The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Well, if she herself couldn't see this, then it would be easy to test whether Ai was lying or not.

"Ai-chan." After using the familiar name for the first time in a long time, Li Shubai stared into Ai's eyes seriously, "Come here and give me a kiss, mouth to mouth."

"..."

Click. In an instant, the air fell into dead silence.

Even the crowd that was surging nearby seemed to have stagnated. Everyone stopped where they were and looked at the young couple who were blatantly flirting in the downtown area with interest. Some people even whistled.

Although Li Shubai seemed to be ordering Ai Yi in a tough tone, it looked like he was forcing and bullying her. However, from the conversation between Ai Yi and Li Shubai not long ago, it was obvious that this was just an act of flirting between lovers. Therefore, there was no young man who didn't know how to read the air and did something self-righteous and courageous. Even the security personnel who were maintaining public order were happy to take a break from their busy schedule in this quiet atmosphere. While enthusiastically eating the gossip of the young couple, they also recalled the glorious days when they were young with a sigh on their faces.

"You...you you you, me me me me me..." Smoke was coming out of Ai Yi's head, and the data stream in her eyes had completely turned into a bunch of messy lines, and dense arcs of electricity were flowing through her hair.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

After realizing that her computer was about to crash, because she had had a similar experience before, Ai Yi did not fall into a helpless downtime like last time. Instead, she became like a computer that was suddenly under high load and increased the fan speed to speed up the heat dissipation, gasping for air.

Although I don't know if an artificial intelligence life form like her needs heat dissipation like an ordinary host, let's just assume that this behavior is useful. Anyway, after barely stabilizing her breathing, Ai Yi, who finally didn't have to freeze again, frowned, puffed up her cheeks angrily, and waved her arms up and down like a fan: "(>△<) Captain! Did you listen to what I said carefully? You should increase Ai-chan's favorability step by step! Instead of..."

"Don't want to?" Li Shubai asked.

"..."

Killer.

Li Shubai used only three words, "extremely calm", to violently stop Ai Yi from speaking.

"It's okay if you don't want to. I don't have any bad interest in forcing a girl to do something she doesn't want to do." Li Shubai spread his hands, "Then let's do as you said, and proceed step by step to have a date like an ordinary couple."

After saying this, Li Shubai turned around without any hesitation.

...Well, it can't be said that he had no regrets at all. After all, he had to admit that the figure and appearance of the adult Ai Hyperion were quite to his taste.

Plus, she's an AI robot girl, and all these things combined are like dancing on his XP.

But just as Li Shubai said, he is not the kind of person who likes to force others. It would be better to say that in the three experiences so far, he was the one who was forced.

In short... although he felt a little bit regretful, and because he confirmed that the content displayed on the strategy panel might not be true, he became a little wary of Ai Yi again, but he finally gave up on forcing Ai Yi.

However, just as he took a step forward, a huge force from his arm suddenly grabbed his body that had just moved.

Ai Yi, who was holding Li Shubai, lowered her head, bit her lips and let out a soft breath.

"Really, Captain... a boy who casually plays with the heroine's feelings will end up in bed. You are too cunning." Using the force that held Li Shubai, Ai Yi forcibly pulled the captain, who had just turned around, back in front of her.

"Only... only this time." While whispering, Ai Yi stretched out her hands to both sides of Li Shubai's neck.

The slender arms as white as jade and the black and white puff sleeves hanging on the arms brushed against Li Shubai's neck along the edge of the T-shirt collar. The soft touch of the skin mixed with the silky fabric gently wrapped around Li Shubai's exposed neck and back.

Then, Ai Yi hugged Li Shubai's neck and gently raised her lips to him.

Above is the dark sky without any stars or moon, below is the brightly lit city that never sleeps, tall buildings that reach into the sky are neatly placed on the ground like huge lamps. Under the colorful neon lights, in the crowd that has finally seen the ending, a man and a woman are pressed against each other's chest, which is either majestic and soft, or hard and broad, in the misty drizzle.

