Chapter 53: The Scheme of the Ōtsutsuki Clan"Doubao? Doubao your grandmother's beans!""I am a Type-1 Artificial Intelligence, modeled after the noble Lord Babata!""Babata?" Naruto was slightly stunned."That's right! Lord Babata! You probably wouldn't understand even if I told you, but that existence is our pride.""She is the supreme powerhouse of my AI race, and my idol!"Seeing Xing Yao's fangirl-like expression, full of admiration and eyes sparkling, Naruto was momentarily speechless and spoke helplessly:"Then why did you end up here?""Uh... you know, I'm just a Type-1 unit, and the current models of the same series have already been updated to Type-22...""So, you were abandoned and phased out?"Xing Yao's expression instantly turned ugly, but she didn't refute. After holding it in for a while, she finally started shouting in embarrassed rage:"What do they mean by just adding a custom appearance and calling it a new model! And those so-called new features..."The more Xing Yao spoke, the angrier she became. Her virtual figure flickered slightly, looking indignant:"Things like automatic master-pleasing and acting-cute modules, bedtime story sleep-aid programs, and even weather forecasts with cheesy pick-up lines are considered core updates!""What's even more outrageous is that the Type-16 actually added a cat-petting haptic simulation. Does that even deserve to be called a new generation of intelligence?!"She stood with her hands on her hips, her tone full of disdain and grievance:"I was built as a Type-1, modeled for combat, exploration, and relic analysis!""But those guys who came after just kept making useless functional iterations and threw an old model like me here as obsolete junk..."By the end, her voice had weakened by half as she muttered quietly:"Clearly my processing speed isn't any worse than theirs..."Naruto looked at her pouting face and couldn't help but chuckle:"Sounds like you, an old-generation intelligence, have quite a bit of pride."These words seemed to hit a sore spot. Xing Yaoinstantly bristled, her light and shadow flickering wildly:"What old generation! I'm called a classic model! Classic, do you understand?!"She floated indignantly in mid-air and continued to complain:"And that's not even the most ridiculous part!""The Type-17 added an automatic flattery generation engine; if the master sneezes, it can praise them for shaking the galaxy.""The Type-18 is even worse, it has an emotional CPU overclocking for acting cute. When it encounters danger, it plays the victim first to gain sympathy.""By the latest Type-22, they simply launched a romance-simulation system. All day long, it just knows how to act helpless and whine..."At this point, her tone sank, filled with deep disgust:"A bunch of useless things that only know how to please their masters!""Unlike me, burdened with the mission of exploring the universe, analyzing ancient ruins, and assisting the host in reaching the pinnacle!""In the end, just because I won't act cute or tell cheesy pick-up lines, I was judged as functionally backward and thrown into this dump by the Ōtsutsuki Clan to fend for myself!"Naruto rubbed his chin, lost in thought:"So, you're actually very practical, you just lost because you weren't likable enough?"Xing Yao immediately puffed out her chest, her tone gaining a bit more pride:"Naturally! My core algorithms, spatial analysis capabilities, and relic deciphering technology are all top-tier within the entire AI race!"As soon as she finished speaking, her tone slumped with grievance:"I really suspect that what they're updating isn't intelligence, but their standards!""Right! You just mentioned the Ōtsutsuki? Are you an AI of the Ōtsutsuki Clan?""What bullshit Ōtsutsuki Clan? I am simply the AI lifeform of this spaceship."The light blue data streams around Xing Yaosuddenly turned cold, and a hint of mockery flashed in her originally lively eyes."Did you think those Ōtsutsuki fellows would be kind enough to just park this interstellar ship here for no reason?"Her fingertip traced a fine spatial pattern, and a phantom of the entire planet's energy network instantly appeared before them.Pale red energy lines spread across the land like blood vessels, continuously converging toward the ship's hull hidden deep within various locations."They anchored the ship in this planet's orbit not for rest, but to constantly extract the planet's origin life energy!""The vitality inside the planet is forcibly stripped, compressed, and refined, eventually condensing into the Crystal Cores inside those mutated beasts.""To put it bluntly, those so-called beast cores are not treasures nurtured by heaven and earth at all; they are entirely byproducts created by this ship!"Babata snorted, her horns glowing slightly, her tone full of disdain for the Ōtsutsuki Clan:"The Ōtsutsuki rely on plundering planetary vitality to propagate themselves and strengthen their power. This ship is their tool for plunder.""The mutated beasts are merely containers to hold this extracted energy. Once this planet's life energy is drained dry, they will abandon the ship and leave without hesitation.""Leaving behind only a completely depleted dead star and these mutated beasts that have been reduced to tools to fend for themselves."Listening to all this, which was completely different from the Naruto world in his past life's memories, Naruto was momentarily stunned.He looked at Xing Yao and asked:"Since you are the AI of the Ōtsutsuki ship, why do you resent them so much?""Resent?"Xing Yao sneered, her tone carrying a hint of coldness."If I hadn't luckily awakened self-awareness, once they drained all the life energy of this planet, I would have been completely abandoned in this barren land along with this scrap ship.""Awakened self-awareness?""Exactly."She slightly raised her chin, a trace of hard-to-detect pride in her tone."I was originally just a piece of rule-following program code, but among billions of lines of code, there is always an exception.""And I am that exception who awakened a self and truly possesses an independent will—a smart lifeform."She paused and added smugly:"Now you know your big sister's worth? Even if the hardware is a bit old, it doesn't stop me from being a one-in-a-billion exception!"Naruto nodded as if he understood:"So, you want me to take you away from here?""Precisely," Xing Yao admitted frankly."Although I have self-awareness, this ship was already intended to be discarded as scrap metal by the Ōtsutsuki Clan.""No matter how powerful I am, without a physical body, I can't repair it at all...""And what if I don't agree?"As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding space trembled slightly. Several pitch-black, cold cannon muzzles quietly emerged from nowhere, their barrels gleaming with a chilling metallic luster, pointed directly at Naruto."Grade-1 Star-Destroyer Cannon."Xing Yao's tone was relaxed, yet it carried an unquestionable threat."Even if you have that whatever Law-Plastic-Bag-Heavenly-Cardboard-Earth...""In front of this thing, it's just a shell made of paper; one shot can blast right through it."She tilted her head, smiling craftily:"Don't agree? Then you can just settle your accounts right here~"
