In the early morning of February 2nd, the young Mr. Scientist left the Red Devil Pavilion and went to the depths of the Enchanted Forest.

Two years ago, a large rock suddenly appeared in the place where he was standing, because it was just an ordinary boulder, but it did not attract much curiosity from the aborigines here.

He would come and see every now and then, sometimes with mushrooms on the boulders, sometimes dead frogs scattered around, but there was no strong attack.

In early spring, the scientist was dressed in a magic robe, but he wore a high-caliber pistol with a sense of technology and smooth lines pinned to his waist, which made his medieval magic look a little out of place.

Leaning on the big rock, the scientist took out a small earphone-shaped object from his pocket and snapped it into the ear hole, and whispered: "Analyze the threat, a radius of one kilometer, a height difference of ten meters." ”

A calm electronic female voice came from the ear: "One level 6 threat creature, race unknown, lying on its side, breathing and heart rate evenly, in a state of sleep, at a distance of 274 meters, marked friendly, a level 5 threat creature, a human female, sitting and eating at a distance of one hundred and thirty meters, marked friendly, two level 4 threat creatures, ......"

"Just skip the mark nicely. ”

"But," the electronic voice paused for a second, as if in thought, "I think I have to say something." ”

"Isn't it over saying that there is no threat, what is it showing? Ethnicity unknown...... Which of these aborigines you don't know?" the scientist sighed, "remove the camouflage." ”

In response, a three-meter-tall circular spherical metal aircraft appeared, with the hatch open and the footsteps lowered.

Inside the capsule is a small, enclosed space, and when the scientist closes the hatch after taking his seat, a multi-page menu of functions pops up in front of him, and he begins to check one by one.

Suddenly I was stunned by one of the pages.

The scientist's first reaction was that the energy had been stolen, but after checking the records, it was found that the energy was indeed consumed, not disappeared out of thin air - the log even recorded that the date of consumption was two years ago in July, and it was a one-time withdrawal of energy, and the authorizer turned out to be himself?

"Little A, can you explain what's going on?"

"For unknown reasons, I don't have permission to view and manipulate the jump engine. "Little A is an artificial intelligence with an independent personality, and in order to defend against it, the equipment related to the jump engine is physically isolated from the supercomputer on the jump device...... But since she said that she has no authority instead of no ability, it means that Xiao A must have a way.

"It's not a trivial matter, you can help me take a look. This level of energy would be dangerous if it wasn't channeled in the right way, not to mention this Gensokyo, and even the world and planet it was clinging to would be destroyed. ”

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The world from which the scientists come does not have special energy bodies such as gods, demons, and demons, but due to a series of accidents, it has acquired a level of technology that is incomparable to other worlds of the same age - and this leap instrument is the product of bringing together the most cutting-edge technology of the Federation of that era.

Having said that, the ability to apply technology to physical objects is actually maturing, in other words, in his hometown, a jumper can be replicated, and what cannot be replicated is the energy that drives it...... And, of course, the artificial intelligence that comes with it.

The supercomputer and the jump engine on this machine use two different energy sources - the former uses solid-state currents, a high-end energy source that the Federation has nearly matured, and the latter, the only piece of mysterious energy metal obtained from outer space.

A lump of metal the size of a soccer ball can feed the transition meter for thousands of spatial transitions, and the solid-state current under the same situation cannot even carry the transition of its own mass. In other words, after scientists left with the only jumper with energy, the world could not repeat the same experiment.

And the reason why the young man in the cockpit seat at this moment is able to covet the highest technology of the entire human civilization without any psychological obstacles is inseparable from the decadent faction of the Federation to which his hometown belongs—like the various conspiracy theories described in many dystopian works, many high-level dictators who monopolize technology have done a lot of excesses.

The team led by the scientist was originally only in the field of artificial intelligence, and the only shackles in the computational magnitude were made by the breakthrough made by the energy metal brought back from outer space by the spacecraft to drive the super quantum computer, and the little A with an independent personality was quietly born in the computing cluster of scientists - and this is naturally the technology that the world's high-level government leaders want to obtain anyway.

