"You taught them to call me that?"
"No, don't make things up. I never taught them that," Chen Luo said, hurriedly shaking his head.
"You have misunderstood, Mistress. This was not a title instructed by the Doctor. We came up with it ourselves because we were moved by the bond between you and the Doctor. If you dislike it, we will change it immediately," said the Fire Moth member.
"Th-that won't be necessary... But what's this idle thing about?" Herrscher of Knowledge looked slightly uncomfortable, though she was not angry.
Rather than dwell on the subject, Herrscher of Knowledge chose to change the topic.
Being called that... wasn't entirely unacceptable.
That title... was passable, at least.
"Idle mode means handing one's body over to the Collective Network for management. For certain repetitive labor tasks, human accuracy can sometimes be inferior to that of machines. For example, while maintaining order just now, I would even stop you, Mistress. It may seem a little cold-hearted, but it effectively prevents things like cutting in line."
"Hmm... Handing your body over to the Collective Network? Like auto-battle in online games?"
"Mistress, you are truly wise. This sort of idle behavior is fine for repetitive labor, but it falls short for more precise work. There are more refined idle functions, but I do not have the required permissions."
It was possible, but the permissions were insufficient.
It was like scripts. If there were only one or two actions, anyone could make a script using an emulator's operation recording feature.
But once the commands became more complicated, that was no longer enough.
"I gave you idle permissions so you could avoid repetitive and meaningless labor. What? You want the Collective Network to handle your entire life for you now? Auto-pathing, auto-leveling, auto-adventuring, is that it?" Chen