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Liuying raised her head and stared at the sky. Through the thick veil of space, she could clearly sense that the benevolent and compassionate God was gazing at her with fatherly eyes.

So warm...

Even if that god cannot be seen or touched.

But the warmth that feels like being wrapped in a hot spring is not fake at all.

Suddenly, a crazy and outrageous idea popped up in my mind.

She tried to suppress this thought in her heart, but how could the seeds that had already taken root and sprouted be buried in the soil?

So she mustered up her courage and made a request to the God:

"Respected, God..."

Her words were humble, and her delicate face was full of respect and sincerity:

"Excuse me, can we have a little more time to chat like this?"

"I don't mean anything else, I just feel lonely..."

"I really want to understand humans, to become one with them. I imitate them and talk to my own kind, but their responses are always mechanical diplomatic rhetoric."

"But you are different."

"You are a god, yet you care for me like a loving father. For the first time, I feel a care that is warmer than the sun."

"If possible, I hope to be friends with you..."

"Can you, can you, promise me?"

Chapter 9 My Pioneer Star Baby

Or say it out...

Liuying felt that her heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out of her chest.

Her lips were tightly pursed, and her slightly pale lips were like the first snowflakes in winter, with a barely perceptible tremor.

There was anticipation glimmering in her dreamy, beautiful eyes, her pupils slightly dilated, trying hard to take in everything around her, for fear of missing any slight movement.

Fortunately, this tense silence did not last long, and the god she prayed to answered her:

"Okay, then we're friends."

Same, agreed?

The Lord God actually agreed?

Liuying was so happy that she wanted to jump up, but she couldn't lose her composure in front of the gods.

She suppressed the joy that was about to burst out of her body and tried to appear calm:

"Thank you! Well, actually, I don't quite understand what the word 'friend' means. I learned it from the information.

I heard that it's very comfortable for friends to get together, and both parties can get together whenever they have time. So, Lord God, can we also get together more often?"

Liuying gazed at the sky with great anticipation, she believed that she would soon get the answer to their meeting.

As expected, after less than a second of silence, that gentle yet majestic voice sounded again:

"Of course, I believe we will get along very well."

After getting the other party's consent, Liuying suddenly felt that she had no regrets in dying.

The Supreme Will that roamed the universe was actually willing to listen to her request, give her food, give her a name, and become her friend.

It's even more incredible than the cavalrymen's dreams!

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Shen Yi sat in front of the computer, staring at the screen, with the corners of his mouth occasionally raised in an exaggerated arc.

Liuying's gentle and sweet voice, along with the chat box above his head, jumped into Shen Yi's ears word by word, making him soften his ears.

The chatbots of the AI ​​dialogue software used in the past were all artificially retarded, but the AI ​​in this game can almost be described as "perfect".

Whether it is text lines, tone and emotion, or timely feedback, AI Liuying has performed to the extreme.

This made Shen Yi feel like he was talking to a real person.

If this game wasn't in offline mode, he would really suspect that the person on the other end of the game was a human customer service representative wearing a firefly voice changer.

After finishing the chat with Liuying, Shen Yi finally pressed "Next Round".

He actually wanted to chat more with Liuying, but because of the difference in their understanding, there were actually very few topics they could talk about, and most of the time their conversations were awkward.

If the person on the other side was a real woman, Shen Yi would probably have been labeled a "straight man" who couldn't chat.

Fortunately, Liuying is still AI, not a real person.

She is gentle, cute, and considerate, giving players unlimited tolerance and care like a girlfriend.

The emotional value that can be obtained with almost no effort, and the feeling of being loved, can be said to be something that most people cannot resist.

Especially young people like Shen Yi who have been beaten down by the real society, want to find spiritual sustenance, but don't want to bring negative emotions to their families.

The ideal fireflies are worth looking forward to because they are rare or even non-existent in reality.

Ultimately, all players want is love, a soul mate who loves them.

Therefore, as long as the game company can do this, the profit model of "the character gives me love, and I give money to the company" will naturally come to fruition.

Unfortunately, many game companies just like to pretend to be asleep.

After some communication and interaction with Liuying, her favorability level soared by 100 points.

That is exactly the number of one heart.

Now Liuying's favorability has reached [2 hearts, 40/100].

The character plots in this game will be unlocked as the favorability increases. The higher the favorability, the more hidden intimate interactions there will be.

For example, the interactive options for Firefly previously only included "patting the head" and "dialogue", but now there is an additional option "pinching the face".

Shen Yi immediately clicked the button and tried it.

The round and chubby face of the Q-version Firefly portrait seemed to be gently pinched by an invisible hand and deformed like dough.

