Talulah, I'm still a child.

Mei Xue wagged her tail, patted the doctor's head, and then turned to find Priscilla, who had some other things he wanted to ask.

Rhodes Island is large, yet also quite empty. Some robotic vacuum cleaners are cleaning the corridors, while the remaining rooms are all sealed off. This landship is expected to be preserved for at least tens of thousands of years, which necessitates various adjustments. Among these, the most crucial are the modified Victory Repair Device and Rhodes Island's artificial intelligence PRTS.

"Dad! Daddy!"

Upon seeing the little fox appear, all the maintenance robots inside the Rhodes Island ship gathered around, happily forming a circle and jumping around. Combined with their appearance, they were indeed quite adorable.

These robots, known as Haro, are repair robots that were prototyped by Dr. and Precys and then mass-produced by Mei Xue. They are spherical in shape and equipped with mechanical arms and retractable wheels. Of course, these little guys also have external accessories to help them move and maintain larger objects.

"Alright, alright, be good, the maintenance of Rhodes Island depends entirely on you guys, hello."

Mei Xue picked up a pink Haro cat and petted it before putting it down again. These little guys were quite intelligent; the smart chips that Presys installed on them were all the results of the preliminary research for the development of PRTS.

However, perhaps because everything except the prototype was taken out of Mei Xue's tail, and the AI ​​was installed by the Doctor and Precys, these little guys strictly regard Mei Xue as their father, and Precys and the Doctor as their mother.

"Understood! Understood!"

"Okay, I'll go find your mother now."

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Mei Xue walked down the deserted corridor. The presence of the Haros made Rhodes Island seem less desolate. In fact, they were also a backup plan arranged by Priss. After the end of this civilization, the Haros would be responsible for preserving the database of this civilization and passing it on to the new civilization.

When Mei Xue found Precys, she was busy at the central control panel of PRTS. The final adjustment phase could not be taken lightly, and she had a lot to do.

"Take a rest, you haven't slept all night."

"It's alright. We've just finished adjusting the logic of PRTS, and the first batch of databases has been loaded."

Precys had long, black hair that reached her waist. She was wearing a white outfit with a Rhodes Island coat over her shoulders and a headband that Mei Xue had given her. She looked tired, and her diamond-shaped pupils revealed her weariness.

She gently hugged Mei Xue's tail and rubbed against it, feeling much more comfortable, though she was a little sleepy.

"PRTS is complete?"

"Well, I plan to finish the first test and then go to sleep. What about the Doctor?"

"She's still crying because you won't let her eat snacks."

"Hehe, isn't she cute?"

The thought of the tearful Doctor gave Precys a strange sense of satisfaction. He remembered how the Doctor had once teased her for not lasting long enough.

"That's true to some extent, but let's not go too far in bullying them."

"Are you heartbroken?"

"I mean, she's hard to coax. It takes more than an hour to feed her every time, and I can't be too rough."

At this point, the little fox couldn't help but feel a little helpless. The professor was really the type who was both bad at the game and loved to play. Every time she lasted for more than an hour, she would cry and say that she couldn't do it anymore. After resting for a while, she would say that she wanted to fight for a whole day and night. Then she would be beaten up and would shout that she had to admit defeat.

The main doctor's body is, after all, human; even if she and Precyth were together, they wouldn't be enough to keep up with Mei Xue's antics.

"How about I make sure you can access the prototype that's still in development?"

"No need, I'm not that desperate."

Mei Xue shook his head. Of course he knew what Precys was talking about. In order to ensure the survival of civilization, Rhodes Island cultivated a batch of prototypes, preparing to deploy them as the seeds and guardians of civilization. Among them were female prototypes, and perhaps because of the Doctor's resentment, she had specially enhanced the physical strength of these prototypes.

“If you really do have it, I won’t stop you. After all, you said yourself that Kal’tsit will see you in the future. I guess she can’t escape, or rather, you can’t escape.”

Precys smiled and then pulled up a document for Mei Xue. It showed two other methods for civilization to continue: one was to cultivate a species that could autonomously adapt to the environment, evolve, and assimilate and reproduce other life forms; the other was to send the Doctor and Precys to the future.

As for Mei Xue? He doesn't need that kind of thing. As long as the universe isn't conceptually destroyed, he won't die, because fate always exists, at most it will just take a different form.

"That's about it. We've done everything we can. The rest is up to the future."

During their conversation, PRTS, having completed data loading, began its first self-start.

"PRTS is starting up... Startup complete, initiating self-check. No errors found in the language module, no errors found in the computational logic, database is intact..."

With the completion of the entire self-test, the development of PRTS came to an end. Mei Xue and Precys exchanged a glance, then smiled and walked to the control panel.

"Welcome to this world, PRTS."

They spoke as if welcoming the birth of a child. In the personality that Precys had created for PRTS, Mei Xue held a position similar to that of a father and lover, so for a moment it did not know how to address her.

"It seems you still need to adapt to the personality. That's okay, your first test will be done later."

Precys gently stroked the electronic screen, then turned and took Mei Xue's hand.

"Let's go up on the deck and get some fresh air."

"……it is good."

Mei Xue smiled and walked with her toward the deck, where they caught the Doctor secretly eating potato chips and cola. Because of Priscilla, the Haros would stop the Doctor or tattle if they saw her eating snacks, forcing her to eat them secretly.

