Ji Zhaoming awkwardly touched his face and said, "I'm sorry, I was just talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart."
His hands were still covered in nutrient solution, which got all over his face.
The person referred to as the leader remained silent, then reached out and pressed a button on the nutrient tank. The nutrient solution inside the tank completely evaporated, and clear water filled the tank.
"Gu Yunzhou." Gu Yunzhou introduced himself, kneeling on one knee, parallel to Ji Zhaoming.
Gu Yunzhou reached his hand into the nutrient tank, touched Ji Zhaoming's thin shirt, and paused again.
It's so thin that you can even feel the skin beneath your fingertips.
As if he had been burned, Gu Yunzhou withdrew his hand, glanced at the robots around him, and said, "You can all go down first."
The leader's orders cannot be disobeyed.
But there is a king here.
The robot hesitated before calling out, "King..."
Ji Zhaoming smiled, revealing a hint of his teeth: "It's alright, your leader is here, so don't worry."
It's only when the leader is around that I'm worried.
Unfortunately, the king couldn't understand what they meant, so the robot had no choice but to lower its head and retreat.
Gu Yunzhou said, "I'll go get Wang some new clothes."
He was so cold and indifferent just a moment ago, how come he's calling me king in the blink of an eye?
Ji Zhaoming asked curiously, "You...know me?"
Gu Yunzhou paused, then shook his head: "The water is clean, you can wash directly with it."
Ji Zhaoming was covered in nutrient solution, sticky and extremely uncomfortable. He had no choice but to suppress his doubts, wash off the nutrient solution, dry himself off, and then stretch out a lotus root-like arm to take his clothes inside and change.
It's a bit too big to wear.
Especially the pants, which were much longer than Ji Zhaoming's. When Ji Zhaoming came out of the nutrient tank, he tripped and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he grabbed the handle of the nutrient tank and was not seriously injured.
He was just momentarily stunned.
Gu Yunzhou turned around when he heard the noise.
He didn't know how tall Ji Zhaoming was beforehand, so the clothes he found based on the average height of robots in human form were too big for Ji Zhaoming.
The sleeves were long, the hem of the shirt was long, and the pants were long too, making it look like she had secretly worn her boyfriend's clothes. Because she had tripped and fallen, she was too dazed to react, and the corners of her eyes and nose were slightly flushed.
A thin layer was applied to her fair face.
The shirt buttons were loose, and you could vaguely see what was underneath.
Gu Yunzhou didn't dare to look any further. He stepped forward, squatted down, and apologized.
Gu Yunzhou held Ji Zhaoming in his arms and placed him back on the bed.
Ji Zhaoming thought: He just can't stand being in bed.
Unlike the cold touch of the robot, Gu Yunzhou's body was warm. When you leaned against Gu Yunzhou, you could even hear the beating of your heart in your chest.
When Ji Zhaoming was put down, he was still clinging tightly to the other person's clothes. When he followed Gu Yunzhou's gaze, his face turned red instantly, and he quickly let go and whispered an apology.
He then asked, "Are you human too?"
Then why did the robot say earlier that he was the only human?
Gu Yunzhou said, "No."
The coldness in his words made Ji Zhaoming shrink back.
Unfortunately, before it could be fully tucked into its clothes, it was pulled out again.
Gu Yunzhou measured Ji Zhaoming's size with his palm. "I'll go get you a change of clothes."
He always spoke his mind and had never spoken to such weak humans before, let alone their king.
Gu Yunzhou pursed his lips, lowered his brows and looked down at Ji Zhaoming. After a while, a sigh escaped his lips, but he quickly swallowed it back.
The king must not hear this, otherwise he will mistakenly think that I am a problem.
Gu Yunzhou placed his large hand on the king's head, met the king's wide eyes, and thought for a moment, "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty."
Ji Zhaoming was stunned for a moment: "...Okay."
After Gu Yunzhou left, Ji Zhaoming put his hand on the spot where he had been touched.
...He's not a child anymore.
