Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 410: New Function

Chapter 410: Chapter 410: New Function

The 66.6 cm tall puppet sat up from the Alchemy Platform, blinking somewhat sluggishly. After a long while, it seemed to successfully start up, and blankly stared at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng originally wanted to ask Erin if this mass-produced shell was using "low bandwidth mode" at the moment. But seeing the dull and clueless eyes of the new puppet, he realized he didn’t need to ask—judging by this sluggish yet wise appearance, the bandwidth couldn’t be high.

Even Hu Li couldn’t help but murmur: "This doesn’t look very smart."

"Nonsense! Low bandwidth, do you understand what low bandwidth means?" Erin (Reinforced Steel), standing next to Yu Sheng, rolled her eyes instantly, then began trying to issue a command to the mass-produced self on the platform. "I’ll first let her get down and walk around..."

Just as the little puppet finished speaking, the mass-produced Erin on the platform swayed her body back and forth. Just like a machine starting up and doing a self-check, she slowly checked her limbs, and after two to three seconds, this mass-produced model awkwardly got up and crawled down from the Alchemy Platform backward—only to fall with a thud on the ground.

Yu Sheng: "..."

Hu Li: "..."

"What’s with those looks—it’s normal for the body to not adapt just after waking!" Erin (Reinforced Steel), temporarily serving as the host, looked a bit embarrassed but still tried to justify herself with a stiff neck, "Normally, I directly take over the new body, which is why it’s steady. Now, trying to let the new body move instinctively is...quite..."

Before she could finish, the mass-produced Erin that just climbed up from the ground fell again with a thud, and started crawling in a weird position...

Yu Sheng couldn’t bear it anymore, stepped forward to support the mass-produced Erin crawling around, "I think the first thing you should do is take over a bit, at least explain to this body what ’walking upright’ means."

Erin paused: "Is...is that so?"

Then came another round of scrambling—a completely inexperienced Hu Li added to a half-baked Yu Sheng, along with the not-so-reliable puppet. The trio of unreliable guys gathered together to study how to get a living doll that has life but no brain to move according to simple commands. Through countless failures, Erin finally seemed to grasp a bit of the trick and successfully activated the slumbering "spirit" in this completely blank mass-produced shell.

Yu Sheng found it hard to describe what happened at that moment—but he truly "felt" the change.

He felt that the hollow puppet shell in his hand suddenly had a bit...a tangible sense of life, as if the originally empty shell with a semblance of life suddenly became a true "living" being with a spirit. Then, this small body slowly turned its head, its slightly stiff eyes blankly staring this way.

Yu Sheng hesitated as he placed the mass-produced Erin on the ground, watching her sway a few times before standing firmly.

She lacked self-awareness, let alone any hint of "intelligence." In essence, she was still a "container" directly controlled by Erin, but now, this container possessed the most basic "spirituality."

It was something between a "soul" and a "shell."

"...Is this the ’Mechanical Soul’?" Yu Sheng asked thoughtfully, observing the slowly turning head of the mass-produced puppet, "Or according to Xuan Che’s terminology...Artifact Spirit?"

"Come, walk over here."

Erin gestured towards the mass-produced puppet, attempting for the first time to move her "shell" using a command instead of direct control.

The mass-produced puppet immediately responded, determined Erin’s position, and stepped towards her.

"Oh oh! It worked! Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng look! It worked!" Erin instantly became excited, turning her head to shout happily at Yu Sheng, then turned back, carefully examining her "mass-produced self" standing in front of her, "Wow—seeing my shell in this way for the first time feels quite incredible..."

"It’s just you who can adapt this quickly. Anyone else would find having another self swaying in front of them awkward," Yu Sheng remarked with a hint of admiration, then waved his hand, "Alright, alright, try some more complex commands and then test the ’new features’."

"Ah!"

Erin immediately responded and began a series of tests on the mass-produced puppet.

Basic running and jumping, then more refined climbing and grabbing actions, and finally the high-difficulty task of mimicking writing movements.

The mass-produced puppet silently executed a series of commands from the "host," even though it looked perpetually stiff, nearly every command was completed flawlessly.

Yu Sheng watched with a tinge of amazement as Erin conducted various tests—now the two little puppets were lying on the ground, with Erin holding a ritual knife carving a set of complicated alchemy runes on the ground, while the mass-produced puppet mimicked Erin’s movements with another knife, perfectly replicating the runes.

...In all honesty, watching the two little figures lying there carving runes is quite amusing.

