"Master," the Puppet Doll girl Xiao Die reported in her sweet voice, "the core of the central control room has been installed. It can be activated at any time."
"Oh? It's installed already?" Li Chen rose and connected to the control system with his Divine Sense. Sure enough, in the room next door, a large core measuring a full foot square had been installed and was awaiting his formal wake-up command. He ordered, "Begin activation. Auxiliary Brain, upload the system to it."
"Executing command..."
The mechanical, emotionless voice of the Auxiliary Brain, Dominator, rang out in his mind.
A few breaths later: "Restart complete. Please name the new intelligence."
Li Chen said, "Since it's the central control room inside the Magic Cube Maze, it's essentially an existence like a formation spirit. Strictly speaking, a name suited to that category would be more appropriate, but I'll stick to my own rules. Let's call him 'Heavenly Pivot.'"
The Auxiliary Brain, Dominator, replied coldly, "Command confirmed. The new intelligence has been named 'Heavenly Pivot.'"
The next moment, the lights in Li Chen's room came on, and a synthesized mechanical voice, neither distinctly male nor female, sounded. "Thank you for granting me a name, Master. Heavenly Pivot is now online, wholeheartedly at your service."
Li Chen said with a touch of wistfulness, "Wholeheartedly at my service... If you really want to serve me, become a mature intelligence. Then you could modify and upgrade yourselves, or help me produce Puppets. I still have so much to do. Handling everything alone really wears out both mind and body."
Heavenly Pivot said, "I'm sorry. I'm not mature enough yet..."
Xiao Ying said, "The new intelligence is a Three-Star experimental core with a hybrid architecture. Intelligence assessment: artificial idiocy. Please do not place excessive expectations on him, Master."