Li Yao choked for a long time before he said, "Let's put it in another way. I can tell that you are a tough man. Why don't we make a deal? Isn't your ultimate goal to be the strongest? I don't know what level the 'strongest' is exactly, but as long as there are enough resources, time, and refining facilities, I can help you build a 'super iron body'. Its comprehensive combat performance is at least five times higher than the one you have right now. It can definitely keep up with your soaring battle database. What do you think? "
A Boxing Champion's crystal processor was humming restlessly again.
"Also, if you prefer the enormous magical equipment system that supports the sky like 'Great Iron City', although I am not very good at refining, I can mobilize tremendous resources and manpower to help you if there is a chance in the future. For example, I can build a … 'transformable starship' that can be switched between a starship and an enormous battle puppet freely. It will be very cool and good at fighting."
Li Yao said quickly, "It is not exactly a promise, but it is at least a possibility. After all, it is impossible for you to get any help from the Imperium of True Human Beings or the Immortal Cultivators. Once you are captured by them, you will only be dismantled into the most fundamental components for studies. Even your every chip will be thoroughly studied.
"Only with me and the force that has bred such a monster like me will you have the possibility of further strengthening and upgrading, right?"
A Boxing Champion's crystal processor, crystal cameras, and every chip inside his body were all cracking. After calculating for a minute, he said calmly, "I once heard a very interesting piece of intelligence. It is said that the Imperium of True Human Beings is fighting the Alliance of the Holy Covenant, another super force. So, are you from the Alliance of the Holy Covenant? If so, I cannot agree to such a deal.
"I don't have any opinion about the Alliance of the Holy Covenant. It seems to be a country that builds flesh and blood into cold puppets like me. According to my logic, it may be a solution for the survival and development of the civilization that is worth trying.
"However, if you are from the Holy Covenant, it will be too dangerous. If I get involved with you, the odds of my destruction will greatly increase. My logic and my database tell me that my best strategy is to stay as far away from you as possible."
"Don't worry about that. I have absolutely, absolutely nothing to do with the Holy League."
Li Yao said in a hurry. "Perhaps, you can consider me to be from a small, harmless force that is weak, insignificant, and insignificant."
"You should upgrade your fraud database and think of a way to make your lies more sophisticated."
A Boxing Champion said calmly, "But, continue. What kind of deal?"
"Help me protect these two little guys."
Li Yao was not embarrassed at all. He pointed at Han Te and the Coloured Glaze and said, "Before you are destroyed, you have to save their lives no matter what. If I can do it, I will definitely not go back on my words. In the future, I will definitely refine an even more powerful body for you. I will even become your exclusive technical consultant and explore the infinite possibilities of the 'Omnipotent Realm' with you.
"You can see a lot of my strength from this iron body right now. Just turn on all your crystal processors and calculate the benefits that the deal can bring you!"
A Boxing Champion was truly caught in a daze. His crystal processor was emitting more and more earsplitting noises. White smoke was even popping up from the gaps of the metal.
"Grandpa Yao!"
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze grabbed Li Yao's metal limbs and asked in surprise, "Why do we need Master A Boxing Champion to protect us? Are you leaving?"
"Yes. I have lost something very important in space that must be retrieved immediately."
Li Yao said solemnly, "Also, we have explored 99% of the secrets and truths in the Land of Sins. I have some speculations about the last, most important 1%, too. But as for whether or not my speculations can be confirmed, and how to crack them if they are confirmed, we will never find the answers if we stay here.
"The Immortal Cultivators have turned the Martial Meritocrats Sector into the Land of Sins and an impenetrable iron house. It is absolutely impossible to break it from the inside. But if there is a way to jump out of the dark iron house, chances are that we will be able to find a gap and destroy it immediately!"
"Then, take us with you."
Han Te said excitedly, "We are going to fight side by side with you, Grandpa Yao!"
"The entire sky has been sealed by the Immortal Cultivators. Even A Boxing Champion failed to break out with Great Iron City. I can only try to sneak out without alarming anyone."
Li Yao said, "It is impossible for the two of you to sneak out, and it is impossible for you to survive and fight in the vacuum of space for a long time. So, it is better for you to stay here.
"If you stay here, you will be fighting side by side with me. The 'temple of Cultivators', the control center of the global sword network, must be of some special use, too.
"Rest assured. I assure you that I will be back very soon — in a form that you can never imagine!"
