Survival: My companion is not serious

"So what should we do now?" Celestine quickly changed the subject, hoping to ease the awkwardness.

"Well, you have to wait here for a while. I have to go out for a while." Xia Ke thought for a while and turned to walk out the door.

"Okay, please be careful." Celestine did not ask Shak what he was going to do, but stayed where he was obediently, clasping her hands together with her fingers clasped together and praying silently for Shak in her heart.

After walking out of the store, Xia Ke did not run around, but ran in one direction with a purpose, and soon came to a place where there were scrapped vehicles that he had seen before.

After a quick check, the technology tree engraved in his DNA was instantly activated, and endless inspiration and technology emerged from his heart.

From a scientific point of view, the car has a punctured tire, broken bearings, aged and damaged lines, etc., which are all problems. There is no possibility of starting it at all. Although it can be repaired, the cost is more expensive than buying a new one.

In the ordinary world, its biggest function is actually to sell scrap metal.

However, in Xia Ke's eyes, countless ideas for repairing and modifying it appeared in his mind, and he just needed to get started and do it.

But after weighing the condition of the car, Xia Ke decided to use the simplest and fastest method.

But before that, some replacement parts are needed, and...

"Ah, Mr. Shak, you're back. Did your trip go well?"

When Celestine saw Shaq coming back again, she breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went to greet him happily.

"It's going well, but I still want some help from you." Xia Ke nodded.

"You say!" Celestine replied quickly.

"I don't have any money right now, so please buy some spare parts from the store." Shaq told Celestine the parts he needed to repair the vehicle, and added, "I'll lend you this money. I'll pay you back when I make money in the future."

"Well, no need." Celestine shook her head firmly at Shak's suggestion and looked at him seriously.

"Mr. Xia Ke, please don't say such things in the future. Coming to this world is not what you and I wanted, so I hope that we can move forward hand in hand without distinction between you and me in the future, instead of being so clearly divided between you and me!"

Celestine's words surprised Shaq so much that he looked up to her.

"Okay, I understand." After a brief silence, Shaq nodded.

"Then let's get along well from now on." Celestine also showed a satisfied and holy smile.

It must be said that although they had only known each other for less than two days, because of Shak's life-saving grace and his wit and calmness in facing the horrible monster that could destroy a city last night, Celestine had a deep liking for Shak and a natural admiration for the strong.

Although they don't want to admit it, women in most cases admire strong men. This situation is particularly obvious when they are under severe survival pressure.

This is an instinct engraved in biological genes and is not surprising.

Soon, Celestine purchased all the parts that Shak needed, and at Shak's subsequent request, she bought a lot of weapons and ammunition, as well as possible gathering tools and some food.

After buying these things, Shak did not leave Celestine alone this time. Instead, he took her to the car. After asking her to find a place to sit nearby, he picked up the purchased parts and started the modification project.

After spending nearly an hour, he finally put down the hammer in his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead in response to Celestine's curious expression.

"I can feel that a soul was born in this tool just now. Mr. Shak, did you do this?!" Celestine looked at Shak with some excitement and admiration.

"?????!"

Shaq was confused.

What soul?

Am I qualified to create souls?

Is this piece of junk worthy of having a soul?

and many more!

Suddenly, Xia Ke seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became a little strange and painful.

Could it be that what Celestine was talking about was the machine soul?

Chapter 10: The Machine Spirit is unhappy, I think I can just kick it a few times

Machine Soul, as the name suggests, literally refers to the soul of a machine. This is also a concept recognized by the Mechanicus in Warhammer 40K.

Of course, to put it another way, you can also understand it as the existence of a weapon spirit, a Fusangshen, a ship girl, etc., almost all of which can be called a machine soul.

So, the soul of the machine!

Therefore, for the Mechanicus, any machine needs to be carefully maintained and prayed for in order to appease the machine spirit.

The machine spirit is very happy, the machine will never overheat, and the magazine will never be empty.

If the machine soul is unhappy, a perfectly good machine will jam and stall, and a gun that has just left the factory and is operating normally will explode in a matter of minutes.

The machine soul is just an old man who has not grown up. You have to coax and serve it well and do everything you can to make it happy.

Of course, this is the correct setting for 40K. There is no such saying in other worlds. How can a machine have a soul?

Even if it is a spirit weapon in the world of immortal cultivation, it must have unique conditions to be born as a high-end product. How can it be born casually?

But 40K is like this, but even 40K also has its own unique soul.

