Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

"If I use the capabilities of the 'notebook', can I upgrade it to a robot assistant?"

With this thought in mind, Shen Qiyin slowly placed her hand on it——

[Do you want to spend 5 Desire Stones to upgrade the "Smart Sweeping Robot" to a "Smart Housekeeping Robot"?]

Great, it works!

Shen Qiyin's face lit up with joy, but soon became disappointed again.

This robot actually costs 5 Desire Stones all at once...

Do you want to upgrade?

At present, all conditions are very severe. If Shen Qiyin wants to reverse the desperate situation, the only thing she can rely on is the Desire Stone in her hand.

This spending may not be as high a priority as other items...

After much deliberation, Shen Qiyin finally put her finger back on the sweeping robot:

【Yes! 】

As the words [Desire Stone-5] popped out, warm light enveloped the sweeping robot.

The next second, the originally plain sweeping robot suddenly turned into a semi-human household robot more than one meter tall with mechanical arms and tracks.

Its body is an oval cylinder shaped like a trash can, and its head is a searchlight-like sphere equipped with a display screen.

At this moment, the upgraded display screen of the household robot was showing two big cartoon-style eyes, blinking and "looking" at Shen Qinyin with childlike curiosity.

"Hello, I am a housework robot. Please give me a name~"

The AI-synthesized childish voice came from the speaker. Shen Qiyin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and fell into thought:

"Well, the name. Seeing that you have been working in my house for a long time, you are fast and practical..."

"I'll just call you 'Xiao Xiang'."

"Got it! Xiaoxiang, the housework robot, is at your service."

"Xiang, move."

"Ok."

Xiaoxiang mechanically turned the tracks and circled around Shen Qinyin.

Looking at the honest and cute smart housework robot in front of her, Shen Qinyin couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

Although it's just a robot, I feel less lonely with it around.

Shen Qiyin couldn't guarantee that spending 5 desire stones to upgrade the robot was the wisest decision, but she knew clearly that many things could not be accomplished by herself alone.

With this body, it is so difficult for her to just go up and down the stairs or carry something. If she encounters a more strenuous or maneuverable job, she will not be able to handle it at all.

It's not that she doesn't want to be independent and self-reliant, but asking a normal person to suddenly adapt to the life of a disabled person is itself very difficult.

It was not easy for her to move from bed to wheelchair on her own without help from others.

In order to verify the feasibility of Xiaoxiang going out to collect food, Shen Qiyin decided to give it some simple instructions first.

She looked around the hall. Some broken body parts were scattered everywhere, and the place was in a mess. She couldn't clean it up by herself.

After a brief thought, she turned to the robot Xiaoxiang and said, "Well, I'll give you my first order now. Please help clean up the second floor and lobby of the villa, okay?"

"Got it, start cleaning now!"

The cartoon eyes on the screen of the robot Xiaoxiang made a wink animation, and then he really started to clean the room.

Although its movements were very awkward and stiff, it was really doing its best to complete Shen Qinyin's instructions.

"Artificial intelligence... Will the intelligent robots that emerge from the 'Notebook' be even smarter than the robots currently being developed by humans? I'm really looking forward to it."

"By the way, can I ask Xiaoxiang to go to the basement to collect supplies?"

"That 'lurker' down there can launch mental attacks on humans, but Xiaoxiang is a robot, and doesn't have any so-called 'mental consciousness'. Perhaps he's immune to its attacks?"

"Well, it's hard to say. Even if the mental attack doesn't work, that thing can still be used physically. If Xiaoxiang is destroyed, I won't be able to recover it by myself..."

Shen Qinyin shook her head and temporarily gave up this plan.

It’s better not to rush things, take it slow, I hope Xiaoxiang can give himself a surprise.

Chapter 12 Upgrading Home, Artificially Retarded Xiaoxiang

After a while, Xiaoxiang finally cleaned up the messy villa.

