Bai Luan looked directly into the eyes of the Great Black Tower and said, neither humbly nor arrogantly:
"Doesn't Lady Black Tower think that she herself, in that state, is more like a puppet on the strings of fate than Lady Black Tower herself?"
The Great Black Tower remained silent, their gazes locked for a long time before the Great Black Tower finally smiled and spoke first:
"You've grown quite a bit taller than you did at first."
"..."
Is this the main point?
Bai Luan smiled helplessly.
"Ms. Black Tower hasn't changed at all; she's still as energetic and beautiful as a young girl."
"Simply put, if you talk to me too much, I'll become a puppet of fate, so you're unwilling to say more?"
Bai Luan nodded in agreement.
"I see..."
She seemed to have taken it to heart.
call...
Bai Luan breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed he had managed to fool her this time.
However, Daheita's next words made Bai Luan anxious again.
"Then you can get involved in the construction of the Black Tower Space Station. That way, you can help me without telling me anything about the Black Tower Space Station."
Bai Luan was stunned. He opened his mouth, but couldn't find a reason to refute it.
Is this the problem-solving approach of a genius?
"But, Ms. Black Tower, is it really alright for someone as incompetent as me to get involved in such a big matter?"
Bai Luan began her final struggle.
"Aren't you very smart? I've read the report the puppet gave you. It says that no matter what task you're given, you can master it in one to seven days."
Building a space station is indeed more difficult than those projects, so I'll give you one month.
"I...this..."
"Can't you do it?"
"?"
Whom do you look down on?
I'll make it for you!
"Absolutely no problem!"
"That's good, take out your phone."
"Contact me directly if there is any progress."
The Great Black Tower left satisfied.
The heavy responsibility of building the Black Tower space station suddenly fell on my shoulders.
Just thinking about it gives me a headache...
They make grand promises when they agree, but become listless when it comes to actually carrying them out.
I'm even saving up to buy a spaceship...
After this ordeal, I'm afraid I'll be able to build my own spaceship.
never mind!
Bai Luan patted her cheeks and cheered herself up.
Now that things have come to this, complaining and regretting are useless!
It's just a space station!
Watch me grind myself out for you!
The dark room!
start up!!!
For the next month, Bai Luan spent herself in hell mode, devoting herself entirely to the design of the space station.
First, I asked the system to find the map of the Black Tower space station from the game in my previous life, and then I used the in-game model as a reference to make the design.
Once you get started, you'll find that the map in the previous miHoYo game was a super simplified map, only meant to be used as a reference.
At the same time, there is a lack of a great deal of professional knowledge, such as rocket dynamics and launch vehicle propulsion, modular design, closed-loop ecological systems, materials engineering, etc.
Fortunately, there was a black tower in the dark room who could be his teacher.
It was as if she was trying to make up for the lack of study intensity during those three years of leisurely life. The intensity of her studies during this period once drove Bai Luan to the brink of collapse.
This forced him to go to the botanical garden to clear his head.
For a long time, Bai Luan even developed a fear of the small dark room, feeling that going in was like going to prison, but if she didn't study, the one-month deadline was getting closer and closer...
Human potential is limitless when pushed to the brink of death. After a month of life-or-death struggle, Bai Luan painstakingly produced the design blueprints for the Black Tower Space Station.
When the design blueprint was completed, Bai Luan burst into tears and cried loudly in the dark room.
Does anyone know? Family members! Does anyone know?
Although only a month has passed outside, I'm almost dying of exhaustion in this dark little room!
Spaceflight with trenches!
If the employer and employee keep messing around, I'll...
I'm exhausted...
It's decided!
As soon as the news of the train resuming service spreads, I'll immediately head to join the Starry Sky Train. But if I keep doing this, I'll eventually exhaust myself...
Bai Luan sent the design blueprints to Daheita, then collapsed onto the bed and fell fast asleep.
This is a kind of exhaustion that originates from the soul, which cannot be recovered by physical rest.
When Bai Luan opened her eyes again, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
Bai Luan groggily opened her eyes, checked her phone, and saw that it had vibrated several times with a few messages.
Bai Luan's heart skipped a beat, and a sense of foreboding immediately arose.
When I opened my phone, it was indeed a message from Daheita.
The Great Black Tower: ?
Big Black Tower: You made this in a month?
Big Black Tower: You leisurely strolled around the botanical garden for a month and casually made this?
