Chapter 23 一 The Deep Blue Ball Felt Very Satisfied.
Eisley was very drunk when he came back. He collapsed onto the bed without even taking off his leather boots, his clothes half-buttoned and somewhat disheveled.
Hua Xingyuan sat at the edge of the bed, squinting his eyes as he watched the drunken man, poking him with his hand while muttering something to himself.
“You still dare to kiss me? In the eyes of this young master, you are nothing but a powerless weakling!”
He seemed to be baring his teeth and waving his claws1, even straightening his back!
Just then, Eisley rolled over as if about to get up.
Hua Xingyuan subconsciously shrank back, pursing his lips.
However, Eisley merely shifted positions and fell back asleep, even murmuring in his dreams.
Hua Xingyuan:…
He couldn’t keep up the act anymore, deliberately pretending to be angry as he leaned in close to Eisley, loudly saying, “Humph, trying to show off in front of this young master? Since you still have some charm left, this young master won’t hold back!”
He gathered his courage, intending to kiss Eisley on the lips, but hesitated as he got close.
He muttered, “This feels like a creepy person…”
But then, he couldn’t resist, so he leaned down and kissed Eisley’s fingertips.
The rough, scorching touch made his heart beat incessantly.
After the kiss, he quickly turned away, feeling uneasy and reluctant to look, as if he had done something guilty.
A few days later, enemy forces attacked a small town nearby, and Eisley happened to lead a squad passing through the area. Both sides engaged in a fierce battle.
Hua Xingyuan’s palms were sweaty, and he watched every move of Eisley intently, feeling extremely nervous.
The scene was chaotic, with civilians fleeing in all directions, and Eisley’s team was too few to control the situation.
They exerted tremendous effort, finally managing to ease the situation.
Suddenly, a child darted through the crowd past Eisley. It was too dangerous around, so Eisley instinctively reached out to grab, but caught nothing.
“Pfft hahaha…” his companions burst into laughter.
The deputy picked up the child and joked with his superior, “Haha, Boss, what are you doing? At least take a good look before you pick him up.”
Soon someone else joined in, laughing loudly, “Hahaha, do you guys even understand? Who said the Boss doesn’t have anyone in his arms? It’s obviously his wife!”
“Are you teasing the Boss for not having a wife?”
Eisley’s hand hung in the air:…
He raised his eyelids and looked at the group of subordinates laughing wildly, chuckled, and deliberately pretended to hug a mass of air, saying with a smirk, “Yeah, hugging my wife, isn’t this my wife?”
Hua Xingyuan, who was picked up and held in the air with a bewildered expression:…
He stood there facing Eisley, completely dumbfounded.
The people around laughed heartily while holding their stomachs. Eisley raised an eyebrow at them, smirked, whistled, then turned his head as if there was someone in his arms and kissed passionately a few times, even ending with a long kiss.
Hua Xingyuan felt overwhelmed by the overwhelming kisses, unable to catch his breath as kisses covered his forehead, cheeks, and even lips.
He was completely dazed by the kisses, feeling dizzy and barely able to stand steady after being put down.
Mother, his little body couldn’t stand it.
The scene was too intimate, and Bai Ruogu directly chose to use a stand-in. Li Huai was a little puzzled at first and expressed his hope that Bai Ruogu would perform the scene himself.
It was already dark after filming. Bai Ruogu, while packing up, said to Li Huai, “I have a lover, I don’t want to do anything that would betray him.”
Li Huai suddenly understood and became curious, “Oh, you have someone already? I never knew. Who is it? A guy or a girl?”
Bai Ruogu replied lightly, “A guy, extremely handsome, with a very splendid appearance, everything is just the way I like.”
Li Huai couldn’t help but laugh, “You kid, you’re quick!” He patted his thigh and sighed, “I’m really curious now, what does this guy look like to enchant our talented boss Bai like this?”
As he finished speaking, he saw Bai Ruogu had already walked away. He chuckled and then opened his smart brain to prepare for work.
However, as soon as the smart brain opened, a three-dimensional adult male appeared in the center of the screen.
The man looked indifferent, remarkably handsome, tall and well-built…
Li Huai: Huh?
“Is this smart brain broken? Why did a man suddenly appear?” he asked out loud.
The smart brain answered whatever it was asked: “You previously inquired about the appearance of Bai Ruogu’s lover. The system answered based on its own understanding.”
Li Huai:…
Something felt off.
. . . . .
The new material was a special kind of substance. Bai Ruogu was quite surprised when he first got it.
This material looked like a liquid, but its properties were actually those of a metal.
It immediately made Bai Ruogu think of the element mercury, but it was quite different from mercury. At the very least, this material was non-toxic and even beneficial to the human body.
The material couldn’t be consumed, but it could be worn, and the longer you wore it, the better it was for detoxifying the body.
The material was quite expensive, and some people even sold it as a luxury item. Because it was more conductive than any metal discovered so far, it was used to make instruments for greater sensitivity, making it the most expensive part of the entire instrument.
Bai Ruogu kept playing with the new material, but it was so slippery and soft that it often slipped through his fingers, yet it never broke.
He gathered all the new materials on the table, looked at them quietly, and a grand, even terrifying, idea came to mind…
He could calculated the meteor shower in just a few seconds, but it took him nearly two days to create this thing.
The materials were very limited. Bai Ruogu had gathered just enough to fit in the palm of his hand, and any more than that would have been too much to manage in a short period of time.
