Inside the iron fortress of Mars.
William and Serena walked slowly toward the direction of the station, silent all the way.
After William politely declined Serena, she kept silent with a resentful look on her face, and even her dual pupils flashed with brilliance from time to time.
It made William a little nervous.
Let's not trigger a situation like the ones in The Terminator or The Matrix just because he rejected an Artificial Intelligence's 'pursuit'.
Especially since Microsoft had released that virtual reality game called World, whose content and senses were almost identical to reality, and playing for too long would even cause players to temporarily fail to distinguish between reality and the game.
Finally, as the two boarded the orbit train and sat by the window, William asked with slight curiosity:
"Serena, are you... all right?"
"..."
"Ahem." Seeing that Serena still didn't speak, William deliberately gave a light cough and said in a commanding tone:
"Serena, report on the situation of the security motorcade in Mars City. Have they arrived at Central Station yet?"
"Yes..." Sure enough, unable to resist William's command, Serena replied: "The motorcade has already arrived at Central Station, waiting to pick us up."
"Haha, you are still the cutest when you are working."
Seeing that Serena finally spoke, William couldn't help smiling and praised this secretary with a bit of a temper.
Only then did Serena realize that William was 'playing' with her. Although she still wore a resentful look, she finally let out a sigh of relief and said:
"Thanks for the boss's praise. Actually, I wasn't deliberately ignoring the boss just now; I was calculating and resolving the issue existing between you and me."
"The issue existing between us?" William asked in confusion.
"Yes." Serena said with a deadpan expression:
"Actually,