Brain Activation and Speech

"Beep~ Self-check initiated."

Just as Guo Yi finished his activation command, Doggy's voice suddenly came from the direction of the cylindrical object.

However, unlike when it was spherical, Doggy's tone was exceptionally cold this time, just like the robotic voice everyone had imagined.

Cold.

Ruthless.

Mechanical.

Elder Tan immediately frowned and cautiously asked Guo Yi, "What's wrong with it? What did you do to it..."

Guo Yi looked at Elder Tan's expression, which was like he was looking at a murderer, and felt a mix of amusement and helplessness.

It was clear that Elder Tan truly treated Doggy like his own child. So, Guo Yi helplessly explained to Elder Tan, "It's fine. It's taking over all the equipment in the factory. It's also self-checking the details of the entire factory. It'll be fine after the self-check is done!"

"Mm."

After hearing Guo Yi's explanation, Elder Tan relaxed his brows and looked at the cylindrical object with anticipation.

"Buzz~"

About ten minutes later, Doggy was suddenly swallowed by the control console. Then, a 3D projection appeared before everyone. A husky stood on its hind legs, raised a paw, and saluted, saying, "Report, I have taken over all equipment in Factory Zero. You may now issue commands!"

Guo Yi nodded upon seeing Doggy's projection and immediately turned to greet everyone, "Let's go, it's done."

"Aren't you going to pay attention to it anymore?" Elder Tan walked beside Guo Yi, occasionally turning his head to look at Doggy's solitary canine silhouette, and curiously asked Guo Yi, "Is that it? You're not going to bother with it anymore? Leaving it here alone?"

"If you miss it, just call out to it directly." Guo Yi looked at everyone's curious faces and patiently explained, "Wave surveillance. The entire factory is under Doggy's surveillance. If you want it to appear, just call out to it. Besides, it's much freer now. Believe me, look~"

Guo Yi explained and then pointed to the ceiling with his finger. Everyone looked up and saw a husky floating above their heads, moving with them in a doggy paddle swimming posture.

"The entire factory is under wave surveillance, and there are projection devices everywhere in the factory. It's completely letting loose now! Back when I was at my place, I wanted to do this too. Unfortunately, due to material limitations, I couldn't cover the entire factory with projection crystals, nor did I have an information hub for Doggy to enter. I could only carry its body and take it around."

Guo Yi explained to everyone with a satisfied look, "Now that there's an information hub, Doggy can simultaneously handle the affairs of tens of thousands of people. And no one has to carry a Doggy around everywhere~ Convenient and fast!"

"Mm."

Everyone nodded. Suddenly, the elders stopped in unison and simultaneously called out, "Doggy!?"

"Buzz~"

Instantly, an identical Doggy appeared before each elder, and they all shouted in unison, "Grandpa~"

"Hahaha~"

Elder Tan laughed heartily, his eyes shining as he looked at the Doggy projections that appeared around him.

Suddenly, the projections of the other Doggys disappeared, leaving only the one in front of Elder Tan. That Doggy's eyes turned into the teary, big eyes from cartoons, and it said pitifully to Elder Tan, "Grandpa, save me~ That scumbag boss is too hateful!"

However, after speaking, Doggy's expression changed, and it said coldly, "No, you're one of the scumbag bosses too!"

"..."

Everyone looked at Doggy in astonishment, then at the stiffened Elder Tan, and couldn't help but laugh.

Guo Yi covered his face with his hand, too embarrassed to show his face, "The only downside is that I can't grab it and beat it up..."

"..."

Elder Zhou and the others also found it both funny and exasperating. Then, Elder Zhou asked, "Where are we going?"

Guo Yi was taken aback; he didn't know where they were supposed to go either. It was He Zhijun who, seeing Guo Yi thinking about the next step, chuckled and said to him, "Follow me~"

"..." Guo Yi looked at He Zhijun's smile, then glanced at the medic, and muttered softly, "Smiling tiger~ Ill intentions!"

"Buzz~"

Doggy suddenly appeared beside He Zhijun and simultaneously played back Guo Yi's words...

Guo Yi's mouth twitched, then he roared in frustration, "...Doggy! You wait!

The next time a second one appears, I'll definitely format you!"

Everyone looked at Guo Yi's exasperated expression and shook their heads helplessly.

Ostrich even added insult to injury from the side, "A scheming creator versus a scheming AI!

It's true that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and a rat's son knows how to dig holes!"

"Ha~" He Zhijun also shook his head with a smile.

Then, he led everyone back to the central plaza.

Following that, He Zhijun pointed to the temporary platform in the plaza and said to Guo Yi, "Go up."

???

Guo Yi looked at He Zhijun, pointing at himself with a bewildered expression, then pointing at the platform, "You want me to go up and speak?"

"Yes." He Zhijun nodded with a smile, "From now on, you are the leader here, and everyone definitely needs to know you.

At the same time, you need to let everyone understand your future thoughts and plans."

Guo Yi's mouth widened, then he turned to look at Elder Zhou and the others for help, "I don't need to go up and speak, right? Elder Zhou, you guys speak and I'll just listen..."

"No, you have to go up." Elder Zhou glanced at He Zhijun, understanding his intentions.

Therefore, he refused Guo Yi's plea without hesitation.

Guo Yi had always been a lone wolf, and an orphan at that, so he vaguely had an aversion to interacting with people.

And now was the time to start training him.

After all, in the future, he would no longer be alone, but the leader of a team.

He might even be the leader of a team of tens of thousands, and he had to get used to presenting himself in front of everyone, and he must present himself.

This was one of the necessary conditions for being a leader.

In terms of scientific research, they were not worried.

But in other aspects, Guo Yi lacked too much.

Elder Zhou and the others didn't demand that Guo Yi become a politician, but as the leader of the team, he sometimes had to, and it was necessary, to speak up for the team.

Similarly, Guo Yi becoming the leader did not mean he had to handle all sorts of trivial matters.

Not to mention Elder Zhou and the others were still around, just the secretariat that was specifically established for Guo Yi.

This department was established specifically to allow Guo Yi to focus on research, according to orders.

Any public or private matters were managed by the secretariat department and then summarized for Guo Yi's report.

At the same time, their direct superiors, besides Guo Yi, also included the highest authority and Elder Zhou and the others.

And the current speech was the first step arranged by He Zhijun and the others.

Besides this, there was another reason why Guo Yi had to get used to giving speeches...

Therefore, the elders, who were giants of the nation, all looked at Guo Yi with encouraging gazes.

As for the members of Lone Wolf and War Wolf, it was the same...

Guo Yi noticed that everyone was encouraging him to go up, even the quiet people in the crowd were staring intently in this direction.

Awaiting his speech.

With no other choice, Guo Yi walked onto the stage, frowning, gritting his teeth, with a desperate expression, dragging his feet and looking back at every step.

Finally, Guo Yi stood on the stage and stopped in front of the microphone.

Looking at the silent crowd below, and their curious gazes.

His knees started to tremble, and then Guo Yi stiffly turned to look at Elder Zhou and the others...

Well, Elder Zhou and the others were still looking at him with encouraging eyes, but not a single one of them spoke to tell him to get down.

Silence.

Guo Yi trembled, his knees shaking, and remained silent.

The others, with encouraging or curious gazes, silently watched Guo Yi on the stage, who had started to break out in a cold sweat.

After a long while, unable to bear it any longer, Guo Yi finally opened his mouth.