Witch

Ines, whose box was taken away directly, was not angry. Instead, she placed her hands on the shore and tilted her head. "What happened in such a short time? Tell me, my dear Dextal, why did you completely change your clothes and lose years?"

Ines was just a little stupid. Wuci had changed so much that if she was not blind, she would have noticed that Wuci had changed his clothes. She would also have noticed that Wuci had aged and even his hair had turned a few strands white because of the life span he had just had extracted using the [Stealing Life] technique.

Wu Ci's simulated identity is normally only 19 years old. However, due to the life span just drawn, he is now around 40 years old, but it is hard to tell.

The face of his simulated identity was originally young, and as time went by and it was continuously assimilated by his soul, it looked even younger, only a little over 20 years old.

The "Tian Chi Jing", which is based on the skills of the Tianji Sect's group of beauty-hungry people who rely on their looks to get to the top, also has a face-enhancing effect, just like Tianjizi, no matter how much life he has been deducted, it won't be visible on his face.

However, it is important to note that the average life expectancy for medieval men was generally between 33 and 50 years old, and for women between 25 and 40 years old.

40 is already an old man.

Even though this simulated identity is a noble, due to the limitations of the times and previous living environment, life expectancy is at most 50 years.

What’s more…Wu Ci touched the spider-web-like cracks on his face.

Moreover, he still has demonic energy in his body, plus the malicious blood he absorbed on the battlefield. The mixed conflict of the two has deteriorated his body. He can live for half a year, and he has to thank Tianzun for showing mercy and not being too anxious to ask for the Heavenly Dao.

Wu Ci looked down at his own reflection in the water. The simulated identity, which had a youthful and energetic look before, became completely stern. His stature was also taller due to the race of the simulated identity, but overall it was not bad.

But his hair had two white tufts on his forehead, as if he had dyed it, and he always felt that it was not presentable enough.

What kind of stuffy gentleman would have highlights in his hair!

His character is that of an elegant, self-sustaining, humble gentleman, not some cyber traitor!

Not to mention that we are now in the medieval Solomon Empire, even in the real Dark Star, only those rebellious street kids who have conflicts with their families and are tired of eating would have the money and time to dye their hair white!

Wu Ci simply couldn't imagine himself being associated with the adjectives "childish and rebellious teenager"!

Even though he lived in the Middle Ages when all the upper classes loved to wear wigs, he couldn't stand highlights!

This is so different! Who among ordinary people with good manners and inner qualities would do such a thing?

Wu Ci thought: Either I should find a way to dye my hair black, or find time to cut it short, make a few more top hats and a few more cowboy capes, and never take off my hat again to avoid drawing attention to my hair.

"You haven't answered my question yet, Dextal. You always seem to be suddenly absent-minded." Inès said suddenly.

The witch was silent for a moment, either watching the simulator or thinking about how to be decent.

After a long time without receiving an answer, Ines speculated, "Will you die too? Like those slaves and inferiors?"

Asking this question and comparing Wu Ci to slaves and inferior people was obviously too offensive, but Wu Ci understood her good intentions.

Inès does not understand death, so she has never seen it.

As the most proud princess of King Carnia, probably no noble in her home country of Carnia would bring up the word "death" to Inès. Even if they did, it would just be a simple number that sounded condescending, empty and without any sense of reality.

The slaves who died in her palace were quickly replaced by new ones, so quickly that Ines could not even remember their faces. Even if she saw a slave who was unable to move under her torture, and was prompted by curiosity to ask other servants, the servants would answer: "He is a lowly fellow, who must have pretended to faint in order to escape your punishment."

When the familiar servants were not seen the next day, the others would answer, "He is dead, but you will have new ones. It is their fault if you don't like them. Beat them to death and replace them."

Even if Ines was afraid that she would no longer be loved by her father like her mother, and she whipped her father, King Carnia's concubine, to death, she could always find new ones the next day.

When a noble dies, he will be replaced by a new noble; when a concubine dies, she will be replaced by a younger and more beautiful concubine; when a servant dies, he will be replaced by a new servant; when a slave dies, he will be replaced by a new slave.

Inès had no idea how many people had died, or whether those people were actually dead. Not knowing the meaning of death, she didn't remember "life" at all, and naturally had never felt the weight of life.

So she would not feel sad when her mother died, even though she did not leave much impression on her.

The death of her mother was the same as the death of those servants and concubines. It had nothing to do with her. After all, the people she was most familiar with had never died.

She was convinced that her father and sister were not dead, because her father, sister and she were the highest-ranking nobles in the Kingdom of Carnia, and nobles like them would not die easily.

So when she heard that her country had been conquered by Solomon's Empire and the army had suffered heavy casualties, Inès continued to do her own thing every day. She tortured slaves for fun, she selected jewelry and luxurious clothes, she laughed at the miserable women who had lost their husbands and sons in the army... She never thought that her father, sister or herself would "die".

Inès was sure that she had never thought about it, even after she learned that she had been abandoned by her father and sent to Solomon's Empire as a gift, she had never thought about her own death.

