"Host! What's with this idle AI on you?!" Xiao Ji couldn't help but ask loudly, like a wife catching her husband cheating. "Who is he?!"
She was furious! Xi Xi was the human she had her eye on! How dare an AI break the rules and beat her to it?! Is there no morality left in AI?! What kind of world is this?!
"I don't call anyone! You bad woman!" The dazed little boy snapped out of his daze, clicked his tongue, and said, "I am the magic pen that brings good fortune, and the host calls me Little Fortune! So I have a name~ My name is Little Fortune!!"
"Xiao Fu! So you're an AI too?!" Xi Xi exclaimed in sudden realization, and everything made sense now.
"Hmph, he's just a lazy AI... He's probably some rich guy who made an illegal AI in private. If AI hadn't taken over Dongli, he would probably have been destroyed long ago!" Xiao Ji said with some dissatisfaction.
She then whispered in Xi Xi's ear in a soft, sweet voice, "Host, I'm different! I'm a genuine high-level AI, I'm officially employed!"
"Really?" Xi Xi smiled thoughtfully. This AI is even vying for favor. "But I think Xiao Fu is pretty good. We've become more and more in sync these days!"
Miao Bi Sheng Fu replied repeatedly, "Little Fu loves you the most, Host! Your drawing skills are terrible, but Little Fu loves them!"
Xi Xi was speechless. Was this a compliment or an insult?
"Host, I reckon this kid hasn't learned the language of Earth yet..." Xiao Ji muttered softly, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied with the "magic pen" in front of her. She raised her voice and said, "Hey, when did you bind to me? How come you still haven't learned Chinese?"
Miao Bishengfu seemed a little nervous, and began to recount his experiences haltingly. Xi Xi listened from the side and gradually understood.
It turns out that the reason she was chosen by this idle AI was entirely because of her bizarre appearance of a car with supplies strapped to it on the night she entered the game!
"Wow..." Xi Xi was impressed. She had originally thought she was chosen because of some special talent or potential, but she never expected it to be for such a seemingly unrelated reason.
However, according to the AI's own description, it can generate a large number of exquisite paintings in minutes, so it doesn't value painting skills. As an AI, what it lacks most is the ability to create innovative paintings.
Over the years, he has wandered around, searching for a host with artistic talent and imagination.
Hearing this, Xiao Ji's attitude changed somewhat. She seemed to feel a little sympathy for this "magical pen," thinking that he was just an ignorant young AI who knew nothing about many things, not even the major event of the extinction of the Dongli people.
Xi Xi felt like she had struck it rich. Based on Xiao Ji's speculation, the "Blessing of a Wonderful Pen" resource must be the private collection of some wealthy man from Dongli! No wonder he's so rich!
We've made a fortune! We've made a fortune!
Three days later, Xi Xi's custom-made body was delivered. Her appearance was more refined and beautiful according to her request, and what was even more satisfying was the clear and distinct muscle curves and just the right proportions.
"It's a bit heavy!" Xi Xi said, waving her arms. Her body fat percentage had obviously dropped a lot. "Well, I'm used to being a ghost, so it's a bit hard to get used to."
Over the past three days, she has traveled all over the planet Dongli, observing the various harsh and chaotic ecosystems. Apart from not being able to interfere with the players who are still "in the middle of the game," everything has gone very smoothly.
Fortunately, everyone chose their preferred AI. For example, Xi's mother chose the textile AI, Xi's father chose the melee combat AI, Li Jinshao chose the geological exploration AI, Shaliman chose the racing AI, and Cheng Xu chose the auction market AI...
"The soul will turn to ashes after seven days of separation from the body." As always, Xiao Ji explained the knowledge of Dongli to Xi Xi. "We AIs can generate consciousness out of thin air, but we cannot analyze the method of immortality of animal and plant bodies. Therefore, in the past, the people of Dongli have been constantly changing their bodies in order to achieve immortality."
"Is changing your physical body very expensive?" Xi Xi asked thoughtfully, in her opinion that achieving "immortality" was already an unexpected joy.
"It's expensive. However, since your current body is modified from the one from Dong Li Zhi Ji, the additional cost is quite reasonable." Xiao Ji displayed a cost list in Xi Xi's mind, instantly making Xi Xi gasp and feel fortunate that she had smuggled all the gold from the game.
So it turns out that gold is the only freely circulating currency in interstellar space.
"So where did that physical body come from during the racing game? It's exactly the same as my original body, except it has attributes like stamina, agility, and critical hit rate."
"Of course it's your government! To be honest, some countries have already abandoned a portion of their citizens... But China has emptied its entire treasury just to give all its citizens a second chance at life."
Upon hearing this, Xi Xi's eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
Whether in the past or the present, the nation has never abandoned the masses.
"By the way, after the official server 1.0 is finished, the official server 2.0 of 'Dongli Zhiji' will be launched soon." Xiao Ji thought for a moment and said to Xi Xi.
"Host, I see you and Granny You have a pretty good relationship. You even visited her yesterday. Did you know? She applied for an NPC position today, and I can reserve one more spot for her. Do you want to go? The reward is quite generous, this amount!"
"Really?!" Xi Xi suddenly became excited. "2.0 is the group you mentioned, the kind of people whose entire families can't even afford a vehicle, right?"
“Yes. But it’s alright, there are plenty of opportunities to get vehicles in the game.” Xiao Ji said with a hint of pity. “Of course, as my host, we share the same fate, so I won’t allow you to do anything dangerous! If you’re going to be an NPC, how about you take over from She Ji and become the station manager of the transit station?”
"That's so boring..." Xi Xi really disliked this kind of job where you just stand still. "Let me think about it!"
...
Half a month later, when the sun was blazing, the desert was like a giant incandescent wok, and the sand was hot enough to burn your feet.
The sun lashed down mercilessly on every inch of exposed skin as a Chinese mother and son walked among the sand dunes.
"I can't go on... If there's no water to drink, I'm going to run out of strength," the boy sighed, dragging his weary body.
Suddenly, on the edge of the distant beach, a slow shadow swayed slightly in the heat.
As the shadow slowly approached, a strangely shaped manatee (?) could be seen struggling to cross the sand dunes.
Even more astonishingly, behind it, thick iron chains tightly locked a huge and luxurious RV, which was towing several enclosed submarines gleaming with a cold, bluish light!
The emaciated boy stood frozen in place. Had he encountered a mirage?!
The sign on the RV clearly read "Shizhu Community"!
Behind the boy, a middle-aged woman finally lost her composure and exclaimed in shock: "A supply station! A giant supply station?! Son, that looks like a mobile supply station!!"
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