The others watched this scene with looks of surprise on their faces.
Seeing this, the blue phantom explained, "Honored master, and the other honored wizards, although battle weapon robots look like machines on the outside, they are actually semi-biological battle weapons built with consciousness as their core."
"Leibuta, do you know what kind of consciousness your master used as the core to construct these weapons?" Tadius turned to the blue phantom and asked in a deep voice.
"In answer to my master, this consciousness came from virtual games."
"Planet World had no magic power. It possessed only mental power, the power you and your companions call psionic energy."
"In numerical terms, operating a virtual game capable of accommodating one million people for a year could temper a will sufficient to construct one such battle weapon robot."
Xuemiyya asked curiously, "Did you extract electronic consciousness from the games, or capture the consciousness of living beings?"
"If there was a living consciousness that met the requirements, obtaining a living consciousness took priority. If not, electronic consciousness was chosen as the second-best option. This was the principle my former master followed," the blue phantom answered respectfully.
"At its peak, how many battle weapon robots did this Metal City have?"
"Three thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine."
"How many were built with electronic consciousness, and how many with living consciousness?"
"Three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven were built with electronic consciousness as their core, while six hundred and sixty-two were built with living consciousness as their core."
"Of the remaining thirteen battle weapon robots, how many were built with living consciousness as their core?"
"All of them."
"How was living consciousness acquired?"
"Whenever a living consciousness in a virtual game met the standard, it was locked within the game. Once its biological body in the