This scene was not really beautiful, nor was it dreamy. For this skyless city that was completely covered by the sky, such a scene could even be said to be just an ordinary daily routine. But when Li Shubai widened his eyes, through the misty drizzle and the halo attached to his eyelashes, and saw Ai Yi's moist eyes reflecting him and this brightly lit city that never sleeps, another stronger desire and emotion suddenly rose up compared to the lust between men and women.

That feeling is called the responsibility to keep all these beautiful things by one's side.

On the other hand, after leisurely finishing their breakfast, the Valkyries of the Eigenworld finally started their first meeting on [How to deal with the captain being suddenly kidnapped by Ai Hyperion].

Chapter 4: Miss Rabbit was arrested by the Ninja on the spot (k)

Outside the neon sign with the colorful characters "Yujia Hotpot" flashing, there was a long line of diners waiting to be seated, and heavy metal rock music was playing on the speakers outside the door.

In the bustling hot pot restaurant, Li Shubai was eating hot pot while breathing out hot breath. The boiling simmered beef slices, bacon, tendons, potato slices, radish cubes and enoki mushrooms were stewed in the boiling hot pot. The dishes that had not yet been put into the pot filled the entire table. The red pot bottom was bubbling, and the bursting soup splashed out dots of red oil. The tempting meat aroma mixed with the aroma of chili peppers came with the rising white hot mist, making the people sitting by the pot salivate.

Although it is just a bubble of a world, it is also the Sky Dome City, this city that never sleeps and is full of cyberpunk atmosphere. Surprisingly, under its sci-fi and exaggerated appearance, it has quietly retained a lot of Shenzhou-style street scenes.

The drizzle outside the window had stopped half an hour ago. As the weather became clear again, the flow of people on the street became more and more crowded.

An hour ago, Ai Yi, who had hugged Li Shubai's neck and offered his lips to him, had indeed said to her captain, "Only this time." But just as Su, who bore the inscription of [Tian Hui], had firmly believed, "It will happen again after it has happened." In short, although Li Shubai did not force Ai Yi to kiss him again, not letting Ai Yi kiss him did not mean that he could not kiss Ai Yi.

After all, he has eaten meat three times. Since he has made up his mind to preserve all the beauty of himself, as the captain, he certainly cannot simply let his Valkyrie go.

Let him be a scumbag, it’s not the first time anyway. The worst that can happen is that when I go back to face Yulandel and the others, I won’t fight back or retaliate.

So, although it was Ai who initiated the date at the beginning, when the two of them really started to practice, our Hyperion shipborne AI, the mature, steady and elegant administrator, was easily defeated by the captain who had already stripped her underwear clean.

After all, facing an intelligent robot girl with an extremely high favorability level who was completely unable to resist him in a subjective sense, Li Shubai simply could not resist the urge to attack.

What's more, this guy has been acting as if he has everything under control since he appeared on the scene. Well... how should I put it, after knowing that Ai's affection for him is off the charts, the attitude that originally made him feel a little uncomfortable, suddenly became a flirtation that made his ○ even more excited.

Peeling off her elegant and mature appearance bit by bit, this experience, which he had experienced once on Xilin and Lost Rosemary, gave Li Shubai an extremely strange sense of pleasure and desire for sadomasochism.

If this strange feeling of pleasure and sadism were to be turned into actual action, the specific words would be as follows—

"Since this is a date, from a certain perspective, we should be considered to have an official relationship between man and woman. Then, can you let me hug Ai Yi?" Li Shubai, who was holding Ai Yi's hand and strolling around the store leisurely, suddenly made such a proposal, and then gave a reason that was so fake that even he didn't believe it, "We have been dating for a while, and letting me hug you now should be enough of a gradual process."

"Huh?!" Ai Yi, who was startled by Li Shubai's sudden attack, almost jumped up, then coughed and snorted, forcing herself to respond in a calm and mature tone as possible, "Talk about it, that's true... Please go ahead."

