Man on the ark, forced to become king

Absolutely fantastic!

"I even borrowed a sword from Texas specifically for this, and so far, the results are—"

Swish!

A strand of hair fell from before my eyes, drifting and swaying. The gentle light lingered very close, and I could even feel the temperature of the blade through my skin—scorching and volatile.

Gollum~

Lin Lu swallowed hard, chuckled awkwardly, took a step back, raised her arms in a gesture of surrender, and dared not say anything more.

Perhaps Melina had indeed filled it with enough material, because the rise and fall of the doll's chest was very noticeable in this state.

The doll doesn't need to breathe or eat, but it can reflect its emotional fluctuations in its body—simply put, Lani is probably very angry right now, so angry that her breasts have gotten bigger.

If the doll had eyes, her gaze would probably poke a hole in the ground right now.

Damn it! They really did tamper with this body after all!

A lightsaber shooting out of someone's arm?! What kind of bizarre concept is that?!

She's not one of those puppet soldiers in a magic academy with multiple arms, designed from the outset to maximize lethality. What use would she have for this thing?!

Even more bizarrely, she didn't feel any control mechanism on this thing; it was as if the switch that activated this body's mechanism was simply the action of tilting her hand back...

Such a rudimentary triggering device would surely accidentally poke yourself or someone else at any time, right? It definitely would!

Since you've already started, at least do it properly, you bastard!

Unable to retract her blade, Lani fiercely drew an arc in mid-air, maneuvering her body to walk up and give Lin Lu a lightsaber shave, to teach him a lesson.

But as soon as she took a step, she felt something was wrong.

Theoretically speaking, this doll is only two-thirds complete at this point. Its internal functions are already usable, but its external functions—such as senses like sight, smell, and hearing—are still missing and will have to be installed later.

So... why did she sense the presence of eyes? And this organ that resembles eyes seems, perhaps, possibly, maybe... to be warm?

laugh!

A wisp of smoke rose, and two large holes were instantly burned into the skin of the doll's face. Two beams of orange-red light shot out from them, leaving black burn marks on the wall.

? ? ? ?

Lani was stunned.

This unexpected situation was truly beyond her expectations.

She thought that hiding a sword in her hand was the pinnacle of her antics, but she didn't expect there was another trick hidden here, her eyes shining with excitement?

Whose idea was this?!

The key question is, where is the control switch for such a dangerous function?

Suddenly realizing that she couldn't perfectly control every function of this body, Lani didn't dare to make any further movements, fearing that she might accidentally trigger some strange thing again.

"I think you'd better come up with a perfect explanation, otherwise..."

Melina stared in disbelief at the charred remains on the wall, then at the lightsaber stuck in her hand and the puppet frozen in a strange, motionless position. She leaned close to Lin Lu and whispered something.

She didn't know if there was anything wrong with the doll, but if things continued like this, someone was definitely going to run into trouble.

"..."

Kal'tsit blinked blankly, suddenly realizing that this so-called puppet technology capable of carrying soul transfers didn't seem so stable after all.

At that moment, she hesitated slightly about whether to use this technology on Theresa.

Is this thing really reliable?

Appearance is secondary; the main problem is that this kind of unpredictable and easily out-of-control skill is simply too ridiculous.

"Ahem, it was an accident, an accident. Knowing what day it is today, why would I deliberately cause trouble, right?"

At this point, it's probably too late for any excuses on the spot. Once Lani comes to her senses, a fierce battle will undoubtedly be needed to calm things down.

As Lin Lu explained, she backed towards the door so she could escape quickly later.

"Damn it! Stop running! Turn off these out-of-control functions right now!"

Lani, still in an odd pose, spoke fiercely, clearly quite angry.

Her action was rather awkward, but if she didn't do it, she was worried that her out-of-control body parts would cause trouble for those around her.

Leaving aside the fact that the pair of eyes that shouldn't exist, which could be felt just moments ago, disappeared after a brief appearance, the lightsaber that suddenly shot out from the palm of the hand was dangerous enough. What's worse, once it was shot out, it couldn't be retrieved, leaving even the user and the creator wondering how to deal with it.

"How could you possibly interrupt just one function of the body? If you were to stop, the whole body would have to stop together."

Lin Lu was also helpless about Lani's request. Simply stopping a certain module... there's no such setting. If a certain bodily function really malfunctions, then the only way to repair it is to stop everything and then disassemble and repair it.

"Get lost! You're making me so angry!"

The doll's chest heaved more noticeably, and Lani, stuck in an awkward position, felt a surge of anger rising within her. She desperately wanted to do something, but her body was still in a state of near-out-of-control, and she couldn't vent her frustration.

