451: Chapter 451 Routine Procedures

Nie Ning curiously walked over to the armed puppet and examined it carefully.

To be honest, he really hadn't expected the armed puppet to have such strong deterrent power.

No wonder the hotel owner gave them a discount; it turns out he was genuinely afraid of these armed puppets.

However, Nie Ning didn't know that there were many types of puppets in Liuguang City, and armed puppets belonged to the backbone force among them, possessing higher authority in Liuguang City than regular puppets.

"Tell me, will you betray humans?"

Nie Ning asked with interest, stroking his chin.

He had previously tried making Artificial Spirits and achieved great success, even being able to create Mirror Pupils with them.

But in reality, the production process of Artificial Spirits was very cumbersome and was not limited to just 'creating them'.

Because if one wanted to put them into use, it was necessary to input various behavioral rules and restrictive techniques to prevent the Artificial Spirits from exhibiting strong destructiveness.

"No, the armed protocol will suppress such situations from occurring."

The armed puppet emitted a mechanical synthesized voice.

"In other words, if there were no armed protocol, it is possible for you to rebel?"

Nie Ning continued to ask.

"I cannot represent all Artificial Spirit energy lifeforms; I can only represent myself, and I will absolutely not do anything to harm humans."

The armed puppet's answer was very fair and objective, making Nie Ning feel a bit embarrassed to ask further.

But it was clear that the danger level of Artificial Spirits was very high; to put it bluntly, they were already not much different from humans.

And according to the manufacturing category of the Artificial Spirits—for example, the Transcendent Spirit of Liuguang City could connect to most of the Artificial Spirits in the city—its ability to think and understand had already completely surpassed humans.

...

As the metal sphere above Liuguang City arrived near the hotel, the number of Transcendents in the surrounding area decreased significantly.

To survive here, the first rule was not to be labeled as a destroyer, otherwise, even when applying for jobs at companies, this alone would be enough to screen out many people.

Nie Ning watched from the window for a while, then went back to continue watching TV, feeling bored.

As for Qian Ning...

They couldn't help Qian Ning, and didn't even know what his situation was; rather than worrying about Qian Ning, it was better to make himself comfortable.

About a quarter of an hour later, the elemental concentration around the hotel increased by about fifty percent.

Nie Ning and the others felt violent energy fluctuations emanating from the room, but they quickly subsided, and the surrounding phenomena also dissipated rapidly.

Just then, Qian Ning's door opened, and Qian Ning walked out of the room.

"It worked! My illness is really cured!"

Qian Ning shouted excitedly.

"Oh."

"Mm..."

"Congratulations."

But Nie Ning and the others were watching TV, and the plot was at a critical moment, so their answers were very perfunctory; they didn't even turn their heads.

Even so, Qian Ning didn't mind at all.

Because for him, the most important thing was that his illness was cured; he wouldn't have to stay in that damn elemental balance environment anymore!

Qian Ning danced around excitedly, but was soon slapped into the corner to face the wall by Xiao Guang for disturbing everyone's TV watching.

While Nie Ning was watching TV, he thought about the issue of the potion.

If his conjecture was correct, then the development of things would become interesting.

'Ding-ling~'

Suddenly, the doorbell rang outside.

Nie Ning looked at the door, feeling a bit strange; he didn't know who would come here. Could it be the hotel staff?

He raised his hand and crooked his finger, and the door automatically opened.

However, to Nie Ning's surprise, it wasn't the hotel staff or Transcendents from outside, but Allen and Yirta from the nearby research institute.

And compared to Nie Ning, Yirta didn't have a good expression; she was rigid and emotionless.

Clearly, she was still holding a grudge about the matter of Amivika's divorce.

Because of the previous incident, Nie Ning naturally wouldn't give the other party a pleasant look: "May I ask what brings you here?"

"Routine business; we want to invite this gentleman to join our research institute."

Yirta said, looking expressionlessly at Qian Ning in the corner.

After all, he was a Transcendent who had awakened an Yuanfa Body; even if Liuguang City's main combat power came from various magic-energy machines, they wouldn't mind having too many powerful Transcendents at their disposal.

Qian Ning didn't have much of a reaction, as he didn't intend to stay here at all.

But when Nie Ning heard this, his eyes lit up.

Couldn't he get rid of this burden now?

Immediately, Nie Ning put on a kind smile, looking like a completely different person from his previous cold attitude, and stood up to make a gesture of invitation: "Please, come in, come in. I also think he is suitable for developing here."

Yirta looked at Nie Ning suspiciously, not understanding what this guy was up to.

Allen, on the other hand, was much more easygoing and pulled Yirta into the room with a smile on his face.

"Sorry to disturb you. We came with sincerity this time and can offer this gentleman higher-level benefits."

As Allen spoke, he took out a transparent template, on which a large amount of blue text appeared.

Nie Ning took it and looked it over; it mainly recorded some benefits.

For example, the regular benefits in Liuguang City were divided into five levels, and Qian Ning's benefits could be assigned to the second tier.

The benefits were very good: five high-grade magic crystals every month, along with various quotas of materials and cultivation resources provided by Liuguang City.

Following that was the contribution point mechanism, where many things could be exchanged, and one could even apply for the opportunity to interact with top Transcendents of Liuguang City.

As well as rare materials, Liuguang City specialties, powerful Transcendent instruments, and magic-energy mechanical equipment that didn't exist on the market.

"This can also be exchanged?"

Nie Ning looked at the armed puppet deployment options with astonishment.

And it wasn't just one, but an entire formation—nearly 100 Tier 6 armed puppets, or help from a Tier 7 Transcendent and puppets.

"Ahem, since you are Teacher Amivika's... uh, friend, I should explain this."

Allen then explained.

It looked like one could deploy 100 Tier 6 armed puppets, and in reality, it was indeed true, but that was just bait for the research institute to recruit personnel.

Because the deployment process for armed puppets was very cumbersome; one needed to specify the matters for which the puppets were needed, and they could not be used to do bad things.

Moreover, the most important point was that it required a lot of contribution points, yet it only granted the authority for one deployment.

It was almost useless in daily life; most people would use it to hunt some powerful exotic beasts or bring them out to show off.

Nie Ning nodded.

That was not bad either.

After all, being able to deploy 100 Tier 6 puppets, or a Tier 7 Transcendent and puppets—what more could one ask for!

When it really came to a critical moment, these fearless puppets could really be a big help.

For instance, with the Jerky Bear Head from Yishi Mansion earlier, perhaps it could have been suppressed in the early stages, rather than letting the Jerky Bear Head develop due to being restricted.