Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 747: Chapter 90: Comparison Is the Death of Happiness (Part 2)

"It’s frost damage, and quite severe frost damage at that. Can you imagine, right before harvest in the Spiritual Fruit Garden, a frost hits, and all the leaves start to look like they’re scorched—then gradually turn yellow and wither away. When the sun comes out, a few days of baking turn the roots and leaves to mush—can you picture that?" Xiao Xian grinned, in high spirits, skillfully weaving the cattail in his hands.

"It sounds like... what you’re describing wouldn’t happen to be Xu Lan Ya’s demonstration fields, right?" Zhang Yiyi covered her mouth as both she and Xiao Xian stared wide-eyed at each other and burst into laughter.

Ye Heng made a point of going to the C Campus’s supply center to inquire about purchasing Farmer Spring. Upon hearing that Farmer Spring was no longer for sale, his face turned dark right away, "Romeo One, don’t treat me like a three-year-old kid. Even if Farmer Spring is gone, I heard that your supply center still kept around ten bottles. You’re just a low-level robot in charge of supervising primary students, beware that I complain to the central computer, and don’t think I don’t know that you robots also have an elimination system in place. If you don’t want to be sent to the junkyard to be scrapped, then quickly hand over the remaining Farmer Spring."

Romeo One’s body flashed with angry red warning lights, "Advanced Student Ye Heng, I demand you leave the supply center immediately, otherwise, I will ban you from entering C Campus permanently."

"Watch me," Ye Heng stormed out of the supply center angrily.

"Romeo One, are you alright?" Xuerou, who had been helping clean the shelves, walked over and saw Romeo One had stopped moving. Even though she knew he was a robot, she couldn’t help but ask with concern.

The signal lights on the robot’s body were dim and lifeless, startling Xuerou who quickly crouched down to check on Romeo One.

It seemed like a short circuit. On the night when Xiao Xian and Little White Jiao conducted artificial rain, many robots in the campus suffered such malfunctions. Any robot that malfunctioned had to be sent to the Robot Research Center at South Campus for repairs. However, if a robot malfunctions several times in a short period, it could mean its service life is coming to an end and might face elimination. Clearly, this isn’t what Romeo wanted to face.

"I’ll contact the central computer for you," Xuerou wanted to contact the central computer right away.

"Don’t..." Romeo One spoke in a faltering voice: "I don’t want... to be treated as... scrap copper and iron... for recycling."

The round body moved slowly on the ground, and Xuerou’s hand paused as she was about to activate the computer switch.

Robots have a service lifespan, and Romeo One had been in service for nearly fifteen years. From the perspective of body wear, it should have been eliminated long ago.

Since entering C Campus, Romeo One had been like a nanny to her and Xiao Xian, providing a great deal of help. It may just be a robot, but it seemed to have more "humanity" than those higher-performance robots in B Campus and A Campus. Who says robots don’t have feelings or emotions? Ye Heng’s words just now had angered Romeo One, and it was very possible that a circuit board inside it had burned out.

"Romeo One, I have taken a few Intermediate Student courses on mechanical structure. I might be able to help you. But I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to fix you completely. Now I give you two choices: one is to let me connect to the central computer right away, and someone will come to repair you soon. The other is to let me open your body to replace circuit boards. I don’t guarantee a hundred percent success." Xuerou noticed a burnt wire smell emanating from Romeo One’s body and the odor was getting stronger.

"Student Zeng Xuerou... thank you for your help," Romeo One had made a choice.

Xuerou hesitated, feeling very much like a lead surgeon standing in front of an operating table for the first time, albeit facing a slightly different subject.

"Don’t let Romeo One down; this is tough in the beginning," Xuerou found the tool kit in the supply center, took out rubber insulated gloves, an isolation mask, then took out a small welding machine, as well as several circuit boards and chips removed from other machines.

The Intermediate Course lessons finally came into play. Xuerou’s hesitation was replaced by composure. What she learned at school was quite different from Xiao Xian Yiyi. Xiao Xian finished all Basic Courses and was rewarded with Wanlin Hills and a special skill of "Armor Making." Xuerou received a workshop called "Mechanical Factory" and a special skill called "Treasure Eye."

"Sorry, Romeo One, I’m going to start now," Xuerou used pliers to cut short Romeo One’s power supply circuit. Once the circuit was cut, the robot’s power supply was shut down, and the signal lights on Romeo One’s body went out.

Opening up the casing revealed a mass of wires and several intricately made circuit boards. For many girls, the sight of the wires and various connections was overwhelming, but Xuerou was an exception among female students. To her, these wires and complex connections were like a beautiful scroll; she couldn’t wait to get started.

Xuerou searched and found a circuit board that had burned to a charred black.

"It’s you," Xuerou removed the circuit board and then replaced it with a new one. "It’s simpler than I thought," she nodded, satisfied, then used the small welding machine to re-weld a few disconnected wires.

After all the welding was done, she performed a final check.

"Eh, why is there a stone here?" In the very center of Romeo One’s body, Xuerou found a stone that resembled a battery. It was like the heart of a human, with all the important wires of the robot’s body connected to this stone. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to cast vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)