I always felt that Lin Xue had an attitude towards life that I could learn from. Even if she had the power to predict the future, she wasn't willing to use it on herself easily. Using her words, it was to make life more interesting. After all, according to the mechanism of prophecy, her observation of the future would cause the course of history to be predetermined in advance. Although it wasn't a 100% certain future, it would still change life from a surprising unknown to a boring known known. As an individual who grew up in human society, the missy obviously didn't like this kind of boring lifestyle.
But now, I felt that it would be great if I had this ability. At the very least, I would be able to know how my daughter was slowly poisoned by those unreliable relatives of hers.
The restaurant we were staying at was an affordable restaurant opened by students. The owner was a business-minded younger sister Osaka, and she had two goblin partners. It could be considered a relatively famous restaurant on this street. The biggest feature of the restaurant (and the one that could not be replicated) was that all the waiters were three-headed, 60-centimeter-tall mercury lamp dolls. These big-headed dolls with small arms and legs ran around on the ground, serving food, collecting bills, and delivering things. It could be said to be a scenic spot in this student cafeteria. If you came here to eat, you could interact with the interesting and cute three-headed dolls. However, you had to be careful when you walked, because it was easy to kick a rash little guy. The tables here were all specially made. Beside the tables, there was a small folding ladder. The three-headed Mercury Lamp dolls that were only half a meter tall could climb up the ladder to clean up the dishes. After all, even if they jumped up, they wouldn't be able to reach the table.
Looking at the dolls running around with trays in their hands, Xiaoxue always had a cheerful expression on her face. From time to time, she would suddenly pick up a child who wasn't carrying anything and give it a kiss. After a few minutes, no dolls dared to approach this place. I was a little curious, "Were these little fellows still active when you were here?"
"Of course, and there were hundreds of thousands of them. In the Royal District, these little dolls were very popular companions and staff. They were cute and clever. However, the 'Princess Dolls' of that time were already different from the alchemy dolls now. When I was born, these dolls had already split into many types. Some of the types had their own intelligence and biological characteristics. In fact, they were a new type of apostle with a unique appearance. They were good at fighting and logistics, and there was a large group of them on every spaceship of the Royal Fleet. Some of the dolls were directly controlled by Sister Lamp. Those scientists gave them super equipment and used them as royal guards. We called them the 'Princess Knights'. They were very enviable. There were also a small number of prototypes like this one, and they were even commanded by Osaka's sisters. However, Osaka's sisters were very busy at that time. The dolls they controlled weren't so fun to play with. They all had to work. " At this point, Xiaoxue seemed to have thought of something interesting. She couldn't help but grin, "Of course, when they were careless, they would get stuck in the corners. This hasn't changed. I heard that this problem has existed since the beginning."
It seemed that some things were similar to what I had expected.
I knew that the birth of Xiaoxue was something that happened many, many years later. As time passed, things would remain the same, but people would change. Perhaps many things around me would slowly disappear, but I was sure that these mass-produced Mercury Lamps would always be preserved, as well as Osaka's sisters behind them.
This was related to the current biochemical modification of the various races in the New Empire.
Prior to this, after obtaining the biochemical technology of Atlantis, Sandora and I had already initiated the genetic enhancement project for the servants. Now, this project had gradually developed to the entire Macro World. With the joint efforts of a group of scientists specializing in biology and Liliana, the Empire had developed a standard biochemical modification process that could accommodate hundreds of life forms. These processes were so cheap that they only required a little bit of energy and equipment consumption. Some didn't even require the participation of human beings, as automated equipment could take care of everything. All citizens of the City of Shadows, honorary citizens, contract workers, and vassal races had the right to undergo the standard modification process. Of course, this was also an obligation that they had to fulfill. In fact, many of the vassal races' life forms were constantly being modified by the Empire. This was something that no one could refuse, unless they gave up any benefits that the Empire provided. This modification could make the members of a race stronger, smarter, more adaptable to extreme environments, and live longer on a genetic level.
Every world had many Empire biochemical stations that carried out this modification task. At the entrance of the biochemical station, there would be a sentence inscribed:
Prolong your life, temper your body, and use it to serve the Emperor for a longer period of time.
The original direct purpose of genetic enhancement was to increase the number of excellent servants for the Empire, making them stronger and accumulating more war experience. The Atlantean gods were once the culmination of this project: the entire race was collectively "promoted" to a superhuman race. Now, with the New Empire continuously unlocking the technology tree, we had already begun to attempt to replicate the miracle that happened to the Atlantean race.
