Kiana temporarily gave up on using the spirit crystal to craft a body and instead slipped directly into the miniature Herta's body.
A Herta product is bound to be top-tier.
Why go through all that trouble herself when there was a ready-made one right here!
After Kiana possessed the Herta Puppet, she moved her limbs a bit.
Aside from the puppet body lacking human physiological structures and the vision being a bit weird, there wasn't much difference from a normal human.
The biological tactile simulation was also perfect; as expected of Herta.
The body was good, but... "The perspective is so short..."
Kiana looked up at Stelle's chin and complained.
This feeling was like returning to her childhood; back then, she had to look up at everyone.
Although it wasn't very comfortable, to be honest, the feeling was quite nostalgic.
Poke, poke... "Poke my face again and I'll bite you!"
Kiana bared her teeth fiercely at Stelle, who was poking her cheek.
But because Kiana currently had the face of Herta's younger self, that expression she thought was fierce actually looked incredibly cute to outsiders.
So adorably fierce.
"Kiana, you understand how to use this body better than Herta does," Stelle said, nodding seriously at Kiana.
"Tsk, hurry up and check the location."
Kiana clicked her tongue and urged with her arms crossed, looking a bit displeased.
Stelle nodded; though she was just born, for some reason, she instinctively knew how to use a phone the moment she held it.
She clicked the location in Herta's chat box, and then the two of them followed the GPS to a vast, dimly lit room.
Herta's office... Kiana had seen it in the photos Lisa sent her before; it was exactly the same.
Walking with Stelle to the light screen on the right depicting Herta's portrait, Stelle stroked her chin and began to evaluate.
"She's really pretty."
"Do you even need to say that? Hurry up and come over for the test, don't dawdle."
At some point, Herta, controlling another miniature Herta, came up behind them, hands on her hips with an impatient look.
She only gave Kiana, who was controlling her other miniature Herta, an extra glance and didn't seem to mind.
After all, puppet bodies have no physiological structure, and the controller was a beautiful girl.
Most importantly, she needed them to help her test the simulated universe.
Control over one puppet wasn't important to her; they were mass-produced models, after all.
"Herta, do we look like sisters now?"
Kiana leaned right in, hugging Herta's arm with a smile.
"Can you get one for me too? I want to try playing in a miniature Herta body as well."
Behind them, Stelle felt like her body was out of place compared to the two of them.
They were both miniature Hertas, but she wasn't. They weren't including her, were they?
Herta rolled her eyes at the comment. Did they think anyone could just use her miniature Hertas?
"Alright, you two stand on that. The machine will read your consciousness."
Herta pointed to the blue circle beneath the glowing inverted triangle, her tone somewhat casual.
The two nodded and stood on it together, but Kiana thought for a moment and stepped back.
"Herta, reading both of us at once won't make the simulated universe explode, will it?"
Stelle alone was one thing, but if even she was read, she felt that a simulated universe developed without Bronya's involvement simply couldn't handle her thoughts.
Herta shook her head and sneered at Kiana's arrogant remark.
"Heh, if you can blow up the simulated universe, I'll consider you capable."
Clearly, Herta didn't believe that something researched by so many geniuses could be of such poor quality.
A simulated universe that could even simulate Aeons—how could it not accommodate a mere consciousness without a physical body?
If it really exploded, she, Herta!
Would eat the entire simulated universe on the spot!
The peerlessly beautiful, breathtaking Ms. Herta was just that confident.
"Oh..."
Kiana looked up and nodded with a slightly naive expression.
Maybe nothing would go wrong. She wasn't in her complete form right now, so the simulated universe probably wouldn't explode.
Standing back on the instrumental circle emitting a faint blue light, Kiana thought with a hint of anticipation.
Herta adjusted the parameters of the simulated universe from the side, her small hands tapping continuously on the virtual keyboard.
Clack—
"Done. Start the test!"
Pressing Enter, the simulated universe began to run, and Kiana and Stelle's consciousnesses felt a slight sense of weightlessness.
After a brief moment of abnormality, the scene before them changed completely.
They had moved from Herta's office to another part of the Herta Space Station.
Or rather, the simulated interior of the Herta Space Station.
"The structure of the simulated universe seems quite stable."
Kiana looked around, and seeing no abnormalities like corrupted data, she felt relieved.
[This is the initial test. Next, powerful enemies you've encountered before will appear in the simulated universe. You just need to defeat them, and I'll control the backend to give you appropriate enhancements.]
Herta's voice echoed in their ears, giving them instructions for their next move.
"Say no more, game start!"
Kiana excitedly pulled out a Diamond Sledgehammer...?
Huh? Why is it the miniature Herta's weapon?
Kiana fell into deep thought as she looked at the Diamond Sledgehammer in her hand. Why was her consciousness in the form of the miniature Herta?
No wonder the perspective still felt a bit strange, and the simulated universe was running so smoothly.
Perhaps it was because she instinctively felt the simulated universe couldn't handle her original form, so she subconsciously made this choice.
Kiana felt this idea was very likely.
"Forget it, Herta feels pretty good to use anyway."
Kiana shouldered the sledgehammer, no longer obsessing over her form.
[What do you mean 'Herta feels pretty good to use'? You'd better explain yourself!]
"Well, don't sweat the details."
Kiana waved her hand dismissively and looked at the monsters gradually being simulated by the data... "Aren't these just grunts of the Antimatter Legion? Just some random mobs."
Stelle picked up her bat, gave a confident smile, and charged forward, taking them out one by one with ease.
[You... forget it, I know exactly what the data of my own body looks like...]
Herta didn't understand why Kiana's data form after entering would look like her.
"Since we're here, we can't just stand around."
Kiana shouldered the sledgehammer, lightly bent her knees, and leaped over the heads of the Void Rangers. Holding the handle with both hands, she slammed it down hard.
The powerful impact instantly turned a large group of Void Rangers into data fragments.
"It looks like this time it read Stelle's brainwaves and created these Void Ranger data entities."
If it continued like this, they might even run into a Doomsday Beast.
Soon, the two of them had cleared out all the Void Rangers. Then, they felt a flash of light on their bodies, and their power increased significantly.
[Initial test complete. I've assigned Stelle a special identity in the simulated universe: Akivili of the Trailblaze. I've already boosted your power. Next, I'll read Kiana's brainwaves and continue the test.]
Crack—
Just as Herta finished speaking, the scene around them shattered with a crack.
A deep black hole appeared before them, sucking the two unsuspecting girls inside.
[Crap, there's a partial system failure. *Bzzzt*—you—withdraw—temp—terminate—!]
"Dammit, how could something so ridiculous happen!"
Outside, Herta gritted her teeth and tapped the virtual keyboard incessantly, her eyes occasionally darting to the simulated universe unit, which was flashing red and sparking with electricity.
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