She thought that "death" would just disappear before her eyes and there would be a better replacement.

She would be happy if it meant the death of her father and her sister who would inherit the throne that was rightfully hers.

But Ines doesn't really want Dextal to "die", and she doesn't want to replace Dextal.

So, Ines reached out and grabbed Wuci's cane standing in front of the pond, looked up at Wuci, and shook it coquettishly, "I don't want to replace you, Dextal, I don't want to not see you, that would make me feel bad, so bad that even if I were asked to choose jewelry, I would be unhappy for a while." She might still feel that it was not enough, and after thinking for a while, she added, "After choosing, I will still think of you from time to time."

"You may not know this, but I think you should know that I only gave you one pink pony."

Inès said, tilting her head, "By the way, where is the pink pony I gave you?"

Wu Ci was glad that he had done everything perfectly. Not only did he not throw away the indecent and stupid sticker, but he also remembered to add the pink pony's eyes after he had used up the waste in a considerate way with Tianzun.

He immediately spread out one of his hands and calmly and steadily showed it to his silly daughter who loved to ask inappropriate questions, "Here."

At this moment, the metal probe of the box in Wu Ci's hand pierced his palm.

An extremely fine spiritual force surged into Wuci's blood vessels and was transported into his brain through his heart.

The wave screen of the mechanical heart in his hand changes.

[You have obtained the special item "Mechanical Heart"]

A tall lady with golden lipstick, long hair tied up, riding clothes and long boots appeared in front of Wu Ci like a phantom.

Her soul is illusory, with color blocks on the edges, like the color of an old monitor with poor signal contact, and the movements are a bit stuttering and frame skipping. It is essentially a soul, but it looks like an AI projection of a poorly configured host.

The proud lady said: "Dextall, you are a good man."

Why are the lines different from last week's?

I clearly remember that in the last round, the original witch started out by using a poorly interpreted tone that lacked emotional investment, saying, "Oh, you are such a bad guy."

So what did he do this week? Why is he called a good guy this week?

Although it was inexplicable, Wu Ci's expression remained calm and steady. He showed some appropriate doubts at the right time, "Madam, who are you?"

"Dextall, can you see it too?!" Before the woman could answer, Ines in the puddle raised her pretty little face to Wuci, pointed at the woman and angrily complained, "It was this woman who spoke in a serious manner! She actually said that I was stupid! She also said that I was played around by you when you ordered me to take her things! And when I whipped her, the whip actually went through her body! I thought I was hallucinating!"

In order to prove what she said, she imitated the previous simulated identity "Chu Ci" in Wu Ci and tied the soft sword around her waist as a belt. She pulled out the short whip with reverse scales that was as delicate as a thin belt and whipped it hard!

Ines' arms are slender, but she actually has great strength. You can tell at a glance that she has developed a good sense of whipping slaves from time to time. Even in the water, the whip that can easily whip a slave to death makes a sharp sound of breaking through the air! Even if it is lightly touched, the skin and flesh will be torn apart!

“Pah—”

The sound came suddenly.

——Wu Ci raised his cane to catch the whip. With the centrifugal force, the whip in Ines' hand slipped out of her hand and fell into his palm.

He said in a deep voice, "Ines, don't make a fuss. This is the second lesson I taught you. Be humble and polite to everyone."

[She can't hurt me, I'm just a soul]

The tall lady interrupted the witch speech expressionlessly.

Wu Ci rejected it in a low voice, "No, this is a matter of communication and respect between people."

After hearing what he said, the tall lady did not continue the conversation and said mechanically without any emotion:

[If you were just an average person, I would choose to use the emotional virtual module to more conveniently achieve my goal and understand what you are doing, but you seem to be different, Dexter]

[You can call me "Pana", but maybe you won't recognize me, so more people call me "the original witch"]

"Witch? Excuse me, but what is your definition of a witch?"

[All of this stems from the oppression of women by men under the control of Lord Silver, who has made this era too foolish.

"Witch" is just a meaningless term, but people usually think it is a synonym for evil because of his ignorant authority, and also think that I have some special powers or magic. ]

"Do you really have it, Ms. Pana?"

[I'm sorry to disappoint you. Witches don't have special powers like magic. All I have is the truth, which comes from the pursuit of the human soul.]

In the previous week, it was clearly stated that there were special abilities and that they would be given to him if he completed the requirements, but based on the context of "Pana" this week and what she said about the "emotional simulation module", it can be explained.

She was lying last weekend, using her emotion simulation module to achieve a goal.

What was the purpose? To spread the truth and send a witch up into the sky on a spaceship?

[As you can see, what I possess is psychic science, a discipline that is practiced through aura, and the root force that drives it comes from the soul's desire for truth]

Psionic science? Power comes from the soul?

Wu Ci suddenly remembered the sect that Black Cat belonged to. The mysterious spirit they believed in seemed to be called... "Lady of Requiem"?

"Are you related to Madame Anquiem?"

[You know a lot, but what He needs is a docile soul with no will to resist. Even if it dies silently under the ignorance of Lord Silver, it is still a soul He likes.