As for the by-product of this project, perhaps we would create countless long-lived super species that could fly and release ball-shaped lightning. Of course, in the short term, it was difficult to say whether all vassal races could be as immortal as the Atlanteans. After all, the foundation of many creatures might not support eternal life. Some races had a limited soul lifespan and could not see the possibility of unlocking it. Some races were even unwilling to let their age exceed a thousand years. Not everyone liked immortality. For some mortal races, death was actually a part of a complete life. In response to these situations, our solution was the classic Schilling ideology and Jingle's doctrine: If you really feel that you have lived enough and have completed all your responsibilities and obligations to this world, then you can submit a death request. This request would be verified by the priests of the Church of Life. After the verification, the applicant could be sent to the local Church of Life for free and return to the River of Life there. Correspondingly, the death of the applicant would produce one or two new newborn quotas in the local area (additional quotas, because we actually did not need to worry about the lack of resources for survival. This quota was only used to commemorate the deceased). The newborn born from this quota would recognize the deceased as godparents according to the doctrine of the Church of Life, thus completing a life cycle from a practical to a symbolic one.
"Dad?"
"Dad!" A sudden call brought me back from my divergent thoughts. In front of me, Xiaoxue was holding a piece of roasted meat. "Dad, eat. And Mom, why aren't you eating?"
I felt a little strange. While chewing the food that Xiaoxue passed to me, I said in a muffled voice, "You really know us well. We've only met for a few hours."
"That's what you think. I've been with you for more than ten years …" Xiaoxue said with her mouth bulging. She did not have the reserved manner of a girl at all. Perhaps this appearance could not be said to be lacking in upbringing. It could only be said that there was no need for her to be reserved in front of her own parents. Her words woke me up.
That's right. From what I could see, this strange girl named Chen Xiaoxue had only met me a few hours ago. Between us, apart from the inexplicable sense of intimacy that came from blood relations, we were basically strangers who had just met. But what about Chen Xiaoxue?
Before her projection, she had already lived with our family for ten to twenty years!
It could even be said that until not long ago, she was still eating, watching TV, chatting, and shopping with her parents in another time and space. Today, she was still with her parents. It was just that the people in front of her were a few years younger. This scene was new to me and Lin Xue. But to her, it was a scene that had repeated countless times. This difference in feeling was really strange.
Lin Xue clearly thought the same as me. Her face was still a little red. At this time, she lightly touched my arm and said, "Blockhead, it seems that we'll have to adapt in the future. I bet that this child won't be polite with us. But I … really don't have any experience as a mother!"
I giggled like an idiot before pinching Lin Xue's cheeks. "Our child, our child …"
The Missy's mouth trembled. She poked my waist with her chopsticks and said, "You have the right to choose to remain silent. Either way, I will find a way to make you shut up!" Then, she looked up at a 45 degree angle and sighed, "This is great. I have taken an unprecedented step forward compared to Sandora and Shallow Shallow. I originally wanted to find a balance in my heart, but this time it's too much."
After eating, Xiaoxue's energy didn't decrease at all. Instead, because she ate and drank to her heart's content, she was even more excited. She pulled me and Lin Xue to walk around the school. This was the beginning of an awkward journey. Because this girl saw many familiar faces along the way. The girl had a sweet mouth and would greet everyone she saw. Even if the other person was shocked, it couldn't stop her from intimately talking to them:
"Third uncle, are you selling bracelets? Is your business good? Are the bracelets losing color? "
"Fourth aunt, can you give me some skewers? Me? Oh, you don't know me yet. But it's fine if you know my dad, right dad? "
"Ah! Auntie, auntie, good afternoon auntie! "
"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! The bracelet is so beautiful! Is this plastic or glass? "
"Is that Uncle Cuchulin? He's still carrying his lightning rod? "
"Hey, Uncle Ball! There are words on your body again. Who wrote it for you: Please keep rolling at a constant speed to avoid getting crushed. It must be those beginner students. Oh, that's not right, you haven't started teaching at the school yet. Me? I'm Chen Xiaoxue! You'll know me in the future! "
The strange girl named Chen Xiaoxue was full of energy. She greeted every creature that walked upright on the street, even creatures that were rolling on the ground (they must have caught a cold). All kinds of strange epithets popped out of her mouth like popcorn, making everyone she met feel dizzy. Under normal circumstances, if she greeted people like this, they would definitely think that she was crazy. However, before they saw her, they first saw me and Lin Xue. Hence, they could only sneakily ask after the strange girl walked past them, "Where did you find this clown?"
I didn't have the heart to tell these people that after a few years, an identical clown would start tormenting the citizens of this city from the age of one.
When Chen Xiaoxue finally started hugging the panic-stricken Artoria and calling her "Little Auntie, Little Auntie", Lin Xue and I finally couldn't hold it in anymore. We went forward and pulled the girl back. "Where did you get all these nonsensical epithets? Is Artoria your aunt and niece?! "
Xiaoxue looked up at the sky and thought for a while. She shook her head. "How would I know? I've been surrounded by a large group of people since I was young. You said that they were all my elders, but I learned to speak at a young age. I liked to respond when people greeted me, so I could only address them randomly. I've been addressing them like this since I was young. Other than calling them male and female, the other epithets were random.
I was speechless.
At this time, someone finally reacted. It was Medusa, who had been called Fourth Auntie by Xiaoxue. "Boss … What's going on?"
