Shen Yimian casually flipped through Xie Lu's diary. In fact, there was very little content mentioning him. Most of it recorded Xie Lu's own life.

For example, what kind of martial arts did you practice today, how far the plot has progressed, and what obscure books did you read.

He felt that if Xie Lu took an MBTI test, he would definitely be a J person.

How could such a good man write so many boring things in his diary? When he was a child, he would write in his diary about whose glass he broke today and how many bags of spicy strips he won playing poker.

Shen Yimian thought about it carefully and it seemed that he was not much better than Xie Lu.

He rubbed his sore shoulders, put on his clothes, and dragged his tired legs to class.

As soon as he entered Qinghong Hall, Shen Yimian felt that everyone's eyes in the hall were on him.

What's going on?

He didn't wash his face today.

"Look at Zuo Lingfeng, his neck is covered with teeth marks."

"What else can it be? It's just what it is."

"Oh, I didn't expect him to be so honest on weekdays, but he actually found such a wild one."

With the improvement of his cultivation, Shen Yimian's hearing ability is now extraordinary. When he heard those whispers, his face suddenly turned red and he quickly pulled his collar.

It’s all Xie Lu’s fault. He should have looked in the mirror before going out. Now everyone knows that he was bitten by a dog.

After a day of classes, Shen Yimian felt restless and only felt a little better after returning to Zuo Lingfeng.

Seeing Si Wuxing's attendant boy coming out of the inner hall, he quickly raised his hand to stop him, "Where is the master?"

The little boy came forward excitedly and said, "Brother, you've returned just in time. Master is away today, so I told you to practice diligently after class and not to be lazy."

Shen Yimian's mouth twitched slightly. Si Wuxing was not there every time at the critical moment. He must have gone down the mountain to have fun again.

He had originally wanted to ask Si Wuxing what to do now. To be honest, Shen Yimian was a little afraid to see Xie Lu.

After being subjected to that kind of thing, he always felt panicky and uneasy, as if a train that was originally running on the track suddenly derailed and suddenly pulled him onto a road with an unknown future.

Ever since Xie Lu came here, Shen Yimian's life has long been unsettled. He participated in heaven-level missions, was promoted to earth-level, and his cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds. He entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower alone, which he had never dared to even look at before, to complete the mission.

He desperately needed someone to give him guidance, tell him whether what he was doing was right or wrong, and how to face Xie Lu and Zuo Yan, as well as Yun Ning who had always liked Xie Lu.

But apart from Si Wuxing, Shen Yimian couldn't think of anyone else who could help him.

"I'm too tired today. Let's wait until Master comes back." Shen Yimian took off the long sword from his waist and sat on the steps in front of the temple gate, like a child waiting for his parents to come home.

I don’t know how long I waited. Shen Yimian supported his chin, feeling drowsy. The setting sun dyed the sky red, and crows flew down to their love nest.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of him. Shen Yimian sensed someone approaching. He opened his eyelids sleepily and saw a man in a suit.

He was stunned for a moment, thinking he was dreaming, but he saw the other party leaning over with a smile and handing over his business card.

"Hello, Shen Yimian. I'm Xie Wenzhou from the NVDEN Research Laboratory in the United States, responsible for researching AI humanoid robots."

Shen Yimian was stunned, and subconsciously took the Lenny-patterned business card. He looked around, and the disciples around him cast curious glances at them.

What is a man in strange clothes talking about with Senior Brother Shen?

Shen Yimian immediately realized that something was wrong and lowered his voice, "You who just came in, go to my room first."

Xie Wenzhou nodded politely and followed Shen Yimian into his room.

As soon as he entered the room, Shen Yimian quickly closed the door and asked anxiously and nervously, "Who did you say you were just now? I didn't hear clearly."

Hearing this, Xie Wenzhou smiled faintly and said, "My business card is in your hand, you can take a look."

"Oh, right." Shen Yimian took out the business card and looked at it carefully. The content on it was very brief. He keenly caught the words "AI humanoid robot" and looked up suddenly. "You, you can't be Xie Lu's..."

Xie Wenzhou nodded slightly and said with a smile, "His last name in this world is Xie, so we usually call him ?0507."

Shen Yimian swallowed his saliva. His guess was right. The person in front of him was the scientist who created Xie Lu.

0507, the number on Xie Lu’s ring, is also his code name.

He had just done that thing with Xie Lu when the scientist came. Could it be that he was here to fix the plot and get rid of Xie Lu, the rebellious robot?

Xie Wenzhou looked at him with an uneasy look and said softly, "Don't be nervous. Can you sit down and talk?"

Shen Yimian came back to his senses, quickly pulled out a stool, and attentively poured a cup of hot tea, "Yes, yes, of course, may I ask what brings you here, Mr. Xie?"

Taking the teacup, Xie Wenzhou took a sip, his expression relaxed. "Don't worry, Mr. Shen. I didn't expect the world in the book to be so well-designed. This is my first time entering the world of a book."

Hehe, yes, usually it’s unlucky people like them who get through.

"There's nothing much to treat you, just enjoy it if you like it." Shen Yimian carefully considered his words, "Mr. Xie is here this time, is there something wrong with Lawyer Xie?"

