Chapter 111 Yu Sheng's New Idea
As you cross a new gate, the surrounding environment changes instantly - the pleasant valley breeze turns into the sultry and humid tropical rainforest, and there are the calls of unknown animals in the distance and the rustling sounds of insects and ants crawling over dead leaves.
Out of caution, Yu Sheng did not close the door. Instead, he kept it open after taking Irene through the passage so that he could return to the valley at any time.
"What about now?" He looked down at the little doll lying on his arm, "Can you still feel the other body's situation? Is the connection broken?"
"...Surprised, they're still connected!" The little puppet said in amazement, "Just now when I passed through the gate, I was a little dazed, but it wasn't disconnected, it was just a sense of dislocation. Now everything is normal again, and the connection between the two bodies hasn't weakened at all."
As she spoke, she raised her head again and looked around.
"Hey, Yusheng, how far apart are my two bodies right now?"
"I'm afraid it's hard to measure it with 'distance'," Yu Sheng thought carefully and shook his head slightly, "I don't know where this place is, but it's definitely not at the border, and there's a 'dimension' between it and the valley. If this 'distance' can't cut off the connection between your two bodies, then I guess there's no need to do further testing."
"Oh... then shall we walk around here?" Irene looked up at Yu Sheng curiously, "Since we're here..."
"It's not safe," Yu Sheng shook his head, "Let's go back."
"When did you become so cautious and conservative?"
"I'm carrying your painting frame. That's your real body. It doesn't matter if I die here, but if something happens to your painting frame, I don't know what will happen." Yu Sheng shook Irene, reminding her that she was still carrying her painting on her back. "Go back, and tell Hu Li to go back to the place where we started to meet up."
"Oh, OK!"
After a while, Yu Sheng, Hu Li and Ailin returned to the newly built flat ground deep in the valley.
"Now we can basically summarize a few rules," Yu Sheng stroked his chin as he looked at Irene, who was walking around and practicing controlling two bodies at the same time, and made the conclusion of the test so far. "First, one of the puppet bodies must be together with the frame to ensure that Irene can move in the real world; second, the puppet body with the frame will become the 'main body', and the other bodies will become 'copies'; third, the control distance of the 'copies' may be infinite, or at least very, very far, unlike the main body, which must be together with the oil painting, but relatively..."
With a "thump", Irene's secondary body suddenly lost balance while running and fell heavily to the ground.
Yu Sheng looked down at the little puppet that was struggling to get up, and continued, "Comparatively, the 'performance' of the 'copy' will be significantly weaker than the main body, from perception to agility to controllability. This should be considered the price of 'ultra-long control distance'."
"I think it's a good deal," Irene climbed up. Although she fell in a mess, she looked very happy. "I finally have a body that doesn't need to carry paintings around. I can run as far as I want! And this way I can watch TV in the living room while playing games in the bedroom..."
Yu Sheng's eyes twitched suddenly: "...You want to do this with two bodies?!"
Then he reacted: "Wait! Playing games... What games are you playing?!"
Irene shrank her neck immediately, hesitated for two seconds, and then spoke cautiously: "Um, your account has been unblocked..."
Yu Sheng's eyebrows stood up when he heard this: "Don't use my account anymore! Go back and register your own account - you already have an ID card!"
Irene immediately lowered her head in frustration: "Oh..."
I don't know why she is so depressed.
But the little doll's bad mood never lasted more than a few seconds. She soon became happy again and controlled her other body to walk in front of Yu Sheng. The two dolls raised their heads together and said, "By the way, I found something interesting."
Yu Sheng looked puzzled: "What?"
"When controlling the second body, you don't actually need to give up half of your attention," Irene said. The expression on the face of the "second body" visibly stiffened, as if its soul had suddenly left. "You see, you only need to give up a little bit of your attention to control its movements."
The puppet's body with a dull expression began to move around, and although it was still a little unstable, it was able to move freely.
Irene looked smug.
Yu Sheng's expression suddenly became thoughtful.
"And I found that this body actually has a certain degree of autonomous mobility," she continued. "If you just want to control it to do something, you don't need to completely 'take over' it, such as 'walk to a certain place' or 'bring something back'. In fact, it can do it by itself..."
