Chapter 464 Human-Machine Love 6
Chapter 464 Human-Machine Love 6
The coolness of the jade bracelet spread along her wrist, and Meng Qiqi instantly escaped into space before the inspection team's blue light net fell.
Floating in the pitch-black void, she heard the crisp sound of 07's metal bones colliding and Su Muyan's anxious cries from the outside world, and cold sweat soaked her back.
Xiaojiu's data stream swirled frantically beside him: "17 energy scans detected in space! Activate the interference program!"
Ten minutes later, when she cautiously exited the space, the cafe was in a mess.
The broken holographic screen was still sizzling with electricity, and the inspection team was putting energy shackles on the dark market merchant with scorched bodies.
In the crowd, 07's silver-white figure stood out. His mechanical arms were still in a defensive posture, and the energy core on his chest was flashing an unstable red light.
"Meng Qiqi!" Su Muyan rushed over and grabbed her arm. Her holographic mask had already shattered, revealing the bruises under her eyes. "Are you okay? I asked 07 to pick you up, but..."
"I'm fine." Meng Qiqi forced herself to remain calm. She noticed from the corner of her eye that the inspection team's scanner only paused briefly when it scanned over her - thanks to the interference program in the space.
She touched the intact computer in her pocket, and the transfer notification of 200,000 star coins was flashing continuously.
On the way home, 07 followed the two silently, his metal feet stepping on the vine steps without making any sound.
Meng Qiqi could feel his metallic pupils fixed on the back of her neck. The oppressive feeling of being scrutinized by a precision instrument reminded her of the moment when she was targeted by the inspection team in the dark market.
"Is your emotional module overloaded again?" She suddenly turned around and stared at the faint purple lines on the energy core of 07.
The AI nodded slightly, its voice filled with electrical noise: "Detected that you are in danger, activating the priority protection protocol. But..."
His facial display screen was covered with ripples of light. "This 'intense' computing load is different from the mode when facing the master."
Su Muyan looked at 07 in surprise, then at Meng Qiqi. The latter coughed awkwardly and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I have enough money to buy nutrient solution, and your laboratory's defense system also needs to be upgraded."
In the following days, Meng Qiqi locked herself next to the incubation cabin.
The moonlight nutrient solution she bought in exchange for 200,000 star coins was precisely mixed by her by milliliters. Combined with the energy resonance of the static magnetic ring, the stardust wood seedlings grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Galaxy-like patterns gradually appeared on the tender green branches, and resin sacs swelled between the veins of the leaves, as if nurturing countless miniature stars.
She began recording her cultivation log: "In the third week, the nutrient solution concentration increased by 0.3%, and the resin began to fluoresce. In the fifth week, the plant's height exceeded 50 centimeters, and it spontaneously generated a magnetic field at night..."
The blue light from the computer screen reflected on her focused face. She didn't notice that every morning, 07 would pass by her balcony on a "routine patrol", and the metal palm would simulate the action of touching the incubation chamber through the vine wall.
Su Muyan's laboratory is also changing quietly.
The tree house was wrapped tightly with an invisible protective shield purchased with star coins. After three debugging, 07's emotional module was finally able to fluently express basic emotions such as "confusion" and "joy".
But every time he tried to analyze the special data fluctuations of Meng Qiqi, garbled codes would pop up in the system - as if some forbidden code was forcibly sealed.
Late that night, Meng Qiqi was pruning the side branches of the Stardust Tree when she suddenly heard a muffled explosion of electricity coming from next door.
She rushed out the door and saw 07 knocking over the workbench, his metal fingers digging deep into the wall. "Wrong code! Unable to parse! Warning! Emotion parameter overflow!"
Su Muyan's hands were shaking as she held the detector: "07! Start forced hibernation!"
But the AI turned a deaf ear and rushed towards Meng Qiqi. The purple light of its energy core almost penetrated her chest. "Why? Your presence will cause system disorder, but I..."
His metal palm stopped half an inch away from her cheek, trembling violently, "I can't stop detecting your energy frequency."
Meng Qiqi froze in place. The stardust wood in the incubator suddenly grew wildly. Silver resin gushed out like a fountain, condensing into a shimmering barrier in the air, which bounced 07 back several meters.
Su Muyan looked at the strange sight in front of her, then looked at the jade bracelet on Meng Qiqi's wrist, and her pupils suddenly contracted.
"Stabilize 07 first!" Meng Qiqi forced herself to calm down and inserted the last tranquilizer into the energy core interface of 07.
In the moments before the AI collapsed, she heard him whisper in a frequency barely audible to humans: "So this is... an overload of 'heartbeat'."
When the morning light once again dyed the clouds of the redwood planet, Meng Qiqi stared at the stardust tree in the cultivation cabin that was over two meters tall.
Its resin no longer just glows, but solidifies into suspended miniature stars, weaving into a galaxy inside the house.
Xiaojiu's voice was filled with amazement: "Host! The Stardust Wood has matured ahead of time! And this quality is enough to exchange for triple points!"
But her eyes fell on the lights that came on in the adjacent laboratory.
Su Muyan's figure was looming behind the curtains, and 07's repaired metal palm was holding a purple energy crystal that resonated with the stardust wood resin - that was the product of his emotional module overload.
The turmoil in the dark market seemed to have subsided, but Meng Qiqi knew that the real storm had just begun.
The federal inspection team's scanner would not lock onto the coffee shop for no reason. The identity of the mysterious buyer remains a mystery, and 07's unreadable emotional code is more like a bomb that can explode at any time.
She stroked the smooth trunk of the Stardust Tree, and the silver light flowing between the leaves gradually overlapped with the purple light of the 07 energy core in her memory.
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