Chapter 472: Update

Chapter 472: Update

As the oblivious party involved, he had just arrived near Kaja at this time, unceremoniously occupying a place he used to live. Although there were places inside Kaja that could accommodate him, getting in and out was very inconvenient. Although he didn’t mind scaring people, this was after all someone else’s territory, so it was better not to cause any trouble.

This time, it was the Sanctuary Church that was making the arrangements. They had said that if anything happened, the Sanctuary Church would take responsibility. They said this to the three dragons. This wasn’t just a convenience; it was also a warning to them not to cause trouble!

Taking responsibility didn’t just mean them; it also meant Kaja City. If they messed around in Kaja, then the Sanctuary Church would be responsible for Kaja too.

And because of what happened before, Augusta was very much in the wrong. Although only two of his kin knew about his shameful behavior at the time, and outsiders didn’t know, if those two spread the word, Augusta felt he might as well never show his face again in the future. And… well, better go find the Green Dragon Sister first!

Augusta found Celia… that Green Dragon. He didn’t go find the Black Dragon because he was worried about getting beaten up by the Black Dragon Sister. He couldn’t beat the Black Dragon. Although the Black Dragon was currently quite injured from fighting the Derivative Witch, and the Soul injury left her in a weakened state, Soul damage didn’t affect the body much. Besides making it a bit harder to cast Magic, there weren’t many other effects. In other words, if a fight broke out, she could still chase him down and beat him up!

But the Green Dragon Sister Celia directly refused to meet the Red Dragon. Looking at the ‘door restriction’ in front of him, Augusta’s mouth twitched slightly. Why was this little lady so unreasonable? He came here with good intentions, thinking of sending a gift to solve a problem. Maybe he should go find the Black Dragon?

But after going to the Black Dragon’s side, Augusta soon ran out covering his head. Looking back at the Black Dragon Sister who was glaring at him unhappily, Augusta backed down. Feeling he was in the wrong, he didn’t complain about anything and left angrily, feeling very upset inside… Well, it’s not like you haven’t experienced that kind of pain before, so why couldn’t you show a little understanding and be so resistant to him?

Augusta sulkily returned to his temporary nest. He didn’t even take out that luxurious dragon bed he hadn’t used yet. He sullenly lay on the ground, controlling his Alchemical Puppet Avatar to walk out of the house in Kaja, planning to go to a bar for a change. Didn’t Humans go to taverns to drink when they were frustrated?

Oh, tavern culture still existed now, but it had been replaced by bar culture, making it seem a bit outdated… Well, although nostalgic people still liked to go to such places, these people sometimes went to bars too. There wasn’t much of a comparison between the two, at least not to this extent. In a Tavern, you could brag loudly and freely… while bars were relatively much quieter and had more rules.

Not all Mercenaries or Adventurers liked to be noisy while drinking all the time. If you were feeling a bit down, going to a bar was very comfortable. Also, the chance of a romantic encounter in a bar was far higher than in a Tavern. At least in a Tavern, many women were unwilling to go, whereas bars, being much more refined, weren’t necessarily the same.

Anyway, beautiful women who were hard to see in a Tavern were very, very likely to be seen in a bar!

Human women? Hmm, Augusta wasn’t interested. In his view, the beauties among those Humans weren’t as pretty as the tough female Black Dragon Sister he saw.

“OK! Zheng Yichen’s special Alchemical Avatar version 3.0 is complete!” In the Underground Base, Zheng Yichen looked at the Alchemical Puppet pulled from the Culture Tank and nodded in satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, a set of clothes was put on it. This Alchemical Avatar was an upgraded version of the previous one, perfectly inheriting the original simulated flesh parts, and even adding a ‘Alchemical Nerve’ part. That thing was similar to a sensor, a product combining knowledge from the Life Domain and bionics. However, due to coverage reasons, it could only grant a certain degree of ‘sensation’.

About one-fifth of a normal person’s sensation. It also had senses like smell. This was already the maximum limit Zheng Yichen could achieve at the moment, and it was the result of a breakthrough in his technique. But even so, it was pretty good. Compared to the sensation brought by Mana coverage, this sensation felt more natural.

Having something was better than having nothing, right?

Furthermore, the internal Alchemical structure had also received new upgrades, becoming more delicate and refined. The comfort of using it increased by one-third, and the simulation degree was further enhanced. Zheng Yichen felt that if this thing could be upgraded further in the future, then it might be able to… ahem!

Anyway, let’s use it for now. Additionally, Zheng Yichen handed a Blueprint to a waiting Ghost Maid: “Well, take this Blueprint back and share it internally. See if there are any unsatisfactory points, and I’ll make modifications later.”

