Chapter 246: Farewell, Cage 2.0

[You witnessed the prowess of the Neutron War Star with your own eyes.]

[You are well aware that, whether in offense or defense, you can do nothing against this real-life miracle.]

[The only feasible method you can think of is to completely escape this region of space and leave the strike range of the Neutron War Star.]

[Otherwise, amidst endless destructive strikes, your number of resurrections will eventually be exhausted.]

[To escape this desolate starry sky, you have specifically formulated a dedicated plan named—]

[Farewell, Cage! (2.0)]

“Master, was there a version 1.0 of the plan before?”

“Mm, there was.”

“Query: There is no relevant record in the database.”

“Hahaha, of course there’s no record. That happened a long time ago.”

“I see. Ele understands.”

[The Mech-Servant listened carefully to your plan, categorizing its content, direction, and core into the database for future overall planning.]

[At the same time, she silently committed the ‘Plan 1.0’ you mentioned to heart.]

[After the busy work, you asked your Mech-Servant if she felt pressure facing a powerful opponent like the Neutron War Star.]

[She shook her head at you.]

[“As long as Master is here, Ele will not be afraid.”]

[Standing before you, the Mech-Servant controlled the corners of her mouth through her programming to give you a beautiful smile—a flower of truth blooming from falsehood.]

[You stroked Ele’s hair and looked out at the dark space outside, resolving in your heart that you must lead Ele out of this cage before the simulation ends.]

[To this end, you decided to speed up the starship, proceeding at full power throughout the journey.]

[Only to find a Breakthrough in the sea of stars sooner and head toward the broader Universe.]

[Materials science, computer science, biology, mathematics… for the sake of potential future wars, you continued to perform Machine Spirit Pleasure, exploring the next stage of development.]

[Whenever you found definite inspiration, Ele would pour in her computing power. Amidst infinite exhaustive calculations and the long, desolate passage of time, she would undergo trial and error time and again to develop your somewhat meager technology tree.]

“Ele, it’s been hard on you during this time.”

“You need not worry. As a Mech-Servant, I have no sense of fatigue.”

Time passed year by year.

Inside the starship, the technology tree of Xu Xi and Ele was developing in an orderly fashion.

In addition, the exploration of civilization ruins had progressed to Civilization No. 06, receiving a large amount of heritage from technological civilizations.

Corroded, aged, and extremely fragile.

Having weathered the erosion of time, these once high-tech items had long since become unusable.

But under the powerful call of Machine Spirit Pleasure, Xu Xi could still communicate with the internal machine spirits and obtain relevant technology to replicate and digest it.

The development level of these civilizations was not particularly advanced.

Most were merely at the level of just entering space.

However, different civilizations excelled in different fields, and those ingenious directions greatly compensated for Xu Xi's gaps.

“Mm, with this, the final piece of the Force Field Technology puzzle has been successfully placed.”

Another resonance session ended.

Xu Xi let out a long sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

He felt that as the number of resonances increased, through those frequent interactions, he himself was almost turning into a humanoid machine spirit, let alone Machine Spirit Pleasure.

However, the corresponding results were quite gratifying.

The results exchanged for this fatigue were quite pleasing.

Technologies in multiple fields were supplemented. Bolstered by Ele's computing power, they were like actual plant roots, taking hold and growing within the starship fleet, providing various forms of assistance.

For instance, the energy shields originally used for defense could soon be replaced with force field defense.

“Master, please have some water.”

“Ah, thank you.”

Just as Xu Xi felt thirsty, a cup of warm water was perfectly handed to him by the Mech-Servant.

Only—

Looking at the Red Sun Flower floating on the surface.

Xu Xi hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: “Ele, don’t use the Red Sun Flower anymore. I want to try a different flavor.”

“Yes, I shall follow your will.”

The Mech-Servant nodded and noted down Xu Xi’s command.

Taking away the empty cup Xu Xi had finished drinking from.

Walking to a deserted corner, Ele took out the thirty-six stratagems for love, her calm gaze moving along the paper as she searched for a new tactic.

Master was right.

Using the same tactic for a long time wouldn’t work.

She had to keep up with the times and know how to use new strategies.

…

[100th year of simulation, you are 119 years old, and Ele has accompanied you for 98 years.]

[A hundred years of time have finally brought some changes to you. On your young and powerful body, a few traces of the years have slightly begun to show.]

[But soon, with the successful development of the Type III genetic potions, your lifespan significantly increased once again.]

[Genes surged, Mechanical Force roared, and your bodily functions returned to their peak state.]

[Through physical examinations and calculations, you concluded that with the aid of Low-temperature Hibernation, your lifespan could reach a maximum of one thousand years.]

[This is a remarkable achievement.]

[Yet you felt no waves of emotion.]

[Having come into contact with extraordinary systems, you have witnessed too many long-lived species and even eternal existences. In comparison, a thousand-year lifespan is truly not worth mentioning.]

[The star river is vast, and you are stealthily sailing through the deep space, yet your fleet has still not reached the limit of the blockade zone.]

[Considering that the Neutron War Star can travel at faster-than-light speeds,]

[You speculate that the coverage of the blockade zone might be much larger than you imagined.]

[The excessively long distance means a stacking increase in the time required. To pass this dull time, you choose to enter a long period of hibernation.]

[150th year of simulation, you are 169 years old, and Ele has accompanied you for 148 years.]

[Your fleet has explored to the 14th civilized planet.]

[Your technology has welcomed further progress.]

[You are lucky; this is a civilization that specialized in the Quantum Field. Both its macroscopic directions and microscopic subdivisions were areas you lacked.]

[Your interest surged, and you resonated with machine spirits day and night without stopping.]

[You successfully acquired knowledge in the Quantum Field.]

[You feel that your thinking speed seems to have increased. The blessings originating from machine spirits and Mechanical Force have caused a miraculous change in you.]

[You are in no hurry to continue hibernation. Instead, you leisurely spend peaceful daily life within the Ecological Starship, watching the rotation of the virtual sun and moon with your loyal Mech-Servant.]

[During this process, the Mech-Servant often 'nods off,' unconsciously leaning her head against your shoulder.]

[155th year of simulation, you are 174 years old, and Ele has accompanied you for 152 years.]

[A hundred years have passed since the previous strike from beyond the heavens. Today, a hundred years later, your fleet has once again encountered a strike.]

[Your hypothesis has been verified. According to the latest detection technology, you have captured the gravitational waves of the Neutron War Star; it is indeed the one executing the physical strikes.]