Those are the Orks and the Tyranids.

The latter is a purely biological civilization, and the entire race does not contain any mechanical factors.

As for the former~

"Well, I can feel it. Just now a soul was born in this machine. It is a pure, persistent, and uncomfortable soul..." Celestine looked at the machine called car that was transformed by Shak with surprise. "Mr. Shak, do you know what's going on?"

Creating souls out of thin air is a realm that only gods can master. Could it be that the man in front of him is also the reincarnation of a god like himself?

"How should I know what's going on?" Shak didn't care about Celestine's question, nor did he care why the machine soul was born. Instead, he sat in the car and pressed the start button.

"Kakaka!"

As expected, the car did not start, accompanied by the sound of metal parts twisting and colliding.

At the same time, Celestine also felt the dissatisfied and painful roar coming from the machine spirit in the car.

Machine Soul: Aaaaah!

“Mr. Shak, please stop. This soul is very unhappy and in pain. Please don’t treat it like this!” After sensing the displeasure of the machine soul, Celestine hurriedly advised. At the same time, she seemed to have finally found the value of her existence. “I think I can comfort and console the other party…”

"Appease? Conciliate?" Xia Ke got out of the car with a look of disdain on his face. "What the hell is that? It's just a broken machine. There's no need to pamper it like this!"

Perhaps it was because of Xia Ke's contempt that the car, which originally simply could not start, now began to emit bursts of black smoke from the gaps in the hood, and the temperature was rising rapidly, as if it would explode at any minute.

"Mr. Shak, please don't say that. This newborn soul is very angry now, wuwuwuwu..." After sensing the displeasure of the machine soul and its urge to self-destruct to Shak, Ceres thought that Shak could not feel the other party's emotions, so she quickly asked Shak to allow her to appease the machine soul.

However, before she could finish her words, Shaq walked over, put his arms around Celestine's slender waist, and kissed her without any hesitation.

The sudden change made Celestine's eyes widen in an instant. After she reacted, she was so ashamed and angry that she tried to push the other person away, but the other person's body was like an iron tower and remained unmoved. How could a weak woman like her compete with him?

In addition, with Shaq's rude behavior, Celestine also felt that the originally unhappy and irritable machine soul had calmed down a little, and instead had a little curiosity in it.

"…………"

Celestine was speechless about this.

But with this relationship, in order to appease the machine soul later, and because he already had a great affection for Xia Ke, who saved his life, he gradually stopped resisting and began to clumsily respond to Xia Ke's tongue.

Five minutes later, feeling that it was about time, Shaq let go of Celestine, who had a flushed face and dazed eyes.

I have to say, the other party is worthy of being the reincarnation of a goddess, even his saliva is sweet.

Although Celestine was extremely shy after being released and wanted to find a hole to crawl into, she could not care about that at the moment. She suppressed her urge to ask Shak why he did this and let him find a random excuse to fool her. She also forgave his impulse and hurriedly wanted to appease the machine soul that was becoming irritable and unhappy again.

however……

Facing the car that started to smoke again, before Celestine could do anything, Shaq went straight up and kicked the hood of the car twice.

While Celestine was looking shocked and puzzled, the machine soul that was unhappy and irritable the last second suddenly became quiet, and even revealed a hint of grievance and pleasure?

The situation is probably...

Machine Soul: Aaaaah!

"Boom! Boom!"

Machine soul; 嘤嘤嘤!

The most intuitive feeling was that the car, which was still emitting black smoke, started up strangely after a noise, and the black smoke that had gone the wrong way seemed to have found its way and ran out of the exhaust hole obediently.

This newborn soul had been so resistant before, but now it was so well-behaved and sensible, even a little happy and even flattering. This made Celestine a little suspicious. Could it be that the other party's previous behavior was simply asking for a beating?

What a shameless soul...

"Okay, come on up." Seeing the car started successfully, Shak nodded with satisfaction. After simply packing up and throwing the tools into the trunk, he sat in the driver's seat and greeted Celestine.

In the eyes of this former great skill master, there is no such thing as a machine soul or not, or whether the machine soul is happy or not... it's all a habit!

The only factor that determines whether or not the machine can be started is whether you Waaaaaa or not!

If a machine that seemed almost usable to him couldn't be used, it could only mean one thing.

That means I am not Waaaaa enough!

So when he saw that the car could not be used, Xia Ke did not consider the problem of the machine soul at all. In his opinion, it was just that he was not Waaaaa enough that he could not drive the car.