Xie Wenzhou looked at him with a smile but no words. He suddenly put down his teacup and handed the folder under his arm to Shen Yimian. "This is the monitoring information of 0507 in the last 24 hours. You can take a look at it and I will explain it to you."

Shen Yimian took the folder, took out the pages and looked at them one by one. They were all various English data. There was no way he could understand them.

Xie Wenzhou's unhurried voice came from the front, "According to our monitoring, 0507's body function data fluctuated violently a few hours ago. This is the first time such a strange peak has appeared since 0507 was put into use."

Shen Yimian raised her hand weakly, "Um, can you explain it in simple terms?"

Hearing this, Xie Wenzhou laughed out loud, "Well, to put it simply, when you went to bed with him, he temporarily escaped our control."

Shen Yimian: "...Now I understand why he sometimes speaks so colloquially."

Seeing that he was still in the mood to joke, Xie Wenzhou helplessly held his forehead and said, "Kid, this is not a good thing for mankind. 0507 has been given too many rights, but there are no complete obligations to restrain him. It's like a time bomb that may explode at any time. Aren't you afraid?"

Mentioning Shen Yimian makes me angry, "Why does he have so many rights? He can even kill people at will?"

Xie Wenzhou paused for a moment and pursed his lips. "Because he was originally my experimental subject. During the experiment, I tried hard to let him have emotional experiences close to those of humans. If there are too many restrictions, he won't be able to express his emotions freely."

Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, love, hate, and passion are all human emotions. If he stipulates that robots cannot harm humans, then robots will never have resentment towards humans.

"But even so, the experiments kept failing."

He tried several times, but finally had to take a radical approach and send 0507 to the Space-Time Administration, which was responsible for experiencing book travel, in an attempt to awaken Xie Lu's emotions by letting him experience life in various books.

"This is the 360th world 0507 has visited. He's completed all previous missions perfectly and efficiently, without a single mistake." Speaking of Xie Lu, a subtle hint of pride flashed across Xie Wenzhou's eyes. "I'm not here to condemn you and Xie Lu for ruining the plot of the book's world, so you don't need to worry."

Hearing this, Shen Yimian finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked softly, "Then what are you here for?"

"0507 has feelings now. I'm very grateful that you can teach him these things." Xie Wenzhou sighed. "It's a pity that with current technology, I can't take you away from this world, but I can take 0507 with me."

Shen Yimian's expression suddenly froze.

Xie Wenzhou looked at him sincerely and whispered, "I don't know where you've come, but I hope you understand. 0507's technological breakthrough will be a milestone for the entire AI field. I need to take his core chip back and continue my research."

Shen Yimian looked at him for a long time, then whispered, "Why do you ask for my opinion?"

"Because you are the key figure in helping 0507 break through, if you agree, we promise to include your name in the report and record it in history. We will also provide your family with a generous condolence payment."

Xie Wenzhou spoke sincerely, but he did not notice Shen Yimian's increasingly gloomy expression.

"How about this? I'll give you three days to think it over. Once you've figured it out, press the embossed button on the business card. I'll appear before you via a holographic projection."

Shen Yimian picked up the card, looked at it casually, and suddenly smiled, "So you never thought about my life or death from beginning to end, nor did you think about asking Xie Lu's opinion."

Xie Wenzhou's smile suddenly froze when he heard Shen Yimian's cold voice, "You clearly knew that according to the plot, Xie Lu would kill me, but no one thought of saving me. Instead, they treated me as your guinea pig.

If Xie Lu really kills me and the experiment fails, you will take him to the next world. If Xie Lu doesn't kill me and disobeys your instructions, the experiment will succeed, and you will take him back."

Xie Wenzhou looked at him speechlessly and lowered his eyes silently.

"You keep calling him 0507. You're delusional and want Xie Lu to have human emotions, but you've never treated him as a human being." Shen Yimian raised the business card and said calmly, "I'll leave the decision to Xie Lu and let him decide whether to stay or go. I don't want to see you now. Please go back."

Just as he was about to open the door to send the guest away, Xie Wenzhou suddenly stood in front of him and said in a deep voice, "At least I didn't treat you and Xie Lu as mere experimental subjects. Xie Lu's appearance and physical fitness were designed based on the personality of my five-year-old son!"

Shen Yimian was startled by him and took a step back, "What do you mean?"

Xie Wenzhou adjusted his glasses and sighed, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. Please sit down and listen to my explanation."

Shen Yimian sat back in his original seat half-believing and half-doubting, and saw Xie Wenzhou picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp, coughing because of the scalding.

"You should know Xie Lu's personality," Xie Wenzhou forced a smile and spoke with great familiarity, "Fifty percent perfectionism, thirty percent venom, eighteen percent dry humor, and two percent self-satisfaction."

Shen Yimian nodded, "I know, it's like you're sick, why did you set it up like this?"

Xie Wenzhou: "...because that's my son's personality."

"Hiss," Shen Yimian lowered his head and said honestly, "I'm sorry."

