People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"Yes." Xingyin nodded.

"Really?" Ying was a little excited. "Has he been coerced by the Abyss Cult? What's his situation? Do you know where he went?"

"He was indeed with the members of the Abyss Order and did not appear to be injured. They later left together."

Xingyin concealed the identity of the other party, His Royal Highness the Prince, because when she had a private chat with Shen Qin before, he told her Kong's identity and asked her not to tell Ying about it yet as the time was not right.

Ying asked anxiously: "Then do you know where they went?"

"Sorry, they left directly through the abyss portal. I can't capture any information from the other side of the portal."

Ying became visibly lost.

"Ying..." Paimon comforted her distressedly, "It's not like we didn't gain anything! At least we know that he is related to the Abyss Cult. When we find their lair, we can rescue your brother!"

"Yeah! I'm fine. Now that I know he's in Tewat, there will always be a time for us to meet again."

Her technique in regulating her emotions is first-rate.

Paimon quickly nodded and agreed with her: "Yeah! You're right!"

For Ying and Kong, time is the cheapest thing.

"By the way, Xingyin, I'm a little curious, can you still go back to the earth veins now?" Paimon turned and looked at Xingyin.

Xingyin: "If you abandon this body that I have worked so hard to condense, then it is fine. However, I don't think I will have such a good chance to come up with it next time. Besides, I have to stay in the real world to prepare for the resurrection of Shar Findenir."

"Then will you stay in the snow mountain? Or do you want to go for a walk outside the snow mountain?" Paimon asked curiously.

"I will stay in the snowy mountains to protect the honeysuckle tree and the remains of Shar Findnir's civilization. The farthest I will go is probably to visit Mondstadt, the hometown of Jean and the others."

Paimon sighed, "Alas - I thought we would have another companion on our journey!"

"The Snow Mountain is my home. Of course I want to stay here. As for Ying, when you find your brother, where will you choose to stay?"

"I don't know." Ying looked into the distance, "But... home is where my brother is."

"I figured it out!" Shen Qin, who was not far away, suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly, "I thought of a way to use the Heart of God!"

Everyone rushed to his side.

He explained to them: "The authority to manipulate magic should be bound to a person's soul, just like the princess was in the earth vein before, so the Eye of God and the Heart of God are also bound to the soul of a person. We only need to deceive the perception of the Heart of God and use the code to simulate a soul so that we can use the power of the Heart of God!"

"The soul is a collection of information that has self-awareness and the ability to think. Information collection can be forged using coding. As for self-awareness and the ability to think... Albedo and Sucrose should know more. I recently developed a new type of robot called 'Companion Baymax', and its artificial intelligence possesses the most basic self-awareness and thinking ability."

"So now we just need to forge the memories and experiences of an information aggregate, and then import it into the database of the further improved artificial intelligence. Then, using the super terminal of Academy City as the brain, we can control the Heart of God through the super terminal!"

"What soul, code, information aggregate, artificial intelligence...ah - I'm going to grow a brain, no! My brain can no longer think, it hurts!" Paimon covered his head in pain.

Shen Qin complained: "If your intelligence level is placed in the field of artificial intelligence, you should be the kind of artificial intelligence that can only make the sound of 'quack-mechanical-quack'!"

Paimon flew in front of him and glared at him: "Although I don't understand what you are saying...but I know you must be saying bad things about me in a very rude way!"

Chapter 194: The Hill People Are Cursed Humans

Albedo looked at the angry Paimon and said calmly: "To be honest, it would be very difficult to create such an artificial intelligence with slow thinking."

"I understand what you said! Are you calling me stupid!" Paimon immediately changed the target of his glare.

Albedo looked at Shen Qin and said, "Since you already have an idea, let's start dividing the work. The information aggregate will be written by me, the princess and the super terminal, and the artificial intelligence can only be handed over to you."

"Hey! Don't pretend to ignore me now that you've exposed what you said about me!"

Ying smiled and pulled Paimeng away to prevent her from disturbing Shen Qin and the others' work.

Coding is boring and the only time you feel a sense of accomplishment is when you have finished writing all the codes and the complete program is running.

This is the case with Shen Qin, and he has to do all the work by himself because all coding involving artificial intelligence is prohibited in the underlying logic of the hyperterminal.

A terminal that can write its own artificial intelligence is still too terrifying. Shen Qin is afraid that when he wakes up from a sleep, the intelligent machine crisis will have descended on Teyvat.

But it's different for Albedo. They can find many other people's experiences from their own memories, and then patch these experiences together like a tailor, making an outline and giving it to the hyperterminal for refinement, and then it will automatically generate complex codes.

Albedo: "This boy was born in an ordinary family in Mondstadt. His parents named him Frank. He was no different from ordinary children before the age of five. He ate snot and wet his pants. But after his fifth birthday, he suddenly became enlightened. He said he wanted to be an astronaut. His parents were very happy and gave him his favorite slime jelly."

