Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 432: Chapter 418 Fureya’s Personal Opinion (Second Update)

When Jiang Qiao received this request, he was still dozing off on the sofa. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Hai Lan beside him shouting, “It’s terrible! The Fureyas are going to rebel!” and such.

This made Jiang Qiao give up his nap time and log directly into the instance lord’s dormitory of Holy Spirit City.

Recently, Jiang Qiao had moved his own Fureya’s temporary residence into the instance lord’s dormitory. Jiang Qiao’s Fureya was standing quietly in the garden, waiting for Jiang Qiao to arrive.

Some time ago, Jiang Qiao had assigned her some tasks that shouldn’t belong to her, such as roaming Biland Island to issue tasks related to ecological balance, and her recent work as a city construction guide.

“Holy Spirit,” Jiang Qiao’s Fureya said with a rare look of unease on her face when she saw Jiang Qiao walking over.

“I know you’ve been under a lot of work pressure lately, but you can’t take it out on the Holy Spirits, ahem… just kidding, let’s sit down and talk.”

Jiang Qiao pulled a chair for Fureya to sit, then found another to sit down in front of her.

At that moment, the Wasp Knight, one of the five Knights, and the gossip-loving axe-wielding man were both snooping from a distance. After Jiang Qiao gestured with both hands to shoo them away, the Wasp Knight made a face and pulled the axe-wielding man away from the instance lord’s dormitory.

Now, within the entire dormitory, there was only Jiang Qiao and… Hai Lan, who was eavesdropping.

Hai Lan… Jiang Qiao couldn’t drive away, but no one minds a cat eavesdropping while talking with a friend.

“Have the Fureyas had any new thoughts recently?”

Jiang Qiao asked while facing this exquisitely crafted girl who looked unreal.

The Prototype Fureya still had many of the qualities of a doll, and while many players treated their own Fureyas as beloved wives, it couldn’t be denied that she was just a doll.

But even as a doll, Fureya was trying hard to learn how to… be more human.

“Holy Spirit City has welcomed more and more visitors from outside, but the Holy Spirits still guide… my sisters out of your designated space with the guiding stones. The visitors possess certain risks and aggression, and if my sisters are still too fragile to need the protection of the Holy Spirits, some accidents may occur in the future,” Fureya informed Jiang Qiao with a calm tone.

“That’s a rational analysis, but I don’t want to hear your rational analysis. I want to hear your true thoughts, your real desires… or rather, your collective desires,” Jiang Qiao said.

Jiang Qiao had also considered what Fureya had analyzed. That is, the base for the Cola Fanatics was no longer inhabited by completely friendly NPCs, but a group of neutral NPCs from all over the star map.

Yet, the players of the Cola Fanatics still used guiding stones to take their own Fureyas out for some fresh air, and that was understandable…

Jiang Qiao had set up an emergency mechanism in every Fureya, which was to teleport directly back to Fureya’s room in case of an attack.

However, this mechanism wasn’t always effective… but this was just a cunning excuse Fureya used to try to persuade Jiang Qiao.

Indeed, the Prototype Fureya possessed her own emotions; she remained loyal to Jiang Qiao, but… she was a bit like a teenage girl in puberty, always having extra thoughts about her father’s instructions.

The original batch of ‘Fureyas’ likely also influenced the thought processes of the Prototype Fureya.

“Just wanted to give it a try. This idea comes from Fureya Number 60000; her proposal has received the majority approval of my sisters,” Fureya said.

“60000… Isn’t that Mo Shigui’s Fureya?” Jiang Qiao remembered that his own Fureya had also talked to him about some changes in Mo Shigui’s Fureya a while back.

Mo Shigui, as the president of Dynamic Nucleus, was an upright and conscientious person, but his Fureya’s character leaned towards the feel of a little devil…

“Let me see…” Jiang Qiao extended a fingertip and placed it on the forehead of his own Fureya. A golden light spilled from his pupils.

After talking with Mo Shigui’s Fureya about life aspirations for a while, Jiang Qiao roughly understood how this Fureya was thinking.

She purely wanted to know where her Holy Spirit had gone, how to find him, and if it was possible to go out. Since there were strangers everywhere outside now, what should she do upon encountering them?

A pile of questions accumulated, and the ultimate solution they came up with was… to participate in the Holy Spirit Challenge.

“Is this situation good or bad?” Jiang Qiao released the finger from his own Fureya’s forehead.

Jiang Qiao had enabled Fureya to learn emotions, but having emotions meant having desires… In Jiang Qiao’s original design, all Fureyas shared one common trait: frigidity.

She was always the best-behaved child, never fighting for anything.

Though Mo Shigui’s Fureya had similar thoughts, after Jiang Qiao informed her of Mo Shigui’s situation, she became much calmer and expressed no further demands.

“Holy Spirit, if you think this is inappropriate, please disregard the request.”

