Chapter 778

"I am Gray Serpent, I am Gray Serpent!"

It repeated its name, as happy as a child who had received a gift.

"Oh? It can speak already? The body you created for it, Bai Ge, has something to it."

Mobius looked curiously at Gray Serpent, who had turned into a mechanical android. It wasn't an armed puppet, nor was it a flesh-and-blood body, but a special existence between the two.

Although it didn't have any powerful abilities, there was no doubt that this could be called a "perfect" life.

Snake blinked her eyes, feeling that this gift was a bit valuable, but thinking of the will to survive Gray Serpent had displayed earlier, she didn't find it strange anymore.

She knew that the boy in front of her was a generous person. As long as it was something Bai Ge felt had value, he would spare no effort to support and reward it.

And Snake was also somewhat interested in what kind of future a life where flesh and blood and machinery coexisted would show.

"What should I do..."

Gray Serpent looked up at Bai Ge with fear and fanaticism.

It felt that it was very wonderful now.

This brand-new body containing its consciousness allowed this consciousness, which until just now only knew how to 'survive', to master language and possess a certain degree of basic knowledge in just a few seconds.

Although for Bai Ge, it was just a small matter done with a wave of his hand, for Gray Serpent, it was already an overly shocking miracle.

"Please tell me... my... mission..."

Gray Serpent felt that there must be a price for obtaining this gift. It didn't know if it could pay the price for this body, this name, and this life, but what it needed to do now was to show its willingness to serve.

This wasn't some calculation of interests.

Having been born not long ago, it couldn't do such advanced behavior yet, so this was pure worship and a request.

Worship, gratitude, looking up to Bai Ge who had fished it out of the destruction pool and bestowed upon it the power to live, as well as fear of whether he would reclaim this life and this body.

"Mission? There is no such thing."

"Wha... t?"

"Because you longed to live, I bestowed upon you the opportunity to live. That is all."

Bai Ge stood with his arms crossed and said calmly. He really didn't expect that he could witness the birth of Gray Serpent. Although it was a very ugly scene, the will to survive was very beautiful.

Fighting for all the beauty in this world is one of his creeds, and all efforts made with all one's might should be rewarded accordingly. This is his aesthetic.

Therefore, no matter what Gray Serpent becomes in the future.

At least at this moment, it possesses the power to live.

And Bai Ge didn't want to use a person's future to decide a person's present. Everyone has the opportunity to change.

After all, even Kevin could change from a obsessed person into a sunny and cheerful big boy, why couldn't Gray Serpent become a righteous character?

To be honest, Gray Serpent's work ability is still strong. It is the most reliable and loyal one in 【World Serpent】. Think about what kind of monsters the cadres in this organization are.

The Raven who only wants to save money to buy an island villa all day, the dog-headed strategist Jackal who is the shame of World Serpent, the Owl Chen Tianwu who will betray the organization later, and the Hare who helped Bronya ascend to become the Truth, which is also equivalent to turning against them...

The entire 【World Serpent】 of the current civilization can be said to have only Gray Serpent working hard and being loyal.

(And it is also one of the three literary giants of Honkai Impact 3rd. If it just disappears like that, it would be a bit of a pity. Anyway, it will likely be my subordinate in the future, might as well save it.)

Bai Mou thought so.

"............"

Gray Serpent looked blankly at Bai Ge. Just because it longed to live, he bestowed upon it life and a body. It used its brain, which could connect to the network, to think crazily.

Eventually, it only found the word 【God】 to describe him.

Mobius looked at this scene with interest. This mechanical life that hadn't been born for long had already developed its own faith. In her opinion, it was truly interesting!

At the same time, she couldn't help but sigh that Bai Mou's charm was truly exaggerated enough to have conquered Gray Serpent so quickly.

This might be because Bai Ge, as a Chimera, had already reached too high a realm as a life form, coupled with his unique understanding of life and his casual self. To a lower-level existence like Gray Serpent, he looked like a god.

"Gray Serpent, what you have now is just the will to survive, but a life that lives only for not wanting to die ultimately doesn't have much value. So... go find your goal for living."

"Goal for living... how should I do that?"

"How would I know? Everyone's life is like a canvas that belongs to them. I don't intend to decide the content of the painting for others, so whether you end up painting a childish doodle of a three-year-old or a famous painting that will be passed down through the ages, that's your own business."

Bai Ge stood with his arms crossed. He had no interest in manipulating other people's lives. Even if he actually had the qualifications to decide Gray Serpent's meaning of existence, Bai Ge's personality made him reject doing so.

Life should be free. Even the humblest life is the most precious and important private property.

"In short, go see what kind of world you were born into first. I don't intend to restrain you. Uh, but you are not allowed to do illegal things, you know?"

