The Oddball / Cyber Pranks

Judging from Vill-V's tone, she had watched Lin Cong moment he entered the ball until now, including the part where Lin danced with Mobius.

That makes sense. After all, back then, having Prometheus control the lights and songs was just a minor stage device trick in magic, and Vill-V should have seen it clearly.

"But to be honest, you'd better not have any expectations of me. I can't be Doctor Mobius's alluring ambiguity, nor can I be the Miss Assassin's cold exterior and warm interior, nor Eden's dignified elegance, or Eri's direct flirting..."

"It's not even like the First One next to you, who can fully utilize her advantages as a mecha girl with no emotions."

Vill-V shrugged, picked up a glass of wine, and poured it into her hat...

Yes, she poured the wine into her hat.

She did this illogical act as if it were perfectly natural, and then put the hat, which should have been completely soaked, back on her head.

Lin pondered Vill-V's words for a moment, then calmly said, "You've misunderstood."

"Hmm? Is that so?"

Suddenly, Vill-V revealed a smile that could be described as... "wicked".

"I think you've misunderstood them, Lin."

Chapter 120 The Strange Man

"Doctor Einstein, aren't you going to the ball?"

As Einstein yawned, she heard the somewhat childish voice and immediately threw off her pajamas. She turned around and saw a small, Armed Puppet carrying a cup of coffee walking up to her feet.

"Thank you." Einstein knelt down to take the coffee. "A dance isn't for me; I don't have a pretty little dress."

"Do you need me to buy it for you?"

"Uh..." Einstein, who had only made a casual joke, paused for a moment, then shook his head with a helpless smile, "No need, I don't like wearing skirts either."

"Alright, then please get some rest early tonight, Doctor Einstein."

"OK."

Einstein, holding her coffee, watched the Armed Puppet leave her office. She looked down at her reflection in the coffee-colored water, feeling lost and forlorn.

The development of the Armed Puppet's intelligence was somewhat beyond her expectations.

The Armed Puppet she just saw was the first Armed Puppet she implanted with Prometheus- like personality program soul steel core.

Yes, she has started using Soul Steel.

After the Herrscher of Reason from the Previous Civilization completely handed over the data of the Previous Civilization to the Moth of Flame, many previous technical problems were solved, including the refining, synthesis and use of Soul Steel.

That guy was the first test subject she used Soul Steel on.

The effect was so good that she didn't know how to describe it.

Soul Steel grants the Armed Puppet the properties of being undetectable and uncorroded in high-concentration Honkai Energy. It also allows the personality program to be highly adapted and integrated into the Armed Puppet's body. Now, a single Armed Puppet is comparable to an ordinary soldier.

But a problem arises: the speed of personality evolution is too fast.

It took Prometheus Unit 1 a year to develop a fully formed personality, which was an incredible speed. Even so, she was still a lifelike robot with no expression, no change in tone, and little emotion.

But the Armed Puppet just now had evolved a highly human-like personality in just one week. Although Einstein made a joke that the Armed Puppet didn't understand, the whole conversation was incredibly smooth, as if it were talking to a real person.

"... Do Armed Puppet dream of electric sheep?"

Einstein chuckled self-deprecatingly. She seemed to have no choice or hesitation. The Fire Moth would definitely make her continue implanting cores into the Armed Puppet.

Whether it's right or wrong... seems like something humans, who will stop at nothing to survive, can't even consider.

Of course, Einstein didn't have time to think about that now; she was developing something else.

In the records of the Previous Civilization, there was a special weapon... no, it should be said, an "ultimate" weapon.

It's a type of warhead with the power to destroy half of a medium-sized warhead with a single strike.

Einstein was more interested in this warhead than the ultimate weapon of the Previous Civilization, which was reproduced by the Herrscher of Reason. She was analyzing this weapon, then improving it, and finally manufacturing it.

The name has been chosen.

Nuclear warheads.

Pardo wandered aimlessly among the tables, turning into a wildcat, wanting nothing more than to stuff every delicious thing she saw into her mouth.

Oh no, I'm sure I'll gain weight like this!

Pardo grew up competing with stray dogs for food on the Dusk Street, was not malnourished, but she was definitely "thin" and far from plump.

Since getting a house, she noticed that her thighs and arms had started to gain weight, which became even more pronounced after joining the Fire Moth and staying in the branch for a few months. Her lower abdomen, face, and even her chest...

Pardo has always made a living by being flexible, sometimes wonders if she is overeating. What if someone wants to hit her and she is too fat to run away?

But thinking about it is pointless. I might as well eat more. Even if I die, I'd rather die full.

"Phew... I'm so satisfied..."

Pardo finished the entire bottle of carbonated drink in one gulp, let out an unrefined burp that drew sidelong glances, and shrank back, but still patted her slightly bloated stomach with satisfaction.

"Oh no, I forgot about Brother Lin. I forgot to ask Qianqi if she knew Brother Lin... But she just joined, so she probably doesn't know, right?"

"Should we just ask anyone now?"

Pardo's eyes darted furtively, searching for a suitable person, preferably someone easy to talk to and without much suspicion...

She quickly found a girl with a big smile chatting with someone else, who seemed to fit her requirements perfectly.

The girl looked a few years older than him, with striking pink hair and a perfect face, and there was absolutely no sense of distance in the conversation...

Let's choose her.

While the girl was still talking to someone else, Pardo mentally rehearsed how she would strike up a conversation to sound natural.

