Then, with a "thump," Wen Bai closed the bathroom door.
Outside the door.
The tall robot's azure eyes flickered slightly, a hint of regret within them.
Without dwelling on the regret for too long, it turned to prepare the clothes its master would need to change into later.
However, as the tall robot turned, a trace of lingering amusement reappeared in its phoenix-like eyes.
-
Perhaps it was because the forced physical enhancement had already strained Wen Bai's body in this world, and without timely rest, he had still pushed himself to the limit to take a bath after returning.
That night, Wen Bai had another dream.
In the dream, Wen Bai woke up in a bed. His limbs had become so short.
As soon as he reached out, he saw his own miniaturized palm.
Wen Bai sat up on a piece of fabric that was blue and made of a very light material. His short legs couldn't even reach the ground.
He pushed himself up with his hands, jumped lightly, and landed nimbly.
He walked to the door. Before he could open it, voices drifted in through the slightly ajar door.
Outside the door.
Someone was questioning, their voice refined yet filled with anger: "Why?"
A distant, flat voice replied: "His physical data is excellent in all aspects..."
"No, not just excellent, but outstanding, the most outstanding among them!" the first person interrupted.
"But they said they don't particularly accept this kind. They need someone with normal emotions. He... is too dull," the sound of rustling paper could be heard. "Judging from the test data this time, basic emotions like happiness and anger cannot even be detected in him... They want balanced quality. A lack of complete emotions already makes him inferior."
"But..."
"You know, we can't make that decision." The voice paused briefly, as if unwilling to continue a topic with an unchangeable outcome. It directly stated, "Therefore, his nutrient intake will be reduced to the minimum survival standard."
"He's still so young."
"There are many this young here, even younger than him, and you don't see yourself caring this much." The voice sighed and continued, "I can let you take him with you."
The tone of this voice suggested that he had already made the greatest concession.
After that, there was a long silence.
Then came the sound of the door being pushed open.
A man in a white coat walked in.
As he opened the door, he discovered the young Wen Bai eavesdropping by the door.
He looked at the young Wen Bai stiffly, then bent down, signaling Wen Bai to come and hold his hand.
Just as he remembered, Wen Bai walked over.
The man took his hand and led him out of that place.
The man took the young Wen Bai to a new place, a place forever surrounded by hunger...
In Wen Bai's dream, the scene before his small self suddenly turned completely dark.
...
Wen Bai turned over. The frown that had been tightly furrowed slowly relaxed a little.
And at the edge of the bed where Wen Bai lay, still deeply asleep, the tall robot with azure eyes retracted its hand, which had just been gently stroking its master's brow.
-
Since coming to this world, System 001's routine had almost synchronized with Wen Bai's.
Wen Bai was human and needed to sleep at night.
System 001 was a system and also began to hibernate at night.
Initially, System 001 did not hibernate so frequently.
But ever since it discovered that hibernating not only accelerated its recovery but also occasionally unlocked certain items, it began to hibernate at fixed times every day, just like Wen Bai, especially with the almost omnipotent household robot 575 around.
After a long period of hibernation, System 001's recovery speed was indeed extremely fast.
Last night, after discovering that even the powerful items that were originally exclusively its own and had their permissions restricted were now being unlocked in advance, System 001 became even more enthusiastic about hibernating and upgrading its systems.
This night was no exception.
However, the next day, Wen Bai had not yet woken up.
System 001, following Wen Bai's usual schedule, ended its hibernation an hour earlier today.
System 001 carefully sensed its sleeping host's emotional value.
It looked at its host, who, despite his body having largely recovered, still appeared fatigued.
It sensed again. The body should have recovered to a normal range.
But for some reason, the host's mental state was still in a continuous decline. This shouldn't be happening.
If it was a sequela or side effect of the forced physical enhancement, one night should have been more than enough for mental recovery.
Unable to find the cause, System 001 did not trouble itself.
Of course, it would not be so irresponsible as to ignore Wen Bai's abnormal mental state.
After some thought, System 001 decisively entered the point redemption section and began to carefully select from the items it could redeem.
Due to the gradually released permissions obtained from resource collection in the previous world, and the occasional unlocked item permissions obtained from long periods of hibernation, System 001 now had quite a few types of items to choose from.
The variety of items for recovery in this aspect had increased to hundreds of types.
After browsing for about ten minutes, before its eyes started to swim, System 001 chose the most reliable method.
Expensive things always had a reason for their price.
It directly and decisively chose the most expensive item for humans in this world.
It redeemed it immediately. While the host was still asleep, before he was affected by the continuous low emotions while awake, it decisively administered it to the host!
Arranged!
As expected, the most expensive item's effect was immediate!
The second after using it, System 001 sensed Wen Bai's mental energy "soaring" upwards, directly returning to normal levels.
It was then relieved.
But before System 001 could feel relieved for even a few seconds, it discovered that the mental value was still soaring.
Not only the mental value, but the host's physical excitement, which had already recovered and was no longer fatigued, was also climbing.
Then, System 001 was shocked to find that the host's various stats had ridiculously reached their peak.
System 001: "..."
System 001 then retrieved the description of that most expensive item and carefully read what it had actually redeemed!
Ah~
This was "full energy" that could only be used in a state of extreme deficiency in spirit, energy, and body...
To explain it simply, if Wen Bai were a cup right now, his emotional state would be less than half full, needing more than half a cup of water.
And System 001 had provided a full cup of water. Even though Wen Bai's cup was already full, that entire cup of water would still forcefully enter Wen Bai's cup, not a single drop missing.
Not to mention that Wen Bai's body had already almost recovered, and now it had received "full energy."
This kind of item had irreversible effects and could not be dispelled.
At this moment.
Wen Bai felt something was wrong with his body. His long eyelashes fluttered, and he was about to wake up.
It was important to note that reaching peak levels in all aspects manifested differently in humans...
System 001 knew it had done something foolish and was unsure how its host would behave or what he would do.
It immediately fell silent.