When Luo Xiyun woke up, it was already night. She was lying on the sofa, covered with a thin quilt.

Chen Xu was sitting opposite her, wearing glasses. He seemed to notice that she had woken up, and was taking off his glasses. He looked at her and said, "You're awake, are you hungry?"

Luo Xiyun was about to speak when Chen Xu got up and went into the kitchen, and soon came out with the porridge.

"Thank you." She had no choice but to take it and eat it in small bites.

She ate a few bites and asked, "Have the underground people appeared recently?"

Chen Xu said, "We just repelled the attack from the third zone a few months ago. They shouldn't come again in the short term."

Over the years, the base's main enemy is still the underground humans. Not every district is as hopeless as the people in District 13.

The most powerful of them is the seventh district, which has the most complete technology. It is very powerful. When the base expanded there, they pulled out an army of nearly 100,000 people and various high-tech weapons, which once caused huge losses to the base.

Nearly one-third of the bases on the ground were destroyed, and only tens of thousands of robots were left out of the hundreds of thousands. Chen Xu was forced to withdraw his forces back to the twelfth district and hide underground.

After that, he spent five or six years building a production line for more advanced robots, and another four or five years to build an army of one hundred thousand new generation robots before he was able to eliminate the ground forces in District 12.

Even so, he couldn't completely wipe out District 12, as they were hiding underground. He didn't dare to send troops down easily, as that would be courting death.

There were some dangers during those ten years, and even Luo Xiyun, who usually didn't care much about the base's affairs, felt it.

Except for the seventh district, no other district posed any threat to the base.

Now, the base's influence almost covers the entire continent.

The number of natural people alone exceeded one million, enough to form a civilization. Of course, most of them were children under ten years old.

At present, there are about 10,000 natural persons who have received education and are employed in various positions. The number of graduates increases every year. Among them, more than half are married, and more than 1,000 couples have even given birth to children.

If this trend continues, it will not be a problem for the population to expand to tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, within a hundred years.

The base of nuclear fusion technology has been lit up, so feeding these people is a piece of cake.

As the population increased, the base's development speed accelerated significantly, and the remaining areas were also explored, but none of them posed a threat to the base.

In fact, in recent years, Chen Xu has already set his sights on going beyond the mainland. He first built a batch of ships, sailed out, and never came back. It is estimated that he was attacked, but it is unknown whether it was caused by humans or monsters in the sea.

Later, he sent drones to fly over there, and eventually discovered another continent. Moreover, he found traces of human activities on it.

To be honest, after playing for so long, Chen Xu feels that this game is much simpler than he imagined. The only threatening enemy is the seventh zone.

He guessed that this game was mainly for online play, and the wasteland setting was just a background. As a result, his device could not connect to the Internet, so he could only play it alone. So the fun was greatly reduced.

Of course, this has no effect on Chen Xu, as his main purpose is not to play games.

The other continent was probably a new map, and the difficulty should have increased a lot. He was quite looking forward to it, as it could bring some excitement to his dull life.

Luo Xiyun asked again, "If the game is over, what will happen to the people in the base?"

She was silent for a moment, then said, "You didn't let me have more contact with them. It turns out that you were worried about this day."

"The more I interact with them, the more I feel that they are living people. But there will always be a day when we will be separated, so it is better not to add to our troubles." Chen Xu said. Whether he was with bionic people or natural people, he only maintained a working relationship.

The one I am most familiar with is Feng Song from the Biological Laboratory, but he passed away ten years ago.

From then on, Chen Xu deliberately kept his distance from the people in the base.

"Yes, this is all too real." Luo Xiyun murmured, "Sometimes, I can't tell which is a dream and which is reality."

Chen Xu said, "For a while, I also had such doubts, mainly because I stayed here for too long. However, as soon as I saw you appear, I knew that this must be a dream."

Luo Xiyun looked at him and didn't look away for a long time.

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Since someone is in charge of the base, Chen Xu does not have to go to the control center often. His life is very leisurely. Recently, he has been looking through information on anti-aging technology.

This technology involves a lot of pre-technologies, which cannot be learned in a short time. He just had a rough understanding of it.

Luo Xiyun was still immersed in her studies. She was also a very hard-working person and was usually very serious when studying. Especially since Chen Xu had promised her that after this time, this dream would end. This should be her last chance to study.

Just like the previous nine times, the two studied, ate, played ball, and watched movies together... Time passed day by day, and as the one-year deadline approached, she began to feel a little anxious.

Before I knew it, there was only one month left.

That night, Luo Xiyun finally couldn't help it and said, "In one month, I will be gone."

Chen Xu said, "Yes, we have been together for ten years. We spend every day together. Many couples probably don't spend as much time together as I have. These ten years are enough for me."

Luo Xiyun stared at him, "Do you really think so?"

Chen Xu also looked at her, "That's what I thought."

"You are such a complete bastard." Her voice was very soft, and although she was cursing, her tone was not intense at all. It sounded like an exclamation, but also like a mockery.

Chen Xu looked at her, but this time, he didn't say anything.

Luo Xiyun seemed to murmur, "You are so cruel. You are sticking with me like this. Just like before, if I don't give in, you will ignore me and wait for me to surrender to you..."

"It's been nine years. How many nine years are there in a lifetime? You clearly know everything, but you just pretend to be stupid. Can't you give in to me a little and let me lie to myself and say that you forced me to do it and I couldn't resist. In this way, in a few years, maybe I will accept my fate..."

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)