Chapter 045 Servants and Miracles 1
Chen She looked his first servant up and down.
He looks like someone who walked out of "Embers Are Out". If he plays a spy at this time, it will definitely surprise all the players.
The difference is that his appearance is ordinary and unremarkable, unlike Chen She.
The guy who persuaded people to quit in "The Embers Are Going Out" looked a bit like Chen She. But "Ember" is not like that, it's just a common face, which doesn't leave any impression on people.
This is because Chen She took into account some special circumstances in the future, and might need Yu Jin to go out and perform special tasks.
If he looks a lot like me, wouldn't that be framing myself?
In the future, we do not rule out the possibility of making servants exactly like ourselves and serving as substitutes, but it is not necessary now.
Chen She can control Yu Jin to do anything, just like possessing him. But when Chen She doesn't control him, he doesn't have much intelligence and can only act as a pure thug, executing some simple commands.
Apart from that, Yu Jin's height, weight, figure, etc. are all standard for ordinary people, even a little thin.
Chen She can consume space-time particles to materialize the ember in the real world and modify its appearance. The ember can not only serve as a bodyguard to protect Chen She's safety, but can also perform some special tasks when necessary. Even if it is lost, it can be resurrected by consuming space-time particles.
As a new human being who makes a living by his physical fitness, Yu Jin cannot be considered outstanding.
This was what Chen She did intentionally.
Because the faster the servants upgrade, the faster the creator will upgrade. Once Chen She quickly upgrades, no matter what method he uses, Epsilon's synaesthesia power will also increase rapidly, and the situation will become increasingly difficult to control.
Therefore, Chen She hoped that the Embers could be upgraded as slowly as possible.
Chen She's mind moved, and a knight wearing heavy armor and holding a two-handed sword appeared in his consciousness world.
Yu Jin was wearing tattered knight clothes that had no protective function at all, and he was holding only an ordinary dagger in his hand.
"Go ahead!"
At Chen She's command, Yu Jin immediately rushed towards the knight.
But the next second, he was killed by the knight's sword.
As a servant, Yu Jin has no consciousness or emotions of his own. He just keeps acting according to Chen She's plan, so he can only repeat the process of death.
According to the normal way of opening, the creator should create a constantly improving training environment for the servants. In the continuous training process, the servants will be improved, and the creators will also be improved.
But Chen She's goal was exactly the opposite. In order to prevent Epsilon from achieving his goal, he could only slow down the speed of improving his combat power as much as possible.
After solving the problem of servants, Chen She began to think about what the first "miracle" he would create should be.
The so-called miracle is a kind of creation that is almost impossible to accomplish in the real world and can only exist in Chen She’s spiritual world.
Although this kind of creation still needs to abide by certain rules in general, the requirements are much more relaxed than the strict rules of the real world.
These miracles created through imagination can serve as some kind of secret weapon and trump card to achieve certain specific goals.
Chen She thought about it and felt that the first miracle he created should solve his most pressing problem.
It's safe!
Because he really can't afford to die.
Now he is the leader of the resistance army, and is passively plotting to overthrow all the big corporations. Once his plan is exposed, the corporate coalition will come and attack, and this resistance army will be wiped out.
If that was all, it would be fine. After all, Chen She was already preparing to build a base in the wilderness. As long as the corporate coalition did not lay a net, this resistance army still had hope of moving its position and running to the wilderness to hide.
But now Chen She is no longer just the leader of the resistance army, he is also the parasite of Epsilon...
Once Chen She died, Epsilon would resurrect him, but each resurrection would bring Epsilon closer to full recovery.
In the end, all humans will become time-space creatures, and the world will end.
According to Epsilon, this can be considered immortality in a sense, but it is obtained at the cost of the future of all mankind.
So Chen She really couldn't afford to die. His death would not only implicate the resistance army, but also everyone in this world! If he wasn't careful, it would be the end of the world.
Therefore, Chen She felt more insecure than ever before.
Live! Only when you are alive can there be hope!
So, after much consideration, Chen She decided to name the first miracle he created "Pendulum".
Its shape is very simple, just a huge pendulum standing on the desolate snowfield, swinging continuously.
It’s just that every piece of information it reveals is symbolic.
