Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

Eta herself still had no reaction. She lay in Chu Xiao's arms, without any emotional ups and downs. She just raised her head a little confusedly and looked at the man who was hugging her tightly.

"Eta, it seems that you have a master who cherishes you." Sophia looked at the android maid in Chu Xiao's arms without changing her expression. "As a tool, you are pretty lucky."

Seeing that Sophia had no intention of attacking again, Chu Xiao let go of Eta and prepared to listen to how Sophia would explain her previous actions.

"Yes, the master treats me very well." Eta replied with his head bowed.

"But you didn't do well. Very badly." Sophia folded her hands, her posture relaxed and graceful. Although her tone was gentle, the pressure was very strong. "Now tell me, who is your master?"

The maid replied, "Master Chu Xiao."

"As a tool, you should be thankful that Sir gave you to a kind master. You are much luckier than your sisters." Sophia said, "I just checked the situation in this room. At least you did a good job in tidying it up. There is nothing missing, but you made a big mistake."

"Etta did a great job. I am very satisfied with her service these two days." Chu Xiao immediately spoke up to defend his maid.

"Mr. Chu has just become a noble, so he has not yet formed such awareness, but this cannot be a reason for you to avoid punishment," Sophia ignored Chu Xiao, "Answer me, whose territory is this room now?"

"It belongs to my master."

"Then as your master's maid, why did you fail to guard the territory for your master and let others enter without permission?" Head Maid Sophia scolded.

Aita was silent for a moment, then lowered her head: "This is my fault."

"Since you made a mistake, should you be punished?"

"should."

"Well, then you can go to the recycling station and accept the destruction yourself." The head maid said coldly, then looked at Chu Xiao and changed her tone to polite, "Please rest assured, Mr. Chu, Mr. Sir will give you a better tool again."

Only then did Chu Xiao understand that the reason Sofia punished and scolded Aita was because Aita failed to stop others from entering the room to retrieve the eavesdropping device.

In Chu Xiao's opinion, this was simply unreasonable! Those two people were clearly the head maid's own confidants. How could Etta disobey them on this ship with strict hierarchy? And according to what Ms. Sophia meant, Etta should even risk her life to stop those two people from entering this room?

What's more, this is his territory? Don't be ridiculous! Everyone knows that every inch of this ship belongs to that knight!

Chu Xiao took a deep breath and pulled Etta behind him to protect her tightly: "Please wait a moment, head maid. Etta is doing a good job and does not need to be replaced."

"How can this be possible?" Sophia said with a smile, "Mr. Chu will soon be one of our own, and we will all work together for Mr. Sir in the future. Since he is an outstanding talent valued by the master, how can we continue to use such a defective product?"

Chu Xiao didn't know if this was a play they were acting out, but no matter what, Chu Xiao's mood became extremely bad, because when things got to this point, Chu Xiao probably realized that this Lady Sophia was not deliberately looking for an excuse to punish Etta, but rather was trying to intimidate Chu Xiao!

The implicit meaning of his words is probably to warn people like him who are "wild", so that as an outsider, he will understand that he must be loyal to the "new master", otherwise the end result will be "destruction"!

"**!" Chu Xiao cursed in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face. There was no need to tear each other apart now.

"Madam Sophia," Chu Xiao forced a smile, "Aita did make a mistake, but since she has been given to me as my personal maid, the power to punish her should be in my hands."

"Oh, this is really..." Maid Sophia covered her mouth, "I am so rude to ignore such a basic problem. It is indeed as you said, I am overstepping my authority."

"Although Etta did make mistakes, I am very satisfied with her after spending the past two days with her, so there is no need to destroy her for the time being. Please rest assured that I will punish her severely."

"Of course it's your freedom." Head maid Sophia said without looking at Etta again.

She brushed the matter aside lightly, as if the accusation had never happened.

Chapter 57 Confusion

At this moment, there was another knock on the door.

For a moment, head maid Sophia's face showed an expression of extreme disgust. Even without opening the door, she seemed to have guessed who was outside the door.

"Okay, I'll stop here for now." The head maid smiled. "After all, my presence here will probably affect the young lady's mood for making friends."

The atmosphere in the room had been messed up by this maid, and everyone was hoping that she would leave as soon as possible.

