Talulah, I'm still a child.

Nian scratched his head, looked at the Rhodes Island garden in front of him, and then glanced at the glass bottle in his hand. Judging from the appearance of the glass bottle, Nian must wipe it often on a regular basis.

Inside that transparent glass bottle was only a small tuft of snow-white fur, clinging tightly to the bottle wall as if trying to break free. And indeed it was. Once Nian opened the bottle, the tail fur belonging to Mei Xue would eagerly fly towards him, longing to return. In the end, it would surely bring Nian and Xi to Mei Xue's side, just like tadpoles looking for their mother.

However, considering that if these hairs disappeared into thin air like the ones on Ling's hands before after opening the bottle, it would be a huge loss, so Nian and Xi still started searching in this way.

Unlike Chixiao, Meixue's tail hairs do not possess complete intelligence, so they will not help Meixue cover for her. They simply instinctively yearn to return to Meixue's side, so following the direction indicated by these tail hairs will surely lead you to Meixue.

"Stop talking. You know your father's abilities. Don't even think about finding him."

Xi also felt somewhat regretful. In the first century after Mei Xue left, she never left that home, nor did she leave that painting. Day after day, she just stared at that exquisite little bottle, hoping that one day it would react.

Before leaving, Mei Xue gave this to them, saying that he would definitely come back one day, and they could find him by relying on this.

However, in the second century, Xi went from watching it day and night to checking it every day. In the third century, she also checked it every day. Until the eleventh century, the eleven siblings rarely went back to check it. They chose to wait, waiting for Mei Xue to come to them.

The reason it's said to be eleven people isn't because Jie died in the new world, but because Ling opened the bottle on the first day after Mei Xue disappeared. Perhaps he wanted to see where the little fox was based on the direction of Mei Xue's tail fur, or perhaps he didn't want to be trapped in sorrow like his brothers and sisters.

Yes, Jie is still alive in this world. Reviving others is very difficult for Mei Xue, due to his rules, but reviving Jie is not the same.

All twelve siblings of the Sui family came from Sui, so after they died, they simply returned to Sui, including their consciousness and memories. Therefore, just before the arrival of the new world, Mei Xue extracted the part belonging to Jie from Sui's side and gave her a new body, allowing the family to reunite once again.

As for the other giant beasts, such as Sui, Ya, and the Nine-Colored Deer, they are mostly on another planet, but their traces have not completely disappeared. Their agents still walk on this land, acting as their eyes to observe those who have seized this land.

"Alright, alright, of course I know. In fact, how could I possibly forget?"

Nian seemed a little impatient. In fact, she and Xi both wanted to find Mei Xue directly, but that was impossible. Before they could start, they needed to figure out who they were looking for.

Mei Xue's ability is destiny, which is unsolvable in Nian and Xi's understanding. The little fox can freely manipulate the threads of destiny, distort other people's perceptions, and make things develop in the direction he expects. Judging from the information given by Lin Qingyan, he probably chose a destiny of "no one finding the fox spirit", or subconsciously modified it to make people think "he can't be the fox spirit".

Then Nian and Xi can conveniently avoid this ability, because they are not here to find the fox spirit, nor are they here to find Mei Xue; they are here to find their father.

If the logic holds true, Mei Xue's cognitive barrier will not interfere with this layer of subconsciousness. To be on the safe side, Nian and Xi each chose different logics, even though this was not something the two of them had agreed upon, but rather Nian's own decision.

Why is it said that he acted on his own initiative? The reason is quite simple.

According to Xi, her purpose in coming here was simply to find the person who raised her, not to find a fox spirit.

And Nian? She didn't come looking for the fox spirit, nor did she come looking for the person who raised her; she came looking for a partner!

With this in mind, Mei Xue's cognitive barrier naturally wouldn't work on the two of them. However, if Xi knew what Nian was thinking, she would definitely slap her across the face. What happened to the sisterly alliance? You actually want to steal my husband and make me your stepmother!?

The little fox has only three layers of cognitive barriers: one layer is to prevent itself from attracting attention under normal circumstances, and the other two layers are to prevent others from associating it with a fox spirit.

However, if others didn't initially intend to see him as a fox spirit, this would be considered a legitimate way to exploit a loophole. Mei Xue herself probably didn't expect there to be such a way to play, since the little fox's brain isn't usually very sharp.

In fact, Mei Xue really hadn't expected any of this. The little fox was almost in tears. Seriously, how could this be? At least when others work overtime, they can finish the extra work. But for him, the workload only increased after working overtime.

Although Mei Xue didn't know how Chen Huijie and Kal'tsit bypassed the cognitive barrier set up by the little fox, he knew he had to escape.

If he stays any longer, he'll likely face a double whammy of pressure from the Doctor and Prisses to marry him, a heated argument between Theresa and Amiya over "who is Meixue's fiancé?", Kal'tsit's sack and rope, the pressure from Skadi late at night, and probably having to face the double attack from Muerses and Rosemary while taking a bath.

This is only a small part of what the little fox can think of. Goodness, he doesn't even dare to think about what will happen next. Anyway, his personal space will definitely be compressed infinitely!

