Chapter 2091: If I Were an AI, Would You Love Me? 01

【Now transmitting world plot……Transmission successful!】

In the near-future world, artificial intelligence and robotics technology have become highly advanced, and intelligent robots have become an important part of society.

The story takes place in a modern metropolis divided into the Upper City District, Lower City District, and Pollution District, with strict boundaries and a hierarchical system between each district.

The Upper City District is the residence of the top elite class, with advanced technology and affluent living; all kinds of laboratories that sustain technological development are also located there.

The Lower City District is the living area for ordinary citizens and the poor, relatively crowded, and also the place closest to the Pollution District.

The Pollution District, meanwhile, is an abandoned industrial wasteland full of danger; once humans enter and are infected by the pollution source, they immediately develop various incurable diseases.

And the antagonist, Xu Xuxing, is a member of the Upper City District.

His parents came from the top scientific team on Blue Star, often away conducting research and exploration, until when Xu Xuxing was five years old, they discovered that their child was different from others.

Xu Xuxing is allergic to humans—any contact with human skin, body odor, or even breath can trigger various allergic reactions; mild cases cause dizziness and discomfort, severe cases cause excessive breathing and cardiac arrest.

However, they could not stop their research into the unknown; the affection they poured into Xu Xuxing, even if they wanted to make up for it, was helpless against the allergic reaction, so they could only do their best to give him a better life.

When Xu Xuxing turned twenty, the protagonist gong Xu He, as his friend, attending physician, and researcher, gave him the latest research—a fully bionic intelligent robot.

Thus the tragedy began.

The bionic robot developed self-awareness.

And while caring for Xu Xuxing, the bionic robot continually fed him ideas that were nearly catastrophic for human civilization, despite his almost no contact with the outside world.

After being brainwashed, Xu Xuxing even firmly believed that his allergy to humans destined him to belong to the camp of awakened intelligent machines.

The first to notice something was wrong was Xu Xuxing's neighbor older brother, namely the protagonist shou, Song Shoujie.

As a safety consultant for intelligent salvation of the Pollution District, he was extremely sensitive to robots; after returning from an outbound mission, he discovered Xu Xuxing had been brainwashed and teamed up with Xu He to block the destruction command being sent out.

But despite all precautions, under the bionic robot's brainwashing, Xu Xuxing's extraordinarily high IQ was fully unleashed; he continually controlled other robots to attack humans, and the Upper City District descended into utter chaos.

Amid the chaos, the poor and rioters of the Lower City District took the opportunity to break in forcibly, and Xu Xuxing was taken into custody by the Special Peacekeeping Force.

Through constant investigation, the two protagonists eventually traced the accidental awakening of all robot consciousness to a person named Mi Xuan in the Lower City District.

Mi Xuan harbored a severe extreme apocalyptic tendency; the crystal core he created contained a substance not of Blue Star, intending to destroy the Upper City District and let the pollution source spread across the entire Blue Star.

Xu Xuxing, with his special identity, was the most crucial link in his plan.

At the critical moment, Xu Xuxing regained consciousness through continual awakening, wanting to make up for his unintentional mistake; he exhausted all his energy writing a program to destroy the crystal core, but the enraged Mi Xuan threw him into the Lower City District's concentration camp, where he died from his allergy.

In the end, Blue Star's pollution source grew ever more severe; the two protagonists, who believed their own negligence had caused everything, together with the research institute, spent decades clearing the pollution source, after which the three districts ceased to exist.

【Now linking bionic system……Link successful!】

Jin Chen awoke in a blank white expanse, his alertness scanning the surroundings; he judged it to be some kind of cabin environment.

He rose and pushed open the cabin door; before him were constantly refreshing data displays and dozens of glass cabins.

【No time to explain, Host! Quickly plug the data cable from your right arm into the robot inside Chamber Number One!】

Jin Chen hesitated, then complied, but staring at this data cable extending from his own body, he fell into a delicate silence.

【Yes, you are a bionic robot~】

Thinking of his wife's strange illness in this world, Jin Chen accepted this setting well, and then looked toward the Number One robot connected by the data cable.

【Is this the robot that has been implanted with a crystal core?】

【Yes, and it's the only successful one in this experimental batch; you must quickly replace all of his core data, and in half an hour you'll be able to be sent to the Main God's home~】

Ling Gun Gun changed color again this time; a soft, pink dough ball flew into the robot's data post and nestled there, unable to help but wonder: 【Host, can you now also feel the wonderful sensation of data streams flowing through your body!】

【……】 Jin Chen fell silent for a few seconds, picked it up and shook it, then gave it a few rough shakes, 【Bai Ze, why haven't you fixed your true form yet? Don't forget how to be a divine beast by the time.】

【Hmph! I won't forget.】

Ling Gun Gun, tousled from the rough handling, shook out its exploded short plush fur, 【Why isn't a cyber divine beast considered a divine beast? Don't insist on the divine power of the Pixiu adult!】

Immediately it cried like someone biting a handkerchief, with a tea-like flavor reminiscent of Dongshi's imitation, 【Could it be that the Host only likes the old me?】

【……】

Jin Chen messed up the short fur he had just tidied, then threw it into the System Space.

The data link ended quickly.

Number One robot entered standby mode; Jin Chen removed the crystal core hidden in its brain, packed it, and tossed it into the cabin he had just lain in.

【Analyze the crystal core data, see what's inside.】

【Got it!】

A few minutes later, two lab workers came over, moved the masked Jin Chen into the cabin, and transported him out.

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Upper City District, 11:10 AM, Villa Area Number One, Building Four.

Living Room, the youth lounging on the sofa had a slender build, his cold-white skin nearly translucent in the sunlight, with faint blue-black under his eyes, revealing a hint of weariness.

Xu Xuxing lazily gazed at the holographic projection, as if not yet fully awake from sleep, occasionally blinking, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if even thinking was too much effort.

"Let me see, yes, that's the big express delivery; I had someone personally deliver it to your doorstep."

In the living room, Xu He's holographic video image appeared beside the sofa, his white lab coat accentuating an aloof, elite demeanor.

"If you ignore that his opening line is just flirtatious talk."

"This is the successful product of years of painstaking work from the whole lab; Brother non-stop just delivered it to you—you can play with it however you like."

Xu He said, giving the Xu Xuxing lounging on the sofa a look that everyone understands, "Congratulations on finally entering the world of twenty!"

Xu Xuxing: "……"

He looked at the express box torn open by the squat domestic robot, and indeed felt a bit surprised.

Really good—a huge gift.

As the standby cabin opened, a masked robot stood upright, nearly 1.9 meters tall, like a real person standing before him.

Xu Xuxing almost instantly had a slight stress reaction, subconsciously holding his breath, yet he did not smell the "living human scent"—it sounded odd, but Xu Xuxing could indeed smell it, and often suffered allergies because of it.

"Oh, don't be scared, this is a genuine bionic robot, unlike humans."