I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 989: Dependence and Bondage

The "weight" of people is greater.

When attached to a cat and a group of bacteria, the dominant thought is on the cat, and "Xiaobai" is also a cat.

When it depends on a group of people and a cat, the dominant thought becomes that of the human, and "Xiaobai" also becomes a human.

Unconsciously, Xiaobai's way of thinking has become the way humans think.

It actually began to understand what these researchers were doing.

"They are also working for the future of mankind."

But even though he understood it, Xiaobai still wanted to leave here.

It finally understood where that depressing feeling came from.

That is the feeling that arises when "freedom" is restricted.

When I was a cat, this feeling was very slight, but as the weight of "human" grew, this feeling became more and more serious.

However, it still needs the help of the body's power to extend its body, so it can only stay there patiently.

……

Time passed quickly, and after a few years, Xiaobai's coverage area had expanded to a city.

With its help, the people of this city realized "relic cost transfer payment" for the first time.

The people of the entire city cheered and celebrated that humanity had taken a big step forward in its dream of conquering the abyss.

Only by conquering the relics can they conquer the abyss, and now, they have taken this step.

Countless humans paraded in the city, loudly praising the dedication of the organization. They used the relics wantonly, raising fireballs and smoke above the city, releasing colorful lights on the buildings, "special effects" flying everywhere, and "strange noises" continuing. The joy of humanity was passed on to Xiaobai, and it felt extremely proud of it.

When joy reaches its peak, it creates confusion.

"Isn't freedom what I want?"

“Why should I feel proud and happy?”

"When I was a cat, I didn't want so much..."

Xiaobai suddenly realized that he had unknowingly begun to assume human responsibilities and was tied to human fate. He was happy for humans and worried about humans.

As it grows bigger, it also becomes more and more "emotional".

The more you depend on something, the tighter you will be bound.

Freedom is no longer possible.

Xiaobai didn't want to cut off ties with humans at this time. He gradually liked this feeling. He immersed himself in the rising joy, rising into the sky with the fireworks, sinking in the flickering smoke and colorful lights, surging in the fate of humans, and writing in the documents of history. He was no longer attached to only reality, but also to the sand of civilization, deeply rooted...

One city, two cities, three cities...

One continent, two continents, three continents...

Xiaobai's body spread across the earth, gradually covering every corner.

Just like the initial Internet, Xiaobai gradually spread to the entire human society, lighting up the lamps of civilization development.

When it came back to its senses from the rising joy and the grand historical process, it had already merged with the entire earth.

Countless humans travel through its body, costs are transmitted in its body, and infinite resources are replicated in its body, and are accurately provided to every human who uses the relic in the huge "space network" of the earth.

Before the Internet, humans could not imagine that one screen could connect the entire world.

Before having Xiaobai, humans could not imagine that a relic could connect the entire world.

A piece of data can travel over mountains and rivers to reach another person's screen, and a price can be paid to another distant relic in this way. When all this becomes possible, everything becomes commonplace and no longer surprising.

The joy and pride gradually subsided, Xiaobai was suspended in the lonely universe, and suddenly he thought of his former "master". He felt lonely again.

"How many years have passed? Is he still here?"

Xiaobai checked the time and realized that thirty-five years had passed since his master left.

During these thirty-five years, earth has undergone tremendous changes, with each passing day and the world changing dramatically. The owner has long since disappeared among countless humans and become a part of the bustling crowd.

"Where did he go?"

For Xiaobai, who has already depended on the entire earth, finding someone is not a difficult task.

It began to trace back to the past, searching from past surveillance and residual information.

Soon, it found its owner's trail...

It turned out that after the owner left it that day, he went directly to the staff of the institution and directly asked to take Xiaobai away.

……

"I am its owner, can't I take it away?"

"No." The staff member replied indifferently.

"Why? This is against the rules. The owner of the relic has the right to dispose of it. This is what you told me before. You can't go back on your word now!"

"It is not an ordinary relic. It is closely related to the fate of all mankind." The staff explained routinely.

"I don't care about the fate of humans!" Xiaobai's owner shouted loudly, "I just know that it has a hard time here!"

"You guys are not taking it seriously at all!"

"Do you know what flavor of cat food it likes to eat?"

“Chicken flavor?”

"Duck flavor?"

“Shrimp flavor?”

"Or tuna flavor?"

"You have no idea!"

"Do you usually touch it often? It likes to be touched on the head, and it will purr with comfort, but you don't approach it, treating it as a rare animal in the zoo. You even avoid it when it approaches you. Do you know how sad it is?"

"Have you played hunting games with it? It likes to catch red balls of yarn, but there is not even a single red thing in this large experimental base."

"I understand that you want to use it, but you should at least make it happy. Now it's unhappy, and I want to take it away, but you don't want to. What do you want? You keep saying that you are doing this for the fate of mankind, but you are not willing to do even such a small thing. You only want to use it, and you are not willing to respect it."

"Whether it is a relic or something else, as long as it is a life, it deserves respect. If you need something from it, you must pay extra attention to it and respect its choice."

"It doesn't want to stay here anymore. We can discuss it. I can take it out to live for a while, play for a while, relax, and then bring it back. That's fine. But, isn't this possible?"

By the time Master Xiaobai finished speaking, his voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of pleading in his tone, but the staff in front of him remained expressionless and replied in a routine manner: "No, it's not an ordinary relic."

"Just go out for a little while, just a little while..." The little white master raised a finger and asked humbly.

"No."

“Just wandering around the yard.”

"No."

"How about going out and getting some fresh air?"

"no……"

(End of this chapter)