Although the interior still looked messy before the damaged furniture and peeling walls were repaired, it was at least much better than the original post-war ruins.

The order to clean up the villa proved that Xiaoxiang had extremely strong working ability. Shen Qiyin decided to formally start verifying the feasibility of it leaving the villa to collect supplies outside.

She reached out and touched Xiaoxiang's round head, praising him: "You did a great job, thank you, Xiaoxiang."

Xiaoxiang's screen displayed a "> v <" expression using pixel symbols, and he seemed to enjoy Shen Qinyin's praise very much.

Hmm, feels a bit like raising a pet?

"Xiao Xiang, I need you to help me collect supplies, mainly food. If you encounter any props that can be used for doomsday survival, you can also bring them back.

The collection area is within the villa complex within a 500-meter radius of our home. As for the time limit... regardless of whether or not you have collected any supplies, you must return within an hour."

"I'm sorry, I can't carry out your instructions. Entering someone's private residence without permission and privately occupying, robbing or stealing other people's property will violate relevant laws and regulations.

The Yunlan Municipal Propaganda Committee reminds you: There are thousands of laws and regulations, but abiding by them is the most important; if you do not behave in a proper manner, your loved ones will shed tears.

"..."

Shen Qiyin originally thought Xiaoxiang would reply "received" or "I don't understand what you mean", but she didn't expect that Xiaoxiang would actually say "obey the law".

It's abstract yet reasonable at the same time.

There was no other way, so Shen Qiyin had to spend some extra time to explain to Xiaoxiang that the outside world was now in the "end of the world".

"I see."

As an advanced AI, Xiaoxiang possesses a strong learning ability. After realizing that the "laws" of peacetime no longer apply to the outside world, it immediately changed its behavior:

"I will collect the necessary supplies for your survival. Range of action: 500 meters. Time limit: one hour."

After saying that, Xiaoxiang took the backpack prepared by Shen Qinyin, and with the tracks buzzing across the floor, he left home.

Unfortunately, there was no internet, so Shen Qiyin couldn't connect to Xiaoxiang in real time through her mobile phone or other devices to check his work progress.

However, considering that the broadcast signal can still be received, this at least shows that Yunlan City’s wireless broadcasting agency is still operating normally.

If Xiaoxiang's laptop could be upgraded with a radio signal transmission function, perhaps it would be possible to synchronize the images observed by Xiaoxiang with his mobile phone in real time.

After handing over the task of collecting supplies to Xiaoxiang, Shen Qinyin returned to the bedroom and began to work on the next plan.

Now, there are only 8 usable desire stones left.

Shen Qinyin looked around the villa hall, a thoughtful look on her face.

If you want to stay in the villa until you save enough money to leave and go to the outside world, then improving the security of the villa is also essential.

If you want to turn the villa into a steel fortress, it should cost a lot of desire stones, right?

Currently, the only known way to obtain the Desire Stone is through the "Fear Core Fragments" dropped after the "Entity" is dispelled.

Where to find the "entities" and how to dispel them became new problems.

The nearest "entity" is in the basement of her own villa. Shen Qinyin has a hunch that if she can dispel it, she will definitely be able to obtain a large amount of desire stones.

Unfortunately, I don't have the capital to drive him away at the moment.

The Exorcist Holy Lance can only be used to kill strange beasts, but dead strange beasts will not drop "Fear Core Fragments".

It would be nice if there were some low-level "entity" that could be destroyed with the "Exorcist Holy Lance".

Well, let’s not think about those things that are too far away for now. The most important thing now is to strengthen the defense of the villa. I don’t want strange beasts to break in every night.

Shen Qiyin maneuvered the wheelchair to the window and pressed her fingers on the floor-to-ceiling window.

Soon, words appeared in the notebook in my mind:

[Would you like to spend "1 Desire Stone" to upgrade "Ordinary Tempered Glass" to "Reinforced Laminated Tempered Glass"?]

Only 1 Desire Stone? This should only upgrade the glass in front, right?

