" Ms. Herta, that's not right of you. There is a connection between ' Eternity ' and ' Beauty '," said the Fourth Mirror.
"For example...?"
"They all share the surname 'I,' haha~" The Fourth Mirror chuckled.
"I'm going to make the 'Fifth Mirror' right now..."
Seeing this, the Fourth Mirror slid down to its knees in front of the Herta: " Ms. Herta, let's get back to the main topic."
It coughed a few times to regain its composure.
" Ms. Herta, based on your professional assessment—which sector is malfunctioning?"
"Simple, of course all three are faulty."
The Fourth Mirror froze, "Huh?"
"It's nothing serious, just a minor technical adjustment."
"The three sectors are independent, so troubleshooting has to be done one by one... but I don't intend to use conventional methods to solve the problem."
Herta tossed out a cup of milk tea. The things left behind by the Aeon were really useful. A flash of light appeared, and the cup of milk tea entered a one-click sweep mode.
"Um... Ms. Herta, what should we do next?"
"Wait a moment, until this high-tech milk tea finds the source of the anomaly."
"Oh, I see! But Ms. Herta, as the Fourth Mirror created by ' Eternity,' I feel it's necessary to introduce these sectors to the audience outside the screen."
"Suit yourself." Herta shrugged.
That's right, the Fourth Mirror was actually slightly modified by Teacher Ye Yan loves drinking milk tea. As you know, the " Eternity " Aeon has a dream of becoming a great inventor.
The Fourth Mirror, also known as the " Mirror of Eternity," naturally retained the " Eternity " Path energy after being modified by Ye Yan.
This means that the " Church of Eternity " can keep track of any activity at the Herta.
Chair Blake harbored a grudge against her for researching his own Aeon, though he didn't show it.
As for that rumored elven priest...
Please, the Herta has never even met the other party, so how could they possibly know each other? It seems this " Emanator " wouldn't care about such a trivial matter. The ancient proverb from the Xianzhou, "A dragon appears but never its tail," perfectly describes that elven priest.
Their whereabouts are elusive; they briefly appear before disappearing again. Furthermore, their words are evasive, making them impossible to decipher.
On the other side, the Fourth Mirror began its explanation:
"The 'Energy Zone'... all the energy of the Herta Space Station has been converted into imaginary states by Ms. Herta and stored in this sector. Therefore, it's equipped with an ultra-low temperature environment... so everyone, please remember to keep warm!"
"... As a mirror, isn't your sense of humor a bit excessive?" Herta quipped.
"Hehehe~ Well, there's nothing I can do, Ms. Herta. This is one of the ' Eight Virtues of the Aeon of Permanence '..."
"Stop, I don't want to hear it."
"Sigh~ The Fourth Mirror is really embarrassing. Speaking of the 'Computing Power Zone,' to even see the Nous, your computing power needs to be at least on par. If you can't perform tens of thousands of floating-point operations per second, He won't even sense your presence!"
"Ah~ Lord Ye Yan is truly practical. No need for all sorts of electricity-consuming calculations, nor for spending millions of Credits. As long as you need ' Eternity '... it will exist forever."
"Why did you stop talking? Too much computing power also has its downsides, attracting 'computing power worms'—one of the offspring that ' Propagation,' and I don't know how they evolved."
"Life is amazing, isn't it?" The Fourth Mirror shook its surface. "But it still can't compare to a talking mirror, ha."
"By the way, Ms. Herta —since you have such a powerful supercomputer, what does it usually... uh... calculate?"
"Does it matter? I just need to get it running and get the machine head's attention."
The Fourth Mirror remained silent for a while, then said, "Sigh... If you have time, you should talk to Miss Asta."
Bang!
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the milk tea cup containing the Memory Bubble exploded nearby, splashing golden amber liquid onto the surface of the Fourth Mirror.
The Fourth Mirror emitted a sharp, explosive sound.