It was because of this problem that he brought Celestine with him this time so that he could find excitement to drive the car.

Otherwise, I would have to run back to interact with the shop assistant, which is a bit of a waste of time to be honest.

Sure enough, after Waaaa's energy was enhanced, he just kicked the car twice and it was fine.

It seems that I am still not Waaaaa enough!

"Ah, oh!"

After hearing Shak's call, Celestine hurried over, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat under Shak's guidance.

Chapter 11 Road Killer

After solving the problem of the unexpected Machine Soul, Shak did not delve into how this thing explained its greatness, just as he did not investigate why he still possessed the Ork's power of thinking and the technology tree engraved in his DNA.

Xia Ke did not drive the car directly to the direction of the manor mentioned by the store clerk, but instead started to drive around the city.

This is not to say that he doesn't know the way. After all, the three-dimensional map even marks out how to get there. As long as it corresponds to the surrounding environment, even Celestine, who has never been exposed to technology, can easily find her destination.

The reason why Shak did not immediately go to the destination to build a home was that he wandered around the city and began to collect some necessary supplies for life.

For example, beds and quilts for sleeping, some clothes and shoes that need to be changed, some cabinets for storing things, kitchen knives and chopping boards for cooking, etc.

Although according to the nature of this world, these things should be able to be made by ourselves.

But why should I work hard when I can get it for free?

Besides, this isn't a real game world. The things in the city are like nails to the ground and can't be moved. Why don't you just plunder some of them? No one's coming to collect the debt anyway.

When the two men left near dusk, the originally empty car was now packed full. There were even two large beds tied to the roof. From a distance, it looked like the car was about to move.

However, the road to the manor was smooth and there were no monsters blocking the way.

Maybe it was her first time riding in a car, or maybe she was already familiar with Shaq, Celestine showed great curiosity along the way and kept asking questions.

At that time, Shak had no intention of showing off his superiority in front of the natives or pretending to be a saint in front of others. Instead, he patiently explained to Celestine some basic scientific and technological knowledge and the settings of his own abilities, and even intended to teach Celestine how to drive.

Considering that it would be impossible for her to do nothing in the future, and she was indeed willing to share some of the burden with Shaq, she did not refuse, but instead began to learn seriously. Even when Shaq invited her to drive on a straight road, Celestine did not refuse, but looked eager to try.

It's impossible not to be curious about new things.

In fact, logically speaking, although the things made by orcs are very technologically advanced, because of the existence of Waaaa's position, that is, the "power of my thinking", only orcs can use them. The same applies to Shak.

However, Xia Ke's 'power of thinking' seems to be slightly different from the normal 'power of thinking' due to the time travel.

Originally, Celestine couldn't drive the car because she didn't have the 'power of thinking', but because of Shak, the need for the power of thinking to drive the car seemed to have been solidified. It could also be because the car had a machine soul.

Now this car has become something that even ordinary people can use normally, but the only difference is that if ordinary people want to start the car normally, they need to get permission from Shak or the Machine Soul, otherwise this car will be just a pile of junk made of scrap copper and iron in the hands of others.

And Shaq was right next to them, and he had obviously allowed Celestine to use the car.

Since Xia Ke, the highest authority, has been allowed, then Ji Hun, a secondary authority, naturally has no right to make a fuss.

Since the tiger is still in the mountains, where does the monkey get the capital and courage to become the king?

It was her first time driving, and even though there was a long straight road ahead, Celestine still drove very carefully. Although she was so excited that she wanted to step on the gas pedal directly into the tank, Celestine still listened to Shak's words of driving safely, and only stepped on the gas pedal to the bottom, without going too far.

"So, do you understand now? My ability is probably that I can ignore certain details based on the existing physics, so as to achieve the desired result." When Shak found some time, he also roughly explained his ability setting to Celestine. After all, the two of them would have to depend on each other in the future. Sometimes, being too concealed might cost one's life at the critical moment.

"Well, although I still don't quite understand some of it, but Mr. Shak is really amazing for being able to make your dreams come true." As Celestine's civilization was still in the Middle Ages, she really couldn't understand the physics and science that Shak talked about, but she still understood the four words "make your dreams come true".

But it is also magical. They are not of the same race, or even from the same world, but they can communicate with each other without any obstacles. This has made Celestine and Shak marvel at the magic of this world more than once.

"That's not so amazing. The extent to which my wishes come true still depends largely on you, Miss Saint~"