Many science fiction works have mentioned silicon-based life, which is a completely different kind of life form from carbon-based humans.

The silicon-based life blueprint that the system extracted from Hades' wreckage is completely blank, and there is no consciousness inside...... Or rather, the soul exists.

With Consus's humility, Alethea carefully separated a part of her soul and merged into the liquid metal, and something magical happened.

Under Alethea's active control, the liquid metal began to squirm and expand outward, eventually turning into a somewhat dull-looking female body.

When it was first formed, due to the limited amount of souls that Althea put into her silicon-based body, the new body looked metallic, and it was likely that walking on the street would be called the Terminator.

…… Or be treated as a cosplay lady and ask for contact information.

Confirming that there was nothing wrong with the silicon-based body, Alethea fully integrated her soul into it.

The original metallic skin gradually became soft under the optimization of Aletheia, and it no longer looked indistinguishable from a human in appearance.

Curious, Yongzhen poked at Altheia's new body arm, and a very natural depression appeared where the finger was focused.

"It's amazing."

Yongzhen said in amazement: "If no one tells me that this is a silicon-based lifeform, it is impossible to see the flaw even if you get close to it." ”

Aletheia's face and body shape for her new body were exactly the same as her own, and when her soul was fully integrated, she examined her new silicon-based body with a strange movement that normal people couldn't do.

Specifically, Alethea is able to turn her head back 180 degrees, bending forward and leaning back in a wide angle movement that humans can't do.

After the initial tests, Alethea became playful, turning her hands into hammers and tapers, and later into laser drills and sledgehammers.

"Very good, I'm happy with this new body."

Altheia, who got the new toy, had a satisfied smile on her face: "It's a waste of time for me to keep changing tools with the robotic arm." ”

Lu Xiao shrugged his shoulders noncommittally: "Test it yourself slowly, take it easy, don't collapse the basement." ”

Althea waved her hand and said, "Of course not, this is my laboratory, and I still have many important projects to study." ”

"You guys go first, after getting used to the new body, it's time for me to start my own work."

Alethea studied under Hephaestus.

In Zero Dawn, Hephaestus is one of Gaia's subroutines, assisting Gaia in designing and building the Automacha.

Although the worldview is completely different, the Isu mentor of Alethea is also in charge of similar work.

Hephaestus was one of the most well-known weaponmakers of the Isu generation, having crafted weapons such as but not limited to the Sword of Eden, as well as the Isu's various self-defensive energy weapons.

To put it simply, what Alethea inherited from the Hephaestus school was the profession of "weaponsmith" in the broad sense of the word of the Isu civilization.

She doesn't just build cold weapons, everything that comes with weapons is within Altheya's purview, including all kinds of high-tech unmanned weapons.

Most of the fantasy worlds that Lu Xiao has been to in the past have been to them, and Alethea lacks enough materials, as well as tools and equipment that can process strong materials.

Although the technological level of the Zero Dawn World is far from reaching the level of the distant future, it is at least much more advanced than the main world where Lu Xiao lives.

Alethea also brought back the automatons she had transformed in the world of Zero Dawn, and she also retrieved a huge amount of information from Homer's database.

It only takes a period of precipitation for her to fully parse the tech tree of Dawn World, and further process the existing metal materials in the Overworld to achieve the superalloy strength required by the mechanical beasts, which can be used to create her own mechanical army.

Considering that they are easy to carry, the size of these mechanical armies cannot be too large, and the individual combat effectiveness may not be too strong, but sometimes quantitative changes can also lead to qualitative changes.

Having a mechanical army that is completely subordinate to his own side can at least ensure that Lu Xiao can make a difference even when surrounded by a large number of enemies, and even turn defeat into victory.

However, it will take some time for Altheia, who has just acquired a silicon-based body, to adapt, and to set up the necessary production lines before she can continue to produce automated mechanical weapons.

What happened to the old humans in the world of Zero Dawn is a wake-up call.

After returning to the Overworld, Lu Xiao asked Alethea and Consus to increase the monitoring of artificial intelligence research projects in various countries to ensure that humans who like to die will not make trouble in the Overworld.

……

Leaving the basement and returning to the living room on the ground of the manor, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen took off all their equipment and took a shower as usual.

After coming out of the bath, the two changed into casual attire at home, basically let go of the nerves tense in the mission world, and hugged each other until dawn.

After waking up the next day, Lu Xiao first began to check the progress of the renovation of Monteriggioni Castle.

Thanks to Aletya's heavy reward system, the construction team recruited from the local area is very efficient.

They had already drawn the relevant drawings, made all the preliminary preparations, and began to lay the foundation for the Auditore estate.

As the epidemic has not yet completely dissipated, Alethea has discussed with the Italian tourism department and temporarily closed the castle to the public during the renovation period.

When the construction of the Auditore estate began, another construction team was renovating the castle's façade at the same time, and it was progressing quite well.

During the time when Lu Xiao and Yongzhen were relaxing and resting in the main world, the world situation began to change.

The general election is approaching, and the king who has fallen far behind in the polls is becoming more and more frantic in anxiety.

In order to win the support of conservative voters at home, and to deflect the pressure caused by the unfavorable anti-epidemic and anti-racial demonstrations, he began to frantically throw the blame abroad.

As the world's second largest economy, China, which is still developing rapidly, has naturally become one of his top targets.

Due to the unpeaceful situation abroad, Lu Xiao's parents called many times in the hope that he could return to China.

Lu Xiao's patient explanation failed to dispel their worries, and after discussing with Yongzhen, Lu Xiao decided to temporarily return to China to meet with the second elder, and the face-to-face explanation could reassure them.

The problem of buying a ticket was handed over by Lu Xiao to Altheya to be responsible, and this small problem in life could not occupy much of her computing power.

After several turnarounds, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen returned to Rongcheng, an important town in southwest China, hand in hand.

The meeting with the parents went smoothly and face-to-face conversations worked much more than phone calls and video contacts.

After experiencing the baptism of the Dawn of Zero, Yongzhen's acceptance of modern technology is basically up to standard, and Lu Xiao finally took her home to the second elder with confidence.

Knowing that their son had found a girlfriend after a few years, the two were overjoyed and diluted their worries about the epidemic and situation abroad, and entrusted Yongzhen to help take care of Lu Xiao in Italy.

In addition to comforting her parents when she returned to China this time, Lu Xiao originally planned to go to Japan with Yongzhen to let her see how far contemporary Japan has developed, but unfortunately she failed to achieve her goal due to the impact of the epidemic.

After staying in Rongcheng to rest for a few days, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen boarded the plane again to return to Italy in the presence of their parents.

By the time she returned to the manor, Alethea had adapted to her new body and began to overhaul the automatons she had brought back from the world of Zero Dawn.

At Lu Xiao's suggestion, Alethea decided to transform it into a human form, and she could follow Lu Xiao and disguise herself as a butler or bodyguard when she didn't need to fight.

After returning from the trip, Lu Xiao retracted his relaxed mind and began to patiently torture the system about the situation in the next world.