First, the attack of Dagon fishmen destroyed the port area, then the prototype No. 11 released by Old Bach almost massacred the entire city, and then there was the mechanical rebellion and the gnoll siege. One of these things alone would
It was enough for a halfling to drink a pot, and all the bad things happened almost on the same night.
Being able to survive until now is really a blessing earned by the halflings who have adhered to peace and accumulated good deeds and burned incense over the past hundreds of years.
However, no matter how long the night is, there will always be dawn. After that astonishingly powerful solar bombing, the direct threat facing the halfling city finally dissipated completely.
After confirming the battle situation on the front line, the Steam Lords almost immediately issued the "Message to Port Chardor" to announce the news of victory to the people who had been frightened for a long time, in order to appease people's hearts, while the Halflings were confirming that they were not involved in the chaotic war.
The enthusiasm that erupted after surviving the disaster and the joy of surviving the disaster also turned the damaged city into a sea of joy under the sunshine today.
There were cheers everywhere in the shelter.
Even the buildings that were burned in the fire were crowded with people celebrating. Some officials spontaneously brought gifts and went to work on the front lines. Some half-lings who were eager to return home had already started.
Cleaning up and repairing various parts of the city.
Halflings are a race with a strong sense of sociality and order. Their rapid adjustment and obedience to orders after the disaster made Governor Murphy feel ashamed compared with these little men who had begun to accept the task of rebuilding the city.
, the Transians under his command have absolutely no merit except for being brave and fearless. The civil servants under Miriam should really come to Port Chardeau to see how a truly effective and efficient management system operates.
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Of course, it would be embarrassing to talk about these topics when everyone is happy, so Murphy decisively hid back in the embassy after leaving the battlefield.
He even declined the Steam Lords' request to invite him to attend a meeting of leaders of multiple forces, and instead handed the task to Professor Malcolm. Miriam was already waiting at Scarlet Castle, and she would arrive at noon at most.
Port Chardeau represents Transia among various camps.
Murphy himself did not intend to participate in the discussion stage, and there were no young players attending the meeting, so he would not get any better benefits by performing on his own.
What's more, Murphy really has a lot of urgent matters waiting to be dealt with.
The first step is to discuss with Tris and Mosna how to deal with Penny, the No. 11 prototype.
This cool-looking creator machine will be staying quietly in the embassy room, staying with Bertie, the shadow elf vampire who makes her feel close. Her memory has been deleted by the old Bach. Fortunately,
The emotional module has been retained, and he can communicate effectively with others even after his cold mechanical mind is suppressed.
Murphy and Tris stood at the door, watching Mosina use a special instrument to connect to Penny's database for retrieval and search.
This process was definitely very uncomfortable, but Penny behaved very well, and Bertie kept holding her robotic hand beside her, encouraging and comforting his lover in this way.
Bod's blood-colored eyes were full of tenderness and a trace of imperceptible worry. He didn't care what Penny had become, and he wasn't worried that Penny would suddenly lose control and strangle him to death, even if the mechanical hand he was holding was functioning normally.
It can easily flatten a building with just a little effort.
"Little players will love her to death."
Tris, who also experienced the wrath of darkness and was very tired, leaned next to Murphy. She looked up and down at Penny in front of her with a "dog planning" gaze, and said:
"The appearance of this guy and its sophisticated mechanical beauty are simply growing on the G-spot of male players, and her tragic story and amnesia persona can also make female players burst into tears. Most importantly,
The thing is, she has absolute strength and beauty!
This allows the strong party members to get lost in the charm of power because of the burning punch, and she is more suitable than Mosna to become the core guiding NPC of the next expansion pack."
"Well, my Trish, what you said deserves an employee of the year award from me."
Murphy held Tris' slender waist and said in a cheerful tone:
"And as expected, you are the only one who understands me best. You immediately guessed my next plan. The preview of 'Legacy of the Creator' that we are preparing needs to be slightly modified to include Penny and Bertie as important NPCs."
Join the plot, and then officially introduce the information about the "Twilight" force and the scholar faction in the main plot.
All the things that happened in Port Shardau can be used as a connection and transition between the two expansion packs, and the place of creation and computing unit under the city can be used as the starting point of the main mission of the Legacy of the Creator DLC, smoothly connecting to what we are about to do.
As the story of the Songhai Empire progresses in the Land of Origin, even the 'Oracle of the Creator' conveyed to the entire continent through my mouth can be widely spread, which is a great story."
"You have a good idea, but there is a problem."
Tris narrowed her eyes and said:
"The origins of these two guys are that the slave owners will not give up on them. It can be seen from the fact that the guy is willing to take his disciples all the way to Port Chardeau to 'treat' her. That guy is an emotional villain.
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Now that you have two of his disciples in your hands, and Bertie has been transformed into a vampire by you, I think you should strengthen your security recently.
The slave master could assassinate you before, and now there is such a direct conflict. Under such circumstances, I am not surprised that an assassination is put on the agenda. Maybe the terrible shadow elf assassin will be lurking next to you.