"No problem with basic actions, no issue with execution capacity; tasks that have been executed or referred to once can easily be completed, and it can understand human speech," Erin said as she climbed up from the ground, patting her hands and then turning around to pat the mass-produced puppet’s skirt, "Just that sometimes the response can be a bit slow, and it can’t handle complex and sudden situations—but in case of difficulties, it should seek assistance...I think I’ve successfully taught her the concept of ’help-seeking’."

The mass-produced puppet stood dazedly aside, seemingly listening to Erin, or perhaps just silently observing Erin’s movements, and after a while, she suddenly clapped her hands, then went to pat Erin’s skirt.

"...The ability to learn and imitate is impressive," Erin added.

Hu Li was a bit curious, "Will every mass-produced doll in the future need to be taught by you like this?"

"No need for that. They can learn from each other afterward," Erin waved her hand. "Mass-produced dolls aren’t very flexible, but sharing knowledge and experiences among them is even easier than for humans. Any new thing only needs to be taught to one of them, and the rest will quickly learn it as well."

Hu Li thought about it and quickly understood what the other meant, "Are they networked?"

"It’s ’we,’" Erin corrected earnestly, "All Erins are connected, whether mass-produced or not — but right now, there’s only this one ’prototype’ for mass production, so I can’t say what it will be like when the scale of the mass production comes... we’ll see then."

The little doll may not be big in size, but she has a broad heart — though to be fair, she’s always had such a broad heart.

After the basic tests were completed, it was time to test the "new functions."

"Next, let’s see how well the ’special ability’ of the mass-produced model works," Yu Sheng gently exhaled, his gaze falling on the dazed mass-produced doll, "You should step back a little."

The mass-produced doll seemed to process for a moment, as if confirming whether she should follow Yu Sheng’s command, but soon she nodded, turned around, and walked toward a corner of the laboratory.

"Will it really work?" Erin looked at Yu Sheng, a little nervous, "Don’t break my first mass-produced model!"

"Don’t you trust my work?" Yu Sheng glanced at the little doll, then turned his attention to the not-too-distant "mass-produced model."

Strictly speaking, it was focused on the "Pre-made Door" inside her.

He gently exhaled, calmed himself slightly, and raised his hand towards the air beside him—

By imitating the principle of the "portable No. 66 Wutong Road," Yu Sheng left an imprint of a "door" in the framework of the mass production model, but at the same time, it wasn’t the same as the "door" he usually used;

During the "manufacturing process," each "Erin" has Yu Sheng’s blood in her body. That portion of blood equates to granting each "Erin" equivalent door-opening permissions and an "activation key";

The combination of blood and door was a complete system.

Yu Sheng lightly pushed the space beside him.

Standing at the end of the laboratory, the mass-produced doll suddenly blurred and turned illusory. Her small figure rippled in place, and in the next second, she seemed to turn into a constantly "inverting" rift, instantly disappeared, and reappeared next to Yu Sheng.

Hu Li stood dumbfounded, watching this scene unfold, then immediately realized — this process was identical to how the "Otherworld Inn" transported in and out of the valley!

Yu Sheng smiled.

Just as he anticipated, the transportation method of the "Otherworld Inn" could be replicated.

Back then, he transported that massive ship from outer space to this valley by integrating the "door" he opened with the ship’s Phase Engine, treating the entire ship as a large door. That’s how he could "flip" the coordinates of the ship to the other side of the door in an instant during the "door opening," thus sending it to the destination "Black Forest."

This process differed from his usual method of opening doors, but the principle remained essentially the same.

At least in Yu Sheng’s eyes, the essence behind it was identical —

The door symbolized separation and connection; it was a link connecting two isolated places. The opening of the door was the fusion and coexistence of two spaces — "You" pass through the door, or the door passes through "You," "You" step into the other side of the door, or the space on the other side of the door comes to your feet, it is all the same.

As long as the outcome is consistent, the form and process of door opening do not matter at all.

Even the form of the door itself doesn’t matter.

Yu Sheng pondered, and then looked down, smiling at the mass-produced doll still standing beside him, who looked a bit dazed — unsure if it was because she was startled by the sudden teleportation, or if she always looked like this.

Erin strolled over, looking up: "Come to think of it... the new function of the mass-produced model isn’t just about being ’summoned’ to you at any time, right? If that’s all, then you might as well just open a door and bring someone over casually."

"Of course, it’s not that simple," Yu Sheng laughed upon hearing this, "These mass-produced dolls with ’Pre-made Doors’ can play a very significant role."

Erin blinked, beginning to ponder.