Big Black Tower: Why aren't you replying to my messages?
The Great Black Tower: You just wait.
Big Black Tower: I'm awake now, replying to the message.
The photo Daheita sent was of himself fast asleep in bed.
Holy crap, the Great Black Tower has been here?
Bai Luan immediately woke up and sat on the bed.
Looking at the string of messages, I scratched my head and finally gritted my teeth.
Bai Luan: I worked myself to the bone, overexerted myself, and overslept.
Big Black Tower: I really underestimated you. You actually completed this level of design blueprint in such a short time. It seems that a month is still too long.
Bai Luan: ? ? ?
Bai Luan: Ms. Black Tower, are you serious?
I've been studying like crazy this past month.
Do you still think I have too much time?
Is this human language?
Big Black Tower: I was originally thinking of giving you a month to familiarize yourself with this new field.
The Great Black Tower: I didn't expect you to bring out a finished product, and it's quite mature, like it's been built for a long time.
Big Black Tower: I have retrieved your activity monitoring records.
The Big Black Tower: Records show that you spent more than 80 percent of your observable time this month in the botanical garden, kitchen, or other non-work areas.
Big Black Tower: It's either chatting with mushrooms, researching new recipes, or simply spacing out.
Big Black Tower: Time spent slacking off is absolutely dominant.
Big Black Tower: So, you completed the design using only a little bit of "fragmented time"?
Big Black Tower: Still saying you're not slacking off?
Bai Luan: ...
Only after Daheita said that did Bai Luan realize that for most of the past month, he had indeed spent his time in the botanical garden complaining to the Inspiration Mushroom, staring blankly at the refrigerator in the kitchen, or finding a corner to clear his mind in order to relieve the mental trauma caused by the high-intensity study in the dark room!
To any unsuspecting bystander, this would be nothing short of blatant and unbridled slacking off!
The most terrifying thing is—he has absolutely no way of explaining it!
Should we hold the hand of the Great Black Tower and say:
"Dear Ms. Black Tower, actually I have a little dark room given to me by the system. I am learning in there and it is worse than death. What looks like I am spacing out is actually my mental recuperation."
Who would believe that?
Moreover, the Great Black Tower now fully believes that its origins were obtained by Aha, not by the system.
Oh no, if this happens, won't I become an extremely efficient genius in the eyes of the Great Black Tower?
In other words...
In other words, if such a job comes up again in the future, the first person the Big Black Tower will think of won't be anyone else, but only himself?!
Bai Luan seemed to see his leisurely daily life waving goodbye and fading into the distance!
No--!
return!
I need you!
A look of despair gradually appeared on Bai Luan's face.
Lady Black Tower...
Is it too late for me to confess now?
Actually, I'm not a genius at all!!!
This story teaches us that lying harms both oneself and others.
Bai Luan glanced speechlessly at the system's dialog box.
Indeed, the joys and sorrows of people are different from those of the system.
Chapter 21 The Saddest Person in the World
If you haven't met the saddest person in the world yet, then take a look at Bai Luan now.
Ever since sending the design blueprints for the Black Tower Space Station to the Black Tower last time, which reignited the genius's interest in him, one foreshadowing after another has been detonated.
Daheita first discovered that the food he thought was delicious was made by Bai Luan, and then he also discovered that the coffee he brewed was delicious.
Then they discovered Bai Luan's three accounts.
With each discovery, Daheita's interest in Bai Luan grew even strongHow come the more you investigate this person, the more likely they are to be found to be innocent?
Clearly, as the Great Black Tower's investigation progresses, Bai Luan's carefully maintained balance—pretending to be a genius so as not to be kicked out of the Great Black Tower, yet not being so genius that he would be given extremely difficult tasks by the Great Black Tower—is being gradually crossed, and is now sliding towards the worst possible outcome.
If things continue like this, my upper limit in the eyes of the Great Black Tower will keep being raised. What if one day the Great Black Tower regards me as a genius of the same level and casually gives me an extremely difficult task?
What if she really thinks she's a genius?
Bai Luan hid all the strange objects in his room overnight.
We can't let the Great Black Tower find out.
If the Great Black Tower were to discover that he also possessed the ability to create wondrous objects at will, he would likely be forced to live a life where a genius's word was enough for him to run himself ragged.
He hoped that the Great Black Tower's interest in him would gradually fade over time, until he himself slipped away to board the Starry Sky Train.
