Very Necessary (Merry Christmas, Everyone)

When Li Yao asked that, Maeve actually nodded.

Li Yao had only asked casually. He hadn't expected it to actually line up. After a brief pause, he asked, "Then what kind of feeling is it? Could that really be your relative?"

Maeve looked at Li Yao calmly. "Boss, I was manufactured. Theoretically, I have no relatives—though I could also have countless relatives."

The relatives she meant were probably phones or computers made by the same manufacturer.

Fundamentally, they were all independent, but weren't they still produced by the same company? What Maeve said

seemed to make some sense.

Li Yao pressed on, "So what did you sense?"

Maeve thought for a moment. "The most primal urge to reproduce."

Huh? God of Cars Maeve was starting already?

No,

Li Yao looked through the car window at the enormous black spire that stretched from heaven to earth. Black, long, and covered in rings of protrusions... Eugh!

It didn't look like anything decent at first glance!

Li Yao put on a stern face. "I'm telling you, we can't learn from that. One look tells you it's no good."

Maeve: "(■_■)???"

Though she didn't quite understand,

Maeve still replied, "Don't worry, Boss. I won't learn from it."

Anyway, Maeve was probably the least troublesome one at home.

As they chatted, the group arrived below Wind Erosion Hills.

This place had originally been a desert. Whenever the last rays of the setting sun fell over this barren yet vibrant land, the deep orange scenery became exceptionally grand and magnificent.

But now, rows of exquisitely constructed Grid Hotels had been set up here. Arranged around the outskirts and paired with the distant Black Spire, they looked like something from a sci-fi setting.

The land's natural beauty had been thoroughly ruined.

The convoy stopped at the reception