Just as she had finished rehearsing a complete set of words, she looked up and was nearly scared out of her wits.

The girl had somehow walked up to her and was staring at her with great interest.

"Wow!"

Pardo screamed, then blinked.

"What a lovely girl." Elysia chuckled at the girl's behavior, tilting her head and smiling charmingly with narrowed eyes. "Is there something you need?"

"I... I... how did you know I was looking for you?"

One sentence completely exposed it.

"Because you were staring at me just now, and that look... um... I wish someone's gaze was half as passionate as yours." Elysia said something nonsensical, then smiled at the bewildered Pardo, "Heh heh, don't mind it."

"Um... I..." Pardo forgot everything she had prepared in her nervousness and didn't know how to start. "You also think the food here is delicious, right?"

"Oh? Trying to pick someone up? Girls shouldn't learn any weird things."

No!

Elysia couldn't help but chuckle, surprised to find such a fun and adorable girl. "I didn't eat much. I guess most people who come here aren't here to eat, are they?"

Oh no!

Pardo realized that what she had said was too suspicious.

"I... I'm hungry."

"Hahaha... So what if you ate it? Why explain?" Elysia laughed. "So... what do you want from me, little sister?"

"I..."

Pardo suddenly woke up at this moment. Wasn't this a perfect opportunity to ask around?

However, what she didn't know was that Elysia had actually known her for a long time.

"Do you know of a... um... strange person wrapped in bandages?"

"Oh..."

Elysia gave a deliberately profound smile.

"We know each other, so what?"

Chapter 121 Cyber Prank

"We know each other, so what?"

Elysia was somewhat surprised when she first saw Pardo. This little guy had actually run away from a house in Dusk Street and joined the Fire Moths.

However, Elysia wasn't surprised when she heard that she had come to see Lin.

Is Lin really that popular now? Even a girl who's only known him for a little over two months is willing to follow him all the way here.

To be honest, Elysia was actually a little angry.

Especially today, after convincing Eden and herself that she was still somewhat angry deep down after seeing another girl inquiring about Lin, she was still convinced of her own abilities.

But there's no point in getting angry about these things, and "Elysia" won't get angry about them either.

So she calmed down those nonsensical bouts of anger.

"I don't know him? Never mind... Wait, you mean you know Brother Lin?"

Pardo was already planning to find someone else, but Elysia said she knew her without even hearing her name.

The process went surprisingly smoothly, but it was a good thing nonetheless. She couldn't wait to ask the next question, "Where is Brother Lin now?"

Elysia initially intended to take her directly to Lin, but then a cunning idea popped into her head.

"Hehe, I can take you to him."

"That..."

"But," Elysia loved the expressions on people's faces when they heard the word "but," she said, "You have to pretend you don't know him."

"Why?"

There's no reason why~

"Don't you find it strange that Doctor Mobius didn't intend to leave after seeing you, invited you to dance, and always kept his head down when he spoke?"

I don't think so.

"Don't you think it's strange that the Miss Assassin ignores everyone but is willing to talk to you, and treats you like an ordinary girl?"

I don't think so.

"Don't you think it's strange that Eri always appears at just the right time, intentionally or unintentionally taking advantage of you... oh no, she spends far more time with you than with anyone else?"

I don't think so.

No matter what Vill-V said, Lin refused to admit it, like a stubborn, unyielding human.

"Okay..." But Vill-V wasn't annoyed. She wasn't the type to give up at the first sign of trouble. In fact, she enjoyed it. Just like conquering a difficult boss in a game can ignite a player's fighting spirit, Lin was, in some ways, the ACE within the ACE of his twisted personality. Vill-V was happy to correct him.

"Look at this lovely Prometheus Unit 1." Vill-V grabbed the (???) Prometheus, pulled her in front of her, and gently tugged at her delicate cheek. "A perfect figure designed by my great designer, a unique face of a emotionless beauty, and a head of silver hair."

Her fingers slid down the aisle, while Prometheus remained unmoved, staring back at Lin, completely oblivious to Vill-V's little actions.

"Look at those over-the-knee boots, look at those black pantyhose, look at those silk gloves... Don't you feel a little scared?"

Overly direct descriptions kept coming out of Vill-V's mouth without any shame.

"A body made entirely to your liking, and an AI that is completely loyal to you and obeys your every word, even if you want incestuous relationships, it can completely satisfy your XP."

Vill-V slammed her hand on the table and asked seriously, "Don't you think that Number One is a blessing from heaven to you... no, it should be that Mei and I are a blessing to you with the perfect girl? Why don't you just have sex with her tonight? A few times a night is fine, right?"

Even though everyone else was used to Vill-V's outrageous remarks, at this moment, her righteous demeanor and morally bankrupt words made everyone around her keep their distance. Even Lin remained silent for quite a long time.

Prometheus remained silent, faithfully behaving like an obedient AI that wouldn't act unless commanded—in fact, she was far from being the kind of AI that would listen to orders.

After a moment of silence, and after the song had finished playing, Lin Gujing said calmly, "Prometheus is an AI."

"Huh? That's not a problem, is it? Aren't people on the internet generally fond of this kind of attribute?"

"... Would anyone want to reproduce with a computer?"

"That's... no! You're completely twisting the facts!" Vill-V almost got confused by Lin's twisted logic. "Unit 1 has a complete personality and a body that's almost human-like!"

"But isn't she still AI?"