Chapter 199

Looking at it this way, the harvest is still quite good……

It's just that "Anti-Unit Special Attack" seems to be a bit too much——

Among the three great creations harvested, two are of this specialized direction.

Does this mean I really have to walk the route of a Demon King? Xia Zhi couldn't help but fall into deep thought; this doesn't seem quite right. Someone as peace-loving as me has nothing to do with that kind of art style no matter how you look at it; those are all the prejudices and misunderstandings of the world.

——Besides, a Demon King or whatever is just too boring.

——You have to know, he is a man who will one day become a Magic God!

Of course, the key is to become a Magic God, not a Magic God's man…… he is very serious about taking this as his goal.

Shaking his head, Xia Zhi pondered carefully for a moment, feeling that perhaps he could put more effort into the Primate Killer. Mainly because the other two don't really need him to look after them; after all, one is a living Jutsu, its essence a Magecraft possessing will.

The other is the Nanite Cluster Consciousness governing the Macro Domain, with extremely high intelligence, and it even installed a bunch of Moe MODs; from voice prompts to anthropomorphic avatars, it can combine however it wants. Whether it's Lie Kexingdun's voice or Hatsune Miku's Character Illustration, the main selling point is maxed-out customization freedom.

——Therefore, neither of the two needs him to worry much.

——Naturally, only the Primate Killer requires some thought.

The little thing's name is Fu Fu, but actually it's only so that when petitioning Miss Suzumiya for a title, it can be better acknowledged by this World, and not be judged as a "Black Household". In the end, it's not the same as the real Fu Fu; it's a completely separate individual.

After all, it has no past Memories, lost all its intellect, and grew anew from a blank template, an individual that walked another Trajectory……

Is it really still the original Existence?

Even that Fu Fu in Chaldea, after losing all Memory and intellect and turning into an ordinary beast, even if she could relearn and grow again, it's hard to say she's still the original Fourth Beast.

So, the current little thing is the same.

Moreover, its mind and personality are still very immature; Xia Zhi doesn't really hope it grows crooked. What he wants is an obedient and Loyal little dog, not a crazy and ruthless, even uncontrollable, fierce beast……

"Maybe I can redesign a skin for it?"

The Magician pondered slightly, feeling that perhaps he could start with appearance; this is a very good entry point.

Humans are visual creatures; most people don't have much Resistance to fluffy cute things. The cuter the Creature, the higher the initial favorability in their eyes, and the more easily they can obtain the goodwill of most people. Therefore, as long as it maintains the disguise of a cute thing in its normal state, Fu Fu won't suffer any Malice.

Such is the racial Characteristic of the Primate Killer; if it doesn't come into contact with Human Society, there won't be any harm.

But if it comes into contact with Human Society, it will decide what Direction to grow in based on the performance of the people it contacts; goodwill and Malice are the most obvious dividing lines.

Although the judgment Mechanism in this aspect is actually very Complex, it's not simply considering Human goodwill or Malice toward the Primate Killer; it also has to consider Human performance toward their Peers, the Ugliness and brilliance reflected behind various Behaviors…… and so on; these are all its growth Resources.

However, Xia Zhi believes this has more or less some positive effect; doing it is better than not doing it.

Moreover, when facing cute adorable things, most people aren't Willing to Expose their ugly side; their Inner Hearts will more or less show some restraint.

Speaking of which, Fu Fu's original skin is actually cute and silly enough, but it obviously belongs to a rather abnormal "New Species"; fooling students who haven't seen much of the World is fine, but it can't guarantee others won't have ulterior motives, easily attracting covetousness and Malice.

This is also why Xia Zhi feels the necessity to unlock a new skin for it.

"A Husky seems like a good choice……"

He seriously pondered this matter, while simultaneously having Gray Gu Project a high-definition interface in his eyes, far surpassing 4K or 8K resolution, infinitely close to the clarity of the human eye directly seeing things, like opening an image gallery, full of dog photos.

He casually picked one that looked pretty good, then decisively issued an instruction:

"This one. Modify it a bit more; make the appearance better-looking, the fur color can be more solid, but not all white."

"Received, Master."

A pleasant voice rang out; Huifeng, visible only in his field of vision, spoke with a straight face, merely winking at him, blinking one eye.

By the way, today her general-purpose interaction interface is Ikaros's image.

——That is, the one from "Heaven's Lost Property".

——This leads to a slight sense of Discord.

After all, this "Ikaros" doesn't seem very naturally airheaded; on the contrary, she's a bit too lively and energetic.

"Perhaps some adjustments are still needed; while changing the image, the AI personality should also be fine-tuned according to the character Setting of the Character Illustration itself, so it's more Suitable."

Xia Zhi noticed this point and fell into Thoughtful consideration, thinking about how to improve.

This image wasn't deliberately adjusted by him; it's random every day, like a computer desktop wallpaper set to rotate; whatever is in the gallery might be rolled. He merely provided the Resources, importing a pile of classic image templates: games, anime, movies, TV series, etc.

Those he had some impression of in his Memory, could recall, might occasionally think of——

All were imported.

Although it has some Bad Taste, it's also very Necessary; if a Super AI acts too rigid, it inevitably seems dull and boring. Moreover, intelligent beings are usually visual animals, more inclined to appreciate and accept beautiful things, and more easily show goodwill toward things they Self-Deception as beautiful.

He is currently no Exception.