The thoughtful look on Yu Sheng's face instantly turned into astonishment.
"Wait, you mean... this body has its own thinking ability?!"
Irene was also stunned when she heard this. After thinking about it seriously, she shook her head and said, "It doesn't seem so. I can't say it's thinking ability. I can only say... some instincts? Advanced instincts? And it's an instinct that will only be 'activated' when I establish a connection with it. I don't know how to describe it specifically."
Yu Sheng frowned deeply.
This was something he had never expected before.
But there was one thing he was sure of, that was when he had just finished "making" the doll, the blank body had no ability to move at all. Even if it suddenly showed the characteristics of a "living thing" in the middle of the process, and even its chest began to rise and fall with breathing, it was just an empty shell without a soul or any instincts.
Those "instincts" that Irene was talking about only developed after she took over a new body for the first time.
So... the key lies with Irene? Yu Sheng's expression gradually became more serious and thoughtful.
The little doll looked up, and its first reaction was that both of its bodies subconsciously took a half step back: "Wait a minute, you...you don't have another idea, do you?"
"I'm just a little curious all of a sudden," Yu Sheng looked at Irene, who was facing a formidable enemy, with a serious expression, "You said... can you still control the third body?"
Irene was stunned for a moment, then her mouth opened wide: "...Ah?"
"If these new bodies can all produce the 'instincts' you mentioned, and controlling them only requires a little bit of energy, then maybe two bodies are not the limit of your control. If I make a few more puppets, can you still handle it?"
Irene opened her mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time.
Even the doll lady, who was already familiar with Yu Sheng's "ideas" and had a strong adaptability, was almost killed on the spot by the door to the new world.
But after the initial shock passed, she couldn't help but follow this wonderful line of thought.
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Even Hu Li next to him showed a curious look: "Do you think... we can try it?"
When Irene heard what Hu Li said, she couldn't help but sigh: "Yu Sheng's 'ideas' are like this. Although they sound wild and even unreliable at first, they have a kind of evil 'attraction', just like his 'give it a try' 'exploratory mentality' is contagious with his ideas. Once you hear his wonderful ideas, you will involuntarily think about its feasibility and its consequences, and finally... 'give it a try' with him."
Yu Sheng was a little dissatisfied when he heard this: "Now that you put it that way, it seems like my experimental ideas have become something weird."
The two Irenes bared their teeth at him together: "You really don't think this is weird, right?"
Yu Sheng coughed twice: "Ahem, then just tell me if you want to try it!"
"That's not impossible," Irene muttered, "I'm actually a little curious myself - but you have to tell me when you get to the final step of the test this time, so that I can be prepared when I take over the new body, not like this morning..."
"Don't worry, don't worry," Yu Sheng agreed repeatedly, "The first time is a little bit harder, the second time is more familiar, now you have experience."
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly turned again, and his gaze once again fell firmly on the doll lady.
This time, Irene took more than just half a step back.
"What's your new idea? It's so scary, can you please tell me all at once?"
"Well, it's just an idea," Yu Sheng felt a little embarrassed when he saw the other party's reaction, and raised his hand to scratch his hair, "If I continue to build a new body, should I also research new technology or something..."
Irene: “?”
"Look, the main materials of your first body are clay and lotus root, right?" Yu Sheng explained his idea with great interest. "And you said that lotus root cannot be used as a material for dolls. The material of your second body is clay, but without your guidance, I suspect that the ratio of the auxiliary materials is not very standard. So why not test a few more materials and processing methods for the subsequent bodies?"
Irene looked suspicious: "...Huh?"
"In fact, I have always been concerned about the fact that your first body was damaged in the battle," Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said seriously, "especially since your arms were all broken and your legs were in such a terrible state."
"I don't mind it myself," Irene waved her hand, "but what exactly do you want to say?"
"I was just thinking, if I can't find any higher-level alchemical materials, can I use some other method to strengthen your body."
Irene was even more confused: "...Ah, so what?"
"To put it simply, next time I want to try to change the frame from iron wire to rebar..."
Irene: “…What the hell?!”
(End of this chapter)
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