Chapter 1290 - Space-themed MMORPG (1/2)

On the third day back in the modern world, the colony sent back good news which eased Jiang Chen’s tense state.

The report sent by the Colony Governor, Captain Hong Zewei, stated that the Celestial Marines successfully recovered the operation base near Mine 071 with the help of new weapons. The “Drill Warrior” designed by Future Military and Future Heavy Industrie played an incredible role in combating the Mars species.

Those T-4H power armors also substantially increased the survival rate of the Marines.

With Drill Warrior clearing the way, and heavily armored infantries following closely behind, Company A, responsible for attacking Mine 071, destroyed six nests within 24 hours. Five of these nests were Corruptor nests, and the one located outside the radius of the ultrasonic fence belonged to Devil Worms. A total of tens of thousands of adult Corruptors and thousands of Devil Worms were killed. The Celestial Marines successfully pushed from the surface to 21 kilometers underground.

According to the report from Hong Zewei, they were very close to the bottom of the ruins.

When the engineering team complete the reinforcement of the tunnel, it was time for the relics of the Gaia civilization to shine once again.

…

In the mansion at the northern tip of Coro Island.

Jiang Chen, who was passing by the living room, asked Lilith, who was resting against a reclining chair with a phantom helmet on, “As an advanced artificial intelligence, do you also enjoy playing games?”

Because she was not human, even if she wore a phantom helmet, Lilith could still sense outside information. In her words, she could run the game with one memory zone and control her body with the other memory zone; she was capable of being both in the virtual world and the actual world.

Jiang Chen must admit that he was envious.

“You don’t understand, ” Lilith answered in her emotionless state, “It’s not the game that is fun, but the players who participate in the game.”

Jiang Chen’s eyebrows twitched.

That’s the fun part?

He was curious why players were interesting for Lilith.

However, it may not sound too great. In her eyes, the players were probably no different than white rats in the laboratory. After all, in her perspective, a troublesome creature like humans could only offer values by contributing to experimental data.

Very contradictory thoughts.

On the one hand, she possessed the desire to have a body that can integrate into human society, and on the other hand, she maintained the stubbornness of an advanced artificial intelligence. Perhaps this contradiction was part of the attributes of an advanced artificial intelligence.

“Don’t just play. Since you have so much free time, come and help me do something,” Jiang Chen said.

“Correct what you just said, ” Lilith said blankly, “I have helped you process 117.8 gigabyte of files in the past 72 hours, which is equivalent to your normal workload for a month. From any perspective of analysis, my attitude is enough to be considered diligent. In contrast, you seem to be freer because you just move your tongue.”

“Uh, that much?”

Jiang Chen awkwardly touched his nose after being scoffed by Lilith.

“I haven’t counted the workload of helping you upgrade the server,” Lilith said with clear evidence to back up her words, “To prevent you from forgetting, I have to remind you. This is your war, not my war.”

“…you are right.”

Lilith sat up and looked at Jiang Chen.

“So, tell me, what do you need me to do?”

“Oh?” Jiang Chen looked at her, somewhat confused.

“I didn’t say I won’t help you,” Lilith shrugged, and said solemnly, “I just corrected your allegations.