“No, I believe it is necessary, other Fureyas may not be able to grant her too much power, but you… can.”

Jiang Qiao didn’t have enough Creation Energy to make all of the Fureyas capable fighters; to make every player’s Fureya as strong as the player themselves, the required Creation Energy would not be recoverable even if five or six Hai Lans were sold off.

But there was no problem for Jiang Qiao to focus on strengthening his own Fureya… His Fureya could represent her sisters in this competition.

“I’ll give you skills and weapons for combat only. As for combat techniques, I’ll find you a teacher. How far you can go in the Holy Spirit Challenge will depend on yourself.”

As Jiang Qiao spoke, he stood up, and suddenly, a long row of weapon cabinets appeared on either side of him. These weapon cabinets included all the legendary weapons above level fifty in Holy Spirit, and some that Jiang Qiao hadn’t even released to the players.

“Now choose a weapon that feels right to you,” Jiang Qiao said to his Fureya.

Expressionless, Jiang Qiao’s Fureya stood and her gaze swept over the weapon cabinets stretching over two hundred meters in front of her. Eventually, she walked up to a giant scythe emanating a chilling frost and, hesitating for a moment, still reached out to grip the scythe.

“Unexpectedly… fitting? Hmm… why do I get the feeling that your popularity will soar after entering the Holy Spirit Challenge?”

Jiang Qiao cocked his head, examining Fureya, who was now holding the giant scythe named Frost Heaven. Forged from the materials of the Heavenly Frost Dragon, it was known for releasing a heavy mist of frost during combat that would gradually immobilize the enemy. However, only a cola-crazed Fallen Demon player possessed this weapon after Jiang Qiao made it, essentially making it a unique representative of Biland Island series weapons in the game.

“Your body can’t handle the power of this weapon yet.” Jiang Qiao placed a hand on the back of Fureya’s hand, which was turning to frost. “But don’t worry, it won’t be long before you can adapt…”

Jiang Qiao looked into the depths of Fureya’s eyes, which still held some trepidation…

“Is it really okay for me… to wield a weapon as a Holy Spirit?” Fureya finally voiced her true concern with a worried ask.

“No problem at all. In the arena, the Holy Spirits would probably be delighted to have their heads chopped off by your scythe. Of course, that’s just an exaggerated metaphor. Come… I’ll design your abilities and preset motion templates for your skills as a Boss, no… as a competitor. For more combat techniques, the Wasp Knight will teach you.”

Jiang Qiao was well aware that the biggest draw of this online Holy Spirit Challenge was the variety of NPCs participating. Fureya, as a competitor and a formidable opponent, was likely to generate a significant amount of interest among the player base.

“Infusing power might be a bit painful. I forgot – you are a puppet without the sense of pain.”

Jiang Qiao remembered that the Fureyas didn’t have the sensation of pain, but if his own Fureya was to be involved in combat, it seemed that feedback from pain might be necessary.

“It is not a pleasant sensation; are you sure you want it?” Jiang Qiao hadn’t synchronized the pain plugin to the other Fureyas; he was simply asking his own.

“If that would make me more like you.”

“Well, then.”

Seeing his Fureya put down the scythe, take his right hand in both of hers, and kneel before him, Jiang Qiao’s pupils began to shift to a pale gold color.

“Your body cannot withstand level fifty power all at once. If you feel uncomfortable, let me know right away.” Jiang Qiao knew that the power of the Devouring God was anything but gentle.

As Jiang Qiao started to channel Creation Energy into Fureya to strengthen her and had reached about level twelve, the tips of her fingers began to crack.

“We’ll stop here for today,” Jiang Qiao said, immediately halting the transfer of Creation Energy.

“Is this the power that Holy Spirits have always had to bear?” Fureya looked at her fingers, which had begun to crack, without any blood seeping out, yet the swelling sensation inside her was still somewhat unbearable.

“It’s only level twelve, and there are fifteen days left. Take it slow.” Jiang Qiao said, after reaching out to touch Fureya’s fingertips and healing the cracks.

This was also why Jiang Qiao didn’t choose to level up the players to the max all at once. Fureya’s body would collapse under an abrupt enhancement, which Jiang Qiao could fix, but for players, it would be their real bodies that shattered during the leveling process.

It was a slow process of conditioning. And for Jiang Qiao’s Fureya to become as combat capable as the players, the cost was going to be severe; the Creation Energy used was counted in the tens of thousands, and Hai Lan had already begun biting a handkerchief with a resentful expression.

“Have I… caused you any trouble, Holy Spirit?” Fureya felt Hai Lan’s reproachful gaze.

“It is a bit of trouble, but how should I put it… it’s about time a character like this appeared in the game of Holy Spirit,” said Jiang Qiao.

“A character?”

“Never mind what I said.” Jiang Qiao thought it would be better not to continue corrupting this first Fureya prototype.