Xingyin: "For his dream, he started his own physical training, doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and 10 kilometers of long-distance running every day. Gradually, he found that he became bald at a young age, but also became stronger!"

Albedo: "When he was fifteen, he and his parents walked through a dark alley, but half an hour later, he was the only one who came out."

Xingyin: "Later, he lived with his uncle. His wise uncle was called Ben, and his gentle aunt was called Mei..."

An hour later, it was getting dark and everyone had to move to the Mingguan halfway up the mountain to rest and work. Sucrose and Amber took Klee back to the town at the foot of the snowy mountain, while the rest of the people stayed on the mountain.

They entered the snowy mountains early this morning, and after experiencing so many things, a day passed by unknowingly.

Qin and Ying went to rest first. Eula and Kaia would keep watch in the first half of the night, and they would take over in the second half.

Eula looked through the car window and saw Uku and many monsters gathered not far away a hundred meters away. It seemed to be protecting them... No, it was protecting Xingyin.

Xingyin had told them before that this Hillfrost Armor King was the last survivor of Sharr Findnir, and was also the one who carved a stone tablet on the snowy mountain to record the history of Sharr Findnir being destroyed by the Frost Nail.

In desperation, it accepted the power of the curse and became this inhuman appearance, but it still retained some human rationality.

"What are you looking at?" Kaia came to her side.

"Humans can transform into Hillocks...then those Hillocks we killed before, were they once humans?"

Everyone in Teyvat considered the Hilichurls to be monsters, and they were merciless when they attacked them. Because they were completely different from humans and often attacked humans, killing them was easy.

But now she suddenly realized that the Hillichul people were transformed from humans, and it was difficult for her to accept it for a moment.

I always feel like my hands are stained with the blood of my fellow human beings.

Kaia's expression was gloomy. "Some of the Hilichurls on Teyvat are the Kanreya people who were cursed five hundred years ago. But before that, the Hilichurls had already existed on Teyvat. Perhaps they were also cursed people from an even older, destroyed civilization."

"Those Hillichurs who have wandered on Teyvat for thousands or tens of thousands of years, their human parts have been worn away by time, and now they are just pure monsters. And you are on Mondstadt's side, not those lost civilizations, right?"

"People in our time will fight against each other, let alone different civilizations that do not belong to the same era. You don't have to feel any psychological burden."

Eula turned her head and stared at his profile: "What about you? What's your position?"

Kaia said nothing, just stared into the darkness.

Silent all night.

Shen Qin and his team completed the construction of the artificial soul "Frank" at around two o'clock in the morning. Shen Qin transmitted Haro's intelligent system back to the super terminal and transplanted Frank into Haro's body.

In order to avoid the problem of "artificial souls are also individuals with independent personalities" that conflicts with morality and ethics, Shen Qin designed Frank's underlying logic when designing artificial intelligence:

All self-awareness and thinking abilities are merely simulated by code and used to deceive the Heart of God. They are one-way outputs of the basic code of artificial intelligence and will not in turn affect the basic code of artificial intelligence.

Therefore, Frank's intelligence level is actually only at the level of a companion-type Baymax, and he will not become a true soul with complete self-awareness.

But it is night now. If Frank makes a strong noise when he controls the Heart of God, it will be easily captured by other forces, which will then cause some big trouble.

So they rested together with Eula and Kaia who had been on guard for the first half of the night, while Qin and Ying got up to take on the responsibility of keeping watch.

At 7:30 in the morning, everyone woke up on time and couldn't wait to return to the top of the mountain.

"Frank, go ahead."

Frank Harrow slowly flew to the Heart of God, opened his stomach and "ate" it. With electric sparks flashing on the fuselage, it fell on the top of the Frost Nail and became motionless.

"Failed?" Paimon asked worriedly.

"Shh——" Albedo motioned for her to be quiet.

There seemed to be a rumbling sound coming from deep in the earth, and the ground also shook slightly. Fine dust jumped in the air, and gravel fell from the ruins of Shar Findnir.

The Frost Nail slowly rose before everyone's eyes, and finally hovered five kilometers above the top of the mountain. Looking from the ground, the huge Frost Nail had now turned into a small stick, and it was basically unnoticeable if you didn't look carefully.

Shen Qin connected Frank with the terminal and said with a smile: "According to the information it fed back, it has successfully connected to the Heart of God. Now we can remotely control it through the terminal to use the power of the Heart of God, such as changing the weather on the snowy mountain."

He gave instructions on the terminal, and soon, heavy snow began to fall on the snow-capped mountains, and the temperature dropped rapidly.

"Because the weather has a range effect, by adjusting the weather in the snowy mountains, we can indirectly affect the weather in half of Mondstadt and a small part of Liyue."

Isn't this just a weather controller?

Chapter 195: A New Branch of the Technology Tree

[Mission: Successfully develop three new alchemical products.]