“…” The Ghost Maid gave Zheng Yichen a somewhat helpless look. That look… then she realized she was overthinking. The Blueprint had detailed parameter information marked on it. Even someone who didn’t understand the field could understand it, at least in terms of requirements.

This Ghost Maid nodded slightly. The information on this Blueprint was extremely detailed, even including a sound-producing ‘organ’ that the Ghost Maids were very concerned about. However, this organ was also an Alchemical Product. Zheng Yichen called it a voice aid… Its main principle was using Mana vibration to produce sound. Of course, because of this, the sound was basically fixed. But this thing could be added last. Zheng Yichen could change the voice through adjustments.

Of course, using this thing was a bit difficult; it required practice to use normally. But these were not issues for the Ghost Maids. This was still better than carrying a keyboard everywhere to type and talk, right?

Controlling the newly created Alchemical Avatar, Zheng Yichen tried moving around. Because the structure of the new Alchemical Avatar had new adjustments, the strength it could exert was greater. Walking around while adapting to this new body, Zheng Yichen headed to the workshop, planning to adjust the production equipment there. Since there was a new Alchemical skeleton framework, the ones used before naturally had to be phased out. As for the previously produced Alchemical Puppets, those that could be upgraded would be upgraded, and the older versions that couldn’t be upgraded would have their Puppet Cores removed directly, with the bodies thrown into the decomposer to be reduced back to raw materials for reprocessing.

As for selling them?

Better not. Wait until his Alchemical Puppets became popular in the future… For now, Zheng Yichen didn’t plan to make Alchemical Puppets too popular.

There was also the production machine tool in the workshop. While upgrading it, Zheng Yichen felt quite impressed with himself. Thinking of leaving upgrade slots back then was really a very wise foresight. Upgrading now was easy; you just had to remove the important parts and replace them with new components. As long as the fitting points matched, such an upgrade wouldn’t produce any mismatched parts.

Even with the help of Alchemy Magic and the Mana stored inside the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, it took Zheng Yichen most of the day to finish replacing a set of parts. By then, this new body was pretty much broken in too. After working for most of the day, Zheng Yichen found a place to sit down, took out the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, and started looking at it. After opening it, a string of messages made Zheng Yichen feel like he was back on Earth before crossing over, being bombarded by spam messages.

Looking at the messages, two were from Dan Marina, one was from Qin, one was from Irene, and one was from Loris. The rest were all from Augusta!

That Dragon… uh, he wasn’t in a good state now, actually asking him to go for a drink?

Tsk tsk, picking up Human habits so quickly? Replying to those messages one by one, Zheng Yichen finally looked at the messages sent by Augusta. Over twenty messages… who knew he had so much nonsense to say? After reading most of it, Zheng Yichen directly replied to Augusta with one message. The content was that because his previous Alchemical Avatar was lost, he had been rushing to make a new Avatar, so he didn’t turn on the @ person notification for the Magic Weapon Summoning Book.

He didn’t notice new messages and so on… Anyway, that was pretty much the case.

“Alright, temporarily stop production work. Resume work after the whole update is completed.” Zheng Yichen said to an Alchemical Puppet beside him. This Alchemical Puppet was driven by a Puppet Core made from high-grade Soul Material, with high intelligence and learning ability. It used to have some difficulty handling workshop work, but over time, it had become the dedicated person in charge here.

After all, a lot of experience and learning gave this Alchemical Puppet sufficient judgment ability. Even if it encountered a sudden situation, it could handle it to a certain degree. These were things ordinary Alchemical Puppets couldn’t compare to. Although Puppet Cores used Soul Material, even low-quality ones, with the foundation of a ‘Soul’, there were more possibilities…

Let’s put it this way, both were AI, but this Otherworld version of AI, compared to the AI created through programming on Earth, the former was more likely to give birth to so-called ‘intelligence’. Some tiny accident, logical error, or even coincidence might lead to the emergence of so-called intelligence. Cores made from Soul Material started from a much higher point than electronic programs.

“Understood.” The Alchemical Puppet that received Zheng Yichen’s order nodded and immediately directed the relevant upgrade work. Those Alchemical Puppets currently in an idle state orderly walked towards the workshop. The part still maintaining the Underground Base maintenance work continued with the original process until replacements appeared before undergoing updates. Those Alchemical Puppets produced before were all ‘veterans’.

Long-used Puppet Cores were much better than newly made ones. Even though the ‘program instructions’ inside the Puppet Cores were basically identical, used ones and unused ones always had some small differences. So Puppet Cores weren’t better the newer they were, but rather the longer they were used, the better. The longer used, the easier it was for intelligence to emerge, and they would handle affairs more flexibly. However, what Zheng Yichen felt a bit sorry about was that there hadn’t been such an example so far… even the best two Alchemical Puppets only appeared smarter.