“Stopping the entire body… isn’t out of the question, but just how many strange things have you crammed into this body?!”

"It's nothing..."

Faced with Lani's angry questioning, Lin Lu felt a little guilty, and her voice became much softer.

"Lightsabers in both arms, eyes that can fire beams, mouths that can breathe fire and ice mist, energy propulsion devices on the calves, flight devices on the back... that's about it. The rest are just standard stuff, like shield generators and stuff..."

What's with these features that sound so unreliable?

Lani strongly suspects that Lin Lu forged certain functions using a "what I think" method and installed them on her without even conducting any tests. She also has evidence—whose tested and stable functions can be released and then not retrieved?

One out-of-control incident, and these days even many experimental subjects wouldn't be this outrageous!

"It's not a big problem, don't get excited. Actually, there's nothing wrong with my design. It's just that there was a small accident in the implementation method, but overall it's still quite successful."

Lin Lu carefully approached, lifted the doll's two arms from behind, and slowly lowered it. Then, she gently lifted the entire body from under its armpits and moved it little by little onto the table, laying it flat.

During this process, apart from the lightsaber in my left hand that had already been activated, there were no other problems.

In fact, Lin Lu was also completely baffled about the lightsaber that had been suddenly activated and could not be retrieved.

Although the results are somewhat unsatisfactory, he genuinely integrated this function with a practical mindset when he designed it, so this situation should never have occurred.

With its triple-switch design of action, safety lock, and energy circuit activation, this function should only be activated when the user of this body actively uses it. Just like the other hand, which has remained silent until now, the possibility of it suddenly popping out is extremely low.

However, it was suddenly activated, and not only that, after activation, the entire switch system became ineffective, and even the sword could not be put back.

When a feature suddenly encounters an unknown problem and the cause cannot be determined for the time being, what is the simplest thing to do?

The answer is to dismantle it directly.

Lani has already shed her original petite doll form, and today she absolutely must change her body; there's no time to wait and slowly troubleshoot the problem.

Therefore, Lin Lu decided to remove the lightsaber ejection feature first, and deal with it later after Lani had fully taken control of her body.

Anyway, this isn't a physical body in the traditional sense. As long as the power source is shut down, it can be repaired at any time. For now, let's make sure the main functions are working, and we can deal with the rest later.

"Alright... that's enough for now. Now we can start arranging the exterior."

Some features are difficult to integrate, but easy to remove.

A few minutes later, Lani, having removed the lightsaber from her hand, sat up again, tentatively took a few steps on the ground, and after performing some simple movements, she looked no different from a normal person.

Putting aside those rather personal features, the overall design of the doll remains solid, ensuring both flexibility and stability.

In addition, with Lani's own powerful control abilities, she will soon be able to fully control this body—except for those inexplicable little functions.

The next step is to refine the appearance, which involves adding various parts to a completely blank doll template to create the desired look.

With Melina's help, this step didn't take too long, only a dozen minutes, including the time spent treating the damage to the eyes.

Soon, a petite figure, about 1.6 meters tall, appeared vividly in the room. She had bright red hair draped over her shoulders and a light blue ring under her right eye. At first glance, she looked somewhat similar to Melina.

How could she resemble Melina? If she were to resemble anyone, shouldn't she resemble Rena, Radagan, or Marika? How could she resemble Melina?

Or perhaps, Melina...

Lin Lu fell into deep thought. Of course, his contemplation did not last long, because Lani, who had taken control of the body, had already walked over, eager to teach certain people a lesson.

Snapped!

A small fist pounded on her chest, interrupting Lin Lu's thoughts. Feeling the soft force transmitted to her chest, Lin Lu was a little confused, but quickly realized that Lani probably hadn't fully figured out how to use this body yet, which was why her punch was so soft.

Lin Lu's intelligence prevailed at that moment, and before Lani could react, she pulled her into her arms.

"Welcome back. We'll be able to see each other in person soon. Until then, please be patient."

"Um……"

Lani nodded slightly, then suddenly clenched her fist and punched Lin Lu in the eye socket.

"Don't think you can get away with this so easily!"

Chapter 149 Approaching the Demon King's Shadow

"Golden tree...golden, tree?"

The roar of the land-based warships was like rolling thunder, and the metal behemoths galloped across the land, crushing through the uninhabited wilderness.

Looking down through the transparent porthole, one could see the vast expanse in the distance. The Sarkaz man with short, light pink hair muttered to himself as he casually tossed aside the paper containing intelligence notes.

Snapped!