If I want to upgrade all the glass in the villa, how much will it cost?

As this doubt popped up in Shen Qiyin's mind, the text in the notebook immediately changed:

[Would you like to spend 20 Desire Stones to upgrade all the "normal tempered glass" in the villa to "reinforced laminated tempered glass"?]

"..."

excuse me.

Shen Qiyin sighed and decided to settle for the second best and reinforce the windows one by one. She would first upgrade the most important windows on the first floor of the villa, and then consider other floors.

The upgrade scope was reduced, and the price of the laptop was reduced from 20 Desire Stones to 5 Desire Stones.

After getting Shen Qinyin's consent, all the glass on the first floor began to shine brightly and was upgraded to harder tempered glass.

By the way, this upgrade does not require me to touch the glass one by one.

This is reasonable, after all, the windows, floor-to-ceiling windows, etc. of the villa are integrated with the villa.

It seems that as long as the item you want to upgrade and the place you touch are a whole, you can let the notebook perform the "unified upgrade" function.

Soon, an hour passed.

Xiaoxiang, who was sent by Shen Qinyin, appeared in her sight on time.

The two track-loaded wheels under Xiaoxiang were turning, and its slow mechanical pace made Shen Qinyin feel like an old man coming home from a walk.

To her surprise, the backpack Xiaoxiang brought out was now bulging, and it seemed that he had found a lot of good things.

"Mission: Collect food and usable resources. Time limit: one hour. Mission accomplished."

Xiaoxiang reported the progress of his task to Shen Qinyin in an orderly manner and placed the package in front of her.

Shen Qiyin, like before, reached out and gently stroked the other person's round head, praising him: "You did a great job, Xiaoxiang."

She bent down and unzipped the backpack. It was like an inflated balloon. The moment the zipper was opened, the pile of things inside immediately "exploded" out.

"Clang, clang..."

All kinds of messy tools, materials and metal fragments were scattered all over the ground like garbage.

Shen Qinyin was stunned for several seconds, then tried hard to search for a long time in a pile of materials that could be called "garbage" before she found two cans of instant beef.

Looking at such scarce food, Shen Qiyin couldn't help but feel anxious.

Her instructions were to prioritize the search for food. Xiaoxiang had brought back so little food, which meant that it would be difficult to find food in the nearby houses...

Shen Qiyin frowned slightly and sighed worriedly, "There's very little food to eat, Xiaoxiang. Is there no food left in the places we searched today?"

"It's not that there aren't any. I found two unopened boxes of instant noodles in the home of resident No. 4. However, instant noodles are nutritionally unbalanced and high in salt and fat. The manufacturer added a lot of food additives during production, which is not good for the long-term health of consumers.

For your health, I do not recommend eating instant noodles, so I did not take them back as edible food.

"..."

Shen Qinyin almost felt dizzy.

Oh my god! You are an artificial idiot!

Chapter 13 Official news, investigation team?

She thought Xiaoxiang would give her a positive answer, but Shen Qiyin never thought that the other party would actually say such a thing.

She felt her blood pressure rise significantly after hearing these words, and even her head felt a little dizzy.

Huh, calm down, calm down. Xiaoxiang is an artificial intelligence after all. It is normal for him to follow the rules and have rigid thinking.

Shen Qiyin adjusted her mood, tried her best to control her smile, and said, "Xiaoxiang, I told you before that the world outside is already the end of the world.

In the end of the world or extreme survival environments, food sources will become very limited, and people will be forced to consider eating foods that they would not normally eat.

Therefore, compared to starving to death, the harm caused by instant noodles to the body can be completely ignored."

A string of "..." symbols appeared on the screen pixels on Xiaoxiang's head to indicate that it was digesting and learning the "teachings" given by Shen Qinyin.

About ten seconds later, Xiaoxiang's screen changed back to cartoon eyes: "Under extreme circumstances, will humans be forced to eat foods they wouldn't normally eat...?