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Chapter 3: Truth and Reality (3) Searching for "Home"
update icon Updated at 2025/4/30 0:10:13

"Here you go!"

The robot pointed to the door in front and said, "My dear master, this is your room, the place where you used to sleep."

"Oh really?" Juxi suddenly couldn't wait, "Then open the room quickly, I want to take a good look at the place where we used to live."

"Master, although you may not know what happened in between, I can honestly tell you that for the past ten thousand years, I have been guarding by your side day and night, afraid that you would leave me forever in the next second," the robot choked up.

"Yes, so what you said just now, without any emotions, was a lie?" Juxi said heartlessly, even though the person in front of him was a robot.

"What I said was true!" The robot interrupted him and said seriously, "For the past ten thousand years, my duty has been to observe my master in reality at all times. If you had any problems, Mary would come to rescue you in time."

"Did you really...guard by my side for ten thousand years?"

Juxi suddenly felt touched for some reason.

Although he knew that the little guy in front of him was so capable, what did ten thousand years mean? Normal humans would have collapsed a long time ago, yet the little robot had been guarding him day after day, repeating it 3.65 million times!!!

Click!

The door to the room opened, revealing four pods inside, each like a can, large enough for one person to lie down in.

The pod on the right opened, but Juxi didn't pay much attention to it because that must be his true "room."

What made him curious were the two pods up and down on the left, especially the name "Yu Nai" printed on the partition in the middle!

Juxi suddenly became excited and hurriedly looked at the glass under the partition... Ahhhh!!!

A human skeleton appeared under the glass, scaring him to almost faint on the spot.

"I'm very sorry, that man wasn't as lucky as his master," the robot said with great sadness.

"But this person is..." Juxi could hardly speak as tears welled up, "This person is... Wait a minute, you said 'man'!?"

"But look at the name on top, it's obviously a woman!" Juxi pointed to the name Yu Nai in the middle, and the robot finally saw it.

"Master, the Yu Nai you mentioned is in the sleeping pod above, not below."

Upon hearing its explanation, Juxi immediately recovered his composure, "Phew, you scared me!"

When he flipped to the top to check Yu Nai's sleeping pod, he found it empty. It seemed that the person inside had already left.

"It seems she is safe... By the way, this Mary you mentioned... Is Mary also a robot?"

"No, it's different!"

"Huh, isn't it a robot?"

"No, she is a beautiful robot."

"Let me guess... You miss her a lot? You can find her and then you can be together forever."

"Yes, I miss her all the time, but she left... Just three days ago, she finally surpassed the warranty date."

"Warranty date?"

Juxi wasn't sure how to comfort the little guy in front of him, so he chose to remain silent.

Robots and humans are fundamentally different, and he could only be a silent bystander.

Juxi's abilities were very limited, and he chose to give up immediately after realizing that he couldn't find Yu Nai.

Yu Nai...

This name sounded very familiar to Juxi, although he couldn't remember who it was.

While Juxi was lost in thought, the spaceship suddenly started shaking violently.

"Oh no, Master, the spaceship is sinking into the sea! If we don't leave quickly, the entire ship will sink!" the robot exclaimed anxiously.

"What should we do now?!" Juxi began to panic, unsure of what to do.

"Don't worry, Master!" The robot activated its navigation function and instantly analyzed the ship's emergency escape route.

"Look, there's an emergency exit on the top floor of the ship. We can escape from there the fastest." The robot hurriedly suggested.

Faced with this answer, Juxi was skeptical. "Let's just go back the way we came. After all, the main gate is still open, so it would be safer to go out from there."

The robot immediately objected, saying, "If we go back the same way, it will take twice as long to reach the top floor. There's no time."

Before Juxi could say anything else, the robot grabbed him and exclaimed, "Wait! What are you doing?!"

Juxi shouted and struggled, but the robot ignored him and quickly flew upwards towards the top of the ship.