Above the huge pendulum are three circular instrument panels. There are no specific readings on them, but you can see that the pointers are pointing to different areas. From left to right, they are green, yellow, and red. The further to the right the pointer is, the higher the danger level is.
The readings of these three dials will jointly affect a risk index. The higher the risk index, the faster the pendulum will swing.
In other words, if the pendulum is close to stillness, it means that Chen She is very, very safe; if the pendulum swings rapidly, then Chen She should start to consider his retreat; if the pendulum keeps swinging like crazy, then Chen She can almost get out of the coffin and wait for the end of the world.
After some consideration, Chen She gave symbolic meanings to the three dials on the pendulum.
The first dial represents the risks brought about by Lishan Technology Group’s huge profits.
The second dial represents the risks brought about by the increased popularity of the company and Chen She personally, as well as the changes in the attention paid to him by surrounding forces.
The third dial represents the risks brought about by changes in the rebels’ morale and fighting spirit.
The more money Lishan Technology Group makes, not only does it mean more military spending for the rebels, it also means that other big chaebols will view it as a business competitor. All kinds of espionage activities will surely emerge one after another, increasing the risk of exposure.
As the company and individuals become more famous, they will attract attention from all kinds of people, and you may end up being cheated by some enthusiastic fans.
As for the rebels, not only are they likely to rebel when their morale is high, but they are also likely to take risks when they are discouraged. Therefore, as long as their mentality is unstable, they will bring risks.
As for the Spacetime Knights, they are of course a huge destabilizing factor, but the problem is that Chen She currently has too little information about the Spacetime Knights.
To put it in a more metaphysical way, the connection between time and space is not strong enough.
Therefore, it is impossible to add the factor of the Knights of Time and Space into this pendulum.
There is no specific number on the dial because it is impossible to accurately estimate the danger. It can only be a vague estimate full of metaphysical meaning.
Although the creator can, to a certain extent, ignore the logic and limitations of reality when creating miracles in the spiritual world, he is not omnipotent.
This pendulum is the most perfect state Chen She can achieve at present.
After the plan was finally finalized, a huge pendulum rose from the ground in Chen She's imagination and in his consciousness!
Then, all kinds of light golden space-time particles that symbolized the connection between time and space merged into the three dials above the giant pendulum, causing their pointers to fluctuate.
The pendulum is activated instantly!
Chen She couldn't help but feel happy, he succeeded!
Although Chen She felt that the principle of this miracle was not very complicated from a metaphysical perspective, this thing still had a certain chance of failure. It was of course a good thing that it could be successfully activated.
In the future, it can serve as a danger indicator, constantly reminding Chen She of possible dangers.
"First, let's take a look at the approximate level of danger I am in now."
Chen She looked at the huge pendulum carefully.
The three instrument pointers above turned and stopped, and then the huge pendulum began to swing left and right.
If we use 0 to 10 to describe the swing speed and degree of crisis, the current level is probably 7.
"...Sure enough, now it is actually full of dangers."
"If I hadn't created this pendulum, but had brainwashed myself into believing that there wasn't much danger, I probably would never have had a clear understanding of my true situation."
Chen She looked at the pointers on the three dials above, which represented "profit risk", "attention risk" and "moral risk" respectively.
Profit risk and attention risk are both medium to high, while morale risk is low.
Overall, this result was within Chen She's expectations, but the risk to morale was unexpected.
“Sure enough, the popularity of ‘Embers Are Going Out’ brought me huge profit and attention risks.”
"The logic is simple: the more money we make and the more famous we become, the more attention society will pay to Lishan Technology. The big chaebols, especially Changye Entertainment Group, will regard Lishan Technology as an important competitor and will definitely do their best to keep an eye on our every move."
"They even resorted to all kinds of eavesdropping and spying."
"Originally they came here to spy on business secrets, but if they are not careful, they will find something far more surprising than business secrets..."
"It's a good thing that the risk of morale has been reduced. This may be because the previous series of measures have worked."
"First, they forced the eight-hour workday on the resistance fighters, then they replaced some of the resistance fighters with thugs to do factory work, and they replaced Desperate Strike with The Last Embers..."
"These measures can dampen their morale."
