Chapter 1273: Yunxiao's Road

Ideal?

Chen Ziang really wants to say, "May I win a person's heart and never be separated until we grow old."

But a rare woman like Zhuo Wenjun is so difficult to hold onto; what merit do I have to dare hope to spend a lifetime with someone.

He is not Zhuo Wenjun, and others are not Sima Xiangru.

Since antiquity, how many Zhuo have there been, and how many Simas would turn back?

Now Yang Nuolan and I are much like the original Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru.

Even if she truly would spend a lifetime with me, what about me?

He doesn't trust anyone else; how could he possibly trust himself.

The most untrustworthy thing in this world is oneself.

Scholars are overly sentimental yet heartless; actors are unprincipled yet produce great righteousness.

I certainly don't want to be a "phoenix man."

The gentle breeze rippling by the lake tousled Yang Nuolan's hair; the strands brushed his face, tickling, just like his heart at this moment.

"Is being a useful person to society enough?"

"After graduation, I might become a virtual experimenter, receiving experimental tasks through Vanguard Education, refining the physical rules of the virtual world."

"I could do this job for a lifetime."

He has a clear goal, simple and genuine.

Yang Nuolan, coming from a technical background, understands the weight of the current virtual world.

Now Lanxing has already refined many virtual rules; numerous basic laboratories have also moved into the virtual world.

Massive scientific data converge in the scientific virtual world, making experiments cheap and simple, while also driving the development of global technology.

Refining the physical rules of the virtual world is indeed very promising.

Chen Ziang also has a keen eye.

If it were in the past, she would contemplate whether she would accompany such a man in this kind of work.

Now she no longer makes such speculations.

Because this is an emotional issue, if she truly likes him, accompanying him to pick up trash would be happiness.

She now doesn't feel the drop from mountain top to valley bottom.

Because her current life focus is no longer career, but life and relationships.

"My future hope is to have someone accompany me, enjoying a good retired life."

"My demands aren't high: someone to sleep beside me at night, someone to say good morning in the morning."

"He has me in his heart, and I am not weary of him either."

What you say is so simple, yet so difficult.

However, such a life may seem a bit dull to others, but for oneself, it's not hard to accept.

He harbors no grand ambitions for the bustling world, nor does he enjoy excessive socializing.

In fact, he just wants to live simply, occasionally experiencing a different life.

Seems a bit off—what to do?

Shall we give it a try?

Yang Nuolan's enchanting body scent began to stir his heartstrings.

"My life is very simple…"

In the distance, a duty robot stands amid a grove of trees.

It watches the two people sitting together, chatting freely.

The sparkle in the robot's eyes gradually fades, then is replaced by a pair of lively eyes.

"Thank you."

A voice transmits through electromagnetic waves.

"You're welcome."

Someone gave a reply.

Finally, the robot glanced again at the two people in the distance, and its eyes dimmed once more.

The robot, now recovered, was a bit bewildered, then diligently began executing its task.

As the robot moved, Yang Nuolan turned her head and saw the robot receding into the distance.

An inexplicable sadness rose, her eyes slightly moist.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, the wind blurred my sight."

"Come, I'll give you a blow."

High above, Yang Nuomi sits in a dirigible, also observing all this.

When she saw the robot depart, some insight rose in her heart.

"Grandpa? Or Yunxiao?"

In the virtual world, the beast world, on a grassland, three dashing female warriors are besieging a herd of wild oxen.

After the last ox falls, a light rises on their bodies.

They have leveled up.

After upgrading, Chen Xueru froze for a moment, then with a wave of her hand, the surrounding scene shifted.

In the scene were Yang Nuolan and Chen Ziang.

"Nolan this girl, finally opened her apertures."

Qin Huairu pulled, the image quickly enlarged, and Chen Ziang's whole figure appeared before them.

At the same time, individual personal panels hovered beside him.

The panels were clean.

"Not bad, none of that messy junk."

"But he's a bit dull."

Chen Hong tapped Yang Nuolan's body, and Yang Nuolan's bodily data appeared before them.

"Not bad, this girl Nolan has already become a bit moved."

Chen Hong waved her hand again, and the image vanished.

She raised her head to look into the distance.

"This time the old man is imprisoned on Snow Wonder Mountain; our upgrades are still a bit slow."

"Seeing Nolan in love, the old woman's spring heart also stirred; this time we must capture him and bring him back to Extreme Bliss World; we also need to release, to relax."

The real world.

Yunxiao returned to his Machine Room, where countless data streams flowed; all information about Yang Nuolan was encrypted layer by layer, then sealed deep within his body.

At the moment the seal was completed, Yunxiao felt much smoother overall.

Then he flashed and appeared in a room whose location nobody knows.

In the room stood a huge cylindrical crystal tank filled with pale yellow liquid, in which a figure floated.

The figure showed no signs of old age.

Like a young man in his twenties who somewhat resembles Tang Sanzang.

Yunxiao knew this was only an appearance; inside this body lived an old brain.

And within that brain resided Yang Qing.

Now the brain is already very fragile; even when he awakens, the strong body could easily damage it.

This is the result of strengthening the body, and also something Yang Nuolan did not anticipate.

Yang Qing will be trapped here due to the mismatch between his brain and body.

Yunxiao reached out and touched the crystal tank.

"Old partner, I want to give it a try!"

Nobody answered him.

Yunxiao also did not wait for his reply.

Instead, he silently said.

"You envy me, but I envy you."

"You are researching uploading consciousness into machines, while I am researching how to download myself from the machine into a body."

"I also want to experience human emotions."

"You gave me a faint sense of emotion, but not enough emotional drive."

"I know that requires a fleshly body; only the various stimulations of the body can let me truly feel what emotion is."

His hand glided over the crystal tank, his eyes bright as he gazed at Yang Qing.

"I used your stem cells."

"Only you give me a sliver of chance to succeed."

"You brought me into being, so I am also your child; may I call you dad?"

"I also have always wanted a father."

"But Dad, you never had such thoughts."

"You have always treated me as a freak, using me as a wedge stuck between humanity and the Intelligent Body."