"Grandpa Yao …"
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze looked at each other in bewilderment, both frustrated.
Listening to their conversation quietly, A Boxing Champion suddenly said, "I've finished my calculation. Although your background is mysterious, your capability is unpredictable, and the data that can be used for deduction is too little, after comprehensive analysis, the possibility of my strengthening and upgrading will still be expanded if I reach a deal with you. There is a 78.5% probability that it will play a positive role in my ultimate goal.
"However, there is one thing that I have to figure out, which concerns how I will carry out the deal.
"The two little fellows shouldn't be your family at all. What's so special about them that you have to make such a solemn deal to protect their lives?
"Do they have any unknown functions? Or are they related to certain powerful treasures that can make you stronger?"
Li Yao smiled and said frankly, "You've guessed correctly this time. The two little fellows can indeed make me, and perhaps you, stronger!"
"Oh?"
A Boxing Champion glanced at Han Te and the Coloured Glaze with sharp brilliance beaming out of his crystal cameras. "Can you tell me the mechanism?"
"No problem!"
Li Yao said casually, "The two little fellows are innocent, kind, and adorable. The moment I saw them, I was very happy. I couldn't help but have the urge to protect them. If I can really protect them, I will be in a good mood. After I'm happy, I will have more energy to eat, I will have more energy to train, and I will fight more efficiently. Won't that make me stronger?"
A Boxing Champion was silent for a long time. Then he said, "My self-learning and infinite proliferation database allows me to simulate all the emotions and ways of thinking of human beings vividly. Happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, and even ambition and ferocity. But for me, they are just different choices of survival and fighting strategies. I really can't understand the true meaning of these emotions, including the … 'happy' that you just mentioned.
"Is it important whether it is happy or not? In my opinion, the two little fellows are completely a burden for me to become stronger. They are worthless. "
"Then you are gravely mistaken."
Li Yao said, one word after another, "They are not a burden for me to become stronger, but … a reason for me to become stronger."
A Boxing Champion said, "A reason to become stronger? I don't understand. "
"It is exactly because you don't understand that you are not strong enough. That's why you were blown up by a mere 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'!"
Li Yao poked A Boxing Champion's shoulder with his metal limb and said solemnly, "Look, it is exactly because I have grasped the mysterious logic that I am stronger than you. You don't deny that I am stronger than you, do you?"
"I don't deny it."
A Boxing Champion shook his head and asked suspiciously, "Does it involve a logic circuit and a survival strategy optimization model that are more advanced?"
Li Yao: "… Maybe. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. Right now, you have a great opportunity before you. Try your best to protect the two little fellows. Just consider it a brand-new training. When you find the 'reason to become stronger', I believe that you will be reborn and reborn as — well, evolve into a real super artificial intelligence that is more advanced and stronger!"
"I don't need a 'reason to become stronger'."
A Boxing Champion said coldly, "I don't have feelings, I don't have self-will, and I am not a real life. I am just a puppet, a fully wound machine. The ultimate command is the only reason for me to become stronger."
"That's not necessarily true. It's like the people who have never seen the blue sky and the white clouds living in the underground world do not think that they need the light, either."
Li Yao said with a smile, "On many occasions, you think that you don't need it because you haven't discovered it yet … Let's not talk about it anymore. Deal?"
"Deal."
A Boxing Champion thought for a moment and nodded. "If the Immortal Cultivators and the Imperium of True Human Beings cannot propose more attractive terms, I will always protect the two little fellows."
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze were both angry and amused. Looking at A Boxing Champion's glittering body, they moved their lips for a long time but swallowed their words in the end.
"Also, a word of warning."
Li Yao said, "Be careful of 'Wei Longtao'. Even if you do find the 'temple of the Cultivators' or the command center of the global sword network, don't charge forward blindly. Try to keep a low profile if you can."
"How can I keep a low profile?"
A Boxing Champion said calmly, "There is a 95% chance that the Immortal Cultivators have discovered my secret. It is impossible for me to keep a low profile. Why don't you say that I try to keep a high profile to cover your existence and actions?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. He said in a low voice, "Thank you very much. Trust me. As long as I am here, no matter how riddled with holes and garbage you are, I will do my best to repair and upgrade you!"
"I can't find any successful strategy in my database. The only strategy that has a 1% success rate is to trust you."
A Boxing Champion said casually, "How are you going to get out of here?"
"I have my own solution."
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