I loaded the dream game

When people are bored, they can really do anything...except math problems, of course.

Just like some people read the instructions on the back of toiletries most carefully when they forget to bring their cell phones to the bathroom.

When they are extremely bored, they will read with great interest any text that is not monotonous, repetitive, and contains new information...even if those texts are meaningless to them under normal circumstances.

In this regard, even the non-human Flügel were no exception.

"If you look at it carefully, it does have some meaning."

Jibril put down the book she had finished reading and made her comment.

At least it's much easier to read than the notebook I read before, which was full of self-boasting and had a stupid title like "I'm a genius!" It's pretty good for killing time.

As she thought this, she turned to the next page, and then...

"..."

She was stunned when she saw the words "To be continued" written on it.

Interrupted?

The story was suddenly interrupted at such an important point in 937? Is this something a normal person can do?

wrong……

Jibril turned her gaze towards the remaining pile of books.

Since that person specially sent so many books, the sequel to the story should also be included in it, right?

The Flügel girl thought so naively.

……

[You have triggered a new side quest: Before completing the limited-time main quest, conquer/destroy more than half of the intelligent races (0/8)]

[Mission Reward: 1600 Dream Points. On this basis, for each additional intelligent race conquered/destroyed, an additional 240 Dream Points will be awarded.]

When Xia Zhi brought Jibril back, this side quest was triggered.

This was the first time he had seen a side quest with a dream point reward of over four digits... although the difficulty of the quest was also very high, even comparable to some main quests.

Xia Zhi made a rough estimate and figured that if he completed the full amount, he would be able to obtain nearly 3,300 dream points, which was almost comparable to the main mission with the highest reward.

But if you think about it carefully, you will know that it is almost impossible to complete the full amount.

Putting aside other races, the difficulty of completely conquering or destroying the Gods may be even greater than completing the main mission of [End of the War].

Not to mention, he didn't know how the dream game judged "conquest" and "destruction".

Do you need to make all units of a species sincerely submit to you to be conquered, or do you only need to deal with the top leaders? Do you need to kill all the members of a species to be completely destroyed, or does it matter if there are one or two left? Or is it enough to achieve functional extinction?

I don’t know any of this.

Therefore, although this task seems to have a lot of rewards, it will be extremely troublesome if you really plan to do it, so...

"...Let's try it?" Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment and thought to himself.

If he really wanted to try it, then he would have to change his original plan.

The combat effectiveness of each race in this world is very strong, and the noise of wars between them is sometimes even comparable to a nuclear war. However, in sharp contrast to their strong strategic capabilities, their tactical capabilities are really poor, probably only equivalent to the level of warfare in the Middle Ages, and are completely disproportionate to the power and mobility of their modern or even near-future weapons.

The so-called "tactics" need to be based on the premise of "equal opponents".

Just like humans still have tactics when facing the Trisolarans, but when faced with a civilization with such a huge disparity in strength, like the Singer civilization which is in a completely different dimension, no tactics will work.

To the humans in this world, "tactics" is a completely useless thing.

But for other races, things are different.

If the elves, who are superior in individual performance, were taught tactical theories such as "interdiction warfare", "armed infiltration", and "guerrilla warfare", and the goblins, who are good at mecha weapons, were taught tactical ideas such as "land and air infiltration warfare", "infantry and artillery coordination", and "blitzkrieg", what would the war between these two races become?

Alternatively, only teach these theories to one of the races, and once the balance of power is completely broken, teach the remaining theories to the other race in turn.

Even if we teach them theories related to "reel warfare" and "color GM", what will the world become?

By that time, the two races would surely fall into unprecedented chaos. The Old Gods they worshipped, whether the Forest God representing the concept of "nature" or the Forging God representing the concept of "refining and forging", would all fall into an unprecedented state of weakness due to the chaos of war and faith.

After that, Xia Zhi only needs to pick one of them and kill them to complete the main mission two.

Then, with the bonus points earned, Xia Zhi can follow the steps of the original plot to kill the God of War, gather energy to penetrate the planet to obtain the Star Cup, or kill the remaining gods one by one and truly ascend the throne of "the only god". These are all things he can do as long as he wants.

But... it's too troublesome and takes too much time.

So, after thinking for a moment, Xia Zhi decided to think of a way to solve all problems simply, efficiently and quickly.

Fortunately, he figured it out quickly.

However... this method still needs a little bit of external help.

For example, the "Spiritual Destruction Ceremony" developed by the Elves, the "Space Transfer" of the Flügel, and... the Ex-Machinas that have the ability to copy and analyze.

Chapter 136: How does it feel to have your dark history dug up not long after?

The original idea for Xia Zhi was to do it one by one in order.

First of all, we need to find the elves and find a way to get the specific magic formula of the "Spiritual Destruction Ceremony" from them.

After getting the instructions for using "Space Transfer" from Jibril, we can try to find the traces of the Ex-Machina.

And if there is still time in the meantime, it is not impossible to catch a dragon spirit and continue the project that was interrupted at the beginning.

The plans were very well made, but before they could officially begin, Xia Zhi, who had just come out of the settlement, encountered an "accident".

"I am so pitiful..."

The girl with long black hair raised her head, her yellow eyes with blood-red lines clearly reflected Xia Zhi's figure. She said this to him mechanically, expressionlessly and without emotion, as if she was reading a line.

"So what?" Xia Zhi tilted his head.

