WALL-E's last upgrade had been when it obtained the Illusory Armor in a Platform World called Human.
For a long time after that,
relying on that armor, which Ye Qiyan had enhanced through Ascension,
no being in any Platform World at level 10 or below had been able to detect WALL-E while it was treasure hunting.
The sole exception was the Hades named Eris in the Mooncore-Level Arena.
Ye Qiyan could roughly sense that the Illusory Armor would probably cease to be of much use once he entered a level 11 Platform World.
When that happened, going out to hunt for treasure would become exceedingly dangerous for WALL-E.
But now,
this core might allow it to avoid that danger.
WALL-E looked at the core, then turned its gaze to Ye Qiyan's face.
It was very happy.
It was happy not just because its master was giving it a treasure that could make it stronger.
Rather, it was happy because obtaining this treasure would let it find treasures for its master faster, better, and more easily.
That was its wish.
Because its master was everything to WALL-E.
From the very first moment it developed a will, the first thing it had seen was its master.
WALL-E had chosen Ye Qiyan.
And that would never change.
This was the highest logic engraved in the deepest part of WALL-E's core.
Nothing could change that logic.
This
was Eternal Binding.
"~~"
It extended its Mechanical Claw and took the core in its grasp.
The armor on its chest opened.
It revealed the gleaming cognitive component inside.
The core and the component intersected.
In that instant, the two fused.
Its potential was rising.
Ye Qiyan could sense it.
WALL-E could undergo Ascension.
But his mental energy was already insufficient, to say nothing of his stamina.