Vinina: Thinking Bigger

Although it had been a misunderstanding, Vinina still wisely chose not to explain.

She would talk about it after becoming a disciple.

Once she became a disciple, everything would be settled. Her talent was not poor, and even if Babata was dissatisfied, it could only make do with her for now.

After all, that was how it had made do with Luo Feng.

Back then, in Babata's eyes, Luo Feng had only possessed a brain region width of 22 and had still been at the Planetary level. That result could only be considered not bad, but in the Vast Universe, it was hardly outstanding.

Vinina believed that her current talent was no worse than Luo Feng's had been back then. Babata's ability to guide her into the Yunmo Star Ship was proof enough. Since it could make do with Luo Feng, there was no reason it could not make do with her.

Although the Yunmo Star lineage belonged to the ranks of Mental Masters, that did not mean it only had Mental Masters. Most of its Immortal servants had been Immortal Martial Artists, so it had naturally stored a great number of cultivation manuals for genetic Martial Artists.

At that thought, the expression on Vinina's face became even more harmless, making Babata shake its head.

It sighed inwardly. Vinina Polenas was good in every way, except she had no scheming at all. She gave off an aura of pure, transparent stupidity.

Still, it had waited fifty thousand years. It had finally encountered someone with passable talent, so it would make do.

In the future, it would at least have Demon Babata to keep her company.

"Follow me."

"First, we'll pay respects to Master."

Babata called out, then pointed one pale little finger toward the center of the magnificent hall's floor. Amid a hissing sound, the metal floor slowly parted, revealing a deep passageway.

They stepped inside.

After walking roughly thirty meters down the passage, the two arrived in a dark hall. As they entered, countless lights immediately lit up, revealing an empty octagonal chamber.

"Open!"

Babata pointed at the floor from afar. With a faint tremor, that area slowly split apart to reveal a passage, and then a transparent crystal coffin gradually rose up.

During this process, Babata turned toward Vinina. "You must be full of questions right now, aren't you?"

Vinina nodded slightly. "Yes."

Even if she was not, she had to say she was.

"First, let me introduce myself. My name is Babata!"

"You can also call me 'Demon Babata,' though that is the Earth Chinese translation. In the universal language of the universe, it should be 'XXXX.'"

"The word 'Demon' here is a title I gave myself."

"In essence, I belong to the category of Intelligent life, similar to what you Earthlings call intelligent assistants. However, I am on a level far beyond your so-called intelligent assistants."

"In fact, in my eyes, they cannot even be considered intelligent. They are merely simple logical processing programs. Only those whose thinking and problem-solving abilities are no weaker than those of ordinary humans can be called intelligent."

"And although I am still intelligent in essence, because I followed Master through long ages, I have already transcended the scope of intelligence and can be counted among Intelligent life."

"I am an independent existence, just like human life, Plant Life, and animal life."

"I possess all kinds of emotions, such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and I also have the capacity for cultivation and evolution!"

At this point, Babata's voice rose, and its emotions became excited and impassioned. But then it seemed to recall something. Its expression instantly turned desolate, sorrow filling its eyes as it slowly recounted what had happened fifty thousand years ago.

When its emotions became agitated, it even seized the rising crystal coffin tightly. Its expression twisted savagely as two tears fell, its eyes filled with madness and brutality.

Only after a long while did it slowly close its eyes. When it opened them again, it had regained its calm. "I haven't spoken to anyone for fifty thousand years. I lost control of my emotions a little. Sorry."

Vinina nodded slightly. "I understand."

"If you were merely a simple intelligence, fifty thousand years probably would not mean much. But for an independent life with all kinds of emotions, such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, the suffering of those long fifty thousand years..."

"It's unimaginable!"

"That's right."

Babata gave a bitter smile. "If I were merely a simple intelligence, time would hold no real meaning for me. Fifty thousand years or one hundred thousand years would make little difference."

"But once you have emotions, it becomes much harder to endure."

At that point, it did not forget to defend itself. "My temper used to be very good, actually."

Vinina could not help but laugh.

"Back to the point."

Babata's expression became solemn. "Vinina Polenas."

"Are you willing to take my Master as your teacher and become the future Master of Yunmo Star?"

"Of course, Yunmo Star has already been destroyed, and this faction has already perished. If you join, you will be the only inheritor of the Yunmo Star lineage."

"I am willing."

Vinina nodded directly in response.

"A wise choice!"

Babata raised its head and praised, "Because of your choice, the entire Earth will benefit!"

"With the assistance of Demon Babata, you will spread the name 'Vinina Polenas' throughout the Milky Way Galaxy and across the countless planets of the Black Dragon Mountain Star Domain. Countless humans will worship you and look up to you. At that time..."

"A single word from you will determine the rise or extinction of a planetary race!"

Vinina watched Babata grow increasingly excited and shook her head slightly with an amused smile.

The Milky Way Galaxy?

The Black Dragon Mountain Star Domain?

Its vision was still too narrow.

Earth was destined to be extraordinary. Even without Lord Luo, it would still produce at least an expert at the level of a Lord of the Universe. To such an expert, the Milky Way Galaxy and Black Dragon Mountain were merely ants that could be ignored entirely.

But as she watched Babata ramble on without end, Vinina did not interrupt. Instead, she quietly listened to its excited words, from its visions for the future to its memories of the past, then to its account of Huyan Bo's more than sixty million years of glorious achievements and his inspiring story of rising from an ant to an Immortal God.

She occasionally chimed in with a few words.

It went on like that for five hours.

The loneliness of fifty thousand years poured out completely after Vinina said, "I am willing." Yet during the process, Vinina also learned quite a few useful things.

For example, her brain region width.

31.

A large part of that was probably due to the tempering of her battle intent. Reaching such a brain region width at the Apprentice Level was considered quite impressive even in the Vast Universe. That was why Babata had been so excited. By the end, it had not forgotten to make plans for Vinina. "With the assistance of Demon Babata, you can enter the Planetary level in the short term. You have a good chance of reaching the Star level within fifty years, and reaching the Universe level within five hundred years should not be a problem!"

"Becoming a Domain Lord is harder to say, but with the many preparations Master left behind for his disciple before his death, five thousand to ten thousand years should be about enough."

"As for becoming a World Lord..."

"One hundred thousand years should barely be enough. It might even take longer."

Vinina:

Too narrow-minded. Its vision was too narrow.

A World Lord in one hundred thousand years?

If she remembered correctly, Luo Feng would break through to become a Universe Venerable and possess combat power comparable to a Lord of the Universe roughly one hundred and ten thousand years later.