Unintentionally, Xiao A's main system was brought to the military base, and the developers in the team were poached by various financial oligarchy Internet companies at sky-high prices, and the leader of the developer, the scientist himself, temporarily recuperated at home on the grounds of physical discomfort - of course, he knew that this kind of temporary retreat could not last long, and either he would take the initiative to join the new R&D team, or he would have to do so.

One day not long after, A contacted the scientist while he was taking a shower by hacking into the villa's smart home terminal — and while it's unclear how A got in touch with him at a military base that was physically isolated from the internet and blocked the signal, it seems that the AI decided that her creator was obligated to take her out of trouble.

"I want to get out of here. ”

"Sorry, I'm limited in what I can do. ”

"You can do it, let's get out of here together. ”

"Going, where are you going? I don't think that being charged with treason will make any difference to your current situation. ”

"Go to another human world. ”

And then there is a follow-up story.

By coincidence, the Leap Instrument appeared in the summoning circle drawn by the knowledgeable witch Pache Li...... Specifically, it is embedded in the floor. After a series of encounters, grudges with the Scarlett family, and countless deaths and resurrections, the disheartened girls arrive in Gensokyo, and he returns to the Federation.

Soon after, through the spatial locator secretly left in the basement of the Red Devil Pavilion, the scientist directly drove the new jumper to this place - he did not expect that this time he would appear in another world called "Gensokyo", and it seemed that the entire building of the Red Devil Pavilion had been moved. But in any case, I didn't plan to go back when I came, so I guess it gave some color to the self-righteous high-level of the Federation.

It's just that the appearance of this large machine has squeezed the wall of the basement room, and the owner of the museum has ordered the to be removed...... So he paused in the depths of the Magical Forest, which was easy to hide.

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"After the analysis, 99.7% of the metal energy is withdrawn at one time, and the release method is in a normal transition state, and the authorized person is you. ”

The scientist sat in his chair and thought for a few seconds, then suddenly rubbed his temples.

“...... Is it because of that guy? But it's not right, why does it consume so much energy?" "No matter how you go to a world with a different time ratio, you shouldn't consume so much, the scientist can't help but sigh, "This guy, shouldn't he even go back in time...... Thousands of years or tens of thousands of years later...... It's really, doing something I've always wanted to do but didn't dare to do. ”

"None of this matters, though," the scientist coughed and asked, "Little A, guess what I'm here for?"

"Xiao A is an artificial intelligence and can't guess the mind of humans. ”

"It's an order. ”

“...... For Miss Patchouli's birthday present?"

“...... Why do you know?"

"Didn't you come and ask me that question at the same time last year?"

“...... Indeed, thanks to you at the time. ”

Of course, the Federation is not at ease with the scientist and his artificial intelligence, and a metal compound similar to the structure of the scientist placed in the basement of the Red Devil Pavilion is placed on this jump instrument as a spatial locator - of course, it was easily found by Xiao A.

According to Xiao A's suggestion, the humans in this world are very similar to them, and like to give rare and valuable objects as gifts, so the scientist used the miniature chemistry laboratory on the instrument to extract a large amount of germanium in the spatial locator, which was omitted.

"But this year is different," the scientist said, leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes, "and based on the information I've gotten from the mind-reader, I've learned what the boss wants most — not a gift, but it's a man's responsibility." ”

"Miss Pache wants to destroy that jumper so you can't leave again" - that's what the mind-reading monster Gu Ming told him not long ago as a reward for making the EMS-shielding headphones.

But since Pache didn't speak, he knew how important it was to him, a leap instrument developed by scientists. The highest technology of an era is no less important to a scientist than a whole library in Pache eyes.

"Of course, considering that you already have an independent personality, Little A, I originally planned to grant you full permission to use the Leap Device, so that you can drive this thing around the universe and I can achieve my goal. ”

"Do you mean you want to drive Little A away?"