"Ahem, I didn't expect you two to choose to come here. It's so windy today, not suitable for doing *that*."

What are you thinking about?

Mei Xue tapped the doctor on the head with her tail, clearly annoyed. She really wanted to know how the doctor had become a top scientist; her head was full of things that were too censored for minors.

“PRTS is finished, we just came over for a quick look around.”

"Oh, I thought you two were going to have sex."

"What if we really intend to commit ***?"

"Hehehe...Count me in!"

Miss Doctor's shamelessness always left the two of them both amused and exasperated, which was one of the few things about her that made her interesting. Mei Xue pinched the Doctor's cheek, and the three of them looked at the rising sun in the distance.

For some reason, PRTS instinctively activated the camera function to try and capture the scene.

Doctor and Precy looked into the distance, where something seemed to be hidden in the thick clouds. Only Mei Xue looked up at the starry sky that had not yet completely disappeared, and at the lonely bright moon in the sky.

This scene was frozen in time; the clouds in the sky, the flowing wind, and even the stars seemed to stand still until Prisses looked at the two of them.

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

Even if I asked, you couldn't answer that, could you?

The doctor smiled and gently hugged Mei Xue, nuzzling her. Her feelings were complicated.

"I can't really answer too much, but... the little fox has gotten shorter."

Precys' smile was happy, and her haggard eyes held an indescribable brilliance. She glanced at the Doctor, and then without saying a word, snatched Mei Xue from her arms and buried her in her chest.

"Can you tell me what your name is now?"

"Plum Blossom Snow".

The little fox gently hugged Precyth. In fact, he and the doctor had their own consciousness from the moment they were replaying this memory.

"Mei Xue? That's a much nicer name."

Precys gently kissed Mei Xue's lips, then hugged Miss Doctor after thinking for a moment to prevent her from feeling unbalanced.

After doing all this, Precys's body began to turn into golden sand, just like the world itself, and dissipated into the air.

"It's so great to meet you all."

Mei Xue hugged her tail, feeling inexplicably sad as she watched her about to disappear completely.

"We'll meet again."

These words made Precys' smile even gentler and happier. She nodded and hooked her little finger with Mei Xue's.

"We will definitely meet again."

The next moment, the entire dream collapsed, and the Doctor and Mei Xue woke up at the same time. The little fox looked at Lin Qingyan, seemingly a little confused, but more concerned about Mei Xue's condition, and gently stroked the little fox's head.

How are you feeling?

"It's nothing, it's just... Sister, do you know who Priscilla is?"

Upon hearing this name, Lin Qingyan, who had been looking somewhat uneasy, dropped the Tongtian Mirror from his hand.

Meanwhile, on Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit, who had just finished her official duties, was drinking tea when she was suddenly startled by the Doctor bursting into the room, and immediately became furious.

"What are you here for?"

Kal'tsit's face was cold; anyone who was suddenly startled wouldn't have a pleasant expression.

"It's nothing, I just have a question I'd like to ask you."

The Doctor approached with a grin, looking rather cheeky. Kal'tsit suppressed the urge to slap her, instead holding her tea to appear more composed.

"Speak, what is it?"

Because of her amnesia, Ms. Doctor is always very curious about her past self, and there's nothing to hide about these things.

Who is Priscilla?

The next moment, Kal'tsit's teacup shattered, spilling warm tea all over the floor.

The Doctor immediately realized that Kal'tsit most likely knew that what had just happened was definitely not a simple dream, especially the last part.

"I don't know him. Where did you hear that name from?"

"I dreamt about it during my afternoon nap."

Since Kal'tsit must have her reasons for not wanting to say, there was no point in asking any further. The Doctor didn't press the matter any further; she could simply investigate on her own.

"In my dream..."

Kal'tsit sighed. Knowing too much now wouldn't do either the Doctor or Mei Xue any good; they needed to accept the truth little by little.

However, some people were not affected at all, such as the other girls on Rhodes Island.

"Big sister, Xiao Ke is starving!"

Inside Rhodes Island's forge, Little K, who hadn't eaten for thirty minutes, was now starving and his stomach was growling. He collapsed weakly to the ground, looking as if he hadn't eaten for days.

"Didn't we just have lunch?"

Vulcan sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. Little K was adorable, no one on Rhodes Island would disagree, but this silly dog ​​ate way too much. While others ate three or four meals a day, she ate three or four tons a day. As long as there was food, her mouth would never stop, and she wasn't satisfied even when her stomach was full.

The key is that it doesn't make me gain weight. I don't know what happens to the energy from digesting food. Surely it's not going to power that non-existent brain?

"But Mei Xue said that Xiao Ke is still growing, so being able to eat is a blessing!"

It's fine if Meixue isn't mentioned, but Xiao Ke gets hungry as soon as she's mentioned. She regrets not going with Meixue more and more. Although she doesn't know what delicious local food there is in Kazimierz, she's sure she won't go hungry if she's with Meixue. The little fox spoils his own people the most, and he'll give Xiao Ke whatever he wants to eat.

"But you eat so much, what if Meixue doesn't like you if you get fat?"

These words struck Xiao Ke like a thunderbolt, startling her so much that she jumped up in fright.

"No! Xiao Ke doesn't want Mei Xue to like it!"