Looks very cute.

Then the Q version of Firefly will puff up its cheeks and show an angry expression.

However, the favorability increased by 5 points.

Reasonable!

When it comes to gameplay, all real-world logic must give way to players. This is the basic thinking that game producers must possess.

Back to the game, Shen Yi has now built the Senate, and the municipal tree has naturally been successfully unlocked.

Just like the tech tree, there are only four civics that can be unlocked early on:

1. Interstellar Imperialism (gain a pioneer, increase territorial expansion speed by 10%)

2. Imperial Constitution (stable production, gold coins, technology, and culture increase by 5% each time)

3. Monarch Worship (Military units increase combat power by 5 points and mobility by 1 point)

4. Citizen Rights (city resource materials increase by 5 points per turn, construction and production speed increases by 5%)

All four policies require 200 culture points to unlock. After building the Senate, the consumption has been reduced to 180.

However, because the empire currently has only 15 culture points per turn, it takes 12 turns to unlock any municipality.

Shen Yi analyzed the situation. There were two sentry turrets near the capital, and two iron cavalry units available for combat. The pressure from the Zerg was not great in the early stages, and it would be no problem to defend against it with the current combat power.

In this case, the third option can be temporarily ruled out.

Imperial Constitution and Citizen Rights are both used to increase resource productivity and can be given priority.

However, compared to these two, Shen Yi cares more about a pioneer that comes with the interstellar imperialism policy.

The pioneer here does not mean Xingbaoer, but means "pioneer".

It functions just like the pioneers in Civilization 6, allowing players to add a new city within their territory.

After unlocking the "Interstellar Navigation" technology policy, pioneers can also incorporate a new planet into the imperial civilization.

By the way, a maximum of seven cities can be built on the same planet, but a civilization can own multiple planets at the same time.

Theoretically, as long as the computer's CPU has enough computing power, the number of planets a civilization can own is unlimited.

However, although Shen Yi's computer has good configuration, it is far from top-notch, so don't expect to be able to access infinite planets.

What's more, based on his experience in playing Civilization, let alone planets, in the later stages of the game, if more than ten cities declare war on other countries at the same time, one round will take him half an hour to play.

After much thought, Shen Yi still couldn't resist the temptation of getting a pioneer.

After all, every additional city brings almost double the improvement.

In that case, let's unlock the Interstellar Imperialism policy first.

After a while, as new policies are unlocked, a new pioneer unit appears on the capital's territory tile.

When Shen Yi saw the model of this unit, he almost vomited blood.

The new unit with the three big words "Pioneer" on its head was modeled after the "little gray-haired" that Shen Yi was familiar with.

That’s right, it’s Xingbaoer.

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Chapter 10 Governor, AR-1368

Xing Baoer was wearing the smart jacket from the original work. The baseball bat in her hand had turned into a pickaxe, which she carried on her shoulder. She raised her little head with a proud look on her face.

This image looks both cute and funny.

My god, you're serious?

It was hard for Shen Yi not to think that this was some kind of bad taste on the part of the game production team.

You actually turned Xingbaoer into a tool. You are invincible, kid.

No, then who can fill in the gap of someone I’m lacking in to cultivate?

If Xing Baoer becomes a tool, does that mean she can no longer be a training object?

Well, let's wait and see. With Xing Baoer's popularity, it would be ridiculous if Lao Mi really just made her a tool and couldn't train her.

You can't be against anyone but you can't be against money.

Shen Yi shook his head and threw these messy thoughts out of his mind.

He selected Xingbaoer's model, moved it to the cell at the edge of the capital, and then pressed the "Build New City" button.

The in-game Xing Bao'er rubbed her hands together, grabbed her pickaxe, and dug hard into the ground—

She dug out a trash can.

She suddenly saw stars, jumped over to the trash can and opened the lid.

The next moment, a large amount of golden light emerged from the trash can, and meticulously modeled miniature buildings emerged one after another.

Soon, a city appeared out of thin air on the cell where Xing Baoer was.

As for Xingbaoer's real body, it disappeared without a trace.

Shen Yi felt very complicated after watching this action demonstration.

What is this kind of operation that is both outrageous and reasonable when you think about it?

In short, with the hard work of the tool man Xing Baoer, a new city was built.

The productivity of each city is different, but the technology, culture, and gold it provides will be directly incorporated into the civilization's treasury.

For example, if the capital earns 15 gold coins per round and the second city earns 5 gold coins per round, then the total income for this round is 20 gold coins.

In addition, in addition to the special buildings and wonders that are only available in the capital, regional buildings such as industrial zones and scientific research centers can be built in every city.