So the principle is the same as the situation Fu Fu faces——

Although it's not a racial Characteristic, as a Super AI, the Nanite Cluster Consciousness can undoubtedly also easily discern its Master's Attitude toward her or them, judging whether it's good or bad. The trope of an originally Loyal AI forced to rebel by a Stupid creator has indeed been seen plenty in various movies and games.

Xia Zhi certainly wouldn't completely believe this trope, but he still feels that this preventive Measure, which only consumes an Insignificant bit of Computing Power resources to Suo Ding, is better done than not done.

This way, even if Huifeng really loses control——

It should be in the direction of a Runaway Machine Servant, not an Iron Heart Absolute Destroyer, right?

Thinking about these random things, Xia Zhi seriously awaited the result——actually no need to wait; although Nanite Intelligence is currently limited to this Workshop's area, with Huifeng's terrifying Calculation Power, even without deploying, it far crushes the sum of all Twenty-first Century Human Computers.

This kind of small problem that doesn't need to eat much Calculation Power resources doesn't even need a dedicated project.

It's simply an Instant's work, able to directly Complete.

It's just that from Huifeng receiving the task to reporting Completion, no matter how fast there's an interval; coupled with his extremely fast Thought Speed, he was able to think of many things in this interval and produce a sensation of himself waiting.

Rapidly selecting from the proposals Huifeng presented, Xia Zhi quickly made a decision: "This one. Make a Nanite Coating for it according to this."

That's right, changing skins is this simple.

Nanite Intelligence will easily Suo Ding all these things; from design proposal to concrete implementation, all can be completed extremely perfectly.

Huifeng accepted the task just as neatly, making Xia Zhi feel an unprecedented peace of mind, but also making him realize this art style seems to have become a bit Subtle. He stroked his chin, examined his current situation, and also discovered where the problem lay.

This seems to have a bit of a Cyber Cultivation flavor?

But whatever; my art style was never orthodox to begin with; after all, before it was Magic Cultivation, the difference isn't that big now.

Shaking his head, no longer entangled on this issue, he was just preparing to place his Attention on the next matter, when he suddenly heard the sound of a door being pushed open.

"Huh? Where's my room?"

The Team Leader walked in yawning, rubbed her eyes, then casually scanned the area, subconsciously doubtful.

Same old story — the power of habit is strong. Having reached the time when she usually got sleepy, she subconsciously, driven by the muscle memory and mental inertia cultivated over ten thousand-plus cycles, naturally prepared to head straight back to her "room."

"..."

"..."

"Over there..."

The Magician snapped his fingers; on the wall not far away, the silvery-white metal smooth surface rapidly changed, countless microscopic modules constantly splitting, rotating, transforming — in the blink of an eye, an independent room area emerged.

"Arrange it yourself. Whatever style you want, just say the word. You should know how."

"Oh, right, didn't have that at this time yet." Haruhi Suzumiya also reacted. "So that means my room later was also created by your Mansion Technique?"

What Mansion Technique...

It's actually just carving out an area in the warehouse space and furnishing it into a livable place. The so-called "One Hundred Invisible Servants" are just Nanomachines laboring away — they can of course easily complete all kinds of housework and tasks.

But Xia Zhi wouldn't actively expose himself either. He knew Miss Suzumiya liked this style, so he complied readily, nodding and admitting cheerfully: "That's exactly how it is."

Indeed! I knew it!

Haruhi Suzumiya's mood instantly turned very happy. She glanced at the room not far away, but didn't walk straight over. Instead, after thinking a bit, she pretended to walk unintentionally toward Xia Zhi's direction.

"What are you doing here?"

Brimming with curiosity, yet after approaching Xia Zhi, she didn't see anything.

The table in front of him was also empty, nothing at all. This made Miss Suzumiya a bit disappointed, and also a bit suspicious — could it be this fellow hid in his room early just to do nothing, purely sit here in a daze?

"What are you looking at?"

The youth naturally knew the Team Leader's little thoughts, and asked calmly.

Anyway, he had already fully entered the paperless office stage — no need to leave any traces.

He had always been very careful, never rashly exposing certain dangerous and uncertain things in front of the other party, to prevent unexpected situations... for example, letting Miss Suzumiya read this Grimoire, then having her wildly imagine about the "Abnormal Knowledge" and "Abnormal Law" inside.

This still needed attention. Like him and Nagato Yuki — they would only tell her certain things, and not leave her too much room for imagination.

That would be too dangerous, full of uncertainty.

"Nothing, just curious. Were you just spacing out here a moment ago?" Haruhi Suzumiya didn't disguise it either. Since everyone was already very familiar, she asked straight out.

"I was on the phone with my girlfriend. Not allowed?"

"Cut it out. What you said before was totally a bluff. Your girlfriend doesn't exist in this world at all!" The Team Leader righteously exposed him, wearing a face of disdain: "Clearly never been in a relationship, yet insisting on acting all experienced and promiscuous. Tsk tsk."

Xia Zhi: "..."

Fine, it's normal for Haruhi Suzumiya to think that.

After all, over fifteen thousand cycles, he never contacted any fiancée or girlfriend. She would naturally keenly discover the fact that "they" simply don't exist in this world, thus forming a new understanding of what he said before...

Or rather, a new misunderstanding.

After all, he really does have plenty of experience, okay.

"Fine, you caught me."

The youth thought a moment, then sighed —

"Actually, my Realm is about to Breakthrough. I'm about to undergo Tribulation Crossing, so I'm a bit nervous and worried."

"Hah?"

The Team Leader looked at him with a strange face: "You said before you were about to reach that Foundation Establishment Stage, right? Does that also require Tribulation Crossing?"

(Chapter End)