CH 152

“I know that you are Simulation Droid 000, but do you have a name?”

“S000 is my name. What’s your name, master? ”

Bai Lixin shook his head, “That’s not good. Didn’t you say that you had several masters before? Didn’t they give you a name? ”

“No.” The simulated robot replied as it ran wildly through the desert while carrying Bai Lixin in its arms.

Bai Lixin turned his head towards the simulated robot’s chest to shield himself from the oncoming sand, “In that case, from today onwards, you’ll be called Ghar.” The robot Dijia had made was like his son.

Bai Lixin nodded in satisfaction and added, “As for me, my name is Bai Lixin. But you can address me as ” Father or Papa Bai.” It wouldn’t be too much for Dijia’s “son” to call me papa, would it?

Ghar almost stumbled, and a light flickered in his eyes.

He nearly fell to the ground, startling Bai Lixin, who hurriedly grabbed Ghar firmly around the neck.

There was a flatness in the droid’s voice, “Yes, master. Thank you for the name. From this day onwards, I will be called “Ghar”. But Master Bai Lixin, the definition of “father” is only set to Dr. Mansgkoo according to my memory chip. I can not call anyone else “father.”

A hint of regret flashed in Bai Lixin’s eyes, and he sighed, “In that case, you may as well just address me as ‘Master’.”

“Yes, master.”

Away from Bai Lixin’s sight, the robot’s face changed expression and revealed a playful smile.

Ghar ran as fast as he could, and in half a day, Bai Lixin could see the outside of the main city from afar.

Looping his hand around Ghar’s neck, Bai Lixin pointed to the city and said, “Let’s go back to the city. I have a shelter there and some of my things there.”

Ghar nodded and his legs picked up the pace.

After about another hour of running, they finally arrived at the city nestled in the middle of the desert.

Garbage city was covered in yellow sand, and the inside of the city was just as yellow as the desert around it.

The sun radiated hotly in the sky, scorching the parched land that already lacked water.

As soon as Ghar stepped into the city with Bai Lixin in his arms, he attracted many stares.

Bai Lixin, now dusty, would not have attracted attention if he had returned on his own, but he was now in the arms of a tall, handsome man. The sudden appearance of the stranger immediately attracted everyone’s attention to Ghar.

The people who lived in this city were all asylum seekers and outcasts from various planets.

Although they were all outcasts, they were also divided into classes.

The highest-ranking person in the city was a bearded, burly man called Graverson. The burly man came to the planet in a battered aircraft.

A mountain is not as high as an immortal, and water is not as deep as a dragon. Even if an aircraft is not new, it is good if it can still fly.

Because of the battered aircraft, Graverson travels from planet to planet every day, re-sorting useful scrap from the garbage planet and selling it for food and water, weapons and supplies.

When he returns to the planet, he takes a small percentage of it and exchanges it for the useful scraps handed in by the scavengers.

But this guy is no philanthropist; what could be exchanged for ten litres of water and ten pounds of food on other planets, he pays the scavengers here only 20 ml of water and a pound of food for it.

Graverson had saved a lot of money in the past two years just by selling scraps.

The aircraft that Bai Lixin was travelling in was Graverson’s. He had taken hundreds of them to the Desolation Mountains for three days to collect scrap. They were given only 20ml of water and a pound of grain to use for three days.

It was due to overwork and dehydration that “dummy” died.

When he died, Graverson opened the hatch and threw him out of the craft without saying a word.

It was then that Bai Lixin crossed over and met up with Ghar.

The sun was just about to set when Bai Lixin returned to the city. The already earthy yellow sky and city were illuminated by the red sunset, which gave them an even deeper yellow color.

This was usually the time of year when Graverson collected scraps in exchange for food and water.

At that time, a long queue was lined up in order at the exchange table.

Graverson couldn’t collect the money himself; he had somehow managed to get a couple of inferior counter droids from Helium to help him convert and collect the scraps.

When Graverson was lounging in a recliner at the back, enjoying the fruits of someone else’s labour, he saw the handsome man who entered the city.

The man was in human form, but his unchanging facial expression instantly reminded him of a simulated robot.

After Helium’s simulated robots were found to be faulty, some of them were returned to the factory for recycling, some were sent to the junkyard for destruction, and a very small number were deported to the Garbage planet.

