Alien Hotel.

Chapter 411: Proliferation...

What can a group of mass-produced dolls with "doors" pre-installed in their bodies do?
Irene couldn't help but think about it. Many ideas seemed to emerge in her little head all at once. She vaguely felt that this function had many uses, but she couldn't think of anything too specific in a short time. It took a long time before a vague idea gradually took shape.

"Let me think... can you summon them here, and can you teleport them away?" She raised her head and looked at Yu Sheng curiously, "Can you teleport them directly to places you have been to?"

"That counts as one. In addition, these mass-produced dolls can also be used as 'mobile beacons'," Yu Sheng nodded and explained casually, "You also know that the premise for me to open the door is that there must be a 'beacon', either a place I have been to, or a place recorded when randomly opening the door, but I can't split myself - but with these mass-produced dolls, it's different. The 'door' built into their bodies is itself a complete beacon. Wherever the mass-produced doll goes, it is equivalent to where my door opens.

"In addition, because they have complete 'blood authority', these puppets can also activate the 'door' in their bodies on their own. You can add this to their 'evacuation knowledge' so that if they encounter fatal danger while outside, they can be instantly teleported back to the valley.

"Finally, there is one more thing. In theory, mass-produced dolls can chain summon each other. One mass-produced doll can summon other mass-produced dolls to its vicinity. However, this is feasible in terms of hardware. I don't know if the 'software' can keep up. It depends on how high the self-discipline and judgment ability of these mass-produced dolls is... After all, mass-produced dolls don't have much thinking ability, so it's still difficult to perform such complex operations."

"Hey, that's not a big problem," Irene waved her hands and confidently put her hands on her hips. "When they run out of brains, I'm always there for them! Although I usually use low-bandwidth mode to control these mass-produced machines, I can log in myself when it matters!"

"...That's true," Yu Sheng touched his chin. He almost forgot that Irene also had the option of "going to the account by yourself". His thoughts suddenly became active, but then he suddenly became a little worried. "So, your 'main consciousness' can be transferred to a bunch of mass-produced dolls at any time...Will you not suffer from schizophrenia if you transfer too much?"

He just said it casually, but the little puppet actually thought about it carefully: "It should be... no way? I am not schizophrenic even though I control four 'hosts' at the same time? And to be honest, I feel that I am getting more and more energetic after operating these four lines for a long time. Recently, I have been studying whether I can arrange only one body to sleep at night, and the other three bodies to stay up all night. I have made some progress. At present, I have just progressed to one body sleeping while the other three can sleepwalk in the room..."

"…So this is why you're not sleeping in the middle of the night and crawling around in your room like it's haunted?!"

"Yes, yes!"

Yu Sheng: “…”

He stared at the little doll for a long time, but there was no reaction from the other party. Finally, he could only wave his hand helplessly. At the same time, he couldn't help but be curious about the mental structure of this guy - how could she, a doll without even a brain, not only complete thinking but even complete four-thread thinking?

Although strictly speaking, her usual "thinking" is also quite limited...

Yu Sheng shook his head, put aside the irrelevant thoughts in his mind, and focused his attention on the mass-produced machine in front of him.

He knew that the "prefabricated doors" in the bodies of mass-produced dolls could certainly play more roles than the ones he and Irene had just thought of - as long as one's imagination could keep up, these mass-produced machines with added special functions could do a lot of things, and even if the "additional functions" were left out, these mass-produced machines themselves had certain combat capabilities.

Although their "skeleton" has compressed a lot of costs, it can still be regarded as the youth version of Linghu Xuantie. They can still kill the enemy by shooting Irene rays normally, and they are also capable of protecting themselves when going out alone to perform exploration missions.

Thinking of this, Yu Sheng couldn't help but stroke his chin and muttered: "I can explore when I go out, fight when I meet an enemy, and run away when I can't win. This is an innate exploration holy body."

The little puppet's eyes lit up instantly: "What do you mean by search, strike and retreat?"

"You should usually play less of the things that are too difficult for you," Yu Sheng glanced at the little guy at his feet, turned around and walked towards the alchemy table, "Do you understand how to play?"

Irene immediately turned around and followed, moving her short legs while beeping loudly: "Hey, what are you saying! I'm really awesome! When I'm playing, the opponents can't kill me... Hey, why don't you listen to me? I'm really awesome... Hey, what are you going to do next?"

"The first test machine passed, so of course we'll continue to make it," Yu Sheng looked back at the little doll, "mass production machine, mass production machine, how can it be called a mass production machine if the output can't be increased?"