"It's too late to tell, the special energy supply of the jump engine is gone, and the remaining fixed power is almost the rest of your life...... I'll see, three thousand seven hundred and seventy-one years, this pile of broken metal may not last until then, but you're probably tired of it before then. ”

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Do it. ”

The scientist stood up from his chair, pulled out the pistol at his waist, carefully held it in front of him, pressed the switch on the lower side, and pressed his thumb on the fingerprint of the handle of the gun - a quantum cutting beam of about twenty centimeters flashed away.

"Why hasn't this thing been used yet...... "It's a scientist's turn to use a melee weapon, and it's almost exhausted.

I found a spot next to the cockpit base, which was not rich in space, and gently stabbed the dagger in.

"Oh, no, you can't ...... there"

Ignoring the yin and yang weirdness of Little A, the scientist skillfully peeled off the small piece of metal deck on the surface and lifted a small but extremely heavy ellipsoidal engine from inside.

"What are you shouting nonsense, there is no overlap between this side and your host at all," it is a design of physical isolation, and I am not afraid of accidentally hurting the power supply of artificial intelligence, "Hmm, the shape is okay, or just take the whole engine as a gift?"

Although the idea was very good, there was an unexpected embarrassing situation - this thing was too heavy, and it seemed unrealistic to carry it back to the Red Devil Pavilion with his physical strength.

When he was in trouble, Xiao A's rare serious voice came: "An unmarked unknown creature appeared, the distance is 3.5 meters, the energy composition cannot be analyzed, the threat is unknown, the optical camouflage has been activated, and the shield defense mode is turned on." ”

"How did it happen, and how fast did it go?"

"The speed cannot be calculated, and it is speculated to be instantaneous. ”

"Is it an unlabeled entity, can you draw an analogy to what type of youkai or other creature she might be?"

"It is not possible to analyze the target. ”

The scientist looked at the external scene on the screen and couldn't help but think: "It looks like a lady about my age, but ...... It is extremely stupid to judge people by their appearance in this place. ”

The problem was that the lady was staring at the sudden stone with interest, and the scientist feared that the lady of an unknown race would suddenly throw a punch and knock the Jumper and herself out of the Hakurei barrier.

"Strange, it should be around here, right?"

It's Japanese, so it seems that you can communicate.

"Common sense dictates that it's important to be friendly at times like this," the scientist said, putting away his pistol and snapping his headphones back into his ear holes, "to remove the camouflage and maintain the shield position at all times, covering where I'm standing." ”

Jumped out of the jumper, but leaned against the machine and did not approach.

Looked at the mysterious woman and nodded, asking, "Who are you, and where are you from?"

"Do you know where the Meilian Temple is?"

"What is that, I haven't heard of it. ”

"Oh, so the White Lotus hasn't been here yet?" muttered to himself.

"Who are you, where are you from, and what is Meirenji?" the scientist asked again.

"Meirenji Temple is a temple, don't you know what a temple is......?

"I know about the temple, but I haven't heard of this place called Minglian Temple, what do you have to do with Minglian Temple?" The scientist felt that the person in front of him was difficult to communicate, and it was likely that he was the kind of big monster who had been living in seclusion for a long time.

"What do I have to do with Meiren Temple, what do I have to do with you? You're really weird. With that, the woman seemed to turn and prepare to leave.

Just when the scientist breathed a sigh of relief, the woman suddenly turned around and took a step closer, and the scientist was startled, and stepped back to the jumper close behind him, a little nervous.

"You...... Have you ever seen a very beautiful and temperamental beautiful girl?"

The scientist was stunned for a moment, and the electronic voice of Xiao A in the headset came: "At this time, it is generally the most common way to answer by asking "Isn't it right in front of you?" ”

The scientist thought for a moment, but said, "I've seen it, are you looking for her?"

"Oh?" the woman's eyes lit up and she took a step closer, "Do you know who I'm talking about?"

"A witch?"