[Task progress: 3/3, Dabai robot√, cargo catapult√, Snow Mountain God Heart controller√. ]

[Task Reward: The qualification to draw three random drawings has been issued.]

[New task now issued: Open a new branch of the technology tree. 】

[Unlock the following blueprints/knowledge: Specify a reasonable and promising technology branch, and randomly draw a corresponding blueprint/knowledge. ]

[Task Reward: Eligibility to draw a custom blueprint once.]

[The next stage of tasks will be announced after the host opens a new branch of the technology tree. I hope the host will study hard and become the first alchemist of Teyvat as soon as possible to improve the living standards of the people of Teyvat.]

The moment Frank Harrow connected to the Heart of God, a long-lost system notification appeared in Shen Qin's mind. His accumulated random draw times have now reached six times - because the previous gift package of "Earth's Industrial Technology Encyclopedia at the End of the 21st Century" included too many technologies, and he had no chance to draw at all.

However, the next task turned out to be to open up a new branch of technology, which required him to start research from scratch.

The technologies he now masters, such as machinery, coding, industry, materials, power, energy, biochemistry, etc., should essentially all belong to the traditional basic technology branches, which are also the technology branches that the earth is currently climbing.

In addition to traditional scientific and technological branches, faith theology, Honkai energy, magic, fighting spirit, cultivation, elemental power, etc. can also become scientific and technological branches.

The concept of science and technology is very broad. All systems that can summarize laws can be called science and technology.

After all, isn’t technology an inconvenience?

However, Shen Qin would never touch the branch of Honkai Technology. According to the system, he was here to improve the living standards of the people of Teyvat, not to be a good man who would send the entire Teyvat to hell.

Moreover, he wants to live a peaceful life in Teyvat, and seeking death is not an option.

Therefore, he still needs to study carefully which branch of technology to open next, so that it can bring huge changes to Teyvat without destroying the overall stability of Teyvat.

Moreover, he needs to use new branches of technology to enhance his own strength. Hello, Baymax, grenade launchers and the like are still external things after all.

"Shen Qin, Shen Qin!" Paimon's voice brought his scattered thoughts back to reality.

"Why are you suddenly standing there in a daze again?"

"Sorry." Shen Qin looked at everyone apologetically, "I just thought of something."

He turned to look at Jean: "In addition to controlling the weather, the Heart of the Snow Mountain God has more functions. I will hand over the sole control authority to the Knights. After all, the Snow Mountain belongs to Mondstadt's territory."

"No need to give it to us." Qin's refusal came out immediately. She looked at Shen Qin seriously, "It's better to keep this authority in your hands. There are many people in the Knights, and the power of the Heart of God is too strong. It is inevitable that someone will have other thoughts. We are all relieved if you keep the authority."

Kaiya suggested: "Let the Heart of the Snow Mountain God be a secret we keep in our hearts and don't let anyone else know."

Xingyin stated, "Well, I will keep this a secret as well."

"Me too……"

Shen Qin shrugged: "Okay, since Qin said so, I will keep the authority secret. By the way, Xingyin, take this terminal bracelet..."

The matter on the snowy mountain was settled, and everyone set out to go down the mountain. The Mingguan took Xingyin to the honeysuckle tree on the snow-covered road.

Now the snow line of the snow mountain only reaches the halfway point of the highest peak. The temperature in 70% of the area has risen and it has become a livable place. Xingyin plans to live alone in the snow mountain.

"Xingyin, we'll be leaving now. You can take these Mora and go to the town at the foot of the mountain to buy some daily necessities. If you have any questions, please contact us via the bracelet at any time." Qin stuffed a bag of Mora into her hand.

"Ying and I will come to the snow mountain to visit you often!" Paimeng said goodbye to her reluctantly.

"Okay, you guys go carefully. Thank you for the help on the snow mountain this time." Xingyin bowed slightly and saluted everyone.

The Mingguan drove towards the small town at the foot of the mountain. Xingyin stood under the honeysuckle tree, smiling and waving goodbye to them until the car was out of his sight.

"Wuku..." She turned her head to look at Wuku who had been following not far away, but it just looked at her silently, and then led the group of monsters into the depths of the mountains.

It used to be Uku, the chronicler of Shar Findnir, but now it is Uku, the Frost-Armored King of the Hills. It and she are from two different worlds.

Xingyin looked at its departing back with disappointment, and finally sighed helplessly. She sat down next to the honeysuckle tree, leaning her back against it, feeling the power of the earth veins and Durin's power constantly nourishing her body and consciousness.

"Now there are only two of us..."

rustle--

The breeze blew the few blood-red leaves on the branches of the honeysuckle tree, as if responding to her whisper.

When Shen Qin and his friends returned to the small town at the foot of the mountain, four people, Lisa, Klee, Sugar and Amber, were standing there to greet them. Lisa had a smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

But Qin and Shen Qin began to sweat on their foreheads.