Chapter 566: Chapter 566: Maintenance Plan for rcury Lamp
How did the rcury Lamp co to life?
When Big Sister raised this question, I was taken aback for a mont, because it involved too many things, including chanics, energy science, soul studies, material science, and bionics. It was only after revisiting dozens of disciplines in my mind like a carousel that I realized I had thought too much.
I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh at that mont… I usually think too little.
“Because of the Rose Mother?”
Though it was a question, my tone was very certain. There was nothing uncertain about it; the power source of the rcury Lamp had nothing to do with the spring behind that girl—though I would idly wind it up when bored, that never unleashed a hundred thousand horsepower, which was solid proof. The spring was rely a key for her; what truly drove the doll’s body to move and enabled her to function like a living being was the Rose Mother hidden inside her.
That thing was essentially a fragnt of the Wise Man’s Stone, a miraculous object that alchemists could spend their entire lives without glimpsing. In legends, it was the stone of reversed causality capable of creating life, its contained magic power and mystique enough to distort the source of all laws in the world. On the “Brilliant Stairs” in front of Dingdang Temple, every bit of it was made from that stuff… that shows you just how incredible it is.
Including that last sentence, it’s still incredible.
Of course, a fragnt of the Wise Man’s Stone would be a bit weaker than the complete stone. They couldn’t just conjure up a real soul out of nothing, but with a dium, they could simulate artificial souls, which were the “hearts” of the Rose Maidens. The Rose Mother provided energy and souls for those active dolls, giving them the ability to mimic the functions of a “biological” organism—of course, these are all my own interpretations based on my understanding. Dingdang had provided with related materials on such artificial soul technologies, weighing over thirty pounds without counting the illustrations. A single glance nearly all but killed …
I could assert that as the Prototype, the rcury Lamp too had utilized such an energy core—why do I feel I’ve co to regard that petite being as so kind of eerie entity?
“The Rose Mother is indeed the soul source of the rcury Lamp, but Raven and Dingdang have both checked it, and that thing isn’t broken.”
I was quite puzzled. Big Sister had ntioned this issue, which we had initially ruled out. Why bring it up now?
“The Rose Mother is normal, and there’s no damage to the body, but the rcury Lamp still can’t move. The problem must be in the interaction between these two,” Big Sister said, her index finger circling her chin as she thought, causing to shudder with each circle—a pure reflex. “Actually, you should have guessed this earlier, even Sister who doesn’t watch ani figured it out.
“The body of the rcury Lamp was inherently flawed; there was a missing part in the abdon. I heard a Blood Elf Arcane Master ntion that alchemy creatures are very precise systems, they could even collapse on themselves due to a misplaced symbol on their body. The fatal flaw in the rcury Lamp ans that even with a complete artificial soul, that body couldn’t possibly function…”
“I understand,” Big Sister had hinted until a fool would comprehend, “It’s like a faulty computer that, even if we have a few hundred dollars’ worth of genuine systems at hand, can’t be used if the PCI slot isn’t fitted with a graphics card, right?”
“Integrated graphics can work.” Big Sister corrected quite seriously.
I staggered: “Sis, don’t worry about that anymore!”
However, I understood what Big Sister ant. The rcury Lamp’s body was inherently flawed, a hardware issue preventing operation even with software. An artificial soul couldn’t provide energy for an incomplete carrier because the latter’s drivers might not install…
But why had rcury Lamp previously been so lively, even having the strength to engage in “Eastern Bullet Hell” battles with Alaya?
The answer saddened : it was because of her obsession with her father.
Obsessions are hard to explain and indescribeable. Three years ago, I always thought that obsessions could at most give a person the courage to be stubborn—a stubbornness that in the end drove Leader Hitler to commit suicide. But later, I discovered that obsessions could transform into tangible power—like Anwina.
Believe it or not, Anwina’s transformation into a Dead Soul was largely driven by her obsession, the kind of obsession where even after sudden death, life stubbornly believes it is still alive and stubbornly yearns to live forever. It is an instinctive force of the soul, one that even Anwina herself would not have been aware of. Most Dead Souls co about in this way; they don’t even know they are dead, just like Anwina initially was. But let’s leave that discussion for later when we venture into the supernatural…
rcury Lamp also had an obsession, stemming from the day her consciousness was born. I don’t know if Luo Zhen pre-programd sothing similar to “Three Laws” for all Rose Maidens, but having only glimpsed Luo Zhen’s last departing figure before he abandoned his project, rcury Lamp beca obsessed. To her, that incomplete body—lacking a drive system and missing several parts—beca sothing irreplaceable. To , it made no sense at all—Luo Zhen had barely given her a body, let alone a functioning one. I would have turned my back on him long ago, but for rcury Lamp, that broken body and the vague silhouette Luo Zhen left behind before completely abandoning her made her fixate obsessively. Driven by the relentless belief in “finding Father,” she literally rose from her broken state…
I can hardly imagine how she endured those initial days, isolated in a room filled with doll parts, slowly being covered with dust. How much effort did it take for her to move her body broken in two, to put on that black, elegant dress all by herself…
Luo Zhen, Luo Zhen, you defied the natural balance, practiced forbidden arts, showed no reverence for elents, allowed the Shadow to corrupt your soul, and still opposed the righteous paths of Martial Arts, eventually failing your transcendence in a Lightning Storm and vanishing into smoke—you truly got what you deserved… Anyway, according to Dingdang’s calculations, that old chap is long gone, and I guess no matter what we say, he can’t co back to protest, right?
