Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1470: Chapter 97: Old Dog Doesn’t Block the Path

When Luo Qiu woke up in the morning, the maid had already left the estate, taking Adam to the new sub-world to set up the server.

Luo Qiu found the prepared breakfast in the dining room… it was still warm, apparently the maid had left not long ago.

At this moment, a robot with a body similar to Adam’s, but clearly designed as a female, came forward slowly holding fresh milk in both hands.

“Club Owner, this is the fresh milk prepared by the master, please drink!”

The voice was gentle and subtle—much more pleasant than Adam’s stiff electronic synthetic tone… Boss Luo took the cup from this female robot’s hand, glanced her up and down, and then said: “Are you Eve?”

“Yes, Club Owner.” The female robot respectfully said the moment: “From today on, I will temporarily take over Adam’s work. Additionally, if there are any needs, Club Owner can directly instruct me. The master has set it so you have the highest authorization over me.”

Boss Luo casually smiled: “I don’t have much to do, you can focus on temporarily monitoring Adam’s work… Hmm, do you really not remember anything from before?”

He was still slightly interested in what the maid said about some anomalies in Eve’s core—could artificial intelligence also create something akin to a soul?

Yet in Boss Luo’s black and white perspective, Eve appeared in front of him as just a bunch of circuit diagrams, without any soul brilliance that could attract his attention.

“Things from before?” Eve now showed a confused expression—perhaps due to the maid’s preference for feminine imagery, Eve not only looked quite exquisite but even her expressions were extraordinarily vivid.

If it weren’t for the many visible joint seams exposing Eve’s body, it would probably have been easy to mistake her for a real person.

“Things before you were formatted.”

Eve shook her head, “Sorry, the master just formatted me again, so I have no record of past events.”

“You go ahead with your work, I’ll handle things here myself.” Luo Qiu waved his hand, letting Eve go off to work.

Watching her slowly move towards the engine room, even emitting metal clinking sounds as she walked, Boss Luo suddenly thought of Mian Mian… A pillow under the effect of the Star Creation Sorcerer gained life, learned to think. Then, what kind of reaction would occur if the Star Creation Sorcerer was directly used on Eve or Adam, these artificial intelligences?

Actually, speaking broadly, Mian Mian already possesses a soul… albeit a false soul. Although it’s a false soul, it is directly bestowed by the Star Creation Sorcerer—this is indeed one of the ultimate power techniques developed in the sub-world where Nan Xiao Nan originated, that had reached its limit and had to restart.

Even though Nan Xiao Nan’s hometown has already broken down and restarted, clearly in terms of civilization, it has exceeded far beyond this sub-world where Luo Qiu resides.

It’s still quite interesting, the different developments of civilization across different sub-worlds.

But upon pondering, these multiple sub-worlds are all under the management of the same Araiye System, merely warm beds for nurturing a perfect world, and Luo Qiu’s mind naturally conjured up the image of the Eternal Kingdom’s remnant, Cicero, encountered within the Penglai Treasury.

Thinking of this, Boss Luo’s mind moved, and he directly descended into the Main God Project world’s Main God Mountain—not physically, but through his account in this game world.

…

When Boss Luo saw Tai Yinzi, the old Taoist was cracking raw eggs into a cup.

An enormous cup, appearing to have over a dozen raw eggs cracked into it, Tai Yinzi then raised the cup filled with raw eggs towards the sky.

“A cup to freedom, a cup to death… Hahaha!”

With a wild gulp, the round egg yolks slid down Tai Yinzi’s throat relentlessly, and he finally belched, showing a satisfied expression, “The sun rises in the east!”

Although not very clear about the meaning behind these words, or if they were just his gibberish, Luo Qiu still made a bit of sound at this moment.

Detecting the sound, Tai Yinzi slowly turned around, and upon seeing his master, his cheeks immediately twitched.

“Master!”

Only to see Tai Yinzi directly scream, then leap forward… you can’t imagine how shameless this old ghost can be!

When Boss Luo saw this old ghost in tears and snot, about to embrace his thigh in an instant, his instinctively granted Tai Yinzi a Holy Judgment—a unique skill of Boss Luo’s account in the game.

