"It's very simple, just help me with some of the work."
Ed sat back in his chair, reached out and beckoned, and the knight's sword possessed by Noya automatically pulled from the ground and flew back into his hand.
He held the exquisitely crafted weapon in his right hand and slowly raised it in front of him.
Countless plant-like tissues, resembling roots and vines, Spread out from Ed's sleeves like blood vessels.
These greenish things climbed up Ed's fingers onto the hilt and guard of the knight's sword, and soon began to fuse and modify them.
Tiny roots seeped into the crevices of the sword hilt, and plant tissue filled every dent created by the workmanship or carving.
The magnificent sword, which had originally only shimmered with Psionic Energy light, quickly acquired a hint of plant-based energy. Amidst Noya's terrified screams, Ed connected the sword to his consciousness space.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh, no! Aaaaaaaahh...
Although it did not cause any real pain or affect Noya's existence, the Blue Dragon Soul still emitted an indescribable dragon scream.
Noya no longer has a physical body; her soul survives only by attaching itself to this sword.
Ed's current actions are like someone forcibly breaking into another person's home, looking around, and then starting a massive renovation under the pretext of "I don't think the renovation is very good".
Once Noya's howling subsided, Ed's consciousness had already entered her consciousness space.
Unlike the gray-white of Antasia and the blood-red of Rosalind, Noya's consciousness space was like a corner of space, with shimmering blue stars everywhere.
Ed felt as if he were not under the stars, but rather in the midst of them.
The enormous blue dragon in front of them curled up into a ball as if it had seen a ghost, looking as if it was about to exhale.
Upon entering this space, Ed also transformed into a form similar to the World Tree.
Seeing Noya's outwardly strong but inwardly weak appearance, Ed couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment:
"Weren't you and Antasia having a great time in its consciousness space? How come you've changed like this as soon as I arrived?"
The dragon soul uttered a humble voice:
"Yes, isn't it because it's weak?"
Hearing this bullying and cowardly statement, Ed almost burst out laughing. At the same time, he realized that Noya's soul at this moment probably only had a High Tier status, and her actual strength was not much different from his own.
"So why did you even come in here?!!!!"
"It's to arrange a job for you."
Ed dropped his playful expression, casually waved the branch, and a semi-transparent virtual window appeared in front of Noya —the player system that Ed and Little Green had created together.
"This is?"
"This is part of my ability; I generally refer to it as a ' Root Network.'"
This was the first time Ed had ever described his creation so meticulously to a person—no, to a dragon—and a hint of pride unconsciously crept into his voice:
The Root Network is mainly divided into two modules: matter and information.
"The material part consists of a vast root system and countless plants, responsible for nutrient transport, the transfer of some resources, body printing, and the removal of negative statuses, among other things."
"The information module allows Soul Returner to flexibly establish text and voice communications within the coverage area of Root Network, and to view their own status in real time."
Noya looked on in astonishment as she stared at the words and windows written in both the Royal Language and the Dragon Language.
As a race similar to liches, born with extremely high Psionic Energy talent, although she had never received systematic Psionic Energy education, the Blue Dragon Noya still sensed the greatness of the thing before her through the bloodline memories inherited from her ancestors.
In this world, Psionic Energy is the link that connects everything. Even the countless stars in the sky are just some kind of projection of endless Psionic Energy. In the end, all systems need the addition of Psionic Energy to reach the Supreme.
Now, someone who is not yet at the High Tier has shown her this thing called " Root Network," Noya almost wanted to prostrate herself in awe.
However, after thinking for a moment, she still raised a question based on her own knowledge of Psionic Energy:
"Your roots are unlikely to be able to maintain themselves outside your domain for long, and the expansion of your domain requires Territory Secret Pact."
"So, outside of your territory, the Root Network doesn't exist, right?"
Ed nodded at first, then shook his head:
Yes, but not entirely.
"The bodies of the Soul Returner were sculpted by me personally, and naturally belong to the Root Network."
"Therefore, even after leaving the territory of the Second Holy See, they can still retain some functions, such as checking status, and as long as the distance is close enough, they can still establish a connection with each other, and I can also check them, but I just don't have any control over them."
Ed said with a smile:
I've given this situation a name—Local Area Network (LAN).
Wow.
Although she didn't fully understand, Noya still let out a sound of surprise.
"So, what does this have to do with my job?"
"Of course they're related."
Ed said seriously:
"I connected the knight's sword, where your soul resides, to my consciousness space in order to connect your soul, as Psionic Energy expert, to the Root Network."
"I will grant you Root Network access, second only to mine, as well as the authority to allocate computing power to enhance your thinking. From today onward, you will help me share the workload in this area."
"Your duties include, but are not limited to: real-time monitoring of the Root Network coverage area (the effective range of the Territory Secret Pact ), recording the number of terminals (living trees), flexibly allocating resources in various towns, and providing certain assistance to the Soul Returner."
Noya became increasingly confused, but Ed continued:
Your job title will be: ' Root Network Maintenance Terminal Daily Management Soul Returner Specialist'.
Seeing Noya's dazed look, Ed concluded:
Abbreviation: Network Administrator.
"Oh, the network administrator? Me?"
"That's right, it's you!"
Ed gave Dragon Soul a supportive look:
"Don't worry, the Soul Returner are all very kind people and won't make things difficult for you."
"However, there's a prerequisite: you have to be reasonably good-looking. Um, I've made a suit for you; you can take a look."
As she said this, a Pixel Blue Dragon suddenly appeared in the corner of the Root Network panel in front of Noya.
This Pixel Blue Dragon has an adorable dragon-shaped appearance; although its eyes are just two pixels, it still looks incredibly cute.
The only problem is that the Blue Dragon is currently wriggling in the corner of the panel, like some kind of indescribable insect larva.