Towards the end, his tone became somewhat melancholy.
It had worked so hard for this prescription, and when it was finally completed, it felt like a dream.
It carried the medicinal herbs in its mouth and dragged them to its brother.
The little fox brother naturally knew why his younger brother had been traveling for so long.
But he still shook his head and pushed the medicinal herbs back to Ji Zhaoming: "This won't do, it's too precious."
The little fox scratched its ears and cheeks and said, "Brother."
"How did I teach you?" the little fox brother said seriously, "Don't owe others anything too valuable."
Of course the little fox knew.
But these are medicinal herbs that can cure my brother!
He was conflicted: "Should I...should I sell myself?"
Seeing the standoff between the two foxes, Gu He couldn't stand it any longer and said, "This thing is valuable to you, but it's not worth much to the machine race."
Machine races don't rely on these things to treat illnesses; they collect them, simply because they see humans getting sick all the time in ancient books.
Secondly, there are still many of these things in the warehouse, and they are really not worth much money.
Gu He thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing."
Ji Zhaoming sat down next to him and said with a smile, "If you're still not comfortable with this, let's make a trade."
He had been thinking about how to complete the mission for a long time.
Since the goal is to help the robots rediscover their emotions—no, to help them discover their own emotions—they can't just stay in their own world.
Bringing the robots out was Ji Zhaoming's first step.
The second step is to let the robots interact with the world more and expand their emotions.
Ji Zhaoming thought, perhaps it was because of the first world that the system gave him preferential treatment?
After all, the most difficult part of this task is the process of developing feelings from nothing, and Ji Zhaoming's appearance solved this problem immediately.
All that's left is to amplify this feeling.
System: [None.]
Ji Zhaoming was stunned for a moment before realizing that the voice was actually from the system, which he hadn't heard in a long time.
He asked himself, "What?"
System: [No preferential treatment activated.]
Ji Zhaoming exclaimed in surprise, then explained, "Giving me the position of king is already a form of preferential treatment, isn't it?"
system:【……】
Just when Ji Zhaoming thought the system had given its default setting, he suddenly heard the system speak in his mind again.
System: [The throne will only belong to you.]
System: [There will be no one else.]
Listen closely, and you can hear a hint of grievance in his voice.
Ji Zhaoming was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, he heard the system say: "Does Your Majesty think I'm such a casual system?"
Perhaps because it had gotten used to Gu Yunzhou calling Ji Zhaoming "master" all the time, the system almost started calling him that too, but thankfully it changed it back at the last minute.
Ji Zhaoming hissed.
Ji Zhaoming: [Your voice sounds familiar?]
Especially when the system refers to the owner.
Ji Zhaoming looked at Gu Yunzhou beside him and called out, "Gu Yunzhou."
"Master," Gu Yunzhou said, his eyes lowered, "I am here."
Sure enough, it looks even more like it now.
Ji Zhaoming wanted to make a comparison, but the system stopped speaking, so he had to give up.
"What kind of deal?" the little fox brother asked.
Ji Zhaoming temporarily suppressed his doubts and said, "Well, we need a tour guide. I hope you can take on this job once you're better."
The little fox asked, "Why me?"
He didn't believe that the machine race would be unable to find their way.
Especially after witnessing the machine race's protection of their king, they were even less convinced that the robots wouldn't be fully prepared.
Ji Zhaoming smiled and said, "Because we need a local tour guide."
He believed in the popularity of the little fox brother.
Only when a local can walk with them without getting hurt can others begin to try to make contact with the machine race.
Ji Zhaoming suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that the mission was only to help the machine race regain their emotions, rather than to integrate the robots into this world.
After all, there's nothing wrong with minding your own business.
The machine race is too powerful, surpassing the vast majority of races in the world, which means that the machine race is destined to stand at a high level, far removed from the world.
Forcing yourself to fit in can actually be a source of distress.
Ji Zhaoming did not want to bring the machine race down from its pedestal.
That's fine.
This was a mutually beneficial deal for the little fox brother. After thinking for a moment and looking at his younger brother curled up beside him, he nodded.
The medicinal herbs were put back into the little fox's hands.
The little fox brother suddenly grabbed Ji Zhaoming's hand.
Delicate and pure white.
Just like Ji Zhaoming.
The little fox brother sighed, "Everyone says that the machine race is the most devoted to humans, and they firmly believe that humans can save them."
Although in his previous view, the machine race didn't seem to need saving.
He paused, looked up into Ji Zhaoming's eyes, and continued, "I used to wonder, since the machine races worship humans so much, why are we races also more accustomed to human form?"
He gave a wry smile: "After all, we don't believe that humans will save us."
Only then did he release Ji Zhaoming's hand.
If he could, he would even like to hold it forever.
Ji Zhaoming should not belong solely to the machine race.
The little fox brother said, "Now it seems that you came here to save us."
The machine race suddenly straightened up.
Is this an attempt to steal their king?
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Gu Yunzhou said slowly, "This is our king."
He emphasized the word "we".
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Chapter 27
I like you too.
As Gu Yunzhou emphasized these words, the robots standing behind him also stared intently at the little fox brother, fearing that he might take the king away when they weren't paying attention.
The tense atmosphere only eased slightly when Ji Zhaoming waved his hand with his back to them.
The little fox brother quickly said, "I didn't mean to take your king away, I just..."
He just really admired the machine race.
If he could, he would also like Ji Zhaoming to be the king of his race.
Or perhaps... the king of this planet.
This planet is actually very fragile; once invaded by an external enemy, it can only surrender.
They also hoped that one day someone would come and rule the planet.
But that's just too difficult.
The machine race is right next to them, and very few dare to fight against them. There's no need for these races to go to great lengths to save them.
The people on this planet are abandoned inhabitants, yearning for someone to stand up for them.
They had waited so long that they had forgotten what they were waiting for.
That's what he thought, but the little fox didn't say it out loud.
In his heart, this planet was too terrible and unworthy of Ji Zhaoming.
He concluded by solemnly expressing his gratitude, saying, "I am simply very grateful to your king."
The little fox looked directly into Ji Zhaoming's eyes and said, "Thank you."
Ji Zhaoming waved his hand: "It's alright, this is a transaction, so you don't need to thank me."
Even so, the little fox brother knew, of course, that the deal was just to put his mind at ease.
Of course, according to the little fox, the prescription said it could cure the disease, but Ji Zhaoming was still worried and called the doctor to study it together.
The little fox asked, "Wouldn't this be a bit inappropriate?"
On this resource-scarce planet, prescriptions are even more precious than medicinal herbs.
Ji Zhaoming laughed instead.