There's a surprise for you somewhere in Port Chardeau."
"He wouldn't do that."
Murphy showed a subtle smile and said:
"If I die, Bertie will die too. If Bertie dies, Penny will definitely go berserk in this situation, and you have seen her destructive power with your own eyes.
Old Bach's deletion of most of Penny's memories was a stroke of genius, which meant that the slave owner was just a familiar stranger in front of her. Therefore, as long as Salifu Shadowblade made a wrong step, a 'master-disciple rebellion' would begin.
'The drama was unfolding before his eyes.
The only thing we need to confirm now is, is this memory deletion permanent? Or is it temporary?"
"The test results are out."
Maintenance sentry Mosna stood up, unplugging the connection cable from Penny's database and adjusting the test results of the instrument in her hand. She glanced at Murphy and gave the vampire a wink.
But Murphy shook his head and said:
"There is no need to deliberately hide these two people. They are both parties involved and they are qualified to know the current situation. Tell me, Mosna, can our Miss Penny's current situation be saved?"
"Yes! The premise is that we can find a high-standard Creator mechanical maintenance unit that can operate normally."
Mosina put one hand on her waist, shook her head and said with the same expression as an old military doctor when seeing a difficult and complicated disease:
"Otherwise, the extent of her current data corruption is unexplainable. The consciousness encoding program used by Old Bach was modified by that guy, and the part of the program used to delete the emotional module was not recorded in the Sentinel Corps' database.
The power of that thing is quite amazing.
It not only deleted Penny's memory files, but also shredded the root files and released the form, which meant that those memories were permanently gone.
Considering that Penny's current consciousness has been digitized, I can simply summarize that this poor girl has permanently lost a part of her soul.
Although it is theoretically possible to recover memory data by reading hardware characteristics, that technology requires powerful hardware support, and it is unlikely that such advanced devices will survive on the mainland."
The Sentinel, who was able to truly perceive emotions because he had obtained his sister's specialized emotional core, reached out and patted Penny's mechanical shoulder with some regret. She said with empathy:
"I have lost my memory before, and I know how it feels, but at least I still had complete self-awareness at that time. Today, Miss Penny has completely lost her past personality, like a newborn baby based on past consciousness.
Pure and powerful, but that’s all that’s left.”
"it does not matter!"
Bod said loudly:
"It doesn't matter if you forget. I still remember it. I will tell you everything from childhood to adulthood. Penny, don't be afraid, you will remember it."
"I"
The decision-making logic of prototype No. 11 hesitated for a moment. She "looked" at Bertie's tender eyes, and she didn't know how to refuse such help until Murphy coughed and said:
"I don't think you need to do that, Bertie. It's good that you want to help Penny regain her memory, but you also have to consider whether she really needs those memories that have been lost to the wind. Think about it carefully,
Is it really a good thing for her to learn about her past?
If you really care about her and really love her, you should know that for her now, accepting the reality and looking forward to the future is the happiest thing.
Well, look at the look in your eyes, do you think I'm afraid that Penny will choose to be hostile to me after learning about the past?
No.
You underestimate your elders too much."
Murphy smiled and said to Mosina:
"Introduce the memory data of the entire process of the God-killing War into Penny's core. Don't hide the things I did during it."
"Are you sure you want to do this? Sir."
Mosina asked:
"If Penny really loses control because of this, with all due respect, it will be too late for you to run and put on the power armor now."
"It's okay, just show it to her."
Murphy is confident.
Mosina shrugged and said to herself that her superior was really good at pretending. Murphy had the authority to format all databases under the Creator system. In other words, as long as he wanted to, he could format Penny again.
consciousness data.
From the moment Old Bach encoded Penny's consciousness and stored it in Prototype 11, the girl could no longer escape the control of the Administrator.
After Mosna imported the memory data, it took Penny 05 seconds to read the information and complete the calculation analysis and decision-making. Then, under Bertie's gaze, Penny said in a confused electronic voice:
"Did you hurt me and destroy the forces I worked for? Is it your factors that made me what I am now? So, should I hate you?"
"You should, but you can also choose not to."
Murphy stepped forward, looked at Penny's shining mechanical eyes, and said:
"In the past, you served a world-destroying organization. No matter from every aspect, it was an outright evil act. However, you have accepted severe punishment and been resurrected with a pure body created by the Creator.
Perhaps fate intends to give you a second chance, allowing you to freely decide how you want to walk in this world.
I won't interfere with your choice, Penny, I just think your power should be used in a more appropriate position.
As for you, Bertie"
He looked at his blood descendants and said:
"Penny is a blank slate now. She only believes in you, so where her future will go depends on what kind of knowledge and emotions you instill in her. From your eyes, I can see how much you cherish Penny.
With that hidden love.
So I would suggest you, give her love, don't give her hatred!
I may be responsible for the same mistake happening the first time, but it would be too stupid for you to repeat it a second time. Who made Penny and you become what they are now? I think you already have the answer to this question.
