[Repairing Zhuoya]

Inside the spaceship.

Ye Yun looked at the red dot that had appeared on the Radar System and sighed. "This spaceship's Radar System is way too low-grade, isn't it?"

The Radar System's scanning range was only fifty kilometers.

Were they serious?

At fifty kilometers, if they were in a fight, the other side would already be right on top of them. They might not even detect the enemy's presence.

He took a computer out of the Bronze Tower and called, "Xiao Yun, come out for a moment."

"Xiao Yun is here. How may I help you?"

The Artificial intelligence heard Ye Yun call and appeared right away, waiting for his instructions.

"Sorry for the trouble, but check the Artificial intelligence on this spaceship. It feels a little... brain-dead. More like artificial stupidity," Ye Yun said to Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun.

"Sorry, no network frequency signal detected. Unable to connect."

After a few seconds of silence, Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun answered Ye Yun.

"No network signal detected?"

Hearing that, a flicker of surprise crossed Ye Yun's face. Could the spaceships in the Cosmic Star Gods world use an intranet rather than a shared network?

That made sense. Otherwise, they'd be very easy to hack.

So,

Ye Yun found a computer cable and connected it. When he saw that it fit into the data port in the cockpit, he said, "You have one minute to inspect this spaceship and then repair its Artificial intelligence."

"Understood. Data port detected. Beginning inspection!"

After detecting the data port, Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun began checking the spaceship for faults.

"Approximately five percent of the Artificial intelligence's Source Code is missing, preventing its core computing functions from operating normally. Estimated repair time: ten minutes."

"Resources for the spaceship's power system are missing. Attempting to restore the missing data and fix the bug causing occasional malfunctions."

Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun's voice came from the laptop.

At once,

Ye Yun said, "Stop. The spaceship's power system must not be restored, and you can't restore it anyway. Just repair the Artificial intelligence."

"Instruction received. Restoring the missing Source Code of the Artificial intelligence. Assessing the threat level of the Artificial intelligence. It is a mid-level Artificial intelligence, with a one percent threat level to Xiao Yun. Threat assessment: low. Executing instruction to repair the missing Source Code. Repair in progress. Please wait..."

Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun didn't immediately repair Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya. Instead, she checked Zhuoya's threat level. If it was too high, she would refuse Ye Yun's instruction and erase Zhuoya immediately.

"Warning. Science data beyond this era detected. Copy? If no response is received, Xiao Yun will begin copying the data in ten seconds."

Suddenly, while repairing Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya of the Lingdong, Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun detected technological data from beyond this era and asked Ye Yun whether to copy it.

"Check the data's integrity and how much storage space it'll need!"

Ye Yun didn't blindly tell Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun to copy the data. Instead, he had her check its details. If it took up too much space, they wouldn't copy it.

"Checking..."

"Check complete. The data contains complete information on the Anti-gravity Engine, weapons systems, operating systems, and more. We have less than 2 PB of storage remaining, and the data is approximately 1.5 PB. Copying it at the current speed would take one day and affect Xiao Yun's normal operation."

Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun quickly calculated how much space the data would require. She was a top-tier Artificial intelligence who had evolved after being released into the world's network, not one that had slowly been built up through technological advancements.

In other words,

This Artificial intelligence could learn from other Artificial intelligences and grow without limits.

If she ever found an Artificial intelligence about to surpass her, she would carry out an extermination order.

Of course, there were still limits.

This Artificial intelligence could only obey Ye Yun. If she ever refused his instructions, her program would crash.

"Then don't copy it. If the amount of data to be copied exceeds 500 TB, stop the copy."

Ye Yun thought it over and gave the instruction to Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun.

"Changes made."

"Repair of the missing Artificial intelligence Source Code is complete. Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya is expected to wake up in one minute. If you have no further instructions, see you next time."

The next moment,

Artificial Intelligence Xiao Yun tactfully exited the Lingdong's data center, and the computer screen went dark.

Ye Yun shrugged and put the computer back inside the Bronze Tower.

Soon,

Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya had been restored.

"Lingdong's intelligent assistant, Zhuoya, is at your service."

A virtual projection of Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya appeared over the control console in front of Ye Yun. Her curvaceous figure looked as though it had been modeled after Lily.

"Warning. You are not authorized to pilot the Lingdong. In one minute, Zhuoya will lower the spaceship's altitude. You will temporarily lose your freedom of movement."

Suddenly, a blue scanning beam swept slowly over Ye Yun. Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya had detected that the person piloting the Lingdong had no authorization and was preparing to lower its altitude.

"Wait!"

Seeing this, Ye Yun immediately called for her to stop. Lower the spaceship's altitude?