Saying this is purely to vent on behalf of rcury Lamp. After all, I should still thank that unprecedented king of abandoning projects; although he abandoned it, rcury Lamp was after all born from him, and I know she does not like to be pitied…
With this, the whole truth becos clear. rcury Lamp’s damaged body could not function; she could not synchronize with a normal Rose Mother at 400%. But her obsession “to find Father” patched up her physical insufficiencies, it was like patching the body, this spiritual power allowed her to move like a normal doll, but now…
The patch had been deleted, and it could not be rebuilt.
In the mont she decided to co back, the doll’s obsession with “finding Father” was declared over.
At this point, I realized that the first person who needed to reflect on this was myself; I was the person who first made rcury Lamp’s obsession with “finding Father” collapse. I told her that Luo Zhen might have been punished by the laws for peeking through the Gate of Truth, and I ntioned it more than once. Every ti, it infuriated rcury Lamp, but at the sa ti, each ntion helped her accept reality more.
“What now? Unless Dingdang’s thorough search of World Law turns up a printing error, Luo Zhen is 10,000% dead, and rcury Lamp has chosen to co back; she can no longer have the sa obsession she once did. This situation is no longer sothing any scholar from any discipline can solve,” I realized, and could only shrug in frustration to Big Sister, “Little Light’s dad really isn’t decent.”
Luo Zhen was incredibly indecent. How had I never noticed how frustrating alchemists and engineers could be? You say you abandoned your project halfway, and that’s fine, I could’ve helped you look after it, continued the fan-made route and supported rcury Lamp. And just when we were about to succeed, Luo Zhen, that old chap’s persistent spirit had to jump out to protect copyright… Rember when Cao Xueqin didn’t finish “Dream of the Red Chamber,” and Gao E helped by writing a sequel? During the Jin Dynasty, Chen Shou completed “Three Kingdoms,” and Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty wrote a fan version “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” None of these had any issues, thus proving Western alchemists just aren’t as generous as Eastern literary scholars…
Of course, all this chaotic thinking was of no help, but aside from these wild thoughts, there really wasn’t much a layman like myself could do at this critical juncture, and standing by my side was Sandora, who was just as clueless about Alchemy as I was…
“Your Majesty, there are three plans now, each feasible, but none guarantee success.” A group of experts and scholars had been discussing around the doll girl for almost two hours, and finally, a representative ca forward to report to and Sandora.
It was then that I finally let out a sigh of relief, despite them taking over an hour to co up with a plan, once they opened their mouths, it was worth the three updates — right now, I really wanted to know if they held off publishing their ideas until now just to make it to the top of the charts…
“Start with the one with the highest chance of success.” I hurriedly spoke before Sandora, who was accustod to hearing bad news first to ntally prepare herself to face all difficulties. But I preferred to hear the good news first, to maintain a positive mindset to handle subsequent troubles and because if even this best news despairing, I could just sleep through the rest.
“The highest probability of success lies in body reshaping and soul reassembly,” extracting the spiritual part of Miss rcury Lamp entirely and separating it from the artificial soul carrier known as Rose Mother. The Dingdang Goddess will encapsulate these spiritual bodies into a new soul, then we will place this new soul into a healthy body. The success rate for this is almost one hundred percent; we have extensive experience in this area…”
“But in this process, the original body of rcury Lamp and her Rose Mother would be discarded,” I shook my head with so difficulty, “you can’t understand her feelings. rcury Lamp would never accept this, even if Luo Zhen is already finished, she would never agree to this proposal.”
After all, if even the Artificial Soul left by ‘Father’ is destroyed, it’s not just about losing a tooth… rcury Lamp would fight desperately.
But if the remaining two options are unreliable, this would have to be the only choice.
“The second option is body repair,” said a raven, all ravens look the sa to —they look the sa to everyone, so no need to ntion nas—”rcury Lamp is an alchemy creature, her physical defects have caused her artificial soul to be unable to bond with the carrier. If we can repair the missing part of her abdon, perhaps she can recover in the form of an ordinary Rose Maiden.”
“That sounds great!” I clapped my hands right away, “Such a simple thod and it works, how co you all deliberated for so long? Just make a section of the body, wouldn’t that do it? Tell , do you use porcelain or titanium alloy?”
