After You Meng finished explaining, Su You said with a grim expression, "What exactly are your motives? Why do you want me to become your servant? If you don't explain yourself, I won't cooperate with you in anything."
After talking with this Intelligent Life named You Meng for so long, Su You had grown more and more confident. He suspected that she had no way to deal with him.
After 8.2 billion years, whatever she had left behind had probably long since been destroyed. Otherwise, she could have simply threatened him into becoming her servant.
"Hmph, what a clever little native." You Meng pursed her lips. "Fine, I'll come clean. I just want to cultivate you, then have you take me into the universe someday."
"Cultivate me?" Su You smiled, not particularly convinced by her explanation. "As your servant?"
You Meng replied sheepishly, "Uh, I just wanted to take the initiative and make you a little more obedient!"
Su You nodded and asked, "You've already become an Intelligent Life, and you can't venture through the universe on your own. What do you want to go there for?"
"Hmph, to enter the Virtual Universe, of course. I was trapped in that ring for more than eight hundred thousand eras. If I hadn't kept myself asleep most of the time, I probably would've collapsed long ago."
"You probably don't know about the Virtual Universe. Let me tell you..."
You Meng fluently listed all the benefits of the Virtual Universe. For an Intelligent Life like her, entering the Virtual Universe was just like exploring the real universe, except without any danger.
But Su You knew no less about it than she did. The Virtual Universe was Original Ancestor's ultimate move for taking over the Primordial Universe. With the entire Primordial Universe as its base station and a Machine Race Universe Master as its central processor, it was insanely powerful!
Su You found You Meng's explanation fairly believable. After all, an Intelligent Life on its own couldn't enter the Virtual Universe without a master.
"But why did you choose me? There are plenty of people on Earth stronger than I am," Su You asked, puzzled. "And don't tell me it's because I brought you up from underground. I won't believe that kind of nonsense."
You Meng quickly explained, "That's only one reason. The main thing is that your Brain Domain Width is high and you have good cultivation talent. I don't want to have to find someone new to keep me company every few thousand or tens of thousands of years."
"Brain Domain Width? I'm not a Spirit Reader, am I?" Su You asked in confusion.
You Meng gave him a scornful glance. "Who told you that only Spirit Readers have a Brain Domain Width? Everyone has one. It's just that ordinary people's Brain Domain Width is relatively low."
"Oh? Then what's my Brain Domain Width?" Su You asked eagerly once he understood.
You Meng said calmly, "Your Brain Domain Width is 37. It's still a ways below mine back then, but you're a genius, at least."
"37? That high?" Su You couldn't help feeling pleased. In his memories of his previous life, Luo Feng's Brain Domain Width had only been 21 when he was at Apprentice Level.
Curious, Su You asked, "What about the Brain Domain Widths of the people beside me?"
"These are Earth's elite? Their potential is way too weak." You Meng pursed her lips, projecting seven or eight figures beside Su You and calling out their Brain Domain Widths one after another.
The highest belonged to Zhang Yue, whose Brain Domain Width was 13. The lowest belonged to a Black trainee standing in front of Su You, whose Brain Domain Width was only 5.
After she finished scanning them, You Meng said, "All right, I've explained my motives. Now let's talk things over properly."
Su You made his stance clear. "First, let's get this straight: I'm not becoming your servant."
"Fine, don't then. As if I cared." You Meng rolled her eyes at Su You. "I'll just make you a Source Star disciple. Is that all right?"
"Sure!" Su You nodded and held out his hand.
"What are you doing?" You Meng asked, puzzled.
Su You said righteously, "The benefits, of course! Becoming a Source Star disciple should come with some cultivation resources, right?"
You Meng froze, looking awkward. "I don't have any. The few World Rings I brought with me broke a long time ago. Nothing was left behind. I can only make it up to you once we enter the universe."
Seeing Su You look disappointed, You Meng continued:
"You're only at Apprentice Level. According to Source Star's rules, you should receive just one First-Order Force Battle Suit, one Auxiliary Optical Computer, and one low-level secret manual when you join."
"I can't give you a Force Battle Suit, and I already have all the functions of an Auxiliary Optical Computer—and more."
"As for secret manuals, at Apprentice Level, you only need to learn the '360 Basic Martial Arts Forms.' I'll prepare the manuals you'll need at Planetary Level and beyond when the time comes."
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