As he spoke, he had instantly created more than a dozen sets of "molds" for casting the puppet skeleton on the ground next to him. Then he raised rows of operating platforms in this spacious alchemy laboratory and began to "transport" a steady stream of "soil" from the valley to the platforms, as if he was going to expand production immediately.

It seemed that Irene just remembered the "mass production" at this time, but then she frowned again. While watching Yu Sheng's operation, she felt that something was wrong: "...You are going to keep kneading the dolls here by hand? Why is this a little different from what I imagined..."

"Who said I have to rub it by hand from now on?" Yu Sheng was immediately happy. After finishing the preparations, he raised his hand and pointed at the mass-produced doll that was still standing there waiting for orders. It looked stupid. "Next, let her learn."

Irene blinked and reacted quickly: "...6!" The mass-produced puppet quickly received the order and walked over, then climbed onto the alchemy platform using its hands and feet and stared at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng then directed the foxes to prepare the "Youth Version Skeleton" while demonstrating to the mass-produced dolls how to carve the spirit-infusing array, arrange the ritual materials, and shape the clay. In between, he took the time to explain to Irene, "The mass-produced dolls can't directly control the soil and rocks in the valley to 'instantly shape' like I can, so these materials have to be prepared for them extra. The subsequent shaping process will be much slower because of this, but once the number increases, the lack of individual efficiency will soon be made up by the scale..."

As they were talking, Hu Li had already started to smelt black iron and cast the skeleton with flames flying everywhere, while Yu Sheng completed the engraving of the ritual array and the configuration of materials on the first alchemy platform. He then handed the pen knife used to engrave the array to the mass-produced puppet and told the little guy to repeat the process on other platforms.

The small mass-produced doll held the pen knife, which was almost a short cane to her, and quickly ran to the nearest alchemy platform and began to clumsily reproduce the operations she had just "learned" - she was very slow at first, but became proficient at a speed almost visible to the naked eye, and then she did it better and better.

Watching this little guy busying around on the platform, concentrating and operating more and more flexibly, for a moment, Yu Sheng even wondered if Irene was secretly logging in herself - but he quickly dispelled this speculation.

...Because Irene can't even do it so well on her own, she doesn't have the patience to repeat this boring task over and over again.

"This is indeed a kind of great joy to the soul." Yu Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

Then he found a cup and began to pour blood into it - another key ingredient needed to create a living puppet.

It may even be the most critical material.

The skeleton, which had been simply tempered and cooled by Hu Li's magic, was placed on the alchemy platform. Yu Sheng began to demonstrate to the mass-produced dolls how to mix a very small amount of blood into the soil, and how to wrap the soil around the skeleton to make a rough human shape.

This step is quite difficult for the mass-produced doll, which is only 66.6 cm tall.

"...When the number of mass-produced dolls increases, we can have them work in groups of three or four to make new dolls together," Yu Sheng looked at the little ones on the platform rubbing mud intently, and after a moment's hesitation, he turned to Irene and Hu Li and said, "The material can also be replaced with normal lightweight clay. That stuff is easier to work with than mud, and it's not expensive when you buy it in bulk."

Hu Li had just cast another batch of puppet skeletons. After hearing Yu Sheng's words, he thought for a moment and said, "Now it seems that the execution of the soul-infusing ritual and the shaping of the puppets can be done by these mass-produced puppets themselves. As for the casting of the skeletons... we can also build a furnace and a simple foundry and let them do it themselves. We just need to make some adjustments according to their heights. The only thing that limits the 'production' now should be the two 'key materials'."

"Key materials..." Yu Sheng crossed his arms and muttered thoughtfully.

One is Hu Li's "Spirit Fox Black Iron", which gives the mass-produced dolls "spirituality".

One is his own blood - it gives "life" to the mass-produced dolls.

"To be honest, Silly Fox's production of iron lumps is actually quite high," Irene said casually, "Every now and then I'll see her take out a large piece and sell it to the Secret Service with some left over - and the amount needed to make a puppet skeleton is also very small. After all, you've almost shrunk the skeleton into iron wire in order to reduce costs."

After she finished speaking, her eyes fell on Yu Sheng again.

Irene thought for a moment.

"Hey Yusheng, the production of your blood seems to be quite high! I feel that if you kill them all at once, you can at least make a few hundred. If you use them sparingly, you should be able to make a thousand..."

As soon as Yu Sheng saw the little doll's eyes rolling around, he knew that she had no good intentions. He was right when he heard her speak: "Listen to what you are saying, are you talking like a human being?"

"That's right. If you really die, your blood will disappear automatically after a while. If you don't use it in time, it will be gone." Irene thought for a moment and continued to think seriously, "Then it seems that I can only leave you half dead."

Yu Sheng: “…Is this the key?!”

(End of this chapter)