No. 0

"Since Herta has agreed, then naturally I am willing."

Sera did not refuse, but only asked to be a genius's assistant. According to Herta, he was already on par with her in terms of ability, so Sera would naturally help if she had the ability.

"That's fine."

Herta brought up a light screen and adjusted Sera's status and permissions on the Blue to that of her assistant, with the same level of access as her.

"Although you haven't joined the Genius Society yet, you are undoubtedly a genius just like me."

Therefore, only those with authority equal to mine are worthy of your talent.

Herta picked up a tissue and gently wiped his mouth. Sera had just finished eating and stood up to clear the table.

"Stop."

Herta interrupted his actions.

"There's no reason for guests to clean up. The cleaning staff will come and tidy up later."

Now, come with me to the lab.

"Um."

Sera followed Herta, but he actually wanted to tell Herta that he wouldn't get lost once he'd been there before.

But thinking about it, I'll pass.

"Huh?"

Sera was a little confused; this wasn't the way to the previous laboratory.

"They went to another laboratory."

Hearing Sera's questioning voice, Herta turned and glanced at him.

Herta led Sera to a wall, pressed two buttons, and an elevator hidden in the shadows appeared.

Upon entering the elevator, the system activated its recognition mechanism.

"System recognition complete. Welcome, Ms. Herta."

Welcome, Mr. Seraphis.

The elevator began to descend, and within seconds it quickly dropped to the laboratory several thousand meters underground, but there was no discomfort whatsoever.

"We'll build the prototype of the doll tonight."

Herta walked to the box, entered the password, and verified his fingerprint. The box opened, revealing the mechanical parts inside.

"These are the blueprints."

With a casual flick of his wrist, Herta conjured up a dense array of blueprints, then divided some of them and tossed them toward Sera's location.

Sera scrolled through the screen, reviewing the plan, then seemed to think it was too slow and reached out her hand.

The power of Corruption was quietly activated, data was etched into his brain, and he quickly reviewed the plan with his eyes closed.

Herta glanced at it, then continued with her preparations. A moment later, the preparations were complete, and Miss Herta began the first and most crucial part—the intelligent system.

"Sera..."

Herta was busy with his work and casually called out a sentence, but before he could finish speaking, Sera handed over the required materials.

Herta was somewhat surprised, but didn't show it immediately, instead continuing to focus on building the system. Then, as if by telepathy, every time Herta reached out, Sera would simultaneously hand her what she needed.

The time originally estimated by the Herta has been significantly reduced.

Miss Herta was very satisfied with her assistant, Sera, who was like another version of herself, knowing her thoughts during the experiment.

Because Herta had made some temporary changes to some parts, Sera still handed over what she needed.

"Next, we'll add the language module."

Herta curled his lips into a smile. Automatic praise module loaded, automatic insult module loaded, automatic standby module loaded.

Once the intelligent system was fully assembled, Herta did not immediately proceed to the next step, but instead first connected the system to the laboratory control terminal.

A moment later, the data loading was complete, and the image of the Herta Puppet appeared on the virtual screen.

"Testing."

Herta tapped the screen.

"Ms. Herta detected. Activate the Ms. Herta praise module."

The little figure on the screen displayed a human-like worship.

"Ms. Herta is unparalleled in the world, Ms. Herta is exceptionally intelligent, Ms. Herta is breathtakingly beautiful..."

"Stop."

Herta interrupted the Herta Puppet's praise with a blank expression.

"Personality detection module."

"Reporting to Ms. Herta!"

The Herta Puppet stood at attention, its serious expression a stark contrast to the Herta itself. Seeing this, Sera couldn't help but smile.

"The Herta No. 0 doll's personality module has completed its self-check and is gradually learning and forming."

Yes, Miss Herta did not assign any specific personality traits to No. 0, because she wanted to see what kind of Herta Puppet it could become by letting it grow on its own.

As for the others? They'll all be mass-produced after No. 0 finishes testing. After all, if they were all hand-made like No. 0, would they be trying to exhaust her?

Those mass-produced models will have their personality traits randomly generated by the system, but that cannot tarnish the image of Herta, so each doll also has the underlying personality traits of Herta.

"The debugging seems to be working fine. Hmm~ As expected of me, I succeeded on the first try."

Miss Herta nodded with satisfaction, arms crossed, and Sera also walked over to Herta's side after observing the data.

"The backend data is also perfectly fine, almost identical to the data calculated by the theoretical model."

"Then we can begin assembling the doll."

Miss Herta turned her gaze to the materials, then looked back at the Herta Puppet on the screen.

"Take a good look at how you were born."

"Understood, Ms. Herta."

No. 0 strained his eyes, watching intently as the two assembled their body parts without missing a single detail.

After finishing her part, Sera quietly stepped aside and stared blankly at the empty space.

Herta didn't say anything, but simply raised an eyebrow and continued assembling the doll. Soon, all the internal parts were assembled, and it was time to start piecing together the exterior parts.

After another half a system time, Miss Herta completely assembled the Herta Puppet and dressed it in the same clothes as herself.

"Come here."

Herta spoke, calling Sera, who was staring blankly at the wall, over.

Although Sera appeared to be daydreaming, she was actually organizing all the knowledge she had recalled.

"Um."

Sera snapped out of her daze and turned to walk to the Herta.

"Next, we'll install the doll's intelligent system."

Herta took out a key and unlocked the lock in a specific place. Sera also took the intelligent system, and the two of them installed it into the doll together.

Then, Herta used the key to lock the doll again.

A moment later, the No. 0 Herta Puppet opened its eyes.

"No. 0 -check complete. All modules are running perfectly. Body adaptability: 100%."

"Very good."

Herta nodded in satisfaction.

"Ms. Herta, I have a question."

No. 0 raises his hand.

"Um?"

Herta watched it with great interest, and Sera was also curious about what questions this newly created doll could ask.

"Ask away."

No. 0 glanced at the Herta and then at Sera, a clear look of doubt appearing in his mechanically constructed bionic eyes.

"Based on the information I summarized after connecting to the Blue Network."

Should I address you, Mr. Sera and Ms. Herta, as Father and Mother?