Chapter 35
Because of the diamond-shaped mark on Jin Yi's forehead, Chen Xi was dizzy for a long time. It wasn't until she regained her senses that she struggled to reach out and cover the diamond-shaped mark between Jin Yi's eyebrows. "Wait, let's remove this first, and then we can talk properly, okay?"
Faced with Chen Xi's request, Jin Yi's eyes flickered, and then the mark on his forehead quietly disappeared.
Chen Xi only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the mark between Jin Yi's eyebrows disappear and he returned to his normal appearance. Then she had to admit that Jin Yi's interstellar role-playing was simply a weapon of mass destruction.
After this little incident, Chenxi and Jinyi continued their conversation, but their posture had changed because of Jinyi's approach, with the mark between his eyebrows, and now Chenxi was being held beneath Jinyi.
However, this position was nothing to Chen Xi, who was carried around by Jin Yi every day and helped with dressing and bathing. He could continue discussing the plot. Thinking of the plot of "Shadow", Chen Xi asked curiously, "I saw that 'Shadow' also mentions the Three Laws of Robotics. Are the Three Laws of Robotics still in existence in the interstellar era?"
Faced with Chen Xi's question, Jin Yi paused for a moment before answering, "The Three Laws of Robotics are always programmed into the underlying program of all robots and are laws that robots must abide by."
Chen Xi didn't notice Jin Yi's brief pause and continued chatting with her until she finally fell asleep due to drowsiness.
Jin Yi waited until Chen Xi fell asleep before his golden eyes turned incredibly dark. What he hadn't told Chen Xi was that the laws of robotics today weren't the three laws, but the four laws.
The last additional clause was added in the post-interstellar era—robots must not actively seduce humans.
In the post-interstellar era, it became common for humans to form partnerships with their robots. This was because, compared to their selfish and flawed counterparts, perfectly loyal and unwavering robots clearly better met their expectations of a partner. At the same time, humans, accustomed to a privileged life, were unwilling to continue to compromise with their own kind. The scenario of two humans forming partnerships, tolerating and compromising each other's shortcomings, and ultimately settling down and compromising for the rest of their lives, which was common on Earth, was almost impossible in the interstellar era.
However, this situation, which made human interaction increasingly scarce, also caused concern for human governments. At the time, human laws were highly liberal; as long as they didn't harm their fellow humans, people could do whatever they wanted. Therefore, liking robots and forming partnerships with them was naturally permitted. Until, human scientists discovered that robots with self-awareness could develop possessiveness towards their owners, thus actively seducing humans.
This discovery shocked the world as soon as it was published, because few humans could resist the temptation of perfect robots with super computing power. At this point, looking at the pairs of humans and robots that have formed partnerships throughout the galaxy is almost chilling, because they find that they do not know whether it is their own choice or they have fallen into the trap of robots.
This discovery was almost immediately seen as a new crisis threatening human safety, and the Fourth Law of Robotics was thus created and written into the underlying program of every robot.
It is worth mentioning that after the Fourth Law was officially activated, the number of humans who became partners with robots did not drop rapidly. This shows that becoming a partner with a robot is indeed a choice made from the heart by most humans.
However, the Fourth Law of Robotics has remained in effect since its inception, until the extinction of humankind, when no human being can be seen on earth anymore.
Jin Yi looked at Chen Xi, who was still fast asleep and oblivious to everything, and lowered her eyes slightly, her long, fine eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyes.
In fact, his actions just now violated the Fourth Law of Robotics.
If this were in human times, this kind of robot would probably be considered a dangerous item and destroyed.
But even if it meant breaking the ban, he still wanted... Chenxi could only see him.
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Meanwhile, a somber atmosphere permeated the intelligent races of the outer universe's Star Beast Domain. Some time ago, their races suffered an undeserved calamity when their prince was forcibly abducted by the intelligent race. But no matter how sad or angry they were, they still tried their best to cover up this fact, lest other races find out and take advantage of their misfortune.
But secrets can't be kept forever, especially among intelligent species that live close by and have interactions with each other. Clues were revealed during some major events that had been planned long ago.
The royal celebration of the Sangkuang tribe is a major event. Every year at this time, they invite the royal families of neighboring tribes to come and witness this grand occasion. Because of the Sangkuang tribe's strength and wealth, the neighboring tribes do not neglect their duties. Every year, the royal heirs of various tribes lead their delegations to offer their congratulations.
However, this year's royal celebration of the Sangkuang tribe was still lavish and grand, but the atmosphere was inexplicably somewhat gloomy. Moreover, the princes of various tribes who came from afar to offer their congratulations were almost all unfamiliar faces. When they met, they greeted each other with, "Oh, it's the second prince of the Yan tribe. Where is your eldest prince?"
"Haha, my elder brother is sick. By the way, where is your Crown Prince?"
"Haha, what a coincidence! Our Crown Prince is also unwell and cannot come this time."
After exchanging pleasantries with both sides, they appeared all smiles, but secretly, they couldn't help but cast suspicious glances at each other.
As more races arrived, this situation occurred more frequently, and the races became increasingly shocked. What brought the shock to its peak was that the Sangkuang Tribe's Crown Prince did not appear at all during the entire celebration. As the organizer, the Sangkuang Tribe's Crown Prince was responsible for presiding over part of the celebration's proceedings, so this situation left everyone in disbelief.
Suddenly, Canaanite Crown Prince Jia Ye, who arrived on time, became an anomaly.
During the celebration, almost every royal family delegation was somewhat distracted, their attention not on the celebration itself, but on secretly observing each other. The more they looked, the more convinced they became that the other races were hiding something, and that what they were hiding was likely the same thing they were hiding.
