Chapter 313
"Yes, I'm just here to talk to you about this. I didn't ask you for compensation." Great Herta blinked.
"... You just realized I'd already figured it out, right?" Chen Li said irritably.
Even though Chen Li had already repaired the Herta Space Station, it was a fact that the Astral Express had crashed into it, creating a large hole.
The reason why Herta didn't condemn Chen Li from this angle is ultimately because of... The Trailblaze Spirit.
In other words, you are not responsible for killing someone in a car accident, nor are you required to pay compensation.
Since they are enemies, they certainly don't need to take responsibility.
But this refers to not having to compensate or be responsible for hostile targets, but it doesn't say what will happen if there is damage to the site.
The space station had a special problem; it would disintegrate if it wasn't repaired. So Chen Li helped repair it. Next time, Chen Li plans to see what happens if he doesn't compensate for the site damage.
Are you going to make the people on the Astral Express work for three months without pay?
Or will they not have to pay compensation because of the unique nature of the Miraculous Item?
That's how Miraculous Item are; they always have some hidden properties that seem useless but are actually quite useful, and you have to discover them yourself.
All Miraculous Item needs to do is strive to utilize its unique properties and continuously create Miracle, while Chen Li, the Miraculous Forger, has to consider many more things.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about these issues anymore. I came here for the Little Herta." Seeing that it was at a disadvantage, the Great Herta chose to enter the main body and switch tracks.
"Little Herta? Right, speaking of which, I didn't see Little Herta much yesterday..." Chen Li only remembered that after Little Herta was broken by that mind-reading bird, it had been letting Great Herta take over its body control.
However, since Chen Li had been busy all afternoon, he was unsure whether the Little Herta had recovered.
"Little Herta is very important to me. She is both another version of myself and involved in the Herta Instrumentality Project, so I care a lot about her mental state."
"Okay, go on." Chen Li also became serious.
"The psychological trauma that Little Herta suffered yesterday has also made me more vigilant."
"Uh-huh."
"To prevent this from happening again, I intend to eliminate all risks."
"Uh-huh."
"Therefore, I intend to take the risk and try to replicate what the Little Herta did yesterday to find out where the problem lies."
"Hmm... hmm?" Chen Li's tone instantly rose.
No, buddy.
Are you waiting for me here?
"The time should be almost here, right? The time for the falling Heaven's Lost Property." The Great Herta glanced at the clock in Chen Li's bedroom.
"That's right, but Little Herta tripped and fell here yesterday. Are you planning to trip and fall again?"
"I'm not that stupid. I have some Miraculous Item." A smug smile appeared on the Great Herta's lips.
The one with the Miraculous Item is the master.
Whether it's the convenience of the Miraculous Item, or the fact that it allows Chen Li to summon a projection to try things that his main body wouldn't dare to try!
It can even be used to escape—it can summon either a projection or the main body to assist in battle.
However, looking at the smile on Great Herta's face, Chen Li had a bad feeling.
"Is this really necessary?" Chen Li asked, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem? Is it that you, Chen Li, have lost interest, or that I, the Great Herta, am not good-looking enough?" The Great Herta, sitting on Chen Li's bed, tilted his head.
"Neither, but don't you feel something's strange? Especially when your real body is watching from the side." Chen Li pointed to the real body Great Herta, which was leaning against the wall of Chen Li's bedroom, arms crossed, carefully observing Chen Li and its own projection, seemingly waiting for something.
You Herta guys are really playing fancy tricks!
So what are you trying to say?
"How about... one of you disappears?"
"It would be even stranger if I, the real body, went to guard the door for you two while you and the projection stayed here to be intimate, wouldn't it?" The real body, the Great Herta, glared at Chen Li with annoyance.
"A strange mentality." The projected Great Herta also objected to Chen Li's opinion.
"..." Chen Li began to reflect.
Am I really the strange one?
Wake up, Master, you've been manipulated.
[Speaking of which, if projections are all based on the state of the original body, and the original body receives the projection's Remembrance afterward, making the projection almost indistinguishable from the original body, then I have a bold idea: if you, Master, are always intimate with the projection, then wouldn't that be...]
"Don't be bold! And don't even have any ideas! Be careful, or I might get interested in you!"
[Huh? Me? Master, wake up! I'm smaller than Paimon!]
"Your head is full of lewd nonsense. Go and add a password-protected red envelope feature to your Friends Circle."
[...]
The Pixie felt he was becoming more and more like the donkey in the production team.
The Pixie couldn't imagine whether Chen Li would really choose to give up and make him work to support him once he reached level 10 in blacksmithing and could move around freely.
That's terrifying!
No, I need to find a way to keep myself in the Miraculous Forging Guide!
"The Great Herta? What are you doing at Chen Li's room door?" As Sirin accompanied Cecilia for her morning exercise as usual, just before they were about to leave, she spotted the Great Herta leaning against the wall at Chen Li's room door.
"I originally wanted to discuss some in-depth topics with Chen Li, but Chen Li kicked me out... Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"Satisfied, I'm extremely satisfied," Sirin nodded repeatedly.
Although Sirin and the Great Herta and Little Herta are indeed teacher and student, in Sirin's view, the two... the three are also in a competitive relationship.
Sirin always felt that the way the Big Little Herta looked at Chen Li was a bit strange!
