"Ahem! You're just a kid, so don't worry about that. Think about how you're going to get along with your new classmates first!"
"You mean that 'Mechanical Ascension Group'?"
"Yes! I'm planning to send you in for some advanced study. Those old monsters have all lived for thousands of years. Whatever else you might say about them, they definitely have more experience applying artificial intelligence than we do.
"Especially a veteran professor like the Duke of Dawn. He's practically a treasure trove! I don't need to teach you what to do, do I?"
"Yep! What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine! It's fine to have harmful intentions, but you must never let your guard down!"
Nie Yun nodded in satisfaction. Codename had grasped the lesson perfectly.
"Before that, prepare to migrate your core data. I need to give you an extra layer of protection so nobody can bully you."
Nie Yun planned to keep Codename by his side. His concern that she might run wild on Earth was one reason, but her safety was another.
There weren't many ways to threaten Codename's core, but they did exist. The time worm was one of them.
After some pointers from the Duke of Dawn, Nie Yun now had a certain understanding of the time worm, an attack method involving quantum data.
Although he couldn't yet write antivirus software to counter it, Nie Yun himself was both a higher-level entity-a source of the spark-and more than a purely digital existence. As such, the time worm couldn't affect him at all!
Keeping Codename by his side and acting as her first filter and firewall would be enough to ensure her safety.
As the little troublemaker's dear old dad, Nie Yun really had worried himself sick over her.
"Where am I moving?"