"Oh, by the way, there is one thing I almost forgot to remind you." Maid Sophia walked slowly to Chu Xiao and said in a voice close to a whisper, "You seem to be very close to that woman Shikoti, but I must remind you that she is a very dangerous woman. If you get too close, be careful of being bitten by a poisonous snake."

Without Sophia's reminder, Chu Xiao also knew that Shi Koti was a dangerous woman. However, after hearing Sophia's warning, Chu Xiao wanted to ask: Since you dislike her so much, why do you still let Shi Koti be your Miss Anna's follower? Aren't you afraid that the poisonous snake in your mouth will bite your Miss?

He didn't ask this question in the end, and after Sophia reminded him of this, she turned around and walked towards the door.

The door opened, and the head maid and the mixed-blood beauty standing outside the door exchanged a glance. Sophia walked past Shikoti with a blank expression. Shikoti raised the corner of her mouth, walked into the room, looked at the people in the room, and said, "It seems that you have been tormented by that old woman. Have you experienced her power?"

Shi Kodi walked forward leisurely and sat directly on the sofa, crossing her legs elegantly, totally ignoring the fact that Ruan Mengmeng beside her was looking like a cat whose territory had been invaded, with a furious expression on her face.

"Where have you been?" Anna angrily asked, "You made me..."

"Fell into the hands of that old woman?" Shikoti shrugged and said indifferently, "Miss, you are the one who is under house arrest, not me. While you are working hard to improve yourself, I should also have some private space, right? Besides, haven't I rescued you from the sea of ​​suffering in time?"

Shikoti's words made Anna so angry that she was speechless. Anna didn't like either Shikoti or Sophia, but in comparison, Shikoti was slightly better.

"Master, I will prepare tea and snacks for the guests." Etta nodded slightly to Chu Xiao, then turned and walked towards the kitchen. Everything that happened around her just now seemed to have no effect on her at all. The maid's smile was still as beautiful as ever.

Miss Anna couldn't stand it any more. She probably wanted to vent her dissatisfaction with Sofia, so she shouted at Etta: "You were almost destroyed by Sofia just now! Chu Xiao defended you so much, didn't you react at all?"

Anna only recently learned about the existence of androids. After all, Sir Lobelin had always kept his "career" a secret from his daughter. However, in Anna's eyes, these androids can talk, have body temperature, and heartbeats, just like living people. Therefore, she cannot regard them as tools like her elders did.

Hearing Anna's words, Etta replied calmly: "Yes, I am very grateful to the master for protecting me. As for the mistakes I made, I will take the initiative to ask the master to punish me after the guests leave."

Anna felt more and more uncomfortable with the maid's calm mask-like face. Her tone was as if she didn't care how she would be treated. No, it should be said that there was almost no sense of "self" in her words.

This reaction made Anna very unhappy. She was about to speak again but was stopped by Chu Xiao.

"Etta, go ahead." Chu Xiao didn't say much. Sophia's warning made him feel very bad. He didn't know whether Sophia's visit was on behalf of Sir Lobelin or just for herself, but no matter who she represented, it meant that a corner of the power on the ship had begun to notice him.

However, Chu Xiao also knew his own trump card. The reason why the cult was so confident in him was because they believed they had a grasp on Chu Xiao's lifeline, and that if he did not rely on the inhibitors provided by the cult, he would soon lose control due to excessive enhancement. However, because of the existence of his sister, this threat did not actually exist for Chu Xiao.

In fact, from an objective point of view, his current situation is actually quite good. To some extent, he has gained the "trust" of his enemies. For Chu Xiao, too many things have happened in the past half day. He needs to have a good talk with his temporary "partner" to determine what to do next.

He had an indescribable feeling that something was brewing on the ship, and it was something far more terrible than anything he had encountered before.

"Mengmeng." Chu Xiao winked at his girl, "Take Anna to the room and have a chat first. You girls usually have some private topics you want to talk about."

Ruan Mengmeng was not stupid and she immediately understood what Chu Xiao meant. Anna was actually not as innocent as she appeared to be. She understood that Chu Xiao and Shi Kodi had something to talk about, so she cooperated with Ruan Mengmeng and followed him into the room.

"Mengmeng, there happen to be some clothes that I haven't tried on last time, and I have a new matching plan in my mind!" Anna took the lead and went into the cloakroom inside the bedroom.

Before closing the door, Ruan Mengmeng looked back at the two people who stayed in the living room and added with concern: "Brother Xiao, if anything happens, just call me loudly and I will rush out immediately!"

