Chapter 151 Do you want that mechanical doll?
"Grandpa Qi, what is this...?" Lin Ye couldn't help but move closer when Shi Sheng entered the room.
His eyes met Shi Sheng's, but he couldn't detect any change in emotion.
This is a mechanical product that is more in line with Lin Ye’s stereotype. It is not as vivid as the stars, but... no one can deny that it is really beautiful and exquisite.
Especially those clear blue eyes.
"This is a friend of the stars." Qinan closed the window, then took out a small piece of energy and placed it in front of the little mechanical doll that came into the room as if entertaining a guest.
Shi Sheng stared at the energy source. Two seconds later, a clear, cold, and tender voice sounded:
"Thanks."
Qi Nan's skin seemed to twitch and he revealed a smile, which was fleeting.
"Is this the mechanical doll you made?" Lin Ye was really tempted.
Qi Nan tilted his head to look at him, without nodding or shaking his head, but asked him: "Do you want one?"
"..." Lin Ye felt embarrassed that his thoughts were seen through, but it was only for a moment. Soon he nodded frankly and praised: "I have lived on this planet for so long, but this is the first time I have seen mechanical products like these. It seems that there are no similar products for sale in the safe zone. If possible... I really want to have them, so that I can have a friend to chat with."
"Friend?" Qi Nan picked out the word from his words.
Lin Ye nodded, smiled widely and said, "Yes, they are friends. Although they may not have self-awareness, I think if they can always stay by my side, they must be like friends or even family members, because the companionship and emotional value they provide are what I want but have never been able to get."
Lin Ye spoke sincerely, and there was a gleam in his eyes, showing that he was extremely yearning and eager.
But Qi Nan stared at him for a moment, just shook his head and said to him: "If you want to have such a mechanical doll, you can go find broken and discarded bodies, as well as parts to repair and replace them. I can make a new mechanical doll for you personally, but Shisheng and Paopao are Xingxing's friends, so I can't give them to you."
Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, then realized that his words were very suggestive, and quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, Grandpa Qi, don't get me wrong. I just think it's amazing that you can make them, and I don't mean to keep them for myself. Rather than picking up one to repair, I actually want to make one myself, but I don't have any mechanical knowledge of repairing and making, so I plan to customize one that suits me best when I grow up and earn enough money!"
During the conversation between the two, Shi Sheng just stood quietly by the side, not moving or speaking, and he didn't even glance at Qi Nan and Lin Ye.
Qi Nan would occasionally look at it, but this mechanical doll looked very dull, just standing there motionless, so Qi Nan secretly suppressed the vague doubts in his heart.
When Xingxing came back after picking up the garbage, Lin Ye still hadn't left. He had even started calling Qinan "teacher" and began to listen to him talk about some of the most basic mechanical knowledge.
Xingxing turned off the live broadcast at the door.
It didn't go in.
Instead, she sat at the door holding Bubbles, tilting her head to look at the familiar mechanical doll slowly sliding down from the window.
"Why are you back?" Xingxing reached out to catch it.
Shisheng then buried himself in the child's warm embrace.
The originally cold voice also sounded muffled: "I'm afraid they will hurt you."
Xingxing was stunned for a moment, and then a warm smile dotted her eyes.
It lowered its head with curved eyes, gently rubbed Shi Sheng's forehead with its cheek, and coaxed him softly: "Thank you, I'm fine, they can't hurt me."
Shi Sheng grabbed the corner of Xingxing's clothes, and after a moment of silence, he said softly: "I have invaded the star field network of this planet. I can replace or even control every network node on this planet. Do you want to leave Qinan and leave this planet? I can help you."
Without waiting for Xingxing to speak, it seemed to have guessed what Xingxing was going to say. It raised its little face, and its two sapphire-like pupils reflected Xingxing's facial features. It said to the child seriously, "It's hard to do the mission. I have let go of my obsession in my previous life, so Xingxing doesn't have to do the mission anymore. You are free and can do more things you want to do. You can take me with you wherever you go. I will always protect you."
It doesn't care who Qi Nan likes, nor does it care about the long auxiliary tool positioning in the previous life. It no longer hates Qi Nan and Lin Ye.
Shisheng just wants the stars to be free.
Suddenly, a small hand patted my head gently.
Shi Sheng was gently hugged by Xing Xing again.
The little robot's embrace is really warm, and it is consuming energy hugging itself again.
Shi Sheng buried himself in its arms, listening to it slowly rejecting what he had just said.
"It's okay."
The robot Xingxing held a ball of light on his head, hugged his two mechanical dolls, listened to the conversation between an old man and a child in the house, and looked at the dark sky with his eyes brightly curved, as if no troubles in this world could erode it.
"I am not tied to the mission, but I have not lost my freedom."
"The humans said they would take good care of me. The children inside are the offspring of an old acquaintance of the humans. I am following my heart."
It lifted up the blue-eyed mechanical doll, put it close to its heart, smiled and asked, "Can you hear my heartbeat?"
Shi Sheng listened carefully and shook his head seriously.
There is no heartbeat.
Robots don't have hearts.
Even if it was equipped with a useless mechanical heart, the beating sound was different from that of a human heart, and it was far less lethal.
Then Xingxing raised another mechanical doll with silver eyes, put it close to her heart and asked, "Bubbles, can you hear my heartbeat?"
