sang Zhitao replied to her, then waved to her mother-in-law and jogged away.
The mother-in-law watched her leave happily, stroked the crystal ball, and said softly, "She will be a very good manager."
The crystal ball blinked, but didn't reply.
"Who are you?" When Sang Zhitao arrived at the food table, she found that apart from the few people who participated in this battle, the beautiful 097 was missing, and there was a burly male robot who was about the same height as 223.
The male robot struck a seductive pose and gave Sang Zhitao a flirtatious wink.
Sang Zhitao gasped, leaning back and nearly falling.
“097!” 673 frowned and glanced sideways at the burly man.
Sang Zhitao's eyes widened, and she pointed at the burly man, exclaiming in surprise, "You're 097?! That pretty lady?"
"It's me~ I'm so happy that you called me pretty sister~" 097 stared at his nearly three-meter height and made a series of cringe-worthy moves, making Sang Zhitao unable to help but shift her gaze.
Everyone pretended to be unable to bear watching. Seeing this, 097 snorted and withdrew from that posture, coughed lightly and glanced at everyone.
This glance silenced everyone. Apart from 673 continuing to drink water from his teacup, only 225 casually rested on Sang Zhitao's shoulder.
Seeing everyone's frightened expressions, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why do you all seem so afraid of 097?"
225, who was perched on her shoulder, suddenly burst into laughter, which startled Sang Zhitao. Seeing this, 225 quickly shut up, patted her ear reassuringly, and then said, "They were beaten up too badly by 097 before, and they have psychological trauma."
"Huh? Why?" Sang Zhitao couldn't help but ask curiously.
Ignoring the piercing gazes directed at him, 225 laughed and said, "Because 097 is their instructor, at the peak of martial arts. It's just that the Creator has too much of a twisted sense of humor, giving him such a personality."
Seeing that he was turning the conversation to himself, 097 couldn't help but warn him, "Say that again and I'll beat you up."
225 raised an eyebrow at her, looking fearless, but didn't continue the topic. Instead, she started talking about funny things that happened during her training years ago.
Sang Zhitao listened to the story and tasted the various flavors of energy crystals on the table.
Happy times always pass quickly. After a brief moment of relaxation, everyone began the busy cleanup work.
After being busy for about half a month, Sang Zhitao finally had time to return to Earth.
"Welcome home, Tao Tao!" The base had arranged a welcome ceremony well in advance and even prepared a variety of delicacies.
"Try it, it's been a long time since you've had real food, hasn't it?" Sang Lezhi said with a smile to her sister.
Sang Zhitao quickly stuffed a skewer of grilled sausage into her mouth, savoring the long-lost taste of modern seasoning, and couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.
"There's still plenty left, eat slowly." Sang Lezhi looked at her with eyes full of affection.
Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly before asking curiously, "Was the data you sent over before useful?"
Wang Le swallowed the meat in his mouth, picked up an ear of corn from the plate, and replied, "Some of it has already been used, but the rest has been used for too short a time, so we'll have to wait."
"Huh?" Sang Zhitao looked at him curiously, "So fast? Which ones were used?"
Wang Le thought for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then said, "We have upgraded our current AI system. The new version of the AI system has basically reached the level described in science fiction novels. In addition, home robots and self-driving cars can be put into use."
After thinking for a moment, Wang Le continued, "Your brother's company is the agent, and if nothing unexpected happens, it can be launched on a large scale in three months."
"Wow, that's fast! Does that mean we'll have self-driving cars all over the streets next year? And with home robots, there will be someone to take care of elderly people living alone and children left behind by their parents," Sang Zhitao exclaimed. Then, remembering something else, she asked, "Will the price be very high? Can everyone afford it?"
Wang Le was not surprised by Sang Zhitao's question and replied without hesitation, "Yes, I can afford it. The price isn't high now. The car might be more expensive, but the basic version of the robot can be had for ten or twenty thousand."
"Ten or twenty thousand...that's a luxury for many people." Although Sang Zhitao didn't think ten or twenty thousand was expensive, she knew she wouldn't be willing to buy a robot worth ten or twenty thousand before she could reunite with her family.
Wang Le sighed before saying, "I heard that the teachers and leaders are communicating and saying that they will provide subsidies to impoverished households based on their family circumstances. If it is a mountainous area, the whole village can buy one or two together."
Sang Zhitao suddenly found even the delicious food tasteless, and with a sigh, she said, "The country is still too poor."
Wang Le nodded silently, took a big bite of corn, and then said, "It will be alright, everything will be alright."
"Yes, it will be alright." Sang Zhitao nodded and said nothing more.
"Alright, we adults have taken care of these things, don't worry about it." Sang Lezhi patted Sang Zhitao's head reassuringly before continuing, "Speaking of which, foods containing the new 01 substance are now available on a large scale."
"Oh, I see. It feels like it hasn't been that long." Sang Zhitao looked at her sister in surprise.
Sang Lezhi nodded to her before saying with emotion, "Although it hasn't been long, it's been a year since you brought the first spirit stone."
“It’s been a year…” Sang Zhitao looked somewhat dazed. She hadn’t expected that a year had already passed. It felt like just yesterday that she had just transmigrated to the Elf World.
"Ah!" Sang Zhitao clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Speaking of which, isn't the New Year just a few days away?"
“Yes.” Sang Lezhi nodded, glanced at her clothes, and then realized, “Your physique has changed a lot since you transmigrated, so the temperature difference comparison is not very meaningful. Didn’t you notice that except for you, who is still wearing autumn clothes, we are all wearing sweaters?”
Sang Zhitao then realized what had been bothering her since returning. She nodded in understanding and asked, "Shall we spend the New Year at the base, or go home?"
Sang Lezhi thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay at the base. Your brother-in-law will be on vacation then, so we can have him and my brother come together."
“Speaking of which, I haven’t met my brother-in-law yet,” Sang Zhitao replied.
“You’ll like him; he’s a very good person.” Sang Lezhi smiled gently.
Seeing her expression, Sang Zhitao knew that her brother-in-law must love her sister very much to make her smile so happily.
"Speaking of which, my sister just said that those foods are already on the market. Does that mean that the seeds we cooperated with the seed company on before have all been planted?" Sang Zhitao suddenly thought of another question and asked.
"Yes, although the farmers' planting time is not as fast as that of the base, where they can harvest in just a few days, on average they can now achieve at least four harvests a year, so they can already supply the people of the whole country," Sang Lezhi said with a smile.
"That's great! It's much better than we expected. I'm really looking forward to everyone's reaction." Sang Zhitao said with hope.
Sang Lezhi thought for a moment and said, "You can go online and take a look when the time comes. Thanks to you for opening the door, we were able to cultivate crops with higher content and create such a miracle."
"Perhaps it's not just my power, but everyone's wish..." Sang Zhitao murmured softly as she thought of the two memories.
"What?" Sang Lezhi didn't hear clearly at first.
"It's nothing." Sang Zhitao smiled and shook her head before pointing to the corn not far away and saying, "Sister, can you get me some corn?"
Seeing that she looked fine, Sang Lezhi didn't take it to heart. He stood up, placed a few ears of corn in front of her, poured her a glass of warm water, and then continued eating with Sang Zhitao.
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Author's Note: A new world begins tomorrow!
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