Bai Luan prayed like this in her room.
Contrary to expectations, Bai Luan's phone vibrated twice.
A bad feeling crept over me.
The Great Black Tower: I've finished reviewing the blueprints.
Big Black Tower: Although there are still many areas that need optimization, it's pretty good for the average person.
The Great Black Tower: It seems you've been overlooked before.
The Great Black Tower:
The Great Black Tower: Come here, I have something new to tell you.
Is it some kind of difficult job again?
Bai Luan sighed, looking at the information on her phone, and for a moment the thought of abandoning everything here and running away flashed through her mind.
But then I thought about it again. With the Black Tower so interested in me, if I ran away like this, I'd probably be caught and brought back soon.
It seems I need to be extra careful from now on.
Boarding the train needs to be considered carefully.
Bai Luan: Coming right now.
A short while later, Bai Luan arrived at the designated location.
"You've arrived?"
Bai Luan nodded.
"What do you want from me? Let me make it clear beforehand: the things I can do are basically all related to that blueprint. Everything else is beyond my reach."
"It seems that my brilliant idea is correct; doing it this way is indeed twice as effective with half the effort."
Bai Luan gave a wry smile in response to what the Great Black Tower had said.
"Don't worry, this isn't hard work. It's just to get you involved in the project. You just need to show up every day and make sure they don't go astray."
Supervisor?
This is indeed easier than designing; at least it doesn't require killing too many brain cells.
but...
"Ms. Black Tower, is it really appropriate for you to parachute me here like this?"
"Your individual contribution is greater than all of theirs combined, so what could they possibly have to complain about?"
Bai Luan's lips twitched.
This makes you more likely to be ostracized, okay?
It's not uncommon for character artists and modelers to clash, especially since building a space station is far more complex than that.
"Ms. Black Tower, to be honest, I've written that blueprint in enough detail…"
When I finished the blueprint in the dark room, the black-clad expert in the dark room commented that if I still couldn't understand it after all this, he should just find a block of tofu and kill myself.
While geniuses cannot be equated with ordinary people, they still offer some reference value.
"They already have the blueprint; even if I'm not there, they can still get the job done, right?"
"Just go when I tell you to. This genius won't let you suffer any losses."
"...I can go, but Ms. Black Tower needs to give me an authoritative identity, and I need to ensure my own safety."
"Okay, if anyone asks you who you are, just say you're my assistant, and no one will dare to question you."
Is she the assistant to the Black Tower lady?
It is indeed quite authoritative.
"In that case, there's no problem. By the way, Ms. Black Tower, what stage is the project at now?"
"It hasn't started yet."
In other words, apart from the blueprint you made, nothing has been started?
Bai Luan's eyes turned into dead fish eyes at this moment, and a strong aura of wanting to show off emanated from him.
You're creating a new folder, right?
Funding, construction team, site selection...
You haven't done any of these troublesome things?
If I had taken over such a project in my past life, I probably would have made a fortune on the very first day.
But this time, his boss wasn't some unreliable amateur; he was a big shot, so Bai Luan wasn't worried at all.
The reason he's now exuding an aura of eagerness to get started is mainly because he's realized he didn't need to rush things before.
Now that I've submitted the blueprint so early, all I've gained is that the big black tower has taken notice of me and forced me to add a bit of overtime and pressure to my otherwise pleasant and comfortable life.
Ah... thinking about it like this is so disheartening...
Anyway, the invincible Black Tower lady will find a way to solve everything. I have done my best. I can at least get a gold medal as a support player in this project. If there are any problems with the project, I will not be the one to take the blame.
"Is Ms. Black Tower planning to discuss cooperation with the Interstellar Peace Corporation?"
"That's right, those guys have been bothering me for a long time. I can use this to get rid of them. Anyway, those suckers are willing to pay, and I have plenty of money."
Bai Luan remembered that the company originally wanted to make a good start with the space station and continue to cooperate with Daheita.
But unexpectedly, after the space station was completed, the Great Black Tower quickly lost interest in it, handed it over to Estádio, and ran away.
The company didn't dare say anything to Black Tower about it.
In terms of the outcome, it's similar to the Black Tower getting a space station for free.
This technique requires a lot of skill; unless you're one of the only eighty-four geniuses in the universe, I don't recommend trying to imitate it.
However, the presence of this group of unlucky fellows actually improved Bai Luan's mood considerably, and she couldn't help but reveal a slight smile.
