"Lumina MK2000 model, my ass..."
After bidding farewell to Stelle and Ruan Mei at Herta Space Station, Lumina returned to her room.
Opening her phone, she reviewed her recent highlights. When she saw the comments in the naming section about the "MK2000" designation, she could only mutter a speechless retort.
Of course, there were even more exasperating things...
"Little System, lock down the accounts of those crazies who claimed to be Lumina's sex slaves. When my gacha pool opens, guarantee they hit pity on every pull!"
Lumina had no intention of being lenient with those who made such vulgar remarks about her. She planned to thoroughly "satisfy" them by ordering the System to max out their account pull counters.
[I'm not a pet!]
At Lumina's command, the System silently adjusted the pull counters for those accounts. But after completing the task, it belatedly remembered Lumina's earlier remark and immediately retorted.
"I never said you were a pet! Why are you getting so worked up?" Lumina chuckled at the message on her screen, retorting, "Do you really want to be my pet that badly?"
"Just a heads-up, anyone—or anything—wanting to be my pet will have to queue all the way from Herta Space Station to the Xianzhou Luofu!"
"The competition is fierce, you know?"
Lumina wore an earnest expression as she gave the System a particularly kind warning.
[?]
Faced with Lumina's shamelessness and her irrefutable logic, the System could only respond with a ?, conveying its utter speechlessness.
Ding-a-ling~ Ding-a-ling~ Ding-a-ling~
Just as Lumina was monitoring the reactions in the live stream, her phone's Special Group notification suddenly rang.
Seeing the pop-up message, Lumina immediately tapped it open.
[Herta: Are you still at the Space Station?]
[Herta: What about Ruan Mei? Has she left the Space Station yet?]
"This Herta... didn't she claim the entire Space Station was under her watchful gaze?" Lumina couldn't help but find the messages somewhat amusing.
With a mischievous glint in her eyes, she typed out a very "punchable" word in response to Herta's questions:
[Lumina: Guess?]
[Herta: ?]
[Lumina: Guess if I'm still at the Space Station. Guess if Ruan Mei has left. Once you guess correctly, I'll tell you with a smile~]
[Herta: ?]
On the other end, Herta couldn't help but feel a bit speechless at Lumina's message.
Anyone reading this exchange would think Herta was texting a toddler under three years old.
Shaking her head, Herta didn't dwell on it. She rarely bothered with guesswork, and Lumina's previous message had already revealed enough.
Lumina was still at the Space Station, while Ruan Mei, having completed her experiments, had no reason to linger and had likely departed.
[Herta: I need to leave the Space Station for a while. Can you check the Simulated Universe for me?]
[Lumina: Why? Can't Screwllum handle it?]
On the other end, Lumina's eyes flashed with disbelief as she read Herta's message.
Judging by the plot of Mundane Troubles, Herta had no idea what would happen on the Space Station during her absence. How could she say something like that?
[Herta: Because Screwllum has already seen it. The new version of the Simulated Universe has been updated with many new features. You can try it out and give me your feedback.]
[Herta: I was planning to take you through it personally, but something urgent came up, so you'll have to try it out on your own for now.]
[Herta: Of course. If you have the time, you can wait for me to return, and I'll take you to try it out.]
"So that's what it was about," Lumina murmured, a look of sudden realization spreading across her face as she read Herta's message.
It's just a Curio, after all. Herta wouldn't care much about it.
Hmm... Even if Duke Inferno himself showed up, Herta probably wouldn't bat an eye.
After all, there's an insurmountable gap between geniuses and ordinary mortals~
Unless that mortal possesses power that absolutely crushes the genius... like me o( ̄▽ ̄*)ブ*
Little Herta, no matter how clever she thinks she is, I'll crush her under my Five Finger Mountain!
((SpyNote: Five Finger Mountain- Its when the Buddha traps Sun Wukong beneath a mountain shaped like five fingers.)
[Lumina: Alright, I'll go check it out later.]
Though Lumina secretly wanted to crush Herta beneath Five Finger Mountain, she maintained a facade of harmlessness on the surface~
[Herta: Good, goodbye.]
[Herta: After you've tried it out, remember to give feedback. I, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, and Stephen will all be listening.]
After sending those two messages, Herta's profile picture went dark, and she logged off immediately.
"This Herta... Even though she's practically an old crone, she's still as impatient as a young person..."
Seeing Herta's impatient demeanor, Lumina shook her head and sighed helplessly.
It's just that, despite her age, Herta still has the mind of a child, Lumina thought to herself.
A child's mind isn't so bad. Just give her a lollipop, and she'll follow me around like a puppy.
Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~
Just as Lumina was musing about the convenience of Herta's childish mind, the ringtone for the Special Group chimed again.
"Hmm... A message from the very embodiment of a child's mind," Lumina murmured.
Hearing the sound, Lumina opened the message and saw that it was from March 7th.
[March 7th: Sister Lumina! Why didn't you tell me you're on the Space Station right now?!]
Lumina didn't even need to read the message to know what it contained. With a gentle tap on the screen, she sent the standard T0-level response.
[Lumina: You never asked, March! If you had, I would have told you right away.]
[March 7th: Mmm...]
As expected, T0 truly lived up to its reputation. The moment Lumina's answer arrived, March 7th was instantly speechless, unable to come up with a response.
But the very next second, March 7th fired back with a T0-level retort of her own.
[March 7th: I don't care, I don't care! Facts aside, Sister Lumina, you're not wrong at all!]
[March 7th: Anyway, I've already told Himeko that I'm coming to the Space Station too!]
[Lumina: Okay, I'll be waiting for you.]
Seeing this, Lumina didn't press the matter further.
A beautiful girl wanted to come play with her? Of course, Lumina was a million times thrilled!
But...
Hmm... Should I add March 7th to the Version 1.7 storyline...?
Lumina stroked her chin, lost in thought.