Witch Special

Norni's progress is enviable, but Lin Zhenxi has also made some gains.

Lin Zhenxi's opportunity is related to the other two sanctuaries.

The person in charge of the Sanctuary of Annihilation, "Habu", is responsible for the operation of the furnace. Mechanical creations that meet the scrap standards will be disassembled into parts, sent to the furnace, and restored into metal ingots.

Lin Zhenxi speculated that "Hab" and the "Mister" she had previously encountered were twins, as they looked almost identical, the only difference being that Mister was blue and Hab was red. Unlike Mister, who could roam freely within the energy circuits, Hab's range of activity was confined to the furnace itself. It was Hab's presence that allowed the furnace to maintain its blazing white glow.

The furnace also provides various types of heat to the entire Silent City, such as hot water and steam. The water that Lin Zhenxi uses for bathing every day is boiled by Habu.

Because of the intense heat of the furnace, the entire Sanctuary of Oblivion was practically a forbidden zone for life, with only numerous conveyor belts silently working. Although Hayashi Maki could use the Cold Wind Barrier (a sister spell to the Warm Wind Barrier) to counteract the scorching heat, the place lacked even a single light. The overall atmosphere was eerie, littered with broken parts, and it felt like a horror movie wouldn't need a set design. Therefore, Hayashi Maki disliked it.

What really interested Lin Zhenxi was "Buffon", the owner of the Sanctuary of Spread.

Buffon's Sanctuary of Spread was responsible for the mobilization of all mechanical creations within Silent City. In other words, Buffon was the head of Silent City's dispatch center. Lin Zhenxi was deeply impressed by Buffon's formidable coordination skills, as he was able to single-handedly manage such a vast Silent City in such perfect order.

But after getting to know him for a while, Lin Zhenxi discovered that Buffon's outstanding qualities were not just his coordination skills.

She's actually a robot too! Oh, no, I can't use "also" because Becky can't be considered a complete robot, but rather an artificial life form, which is exactly the same as Buffon's situation.

Buffon, a humanoid robot crafted by the Apostle Luke, serves as the command tower for all the mechanical forces within the Silent City, possessing supreme authority over all the machinery surrounding the city. In other words, with the exception of Silent City cadres who possess their own tarot cards, all the other soldiers within the city must obey Buffon's command.

Even some of the less intelligent cadres were controlled by Buffon. Yes, I'm talking about you two robot heads, Steel Behemoth and Full Metal Mecha God.

As a robot, Buffon shouldn't have emotions. However, the Silent City is a magical place, filled with countless mechanical creations endowed with souls and identities by the Apostle Luke. As he connects with these creations, Buffon gradually develops emotions and awakens, becoming an independent mechanical life form, no longer just a cold machine.

Lin Zhenxi didn't want to investigate Buffon's origins. What she was really interested in was Buffon's physical form.

As I mentioned before, although Becky possesses a powerful brain, without the support of the internet, her brain full of ideas is useless. And now, Buffon has appeared, a humanoid processor that can communicate normally with humans, understand human verbal language, and process it efficiently.

A super computer girl, this is what Lin Zhenxi wants!!!

Although her Rising Sun Heart was a supercomputer, its information processing capabilities were woefully inadequate, capable of processing only simple graphics and text, far from being able to independently complete scientific research tasks. If Lin Zhenxi's Rising Sun Heart could possess the advanced intelligence of Buffon, many of Lin Zhenxi's research projects would be able to take off immediately.

Unfortunately, Buffon herself didn't know how she awakened. The moment she knew in her heart that she was "Buffon", she had already become herself.

Although Buffon's explanation wasn't entirely clear, Lin Zhenxi seemed to understand. Could it be that the key to a mechanical creation's awakening soul also lies in its "true name"?

The theory of True Names is a common concept in worlds steeped in magical powers. It holds that all things possess a hidden True Name, bestowed by the heavens. Only highly intelligent mages can reveal this True Name, or approximate it. The True Name records and stores the true power of an object, and is also its very essence. Mastering an object's True Name signifies complete mastery of it.

Therefore, any cautious wizard regards his true name as the most precious treasure and the greatest threat to his life. Once a wizard's enemy knows his true name, he can kill him or make him his slave by any common magic known to everyone, no matter how powerful the wizard is or how weak and clumsy his enemy is.

