Chapter 106 Research and Testing
Uncle Yu has endured too much.
Especially after Irene fell to the ground again - although Yu Sheng didn't actually have an uncle, he always felt that if this little puppet continued to make noise, he would really create an uncle out of thin air and be killed by Irene...
Fortunately, the little doll's temper came and went quickly. More importantly, after the initial confusion and bewilderment, she and Yu Sheng suddenly realized a detail that they had both overlooked just now -
"This newly created body...was the distance between it and this painting more than five meters when it was in the attic just now?" Irene (the subject) raised her head blankly, and looked at the other body that had been placed on the bed by Yu Sheng belatedly. At the same time, the new body also looked down at itself, and the two bodies spoke in unison, giving people the feeling as if they were hard of hearing.
Yu Sheng reacted in the next second: "...Oh my god! That's right! This is waking up in the attic... It breaks through the limitations of oil painting!"
Then the two of them looked at each other (although it could be said that there were three of them), and after a long while, Yu Sheng hesitated and said, "So this might not be a bad thing...?"
"Having an extra body isn't a bad thing in itself - the biggest problem isn't that I feel dizzy!" Irene's eyes bulged immediately, but then she changed the subject, "But in the final analysis, dizziness may be overcome, and it may be fine after some adaptation. It would be truly amazing if this body could escape the distance restriction of the oil painting... Yu Sheng, how on earth did you do it?!"
"I don't know either. If you want to ask me how I made it, I can tell you. But if you want to tell me the principle behind it, I'm not as good as you at alchemy," Yu Sheng scratched his hair. "I just wanted to practice with it before you can transfer to a new body in a few months, so that you won't complain that the dolls I made are ugly. By the way, I also went through the alchemy procedures you taught me. Who knew that it really came to life and could become a usable 'body' without your cooperation - at that time, I was thinking of asking you to come up and take a look, but as soon as I called your name, it started to grow hair..."
"Wait!" Irene suddenly interrupted Yu Sheng. The two puppets looked up at him, four suspicious eyes. "You just said... the situation suddenly changed after you called my name?"
"Yes," Yu Sheng nodded immediately, and then realized something, "...You mean, this is why you got into the second body?"
"It's just a possibility, because 'names' have power. When you create a blank puppet shell, it is just an 'object', but you, the 'maker', called my name during the ritual, which is equivalent to 'giving' meaning to this object..."
Irene said thoughtfully, but couldn't help shaking her head.
"But these are all very advanced alchemy fields. They must be combined with specific rituals and even specific times and places. The alchemy objects they target cannot be the clay figures that novices make when practicing... How can the tea powder and rose oil you used as media have such a great effect? Apart from anything else, at the price you paid, I doubt that the rose oil does not contain any rose ingredients..."
"...Maybe it's because of my blood?" Yu Sheng reminded carefully, "I bled a lot this time."
"……?"
Irene was a little dazed for a moment.
Then she realized: "This is also possible?!"
"I don't know," Yu Sheng waved his hands helplessly, "I originally wanted to study what was going on with my blood, but now I have more questions after the study. However, I did find some new properties."
The two continued to stare at each other, and then began to analyze Irene's "body number two" at the same time.
After all, this body broke through the five-meter distance limit of the oil painting seal, which was extremely important to Irene.
"Is there any difference between your new body and your current 'main body'?" Yu Sheng asked the two puppets sitting on the bed curiously (to be honest, this feeling is weird, especially when I know that the two puppets have the same consciousness of Irene), "I mean in terms of 'feeling'."
"Hmm... this body feels stiffer and slower?" Irene thought for a moment and said as she carefully sensed it, "Especially in terms of perception, it's very dull and numb, the sense of touch is only about half, hearing and vision are fine, cold and heat... I can hardly feel cold or heat, and the pain is also very weak."
As she spoke, her second body reached out and pinched her face.
"Another point is that when controlling this body, there is always a feeling of... unreality and lack of 'immersion'. It's like using a very, very realistic device to control a virtual character. No matter how high the level of simulation is, you will always realize that you are 'controlling' it, not really being it."
Yu Sheng frowned slightly.
The two Irenes on the bed stared at him eagerly.
