Yu Lan is thrilled with his new life: livestreaming himself scavenging scrap on a desolate planet, with a rich agent nearby who keeps making money appear out of nowhere.
Until a robot staged a collision with him right on the spot.
"Baby, I've finally found you!"
An old man with a white beard hurried over and played along, explaining that this was his pride and joy, Shen Xiulin. He was incredibly capable, versed in everything from astronomy to geography, skilled in both the literary and martial arts, and able to do anything. He was handsome, with a look that could be either sweet or wild, stood a perfect 189 centimeters tall, and had an eight-pack. After singing his praises to the skies, the old man held out his hand and demanded a buyout fee of 88,000.
But, but he called me baby...
Temporarily blinded by his good looks, Yu Lan impulsively handed over all his savings.
Soon, he realized the old man hadn't lied. But that rotten old geezer hadn't mentioned how expensive it would be to keep this robot!
Yu Lan had to pass on this hot potato. But when he looked up, the robot was gazing at him pitifully and calling him baby.
Yu Lan angrily threw in the towel. Damn it! Even calling me master won't work!
The next day.
Yu Lan switched on his livestream early. As his viewers watched in confusion, he drooped his eyelids and yawned as he explained, "Yeah, times are tough... Can't help it. Keeping a boyfriend is too expensive."
Later, his fans watched in person as the livestream took a sudden turn:
Yu Lan tossed the guide rail in his hand to a shop owner. "Two thousand star coins. You buying?"
The owner said, "Is this a livestreamed mugging?"
Once Yu Lan got the go-ahead, he headed straight for the scrapped mechanical hound in the corner. "Just what I need."
Two hours later, a mechanical dog was trotting after him, wagging its tail.
The owner said, "I'll give you twenty thousand star coins. Teach me, master!"
Everyone in the livestream: ?
And that's not all.
Yu Lan tossed the brake controller in his hand. "Instead of buying that, buy mine. It's economical, practical, and durable. Only 998, repairs included."
Everyone in the livestream: Repairs for what? Did I see that right? Is that an A92 aircraft?
Even more terrifying...
A-S20 saw its first massive insect swarm in a century.
Yu Lan assembled weapons and headed to the front lines to sell them. "Gale mecha. 3S+ attack power, 2A-class defense. Only three available. Interested?"
Yu Lan made a fortune bringing the mecha along, and even came back with a male insect mount and a fluffy little black ball of a chicken.
As the chicken clucked, the livestream chat completely exploded.
Aaaah, don't come any closer!
The fans who had first followed Yu Lan for his looks were horrified to discover that their fan club seemed to have been infiltrated by a whole bunch of big shots.
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Yu Lan, who had unexpectedly become famous across the stars, received an interview invitation from the headquarters of a youth inspiration organization.
#AYoungTalentFromARemoteDesolatePlanet#
#FromScavengingScrapToBecomingATopMechanicalMaster,HeDidItInJustFiveYears#
#GeniusMechaPilot,Repairman,MechanicalMaster...#
But the most popular topic, sitting at the very top, was just two words: #YuLan#
Yu Lan said helplessly, "Honestly, I just wanted to earn money to support my boyfriend."
The people of the stars learned that his money-guzzling boyfriend was actually a highly intelligent humanoid robot: ...Yeah, that really does sound expensive.
In the Xingyuan era, humanoid robots went from appearing out of nowhere to becoming widespread across every field. Yet there was always one insurmountable challenge: no matter how much multidimensional data was implanted, they still couldn't acquire true human-like self-awareness and emotions.
That was the greatest difference between robots and humans.
Yet there was always a group of people determined to overcome this challenge.
The question of whether to build robots or create "people" sparked endless debate.
They say that as far back as Xingyuan Year 2736, a genius, all-around mechanical master fell madly in love with his proudest creation. In the end, unable to love each other, they chose to self-destruct together.
In Xingyuan Year 3086, the first robot in the universe to fall in love with a human appeared, shocking the world.
Then people discovered that the story from a century ago, once dismissed as pure fantasy, might actually have been true.
Could technological progress numb the human soul?
More than three hundred years ago, Yu Lan had already answered that question for everyone with his life.
[After rebirth, a laid-back bottom who livestreams to earn money to support his boyfriend x a robot loyal as a dog, who is great at spending money but also at acting cute and pitiful]
[Everything here is made up. Please don't treat it as real or investigate it as such. Thank you!]
Theme: Technology should serve humanity, and love nourishes all things