"It's a good thing that 'The Embers Are Going Out' played a role in lowering the morale of the rebels, otherwise the pendulum would have swung. If that had happened, I would have been thinking about running away. I couldn't have stayed in Dawn City any longer."
The first servant "Ember" and the first miracle "Pendulum" have been completed. There is nothing else to do in my own conscious world.
It’s nothing more than that the embers will continue to upgrade in the world of consciousness, and the upgrade of the embers will also drive Chen She to upgrade.
As for the pendulum, for his own safety, Chen She must check the various risk indexes every now and then.
Now that everything that needs to be done has been done, it's almost time to release Epsilon.
After this thought came into Chen She's mind, Epsilon appeared in front of him again in the same state as before.
After being "confined" for a period of time, Epsilon's temper seemed to have improved a little, and he was still drinking tea leisurely.
However, Chen She knew very well that Epsilon's state was probably just an act.
In the future, Epsilon will most likely jump back and forth between "spreading rumors to confuse the public" and "getting furious and frustrated" several times. He will not give up on trying to confuse Chen She so easily, and every time his attempts to confuse Chen She fail, he will inevitably get furious and frustrated.
Epsilon drank the tea leisurely, then stood up, turned his back to Chen She, and looked at the huge pendulum.
He was observing the changes in Chen She's conscious world.
"Oh? Not bad. I can see that you put a lot of effort into saving yourself."
"The shape of this pendulum is very nice. The creator is indeed a person with artistic talent. Any creation of his is so unique."
"Wait, this creation seems to be more than just a simple shape. It has a close connection with your spiritual world in time and space. It may have a guiding function..."
"The creator has such great power, and you used it to create a danger indicator??"
"That ragged man is the first servant you created? You actually created a new human being without any special features?"
Epsilon was calm at first, but he was soon shocked by what he saw.
After a moment, he shook his head with a mocking expression: "Stupid, so stupid!"
"A creator is a profession with infinite possibilities. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are the God of Creation and the Lord of the World. But in order to limit my power, you deliberately created such a pile of garbage?"
“I am so disappointed!”
"You think that by deliberately suppressing the power of your servants, you can prevent me from gaining control of this body? You think too simply!"
"The servants are weak, and so are you. The strong space-time connection will cause you to encounter more and more crises. Once you die, my progress will be greatly advanced."
"Your struggles are in vain."
Epsilon ridiculed Chen She in front of the pendulum.
Although Epsilon's profession is a curse scholar and he does not fully understand the details of the creator's abilities, a large part of the creator's abilities also come from synaesthesia. Epsilon can also guess roughly based on his knowledge of synaesthesia and his sense of space-time activities.
In fact, Epsilon is still holding its breath until now.
Originally he was a very suitable candidate for possession of another's body, but now he tried every means to refuse to cooperate with me. Not only that, he also locked me up for such a long time. How could Epsilon, who has always been the high priest of the Knights of Time and Space and whose word is final, tolerate this?
When I get this chance, I must ridicule him and hurt Chen She's mentality.
Once Chen She's mentality becomes unbalanced and he gives up on himself, his plan can be easily achieved.
However, when he turned around, he found that he was the only one left in the entire spiritual world.
Chen She had already left.
Epsilon froze in place.
After a moment, he made a sound of impotent rage.
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After returning to the real world, Chen She breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that a worry had been resolved.
He did not continue to listen to Epsilon's nonsense. In fact, from Epsilon's picky attitude, Chen She had already determined that his direction was probably correct.
But he was not in the mood to play in the mud with Epsilon in the world of consciousness for the time being. He should deal with the things at hand first.
Chen She went to the Chaomeng R&D department and found Lin Luxi.
Lin Luxi is going to be interviewed by Times Media Group tomorrow. Chen She feels that there are some things he must make clear to her in advance.
The reason is very simple: after Chen She created the "pendulum" in the world of consciousness, he determined one thing in this very metaphysical way, that is, the risks brought by fame are still very high!
And if everyone knew at this time that the president of Lishan Technology Group was also a hidden producer, then these media would definitely try every means to find an opportunity to interview Chen She.
There are even some media that may secretly take photos, eavesdrop, or even do more unscrupulous things.
