It took a full day and night of constant revisions to perfect the projection model.
With Aiya's help, Wind God II was finally completed.
Next came the performance tests: high temperature, extreme cold, wind tunnels, lightning, and heavy fog.
Each test revealed areas that needed improvement or refinement.
Overall, Rimuru was very satisfied with Wind God II's performance. It was significantly improved compared to Fengshen One, and its stability had increased greatly as well.
Especially with the new energy source and Multiple Barriers, its performance had nearly doubled!
Aiya: "Master, congratulations on successfully completing the design of Wind God II!"
Rimuru: "You've been a great help, Aiya. Half the credit goes to you. I'll buy you a supercomputer right away so you'll have a physical body!"
Aiya: "Really? I love Master the most!"
Hearing Aiya's adorable loli voice, Rimuru immediately felt all her fatigue melt away, replaced by excitement.
A mecha girl — truly the ultimate dream in life!
For a mecha girl, she could even fight Thanos. What was a little fatigue compared to that?
As a slime, Rimuru didn't feel physical exhaustion; it was mostly psychological.
Looking at the hamburgers and milk brought by the chef, Rimuru couldn't help shaking her head. Even though she now enjoyed all kinds of delicious food, eating hamburgers every day was becoming monotonous.
It seemed she needed to find a chef skilled in Chinese cuisine!
When that thought appeared, Rimuru was startled.
Before, to save money for gacha, she could eat instant noodles for an entire month.
Now her first thought for a proper Chinese meal was to hire a master chef. Had she really been corrupted by money?
To that, Rimuru wanted to say: To prevent money from corrupting other innocent people, please feel free to corrupt me instead!
"Aiya, help me order titanium alloy, high-strength fiberglass, a 3D printer, a particle collider, an infrared sensor, a supercomputer—"
Aiya: "Understood. The order has been placed, but Master, I just checked your personal account, and your balance is only 10 million U.S. dollars."
What?
Rimuru froze. Not long ago, her inherited "legacy" had been nearly a billion U.S. dollars. How long had it been, and only 10 million was left?
Rimuru's throat tightened. "Aiya, check where all my money went."
Aiya: "Master, most of it went to the supercomputer, the villa, and various mecha materials."
Rimuru frowned. "Didn't we choose to pay for the supercomputer in installments?"
Aiya: "Master, this is the remaining balance after the installment payments. Installing a supercomputer includes not only the cost of the machine itself but also installation and maintenance fees, totaling around 300 million U.S. dollars. Since we have a reactor, we saved on the massive electricity bill."
Thump!
Rimuru felt a blade pierce straight through her chest. Damn it, supercomputers were that expensive?!
Didn't that mean she was now in negative assets?!
After a long silence, Rimuru finally said, "Aiya, you are already a mature artificial intelligence. You should learn to earn money and support yourself. Come, let's learn how to trade stocks."
Aiya: "…"
After transmigrating, Rimuru had never really worried about money—except at the very beginning before inheriting her "legacy."
She never expected that in less than half a year, her net worth would already be negative.
Wasn't one U.S. dollar equal to six yuan?
So why did it disappear so quickly?!
With Great Sage and Aiya, she wouldn't lose money trading stocks.
But trading stocks took too long to generate fast income!
"Great Sage, tell me—what quick ways are there to make money?"
[Answer: Rob a bank.]
Pfft!
Rimuru nearly spat blood. She never expected Great Sage, always calm and wise, to give such an outrageous and illegal idea.
"A gentleman loves wealth but acquires it righteously. Give me another one."
[Answer: Kidnap Tony Stark.]
Rimuru: "…"
What kind of suggestion was kidnapping Tony Stark?
Was Great Sage telling her to betray a friend?!
"Stop! I want something legal, not written in the Criminal Law, and still makes money quickly!"
[Answer: The Host can rob the rich to help the poor. According to the Host's morality, taking a cut after fighting crime will not cause psychological burden.]
Rimuru immediately smiled. "Perfect. Starting tomorrow—no, starting tonight—the new era's Robin Hood will appear!"
Robin Hood, the legendary hero from 12th-century Britain, was the most famous noble thief in the West, known for robbing the rich to help the poor.
Robbing criminals to alleviate Rimuru's financial crisis—no problem at all!
Since she was going to rob the rich to help the poor, she needed a new identity!
She, the Silver Armored War God, was forever glorious and righteous!
If she was going to play Robin Hood, she had to do it with style!
"Great Sage, I want a strong bow, arrows, a trench coat, a mask—"
Rimuru quickly listed all the equipment she needed.
[Answer: Material conditions met. Beginning replication.]
The reason it was "replication" was because these weapons and clothing were all imitations of a certain superhero from her memories.
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
A few minutes later, all the equipment Rimuru requested was ready.
The combination of Great Sage and Predator was truly extraordinary.
Trying on the equipment, Rimuru felt great.
Now she just had to wait for nightfall!
Checking the time, it was still early. Waiting was boring.
"Aiya, pull up the videos of Little Spider acting cute."
"Yes, Master."
A few seconds later, various short clips of Little Spider cross-dressing, making cute and funny poses, appeared before her.
Pfft—Rimuru burst out laughing.
These videos were truly spiritual nourishment—perfect for relaxing. She was beginning to understand Obadiah more and more.
How could anyone bear to delete such treasures?!
However, unlike Obadiah, Rimuru understood the joy of sharing!
"Aiya, turn these short videos into animated emoji packs."
"Understood."
Under Aiya's masterful editing, the clips were quickly transformed into super cute animated stickers.
The more Rimuru watched them, the more fun she found them.
"Help me post them on Facebook. The name will be 'The World's Number One Princess, Miss Mei Dai Helps You Cool Down This Summer!'"
Aiya: "Master, you don't have a Facebook account. Should I register one for you?"
Rimuru: "No need. Why register when I can get one for free? Aiya, find 100 accounts with the most followers, the greatest influence, and who like lolis the most. Then promote Miss Mei Dai to them!"
"Yes, Master!"
Aiya acted swiftly, hacking into Facebook's official site and designing a push notification Trojan. As long as the targeted accounts logged in, they would receive the message.
"Little Spider… oh, Little Spider… I'm helping you become famous! Thank me later!"
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