"..."

"..."

"Um, um, Captain? What's wrong with you?"

"No, I'm just thinking, now that we've taken this stance, what should we do next?" Hugging Ai Yi's warm and soft body from behind, Li Shubai whispered in the administrator's ear in a serious tone.

"After that? What's next?!" Feeling the hot wind blowing in her ears and the warm touch around her waist and back, Ai Yi felt that she was about to fall into the restart state for the second time.

"I haven't thought it through yet." Li Shubai smiled. Facing Ai Yi, who was already shaking to the point where steam was coming out of her head, he showed no mercy at all. "But, this really surprises me, Ai Yi. You are obviously an artificial intelligence life form, but your body feels as soft as a real person."

"… This kind of thing is not at all surprising! As a life form born in a time crystal, Ai's body is of course the best!"

"Really?" With a strange smile on his lips, Li Shubai suddenly exerted some strength on his hands and hugged the administrator's waist more tightly. Then he put his nose close to Ai Yi's exposed white back, sniffed lightly and murmured in a low voice: "But why is your body so fragrant while being as soft as a real person? As an artificial intelligence, you don't need to take a bath, right?"

"Smell good?!" Ai almost jumped up, her brain becoming increasingly dizzy due to the overloaded thinking center. It wouldn't be surprising if she fainted and restarted in the next second: "Captain, where are you smelling?!"

"I was just talking about hair. What brand of shampoo do you use, Aiyi?" Li Shubai picked up Aiyi's long braid, and the long hair flowed between his five fingers. "It feels so smooth and flowing, without a single split end."

"Wait, wait a minute, Captain, you're making me so itchy, please stop!" Ai Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling an indescribable sense of powerlessness all over her body. She didn't know whether she should relax or feel disappointed. "So you were just talking about hair? You're as childish as a child, and it doesn't fit the identity of the Captain at all..."

"Oh? I can't pretend I didn't hear that." Li Shubai stopped moving his hands, raised his eyebrows, and said with interest, "Ai Yi thinks that what kind of actions should I take to be considered a qualified captain?"

"..."

"Oh, your face is red? Can artificial intelligence also have a fever?"

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—?!”

It's no wonder that Ai Yi was shaken like this in an instant, because after saying this, Li Shubai gently lifted Ai Yi's bangs and pressed his forehead against the administrator's forehead without leaving a trace of gap.

At a distance that was almost the same as kissing, Ai showed an expression as if she was about to faint, and chaotic data flowed in her pupils.

But, miraculously, Ai Yi, who should have died immediately as she looked at Li Shubai's smiling face so close to her, managed to hold on to the overheated temperature before she was about to lose consciousness.

However, this is already Ai Yi's limit.

The next second——

goo goo-

The administrator, who had completely exhausted all her energy, made a noise that completely destroyed the pink atmosphere, and it was no exaggeration to call it a loud noise.

Hearing that voice, Li Shubai's expression froze.

Ai's expression also froze.

"...Uh." Even though Li Shubai was in an offensive state, he couldn't just watch his Valkyrie being troubled by hunger, so he silently separated his forehead from Ai Yi's forehead and looked around as if nothing had happened, trying to find a store nearby where they could enjoy dinner. "It's almost time to eat... Speaking of which, I don't think I have eaten anything since I started time traveling, and I do feel a little hungry."

Ai Yi's face was ashen and her eyes were dead.

For the first time, she felt deep regret for the fact that she had shaped her body to be so similar to that of a human.

Just like that, time goes back to the present.

In the most famous hot pot restaurant in Tianqiong City, neither Ai Yi nor Li Shubai took the initiative to mention what happened not long ago.

Even though the feeling was not obvious at first, when Li Shubai's butt touched the chair beside the dining table and he smelled the extremely rich smell of spices, an indescribable feeling of hunger suddenly surged up uncontrollably.

Although that was just an excuse Li Shubai made up when he was in a good mood to take care of the administrator, it is indeed an indisputable fact that [he has not eaten much since he started time traveling].

