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Chapter 284 - Chapter 284 He changed

Chapter 284: He changed Chapter 284: He changed Next, Chen Xu shifted his focus to learning.

The plan for the birth of natural human babies was being carried out in an orderly manner, robots were constantly rolling off the production line, and there were also the preparations for the early stages of iron ore mining…

There were many affairs at the base, but for the time being, they didn’t require too much of his involvement.

In these three years at the base, his greatest realization was the need to delegate authority. His time and energy were limited; it was impossible for him to manage the entire base’s affairs on his own.

Even if he could, it wouldn’t be worth it. His main goal was learning. As for investing energy in managing the base, it was to ward off potential dangers to ensure he had enough time to study.

He wouldn’t confuse the primary and secondary focuses.

This was also why he was willing to spend more than a year training Advanced Biochemical People, he needed someone to share the responsibilities of the base.

Now that he had the Level 4 cyborgs, he was finally free from various affairs and had leisurely time to study.

Moreover, each plan in the base needed time to truly yield results. For instance, the natural human plan would take more than a decade, and accumulating enough robots would also take several years. Even the cable plan couldn’t be done in one or two years.

He just needed to check in once a day, monitor the progress, and ensure that no issues arose.

…

Another day at noon, Chen Xu brought food over. When Luo Xiyun came to eat, she seemed a bit tired, even staring blankly at one spot while eating, appearing somewhat absent-minded.

In fact, she had shown such signs in the past few days, but they were not as severe as today.

Chen Xu said, “You look a bit tired, how about I take you out to clear your mind?”

“Hm?”

Luo Xiyun’s gaze fell on his face, unfocused at first, and then after a second or two, she came back to attention and shook her head.

Chen Xu said, “I’ve been through a period like this before, where my brain was overwhelmed by learning too much knowledge at once. It affected my physical and mental state, and my learning efficiency dropped significantly. At times like this, what you should do is relax and let your brain rest to regain vitality.”

Luo Xiyun shook her head again, though not as resolutely as before.

“Right now, in your condition, you won’t absorb much even if you sit in a chair, would you?”

After a moment of silence, Luo Xiyun said, “But isn’t it dangerous outside?”

Chen Xu said, smiling, “It’s been taken care of.”

That native in the parasitic armor, although easily killed by the robots and drones, in truth, its combat power was enough to crush any individual human.

Even for him, without weapons of mass destruction on hand, facing that creature would mean certain death.

It could be considered a small boss in the early stages.

Having defeated it, there should be a period of calm.

This month, with hundreds of robots rolling off the production line, Chen Xu had once again expanded the monitoring range by a few kilometers. So far, no anomalies had been detected.

However, Chen Xu didn’t take Luo Xiyun outside the base, but to a newly built place instead. It was not far from the control center, just a five-minute train ride.

Now, the entire base covered an area of nearly ten thousand square kilometers. Referring to the transport capsules of the spaceship from his previous dream, Chen Xu constructed a transportation system for the base, quite similar to a subway.

“What is this place?”

Luo Xiyun stepped out of the train, only to see Chen Xu and herself, with just a corridor ahead and nothing else, she couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Xu didn’t reveal the mystery, simply saying, “You’ll know in a moment.”

Luo Xiyun, somewhat curious, followed along. After a short walk, they reached the end of the corridor where there was a door with a sign above it that read, “Baby Care Center.”

“Baby Care Center?” she repeated subconsciously.

Chen Xu pushed the door open and said, “That’s right, inside there are a total of two hundred ninety-three babies, the oldest is not even two months, and the youngest is just fifteen days. Come on, let’s go inside and have a look.”

Luo Xiyun subconsciously followed her into the room, and as soon as she entered, she heard the cry of an infant. The cry was very soft, coming from the nearest baby crib.

She had not been very fond of children before, finding them too noisy. But at this moment, hearing the cry of the infant, it was as if a soft spot in her heart had been struck.

She couldn’t help but walk closer and saw the infant lying there, his whole little face was wrinkled, his mouth wide open as he wailed loudly, only a faint sound escaping through the transparent cover.

As if sensing her gaze, the baby inside suddenly stopped crying, looked at her with his big watery eyes, hiccupped twice, his mouth parted, and he smiled.

Luo Xiyun felt as if her heart was melting as she looked at this little creature.

“Would you like to hold him?” Chen Xu asked, having approached at some point and removed the cover.

Luo Xiyun’s face showed a mix of hope and hesitation. She carefully picked up the infant, the soft, tiny body making her nervous, afraid that she might either hold him too tightly and hurt him, or too lightly and drop him.

Chen Xu, noticing her flustered actions, couldn’t help but smile and taught her the correct way to hold a child.

He laughed and said, “How come I never noticed before that you liked kids so much?”

Luo Xiyun’s attention was entirely on the infant in her arms, as if she hadn’t heard him. After a while, she asked, “Why are there babies here?”

Chen Xu said, “A civilization is made up of people. Having only cyborgs isn’t enough; you need real natural humans. They are the seeds of civilization.”

Luo Xiyun fell silent. Although she was not involved in the base’s operations, having been on this alien planet for nearly two months, her only means of communication had been with Chen Xu, and she could appreciate the profound loneliness.

Her recent poor state had also been affected by this emotion.

So when she saw this tiny, vigorous little life, a wave of emotion surged in her heart, knowing that there were such young and thriving lives on this planet.

Suddenly, she turned her head and glanced at Chen Xu, an idea springing up in her mind. Then, what about him?

……

“Why do you want to go back so soon? Won’t you stay a little longer?”

Half an hour later, as the two left the nursery, Chen Xu asked with slight surprise.

Something felt off.

Luo Xiyun glanced at him, noting the smile on his face as he spoke, a smile she had seen many times over the past month. But seeing it on his face this time made her heart tighten.

At that moment, they arrived at the train, and the doors automatically opened.

As they boarded, she asked, “When did they leave?”

Chen Xu was surprised. The “they” she referred to were naturally Yang Jinxia and Bai Jinxuan. This was the first time she had brought them up on her own; in previous conversations, both had consciously avoided the topic of the other two women.

He instinctively wanted to change the subject but then remembered that it was rare for her to ask. It wasn’t a particularly sensitive topic, so he replied, “One year and two months ago.”

Luo Xiyun’s heart trembled.

She had been here for nearly two months, which meant that for a year before her arrival, Chen Xu had been alone.

Alone on this alien planet, surrounded only by thoughtless robots and cyborgs that were not much different from robots. Beyond that was the empty base, and outside the base, deadly threats lurked.

In such an environment, he had been alone for an entire year.

Just the thought of it sent shivers down her spine.

Even with Chen Xu by her side every day, talking to her in various ways, cooking for her, taking meticulous care of her, she was still affected by the environment and felt depressed.

If Chen Xu weren’t by her side, she probably wouldn’t last a week before she would break down.

She couldn’t imagine how Chen Xu had endured it.

She had overlooked this question before. It wasn’t until today, having experienced the effect of the sense of loneliness for herself, that she suddenly woke up.

Reflecting on how Chen Xu had acted over the past month, showing a side of himself that was completely different from before, her heart sank.