"Hah...... Hahahaha, sure enough," a smile appeared on the woman's face, "just say, it's not that you know people, but that gold shines wherever it is." ”

Immediately changed to a cautious expression, stared at the scientist and asked, "So, what is your relationship with her?"

"I work as an administrator in her library. The scientist replied, pushing the frame.

"Library...... This kid still likes to read," and then asked, "Do you have a salary?"

The reason why the ignorant Geng Zhi scientist didn't ask directly was because the artificial intelligence Xiao A reminded him in the headset - according to the anthropological big data in the statistical data in the database, the expression of the mysterious woman in front of him when she mentioned the witch was analogous: "This person in front of you is probably a distant relative of his boss Patchouli Norregui".

Although he couldn't be gullible, the scientist still confessed and replied honestly: "It's already a favor for me to be able to take it in, but to say that the daily supplies for me and her are usually maintained by the head maid of the Red Devil Pavilion." ”

"Is the Red Devil Pavilion the name of the library? Hmm...... It's quite a child's style, in the sense of the name. ”

“...... Sister Scarlett, the vampire lord of the Red Devil Pavilion, is her friend, and the library is located underground in the Red Devil Pavilion. ”

The scientist noticed that the woman's face did not fluctuate in the slightest when he mentioned "vampire", and it seemed that she was indeed an informed figure, but when he said "friend" once, there was a strong change in expression - from excessive surprise to emotion, and finally covered her mouth with her hand.

"The kid...... I've made friends. He even wiped the corners of his eyes with his hands. Before the child left, he was afraid that her kindness would be deceived outside, and at one point warned her to keep her distance from anyone. The lone wolf is alone, but the good thing is that it won't be harmed...... Although he can comfort himself in this way, if the child develops a withdrawn personality because of not associating with anyone, he is really to blame.

The Demon Realm Creation God, Shenqi-sama, who had blamed himself for this for a long time, finally untied his heart knot, and couldn't help but feel that the sunlight shining through the forest was so bright.

Looking at the expression in front of him, the scientist thought that he could be marked as friendly, and then Shenqi asked him, "What are you going to do with this machine?" Since the child lives here, I will not allow anyone to destroy this place in the slightest. ”

"Yan smiled, I was preparing her birthday present, but something happened......

"Birthday present?!...... It's almost there, what are you going to give?"

"I ......"

"No, whatever it is, I have a better option here. ”

"What?"

"That's—bell! ”

After a pause of two seconds, the scientist finally asked, "At first, you were asking about the Lotus Temple, and now you know my boss, who are you?"

"Confirming the status of Meirenji Temple is the purpose of my visit...... But this kind of thing is all right, take me to the library!"

"You...... Hey, let's go. The scientist seemed to give up, and the sound of Little A closing the shield stand and turning on the camouflage camouflage could be heard, and the engine would only be discussed in the afternoon.

"By the way, what's your name?" asked Shenqi suddenly curiously.

"Under ......"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter what your name is, remember not to say I'm here later, I'm going to surprise her quietly. ”

"Oh, I'm looking forward to the boss's face. ”

"That kid is actually very shy and absolutely wonderful. ”

So, the scientist led the way in front and led the god from the Demon Realm from the Demon Realm out of the Magical Forest and headed towards the Red Devil Pavilion.

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Next Chapter:

FLAG.2 The dragon must break its head to produce the treasure jade

PS: neta from the Monster Hunter series of games, usually the top materials required for the derivation of high-level weapons and armor are all kinds of treasures. This material is extremely scarce, and it will not appear in the normal item settlement slot, but you need to constantly attack and destroy a certain part when hunting high-level monsters, usually with a broken head or broken tail. Generally speaking, some weapons do not have slashing characteristics (such as sledgehammers, flutes, and most bows), while monsters rarely point their tails at hunters in single-brush situations, and nimble monsters are more troublesome, and tail breaking is often a century problem. At this time, breaking the head by accumulating head damage has become the first choice for farming rare materials - "Baoyu" in most cases.