Chapter 201 Silver Wolf: Really? Godfather!
Light gauze swayed like a flowing river of stars, and the Astral Express left a dazzling trail in the star rail.
As they proceeded towards the Xianzhou's galactic coordinates, the companions began to pack their luggage.
Caelus's first task was to find Herta and retrieve the Tala Mask.
The Herta puppet heads brought back earlier had already been activated by the Astral Rail.
There were too many puppets, and more Herta puppets would arrive in the future. Caelus was too lazy to name them individually, so he simply adopted Herta's method of using numbers for naming.
But there was a rather tricky problem.
The puppets Herta kept in the space station were all research types, equipped with scientific instruments and various detectors internally, and their personalities were also quite similar to Herta herself.
Their life skills were extremely low.
Caelus asked No. 2 to cook, and that guy almost blew up the kitchen!
From a glimpse, one can infer the whole picture; Herta, that old woman's culinary skills, were probably on par with a paramecium, perhaps even more terrifying!
Back massages and shoulder rubs, they could do them, but only just.
Their service attitude and craftsmanship couldn't compare to the loyal Shadow Ninja servants.
Caelus decided that he would go to Herta City later to pick out some life-skill-oriented Herta puppets to take care of daily living.
As for now, he would still use the Tala Mask.
Even life-skill-specialized Herta puppets couldn't match the convenience of the Shadows, which could be summoned and dismissed at will.
Since most of the required data had been collected, the experimental part involving the mask's main body itself was completed in the past few days. Herta unceremoniously tossed the mask back to Caelus.
"It's truly you! You've already achieved results in such a short time!"
Catching the mask, Caelus didn't leave immediately, but leaned closer to Herta, exclaiming.
With a flick of her hand, Herta glanced sideways at Caelus, showing no joy from the praise, but instead glaring at him displeased:
"Heh, brat, who do you think I am?"
"I am Herta, the most, most, most perfect Herta in the world!"
Herta folded her arms.
If she had researched something interesting or impressive, Caelus's praise would have been taken for granted by Herta; she, Herta, was simply peerless and stunning!
But to be amazed by such meager results now, Herta felt severely underestimated!
"Ah, yes, yes, Miss Herta is the cutest in the world!"
Inspecting the revamped Tala Mask, Caelus wholeheartedly agreed.
Herta had asked Caelus for help because she didn't want to wear that ugly mask.
But Caelus was unwilling to be her long-term research assistant, so to efficiently conduct her research herself, Herta chose to change the appearance of the Tala Mask.
Not to say that the mask could match her face; no mask in this world could conceal her peerless beauty!
Just to make it presentable enough not to tarnish her beauty.
Compared to before, the current Tala Mask could not be described as identical; it could be said to be completely unrelated.
The white beard was gone, it was shrunk to cover only the upper half of the face, inscribed with wisteria-like patterns, and the color no longer looked rustic.
"Not bad."
Caelus nodded in satisfaction; this "BBA's" (Big Bad Auntie's) aesthetic sense was still online. The mask looked much cooler, and he would feel more comfortable wearing it in the future.
"What about the ninja template? How is that?"
Caelus eagerly continued to ask.
As one of Caelus's conditions for assisting Herta with the Tala Mask and black magic research, Herta was to first research the shape-shifting of the Shadow, that is, to change the appearance of the summoned Shadows.
"It's been modified according to your requests... why don't you try it yourself? Alright, go play somewhere else, I need to continue my research."
Herta issued a dismissal.
In just a few days, she managed to modify the mask and the basic Shadow style—this was genius!
However, regarding the hidden magical system behind it, Herta had only glimpsed a tiny fraction of the iceberg.
"Then I'll leave."
Seeing this, Caelus stopped bothering Herta, put on the mask, and activated the ability again. A Shadow rose from Caelus's own shadow.
It was unmistakably Stelle!
However, unlike Stelle, the Shadow Stelle looked somewhat younger.
Her original 176cm 'tall and slender figure' had changed to a 150cm girlish physique, with a pair of raccoon ears on her head, and a soft, round tail wagging behind her.
Her attire was also not the original ninja uniform, but it still had obvious ninja elements: ultra-short shorts, ninja shoes, a crop top, and V-shaped bandages cinching her waist.
Shadow Raccoon Stelle, reporting for duty!
"Ohh! Very nice!"
Caelus's eyes lit up immediately, and he raised his hand to vigorously rub the top of Shadow Raccoon Stelle's head.
Don't ask why; just assume he learned it from Herta.
Herta made puppets in her own image; there's no problem with him making servants in 'his own' image, right?
However, currently, only the basic type has been modified; the other nine types are still unchanged.
Firstly, due to time constraints; a few days were not enough for Herta to modify all of them.
Secondly, due to combat effectiveness; the basic type was already a standard humanoid, and modifying it wouldn't affect combat power. Changing other models into beautiful girls would somewhat affect it.
After considering, Caelus abandoned the idea of modifying other models.