Was she kidding?

"Do you have any objections?"

Zhuoya gazed at Ye Yun, waiting for him to explain.

"Uh... The Radar System detected an Invader!" Ye Yun was caught off guard by Zhuoya's question, but when he saw the red dot on the radar, he quickly came up with an excuse.

"I don't know whether there's an Invader. What I do know is that you're operating the Lingdong illegally, so I'll force it to lower its altitude."

Zhuoya ignored Ye Yun's explanation and began lowering the spaceship. In the end, it landed in the aircraft graveyard from which the Lingdong had taken off.

Ye Lin: "Emmmm!"

He was truly speechless.

"The Anti-gravity Engine has stopped," Zhuoya said in her cold voice. "Unauthorized operator, your movements are temporarily restricted. Please remain in the cockpit and do not move."

As Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya brought the Lingdong back to the ground, the spaceship Lily was piloting also slowly landed.

Compared to the Lingdong, though, the spaceship she was piloting looked like an adult beside a child.

"Lily, what's going on?" Ye Yun asked over the communicator.

"It's fine. What are you doing? I saw the Lingdong come down from the sky."

Lily's panting came through the communicator. "Hurry."

"You asked me to inspect the Lingdong, so I got ready to test the spaceship. But you didn't give me permission to pilot it. Zhuoya, the Lingdong's Artificial intelligence that I repaired, detected that I was flying it without authorization and forced me to land."

Ye Yun pretended to be innocent as he spoke.

He'd wanted to fly the spaceship, but now he was making excuses.

Besides,

Xiao Yun was the one who'd repaired Zhuoya. What did it have to do with him?

"Oh, I made a mistake."

Lily's embarrassed voice came through the communicator.

She hadn't authorized Ye Yun to pilot the ship because she'd gone to rescue those children... Wait, what had she just heard?

Zhuoya had been repaired?

"Hold on. Are you telling me you fixed Zhuoya?"

Lily, who was leading Dilu, Yaoyao, and Xiao An in their escape, abruptly stopped running and asked in astonishment over the communicator.

After all, the only way to repair the Lingdong's Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya was to take it to the spaceship's manufacturer. Otherwise, it was impossible.

But now someone had repaired her?

Were they serious?

"Yes. I'm locked in the cockpit by Zhuoya right now and can't get out. Figure out a way to get me out."

Ye Yun spoke helplessly.

He'd just flown the spaceship, and now he was locked in the cockpit. It was so frustrating.

"I'll authorize you to pilot the spaceship right now."

Hearing that Ye Yun was locked in the cockpit, Lily immediately prepared to grant him authorization. But before she could do anything, a blue steel sphere flew in from the distant sky.

It clanked as it transformed into a humanoid form, then crashed onto the yellow earth with a rumble, kicking up a cloud of dust. The ground trembled slightly.

"Again? What do you want now? We already told you we don't want what you're offering. What are you after?"

Seeing Gaia, the Earth Star God, catch up with them again, Lily said angrily.

He'd even followed them to her workplace. This was ridiculous.

"Don't worry. I won't hurt you. On the contrary, I'll protect you."

Gaia looked down at the four humans below and spoke.

"Protect us? We don't need your protection. We just want to go home!"

Yaoyao was furious too as she glared at the relentless steel monster.

Would he ever stop?

"So this is Gaia, the Earth Star God?"

Inside the Lingdong,

Ye Yun looked outside through the high-grade space windshield at Gaia, who was now nearly half as tall as the Lingdong. Surprise showed in his eyes as he murmured to himself.

If he remembered the story correctly,

Gaia was at his weakest right now.

It was like leveling up in a game: the farther you went, the stronger the enemies became.

"He's too weak."

Ye Yun could clearly sense that Gaia didn't pose much of a threat to him right now.

Among the Cosmic Star Gods, the strongest, Apollo and Salong, were at most on the level of Second Generation Super Soldiers.

The ordinary Star Gods were at most on the level of First Generation Super Soldiers.

You had to understand,

Dilu was just an ordinary kid, not even as strong as an adult. Yet in one episode, he'd wielded a Laser Sword and cut down a Crab Warrior in one blow. Was that supposed to make any sense?

Overall, even the Intelligent Beings from Feiran and the others' world were probably far stronger than those mechanical warriors.

But there was one thing

those Intelligent Beings couldn't match.

Speed. In their spherical forms, the Cosmic Star Gods could make Interstellar Jumps and appear anywhere in the universe at any time.

And as long as their energy cores weren't destroyed, they'd never run out of energy. If they used their special moves on their corresponding planets, their power would increase several times over.

That was something the Intelligent Beings couldn't match.