The two dolls look almost identical, but it is easy to tell them apart because one of them, Irene, always carries the oil painting on her back, while if you look closely at the other Irene, you will find that her eyes are obviously duller, and the expressions on her face are not as rich and flexible as those of the main body.
Looking at the two Ires, especially the one carrying the painting on her back, Yu Sheng suddenly thought of something.
He stood up and took down the painting behind Irene.
"Hey, what are you doing..."
"I have an idea. Let me verify it."
Yu Sheng spoke seriously to the somewhat panicked little puppet. Although the latter was still a little confused, he nodded and calmed down.
Yu Sheng hung the oil painting directly on Irene's new body.
"What about now? How do you feel?" He looked at the two dolls nervously.
Irene visibly froze for a moment—both of them froze for a moment.
Then the two bodies said in unison: "Oh my god! The feeling has switched!"
The puppet carrying the painting raised his hand and pointed at the other one opposite him: "This body has become stiff and sluggish now."
"It's just as I thought," Yu Sheng exhaled softly, and then concluded solemnly, "The one carrying the oil painting is the real body - so to put it bluntly, the oil painting is the real body."
Irene's expression suddenly became subtle, with a kind of resentment that "I escaped from prison but not completely, the fucking cell is still chasing me".
Yu Sheng soon thought of more.
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"Next we need a series of tests, such as what will happen if both bodies are separated from the painting, how far the 'secondary body' can move freely when the 'primary body' is carrying the painting, and most importantly, how to make you adapt to the state of having two bodies as quickly as possible. If you really can't adapt, we have to find a way to temporarily 'disconnect' one of the bodies," he said while stroking his chin and thinking, "It's best to ask Hu Li to help."
"Well, I'll go wake her up!" The two puppets stood up at the same time and were about to jump to the ground. "There was such a big commotion at home and she didn't even... Oh my god!"
Irene forgot that she was controlling two bodies at the same time and the threads were not enough. She started to lose balance as soon as she stood up and took two steps. Then both of them fell headfirst off the bed.
Fortunately, Yu Sheng was quick-witted and lifted them up by grabbing each of their ankles.
The two puppets simultaneously held up their skirts with their hands, looking down at Yu Sheng awkwardly: "Then you should go and call, I still need to be dizzy for a while..."
Yu Sheng sighed helplessly, put Irene and the others on the bed, then turned and left the room, knocking on the door opposite: "Hu Li! Are you awake? Come and help me!"
After knocking three times, he heard the fox girl's somewhat panicked response from the room. Then after a while, Hu Li, who was still wearing a nightgown and hadn't had time to comb her hair, pushed the door and appeared in front of him, still looking a little sleepy.
"I overslept..." As soon as she opened the door, she lowered her head a little embarrassedly, as if she had done something wrong, "I slept too late last night."
"It's okay, it's my fault," Yu Sheng quickly waved his hands. He knew that Hu Li had done the most work in the museum yesterday, so it was normal for him to need a little more sleep after coming back. "Something's going on. Come over here and take a look."
Hu Li followed Yu Sheng without knowing why and went into the master bedroom opposite.
Then she saw two Irenes sitting side by side on the bed, staring at the door like P1P2 in the game.
Hu Li was stunned at the door. He was stunned for a long time before he rubbed his eyes hard. After rubbing, he still saw double.
"Oh no! Benefactor! I'm having sleep hysteria!" She immediately looked at Yu Sheng in panic, "Erin is two!"
"Don't rub it anymore. If you rub it a couple more times, she will become four bodies," Yu Sheng stretched out his hand to stop Hu Li from rubbing her eyes. He coughed awkwardly twice. "There was a small accident. Now Irene does have two bodies. You are not mistaken."
Hu Li stared at the two Irenes in amazement. After a moment, he seemed to understand something and showed admiration on his face: "So you are practicing the method of incarnation. I didn't expect that you, Irene, are also an immortal..."
"What the hell! What the hell is Fox talking about? It was Yu Sheng who gave me an extra body!" Irene suddenly started beeping loudly, "I was sleeping and I almost fainted when I woke up!"
"Let's not talk about this for now," Yu Sheng quickly interrupted the puppet's beeping, stepped forward and took the oil painting off Irene's back, turned around and handed it to Hu Li, "You, take this painting to the attic."
(End of this chapter)
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