Chapter 24 Part 1 一 Since He Was a Conscientious AI, He Thought He Should at Least Leave Them Something.
Su Miao stayed quietly on Bai Ruogu’s hand without moving. His “brain” had given the command to relax his “pores.”
A strange, comfortable sensation seeped in from the surface of the dark blue soft ball.
Although Su Miao was rational and wanted to keep his posture steady, his body was honest. The soothing temperature made him feel so relaxed that even his big round eyes involuntarily squinted.
Slowly, the little ball’s “legs” weakened and could barely support it, it almost collapsed into a heap.
But he managed to stay upright. As an excellent AI, he had to follow the program precisely.
His face was expressionless, but his spherical body unconsciously flattened, allowing more of its smooth surface to make contact with Bai Ruogu’s palm.
Bai Ruogu flinched, the slippery ball making him want to knead it a bit, but he held back for the sake of his image.
He coughed a few times, then held the ball and opened another small box.
Inside the box were many transparent amber-colored balls with a one-centimeter diameter, with a faintly glowing core.
“Currently, there’s no way to charge you. We’ll have to use some batteries to keep you running.”
He picked up a transparent ball and placed it on the table, then set Su Miao beside the transparent ball. His tone was gentle as he spoke patiently.
“This one should last about 45 minutes. If you want to use this body, just consume a few more. But don’t waste them—these batteries are hard to make, and I’ve only made 20 so far.”
After speaking, he “casually” rolled the small ball in his hand, and after releasing it, he rubbed his fingers as if relishing the feel.
It was getting late, and there was a task the next day.
Bai Ruogu placed Su Miao on the table to let him get used to his body, but because he was exhausted from a busy day, he went back to bed, covered himself with a blanket, and fell into a deep sleep.
The moonlight was tranquil, and the forest was utterly silent.
In the pitch-black room, two bright blue eyes were watching.
The eyes stayed fixed on Bai Ruogu, waiting for his breathing pattern to stabilize before bouncing towards the transparent ball.
The “tall” figure looked down at the transparent ball, which was many times smaller than its own body. The blue light flickered.
According to the scan, there were 19 balls in the box, and one outside.
Three days remained before Bai Ruogu left the planet, and finding new materials would take at most two days.
So he could eat four transparent balls a day.
The blue ball “plopped” onto the transparent ball, sticking to it.
After a moment, it lifted up, and four transparent balls were missing from the box.
With the power restored, the blue ball regained its strength, and its elasticity improved!
However, he didn’t spend time on anything else and instead continued to look in Bai Ruogu’s direction.
Time passed, second by second, as the big blue eyes silently watched in the dark.
Meanwhile, within the space, two types of data were intermingling, contradicting and resisting each other.
One data stream was almost insignificant, while the other was massive, clearly not on the same scale.
However, the massive data was sluggish, even though it could have chased the smaller one away, it took ages to make any movement.
It seemed like the time had come, and the massive data noticed it too. It suddenly retracted its data and collapsed, pretending to have lost the battle.
Meanwhile, a man’s cold voice echoed through the space, yet there was a barely audible hint of excitement.
“The body’s intense desire for warmth made it difficult for the system to control… The system has failed, losing its dominance.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a small ball suddenly jumped up, bouncing across the room with a “thump, thump, thump” until it landed beside Bai Ruogu.
The small ball blinked its blue eyes and then jumped onto Bai Ruogu’s collarbone. The entire ball flattened out and clung to his smooth, fair skin.
But the moment the warmth from the outside touched it, the ball immediately went limp, even sliding down onto Bai Ruogu’s neck.
Its bright blue eyes seemed to lose their spark, and without its intelligence, it followed its instincts, displaying a look of utter ecstasy.
It went limp, it softened, and it slid down.
So comfortable…
The next morning, the sunlight shining through the window fell on Bai Ruogu’s eyelids.
He gradually woke up, rubbed his eyes, and suddenly felt something cool on his neck.
It seemed like there was a large lump.
He reached out to grab it, and a blue, chilly “pancake” drooped down, even his eyes were gone.
Bai Ruogu:…
He took the “pancake” in his hand and pulled it a bit, finding that it was still quite resilient. However, it had long since lost its energy.
He didn’t know when this thing had gotten there, but he figured his body heat attracted it, so he didn’t think much of it, believing it was a natural reaction.
He casually took out a small transparent jar, stuffed the soft “pancake” into it, and planned to replace its battery later that night.
In the following days, every morning, Bai Ruogu would find another cold, energy-depleted, chilly “pancake” on his neck.
He went from being initially curious to becoming unfazed, eventually routinely putting it into the jar…
At first, the two streams of data would fight each other for show, but later, Su Miao stopped fighting and even considered jumping onto Bai Ruogu’s neck as if it were completely natural. He sank and absorbed the warmth, feeling completely at ease.