A replicators life is quite boring I think randomly as I observe a another bug like machine walk into the nest to mine like the little drone it is.

Yea so about 40m away from me a rather large nest full of reps it looks a bit like a termite mound from the surface but built with replicator blocks so it's nice and silver.

I Gave them orders to start excavation under ground for more materials like a minecraft player looking for diamonds. Then as the Chinese would say I act like a filthy capitalist and have them split half with me and the rest goes into making more of themselves to increase my free labor workforce by way of a queen she's much larger and builds and programs the blocks herself.

I'm very satisfied that they've grown up so well. But now it's time for the fires of industry to take over I need better materials like rubber and glass so I do as any leader would and send pairs of replicators to investigate the island while I start building a makeshift furnace with stone the replicators dug up and my nanites to glue it all together.

Now you must be wondering why I didn't explore the island much before and to this I say a 5 year old is prime meat for predators its why we have stranger danger and I'm not the kind of transmigrater who seeks death and adventure at every turn it's why I wanted an island to develop in safely in the first place.

During afternoon fish and leafs the reps brought back samples of sap, bamboo, limestone, quarts and other interesting goodies including two unfortunate looking large wild cats (very dead ones) poor things must of attacked my cute little reps and got jumped.

"3 2 1 fire" the replicators sprang into action jumping on the makeshift bellows pumping air into the fire. Hardened nanite tools where used to produce my first lump of unepressive goop I know it doesn't inspire much but I'll get better I just need to look for the right formula for glass.

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It is now day unknown my glass making ended up working eventually and I now had goops of it drying on rocks nearby. The swarm of reps has grown big enough to now be self-sustaining so I've pulled back the lava nanites and reused them to help my garden as watch worms and tenders to the strange plants I eat. My attention was drawn to the piles of resources the reps stacked up.

It's time for upgrades I command the reps and nanites to build the first coal generator then a new more complex ancient computer this all takes about 2 slow and boring days but when it's done I see a small cloud of smog rising from the reps nest they should be able to sustain it as long as they keep mining coal deposits.

I look to the new computer and sigh the ancients had no sense of taste it's just more buttons and a fancy looking chair. With my new set up I take control of the replicators much better having them set up sub hives evenly all around the explored parts of the island usually near good material resources my main goal is expansion and stockpiling resources for the human form replicators.

Hello there it's been a while my friend look my white hair is now long and tied in a pony tail and my eyes are covered with a black cloth made of silicone. The base is now several buildings and walls made of replicator blocks I even have a bed and everything still eating fish and leaves tho but replicator number 560 found berries and nuts so it's a bit better now.

To the side of the main base is a huge ant nest spewing lots of black smog like a volcano in Mordor. The replicators have expanded to cover a fourth of the island in a mechanical swarm but enough about that you're about to see life be born. In the lab is a human shaped table device and several ancient computers I've spent months just on the programming i was lucky to have the memories to go on but I improved it where I could because what I wanted was a society but the original was designed to be a weapon in the form of people. I added in more advanced personality matrix and better reasoning skills. Obviously I also improved the defense for there base code and a good sense of awe for there maker so they won't become terminators and will mostly follow my commands subconsciously. I still need to be somewhat commanding tho. With all that said I hit the big red button on the creation device.