Sure enough, before they reached halfway, the colorful sea water had already submerged the lower levels of the ship! If they had gone out through the main gate just now, they would have certainly perished.

Just as the spaceship was about to sink into the deep sea, the robot appeared with Juxi on the surface of the sea.

"Master, let's not wander around anymore."

"How is this wandering? I have to find other people. I can't survive alone!"

"That's not what I meant, Master. You may not know, but we haven't confirmed if this world is safe yet. It's safer to stay here for now."

"Fine, let's go back home then."

"Master, are you hungry?"

"Uh, are you really just a program? To think you even remember when I'm hungry."

"I have detailed records of events from ten thousand years ago. I never forget anything related to you, Master."

"..."

Juxi didn't know what was happening to him. He was inexplicably touched by this little robot in front of him once again.

They returned home much faster than they had come. It took them less than five minutes.

After arriving home, Juxi felt a bit puzzled. "Wait, we could have taken a shortcut just now. Why did you take us up the mountain?"

Hearing Juxi's words, the robot was even more puzzled. "But, Master, your tone told me that you wanted to explore the mountain."

"..."

Well, since the robot was so considerate, there was nothing more for Juxi to say.

Right now, Juxi just wanted to go back to bed as soon as possible. He was extremely tired. If it weren't for all these troubles bothering him, he would have slept for another ten thousand years.

Now that he was back in the real world, he felt like he should do something.

The real world... Where is everyone? No, could it be... I am still in the dream, never able to escape? Juxi thought.

Yes, he had always been submerged in longing for reality, but what is the truth? What is reality?

Thinking that everything he experienced before was false, Juxi had to be cautious about the current world- could it still be false?

Juxi really wanted to confirm this question, but there were many obstacles in front of him. First and foremost, he didn't know where to start.

That's right, one of the problems was the problem itself, Juxi didn't believe there was a solution.

Because even Juxi himself couldn't find a way out of the problem, he naturally had no way to solve it.

As the saying goes, not knowing the true face of Mount Lu, but knowing it is in the midst of these mountains.

And the problem before his eyes was Mount Lu!

Juxi knew that as long as he was still in this predicament, he would never know what the true face of the mountain was.

And the robot, Juxi didn't believe the world could have such intelligent robots. This guy must be something he imagined!

Imagination... Imagination... Imagination...

Juxi tightly closed his eyes, praying that if he opened them again, everything before him would change.

Open!!!

Still the robot, shaking its head. Wait, why are there so many things in the room?

"Ah-ha!" Juxi excitedly grabbed the robot. "I knew I was deceived by you, little thing. I must be crazy to believe in you. Actually, all of you are my imagination, deceiving me, aren't you?"

He was already going insane, regardless of what others thought, at least that's what he believed.

After all, when a person feels they have gone mad, they are definitely completely nuts!

But the robot curiously asked, "Dear master, I thought you were not satisfied with my work, so within the three minutes you closed your eyes, I quickly designed the furniture and things finally got settled."

"That's impossible. How could you do it in such a short time... Wait, did you say design?" Juxi suddenly realized something, as if he heard something incredible.

"Of course, my dear master. Just some simple furniture. If you have better choices... take a look at this!" Saying that, the robot handed him an electronic book, with different types of clothes, accessories, and furniture drawn on it.

Although Juxi had no need for furniture, he still wanted to take a look at how the robot accomplished it.

"So just this one, I want a royal-style room. How quickly can you do it?" Juxi asked.

After receiving the command, the robot immediately started working and said, "Because the general shape has already been established, this time it only takes one minute."

Oh my, thinking about it this way, it really is unbelievable!

Especially for Juxi, who had just thought this guy was already impressive as a housemaid and transportation. But now it seemed that this guy could not be described as impressive, but as a real monster.

However, Juxi still had some concerns. Where did this guy get the materials from anyway?

Speaking of where they came from, Juxi was even more surprised by what he had for breakfast. What was that thing?