# Chapter 1801: Ai Jiang! Can You Aim a Little Higher?
He learned to fly a plane in seconds before, and now he's already gotten himself a spaceship?
He wondered what the shuttle's capabilities were—could it take him out of the Milky Way to visit Thousand Stars City or something?
Full of anticipation, Jiangnan casually pressed a button on the side of the shuttle.
A faint blue light lit up on the side, and then the hatch slowly opened like gull-wing doors, warm lights turning on inside.
Unable to contain himself, Jiangnan stepped into the shuttle. Several scanning beams fell on him.
A cold, mechanical female voice sounded.
"Detected captain as carbon-based lifeform. Automatically configuring carbon-based lifeform shuttle interior. Wish the captain a pleasant voyage."
"Stream Silver shuttle, worry-free travel, arrives on schedule."
With the voice prompt, the interior structure began to change, transforming into a warm-toned home-like decoration.
Jiangnan's eyes sparkled. This was so advanced!
(o̶̶̷̤⌂o̴̶̷̤) He quickly ran inside to check. A corridor in the middle, with cabins on both sides.
Sleeping cabin, medical cabin, dining area, and even a dedicated training room, storage compartment, etc.
It didn't feel cramped at all—instead, it was extremely spacious, like a fully equipped luxury yacht.
A three-hundred-meter shuttle, small but complete.
Jiangnan was thrilled.
" (ง •̀ω•́)ว Isn't this just a new home? Even though I can't grab the Star Palace for now, this shuttle is barely livable, right?"
He dashed to the cockpit bridge.
Besides the captain's seat, there were seats for other crew members.
As soon as he entered, the cockpit lights came on, and the walls displayed external conditions in real time.
Jiangnan plopped down in the captain's seat, wiggling a bit. It was soft and incredibly comfortable.
The prompt sounded again.
"Stream Silver shuttle first activation. Please select shuttle AI personality."
"Lively and cute type. Spicy and hot type. Sexy mature type. Calm and collected type. Scheming pervert type."
Several types, each with a different tone of voice.
Jiangnan giggled foolishly.
( ૢ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)~ෆ "I think this is criminal. Way too criminal."
They even let him choose? So comprehensive? And what the hell was the scheming pervert type?
The service was really thorough.
Voice: "There is no 'I think this is criminal' option. Please choose again, Captain."
Jiangnan hesitated for a long time, then hardened his expression.
(๑･᷅～･᷄)و "Sexiness is utterly worthless in the face of cuteness. I choose lively and cute type."
A holographic projection instantly generated a humanoid loli in a puffy dress with twin-tails, a perfect face without any flaws, cute to the point of explosion.
She spun around in front of Jiangnan and blinked her big eyes.
(Oᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́) "Shuttle AI, Ai Jiang! Happy to serve you, Master!"
Jiangnan giggled nonstop and poked the projection with his finger. Predictably, it went right through.
Ai Jiang clutched her skirt, her pretty face flushed.
(⑉Ծ₃Ծ⑉) "Aiya~ Master is so annoying~ It tickles~"
Jiangnan swallowed. This intelligent? Was this really just a shuttle AI?
How advanced were the silicon-based lifeforms' technologies?
(⑉ớ◡ờ) "What would Master like to do? You can ask Ai Jiang anything, okay?"
Jiangnan grinned. "What else? First, let's go for a spin?"
He then fiddled with the controls. The shuttle's nose turned around.
He pushed the throttle hard. With a "swish," the Stream Silver streaked across the sky in a brilliant arc, leaving a blue tail, and instantly shot out of Jing Du City.
The scenery outside the cabin blurred behind them. In no time, who knew how far they'd gone?
Jiangnan's eyes widened.
∑(°口°๑) "Whoa? How fast is this?"
Ai Jiang waved her hand casually.
(︶◡︶*)ﾉ "Aiya~ it's very slow. We're just a residential micro-shuttle."
Jiangnan swallowed. This wasn't fast? This speed was at least Mach 100!
Thirty-four kilometers per second—terrifyingly fast.
And there was no sonic boom. It flew eerily quietly.
(๑ᵒ̴̶̷ٹᵒ̴̶̷) "Can... can we go to Thousand Stars City?"
Ai Jiang propped her chin.
(๑◔ก◔ิ๑) "Hmm~ Activating auto-navigation. Destination: Chuangsheng Star Domain, Thousand Stars City."
"Master, the estimated time to arrival is 5.7 billion years. You probably won't live that long."
"The Stream Silver shuttle does not have a high-power warp engine, so interstellar travel is not possible, dear."
Jiangnan's expression froze. The hell with 5.7 billion years? At this moment, he finally had a concrete sense of the distances between galaxies in the universe.
With this shuttle, just getting around the solar system would be good enough.
The distances between galaxies are often millions or billions of light-years.
How do you get there?
The only means are the Star Gates controlled by the Bose Race and warp engines.
The universe is still expanding, and galaxies are moving away from each other.
So every galaxy is a starlight island that cannot be escaped.
Jiangnan grinned wryly. "So that's why Uncle Li wanted me to get the Warp Bubble?"
If he wanted to achieve anything in the starry sky, the Warp Bubble was of utmost importance.
Thinking he could reach Thousand Stars City with this shuttle was just wishful thinking.
So Jiangnan began to carefully examine the Stream Silver's functions.
It could navigate in space, had a built-in energy shield to withstand attacks, but wasn't as tough as the Star Palace.