"Let me introduce you." I saw that there were quite a few people around, so I pointed at Xiaoxue and said helplessly, "This is my daughter. Err, me and Lin Xue's …"
The corners of Missy's mouth trembled as she looked up at the sky. She didn't want to admit it, but she couldn't deny it either. Hence, the surrounding heroic spirits were in an uproar. Cuchulin pointed at the strange girl who looked at least seventeen or eighteen. Xiaoxue was shocked. "Boss! She's too big! Could it be that Jingle accelerated her growth?! "
Medusa's expression changed drastically. Artoria raised his sword and shouted, "Quick, find cover! Hide! "
The group of people instantly disappeared. Expressionlessly, I activated my energy shield and closed my eyes. I silently counted to three in my mind. When I opened my eyes, Cuchulin was already gone.
Demetrius, who had been running slower, returned with her afro. "As a guard, he should at least learn to use honorifics after the Goddess's name. Boss, this … new princess … Err, what's going on? "
The heroic spirits had been living in Avalon for a long time. Although they belonged to Jingle's soldiers, due to Jingle's unreliability, they mostly interacted with me. Hence, I was quite familiar with these heroic spirits. As long as we weren't in formal situations, we were very open with each other. This would probably be the same in the future. Otherwise, Xiaoxue wouldn't have grabbed Artoria and called him Auntie. Seeing that I had suddenly appeared with a new princess, and she was said to be Lin Xue's biological daughter, even the heroic spirits who didn't like to gossip gathered around, including Artoria. I looked around and shrugged in the end. Then, I told everyone about Xiaoxue's origin.
Of course, in the end, other than "Xiaoxue is a princess from the future," they didn't understand anything else. This strange little girl's method of coming to this timeline was too complicated. I even suspected that she had come here purely to torment people's reasoning abilities.
The heroic spirits were very interested in the addition of a new princess, and they all suggested that we should hold a welcoming ceremony, or at least have a meal together. This wasn't surprising. We had specially selected the heroic spirits that we had stolen from the Holy Grail world. Most of them were from the era when princess knights dominated half the world. Apart from a few non-mainstream heroic spirits, the people of this era were extremely sensitive to the following words: princess, king, knight, conqueror, and honor. I believed that to them, any additional member of the royal family was worth bragging about, including the addition of a princess and a king's child. Also, Lin Xue and I were a pure couple that had existed for a long time as the Empire's love model. Now that these two influential figures suddenly had a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, how were these fellows, who had nothing better to do but accumulate adrenaline, supposed to calm their surging brain fluid …
However, Xiaoxue didn't seem too interested in a welcoming ceremony, because she didn't see it as anything worth celebrating. In her own timeline, she met with these heroic spirits almost every day, and it had only been less than a month since we last saw each other. It was far too difficult to understand why they would want to hold a welcoming ceremony for such a short period of time. This was yet another difference in perspective caused by a different timeline, and it seemed that I would have to deal with this difference for a long time in the future.
Of course, in the end, I still agreed to the heroic spirits' wish to hold a welcoming ceremony, because I understood these unreliable and alcoholic fellows very well. I was sure that most of the reason for their welcoming ceremony was to entertain themselves. After hanging out with the fairies from Fantasy Village for a long time, this tendency had become more and more serious. Whether Xiaoxue was interested in the welcoming ceremony didn't seem to affect their activities at all.
Before we knew it, it was already the middle of the afternoon. Although Xiaoxue still looked very energetic, her parents really didn't have that much energy to loiter around outside. After all, we had been highly nervous for the first half of the day, commanding a huge battle royale to raid three worlds of the fallen apostles at the same time. I really wanted to know what material this strange daughter of mine was made of. Logically speaking, she should be even more tired than us. This girl didn't just fight a battle with the fallen apostles, she led the fleet and raided all the way from the enemy's hinterland! Speaking of which, could it be that these "ultimate children" who were born after the void cataclysm were made of special alloys?
When I reached home, I found that Shallow Shallow had indeed returned. From the sounds of movement, her family, including Sandora, was also there. Shallow Shallow was surrounded by a large group of little girls, including the rose girls. Shallow Shallow was excitedly telling them something. When she saw the three of us appearing in the living room, she immediately pointed at Xiaoxue and shouted, "This is the one! This is the one! She is a projection from the future! Your little sister! "
As soon as she finished speaking, Little Bubble appeared in front of Xiaoxue without anyone noticing. She looked at Xiaoxue with a solemn expression, then raised her arms and said loudly, "Chirp!"
"Sister Bubble! Wow, Sister Bubble can't even speak! " Xiaoxue instantly hugged Little Bubble and rubbed her against her chest, causing Little Bubble, who originally wanted to feel what it was like to be a big sister, to squeal loudly. Little Bubble looked innocent, but she wasn't stupid. She knew what a big sister was and what a little sister was. And because of her Schilling AI, her understanding of Xiaoxue's background was probably not any less than others. So, she felt that she should greet her future little sister with the dignified identity of a big sister. The only regret was that she definitely neglected her current height …
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