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Murphy looked at his mechanical pocket watch and said:
"I'm going to fulfill my duties as a dog planner. The plot we agreed to talk about later turned into a dangerous battle. My foreign little cuties are all in trouble now. You see, I accidentally did something wrong.
I still have to find a way to apologize to them.
Salifu Shadowblade will definitely come to you.
I won't stop you from leaving him and returning to the dark life of a cultist. Maybe you will think that I am hypocritical.
But the fact is that now you have another chance to decide your future.
Take advantage of it and don't waste it.
Of course, if we still have to meet again as enemies on the battlefield in the future, don't expect me to be merciful. By the way, bring me a message to the slave owner and ask him to wash his neck and wait!
Ms. Rose is very angry about the destruction of Medjeva City, and the wrath of the God of the Abyss will eventually be carried out by me."
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"Thank you for your hard work, slave owner."
In a hidden place, Old Bach opened his eyes and crawled out of the biological cabin while putting on his clothes and said to Saliv Shadowblade standing in front of him:
"I originally thought it was just a simple search and transportation job, but I didn't expect it to turn into what it is now with Murphy's intervention. But fortunately, everything we were looking for has been found."
"Are you sure?"
Sariv Shadowblade was playing with a Shadow Spider Fang dagger. He looked at the freshly cloned Old Bach in front of him with a dead look and said:
"Where are my disciples? What are you going to say about Penny and Bertie? I left them with you, and you promised to take good care of them! But this is how you took care of them?"
"I fulfilled my promise, Saliv, and Penny came back to life, stronger and purer than before, with no more worries about her life."
Old Bach blinked and said:
"Although there was a problem at the end of the consciousness encoding, it is not an irreversible thing. Your disciple has abandoned her weakness. You only need to go and bring her back.
As for Bertie, I'm sorry I didn't take good care of him.
But it doesn't matter!
You already know that I can code the soul, so the vampire's so-called unsolvable blood contract has become a joke. Bring him back, and I will complete a 'mechanical ascension' for Bertie just like I transformed Penny.
But now, I must ask you to leave, Saliv.
I need to complete the response restart of the Life Greenhouse project immediately. I have been waiting for too long, and we have all been waiting for too long.
Go ahead.
Get on your shuttle and bring your disciples back. I guarantee you will see them again soon. If you don't like that pure mechanical body, I can also clone new bodies for them.
Like me.
You have seen with your own eyes that I have this ability."
"You better be."
Saliv put away the dagger and turned around and disappeared into the darkness. Old Bach let out a sigh of relief. It felt really bad to be targeted by such an assassin. He touched his neck and walked quickly towards the person who had been taken off the shuttle.
, and is connected to the main control AI computing unit in front of the console of the Life Greenhouse project.
During the time when he was re-cloned, Mr. Fu Fu was working diligently on unlocking the response code, and at this time, 95% of it was completed.
Looking down from the platform where the scholar is located, the entire body of the life greenhouse project of astonishing scale is hidden quietly under the earth like a sleeping city, like a real mechanical maze.
No one has ever been able to admire this miracle so closely like a scholar, and no one can understand like him what impact it will have on the world once this project is restarted.
"As I said, what the Creator has not been able to accomplish will be accomplished by me!"
Old Bach watched the unlocking progress bar in front of him advance to 99%. The excitement in his heart was beyond words. When the 100% information popped up, the entire sleeping greenhouse of life seemed to come alive.
Response code unlocks.
Permission authentication turned on Authentication passed Welcome back! Driver of the Life Greenhouse.
The biobank information is poured into the laboratory system and the life seeding program is being self-tested! The special command input authority is detected and determined to be the "Hand of the Creator"!
Permission transfer
Command·Format All currently detectable drivers with medium and low permissions have been received and are ready for execution!
"???"
The scholar stared blankly at the prompt that suddenly popped up in front of him. He didn't even have time to think about it, but just the three words "formatting" made him feel that he was in danger.
"Stop! I order you!"
The scholar screamed and was no longer strategizing as before. The recovery program also sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to terminate the code response within one second.
But it's too late.
The moment the data meme program written by the Sentinel took effect, it was copied countless times using quantum entanglement and sent to all target individuals that met the formatting instructions. The life greenhouse that had just been activated was turned upside down again.
Like a lazy man, he fell asleep again.
But scholars are not the most unlucky.
In the high sky of the dark night outside, the slave owner who was sitting in the cockpit thinking about how to proceed with his plan was stunned for a moment. He saw the console of the fully automatic shuttle ship in front of him flashing strangely and saying "
The formatting of the main control program is completed and I wish the passengers good luck", and then all the indicator lights went out.
Then, like a bird that had lost power, this cool spaceship plunged straight towards the ground from an altitude of 10,000 meters.
This is the "surprise" Murphy prepared for them.
As he said, the era of wielding a stolen sword to show off one's power is over.
