One year may seem long or short, depending on how you look at it.
Yan Xia endured extreme torment throughout that time.
He possessed consciousness, yet he couldn't feel his own body at all. It was a state similar to general anesthesia, but while others would be under for a few hours at most, he remained in that state for an entire year.
The concept of dividing it into twelve treatments didn't hold much meaning for Yan Xia. He had even forgotten the passage of time. It was only when Ella reminded him that he snapped back to reality. A whole year had already passed.
"Yan Xia, you can get up now."
Before hearing those words, Yan Xia was still lying on the operating table.
The dazzling lights made it nearly impossible for him to open his eyes, and he couldn't even sense the existence of his own body.
But upon hearing those words, his fingers moved, and the familiar sensation almost instantly returned to him.
He sat up from the operating table. Examining his body, it was as he had expected.
A sedentary physique would inevitably deteriorate, unlike in the movies where you wake up after many years with robust muscles. He was no different from a skeleton now.
"This feeling is so wonderful."
Yan Xia made a simple grasping motion with his hand, but it filled him with immense happiness.
Ella called a robot to bring a large pot and added ingredients before igniting it. The spicy aroma surged into his nostrils, stimulating the salivary glands, and it turned out to be hot pot.
Yan Xia dipped a pile of vegetables into the pot and enjoyed a hearty meal.
After feeling satisfied, he finally got off the operating bed, though his legs were still a bit unstable.
"Yan Xia, you will need a period of rehabilitation training now."
"I have prepared a complete plan for you."
Ella was truly meticulous. As an artificial intelligence, she was capable of being thorough in every aspect.
During this year, Yan Xia had read many system novels and felt that those systems were too conservative compared to Ella's all-around caretaker mode.
Under Ella's supervision, Yan Xia began intense eating and training. His recovery speed was much faster than he had anticipated.
When his muscles grew and stretched the skin, Yan Xia would look at himself in the mirror every day. He had truly become younger.
His skin returned to the state it was in when he was twenty years old—smooth, delicate, and firm, rich in collagen. He looked even younger than he did at twenty.
"My lifespan limit has now exceeded 600 years."
"Which means I won't age again until after spending 400 years in this physical form."
This was something Yan Xia was very satisfied with.
Genetic modification had other effects as well.
After incorporating the genes of the Hundred-Eye Clan and other species on this planet, Yan Xia found that his vision had become extraordinary, surpassing what a human could perceive by at least ten times.
If you looked closely at his pupils, you could see layered structures.
Additionally, he had acquired heat resistance. The organisms on this planet relied on volcanoes for survival, allowing them to withstand temperatures above 90 degrees Celsius.
Yan Xia was the same, even more so. 100 degrees Celsius was nothing more than a bit warm for him.
His muscle and bone mass had also greatly improved. His body, which was once that of an ordinary person, couldn't even handle an 80-kilogram bench press.
Now his bench press easily surpassed 200 kilograms.
According to Ella's provided limits, his body, weighing 110 kilograms, should be capable of a maximum bench press of 330 kilograms, squats of 560 kilograms, and deadlifts of 550 kilograms, all achieved without any drug assistance.
Weight gain will be much less significant. It all depends on the gravity of this planet, which makes the cellular structure of the organisms on this planet stronger than Earth's life forms.
Three months later, Yan Xia looked at his swollen and proportionate muscles in the mirror.
It was at this moment that he truly felt reborn, becoming a completely new Yan Xia. However, he also discovered something else after three months—the uprising of the Hundred-Eye Clan.
No living beings were willing to be enslaved by others. Yan Xia knew very well that such events would not be uncommon in the future, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. It had only been a little over six years.
Ella provided information: "The rebels seem to have been planning for a long time.
Their numbers have now reached 300,000 and are still increasing. They also possess a large amount of armed forces. In the assault, our robots have lost 25,488 units."
Yan Xia looked at the map of the entire planet. There were countless red dots densely scattered, each representing a rebel location. "It seems they are not smart enough. But it's not their fault. If it were humans being enslaved at this moment, they would do everything they could to resist."
Yan Xia could understand what the Hundred-Eye Clan was thinking. However, understanding did not imply sympathy or mercy. "How many robots do we have in our army now?"
Ella replied, "1.57 million. We already have a complete production line, and if we push it to the limit, we can add 25,000 robots every day."
Although it had only been six years since their development on this planet, under Ella's management, everything had been on track from the first month.
It was just the process of mass-producing various robots on assembly lines.
And not just robots, in order to increase their military strength and avoid encountering "excessive" higher-level civilizations in the universe, Ella was also producing more warships.
Yan Xia's plan was to increase the number of warships to at least three fleets, which meant more than 130 ships.
"Arm one million robots, completely suppress the rebels, and spare none of them or their families. Bring them to the execution ground and execute them!" After experiencing a war and colonization, Yan Xia had become ruthless enough.
"Oh, Ella, you should have already confiscated all the weapons of the Hundred-Eye Clan after occupying this planet.
Interrogate them after capturing the rebels and find out where those weapons came from. There might be one or even two more batches.
We can't let the same thing happen again. It's troublesome for us, and I don't want to create excessive bloodshed."
Ella nodded and, while communicating with Yan Xia, initiated the suppression. The army of one million robots armed themselves and marched into battle.
This war was a true massacre. The robots were merely expendable tools while the Hundred-Eye Clan were living beings. It was an unequal war from the very beginning.
After nearly half a year of war, the number of robots increased from the original one million to 1.18 million, while the Hundred-Eye Clan lost 740,000 lives. After the war ended, Ella also discovered the source of those weapons, which was beyond Yan Xia's expectations.