The droids were not well received by the Helium people, but the power source in their chests was a valuable commodity.

The power source installed in the droids could keep them running for up to five hundred years without recharging.

He once found one of these and traded it to the next planet for twenty laser guns and a lightsaber!

Weapons are the guarantee of status and dignity. He didn’t care about food and water. A could have as much of that stuff as he wanted.

But there were so few scraps that he could exchange for weapons, and after all these years, he had only gotten weapons twice. Once with the dynamic energy of a simulated robot, and once with the energy device from an aircraft, of which that energy unit was only worth ten laser guns.

The moment Graverson saw the droid, he stopped stretching and started mentally calculating his money.

He got up from his recliner and flew up to the droid.

It was only then that he saw the figure in Ghar’s arms, and with a startled sigh he said, “You’re still alive?”

Bai Lixin pulled back the corners of his lips and said, “To your disappointment, I happen not to be dead.”

“Eh.” Graverson froze, “This is a simulated robot, isn’t it? How did you find him? Did you find him after I threw you down? ”

Bai Lixin rolled his eyes, not wanting to answer him in his heart.

Graverson didn’t care if he answered or not; he didn’t care what expression he got from Bai Lixin at the moment.

His gaze was now burning as he looked at Ghar. What he saw at that moment was no longer a simulated robot, but twenty laser guns and a lightsaber.

“Hey, kid. Sell me this robot and I’ll give you ten litres of water and fifty pounds of food. How about that? You’re going to make a killing with this much food and drink. You won’t even have to go scavenging for months afterwards. ”

“Well,” Bai Lixin gave an embarrassed look, “that sounds good.”

Graverson’s eyes lit up, “Right, it’s great, isn’t it? So what are you waiting for? ”

“But I’d still end up scavenging in a few months.” Bai Lixin hung lazily like a sloth around Ghar’s neck, shrugging his shoulders, “But Ghar’s different. I’ll have him for the rest of my life, and I won’t have to starve. Your deal is not a good one, not by a long shot. ”

Bai Lixin held out a finger and shook it in front of Graverson’s eyes, “So I refuse.”

Graverson was furious when he heard this.

Look at this boy playing with me. He doesn’t even know who owns this place. Does he think I can’t do something to him in this garbage city just because he picked up an imitation robot?

He was so angry that he made a move to grab Bai Lixin’s hair with his hand, cursing under his breath, “Damn it, you dare refuse! Don’t choose the punishment if you can’t take it! ”

Bai Lixin sneered, and his hand reached for Graverson’s face with the intention of gripping and breaking it. But someone else was quicker than him.

All Graverson felt was a pain in his arm, and that arm dropped back in a very twisted position.

He wailed in pain and pointed in horror at Ghar, who was holding Bai Lixin, yelling, “Monster, monster, don’t robots follow the three laws?! Why does he dare hurt people?!”

Bai Lixin was also amazed as he looked up at Ghar. He saw Ghar looking down at him, expressionless, “I am Machine 0. I am sorry, Master, I have many failed programs in me. In my programming, anyone who tries to harm my master will pay a terrible price. ”

The red glow from the setting sun hit his angular face, and Bai Lixin suddenly realized that Ghar’s face was almost pure white. His face was expressionless, but from Bai Lixin’s perspective, his face seemed to radiate light.

A robot made by his lover was already making his heart pound so much. What if it was to see his lover in person?

Bai Lixin looked forward to the moment he would meet his lover.

“This is good. I like it.” Bai Lixin nodded his head off, forcing his eyes away from Ghar’s face, “And next time, don’t show any mercy. Just beat hard. ”

Ghar nodded, “Yes, Master. I’ll remember. ”

Over there, Graverson was in a mix of pain and anger after his arm was broken.

He jumped up and hid behind his fighter, pointing at Bai Lixin and Ghar while snarling, “Beat..beat them hard for me!”

Ghar looked at the oncoming thugs and looked down at Bai Lixin and asked, “Beat them hard?”

Bai Lixin nodded and smiled.

“Then please hold me tight, master.”

Bai Lixin knowingly reached out and wrapped his arms around Ghar’s neck, hanging his body even tighter to his.