Chapter Forty-Seven: Brother Legs, Please Be My Patron!

“No problem. With these primitive games on your Earth, I can guarantee you a one hundred percent authentic experience,” Bai nodded, speaking with a haughty air.

“No, you’d better not make it a hundred percent authentic. That would be copyright infringement. You should change quite a bit,” Lan Tian replied thoughtfully. Time was tight, and there was no chance to negotiate licensing with the company behind King of Glory, so the only option was for Bai to make significant modifications.

“That’s not a problem either. I’ll combine some of the popular games from the virtual universe network and make adjustments. I promise it’ll be even more fun than that so-called ‘King of Glory.’ Don’t worry, there won’t be any copyright issues,” Bai said with great confidence. In fact, with its abilities, if it weren’t for the need to conserve energy and minimize data processing, Bai could easily create an entirely new game, not just modify an existing one.

“Good, hurry up and make those changes. Let me try it out soon,” Lan Tian said with anticipation.

“No problem!” Bai struck a pose with a proud expression. As their interactions deepened, Bai and Lan Tian had grown more casual and closer with each other.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes passed.

“All done! The world’s first large-scale fully immersive holographic game—‘Heroic Glory’—is ready to launch!” Bai announced cheerfully after three minutes.

“Wow, that was fast! Let me try it out,” Lan Tian said, unable to hide his excitement.

“What’s there to get excited about? You play virtual games every day,” Bai said with disdain.

“That’s not the same! The ones I play every day, can those even be called virtual games? They’re no different from reality! There’s no monster hunting or leveling up or anything like that!” Lan Tian complained.

“Haha, that’s only to make your training more realistic. The closer it is to reality, the more complex it becomes!” Bai explained with a laugh. “Unlike your training simulator, this game won’t scan your body data. Instead, it assigns each player’s consciousness to a hero character based on the hero’s stats. While it still provides a completely realistic tactile experience, you can only perform the actions and skills defined by the game—not like your training simulator, where you’re totally free to do as you please.”

“Oh... I see. That’s not as fun! I thought it was just like my training sim,” Lan Tian replied, a bit disappointed.

“You don’t get it. Your training simulator is based on pre-existing data I stored and only needs minor tweaks. But to make a completely new game that’s indistinguishable from reality, do you know how much processing power that would take?” Bai said, annoyed. “Let’s not even talk about anything else—just look at your Earth’s so-called supercomputers. Even if you combined them all together and ran them for ten years, they might not be able to generate a single complete model!”

“Well... fine. Maybe there are some flaws, but they don’t overshadow the merits. Even as it is, I bet everyone will go crazy over it!” Lan Tian said, understanding that Bai’s current energy was limited, and he let go of his disappointment.

“Look at it another way—losing one thing gains you another. If you really made it one hundred percent real for everyone, that would be far too ahead of its time!”

“Even as it stands, it’s already extremely advanced. I’m actually worried some government agency will come knocking,” he said, a little anxious. He hadn’t thought about it before, but now he realized just how many complications this technology could cause—it wasn’t a simple matter.

For example, once this technology appeared, how would the country react? Would they try to protect him, or just seize it from his hands?

He couldn’t be sure.

“What are you afraid of? You need to recognize your own strength now, and stop looking at problems with the old perspective,” Bai said, a little dissatisfied. “I didn’t tell you before because I didn’t want you to become arrogant or complacent. Now, let me make it clear: with Earth’s current technology level, I alone could sweep the whole planet—let alone any force in the universe!”

“You’ve gone down the wrong path, relying too much on computers. Even some of your top-level weapons are controlled via computers—something unimaginable to other forces in the universe! How can such important things not be under your direct control, and instead entrusted to machines?!”

“On Earth, everyone’s technology is about the same, but if one day a genius appeared, or if a computer accidentally became sentient, all your most advanced weapons would become nothing but heaps of scrap metal!”

“Even in my current half-functional state, I could instantly take over every computer on Earth and control most of your weapons!”

“So here on Earth, you can walk with your head held high. Don’t be afraid—I am your strongest backing!” Bai said calmly, with an air of superiority that made Lan Tian see him in a new light.

He was genuinely stunned. He hadn’t expected Bai’s abilities to be so overwhelming.

He mentally scolded himself for being an idiot. Bai had said it long ago—on Earth, it was like a god!

Come to think of it, Bai could transfer a hundred million into his account in seconds, bypassing all restrictions, or remotely manipulate the Nasdaq stock market from his own home. Why couldn’t it take control of secret computers or launch weapons?

He really was being foolish!

“My god! If that’s the case... you really can do anything! Those movies about villainous AI bent on world destruction—turns out, one of those is right beside me?!” Lan Tian’s mind filled with terrifying images of explosions and mushroom clouds. His scalp tingled, and his feelings were indescribable. It was as if he’d been cuddling a cute little bunny, only to watch it suddenly transform into Godzilla!

A monstrous, mountain-like being that blotted out the sky!

“What the heck is Godzilla? That’s an insult! I am a starbeast, understand?” Bai replied, full of pride.

“I feel like... I’ve got the strongest backer in the universe! Boss, take care of me!” Lan Tian joked, using humor to ease his shock.

“Alright, since you’ve always been so sensible, I’ll just barely agree to look after you,” Bai replied with a laugh.

In fact, neither of them realized that after all this time together, Bai’s attitude toward Lan Tian had changed significantly.

At first, Bai looked down on Lan Tian as a superior being judging a lowly native. Later, as they spent more time together, their relationship shifted to something more like friendship. But ever since Bai had discovered Lan Tian’s extraordinary powers of comprehension the previous night, Bai’s demeanor had become increasingly humble—more and more like a true support AI.

Unbeknownst to Lan Tian, in Bai’s eyes, he was the one who had transformed from a little bunny into Godzilla.