Bai Ge still gave a bottom-line warning.

He knew that Gray Serpent had done quite a few things in the original story, such as organizing a mechanical religion, a mutual aid society that viewed Honkai as a baptism, and a criminal group that privately hoarded Honkai energy weapons.

Although this guy's strength isn't strong, its brain and ability to cause trouble are worthy of a high evaluation.

But Bai Mou said that it's better not to do things that cause trouble for others. Isn't it good to enjoy life normally~

Then, in a state of confusion for Gray Serpent.

This guy was thrown out of the Moth of the Fire base.

Gray Serpent: "............"

On the main road, Gray Serpent was wearing a black hoodie.

Its limbs and eyes were bionic prosthetics, and it wore a white mask on its face that only revealed its red mechanical right eye, and there was a black pattern of two crossed daggers on the mask.

If it weren't for the pattern of a "silver moth with burning wings" printed on its clothes, it would definitely have been reported by passersby by now.

(Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?)

The classic three questions flashed through Gray Serpent's brain.

But it couldn't be blamed, because it was truly confused at this moment.

Not long ago, it was struggling to survive in Mobius's destruction pool, and then it was bestowed with a body and name by Bai Ge, as well as the power to live freely.

Before it could react, it had already been sent outside the base, starting a new round of survival from another angle. The only thing to be thankful for was that the difficulty this time was much smaller; at least it wasn't the hellish difficulty of starting in a destruction pool.

But the map directly becoming the span of the entire world was still too big, which made Gray Serpent's brain crash a bit.

Looking at the city streets with heavy traffic and people coming and going, Gray Serpent really didn't know where to go.

So it stood blankly in place for more than half an hour, quietly looking at this new map that was too wide, and recalling the figure of the white-haired boy who let it live, Gray Serpent began to think about life.

"Yes, live. I must live. But it's not just about living."

"The freedom and life I possess at this moment are generous gifts from Lord Bai Ge, so I must, I must make it have the value of existence."

"I must first understand this world. This body bestowed by the Lord is very convenient; I can learn most of the knowledge in this world at any time, and then find things I can do, things that can be of help to that Lord..."

Gray Serpent said to itself, its mechanical prosthetic hand clenching involuntarily, and then... this guy found a place to sit down and started learning the Constitution.

(Cannot do illegal things, this is also something Lord Bai Ge instructed. Hmm? This book is quite thick...)

Bai Ge didn't know what Gray Serpent would become in the future, but he didn't care too much. After all, for him, this matter was just a small episode.

However, he felt that Gray Serpent was quite suitable to be a philosopher. After all, it had a habit of quoting, and as a villain, Gray Serpent's style was much higher-class than Cocolia's.

At least its speaking style was quite cool and had a lot of demeanor.

And after dealing with Gray Serpent, Bai Ge accompanied Mobius to eat a healthy lunch, and then pleaded for the Armed Puppet Klein, helping her apply for two full days of vacation.

Klein: "Thank you, thank you Bai Ge. I never thought I could rest for such a long time in my life, two full days. Is, is this pre-spending all the rest time of my second half of life?"

Bai Ge: "... Klein, why don't you jump ship to me like Prometheus?"

Being exploited to such a cruel degree, Bai Ge couldn't help but feel sympathy, thinking, Snake, you really are too much. Others are one thing, but at least treat Klein better!

And if nothing goes wrong, the maintenance work of the 【Elysian Realm】 in the future will have to be handed over to Klein.

At that time, she's afraid she won't have any rest for fifty thousand years...

After that, Bai Ge told Mobius about the 【Fifteen Flame-Chasers】. Although Snake said it was childish, her body was very honest and took the badge.

Then she invited Bai Mou to lie on the operating table, saying she wanted to do some research on the Chimera aspect.

But Bai Ge refused, because he had just received a message that what he customized at Vill-V's place was ready.

"Welcome to~ the Spiral Workshop!"

"Uh, every time I hear it, I have auditory hallucinations of the Theater of Domination."

Inside the Spiral Workshop, Bai Ge looked at Vill-V, who was making a shining appearance under the spotlight, with a mix of laughter and tears, thinking that his master magician was as flashy as ever.

"Vill-V, is everything ready?"

"Of course~ Whether it's the Divine Keys or the black boxes, everything is ready. Bai Ge, come and verify the goods."

Vill-V nodded and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, several large objects fell from the ceiling with a bang. Bai Ge's eyes twitched, thinking it was fortunate that they were all made of soul-steel.

First was a huge golden cross.

"Ding ding! The 11th Divine Key, the Key of Binding, Oath of Judah. Considering the style of the Herrscher of Binding, I specially used the cross that often appears in religion as its exterior design this time. How about it? Do you feel your eyes light up?"

Vill-V proudly patted the Oath of Judah.