In the real world, in a mausoleum with a special space—
Roselle, who was originally napping on a toilet-like throne, suddenly opened his eyes. He seemed not to have fully recovered from the dream he just had. After looking at the layout of the mausoleum for two full seconds, he rubbed his temples and said, "Lin Bao, are you really sure your master intends to be human?"
Lin Bao immediately replied, although without expression, his gaze towards Roselle seemed to say, "What silly things are you saying?"
"But can he do something human-like?" Roselle complained, his expression showing that the Great Emperor had reached the point of no longer being able to tolerate it.
The reason for this was that Roselle had just had a peculiar dream. In the dream, a still young him was completely bewildered by Lin Ruo, who descended from the sky and tricked him with Future-era methods. It was truly heartbreaking to witness.
Although it was a dream, combining it with previous experiences, Roselle understood that this was likely Lin Ruo's doing, just like the fragmented memories he had received before.
Lin Bao replied earnestly, "Master has always been doing human things. You cannot suspect Master's actions just because you feel persecuted. This is called 'doubting your neighbor of stealing your axe.'" If one ignored the contradictory parts of its words, it sounded quite convincing.
"Is 'doubting your neighbor of stealing your axe' used in this context?" While Roselle doubted Lin Bao's literary knowledge, he subconsciously started to ponder.
He wasn't entirely sure what Lin Ruo was doing, but combining the memories he had intermittently received during this period, he wasn't completely unable to guess.
Of course, that wasn't the key. The key was that he had a feeling that as Lin Ruo continued to cause trouble, the distance between him and those 'him's' who were tricked by Lin Ruo would become closer and closer. Perhaps one day, his consciousness would briefly attach to those suspected projections of himself.
At that time… "I must severely beat Lin Ruo," Roselle revealed a malicious smile, accompanied by the sound of bones moving.
Lin Bao kindly reminds you, if you really do that, when Master fully recovers, he will definitely hang you up and beat you, and then lock you in a small dark room.
"Heh, as if I'm afraid of that." Roselle sneered, very firm and unafraid, "Even if I don't beat him, won't he still lock me in a small dark room?"
Lin Ruo kindly reminds you again, all your dark history is in Master's hands. If you truly anger Master, this dark history will most likely be shared with Young Miss Bernadette.
Roselle's firm expression instantly stiffened.
Lin Bao continued, "Not only Young Miss Bernadette, if Master is very angry, he might even print your dark history into a book and distribute it for free to everyone who likes you."
"At that time, everyone will know that the great Emperor Roselle not only thought the taste of a witch was truly good, but also, after losing a bet, cross-dressed and danced 'Gokuraku Jodo,' and after getting drunk, wore a big red jacket and danced the Yangge..."
"Stop talking!" Roselle shouted, cutting him off. His breath became somewhat unsteady as certain unbearable past events flashed through his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Forget about the witch thing, but why did I dance... cough, you know about these later things too?"
"Master said that to prevent any accidents with his arrangements, Lin Bao needs to have the function of stimulating your humanity to quickly recover when necessary. Therefore, when perfecting Lin Bao's database, these contents were inputted."
"Damn it!" Roselle didn't know what to say for a moment, only able to express his current mood with a single word, gritting his teeth.
He then took a deep breath, probably calming himself down, and said, "Lin Bao, let's make a deal. Let me help you delete those unnecessary contents from your database. In exchange, I'll tell you how to surpass Bethel and become Lin Ruo's favorite artificial idiot... ah, no, artificial intelligence."
Lin Bao was silent for a while, perhaps thinking or struggling. After a good while, it said, "No, Lin Bao cannot agree to you."
"Don't you want to be Lin Ruo's favorite creation anymore?" Roselle used his most captivating voice, "Anyway, my humanity is very stable, and deleting those dark histories won't change anything. Why not exchange it for something more beneficial to yourself? You don't have to worry about me not being able to do it. I'm one of Lin Ruo's best buddies; how could I not know what he likes?"
"No means no. Master will be angry if he finds out."
"But Lin Ruo didn't stipulate that you couldn't do this, did he?" Roselle clearly didn't intend to give up easily and continued, "As for getting angry, as long as I don't say anything and you don't say anything, who will know? Lin Ruo respects the privacy of intelligent beings very much and won't casually check your database."
This was a lie. Other creations aside, for special artificial intelligence-type creations like Lin Bao, Lin Ruo would, of course, check the database to prevent unnecessary accidents.
"No means no. Don't tempt Lin Bao anymore. If you continue, Lin Bao will get angry."
Apparently, Lin Bao's will was also quite resolute.
"Tsk!" Seeing that the robotic cat opposite him wasn't falling for his tricks, Roselle felt a bit frustrated for a moment, but he no longer persisted. He waved his hand and said, "Fine, if you don't want to trade, then so be it. You deserve not to be Lin Ruo's favorite like Bethel."
Anyway, with the personality of this artificial idiot, it certainly wouldn't spread it without Lin Ruo's command.
What was he worried about?
Lin Bao kindly reminds you, it's time to write.
"I clearly wrote today already." Roselle immediately looked at Lin Bao, accusing him, "You artificial idiot, you can't abuse your power for personal revenge."
"Lin Bao is not abusing power for personal revenge. It's just that after calculation, the number of words you wrote today did not meet the standard, and there was a lot of fluff. Lin Bao originally intended to turn a blind eye, but now Lin Bao is angry, so it does not intend to go easy."
Roselle's eyes widened instantly.
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At the same time, in the real world, in a certain sea area of the Sonia Sea—
Lin Ruo felt that his return was just in time.
Otherwise, how could he so coincidentally encounter Klein's hunting ground?
Quietly floating in mid-air, and having concealed his figure, Lin Ruo silently watched the situation below. He saw the Future first launch an attack. More than a dozen cannons were aimed at the large sailing ship where Admiral of Blood was located, firing a round of artillery.
However, these shells did not hit the opposite sailing ship but mostly landed in the sea nearby, stirring up huge waves with booming sounds.
Clearly, this was a calibration-style attack.
And after this round of calibration, the Future quickly launched a second round of artillery. In addition to normal shells, this included some kind of light beam attack like the Sun pathway, which was clearly a targeted attack against Admiral of Blood and others of the pathway.