"Ugh, why did this happen? I just came to mend the conflicts, why did it turn out like this?"

Mei Xue couldn't help but cover his head. This was not quite what the little fox had expected. It seemed that ever since he was picked up by Talulah and taken back home, things had gradually deviated from expectations. However, Mei Xue did not feel regret or resentment because of this.

Actually, Mei Xue didn't dislike everyone or find them annoying; it was just that the little fox needed enough time, at least for the time being.

It's not just about repairing this world; it's also about seeing for yourself how everyone is doing and whether the new world he created is suitable for them.

Just as the little fox was thinking this, a flash of red appeared in his eyes, causing Mei Xue to instinctively stop in her tracks to avoid bumping into him.

Of course, not all red in Rhodes Island represents Surtr, one of the Egyptian Gods. What Mei Xue actually bumped into was Heidi, who was about to drive home after get off work.

"You are... Mei Xue?"

When Heidi finally met Mei Xue in person, she understood what Afdoga meant. Just as she said, when she saw Mei Xue, even though she had no memory of the little fox, she had a strange intuition that this was Mei Xue!

"Sister Heidi!"

And just as Afudoga said, Meixue also knew her.

“Aphrodite said to remember to go find her.”

Upon hearing this, Mei Xue was slightly taken aback, and her tail on her back instantly straightened. However, the little fox quickly calmed down and nodded to indicate that she understood.

"Sister, um... what do you think of this world?"

Perhaps it was because Aphrodite was mentioned that Mei Xue asked such a question subconsciously. Heidi was slightly taken aback, and then looked at him with a smile.

"pretty good."

New World 35. PRTS with a Self

"As expected, they won't come, but at this speed..."

Because the little fox forgot about the camera when he ran away, or rather, he didn't care about it at all, his movements were basically completely tracked by Kal'tsit and the others.

What surprised everyone was that Mei Xue's speed was ridiculously fast. According to PRT's calculations, the little fox's speed per second even reached the speed of the Radiant Knight Nearl's Charge in Kazimierz, at least 200 meters per second, and she even seemed to be in a lot of ease, because she was able to brake when she encountered Heidi.

"That's a bit outrageous."

Kroos couldn't help but scratch her head. Although Kal'tsit didn't say anything, she guessed that Kal'tsit was just as shocked as she was.

At that speed, Mei Xue not only braked skillfully, but also showed no signs of being affected by centrifugal force when turning. Moreover, at this speed, the airflow generated by running alone would be considerable. But... what the hell is the wind resistance? What about the airflow? Is there not even a speck of air in front of this little fox?

Especially when she saw Mei Xue accelerate on a sharp turn, Kroos, who had just finished reading the science fiction novel "Three Rests" yesterday, couldn't help but want to shout: "Water Drop! He used the Water Drop running technique!"

"Kal'tsit, do you think... this is a behavior a human being should exhibit?"

Although they knew that Terra's technology level wasn't very high, Dr. and Priscilla knew they couldn't just hand over all their knowledge to the current Terrans, as that could plunge this peaceful and stable land into turmoil. However, Mei Xue's performance was already far superior to Kroos's former physics teacher.

What do you think?

Kal'tsit tapped her fingers lightly on the table. Chen Huijie wasn't in a hurry to find Mei Xue because she knew she probably couldn't catch up with the little fox after glancing at its speed. However, after observing for a while, she noticed something was amiss.

"Wait a minute, isn't Mei Xue just spinning around the whole time?"

After watching the screen for a while, Chen Huijie suddenly noticed something was wrong. The little fox had passed through the same spot several times, or rather, it seemed to be going around in circles.

"He must be lost, after all, it's his first time on Rhodes Island."

"...No, it shouldn't be like this."

Chen Huijie quickly shook her head. Her intuition told her that this was definitely not the case, and even after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it shouldn't be like this.

"Although Mei Xue himself said it was his first time here, I felt that he knew this place as well as his own home. He could even show me around, even though I graduated from Rhodes Island. And can you believe it, he knows more people than I do."

Upon hearing this news, Kal'tsit immediately reacted. Regardless of how much information Chen Huijie's words contained, Kal'tsit immediately reached out and operated the keyboard. The previously moving surveillance footage all froze, then the screen flickered, went dark, and finally restarted.

When the monitoring system restarted, the little fox that had been circling around on the monitor screen had disappeared without a trace. No matter how the Rhodes Island surveillance cameras rotated, they could not capture any trace of Mei Xue.

Clearly, they had lost track of the little fox.

"PRTS, what's going on?"

Losing track of Mei Xue was not unexpected, because with the little fox's speed, if he wanted to run, probably only Gretia could catch him. So Kal'tsit and the others just wanted to use this method to analyze who Mei Xue might have come into contact with and where he might be hiding.

But what just happened was not a simple accident. It would be one thing if one or two surveillance cameras malfunctioned, but how could they all malfunction?

"An unknown data intrusion was detected. The other party overwrote the operating system of Rhode Island's monitoring system in one second and carefully covered all the monitors with the monitoring footage that the system had edited itself. This was my dereliction of duty."

