Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Yan Leyang was running away while missing Lang Shiyi. He and Lang Shiyi had only been together for a short time, and now he had to endure the pain of separation, which was too cruel for Yan Leyang.
Lang Shiyi was preparing to receive human knowledge, which required adjusting his body to its optimal state.
He Wen noticed some problems while spending time with Lang Shiyi: “Um, I mean…”
Lang Shiyi looked at him with cold indifference in his eyes. This was not because Lang Shiyi had any issues with He Wen, but rather it was simply Lang Shiyi’s nature.
He was not interested in most things, had no likes or dislikes, and even when eating, he only aimed for a balanced diet and didn’t seem to have a particular preference for any dish.
Those familiar with Lang Shiyi would know that this was normal for him. But He Wen and Lang Shiyi hadn’t spent much time together, and Lang Shiyi wasn’t like this when he first came here with Yan Leyang.
Well, back then, Lang Shiyi was also expressionless, but it was a happy one. Now, Lang Shiyi looked even more like a machine, making He Wen feel quite awkward every time he ate.
Fortunately, He Wen was a machine and didn’t need to eat.
“Aren’t you being too cold?” He Wen couldn’t help but speak his mind to Lang Shiyi.
“Really?” Lang Shiyi was preparing for his first information reception, a kind of adaptation test to the intensity. He had five chances in total; if he failed all of them, he would have to learn on his own. “I’ve always been like this.”
No, you weren’t like this before. He Wen thought back for a moment. Back when Lang Shiyi was here, Yan Leyang hadn’t confessed yet. Lang Shiyi had quite a few little tricks up his sleeve, and he wasn’t like this now… well, ascetic.
Not only was he detached from worldly desires, but his eyes seemed to have seen through the illusions of the world, as if everything around him was irrelevant to him.
“When you used to be here with Yan Leyang, uh.” He Wen originally wanted to say that Lang Shiyi was much livelier when he was with Yan Leyang, but as soon as he mentioned the name Yan Leyang, Lang Shiyi suddenly looked at him.
After realizing that it wasn’t that Yan Leyang had any new information, he quietly looked away.
Oh, so this guy really only cares about Yan Leyang.
“Let’s try it first.” Lang Shiyi interrupted He Wen’s wild thoughts and picked up the helmet from the chair: “Let’s try importing it first.”
“Okay.” He Wen nodded quickly, then paused for a moment, “Just a heads up, this really hurts.”
Lang Shiyi looked at him.
“This chip contains a lot of information, big and small, which is very complicated, and you have to accept it.” He Wen looked at Lang Shiyi solemnly, “Ordinary people cannot endure this level of pain.”
“…I think you haven’t forgotten,” Lang Shiyi reminded him, “Most of my body is heavily modified, and I don’t think I can’t endure it.” After all, the extent of his current modifications was already incredibly advanced, and without a strong mental support, he wouldn’t be able to survive.
He Wen paused for a moment, looked into Lang Shiyi’s eyes, and sighed helplessly: “I almost forgot…” You know, the core that Yan Leyang ate in the end was actually given to Lang Shiyi by him.
“You’ve been with Yan Leyang for too long, and it feels like you’ve been influenced by him… well, it’s a bit hard to explain.” He Wen originally wanted to say that Lang Shiyi had been turned into an invisible idiot by Yan Leyang, but then he thought that it wasn’t appropriate for him to say that someone’s partner was an idiot in front of them.
“Really?” Lang Shiyi thought of Yan Leyang, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly.
“…Ah, I miss my boyfriend so much.” Yan Leyang led Tie Zhu to the territory of the Antelope Clan and also changed Tie Zhu’s face. However, Yan Leyang’s mental state had not been very good lately.
Ultimately, it was because Lang Shiyi was about to start receiving information. Just in case, He Wen had completely blocked all means of contact, and the quantum computer couldn’t contact Lang Shiyi. So Yan Leyang was somewhat depressed.
He could understand it, since although the possibility was small, the mother body could still track the base’s location through Yan Leyang’s personal computer, and not sending any messages at all was the only way to ensure absolute safety.
But he and Lang Shiyi had to separate after only a short time together. Yan Leyang reached out and wiped away the tears that were about to fall, and couldn’t help but sigh, “The Mother Body is really too cruel.”
The mother body next to Yan Leyang was now thinking: …What does this have to do with me?
To be honest, Yan Leyang had been running around a lot these days, but the Mother Body was always a step too late in making her move. And Yan Leyang clearly had an extreme aversion to the Mother Body’s existence, cursing her all the time.