"Please take me home." ~The black-haired girl said.

If you ignore the glowing mechanical device above her head, the two tail-like wires behind her, the mechanical features everywhere on her body, and the emotionless tone, combined with her pitiful words, she looks like a pitiful, adorable human girl who makes people want to love her.

But unfortunately, there are too many assumptions. Anyone with normal eyes cannot ignore the non-human characteristics of the girl.

"[Question] Unable to understand. The target's reaction did not meet expectations."

Seeing that Xia Zhi didn't seem to react, the mechanical girl said this expressionlessly.

Summer Solstice: "..."

I'd like to know what reaction you expect me to have.

"[Speculation] The current scenario does not meet the preset conditions, so the contact strategy is changed."

The girl spoke in a flat voice, as if talking to herself.

"【Load】Setting 039——" She raised her head, looked at Xia Zhi again and said, "Please take me home and do whatever you want to do."

…still without any emotion, the tone was like someone reciting lines.

But I have to say, if you add some emotional fluctuations, combined with the girl’s words just now, it is really hard not to be moved.

But compared to these, Xia Zhi is more curious about:

"Where did you learn all this nonsense?"

Could it be that she learned it from the humans around her like Suwako did?

…Come to think of it, why does this sound so familiar?

Just as Xia Zhi was thinking this, he heard the girl's calm reply:

"【Answer】Analyze, record and imitate the language and behavior logic of the only known successful case, and summarize the data files into 26432 items, which are respectively..."

"No, you don't need to tell me in detail." Xia Zhi stopped the girl from continuing to speak, rubbed his temple and asked: "Excuse me, who is the 'only successful case' you mentioned?"

“【Answer】The Old Deus individual you call ‘Kaguya Suwako’.” The mechanical girl replied.

Summer Solstice: "..."

He finally knew who the girl learned bad things from. It turned out to be you, Suwako.

"…【Confirmed】The subject's body temperature and heartbeat showed no abnormal reactions. It is speculated that the initial strategy did not achieve the expected effect."

"【Question】Is this machine not attractive enough for you?" the mechanical girl asked, tilting her head.

"Let's not talk about the issue of charm for now...how did you come to the conclusion that Suwako is the only successful case?" Xia Zhi changed the subject.

"【Answer】The initial analysis recorded the target's state of 'Suwako Kameya': no ​​emotions, no self. The comparative analysis showed that the target is the same as this machine, in the 'heartless' state.

The latest record shows that the target has obvious signs of emotion, and has shown unpredictable thinking behavior and language logic that are unique to humans. It is presumed that this is the communication behavior of the "heart" that the Ex-Machina lacks.

Judging from the comparison of the target's status before and after, during the five months and twenty-three days with you, 'Kaguya Suwako' acquired the unique language of humans called 'heart'. "

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The mechanical girl seemed to have no concept of keeping secrets and easily told Xia Zhi everything he wanted to know.

"【Judgment】As long as the same behavior is imitated, this machine can also read the thoughts of the 'heart' and obtain the language of the 'heart'."

"and many more……"

Regardless of the flaws in the girl's words, Xia Zhi noticed another thing:

"According to what you said...you noticed us five months ago?"

"【Affirmative】" The mechanical girl nodded and replied: "It is unreasonable for the target to survive the direct impact of Yan Longxiao's aftermath as a human."

"It is illogical for a human to have the power to defeat the Flügel."

......... ..... ...

"【Conclusion】The existence of the target is abnormal, and it is speculated to be related to the unique human language 'heart'."

Xia Zhi was a little confused: "How did you come to this conclusion?"

There doesn't seem to be any necessary causal connection between these two things?

"【Answer】You said it yourself."

Summer Solstice: “?”

When did I say that?

"【Read】Record File 018——" The mechanical girl paused for a moment, then suddenly changed her tone and continued, "Of course, it is to follow the power of the heart..."

Hearing this familiar tone, Xia Zhi had a bad feeling in his heart.

The girl ignored him, her mouth opening and closing, and she continued in a tone that didn't match her expressionless face, as if she was imitating someone, full of incongruity: "The power of the mind is infinite, and it can create infinite possibilities. As long as you are willing to believe, the power that is gathered can even surpass time. So..."

"Stop! Don't go on!" Xia Zhi hurriedly spoke up to stop her.

It's okay to say this kind of words to yourself, but why does it feel so shameful when you hear it from someone else afterwards?

and……

"Is it too late for me to say now that I was just joking?" he asked tentatively after thinking for a while.

"【Negative】" The girl gave a "positive" answer expressionlessly.

Chapter 137: Verifying the Existence of “Heart”

From the results point of view, it is of course a good thing that the Ex-Machina that he wanted to find came to him. At least it saved Xia Zhi a lot of time.

However, before that, he still had to confirm one thing.

"Actually, you don't need to imitate Suwako." Xia Zhi said.

"【Question】Does the subject think that the success of 'Kaguya Suwako' cannot be replicated?" The mechanical girl raised her head and looked at him and asked.

"Just call me Xiazhi."

It always sounds weird to refer to it as "object" or "target".

"【Edit】Changed the target name, code changed to 'Summer Solstice', and the relevant data has been updated."

The mechanical girl's eyes glowed with golden light, and there seemed to be a stream of data flashing in them. After a moment, the light in her eyes dissipated and returned to its original orange-yellow color.