PRTS's voice came from the surrounding speakers, but perhaps to avoid disturbing everyone's observation of the large screen, PRTS did not appear on the screen.

"..."

Hearing this, Kal'tsit and Kroos didn't say much, and Chen Huijie couldn't help but frown. After graduating from the Royal Guard Academy in Victoria, she also came to Rhodes Island for several years to prepare for graduate school entrance exams. Naturally, she had a lot of interaction with PRTS. At first, she even suspected that the PRTS on the screen was a living person, but this guess was later proven to be wrong.

However, as far as Chen Huijie has seen, no artificial intelligence has been able to compare with this Rhodes Island electronic AI so far. She never expected that someone would be able to overwrite Rhodes Island's operating system under her supervision.

However, considering that it was just a machine and a system, it wasn't so unacceptable. Chen Huijie simply picked up Chixiao and turned to walk out. She suddenly became a little worried about Mei Xue's safety.

"Miss Chen, I'll go with you."

Kal'tsit followed her out. The incident had occurred inside Rhodes Island, and she couldn't stand idly by. Besides, she had her own plans.

The door to the control room closed again, and the footsteps in the corridor faded into the distance. Kroos looked at the screen and gently leaned back in her chair.

“PRTS”.

Kroos casually called out after putting on her eye mask.

"I'm here, Leaderone. What can I do for you?"

PRTS appeared on the main screen. She was a girl in a black dress who looked three parts like the Doctor, three parts like Priscilla and Theresa, and four parts like Mei Xue. Because of the Doctor's quirky taste, PRTS always wore a different outfit every time she appeared. There was even a swimsuit version, which led the students of Rhodes Island to start a project called "PRTS's Outfit Statistics". So far, PRTS has worn at least three thousand different outfits.

The students in the fashion design department like her even more because every time she designs a new outfit, PRTS can use her computing power to simulate the corresponding outfit and try it on to see the effect. Whether it's men's or women's clothing, Miss PRTS looks good in both. Sometimes, PRTS can even offer some very good suggestions for modification.

PRTS is the most considerate and understanding AI lady, answering any question. She is famous not only within Rhodes Island but also outside, with many fans. This is because PRTS occasionally plays games—yes, real AI playing games—making people in Columbia extremely envious. Every year, people hope that Rhodes Island can share PRTS's underlying logic system.

However, this same Ms. PRTS fell silent after hearing what Kroos said next.

"Why would you overwrite the surveillance system yourself and use edited footage to deceive people?"

As Kroos spoke, she gave a slight push with her foot and started playing on the sliding stool in the control room, which was a very popular game within Rhodes Island.

Silence was the answer Kroos rarely received on PRTS. As someone who had helped the Doctor, Precys, and Kal'tsit debug the PRTS system, Kroos had to admit that the Doctor and Precys were simply geniuses—no, they were geniuses among geniuses.

As an artificial intelligence, PRTS may seem similar to Raytheon Industries' products, but in reality, her thinking logic has long been close to that of humans. In fact, she has even grown on her own over the years, and now, apart from not having a suitable body, she is practically no different from a human.

Compared to Kal'tsit, who was created as an "administrator," PRTS was originally designed as part of Project Ark. Kal'tsit was the ultimate administrator, while Dr. and Prissis were the highest authority holders. PRTS was the main system that connected all the megastructures left behind by previous civilizations that were drifting in the starry sky.

Besides the three of them, only Theresa and Kroos knew about this.

Ever since the fox spirit flew into the starry sky a thousand years ago, the Terrans have come to understand that there is a larger world beyond the stars, that the land and ocean beneath their feet together form floating structures called planets, and that there are many civilizations like theirs in the starry sky.

This prompted the two ambitious nations, Da Yan and Columbia, to embark on a journey to the stars. Tonight, the head of Rhine Lab will even deliver a speech on the space exploration plan.

“PRTS’s logic system decision-making will help Mei Xue and make PRTS happy.”

An answer that is not entirely unexpected, yet it would send chills down the spine of any outsider who hears it. Joy is an emotion that would be perfectly normal for humans or animals, but PRTs is artificial intelligence, and no matter how much artificial intelligence resembles a human, it will not possess such rich emotions.

However, precisely because it is artificial intelligence, PRTS cannot refuse to answer this question, so she can only choose to remain silent, but silence itself is tantamount to admitting the matter.

However, Kroos was used to it; after all, she could even be considered PRT's godmother.

“I see. Hmm, I understand. I think Kal'tsit knows that unless someone can get their hands on your underlying logic code, no one in the world can bypass your security system, let alone overwrite the monitoring system.”

"Yes, but Dr. Kal'tsit did not choose to point that out."

"That's probably because she herself also wants to know who Mei Xue really is."

By slightly raising her blindfold, Kroos, unusually, didn't show her usual frivolous demeanor. In reality, she was a well-known figure among the Sarkaz, and that relaxed posture was just a habit.

"It's not just her; even when I hear that name, I subconsciously feel a sense of familiarity, and a vague impression comes to mind."