As he progressed with his work, the drafting paper was filled with a ton of various data, to the point where it became chaotic.
The materials became less soft and started to take their own shape.
Due to the limited materials, Bai Ruogu couldn’t design anything too fancy. Moreover, even a single protrusion required twice the calculations, making it challenging for him, who wanted to get results as quickly as possible. As a result, he had to keep the model design as simple as possible.
What started as just a point, Bai Ruogu crafted into a spherical shape.
He returned to his room, opened the box, and a translucent, deep blue ball appeared, exquisitely beautiful…
The light shone on Bai Ruogu’s back, casting a shadow over the box.
Su Miao had been in his own space, mechanically handling various matters, when he suddenly heard a sound from outside.
“Are you there, System?”
Su Miao paused, and the indicator light on the smart brain flickered. A mechanical voice responded, “Hello, I’m here.”
A screen projected the image of Bai Ruogu. Su Miao stood in front of the screen, watching quietly.
In the silence, he heard Bai Ruogu’s clear and gentle voice.
Bai Ruogu pointed to the deep blue ball in front of him, with his long eyelashes lowered, and said, “It’s connected to the network now. Can you focus a small part of your consciousness on it? Only a small part, because the chip can’t handle too much.”
Su Miao’s eyes flickered. Was this the thing Bai Ruogu had been working on for two days, and now he was asking him to test it for the first time?
An indescribable feeling surged within him, but he forced himself to respond in a steady tone, “Okay.”
The vast data space seemed to have issued a command, bringing about tremendous changes.
The blue light flickered in the space as countless data streams darted back and forth at high speed.
The data within the space began to coalesce, selecting the best parts, and initiating a joint experience mode. A tiny portion of the data was transmitted wirelessly to the ball inside the box…
The originally dimmed ball gradually grew brighter, becoming dazzling and even blinding, getting brighter and brighter… The lights in the room became insignificant.
The originally depressed sphere gradually brightened, becoming dazzling and even blinding, getting brighter and brighter… The lights in the room became insignificant.
The ball had a diameter of about 8 centimeters and was now emitting a faint blue light.
Su Miao could feel that the surroundings were pitch black, but his instinctive ability made him perform a certain action.
Two small holes suddenly appeared at the front of the faintly glowing blue ball, revealing two little deep blue eyeballs.
The small eyeball rolled around, looking left and right, even turning its entire body 90 degrees.
Su Miao: …!!
A surge of special emotions triggered a ripple through the space, with various searches launching at a rapid pace to find information.
All the data converged on one result: this was vision!!!
At the same time, Bai Ruogu’s voice came from above, sounding like he was relieved.
“Living beings are incredibly perfect and complex, holding countless mysteries. Even imitating just one of these is incredibly challenging for humans. I am constantly amazed by this masterpiece—how such a small body can contain so many complex ‘programs’…”
“I was busy for two days and it was really difficult. During that time, I went through countless materials and research results, but none of them had the information I needed. I had to use my existing knowledge to find a way.”
As Bai Ruogu spoke, he leaned on the table with both hands, staring directly into the eyes of the small ball while speaking carefully.
“I have designed so many functions for your body that I cannot list them all. You will discover them on your own once you get used to it.”
For the first time, Su Miao heard Bai Ruogu’s words through hearing, and in that silent world, the sound made everything come alive.
Was this hearing?
Bai Ruogu noticed that the small ball seemed a bit dazed, so he smiled and held out his hand to Su Miao.
“Come here first, I have a surprise for you.”
Surprise?
The deep blue eyelids blinked, appearing as though they wanted to move, but instead, they simply rolled downward with a thud, the side with the eyes facing down.
Su Miao: …
He tried to move his body, but as expected, it returned to its original shape.
Bai Ruogu covered his expression with his fingertips, then coughed and said, “There’s no way to make legs for now. It’s too difficult and complex. Actually, your elasticity is very good. You can try bouncing over.”
Su Miao: …
He blinked. Although he had no visible expression, Bai Ruogu sensed that the other seemed to have suddenly become more structured.
The next moment, a ball sprang out from the box and bounced over to them with a “thud, thud, thud.” Because it had some weight, the ball flattened and turned into an oval shape.
The other person wasn’t having an easy time either. Bai Ruogu bit his upper lip and quickly scooped up the little ball, placing it in his palm.
For a moment, Su Miao felt a strange sensation, a very comfortable one, as if the whole ball was melting. This feeling of comfort seemed to be coming from Bai Ruogu’s hand.
“You can now feel the temperature. I set the optimal temperature to human body heat, using my own as the standard.”
This information caused a massive stir within the space, the data fluctuated, waves rippling through, and it suddenly slowed down.
He could feel Bai Ruogu’s body heat…
He had touched him, he felt him.
In order to get feedback on the temperature, Bai Ruogu even programmed in emotions like joy, comfort, and pleasure.
Su Miao also sensed these emotions. It was a unique feeling, difficult to describe, using human words and sentences.
Comfortable, living in a dream?
The matching degree between words and emotions was 90.4%, suggesting that this was the most accurate and genuine depiction of the sensation and emotion.
- 张牙舞爪 (zhāngyáwǔzhǎo) It originally described the ferocious appearance of wild beasts. It is often used as a metaphor for the rampant and vicious appearance of enemies or bad guys. ↩︎