The Matrix had even considered giving up on this path and leaving, but the space pirates couldn’t find Yan Leyang’s trail. Every time the Matrix tried to commit suicide, Yan Leyang would save it with lightning speed.
He even had a rope tied around his neck now because Yan Leyang thought his cerebellum was underdeveloped and was afraid he would die, so he used it to tie him up.
Directly abandoning this physical shield could easily alert Yan Leyang, making him more vigilant, which would be a loss.
After all, infinite energy was very important now.
The Matrix even tried to hack into Yan Leyang’s mecha but failed. The Matrix guessed that this might be because Yan Leyang originally didn’t allow it to touch his mecha, and the Matrix was restricted by orders.
The reason Yan Leyang cared so much about the mecha was not because he discovered anything wrong with Tie Zhu, but simply because the mecha was given to him by Lang Shiyi.
Although Lang Shiyi did not participate in the initial construction, he did participate in the later modifications.
Although the modified mecha was a tacky pink, it didn’t matter; the pink had already been covered up. Besides, even if it was pink, it was only because of Lang Shiyi’s love for him that the mecha became a tacky pink.
Yan Leyang wouldn’t let anyone touch the gifts his wife gave him, especially little kids.
“You keep talking to me about your wife.” Tie Zhu’s voice still seemed somewhat innocent. He had a collar around his neck, and a tag next to it said that he had cerebellar dysfunction and needed close care.
This was to prevent anyone from reporting Yan Leyang for child abuse, but this peculiar appearance still attracted a lot of attention along the way, which the mother body had already gotten used to.
Ignoring the stares of those around him, he continued, “Where is your wife?”
“This is not something a child like you should know.” Yan Leyang ignored him; he didn’t think his emotional problems needed to be shared with a child.
The mother body choked up again, then rallied: “But he’s not here now, you’re free.” This was one of the mother body’s attempts.
The mother body certainly believed in the idea that love was stronger than gold, after all, he had access to so much data, but lust was always an instinct.
If a rift developed between Yan Leyang and Lang Shiyi, he might be able to trick Yan Leyang into releasing him from his confinement and obtaining the infinite energy.
Yan Leyang, who was sipping his drink and pondering why the mother body wasn’t attacking, suddenly stopped. He looked at Tie Zhu beside him, his brows furrowed: “You’re just a kid who hasn’t even grown a full beard yet, but you know quite a lot.”
Yan Leyang felt that this child had problematic values.
“Everyone is like this.” The mother body’s current persona was that of an abandoned child who didn’t know how he grew up. Children like this were already in a bad situation, so they were not surprised by anything. So the mother body continued, “It doesn’t matter, you can be with someone else if you like him.”
“Aren’t you lonely right now?” The lonely man kept nagging his wife, until she was sick of it: “You can find someone to keep you company.”
Okay, this kid definitely has a problem with his values, a really big problem.
Yan Leyang squatted down with a solemn expression, staring into Tie Zhu’s eyes. This little brat’s eyes were not innocent at all, not pure at all, which was quite normal.
“Do you know the phrase ‘keeping oneself pure’?” Yan Leyang didn’t want to lecture him; you can’t reason with a child.
The mother tilted her head.
“In our race, if someone goes out to find someone after marriage, they will be drowned in a pig cage,” Yan Leyang threatened. “That means we’ll lock you in a cage and then sink the cage into the river.”
Yan Leyang affectionately patted the child’s head: “Now everyone thinks you’re my son, so we’re practically father and son. It’s time to teach you some family traditions.”
Mother Body:…
“Remember to keep your chastity and be a good man.” Yan Leyang sighed, looking at the child and sighing again. “Follow male virtues and don’t always think about messy things.”
Matrix: …tsk.
Yan Leyang was out of his mind; the mother body didn’t know how to respond to what he said.
After a long silence, just as the mother body was about to speak, a lollipop was shoved into his mouth.
Yan Leyang smiled at the mother body: “Give up, little brat, I’m way past the age of womanizing.”
But you’re only in your twenties! The mother body couldn’t suppress his urge to complain. Twenties, and a beastman male at that, should be the age of greatest sexual dissatisfaction. Is Yan Leyang past the age of womanizing? Is this guy prematurely aging?
The mother body took a deep breath, his brows furrowing in confusion: “I understand.”
Yan Leyang smiled and nodded, marveling at how teachable the young man was.
