The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Uncle, what do you do sitting on the mountain all day?"

"I am gazing towards my hometown."

"Earth?"

"You also know that direction is towards Earth, right?"

"I often look at the stars at night by referring to star charts."

"I almost forgot, the average person in the world has the scientific literacy of a graduate student..."

"Don't you eat the food that the drones deliver to you?"

"They gave me too much; I can't possibly finish it all."

"Can...can I eat this?"

"Eat whatever you like."

As he spoke, Zhou Tak turned around and glanced at the girl who had appeared behind him.

He was shocked.

A sallow face, malnourished, yellowish skin, and dry hair.

He was wearing a rough mountaineering suit made by hand from a pile of scrap metal.

Furthermore, she has no legs; beneath her are a pair of crudely welded mechanical legs.

Stared at by Zhou Tak, the girl took a step back in fear, not daring to reach for the food.

"You...you climbed the mountain like this?"

"Hmm... I often run on this mountain, so I'm familiar with some of the easier terrain to climb."

"Although this mountain does have many man-made hiking trails, it's still very difficult for the average person to climb on foot, let alone you..."

"Just walk around more, and you'll get used to it."

Zhou Tak looked at the legless girl, then looked up at the star representing Earth.

The gears of fate began to turn from that moment on.

"Starting today, you'll live with me."

"No need, uncle. My miner father told me that I have to work hard to live my life, no matter how difficult it is."

"From today onwards, I am your father."

"Uncle, I've met many people who said this to me, but each time, after a maximum of three months, they would throw me back into my first father's house..."

"Child, I can give you legs again, I can teach you the most extensive knowledge, I can make you as powerful as a combat mech! Then, no one will have the right to abandon you; you will become an elite they look up to!"

"Really? Uncle, you're not kidding me, are you?"

"I swear on my homeland!"

"Okay... I'll trust you this once."

"What's your name?"

"They each gave me a name, and I don't even know what my own name is."

"Zhou Lisha, this will be your last name."

Zhou Lisha closed her eyes.

The holographic image of her past acquaintance with Zhou Tak, which had just been projected from her eyes, has finished playing.

I was definitely moved.

However, regarding the behavior of this father and daughter, who both used AI to repair their memories and then replayed them, Song Gua can only say...

The children who have been raised by Zhou Tak are too easily influenced by him!

Song Gua: "Although you are older than me, you were adopted later, and I was adopted first, so obviously I am the older brother."

Zhou Lisha: "Among peers, the older one is called brother or sister. How can an older one call the younger one brother or sister?"

Song Gua: "No, if you really want to calculate age, I've been in Antarctica for over a thousand years. I'm over a thousand years old, not to mention being your older brother, I could be your ancestor..."

Zhou Tak burst into laughter.

"Alright, alright, what's there to argue about?"

From now on, we're a family, so we'll address each other as we'd like. You'll call him your younger brother, and you'll call her your younger sister.

If you're happy, you can call me Dad; if you're not, you can call me the great scientist Zhou Tak. I don't care about these formalities.

However, in my heart, you are all my children.

It's truly precious for a family to be reunited these days. Don't leave tonight, let's have a reunion dinner with Uncle Yue!

This strange family of four ate their reunion dinner under the cover of night, by the pool and on the grass.

During the meal, Song Gua switched positions back, read the memories of his alter ego, and seamlessly switched back.

At the dinner table, Song Gua asked about Yue Sheng's condition and why he was now half-human and half-machine.

The robots on the street can perform functions just like ordinary people.

The AI ​​robots made by Zhou Tak are even more charming and difficult to distinguish from the real thing.

When Yue Sheng was brought to the front-line base by Zhou Lisha, he was already severely injured.

They were then transferred to Mars, barely surviving.

To regain normal athletic ability, one must undergo biochemical modification, just like Zhou Lisha.

These technologies, far exceeding the technological level of Earth, were something Zhou Tak didn't understand when he first arrived.

But he learned very quickly.

It's so fast that you can learn it in a single glance.

Even after learning it, he can improve upon it, and even overturn and rewrite some erroneous theories.

Therefore, Zhou Tak personally handled the biochemical modifications of Zhou Lisha and Yue Sheng.

the difference is.

After Zhou Lisha's body was modified, her appearance became indistinguishable from that of a human, with real flesh and blood. Only some important parts, such as the brain, internal organs, and bones, were replaced with special materials.

The basis for Yue Sheng's reforms was actually the same.

However, Zhou Tak added something new to him—a destiny.

Its existence was confirmed by Zhou Tak, and it was applied to a kind of originator in biotechnology.

"Destiny can enable the human body to evolve, transcend the limitations of genes, and break racial boundaries."

The downside is that it will conflict with current flesh and blood regeneration technology and cannot coexist with it; it can only coexist with a normally grown body.

I want to restore your Uncle Yue's normal appearance and body, without using his life essence.

But when he heard that this thing could make people stronger, he immediately took over my control panel, wishing he could inject his life essence into it.

Luckily, I stopped him. After all, this thing isn't like a simple injection; it's complicated.

Now, Yue Sheng, who has used the life-sustaining device, still needs to come to Zhou Tak regularly for vital sign checks and life-sustaining device adjustments.

It is a bit of a hassle.

However, Yue Sheng, who possesses the power of destiny, now has a combat strength comparable to that of an early-stage Divine Transformation cultivator!

Of course, without any formal combat experience, this "comparable" is merely Zhou Tak's theoretical calculation.

No wonder Yue Sheng was willing to become a half-machine, half-human being just to use his life force.

Having been nearly killed twice by Zhang Erhe, he had a certain yearning for greater power.

……

The Song family was enjoying a happy time together.

The Martian leadership has been arguing for a day and a night.

"You are not pioneers and progressers! You are wicked escapists! You are cowards who fear the Celestial Race! Do you think you can avoid annihilation by fleeing to the depths of space? The Celestial Race will always be watching you!"

"Interstellar civilization is the only option for intelligent life in the coming space age, just like the Voyager civilization!"

"The Travelers are already a god-like civilization; we're barely even there yet!"

"A thousand years have passed! Flowers are blooming on Mars, so why are we so fixated on returning to that mist-shrouded world? How many lives would that cost? Wasn't the civil war a thousand years ago bloody enough?"

"To betray one's home planet is to betray one's own civilization, one's own race, and one's very belief in being human!"

"This isn't betrayal! It's a strategic survival tactic! Earth is doomed, and Mars will likely suffer the same fate! Leave as soon as possible, strengthen ourselves through interstellar civilization, and we'll surely return one day!"

"Hmph, do you even believe that yourselves?"