Wandering Gods of Day and Night

"Miss Qiang, can you make this Buddha Country Main Brain work for me?"

"Yes, this main brain doesn't have much technical sophistication." Miss Qiang pondered for a moment before adding, "Give me one night, and I can completely transform this human brain, erase its thoughts, and rebuild them from scratch… Hmm… thought reprogramming."

"Will there be any remnant of Buddha Country consciousness?" Zhou Xuan needed absolute loyalty from this main brain.

"Not at all." Miss Qiang emphasized, "This Buddha Brain is low-grade junk, all form and no substance, barely qualifies as a trinket."

The sheer disdain in her words seemed to provoke the Buddha Country Main Brain, which immediately emitted a mechanically numb voice, saying, "The Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty looks down on Buddha Country, deeming it low-end. Let me remind you, the war between the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty and Buddha Country ended with the annihilation of the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty.

Buddha Country exterminated every living being of the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty. You are nothing but ants that can be crushed with one stomp."

After those words, Zhou Xuan nearly wanted to smash the Buddha Country Main Brain into a pulp. This thing had a knack for hitting sore spots.

However, Miss Qiang remained unusually composed and said, "You want to provoke me to smash you to pieces, so you can stay loyal to Buddha Country, is that it?

You don't want to be used by Ah Xuan, wielded against your treacherous Buddha Country, am I right?

Sorry, but you're going to be disappointed."

Instead of getting angry, Miss Qiang smiled faintly and said, "Everyone from the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty is as emotionally stable as I am. We don't entertain destructive urges unless it's a matter of life and death. Such a harmonious tribe—and yet it's no surprise we couldn't stand up to Buddha Country, with all its underhanded schemes.

But that doesn't make you powerful; it just proves your Buddha Country's lack of class."

Hearing this, Zhou Xuan couldn't help recalling past events.

Buddha Country lost just one Baoshan Temple, and Mo Tingsheng practically went berserk.

But when Miss Qiang heard about the extermination of the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty, she simply sat there dumbly, shedding silent tears.

Miss Qiang was far stronger and more emotionally stable than he had imagined.

"Ah Xuan, leave this main brain to me."

"I shall sacrifice myself for Buddha Country…" roared the main brain.

"Sacrifice your damn self. If I didn't need you, I'd show you what real cruelty is."

Zhou Xuan couldn't help but curse.

With Miss Qiang's help in reprogramming, Zhou Xuan felt reassured. He left the Secret Realm and returned to his room to rest.

...

By the next day, daylight had broken,

and Miss Qiang was calling out to Zhou Xuan from the Secret Realm, "Ah Xuan, it's done."

"So fast?"

"It was done ages ago. I only called you because you've woken up. I've already spent a long time playing Monopoly with Jia, Yi, Ding."

Miss Qiang had even assigned the numbers Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu… to the human brains in the Secret Realm.

"I'll come grab it now."

Zhou Xuan stepped into the Secret Realm and took the main brain Miss Qiang handed to him.

"Buddha Country is nothing but scum. I shall never coexist with Buddha Country people."

The moment the main brain was in Zhou Xuan's hands, it quickly issued its "anti-Buddha manifesto," starkly different from its demeanor the previous night.

"Is this thing really that obedient now?"

"Reprogramming it was simple. This was originally Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty technology."

Miss Qiang explained to Zhou Xuan, "However, this thing is too low-grade, its sense of self is relatively rigid. Tell me what you need it to do, and I can help fine-tune it further."

"I want it to broadcast the secret of the Kongming Mirror to every corner of Jing Country's nine provinces, but not yet. Add two conditions: First, it'll only broadcast when I give the command, and second, if I die, it will automatically broadcast."

Zhou Xuan laid out his plan clearly to Miss Qiang. With an air of confidence, she transformed a part of Black Water into countless fine needles that pierced into the main brain's walnut-sized body.

Minutes later, Miss Qiang told Zhou Xuan, "Almost done. Normally, it will roam randomly across the nine provinces of Jing Country. During this period, its sole directive is to hide itself, and it will use every means to remain concealed.

Once you give the order for it to broadcast the secret of the Kongming Mirror to the nine provinces of Jing Country, it will reveal itself and act accordingly."

"As for your other request, take it outside the Secret Realm and drip your Finger Blood onto its body. That will establish a link with you, and no matter how far away it is, it will sense your heartbeat. The moment your heart stops, it will disseminate the Kongming Mirror's secret to every corner of the nine provinces."

"Impressive. I mean your method of reprogramming is top-notch."

Zhou Xuan thanked Miss Qiang and gripped the main brain, ready to leave the Secret Realm.

"Ah Xuan, I didn't record the Kongming Mirror's secret into it. You'll need to input it again outside—videos, sounds, text, anything will do."

"Got it."

...

After leaving the Secret Realm, Zhou Xuan first bit his finger and dripped the Finger Blood onto the main brain.

The newly reprogrammed main brain cooperated perfectly, opening a small fissure in its body to absorb Zhou Xuan's blood.

"Xuanzi, what are you up to now?"

Yun Ziliang glanced at Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan smiled and shut the shop door, addressing Yun Ziliang and Peng Sheng, "Come on, record the guiding method for the Kongming Mirror in front of the main brain. When the main brain transmits the Mirror Awakening Technique to Jing Country's nine provinces, all the cultivators there will see only the video. Learning materials—nothing beats video for clarity."

"Wait, it can do that? But can this Buddha Country Main Brain be trusted?"

Yun Ziliang's mention of Buddha Country immediately triggered one of the main brain's keywords. It let out a wailing cry: "Buddha Country people are born scum. I shall never coexist with Buddha Country!"