The big black tower glanced at Bai Luan.
What will be the outcome of this matter in the future?
"Everything will unfold as you predicted, Ms. Black Tower. All I can say is, as expected of you, Ms. Black Tower."
"He talked for ages, repeating himself without saying a single useful word."
"As you know, it's best to say less about matters of fate."
However… there's one thing I can tell you: things will go as you expect, but there will also be some unexpected gains."
After saying this, Bai Luan revealed a mysterious smile.
The unexpected gain that Bai Luan mentioned naturally refers to Aista.
Of course, even a genius like Daheita couldn't possibly understand the meaning of Bai Luan's riddle at this moment.
"Alright, stop showing off your abilities in front of this genius. If you can't explain it clearly, then don't say it at all."
Bai Luan shrugged, no longer a riddle.
"The project will officially start in a few days. Be prepared to go to the construction site at any time."
"Hey... do I have to go on a business trip again? Can I apply for remote work? The botanical garden can't be without my help."
"Don't overestimate yourself. This place can function normally without me, let alone you. I'll have a puppet take over your current job, so you'd better prepare for a business trip."
It seems this business trip is unavoidable; my routine of three years is about to undergo a change.
Fortunately, it's all temporary. Once the Black Tower space station is launched and enters orbit, I can return to my normal life.
"Oh, by the way, make me a cup of tea before you leave."
Bai Luan glanced at the tea set next to the big black tower.
Is this black tea?
Bai Luan picked up the tea set and skillfully brewed black tea, her movements practiced and elegant.
Before long, a cup of fragrant black tea was brewed, and Bai Luan looked at her reflection in the cup.
My previous daily routine... I should be able to go back to it, right?
Bai Luan handed the cup of black tea to Da Heita and watched her drink it.
Hmm...maybe.
I love hearing those words in Chapter 22.
More than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the day for the final module of the Black Tower space station to launch has arrived.
Among the crowd who witnessed the launch, Bai Luan was the most indifferent.
Of course, his inner world was not as calm as it appeared.
As she watched the countdown on the screen, memories of the past year flashed through Bai Luan's mind.
The negotiations with Daheita were swift; they finalized everything with the company in just two days and then sent themselves to oversee the construction.
Yes, there's also a Black Tower doll, but most of the time, this Black Tower doll is in human-machine mode, and its intelligence level is much lower than that of the Black Tower in my little dark room.
It can only be said that there are differences even among the Black Tower dolls.
Bai Luan then took over as Ms. Black Tower's assistant.
Yes, I'll be in charge.
I am the smartest one in this professional team.
Bai Luan realized this a few months after he came here to supervise the construction.
Why did it take several months to discover this?
Of course, it's because the first few months were the preparation phase. The sites and laboratories needed to build the space station were all built on the spot. The company brought in a professional team to build them from scratch.
The equipment is top-notch, and no expense is spared; even the transportation team members are among the best in the company.
Such a large investment demonstrates the importance the company attaches to this collaboration.
Bai Luan was happy for the first few months because all he had to do was confirm the goods and sign the shipping documents on behalf of Heita.
Not only is the work simple, but life is also quite good. After everyone in the company learned that the partner this time was Black Tower, everyone was racking their brains to come here, trying to get in touch with Black Tower.
It's a pity that there's only one Black Tower doll and a cheap assistant here.
However, due to the Black Tower's reputation, these people still looked up to Bai Luan, flattering him while inquiring about the Black Tower.
To Black Tower, these people were as annoying as flies, so she pushed Bai Luan out as a shield.
Faced with these people's probing, Bai Luan was happy to chat and tease them, and occasionally expand his network and achieve one or two collaborations.
Bai Luan used the techniques he learned from Black Tower to exchange for some credits, and also sold the copyrights of several games, signing a revenue-sharing contract.
The money I earned wasn't much, just enough to last me seven or eight lifetimes.
However, one thing that surprised Bai Luan was that the technology he sold was much more valuable to the company than he had imagined.
After the news spread throughout the company, the number of people coming to Bai Luan to discuss business increased significantly.
As the technical difficulty they demanded gradually increased, the price naturally rose accordingly. Eventually, they were no longer asking for exorbitant prices, but rather asking for huge sums, and people were still willing to pay for it.
As it turns out, the water that the giant scooped up and drank from between his fingers was an indescribable waterfall to mortals.