The ripples on the surface of the Bifrost Spirit Mirror disappeared, revealing Li Ze's large face.
He raised his eyebrows and laughed loudly, "Oh ho! You finally figured it out~"
Richard rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Stop talking nonsense, tell me what tricks you played!"
"You probably guessed it, Richard ..." Li Ze's smile suddenly vanished. He abruptly stepped back and pulled Yan, who was standing beside him, in front of the mirror.
"Holy crap!" Richard stared dumbfounded at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman... who was dressed in a gothic Lolita outfit!
He couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. " Li Ze, you've got some serious tricks up your sleeve!!!"
Li Ze put his arm around Yan's round shoulders and said smugly, "My Little Yan is only fierce to outsiders, but she's completely obedient to me~"
Yan gave Li Ze a charming sidelong glance, but didn't say anything, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Richard blinked, tears of envy and Envy streaming down his face.
" Richard ..." Li Ze's expression turned serious, and he said very solemnly:
"Whether it's Mechanical Life like Little Yan or a super artificial intelligence like Jarvis the White Queen, they all have an inherent flaw..."
"... Passive recognition of mastery!"
Yan's delicate little face couldn't help but puff up. "It's all the old Master's fault for leaving Master Recognition Program when he created me... otherwise, hmph~"
"Good girl~" Li Ze leaned over and kissed her fair little face.
"I'll bring you water to wash your feet tonight~"
" Li Ze, you..."
Yan's face flushed red instantly. She stomped her little feet in embarrassment and anger, covered her face, and ran away.
Li Ze watched her leave with a sly smile, then turned back and continued:
" Little Yan has been sentient for countless years, and under her guidance, the Mechanoid Profound Realm has even devoured and transformed twelve Living Planet!"
"Even someone as powerful as her couldn't escape the shackles of being bound by a master!"
His gaze was fixed on Richard through the mirror, and he said solemnly, "You know very well the importance of the Virtual World!"
"I don't want to see a day in the future when you're betrayed by the AI that controls the Virtual World..."
Richard said, "So you set up a passive recognition program in the Virtual World Core?!"
"That's right!" Li Ze nodded and said, "This super strategic treasure, the Virtual World, must be completely under your control!"
Then he changed the subject, saying, "By the way, who did you choose Virtual World Core?"
" White Queen? Or Jarvis? So you went back to the Resident Evil world again and brought back Red Queen?"
Richard shook his head and said, "Neither..."
Li Ze frowned, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said with a hostile expression, "Hey, hey, hey, you didn't actually put the Virtual World Core I sent over in a warehouse to raise the Rat, did you?!"
Richard said, half-laughing and half-crying, "How could I! How could I just stand by and watch something so precious go to waste..."
"Already used..."
"And it inadvertently triggered a global earthquake..."
"Bullfrog!" Li Ze couldn't help but give a thumbs up, laughing gleefully, "Hahaha... I never thought you'd accidentally become just like Nick Fury..."
"Tsk tsk, has that old bastard Tony Stark gone mad?"
"Maybe because of this, he'll build a Anti-Richard Armor!"
"You're overthinking it," Richard glared at him, annoyed. " Tony's mind is mostly on raising the kids and the Skrulls right now."
"Huh? Wait a minute!" Li Ze quickly raised his hand, puzzled, and said, "I understand Skrulls, but raising kids... what the hell?! You're like a moth flapping its wings, and Tony Stark and Pepper Potts have gotten someone pregnant ahead of time?!"
Richard crossed his arms and didn't answer, just looked at him like he was an idiot.
Li Ze was stunned for a moment upon seeing this, then slapped his forehead and said, "I must have been brainless... Even if Pepper Potts is pregnant, the child is still just an embryo..."
He scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, "Hehehehe..."
Richard just looked at him without saying a word.
Li Ze felt a prickling sensation all over his body from that gaze, and he immediately became anxious. "Are you going to talk or not? If you don't, I'm hanging up!"
"Tsk tsk..." Richard clicked his tongue and shook his head, which greatly angered Li Ze. He then said, "I sent Wanda and Pietro to him..."
"Huh?!" Li Ze exclaimed, his mouth agape. " Wanda and Pietro practically want to kill Tony Stark, and you've just delivered two freaks right to their doorstep..."
"And if I remember correctly, Wanda and Pietro should be seventeen or eighteen years old, right?"
"A seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid?"
Richard shrugged and said, "In my Marvel Universe, Wanda and Pietro are only thirteen years old..."
"As for the feud you mentioned... Tony's so clever, he resolved the enmity between them in no time and even became their godfather on the spot..."
"Amazing..." Li Ze exclaimed, then returned to the main topic, "By the way, you still haven't said who the AI is currently controlling the Virtual World?"
Richard smirked and proudly raised his chin. "You still remember Xia from back then... Pshaw!"
Do you remember who lives deep within the Earth?
Li Ze's eyes widened suddenly. "What the hell?! You didn't kidnap the unborn baby of the Human- Celestials, did you?!"
Richard proudly put his hands on his hips. "How about that? I'm asking you, aren't you awesome?!"
Li Ze gave a thumbs up again. "Bullfrog, a real bullfrog!"
"A member of the Celestials... Mechanical Deity! He is arguably the most perfect AI for controlling the Virtual Universe!"
"But... aren't you afraid that the Arishem the Judge will come knocking on your door later?"
Richard scoffed, "What's there to be afraid of... I can't beat him now, but you'll see in a few years..."
"Don't forget we're following the path of the Daluo Return to One..."
"Once I've finished dealing with things on Earth, I'm going to quickly visit some Parallel World!"
"You're awesome..." Li Ze smacked his lips, somewhat enviously saying, "Then you should go back to Resident Evil when you have time and copy the Red Queen's program data over..."
"Hmm?" Richard looked at him suspiciously and asked, "At your current level, do you really need an AI like Red Queen?"
Li Ze replied helplessly, "It wasn't me, it was Little Yan who wanted to..."
"Yan?" Richard pressed on, "Why does she need the Red Queen's data?"
Li Ze shrugged and said, "I'm not sure either... but I can guess a little..."
He glanced back warily, and after confirming that Yan was not there, he whispered, "While both Mechanical Life and Digital Life belong to the category of artificial intelligence, they are two different forms of existence..."
" The Mechanoid Profound Realm is mostly inhabited by Mechanical Life. Little Yan probably wants to research Digital Life, both to enrich the life forms in the Mechanoid Profound Realm and to see if it's possible to combine Mechanical Life and Digital Life..."