When the theory of true names spreads to the scope of man-made objects, whether they are mechanical or magical, their essence is an empty shell driven by power. No matter how similar they are made, they are just a mimicry and do not have the basis to be regarded as a single individual.

However, if given a true name, this artifact becomes a separate, identifiable individual. Perhaps this is the key to awakening the soul of the artifact.

After understanding this, Lin Zhenxi excitedly returned to the room assigned to him in the Silent City, assembled the Heart of the Rising Sun, and then tried to give it a name of his own.

So what's a good name...

After exhausting countless brain cells, Hayashi Maki settled on the uninspired name Alice. After all, ALICE stood for Artificial Labile Intelligence Cybernetic Existence—a true AI, an artificial intelligence with a soul. That was exactly what Hayashi Maki wanted.

And then, of course, nothing happened.

Ultimately, Lin Zhenxi had no idea how to give other people or objects their true names. Pointing his wand at the shell of the Heart of the Rising Sun and thinking to himself, "I'm going to give it a true name" wasn't going to work.

So the problem finally returned to the starting point, and Lin Zhenxi also changed his thinking and began to look for how to get a little Buffon from Buffon.

Of course, this wasn't entirely realistic, as Buffon's body was still a robot, a mere soul within it. Furthermore, even if Buffon could split himself to create a smaller Buffon, she wouldn't have any reason to do so. Lin Zhenxi had only been in Silent City for a few days. Buffon had been the city's steward for centuries, and he had no real connection to the newly hired Lin Zhenxi, so he naturally wouldn't agree to her impolite request.

So Lin Zhenxi simply didn't even mention it, but just kept going to Buffon to make his presence felt, trying to make himself familiar to him first, and then talk about it later when their relationship was better.

During this time, Lin Zhenxi was completely employed. She was assigned to live inside the Sanctuary of Birth, practically stepping out of the door to her workplace, eliminating the need for a commute. Lin Zhenxi's job at the Sanctuary of Birth was quite simple: to inspect all energy lines within the Sanctuary, ensuring they were stable and continuous, with no fluctuations or interruptions.

If an ordinary person were to do this job, they would probably be dazzled by just staring at those glowing lines, and after a while, they would become dizzy and unconscious. However, for someone who could directly observe the flow of magic power, this job could be said to be very easy. Because Lin Zhenxi only needed to find the main hub of these lines and then check them one by one, he could directly determine whether there were any abnormalities in the magic power state of these energy lines.

Moreover, the system of Silent City is very reliable. During the time Lin Zhenxi has been working here, she has never encountered any problems. Basically, she can go home after checking to make sure that all the lines are in normal operation. The total time spent is less than an hour.

It’s so cool to only have to work one hour a day and have complete freedom for the rest of the time!

Unlike Lin Zhenxi, Norni had been accepted as a disciple by Rossello, and now lived and ate together. Rossello was also happy to impart his knowledge to Norni. With a master who shared his power as hers as hers as hers, Norni's progress could be described as rapid. However, the increasingly provocative look she gave him gradually put pressure on Lin Zhenxi.

This wouldn't do. If Norni turned the tables on me, I'd be so embarrassed. With such a conflicted feeling, Lin Zhenxi also began to study the fragment of the Eye of Darkness.

This time she was in the Silent City. Even if she caused a loud noise from the fragment of the Eye of Darkness, she didn't have to worry about getting into trouble or being visited by strange people.

Furthermore, the Sanctuary of Birth was the largest energy hub in Silent City, second only to the energy storage room in the core area. With such a massive energy source at her disposal, Lin Zhenxi no longer had to worry about her own magic power. Even if the Eye of Darkness fragment did cause any trouble, she was confident she could suppress it.

Isn't it just infinite energy? It's nonsense to talk about capacity without considering power. Even if this fragment of the Eye of Darkness is connected to an endless sea of ​​energy, it is so small itself. How much energy can it output in a short period of time?

As long as there is enough magic power, there is nothing to be afraid of Lin Zhenxi.

Unfortunately, Lin Zhenxi's research on the fragments of the Eye of Darkness was not very smooth either. Although this small black stone showed the characteristic of releasing energy, apart from that, it had no other special features.

It can't be just a battery that doesn't need to be recharged, right? How did the Xiaxiu Sect gain such powerful power from this small stone? Perhaps through transplantation?

Forget it. Lin Zhenxi doesn’t want to stuff these weird things into her body.