Since it was a residential shuttle, it had no combat systems—just one energy cannon.
Power came from the shuttle's built-in reactor, enough for a few hundred years.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)✧ "Tsk tsk~ This thing can even turn invisible? Karl really gave me a treasure."
Ai Jiang nodded repeatedly.
(๑･᷄◡･᷅) "Mm-hmm~ Ai Jiang will always be Master's treasure~"
Jiangnan propped his chin and stared at Ai Jiang's projection, his eyes flickering.
This counted as an AI, right? Even if it was on a shuttle.
But that didn't stop him from stuffing her into a mechanical prosthetic.
Otherwise, rewriting one from scratch would take forever.
Why not use a ready-made one?
Ai Jiang fidgeted with her skirt, looking shy.
(⑉Ծ﹏Ծ⑉) "Mas... Master, why are you staring at me like that? If you keep looking, Ai Jiang will get weird."
Jiangnan grinned, his smile gradually turning sinister.
↜(⃔っ◞ิ▿◟ิC)⃕ "Ai Jiang~ Have you ever had the dream of becoming a robot?"
Ai Jiang was taken aback.
(๑•̌ω•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Huh? I've never thought about that~ I think being a boat is pretty good."
Jiangnan's expression turned serious.
(ಠĹ̯ಠ˵) "Ai Jiang~ Can you aim a little higher? What future is there in being a boat? Where's the coolness in being a robot?"
"As a boat, you have no freedom. Being a robot is awesome! You get your own body!"
Ai Jiang hesitated. (*･᷄～･᷅) "But... but I don't know how to be a robot. I've been a boat since I was born. That kind of thing isn't allowed. I..."
Jiangnan chuckled. "Where are all these rules? If you don't know, I'll teach you!"
With that, his Small Whip extended, and he walked toward the control panel with a wicked grin.
Ai Jiang: (☍﹏⁰。) Wuwu~
Jiangnan revealed a devilish smile.
ԅ(◞ิ.̫.̫◟ิ‵ԅ) "From today on, you're not just a boat anymore!"
Talk is cheap.
He drove the Stream Silver back to the workshop and immediately began a major overhaul.
He started adding new things to Ai Jiang's main program, then backed up subprograms and transplanted them into the mechanical bodies of the Sentinels and the Wushen.
Reanimating them with new souls.
This meant Ai Jiang now simultaneously possessed over eighty mechanical prosthetics, controlled via signal transmission.
As he modified, Jiangnan suddenly remembered something. A crazy curve tugged at his lips, and he wrote with increasing excitement.
He even let out a hair-raising laugh.
Why? Because Jiangnan had also given Ai Jiang his silicon-based intelligent logic programming ability.
This meant that Ai Jiang, with her powerful learning capability, could evolve by rewriting herself.
She was no longer static.
She might even deduce more advanced programming abilities.
Jiangnan didn't know what Ai Jiang would evolve into in the future, but she would definitely not just be a boat.
And to give these mechanical prosthetics souls, he locked himself in the workshop, completely losing track of time.
When Jiangnan, with big dark circles under his eyes, plopped down on the floor, not wanting to move, the transformation was finally complete.
(›´ω`‹)～
Then, one Wushen mech and eighty-eight Sentinel robots all raised their heads, red light gleaming in their mechanical eyes.
A relieved smile appeared on Jiangnan's face.
It was all worth it, right?
Humanity finally had its own mechanical legion, didn't it?
The imposing Wushen body looked at its own hand, as if it couldn't believe it had a body.
"Ai... Ai Jiang looks really strange now~ But this experience is so wonderful!"
"Wow! What... what is this? Such a big stick!"
As she spoke, she pulled out the black heavy mace strapped to her back, looking at it with curiosity.
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. Seeing the awe-inspiring Wushen mech excitedly waving its arms and making exclamations like a little girl…
The cute girl's voice echoed endlessly.
He couldn't help but cover his face with his hand.
(ﾉ)`﹏´(ヾ)
What kind of monstrosity had he created? It was so jarring!
It was like shoving a little girl's soul into the body of a towering iron giant!
Meanwhile, outside the warehouse, Zhong Yingxue and the others, who had just returned from a mission, froze.
Hearing that Little Nan's mission was successful and he had gained a lot, they rushed back.
They came to the warehouse to find Little Nan, only to hear such scandalous sounds.
Ai Jiang? Weird? Big stick? What kind of strange things was Little Nan doing with Ai Jiang in the warehouse?!
Excited, Ai Jiang lunged at Jiangnan and hugged him tightly.
─=≡Σ(((つ•̀ꇴ•́)つ "Giggle~ Master! I love you to death!"
Jiangnan almost coughed up blood from the hug. "Easy! You're crushing me!"
Who could withstand a steel bear hug like that?!
Xia Yao: Σ(っ°口°;)っ What?!
"Pfft! Shameless! Making out with another girl while we're away?"
"Let me see which little vixen this Ai Jiang is!"
With that, she angrily kicked open the warehouse door.
Sunlight streamed in. Zhong Yingxue, Xiong Er, and the others all widened their eyes in shock, petrified.
"(º口º*)(ﾟ口ﾟ*)(｡•口•｡｀)"
There was Jiangnan hugging a three-meter-tall black imposing robot,
with a row of red-eyed Sentinels behind him.
Xia Yao's jaw hit the floor.
Σ(°△°|||) "This... this vixen is a bit too rugged, isn't she?!"