"Aaaaaaah!!! Help! My bubble tea spilled onto my mirror!"
"Do your own thing, why don't you just wipe it off with your hand?"
"No! Ms. Herta, you've misunderstood! This is that person's approval of me! What should I do, Ms. Herta? I'm so excited I'm about to faint!"
Herta:...
"Perhaps I really should consider the 'fifth mirror'."
"No, Ms. Herta, a mirror's life matters too!"
To prevent the Fourth Mirror from emitting further sharp explosions, seeing how diligently it was working, Herta sighed helplessly and introduced the Fourth Mirror to the non-existent 'audience':
"The 'communications area,' as the name suggests, is the sector responsible for establishing communication bridges between the Space Station and the robot head."
"Concentrate the Path force of ' Erudition ' in one place, and then send a 'bond' to the Aeon —it's like tapping someone on the shoulder from behind; their reaction will definitely be to turn around and look at you."
"But this task is no simple matter. Not to mention how troublesome the preliminary preparations are, a single glance from the machine head... the slightest mistake could destroy the entire Space Station."
"Oh, so putting the Space Station into a state of silence is a protective measure to prevent equipment from being overloaded or even rendered unusable?"
"You're quite perceptive, Mirror."
"Hehe~ I've been influenced by what I see and hear all along—even though I have neither ears nor eyes, ha!"
Bang!
Another loud bang, and a Herta Puppet in standby mode appeared in front of them.
" Ms. Herta, what's going on?"
Herta stepped forward and examined the doll's condition. "Let me see, this doll... should be #2757."
"How... how did you recognize me?!"
"Mind your own business when it comes to geniuses." Herta looked down at the puppet in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly. "Hmm... that's strange..."
"Uh... what's wrong, Ms. Herta?" the Fourth Mirror asked cautiously.
"Personality mapping module... is closed. That's strange, shouldn't this parameter be on by default?"
"The 'unreasonable module'... is it turned off too? That's even more unreasonable. I just checked a few days ago to make sure it was on for all the dolls..."
The Herta continued its inspection, "Indiscriminate attack module..."
"No, why is there such a presupposition?!" The Fourth Mirror simply couldn't understand it.
"... Open?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the Herta Puppet suddenly raised its head, its tone icy:
"Intrusion detected."
"This is bad—Mirror, help me." Herta calmly brought the Fourth Mirror to his front.
"Indiscriminate attack!"
The next second, the Herta Puppet transformed into Memory Zone Meme, and even split into several memes, intending to overwhelm the Herta and the Fourth Mirror in numbers.
"These things... aren't they remnants of ' Remembrance '? Are they the ones who contaminated and tampered with the doll's settings?"
Faced with the siege of the Memory Zone Meme, Herta pulled the Fourth Mirror, which had retreated behind her, closer.
"When the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die..."
Then, the Fourth Mirror threw an ordinary cup of milk tea at the group of meme creatures.
Without a sound of explosion, the Memory Zone Meme an instant.
"Wow, that's the bombardment-style attack unique to ' Eternity '."
"Oh dear, that was a close call..." The Fourth Mirror wiped away sweat. "So, why is there a ' Remembrance ' mystery here?"
"There's more than just this one." Herta pointed ahead, "Look over there—#7631, #10136... they all have the same problem."
"Can't we just remotely adjust their parameters back?" the Fourth Mirror asked.
"I'm sorry, but no," Ms. Herta said. "Because the 'Refuse to Cooperate' module has already been checked—even I can't bypass its permissions, hehe."
"A completely emotionless reading, as expected of Ms. Herta!"
After the Fourth Mirror triggered the underlying code, it asked again, "... What exactly was your motivation for designing these things?"
"It was just something I designed for fun back then."
"Finding the source of the pollution can wait. Now that I'm here, we don't need these puppets anymore. Come on, send all the defective ones to the repair shop!"
"For the sake of the Space Station, I suggest you don't go too far..."