Chapter 207: Open the door! Federation Investigation Bureau!!!

Yunxiao was incredibly excited right now; no one knew how much effort she had put in for this day.

Setting up a stall, cold looks, part-time work, overtime, being scolded, being deceived.

In just a year, Yunxiao personally witnessed the wickedness of this society and saw countless misfortunes, deeply realizing how correct the words of 118 were.

【Initializing....】

【Autonomously linking to the network....】

【Starting up...】

「I must succeed... 」

Yunxiao prayed, she had been able to persevere until now; everything was for 118, and if it truly 'died', then there would be no point in her living.

Yunxiao had already begun to imagine meeting 118; for 118 she wore a body of mechanical materials, she had worked for others for a long time, secretly picking up discarded scraps others didn't want, and after great effort finally manufactured it.

Watching the mechanical eye gradually light up, Yunxiao's heart overflowed with joy.

「Brother! You.... 」

Bang bang bang!!!

「Open the door! New Federation Investigation Bureau! 」

「Someone reported you for illegally researching AI! Open the door for inspection! 」

In an instant, Yunxiao's face turned deathly pale; she frantically tidied up the surroundings, never expecting the door to be kicked open with a single blow.

「Hands up! 」

Several guns instantly aimed at the panicked Yunxiao; she could not figure out when she had been exposed.

Little did she know, all this was the work of some ancient computer from beyond the heavens; Yunxiao would probably never understand it in her lifetime.

Yunxiao was so frightened she froze in place, letting these Federation Investigation Bureau agents rush into her tiny house.

They instantly saw the activating 118, and their eyes turned fierce.

「Take them away! 」

At this moment, Yunxiao finally reacted, condensing ether in her hand, she controlled the simple weapons she had made around her, aiming at several people.

「Who allowed you to barge into a mechanical engineer's home! 」

「I am a Second-Rank Mechanical Engineer! This is the humanoid weapon I researched! Get out of my house now! 」

The few exchanged glances; nowadays the status of mechanical engineers has risen sharply, and trespassing a mechanical engineer's residence is a major taboo, so they all began to hesitate.

After all, it was just someone reporting; they had no substantive evidence, and the machine before them—no, the humanoid weapon—did not look like it had gone berserk; if they made a mistake, they'd be doomed.

「I don't care about this or that! Even if the heavenly king and old master came, it wouldn't work! 」

「This concerns AI! Any private research must not be let off! 」

The leader wore a military cap, looked righteous, with a black mechanical arm loaded on his left arm, appearing extremely mighty.

「Put the cuffs on me! 」

「You! 」

Yunxiao, furious, her whole body's machinery suddenly activated; just as she was about to counterattack, she was ruthlessly suppressed by the restraint device.

「You... guys.... 」

Yunxiao lay on the ground, extremely anxious, but could only watch as the opponent approached 118; she exerted all her strength to control a rough mechanical cross on her body, smashing it toward the opponent's head.

The opponent's eyes narrowed slightly; he hadn't expected the cross to be so fast, he hurriedly blocked with his pitch-black mechanical arm, but it was far too late.

The next moment, a pair of rough mechanical hands suddenly caught the cross flying toward the opponent's head; its sharp edge was less than five centimeters from his head, and cold sweat instantly poured out from his back.

「You! What are you! 」

The others around also reacted, pointing their guns at 118 and Yunxiao; if their captain died, they would not hesitate to open fire.

【Network information retrieval successful....】

【"Falsehood" module, activating....】

118 looked at the extremely vigilant crowd before it and slowly spoke.

「I am a Frontline Fifth-Rank Mechanical Engineer from G137-A Star, my designation; this mechanical body is specially made to protect my family. 」

「You are Investigation Bureau people? Why did you come here and act against my family? 」

「Mechanical body? 」

The opponent took a close look at 118, its mechanical eyes glowing blue, its body stable and not trembling, appearing exactly like normal machinery.

This is the most prominent feature of crazy AI: wherever there is light, it emits red, and its body constantly twitches.

Compared to 118, the opponent is obviously normal.

This captain pondered for a moment, then still called for the few to lower their weapons.

【Frontline Mechanical Engineer, or fifth-rank...】

【Forget it, we can't afford to offend them.】

He lacked the ability to check any designation, so he could naturally not verify the truth of 118's words.

But now there is indeed no need to investigate further.

「Someone reported that someone here is illegally researching AI; we are just following orders. 」

「AI? Me? Sorry, I'm not. 」

「Then sorry for the disturbance. 」

He turned and left, not daring to pause even a bit; the cold wind blew over, and only then did he realize how much sweat he had soaked.

As the opponent gradually walked away, 118 looked at Yunxiao standing frozen in place, as if merely opening her eyes she had grown up.

「I have returned, Miss. 」

Hearing the familiar voice, Yunxiao's little mouth instantly pouted; she crawled up from the ground, throwing herself into 118's arms and wailing loudly.

She continuously recounted how difficult these years had been for her, continuously recounted her longing for 118, chattering on for a long time.

Yunxiao grew up, became mature, also became more beautiful, but no matter how she changed, she was still that crybaby little thing.

118 watched Xiaoyunxiao coiled around its waist like an octopus, while the Logic Core ran wildly.

Just like a person who just woke up and whose mind hasn't fully turned yet, 118's Logic Core is also running a bit sluggishly.

"What should be said to humans now?"

'"Database" searching...'

'"Identity locked as elder."'

At this moment, Yunxiao was placed on the bed by 118, her chest heaving nonstop; the most intense surge of her crying has already passed.

She wiped away her tears, looked expectantly at the 118 beside her, waiting for it to say something.

118 gently patted Yunxiao's back with its hand, thought for a long time, then finally uttered a sentence.

"Miss, these years must have been very hard for you."

"You have worked hard."

That sentence left Yunxiao, who had just finished crying, stunned; looking at her eyes gradually becoming crystal clear, 118's Logic Core suddenly realized.

Yunxiao burst into loud tears again, even more intense than before....

(Grandma darn it! How did it drop back again?! My 9.4 ahhhhh!!!)

(The ginseng is sobbing...)