After saying that, she waved her fist at Shikoti unceremoniously: "I still remember what I did to you last time! I may not lose to you if we fight again."

The bedroom door was closed, and only Chu Xiao and Shi Koudi were left in the living room.

Shikoti leaned on the sofa, supporting her cheek with one hand, her posture was elegant and lazy, and there was also a dangerous temptation: "You can tell me anything. Now you don't have to worry about being monitored. How does it feel to be 'trusted' by others?"

"You really already know it." Chu Xiao sat opposite Shi Koti and stared into the woman's eyes. "So... besides me, do you have other collaborators?"

……

In the kitchen, Etta, who was supposed to be preparing tea, was not as busy as everyone imagined.

The beautiful maid stood in front of the table. The steam rising from the hot water in front of her gradually blurred her face. She did nothing, still expressionless as usual, but with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

She looked at her hand. It was this hand that her master had grabbed and pulled her behind him.

"Owner……"

The maid slowly placed her hand on her chest, as if feeling her own heartbeat, and tilted her head slightly, dazed and confused.

"What is this feeling?"

At this moment, she seemed to have a little more vitality.

The maid raised her head, as if she heard some voice, looked blankly into the void, and asked softly: "Who are you?"

Chapter 58 Purpose

"What is in the bottom cabin?" Chu Xiao stared into Shi Koti's eyes and asked, "You were lying to me before. You have never been to the restricted area at the bottom."

"Ah, I almost forgot that you've read Anna's diary." Shikoti took off her leather boots in front of Chu Xiao, and put her feet in white socks on the sofa. She was half lying on the sofa without any defense, and her posture was lazy and casual. She was still wearing the bodyguard uniform that didn't understand the style, and only when she took off her shoes did she reveal a touch of her heart-warming white skin.

Chu Xiao tried hard not to let his gaze waver, but he couldn't help imagining that this woman would look amazing in black with high heels.

"But I didn't lie to you. You just misunderstood me." Shikoti smiled calmly, as if he was not the one who deliberately misunderstood Chu Xiao. "Although I have the same B-level authority as you, I have one more identity than you, that is, the 'warrior' of the cult. Of course, if you use a more standard name, you should call me a 'servant of God'. So, I did go deep into the lowest level...factory."

This was the first time Chu Xiao had heard of the term "Servant of God". If understood literally, it should be the person who serves God.

Chu Xiao sneered at this title. Is there really a god for you to worship and serve?

"What factory?" Chu Xiao did not ask the meaning of this title. He did not care.

"Of course it's the factory where your lovely and obedient maid was born." Shikoti said, "The artificial human factory. But unfortunately, I only visited the outer area of ​​the factory. As for the truly important existence hidden deep inside the factory, I don't know it yet."

To be honest, the technology of artificial humans has completely exceeded Chu Xiao's imagination and is full of science fiction. At the same time, he also realized that the factory that creates artificial humans must be the most important part of this ship.

For the first time, Shikoti also told Chu Xiao the purpose of her request for cooperation: to sneak into the depths of the artificial human factory and determine what is there.

"That head maid Sophia doesn't seem to like you." Chu Xiao asked, "It seems that even though you are 'one of them', those people don't trust you."

"One of our own?" Shikoti sneered, and changed to a more comfortable position on the sofa, lazy and sentimental, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. I must tell you one thing, you still lack a certain understanding of the scale of the cult. Although I am also a member of the cult, I am under the jurisdiction of another bishop."

According to Shikoti's explanation, the reason why she appeared on this ship was because the blood samples obtained from the hospital were sent to the nearest cult base at that time, Sir Lobelin's ship, through the internal channels of the cult. Shikoti was sent here because she was the only person who had contact with the original owner of the two blood samples, so she was arranged here to help find the owner of the blood samples. Of course, this was the reason given on the surface. At least in name, Shikoti actually represented the cooperation between two different factions within the cult.

"In fact, the day after you left the hospital, our people sent armed forces to recover the important sample." Shi Koti looked at Chu Xiao, and the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to hide other meanings. "However, when they arrived, the safe zone of the hospital had completely fallen, and there were zombies everywhere. I don't know where the precious sample has gone."

Shi Koti took the initiative to bring up this topic, which made Chu Xiao feel a little nervous. But he was also somewhat fortunate. If the tragedy of corpse transformation had not happened that night, they would have fallen into the hands of the cult a long time ago. To some extent, the tragedy that night could be regarded as saving their lives.