Bubble's round eyes began to circle, and he said blankly: "No heartbeat data detected..."
Qiuqiu didn't need Xingxing to ask. He flew down and tapped the child's heart twice. He answered happily: "You can hear it this way. You can have as many heartbeats as you want!"
The eyes of the two mechanical dolls were filled with confusion.
The star touched their heads one by one and whispered, "I don't have a heartbeat, but I am following my heart. Humans haven't said they love me, but they will take good care of me."
Xingxing did not say love, nor did she have any extreme attitude towards the two humans in the room.
It was sitting at the door of the cabin, holding two mechanical dolls, its childish face filled with a clear and peaceful expression.
"I want the truth more than my freedom."
It wanted to know the truth behind the lies and why Qinan made such a choice in his previous life.
Xingxing knew that Shisheng was always lying.
But the stars can hear its lies.
Just like just now, Shisheng said that he no longer had any obsession with his past life, and he would no longer feel unwilling or hateful.
Three lies in one sentence.
The only thing that is true is protecting the stars.
Qinan raised such a little robot that loved to lie. Xingxing felt that Qinan might have told a lot of lies to the little robot.
The stars did not lie, every word they said was true.
It was following its heart, and its heart told it that Qinan would not abandon it, nor would it be embedded in a god-level mecha to become a tool to assist human children.
Although he and Shisheng are different, Qi Nan as a maintenance worker is the same person.
Xingxing wanted to know whether the differences between himself and Shisheng would lead to different results, or whether he would actually end up like Shisheng in his previous life.
Polestar has been longing for freedom all his life.
Xingxing only wants to know the truth in his life.
"You have invested your feelings in this human." Shi Sheng's muffled voice sounded again.
Xingxing tilted her head, stretched out her little hand and gently poked its expressionless cheek, and said obediently: "Yes, I want to be loved by humans, so I have to give my feelings first."
“If it ends the same way, you will be hurt by him like I was, develop an obsession, and lose your freedom.” Shi Sheng’s tone had become completely serious.
Hearing this, Xingxing was quiet for a moment.
The sound of two humans talking in the room behind the door became clearer and clearer.
Xingxing took back her little hand and held her chin, and said softly and slowly: "It doesn't matter, because even if I lose him, I still have a lot of love."
"If he hurts me, I will be a little sad, a little unhappy and angry, but I won't be obsessed with it. If it's just the loss of freedom, I can accept it."
Because it won't be alone.
After becoming the intelligent system of the god-level mecha, no one will talk to it anymore except Lin Ye, the "master", but Xingxing has Qiuqiu. No matter what Xingxing becomes, even if Xingxing is trapped in the mecha forever, Qiuqiu will always accompany it to the end.
Compared to many stars in other worlds, the stars in Doomsday are the luckiest.
It is very aware of its luck and cherishes everything it has.
So it hugged the silent Shisheng, listened to the conversations in the house with it, and watched the changes in the clouds under the sky with it.
Before leaving, Shisheng returned the space button he had been carrying to Xingxing.
"There are more things you need in here, as well as a new optical computer that cannot be monitored or controlled by the Federation. If you encounter any danger here, you must contact me. I said I will always protect you."
The small mechanical doll spread out its little round hands and handed the space button to Xingxing, then turned its head to look at the other mechanical doll with silver-white eyes.
"It's cute, like a smaller version of you."
Shisheng no longer interfered with the choices made by Xingxing. It left decisively, as if it had finally put behind it all the resentment and obsession of its previous life.
But Xingxing was still sitting at the door.
A minute later, Qiuqiu, who had sent Shisheng away, came back and complained furtively, "Boy, it didn't go far at all. It was watching you from behind the garbage mountain."
Xingxing didn't look in the direction where the ball flew back, but patted Bubble on the head, picked it up, stood up, opened the door and walked into the house.
After seeing Xingxing enter the house with its own eyes, the mechanical doll hiding behind the garbage mountain finally felt at ease to hide its body. It only left a link to the awakening node and then separated from this small body.
The star is right, it has lots and lots of love.
Even I want to love it forever.
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"Xingxing, where is the other mechanical doll?" Lin Ye discovered that Xingxing was holding a mechanical doll in her arms.
Xingxing held Bubble and looked up at him.
Three seconds later, she curiously asked in the silence of the room: "Brother, do you want that mechanical doll?"
Lin Ye was stunned, and subconsciously shook his head to refute: "No, I just..."
For the first time, Xingxing interrupted him rudely: "Then don't ask me, brother, because I hate others caring about my mechanical doll on my behalf. This will make me think you want to take it away."
Neither of the two humans, including Qinan, expected that Xingxing would suddenly say such harsh words.
But Xingxing said it anyway, and he spoke it clearly and distinctly.
After Xingxing said this, she didn't look at Lin Ye's reaction, but walked up to Qin Nan, handed Bubble to him, and then opened her little arms for him to hold.
Qi Nan's body moved faster than his brain and he picked up the cub and placed it in his arms. He also helped it adjust its sitting position so that it could be more comfortable.
He hugged her one after another with such skillful and smooth movements that it could be described as flowing like water.
Lin Ye was slightly surprised when he saw this. He felt that the relationship between Qi Nan and Xingxing was not like that of a human and a companion robot, but more like... a grandfather and his little grandson.
He is the kind who particularly dotes on children.
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