Overall, it’s a world-class skill, unique and unreplicable!

On Main God Mountain, a terrifying lightning bolt suddenly appeared—like a massive pillar of light, it was visible to all living beings on Sky Continent within the Main God Project world… As for the impact this enormous lightning had on the entire Main God Project world, it will be discussed later, not for now.

Having taken a hit from Holy Judgment, Tai Yinzi lay flat on the ground—the health bar above his head retreated from the purple bar all the way to the second-to-last green bar… Almost reached the final red bar level.

Probably taking another hit of Holy Judgment, this so-called Taiyin Master God, which many players have only heard of once at the start, would be directly knocked out with a GG.

As a side note, within the Main God Project world, all objects have their inherent health points—namely their health bar, clearing the health bar equals a death, even as a Main God, Tai Yinzi is no exception… this was a patch added by You Ye following the game’s updates.

Additionally, as a result of Boss Luo’s funny whimsy and the maid’s strength calculation system developed in the real world, this was also added to the Main God Project world—overall, this game world now, after multiple version updates, is completely different from when it was initially created.

Holy Judgment skill has always been in Boss Luo’s account… the maid’s account also has a corresponding skill, named Celestial Punishment.

“Mas… Master?”

Tai Yinzi now lay prostrate on the ground, the near-red health bar made him experience unprecedented pain, and accompanied by this was the fear of the soul… In memory, his master had always been magnanimous, this was the first time hitting him so hard!

Just thinking about it, Boss Luo pondered and said, “I didn’t mean to, I just instinctively opened the skill panel and found only Holy Judgment activated, the others were still locked.”

By Heaven and Earth, Boss Luo was merely intending to shove Tai Yinzi away with a simple push, nothing more… As for why the initial skill isn’t a simple push but the ultimate move..?

Tai Yinzi opened his mouth, then his pale face appeared as if he had swallowed a living rat, he trembled uncontrollably and said, “I think this might be that black… elegant Ms. You Ye’s panel for managing the master?”

While speaking, Tai Yinzi even carefully observed the surroundings of Boss Luo, discovering that no one was accompanying Boss Luo, and only then did he slightly relax his breath.

To what extent can a person be devious?

At this moment, Tai Yinzi finally had a new realization — even though the maid wasn’t present beside the Boss, he still felt a fear of living under her control… He had almost forgotten the pain of being dominated by such fear — stomachache — after having a carefree time at the Main God Mountain.

“That’s enough,” Boss Luo shook his head, “Consider this your punishment for leaving privately and inciting Mian Mian.”

This punishment is quite severe indeed — the damage from the Holy Judgment was real… The nearly red blood bar was truly reflected in his body.

At this moment, Tai Yinzi felt severely weakened… with serious injuries that could not heal in three to five hundred years — unless he used performance points for treatment, in which case recovery would be immediate.

The key is that Tai Yinzi’s performance points have always been very scarce — in fact, he’s rather frugal by nature!

Indeed, he was one of the worst dark soul envoys, and after losing his dark soul body in the Penglai Treasury, even after being granted a new one, it was still the most inferior version — but despite being the most inferior version, he still couldn’t resist the benefits he received from participating in the Main God Plan.

The current dark soul envoy body was upgraded (grinded) through his efforts, reaching the intermediate level of dark soul envoy!

With a feeling of returning to the liberation period, Tai Yinzi’s cheeks twitched — he felt no different now than when he first became a dark soul envoy… Feeling that a year’s efforts were entirely wasted, Tai Yinzi dared not speak, feeling deep despair over the thousand-year debt he bore.

“Master—!!”

Seeing this old ghost begin to cry shamelessly with tears and snot, Boss Luo slowly sighed, “I didn’t come alone today to watch your performance… You brought me here through Mian Mian, for what purpose?”

Tai Yinzi was instantly energized upon hearing this.

After all, he’s an old ghost… The word ‘alone’ as spoken by Luo Qiu had already revealed enough information to him — the note he left for Boss Luo did indeed successfully make the Boss come alone without that black-hearted maid!

“Master, you are unaware!”