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt a murderous aura beside , turning my face to see, rcury Lamp, even half-unconscious, began grinding her teeth… What a fierce sixth sense.
“It’s not that simple,” Magic Girl… Err, Raven sothing or other looked worried, “Compared to creating an alchemy creature, repairing one is more troubleso, because every alchemist incorporates many personal skills and habits into their work, and successors must thoroughly understand these peculiar aspects, after all, Rose Maidens aren’t exactly production line items…”
I understand this, a potter from the Song Dynasty probably earned just a few pancakes’ wages for making a furnace of plates, but now, if we break one, we have to spend tens of thousands in monthly salary to hire a specialist to glue them back…
“So you an, even with your technology, you can’t guarantee the repairs on rcury Lamp will achieve one hundred percent of the original effect?” I frowned, “Alchemy isn’t considered a high-end skill for you, is it?”
“We are not adept at alchemy…”
The raven, who looked exactly like Silvia, said embarrassedly, accustod to the dim-witted version of a silver-haired lag, suddenly seeing a smart one threw off.
“What?” I was imdiately confused, “You can pull down Dalaran with one hand, yet you don’t know alchemy?”
The raven looked even more dejected: “Modern humans also hardly know how to make fire by rubbing wood, right?”
: “…”
How could this raven be so sharp-tongued?
“If you don’t know this ‘inferior’ alchemy, then how are you going to repair rcury Lamp’s body?”
“It’s not difficult to find a mage skilled in alchemy in the Azeroth, but Azeroth’s alchemy leans more towards manufacturing various mana potions and magic crystals. I’m not sure about the skill of their alchemists in item transmutation and can’t even guarantee that the alchemy principles of the two worlds are compatible. So the success rate of this second thod is pending, but it’s arguably the safest one because the entire process does not involve rcury Lamp’s soul. Even if the experint fails, she won’t suffer any harm.”
“The plan is feasible.” I imdiately gained confidence in the second plan, and judging by the expression on Sandora’s face, she thought so too.
The main thing is that it’s zero risk. We could try it nurous tis without harming rcury Lamp’s original body. If it doesn’t work, I can recruit a few alchemy experts from thousands of worlds. I can’t believe that such a powerful cross-plane empire couldn’t fix a Rose Maiden!
I’m just worried that after they fix her, rcury Lamp might turn into sothing weird like a rcury Mammoth, rcury Godzilla, or rcury Tyrant Tiger…
“The third option… uh, this is info that Bubbles just sent, it wasn’t initially in our consideration. Do you want to hear it?”
“Let’s hear it,” I nodded, “That girl is always studying the second dinsion. She might have so insights; it’s good to have an alternative.”
“She suggests we go find the seven Dragon Balls…”
I should have guessed…
When I reached the platform in the middle of the “Throne of Kings,” rcury Lamp was there, sleeping groggily. She seed to sense my arrival; her eyelashes fluttered twice, and the doll girl opened her eyes slightly, gazing vaguely in my direction.
Damn, this girl doesn’t recognize people anymore!
“Stupid human, your face is too close!”
I imdiately coughed awkwardly and hastily retreated.
“The treatnt plan is out,” I hurriedly told her about Raven’s two plans—yes, just two plans! Mom can step back—rcury Lamp listened intently, her facial expression impassive and revealing neither joy nor sadness.
I hesitantly added, “You might not like either approach, but if really necessary, I’ll have them co up with another solution. After all, we have plenty of talented people.”
“No need,” rcury Lamp shook her head slightly, her eyes still closed, “I know, if it weren’t for my whims, with your power, this wouldn’t be so complicated, right? For you, even creating new life is just a mont’s effort, so let’s just go with this… I can guess what’s probably happened to my body… Stupid human, just fix .”
Looking at Chairman rcury, who suddenly switched to a creepy, sickly sweet deanor, a huge doubt surged in my mind: This girl, didn’t she pick up and eat sothing bizarre on her way back? This isn’t like you, hey!
When I expressed my doubts, it imdiately triggered a strong grudge from the little doll: “If I had the strength now, I wouldn’t let you off!”
The treatnt plan for rcury Lamp ultimately chosen was the second one. Kaelthas and Jaina received our orders and started recruiting the best alchemy masters worldwide. Although the Vedis Empire also counted magic as one of its major forces, their world had not developed alchemy technology, so they couldn’t help. Lola might be able to provide so assistance since her world had alchemy, though not necessarily the masters, but the technical data she provided would definitely be useful. Moreover, from the farther New World, those newly appointed reviewers who had just established a “Macro World” network and were worried about not receiving tasks to enhance their reputation were now enthusiastic participants, feverishly gathering whatever alchemy knowledge their world held…
A little doll touched the hearts of countless people across nurous worlds, and I vaguely felt that this was no longer just an ordinary treatnt…(To be continued. For more details, please visit qidian. More chapters available, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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