No, if I must say, it was because the version update was too sudden. Not only after the time travel, but if you count the time before the time travel, he didn't even touch his breakfast that day.

If Li Shubai knew that while he was having dinner, Kiana and the others in the regular time had just finished breakfast, he would probably sigh from the bottom of his heart about the impermanence of life.

Of course, no matter what, when the waiter brought their dishes, whether because of hunger or because they felt ashamed of their incompetent performance not long ago, Ai Yi and Li Shubai both started eating in silence. The two pairs of chopsticks rose and fell in the clear or red soup pot in front of them at a very fast speed, creating a scene of sweeping away everything in their path.

Directly opposite Yujia Hotpot is the most prosperous high-rise nightclub in the entire business district. On the roof of this high-rise building covered with neon lights, a black shadow stepped on the colorful neon lights. The cold sight covered by the futuristic tactical goggles passed through the outer window of the hotpot restaurant, silently watching the administrator lady and the captain who were completely unaware of other people's gazes.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the ground behind the black shadow, like someone struggling desperately after being tied up. Then, a voice with a hint of milk and full of extreme dissatisfaction suddenly sounded: "Ninja, it's fine if you don't want to go find that guy! But why did you tie me up too!?"

"I can't let you hinder them." The black shadow called ninja said coldly.

"Huh? When did I say I was going to stop them?!" The figure tied up like a caterpillar by several glowing silk threads continued to twist its body, and the sound of clothes rubbing against the ground was heard softly. "You don't think that a captain and a ship-borne AI can really sleep with each other! Look, they don't talk at all when they eat! I happen to be hungry too, what's wrong with me wanting to join them?"

"You came to this conclusion only because you are not like me." The ninja said in a cold voice without any fluctuations, "You did not follow them all the time like I did, hacker."

"Heh, ninja, you underestimate the intelligence acquisition ability of hackers." When the figure realized that the silk thread binding her was too tough to break free by brute force, she raised her upper body with great effort. While pretending to provoke the ninja, she also quietly projected a knife behind her and in the blind spot of the ninja's vision with her incomplete structural power. "Isn't it the scene where the artificial intelligence lady was killed by the captain? Long before you caught her, I had already captured the real-time picture of the two of them through the nearby surveillance cameras."

Suddenly, a sharp knife light flashed mercilessly.

It was not the one projected by the hacker, but the one located on the outside of the ninja's thigh, close to the mesh fiber similar to a breathing light, and the scabbard with a strong mecha style emitted a brilliant sword light.

Under the brilliant knife light, the half-built knife instantly broke into pieces.

"...Tsk." The black shadow that was tied up like a caterpillar - our Miss Scary Rabbit Brownie couldn't help but make an extremely unhappy sound.

Ever since she became a hacker, she has been active in various underground organizations in Sky City, and even made a fool of the largest local group, Shencheng Technology. It can be said that she has not encountered any setbacks since her debut, but she suffered several setbacks at the hands of this stubborn ninja.

Although there was also the objective factor that the other party joined the trans-dimensional ship much earlier than himself, Brownie always felt that this ninja in a cool mecha was not compatible with him.

To be honest, Brownie was indeed not going to get involved in Li Shubai's complicated relationship between men and women. In the eyes of this hacker who was restless by nature, wouldn't it be much more interesting to take the captain on an adventure in this vast world compared to boring relationship between men and women?

It was also for this reason that, even though he did not accept the captain's instructions like the ninjas and the administrator, nor could he leave his own world like Prime Minister Rita and the forest elves because of the responsibilities he had to bear, Brownie did not stay on the Hyperion after registering as a crew member. Instead, after obtaining the minimum security guarantee, he chose to go alone to explore this deep and unknown quantum sea.

Chapter 4 The Captain is on a Date (k)

Hearing the click of a tongue from behind, the ninja turned around, glanced calmly at Brownie who seemed to have given up struggling, then quickly looked away, conscientiously watching any movement around the hot pot restaurant.