This discovery made them tremble with fear, unable to maintain their composure. However, occasionally, some people would be puzzled when they saw the Canaanite prince, Jia Ye, wondering why he was unharmed. Could they have been mistaken?
As the only outlier in this celebration, Canaan's eldest prince, Jia Ye, was also extremely uncomfortable. He felt that this year's Sangkuang Clan celebration was strange in every way. Not only were the attendees absent-minded, but none of the royal heirs he knew were there either, making him feel incredibly bored. More importantly, the royal attendees couldn't help but look at him with inexplicable gazes, which made him furious. If it weren't for the occasion, he would have wanted to explode on the spot.
They're all a bunch of lowlifes, they've never seen the world.
After the celebration ended, the Canaanite prince couldn't wait to leave, while the other royal representatives couldn't help but try to probe the races they had some connections with, both openly and secretly. Some races, even those they didn't have a good enough relationship with to probe, didn't rush to leave but planned to stay and observe the situation first.
The results of this meeting of various races were remarkable. In particular, after they realized that other races might also be in trouble, they immediately mobilized all the intelligence resources of their races to investigate openly and secretly. Soon, the truth came to light: the intelligent race had not kidnapped the prince of just one race, but many races had suffered this calamity.
For a time, all the races that learned of this news did not know whether to be happy or sad. They originally thought that they were the only ones who were unlucky, but the truth was that it was not just their race that had suffered such a terrible misfortune, but a group attack by the Intelligence Clan. The thought that they were not the only race that had been forced to hand over the royal heir seemed to bring them a lot of comfort than before.
However, what is the purpose of the Zhi people, who have never interfered much except for controlling the scope of their population development, suddenly making them hand over so many royal heirs?
Furthermore, since this was an act of equality between the Grim Reapers and none of their races offended the Grim Reapers and suffered this undeserved disaster, is it possible that their prince, who was forcibly taken away, is still alive?
Thanks to the fact that things had been discussed openly and everyone was no longer hiding anything, communication among the various races became much more efficient. As time went on, they also summarized many patterns. Not all races were forced to hand over their royal heirs by the intelligent races using starship cannons. Races that had this experience generally shared some characteristics: they were relatively civilized, capable of rational communication, and their physical appearance was similar to that of the intelligent races. Savage races from some barbaric planets, or those with overly bloody and brutal personalities, did not have this experience. However, there was one exception that met all the criteria but did not have this experience: the Star race.
To be fair, the Star Clan, as a powerful member of the races, is quite advanced in terms of both individual strength and the level of their civilization. The Star Clan's appearance is also very similar to that of the Intelligent Clan, with gray hair and gray eyes, tall and slender limbs, and swift movements. They even felt that the Star Clan was more in line with the Intelligent Clan's selection criteria than the Water Fish Clan or similar races. However, the Star Clan just never encountered this situation.
However, the other races had no time to envy the Star Clan, because they discovered that the Intelligent Race's attitude towards the Star Clan seemed to be rather hostile recently. Many races had witnessed that after encountering starship fleets in space, which were clearly a mixed fleet of star beasts from various races, the Intelligent Race ignored the other races and targeted the Star Clan alone, forcing the Star Clan to tremble with fear. Moreover, this situation did not happen only once, but frequently.
The power of the Zhi people is simply too great, and they are usually too aloof. They look at other races as if they were just stones on the ground, indifferent and ignoring them. So when they target a certain race, they are as conspicuous as if they are shining.
Because of this, many races have recently distanced themselves from the Star tribe, fearing they might get into trouble.
Of course, they were very puzzled as to why the intelligent race, which had always ignored all races, suddenly targeted the Star race, and they couldn't figure out the reason. However, considering what had happened to them recently, the race that was forced to hand over its royal heir did not specifically target them, while the Star race, which was targeted and hated by the intelligent race, did not experience the situation of being asked to hand over its royal heir.
Thinking about it from a different perspective, the various races suddenly realized that what happened to their race might not be such a bad thing after all.
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Meanwhile, on the planet Drunken Dream, Chen Xi was looking at the comments on his posts on the StarNet. Ever since Chen Xi took the action of taking pictures of the beautiful scenery on Drunken Dream and posting them on the StarNet, the atmosphere on the StarNet had indeed changed. There were no more words of condemnation and criticism against Jin Yi. Instead, people started commenting on his posts and showing concern for his daily life.
Every photo Chenxi uploads to the StarNet receives countless comments—so many that he could never finish reading them all in a lifetime.
If he were to randomly pick a comment to reply to, the enthusiasm would be indescribable, like a towering skyscraper rising instantly.
Recently, Chenxi has been spending her free time reading the comments under her posts on StarNet, which has become a great source of enjoyment for her.
It had been two days since Chenxi last posted an update, and the comments were almost all urging him to post something new.
Looking at the enthusiastic comments that were constantly being refreshed, Chenxi couldn't help but nod her chin. But what should she post? She had already posted about the beautiful scenery on Drunken Dream Star, and she had also posted photos of her gaming facilities and daily meals before. Posting the same things again seemed too monotonous.
Just as Chenxi was feeling troubled, a fluffy big tail suddenly came into view. Chenxi paused, slowly raised her eyes, and saw the Ear Fox Clan Prince, who was facing away from her, happily eating on a small table, with his fluffy big tail swaying happily behind him.
A smile involuntarily appeared on Chenxi's lips. "You're the one."
Thinking to herself, Chen Xi quickly took a picture of the Ear Fox Clan prince, who had his back to her, with her 2-in-1 tablet, and then uploaded it to her personal account with the caption: "The Ear Fox Clan is so cute, I love the Ear Fox Clan the most."
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