Little Herta is alright. Although its gaze towards Chen Li is very pure... it's perfectly fine because Little Herta is a bit arrogant.
After all, in this version, the arrogant type has already been phased out.
The Great Herta is different; even Sirin has to admit that it is a formidable rival.
The only thing that could comfort Sirin was that perhaps the Great Herta approached Chen Li to urge her on.
Or, it would be even better if the Great Herta only had the idea of playing around with Chen Li!
After the Great Herta toyed with Chen Li's feelings, Chen Li was in a low mood, which gave the Black Tower an opportunity to take advantage of him!
However, Sirin was also worried that the Great Herta might keep playing.
But now that she saw Chen Li throw the Great Herta out of the room, Sirin felt relieved.
This means that the Great Herta's progress is not higher than mine.
He launched Night Raid and was even able to sleep in Chen Li's bed.
Night Raid the Great Herta, it was simply thrown out.
As for whether it happened afterward...
There's no need to worry about that, because Sirin can clearly see that the Great Herta is unhappy and impatient at this moment.
The reason that made the Great Herta unhappy must be that she failed. It couldn't be that someone inside was being intimate with Chen Li while she was guarding the door, could it?
The Great Herta is so proud, such a thing could not possibly happen.
Unless what's inside is... the Great Herta itself?
"Beep beep".
Great Herta's Friends Circle Terminal suddenly rang.
Great Herta picked up the Friends Circle Terminal, glanced at the text message, and then at the person in front of him who had sent it.
"Phew." Sirin breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the main body of the Great Herta is outside the door, there can't be anyone inside!
No, what if it's Nguyen Mai?
Thinking of this, Sirin sent another text message to Ruan Mei.
Ten seconds later, after seeing the picture sent by Ruan Mei, Sirin politely declined Ruan Mei's invitation to experiment and told Ruan Mei not to mess with Kiana and the Spring Spirit.
Surely one's own successor and continuation cannot be deceived by Nguyen Mai, can they?
It's safe now, it's really safe this time!
"Stay here. By the way, do you need me to prepare breakfast for you?" Sirin flew up and patted the Great Herta on the shoulder.
"No need. I'm full of energy."
"Seeing you so angry makes me happy... but I can't really be happy. But you still need to eat, so I'll prepare breakfast for you." Sirin left with a smile.
The Great Herta watched Sirin leave.
As a genius, Great Herta naturally guessed what Sirin had just been doing.
Sirin might be worried that she is a projection, guarding the door for Chen Li and the real body.
But Sirin never dreamed that the result would be that her true form would be guarding the door for Chen Li and the projection!
The thought of this makes the Great Herta want to laugh... but it also makes it impossible to laugh at all.
"Why do I have to do this kind of thing?" the Great Herta couldn't help but grumble.
He was guarding the gate, while his own projection was probably teasing Chen Li in the room.
Although I will gain all my Remembrance once the projection is canceled, watching it from the side is completely different from being kicked out and only being able to hear the sounds!
"No, Chen Li is still too timid. We need to train him hard later!" the Great Herta muttered softly.
If they're shy about such a small matter, what if, due to circumstances, both the Great Herta Ruan Mei summon projections to share experimental data, only to have their original bodies kicked out to guard the gate? How ridiculous would that be?
It's kind of ridiculous now, though.
At this moment, the Great Herta felt like it was being scratched by a hundred claws, and it really wanted to hear what had happened inside.
However, as a projection, it seemed to have already guessed what it was going to do, so it cast a silencing spell.
That's despicable!
It even seems that they anticipated the Great Herta's attempt to break the silence spell, so they devised an anti-break spell!
Damn it, they were all taught by the same master, I can't break their moves!
"Confronting one's own wits and courage is beneficial for completing one's personality," the projected Great Herta said.
"You haven't given up on the Herta personality completion plan yet?" Chen Li rested his head on the thigh of the Great Herta, which was covered in black stockings.
"Originally, I thought it was impossible to make up for it, after all, I am the most well-rounded genius in the Genius Society... But with Little Herta, and even another me, maybe this plan is feasible."
"I never deny my perfection. My perfection is impeccable. It's just that it would be nice to add a little fun to life. Once you understand your identity as a projection, your mindset will change, and you can't help but want to train your original body... This must be the flaw of the Assistance System, right!" The Great Herta shifted the blame to Chen Li.
"It was clearly your own bad intentions." Chen Li refused to take the blame.
Chen Li understood once again what it meant for someone who wronged you to know just how wronged you really were.
Last night I wronged Dan Heng and Xing on March 7th, and today the Great Herta is wronging me.
"It must be a problem with the combat system! Right? Right!" The Great Herta pinched Chen Li's face, who was lying on his lap.
"That's completely wrong!"
Ms. Herta is unparalleled in the world. What if there really is another Great Herta?
The same ideas, the same genius, the same wisdom... the same desire to elevate the "Herta" even higher.
The Great Herta has no bad intentions; it simply wants to become more perfect!
And which Great Herta can temporarily gain the upper hand... Both Great Herta know this method.
Of course, we'll borrow the plug from Chen Li's world!
In the Hyperdimension state, not only can one acquire data and appraise items, but one can also enhance their spellcasting abilities, identify weaknesses, and compensate for shortcomings...
It's like an already excellent scientist possessing computing power that surpasses that of a supercomputer.