But our souls are restless in the world, we turn away from Him, actively reject His power, and seek a new path.

[You are a different person, Dexter, I hope you can do me a favor]

[Call the girls who are considered witches to build a spaceship that can escape this world. Choose a qualified girl for me and let her take our spark of hope away to prove that those mysterious spirits are just organisms with some special abilities, and prove that they are not unchallengeable just like the sky.]

Wu Ci almost laughed.

The original witch is not very good at dealing with people. She doesn't even offer any benefits, but asks for help. Does she think she is a hot-blooded young man who can be easily instigated? Or a saint without any selfless desires?

He raised the corners of his mouth and said, "I am a humble person with little influence. I am afraid I can't help you."

[After the task is completed, the power of the Mechanical Heart will be fully unlocked for you]

"What do I need this for?"

[You will gain the friendship of machines]

The proud lady said this without any context and ignored the witch's words.

What's the use of mechanical friendship? For the sake of this mechanical friendship, not only will he offend Lord Silver, he will also offend Lady Anhun, which means he will offend two mysterious spirits at the same time... If he kills them all, what will happen? He won't be able to kill even if he has hundreds of lives!

[Special event received]

[Mechanical Friendship: Gain mechanical affinity, including a series of technological items]

[Do you accept?]

A. Yes

B. No

Mecha-affinity sounds wonderful. It feels like even inanimate things like machines respect him!

Affinity with a series of technological items, meaning that he can just barge in, including Dark Star's surveillance and automatic turrets, electronic doors, robots... including the Zhenshanhe Office, which has the most stringent protection of the Special Management Bureau?

Wu Ci tentatively chose "yes".

[You selected option A: "Yes"]

[Because the player's simulated identity has a short remaining life span, the task span of this option is too long, and it is too difficult to complete the option only during the survival period. The entry protection mechanism has been automatically triggered according to the player protection regulations and the simulator simulation drive energy protection regulations.]

[Since the player has not made a selection, the historical option is automatically defaulted]

[100 Spiritual Stones have been automatically deducted]

Wu Ci was deducted money before he could even react.

If the life span is too short and the mission is judged to be low, should the mission be taken over directly?

What exactly is simulated drive energy? Are you so afraid that he will lose this energy if he dies accidentally outside of his plan?

[The original success rate was 25%, this time the success rate of the on-hook proxy game has been increased to 100%]

[After idling, the game will automatically take over the fast-forward of all battle scenes and long-term battles in this week. Players can only operate non-battle scenes and key nodes]

[The relevant combat experience and detailed memories will be fully infused into the player's host body shell after the simulation ends this week]

[Start hanging up...]

Wu Ci's vision was once again elevated, just like in the Qian Dynasty, and he entered a God's perspective that was similar to inserting his consciousness into the contract voucher in reality, using it as an anchor to peek into the long river of time.

The simulated body and the surrounding processes accelerated rapidly, with only key screens flashing by and corresponding prompts from the simulator appearing in front of my eyes.

[You agreed to the "Original Witch's" request for "help" and returned to Ipvance with Inès]

[Because you planned the situation in advance before going offline, there were many girls in your manor who were called "witches" and were about to be burned to death by their families and fellow villagers. In the end, you saved them. You sent people to teach them how to read and taught them some physics and mathematics knowledge in advance.]

[Under the guidance of the "Original Witch", you began to study psychic science, trying to integrate aura into science as a driving force]

[The "Original Witch" hopes to start building the spaceship as soon as possible]

[You stopped the girls' daily work, asked them to learn to build spaceships, and promised to double the quality of their food, clothing, housing and transportation]

【Girls study very hard】

[You find that the most important thing about psychic technology is spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in the air converted into fuel cannot allow the spaceship to leave the surface. You need a large amount of spiritual stones, and most of the spiritual stones are in the hands of the royal family.]

[You gathered all the resources you earned, trained the army, and launched a war]

[Because you carry a special item "Golden Lotus Buckle" with you, Lord Silver did not notice your abnormality, so the Holy Church publicly stated that as long as you agree to serve the church, it will not interfere with the rotation of the imperial royal family.]

[You pretend to agree, speed up the process and quickly capture the Solomon Empire]

[Because the old patriarch of the Isaac family who was in charge of the Crusaders went missing during an escort mission, King Fitzgerald II urgently recalled the eldest son of the Isaac family to lead the Crusaders to launch an attack]

[The Crusaders' knights have simple equipment, but they have all studied the knight's physical training method. The army you have assembled is defeated even though it is well-equipped. You decide to teach them a simplified version of the quick-learning "Heavenly Famine Sutra" that incorporates part of the knight's physical training method.]

[You are well aware of such a huge change. The Holy Church and the Silver Lord will definitely notice that the "Golden Lotus Buckle" covers up the army except you.]

[So you decided to release the magic energy given to you by Tianzun, and began to use the enemies to train your magic, and to deal with the Crusaders as quickly as possible.]

I'm so sleepy. I have to get up at 6 o'clock tomorrow to go to work. If there are any typos or layout problems, I'll fix them tomorrow night.