The cold ninja lady didn't completely believe Brownie's words, although with Brownie's knowledge of the Sky City network system, it would be easy for him to hack into the surveillance cameras on the street. But before that, if the ninja hadn't noticed that Brownie was about to run into the hot pot restaurant, she wouldn't have subdued this meat-loving rabbit on the spot without saying a word.

In her original world bubble, Miss Ninja was a member of the secret force [Anbu] directly under the World Destiny Bishop. As an assassin who had been wandering in the gray area for many years and had handled countless dirty jobs, Miss Ninja had maintained a clear mind and self with her own strong strength. However, when it came to looking at matters between men and women, she was still much more perceptive than Brownie, who had actively stayed away from matters between men and women.

The most obvious point is that the ninja lady easily noticed something that even Brownie himself did not realize.

If Brownie really just wanted him to be her good brother, why would she want to force herself on Li Shubai when he was dating the administrator?

If an ordinary person sees that his good friend has signs of finding a girlfriend, he will of course choose to stay away from them temporarily. It is a normal choice not to be a light bulb but to silently cheer for his brother.

Even if you gossip with your good brothers afterwards, that is something you will do after everything is over.

If they fail, comfort them; if they succeed, celebrate - but no matter which side you are on, unless the good brother is really treated in a way that even you, as a close friend, cannot bear to see, at least when the man and woman are alone together, ordinary close friends will not make a choice similar to Brownie.

If that close friend took a move similar to Brownie's, it would only mean one thing -

——The so-called best friend had evil intentions towards his good brother from the very beginning.

What Miss Ninja didn't know was that compared to her, Lost Rosemary's attitude towards Brownie was even more extreme.

She simply doesn't believe that there can be pure friendship between men and women.

Rather, in Lost Rosemary's opinion, so-called friendship may even be more dangerous than simple love.

At least, Brownie's idea of ​​[wanting to become brothers with the captain who can trust each other's backs when they go on adventures] is much more dangerous than simply becoming lovers who live together, rely on each other, and love each other.

It’s a very simple logical inference - if you can even entrust your life to the other person without any worries, then when both of you are single and the other person suddenly proposes [Why don’t we just get along together], will you agree?

If it is between the same sex, under the influence of common sense and world views, most people can make up their minds to refuse, even for the sake of their best friend's concept of men and women, and will try every means to correct his or her concept of love.

But what if it’s the opposite sex?

Facing a close friend who has such tacit understanding that you can understand each other's intentions with just a glance, who can trust each other's backs in times of danger, and who can even die for each other without hesitation in extreme situations where you can't resist, such a person asks you whether you want to try to live together -

Don't joke, even among the same sex there are a few people who cannot refuse such a proposal. If it really comes to that, Lost Rosemary dares to pat his majestic chest and guarantee that neither Brownie nor Li Shubai will absolutely refuse each other.

In the dimly lit Raven's bar, after listening to the persuasive analysis of Lost Rosemary, our Queen - Miss Celine's face suddenly became as ugly as if she had eaten a rat.

"Then why did you let her go like this? Are you kidding me?!" She glared at Lost Rosemary's calm and confident expression with gnashing teeth, and the space around her body became unstable again.

"Please be patient, Miss Xilin." Lost Rose said with a smile, "Since Rita dared to let the hacker act freely, she must have made preparations in advance to prevent her from getting close to the captain."

Prime Minister Rita and General Youlan looked at each other, and after thinking for a moment, these two famous ministers from the Huang Empire showed understanding at the same time.

"Did you arrange the ninja who defeated Miss Brownie once to be by the captain's side?" Prime Minister Rita said softly, "I saw in the navigation log that when the captain first arrived at this bubble, the ninja lady named Yae Kasumi seemed to have had some minor friction with Miss Brownie. And from the log of that operation, whether from the perspective of personality or combat style, Ms. Yae Kasumi seemed to be a type that Miss Brownie found quite difficult to deal with."