Shadow Raccoon Stelle for daily living and service, other models for combat—perfect!
Just as Caelus was cheerfully preparing to return to the train, his phone vibrated in his pocket with a message. Caelus pulled it out and glanced at it.
It was a friend request, with the remark [Good Bro].
Only one person would use this remark for him: his 'good son' and Silver Wolf-jie.
After a brief pause, Caelus narrowed his eyes and accepted the friend request.
[Returning Wolf King: Bro, the Wolf King is back!]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Are you Silver Wolf?]
[Returning Wolf King: It's me.]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: I don't believe you. My good bro is a super hacker who can battle a genius to the edge of the universe. How could she use such an unremarkable way to add a friend? Before, she always just hacked in, alright?]
[Returning Wolf King: ...Ahem, well, there was a bit of an accident before.]
The praise from 'Daddy who conquered Seele' was still very pleasing to Silver Wolf, but thinking of her hundred-plus accounts, she couldn't help but shed tears.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: I still don't believe you. Are you impersonating my good bro to commit telecom fraud? Don't think I'll fall for it; I have the Interstellar Anti-Fraud Center downloaded on my phone!]
Silver Wolf on the other side was somewhat speechless. Impersonating others for scams on the interstellar network was common, and Silver Wolf herself had done it many times, so Caelus not believing was normal, indicating his high vigilance.
And before Silver Wolf could even prepare to just hack Caelus's phone to prove her identity, Caelus's next message arrived.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: A top hacker like my bro can send 'spicy pics' to make someone 'die from exhaustion', killing them invisibly, from a thousand miles away. You say you're the top hacker Silver Wolf, then prove it.]
[Returning Wolf King: ???]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Don't send question marks, send some spicy pics!]
Staring at the quantum screen on which the reply popped up, Silver Wolf couldn't help but take her hands off the keyboard and lean back tactically.
Then, Silver Wolf suddenly understood something as if enlightenment struck her. She immediately extracted a quantum HD image of Kafka after her bath, wrapped only in a white towel, from her private server and sent it to Caelus.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Code correct, good bro, I've missed you so much! (Feng Gong's voice)]
[Returning Wolf King: Chibi Silver Wolf thumbs up.jpg]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: But, good bro, why did it take you so long to contact me?]
Caelus was a bit curious.
[Returning Wolf King: Sigh, I've been trying to salvage my accounts these past few days.]
[Returning Wolf King: That hateful Herta, to use such despicable methods! All gone, completely gone, truly nothing left... It's too much, too much!]
Silver Wolf gnashed her teeth. If only Herta had the guts to engage her in a frontal offensive and defensive battle!
Even collaborating with the company to encircle and suppress her would be acceptable, but attacking her accounts, what kind of genius does that make her?!
That dog Herta, besides her 118 game accounts, even her thousands of backup communication accounts were all blocked!
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Did you succeed? Uh, never mind.]
If she had succeeded, she wouldn't be adding him with a new account.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: I mourn for Bronya.jpg]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: So what are you going to do next?]
[Returning Wolf King: No matter what, I won't give up on my accounts!]
Those 76 game accounts, each was the result of her painstaking efforts. If it were just the main accounts, that would be one thing.
But her 42 small game accounts, each played with Seele, even if the character levels and equipment were low, they carried her memories with Seele.
[Returning Wolf King: I'm going to Pier Point!]
Pier Point, the headquarters of the Interastral Peace Corporation, the location of the interastral network's core servers. As long as she hacks in, there's a chance to get them back!
She can abandon the main accounts!
The small accounts must be recovered!
[Returning Wolf King: I'm going alone!]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Wolf, you absolutely don't need to face an enemy you can't win against.]
[Returning Wolf King: Can't win? I don't understand.]
Silver Wolf clenched her fists. The Corporation's headquarters, while tricky for her, wasn't that dangerous.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Alright, I wish you a victorious return! By the way, while you haven't gotten them back, do you want to use my account to duo with Seele? Anyway, I'm about to embark on new trailblazing, so I might not have much time to play.]
[Returning Wolf King: !!!]
[Returning Wolf King: Re-really? Godfather!]
Silver Wolf immediately jumped up from her chair, her eyebrows raised high, forming an exaggerated arch, and her eyes wide open.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Of course! When has your bro ever lied to you?]
If Silver Wolf didn't have an account, Seele wouldn't be able to play with Silver Wolf-jie. That absolutely wouldn't do.
What's it called when you sell someone out and then they help you count the money? This is it~!
[Returning Wolf King: Dad!]
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Alright, alright, when are you setting off?]
[Returning Wolf King: I'm already on my way. Also, when are you all leaving for Luofu? I need to intervene there a little.]
She wasn't in the Luofu script, but the opening ceremony needed her intervention.
Due to the Stellaron outbreak, Luofu had sealed all ports for incoming guests. Silver Wolf needed to hack into the Xianzhou system to help grant passage.
[Bronya's Good Daddy: Immediately, we're leaving now!]
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