The mixed-blood beauty saw Chu Xiao's worry and said, "Don't worry. The reason I dare to tell you these things now is naturally because I am sure that the surveillance on you has been completely lifted."

"Are you so sure? They even reported the wrong number of eavesdropping devices..."

"Of course I am sure, because I know Lobelin too well. Since he has ordered the lifting of surveillance on you, he will definitely not continue it because of his pride. Besides, with the current state of the security department, they probably don't have the time to continue paying attention to a small figure like you." Shikoti said, "If you are still worried, you can also trust my professional judgment. This room is indeed safe."

The communication with Shikoti was smooth and of course pleasing to the eyes. But Chu Xiao was not in the mood to appreciate the woman's slender figure for the time being, because he knew very well that Shikoti was a venomous snake, but unlike others, she was really holding his fatal point in her hand.

"I don't understand why that knight would trust you so much? Obviously he... no, obviously there is someone on this ship who would like you..."

Sir Lobelin didn't like Shikoti, which Chu Xiao also saw in Anna's diary. Chu Xiao felt that Anna, as a daughter, should not make a wrong judgment on such matters.

"Sir Lobelin has two weaknesses. No, rather than weaknesses, they are points that can be exploited." For a moment, a clear mockery emerged in Shikoti's eyes. Chu Xiao was sure that he was not wrong. "One of them is his pride, and the other is..."

Shikoti did not say anything about Jazz’s other weakness, but Chu Xiao could feel that Jazz’s second weakness made Shikoti very...unhappy?

"Could it be you?" Chu Xiao was a little uncertain, but the woman in front of him was indeed stunningly beautiful, so some things were not unimaginable.

"Of course not! Your eyes reveal your dirty thoughts. You are indeed a man who thinks with his lower body." Shikoti snorted through her nose, then kicked Chu Xiao with the foot that had taken off her boots.

There was no flirtatious element in this kick. It was clearly a beautiful foot that was so slender and delicate that one could not help but play with it, but the kick made Chu Xiao gasp.

"Sir Lobelin is a passionate man. According to common standards, he is a rare good man. He deeply loves his wife, Anna's deceased mother. Beauty means nothing to him. Otherwise, with his status and position, what kind of woman do you think he can't get?"

At this time, Etta came out of the kitchen with tea.

The maid looked respectful, and the snacks she served were as exquisite as ever. Although it seemed to take a little longer, Chu Xiao didn't care much.

"Aita," Chu Xiao ordered Aita because the conversation with Shi Koti was not over yet, "You should also go to the room and look after Meng Meng and the others."

"Yes, master." Etta walked obediently towards the bedroom. The moment she opened the door, the girls' sweet and charming laughter rang out.

After Etta left, Shikoti spoke up, "Well, you've asked me so many questions, now it's my turn to ask you. After all, we are old friends reuniting, so let's talk about some interesting topics."

The woman took a sip of the tea that Etta had prepared and said, "An Suxin should still be alive, right?"

Chu Xiao was a little surprised. He thought that Shi Kodi would care most about information related to her sister Chu Yan, but he didn't expect that the first thing she asked was her own secretary.

Chapter 59: Life Story

The Nibelung was like a city that never sleeps on the sea. The dazzling light made the ship look like a huge burning firewood on the sea, and there was no telling when it would burn out.

The middle-aged Sir sat at his desk, carefully wiping a photo frame. The photo frame showed Mr. Lobeling's family. Mr. Lobeling in his youth had a bright smile, and next to him was his long-deceased wife. Anna, who was still a child at the time, was held in his wife's arms. In addition to the family of three, the young head maid was also in the photo.

"Master." Head maid Sophia pushed the door open and walked in.

"Sophia, was Anna obedient today?" Mr. Jazz placed the photo frame on the corner of the desk, raised his head, and looked at his head maid gently.

"The young lady did complete today's task, but the quality was less than satisfactory." Ms. Sophia truthfully reported Anna's poor performance.

However, Sir Lobelin laughed when he heard it. He did not show any dissatisfaction with his daughter's rebellion, but laughed happily.

"That girl's personality is so similar to her mother's when she was young." Sir showed a nostalgic look, "Do you still remember when Chloe hid the piano teacher's wig? That time you wanted to take the initiative to help her, but she turned around and sold me out."