“You are a cat, and that place of the cat clan…” The mother body hesitated and twisted, “That place of the cat clan is not very big, so it is normal not to have desires.”
This time, Yan Leyang fell silent.
First of all, the size of the orcs in their world was influenced by their humanoid size, and Yan Leyang happened to be one of the more gifted ones. At least after so many attempts, Shiyi finally satisfied him.
But Yan Leyang couldn’t refute it because he didn’t want to reveal his race.
Hutch, who was far away in the Wolf Clan, received a message from Yan Leyang’s personal terminal.
Do you eat children?
Hutch didn’t understand what Yan Leyang meant, thinking he was joking, so he replied: “[The kind coated in breadcrumbs and fried until golden brown? I can eat them one after another.]”
Yan Leyang showed this message to the mother: “If you keep instigating me to go astray, I’ll give you to this uncle.”
The mother body finally shut up.
As night fell, Yan Leyang decided to leave again, because after his first escape, he discovered that he could sleep on the starship and it wasn’t too uncomfortable.
It’s safest to leave some information on each planet before changing starships and wander around the universe.
Moreover, Yan Leyang couldn’t find a reason why the mother body hadn’t moved. He could only conclude that the mother body was perhaps too busy or suffering from dementia. After all, it was normal for it to malfunction after so many years of operation.
After being aboard the starship, the Matrix seemed somewhat absent-minded for some reason, which shouldn’t be the case for it, considering that the Matrix was… rational?
No, he was not rational. If the mother body were absolutely rational, then he shouldn’t have feelings.
Unfortunately, Yan Leyang could only talk to the Mother Body recently, and the Mother Body had brought up that topic before, which made Yan Leyang reflect on after boarding the starship: “If you really find someone you like in the future, you can’t let them down.”
Just that one sentence froze the mother body in her chair.
Someone you like? It seems there was a such a figure for the mother body, but that person died, and the mother body was largely responsible for the death.
He had tried his best not to think about that person, after all, the dead cannot be brought back to life, a principle the mother body understood better than anyone. But perhaps it was because Yan Leyang kept talking about his partner… when Yan Leyang said those words, he naturally thought of He Wen.
Damn it, the mother body was getting a little irritable; he felt that Yan Leyang was a real menace.
Yan Leyang glanced at the absent-minded Tie Zhu, sensing that the kid wasn’t listening, and clicked his tongue: “With this attitude, you’ll definitely get yourself into trouble later.”
“If you want a happy and fulfilling family, you have to take responsibility.” Yan Leyang put away his joking mood. “You’ll understand when you meet someone you like.”
“If you really like him that much, you wouldn’t do something so ridiculous.” Yan Leyang looked at the navigation chart seriously. “How could you bear to make him sad?”
The mother body was silent for a while: “Feelings aren’t everything in life.” After saying that, he realized that what he said didn’t quite fit his own character, so he added, “That’s what everyone says. There’s also career in life, and many more important things to do.”
“Really?” Yan Leyang chuckled upon hearing this. “You’re right.”
Take Miao Xiaomi for example. If Miao Xiaomi really falls in love with someone, and the interests of that person and the cat clan were put together, Miao Xiaomi would definitely choose the cat clan without even blinking.
Miao Xiaomi may like someone, but he will always put his own faults first. He was a very good monarch, but not a good lover.
The same applied to the Serpent Clan’s ruler. Although the Serpent Clan’s ruler didn’t have the same strong sense of responsibility towards his race as Miao Xiaomi, he was a die-hard brother-complex, to the point that Yan Leyang suspected whether he had something going on with Seb.
This snake-king probably preferred to be a simple Seb breeder… This guy will be overthrown sooner or later.
Yan Leyang thought about it and realized that killing the mother of the person he liked seemed to have a similar effect.
“But I can’t understand them.” Yan Leyang reached out and touched his chin, saying quite confidently, “I’m a love-struck person.”
No matter how many storms he weathered, Yan Leyang remained the same love-obsessed guy who loved staying at home; he found happiness in simplicity.
Being love-struck can be really fun, especially when your partner also likes you.
I am a little jealous.
As the mother body watched Yan Leyang’s retreating figure, he felt acid oozing from his body.
He was somewhat jealous of Yan Leyang’s openness. What was there to be proud of about being love-struck? What was this guy so smug about?
The mother body could never understand what these creatures were thinking.
The Mother Body wanted to restore the entire human race; he wanted to recreate humanity’s glory…
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