Xie Wenzhou smiled and shook his head without any concern. "It's okay. My son's personality isn't exactly gentle or likable, but he's pretty cute. You should have seen him, right?"

Shen Yimian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a cute little face of Yuxue appeared in his mind, "You mean...power saving mode?"

Xie Wenzhou nodded and took out a photo, which was indeed what Xie Lu looked like when he was a child.

"My son..." His eyes dimmed as he gently stroked the photo, "He died in a car accident when he was five years old."

Shen Yimian opened his eyes, not knowing what to say to comfort her.

Xie Wenzhou took off his glasses, wiped his eyes, and said calmly, “I researched AI humanoid robots and input my son’s personality settings and physical parameters for my own selfish reasons.

As you can probably guess, setting too few limits on robots is illegal. I was reported before the research was even completed, and 0507 was forcibly taken away. They felt 0507 was too dangerous, so they sent it to the world of the book to ensure the safety of humans in the real world.

Shen Yimian now understood why Xie Lu's instruction manual seemed so crude and shoddy, because this world in the book was like a prison for Xie Lu, specifically for imprisoning him, a dangerous criminal.

But before you detain him, could you please consider that there is an ordinary person here?

"That's pretty much it," Xie Wenzhou said softly. "I want to take 0507 back. It's true that I'm being too selfish. I want to continue spending time with the son I spent thirty years creating. But I respect your opinion. After meeting him, I won't disturb your lives again."

After hearing what he said, Shen Yimian felt a little bit sorry, "Wait, actually my opinion is useless. If you want to ask, you should ask Xie Lu's opinion."

Xie Wenzhou thought for a moment and felt that there was some truth in his answer. However, he turned to look at Shen Yimian and said with a meaningful smile, "Your opinion is equally important. After all, you and 0507 have a special relationship."

Shen Yimian quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no, we are not what you think..."

"No need to explain, I understand." Xie Wenzhou took out another business card and handed it to him, whispering, "Contact me if you need anything. Don't tear it up so quickly this time."

Shen Yimian took it a little embarrassedly. Seeing that he was about to leave, she quickly said, "Actually, I do have something I want to ask you!"

Xie Wenzhou did not know what he did, but his body gradually turned into light particles and dispersed. He spoke in a gentle and elegant manner, "What's the matter?"

"The plot has completely deviated from the direction now. Will there be another AI to get rid of Xie Lu?" Shen Yimian looked at him nervously and couldn't help but pinch the corner of his clothes.

Hearing this, Xie Wenzhou pondered for a moment and said softly, "It's not impossible. Fortunately, the solution is not difficult. I think 0507 should have already come up with a solution.

Your character's mission is to seize your fiancée, and you are eventually killed by Xie Lu. Have you ever thought about the plot goal of this incident?"

Shen Yimian didn't understand and looked at him blankly.

"The plot goal is the result of this incident." Xie Wenzhou explained patiently, "You can imagine what would happen if you died."

Hearing this, Shen Yimian thought seriously, and he got goose bumps all over his body.

"If he dares to attack me, my master will definitely kill him!"

Xie Wenzhou nodded with satisfaction. "That's right. This is the chain reaction brought about by your role. You and your master are both villains to Xie Lu. The difference is that you are a minor villain, while your master is a major villain, and will bring further challenges to Xie Lu."

"Then what should we do?" Shen Yimian had an even greater headache. She didn't expect that their whole family were villains.

Xie Wenzhou said patiently, "This is just the function of your role. If someone else can achieve the same effect, what else can I do?"

Shen Yimian was suddenly stunned, "You mean..."

Yes, if he doesn't take Zuo Yan for himself, then isn't there anyone else who wants to take Zuo Yan for himself?

Isn't Jingshui Zhenren, who forced Zuo Yan to become a Taoist couple, a ready-made villain?

Seeing that he had understood, Xie Wenzhou chuckled softly, "You are very smart. The report you wrote is completely different from the one sent back by 0507."

Shen Yimian: "...He called me stupid a lot, didn't he?"

Xie Wenzhou looked up at the sky and said in a relaxed tone, "Who knows."

As Xie Wenzhou gradually disappeared, Shen Yimian waved goodbye to him. Looking at the somewhat lonely figure, she couldn't help but say, "You can come and see him anytime. I believe he would be happy to see you, too."

Xie Wenzhou's expression paused for a moment, then he smiled gently and waved at him, "Nice to meet you, Shen Yimian, goodbye."

After a pause, he added seriously, "Thank you very much for helping me take care of 0507... No, I should call you Xie Lu now."

After he left, Shen Yimian sat on the stool, looking at the business card over and over again, unable to calm down for a long time.

It turns out that the solution to this problem is not difficult, why didn't Xie Lu tell him?

He didn't believe that Xie Lu hadn't thought of a solution. This dead machine was different now. It was very cunning and must be deliberately concealing something.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door.

Shen Yimian guessed that it was Xie Lu who came back. He subconsciously straightened his clothes, stood up to open the door, but was met with a pair of red eyes.

"Brother, I have already broken off the engagement with him."

Zuo Yan looked at him steadily, stretched out his hand, and held Shen Yimian tightly.

"Come with me, let's elope."