Ji Zhaoming originally thought he would have to wait a while, so he quietly climbed to the window and looked at the scenery outside.
A heavy snow fell outside, covering the world in a silvery white blanket, creating a scene as beautiful as a painting. The snowflakes in the sky and the white snowfield blended together seamlessly.
Ji Zhaoming hadn't felt anything while indoors, but when the window was opened and he could see white breath passing by his eyes, he realized just how cold it was.
A moment later, I felt a light touch on my neck.
Ji Zhaoming shivered, and the temperature of the hand behind him immediately rose to a comfortable level. Ji Zhaoming turned around and saw that it was Gu Yunzhou.
Ji Zhaoming blurted out, "So fast?"
"?" Gu Yunzhou adjusted the neatly arranged clothes in his hand, looking puzzled.
Oh right, this is no longer the era he lived in. Even robots with their own consciousness have appeared, let alone making a set of clothes.
Ji Zhaoming leaned his head back, and the hand behind him came out from his collar.
Gu Yunzhou closed the window. "It's cold outside."
Ji Zhaoming dared not say anything about his good health, because the last time he said that, he got a nosebleed the next second.
She obediently took the clothes, put them on, and they fit perfectly.
Thinking of something, Ji Zhaoming asked, "If you're not human, are you a robot too?"
That's right. The movie seemed to be saying that robots recognized other robots as their leaders and humans as their kings.
Wait a minute, back when humans still existed, with so many humans, who did they listen to?
Are we going to start a fight?
Ji Zhaoming's expression was strange.
Gu Yunzhou nodded: "Yes."
His gaze lingered on Ji Zhaoming for a single second, "Want to take a look?"
Ji Zhaoming's eyes lit up.
Gu Yunzhou's skin was covered inch by inch by metallic light, and his body kept rising until it stopped at a point where Ji Zhaoming's body was leaning back and his head was tilted back, so that his whole face could not be seen.
Gu Yunzhou took a few steps back.
This angle makes it easier for his king to see clearly.
Its entire body was silver-white, except for its eyes, which were pitch black and dotted with stars.
Good, very high.
It is taller than all previous robots.
Ji Zhaoming was stunned.
Soon, Gu Yunzhou transformed back into human form.
Ji Zhaoming asked excitedly, "Can you all transform into human form?"
"Um."
"So handsome!" Ji Zhaoming exclaimed sincerely.
Gu Yunzhou chuckled softly.
His smile was faint and fleeting; only his eyebrows curved slightly, and the corners of his mouth quickly rose and fell. If Ji Zhaoming hadn't been watching closely, he wouldn't have noticed the smile at all.
On another note, Ji Zhaoming asked, "Then why aren't the other robots humanoid?"
Gu Yunzhou said, "Because robots are rejected by other races."
They have always revered humans as kings, and naturally do not want humans to be disliked by other races.
But Gu Yunzhou didn't care.
He cares about what others think, but he doesn't care whether he's a king or not.
No one can be his king.
Apart from……
The person in front of me.
Gu Yunzhou didn't know why he was willing to submit to Ji Zhaoming the moment he saw him and call him "King".
If it weren't for the robot's immunity to all poisons, he would have suspected that he had been poisoned or bewitched.
Even if it was a curse, he accepted it.
Perhaps, besides the reasons mentioned above, there was another, more important reason that made him disguise himself as a human.
He was waiting for someone.
Waiting for a human.
That was his king.
He waited in this place winter after winter, endless snow covering him again and again, only the beating of his heart reminding him that he was waiting for a delusion.
He wanted to be closer to his king, so he always walked in human form.
Perhaps his code was injected with a virus when it left the factory.
He didn't even know who he was waiting for.
However, when Ji Zhaoming appeared in front of him, Gu Yunzhou knew at a glance that the person he was waiting for was Ji Zhaoming.
Gu Yunzhou asked, "Your Majesty, are you hungry?"
It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because the moment he did, Ji Zhaoming immediately felt the emptiness in his stomach.
Ji Zhaoming blushed and said in a low voice, "Hungry."