But Chen She is definitely not someone who can withstand in-depth investigation. The more he is investigated, the more likely it is that something will happen!
Therefore, Chen She made up his mind that from now on, all the things related to Mewtwo would be pushed onto Lin Luxi.
Because Lin Luxi is a cute girl who looks harmless, she is naturally protected in some situations.
To those competitors and major media, Lin Luxi will not pose much threat to them and will appear to be relatively harmless.
Moreover, Lin Luxi didn't know the twists and turns in Chen She's mind, so she wouldn't be tricked into revealing anything. Moreover, Chaomeng was produced and edited by her own hands, so she was very familiar with all the details, so she wouldn't be so clueless that she wouldn't be exposed.
After calling Lin Luxi aside, Chen She asked, "You're going to be interviewed tomorrow. Are you nervous?"
Lin Luxi nodded: "A little bit."
Chen She comforted him, "It's okay. Being a little nervous makes you look more genuine. Besides, there will probably be many more interviews like this in the future. The first time is raw, the second time is familiar."
"Let me ask you, if the host asks who designed this Mewtwo, how would you answer?"
Lin Luxi thought for a moment and said, "Of course, you, Mr. Chen, came up with the design, and I will be responsible for the production."
Chen She immediately shook his head: "No, you designed it, yourself!"
"From design to production, you did it all by yourself. It has nothing to do with me. Even if I say that I decided on the general direction of Mewtwo, try not to say it!"
Lin Luxi was shocked: "This won't work, right? Mr. Chen, what if they ask some questions and I can't answer them?"
Chen She asked back, "Who told you that you have to answer all their questions? Any questions you don't know must involve some secrets at the core of our design, and you definitely can't answer them."
"So, if you encounter a question you don't understand, I'll give you a few templated answers and you can choose your own."
"The first one: This is not convenient to disclose. It is related to some core details of the design. Sorry."
"Second: I didn't really think about this at the time. It was more like a flash of inspiration, and I just did it."
"Third, this is the final result after the trial version was released, after dozens of adjustments based on player data."
“When you encounter a question you don’t know how to answer, just repeat these three answers back and forth. Do you understand?”
Lin Luxi still felt something was wrong, but seeing that Mr. Chen was so sure, he could only nod: "Okay, Mr. Chen, I understand."
Chen She nodded slightly: "Well, not bad, I look forward to your first interview and return victoriously!"
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Wednesday, April 9th.
Lin Luxi arrived at the headquarters building of Times Media Group in Liming City, looked up, and felt a little nervous.
As a giant enterprise, Times Media Group has news buildings in all the major cities in the old land. Although it is also one of the top financial groups, Times Media has been increasingly impacted by the Skynet Group in recent years and is gradually going downhill.
However, for now, Times Media Group still holds a huge advantage in news and information.
Although the world's technology is advanced and the news industry has been hit increasingly hard, this form of news has not completely died out. After all, compared with other communication channels such as online self-media, it has irreplaceable advantages.
In fact, there are definitely more than just Times Media Group that want to interview Lishan Technology.
But Chen She certainly didn't want to be exposed too much, because the more he was exposed, the more attention he would receive, and the more attention he received, the more likely it would be that something would go wrong.
But if you refuse all of them and don't take any interviews, that would seem strange and would arouse more suspicion.
So after some consideration, Chen She decided not to show up himself and let Lin Luxi take over.
Moreover, I will only accept interviews with Time Media Group and no other interviews.
In this way, you will not gain too much attention due to overexposure, nor will you be too low-key and cause suspicion.
Lin Luxi looked back at the several resistance fighters who followed him, and saw that each of them was more nervous than himself.
It’s just that the nature of the tension is different.
Lin Luxi was nervous because she had never been interviewed before.
But these resistance fighters were entering the headquarters of these big conglomerates for the first time. They felt like there were enemies everywhere around them, and they were not allowed to bring weapons during security checks, so they were a little nervous.
Lin Luxi was somewhat helpless and could only comfort them: "We are in the inner city, it's very safe, there won't be any danger. Don't be so nervous, as if there is going to be a war. We are just here for an interview and we can go back after it's over."
"Just be more natural and relax. Yes, relax."