Tai Yinzi hurriedly rose to his feet, wiped his face, and spoke with froth, “Ever since the second channel opened, the two newcomers don’t understand the rules! They’ve seized the entrance to the second channel and not only refuse to send players to me for reincarnation but even secretly support new Gods and churches in the Lower Realm! Master, these two newcomers truly have malicious intentions; they want to stir up big trouble!”

Boss Luo listened in silence, expressionlessly watching Tai Yinzi… he probably still didn’t know that in the subsequent versions, Taiyin Master God had already been set by the maid as one of the ultimate bosses to be pushed.

As for the appearance of new Gods and churches in the Lower Realm, it was naturally preparation for the Gods war to occur in the future.

Tai Yinzi spat and said, “Master, you must believe me, I’m not just tattling here! My loyalty to you is as evident as Heaven and Earth, as bright as the Sun and Moon…”

“Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’m leaving.” Boss Luo interrupted with a wave.

Tai Yinzi instantly knelt on the ground with a thud… Crawling forward while kneeling, he cried, “Master… I can hardly make ends meet, if those two little bastards continue to mess around like this, how can I have good days?! You see, I was among the earliest to join you, there may not be merit but there is hard work… Master, my heart is bitter!”

It was almost like a eunuch crying grievances before the Emperor… how this guy was ever spotted by Taibai Sword Immortal and received as his foundation… it remains an eternal mystery.

“Stop crying… tell me about Cicero.” Boss Luo shook his head, “As for your matter, I’ll think about it later.”

Seeing that Boss Luo slightly opened his mouth, Tai Yinzi immediately stopped howling, seeming to have hope, and hurriedly got up again, “Master, please come aside to speak.”

Luo Qiu had no choice but to nod.

Afterward, Tai Yinzi brought Boss Luo to his Sun-Watching Cloud Platform, had servants present a feast and exquisite wines… not until the patient Boss Luo also couldn’t help but frown did Tai Yinzi awkwardly dismissed the surrounding servants.

He faced Boss Luo, solemnly saying, “Master, who Cicero exactly is, I actually don’t know either.”

Luo Qiu glanced at him, silently opened the skill panel.

Tai Yinzi couldn’t see these, but his words pivoted, “This name suddenly appeared in my consciousness… in fact, apart from the name Cicero, there have been many strange things recently inexplicably appearing in my consciousness… like something about an Eternal Kingdom, some Eternal Count or the like.”

Boss Luo paused the Holy Judgment skill… suddenly blinked, leisurely said, “When did it start… do you know the reason?”

Tai Yinzi thought for a moment and said, “Master, do you remember when I was once outsmarted by a treacherous person in the Penglai Treasury, which ultimately led to the seizure of my dark soul body?”

Boss Luo nodded.

Tai Yinzi continued, “Back then, the despicable scoundrel used some kind of device during the seizure of my dark soul body… I think these strange things in my consciousness might have seeped through from that guy’s deep consciousness during that swap.”

Luo Qiu pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, “What else do you know.”

Tai Yinzi shook his head, “Forgive me, Master, I’m incapable… these pieces of information are scattered, initially only one or two words suddenly popped out, now until this point only about a dozen words have popped out… I can’t piece them together. But I feel these pieces might be of great use to you, so I took the risk to pass the information to you through Ms. Mian Mian… Master, my loyalty to you is as evident as Heaven and Earth, as bright as the Sun and Moon…”

“Write these words down,” Boss Luo directly interrupted.

Unexpectedly, this old guy eagerly pulled out a scroll from his sleeve — it seemed already prepared, “Master, I was afraid I might forget these pieces, so once they popped out of my mind, I wrote them down immediately! Please have a look, Master!”

Boss Luo directly opened it to see.

Aside from the already known information like Cicero and Eternal Kingdom, indeed there were some scattered terms; among the ten or so terms, most could be linked to the intelligence when Boss Luo conversed with Cicero.

But suddenly, a set of terms caught Luo Qiu’s eye — these were not mentioned in Cicero’s conversation.

[On the Feasibility of Origins Capture]

It seemed similar to some thesis… title.