Strategy to Capture Men

"However, the fact that the world could be generated shows that he was able to accept his character design," Leo added.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Han Yanyan asked, surprised.

"Although the world is your design, there are two people in the simulated world - him and you," Leo said. "He has a say in his own setting. If he finds it completely unacceptable, then the world cannot be created at all. But if he finds it acceptable after wrestling with you and reaching a compromise, then the world may be generated successfully. "

"What does wrestling with me mean?"

"Let's say for example, if you set one of his values of him to 10 to better attack him, but he is in reality at 100, his subconscious mind won't accept such a low setting. He will then wrestle with you, and the final value may be 40, 50 or 60, 70. This is a compromise, something acceptable to both you and him," Leo said. "Especially that fellow. With his willpower, if you try to set him as a waste of space with no money, ability or identity, I bet it'll be impossible to build the world. So you'll have to pay attention to that."

It still didn't explain why Yao had reacted differently to Ding Yao vs. Yao Chen's character design, but Han Yanyan had gotten so much information that she couldn't but look down and digest it slowly.

When she stopped talking, Leo, who had until then been a chatterbox, woke up all of a sudden. "Fuck, why did I tell you so much... and without a mark... Ugh, forget it!"

"Even if I had marked you, you would just guess again anyway," he said angrily. "You're a sly woman."

Han Yanyan certainly wouldn't admit to having slowly coaxed the truth out of him. "I'm just trying to build better worlds and characters."

"Sophistry!" Leo retorted.

He was a self-taught scientist and could be said to be quite awesome as far as theory and technology went, but when it came to debating, especially against Han Yanyan, he had lost in the end.

He threw a customer's information at her angrily. "Read this well. This fellow is deceased, he can't possibly be any more dead. Just roughly duplicate his life."

Han Yanyan felt a gentle mental prick, and all the information on a person's life flooded in. Rubbing her temples, she asked, "Aren't you going to mark me?"

"Mark you, my ass!" Leo said, annoyed. "You crafty fucking woman, even if you know the truth you'll be fine faking it! Now come on, look through the data. I'm so tired I'm about to pass out, I wanna get to bed."

Han Yanyan closed her eyes and combed through the information. "This isn't Yao," she said, opening her eyes.

"Of course not. His deputy went to bed, and he's got to personally monitor the whole process. Taking care of that fellow will have to wait until he wakes up. Now hurry up," Leo urged, "I want to go to bed too."

"You're going to bed? Aren't you afraid I'll try to blow the mission goal's head off again. Or if you're not here, maybe their real self will kill me?"

"Keep dreaming. Don't you even think about dying until you make me enough money," Leo said. "This one is a departed, who has no body. His spiritual source is still there, but it can't attack. There's no need for you to worry."

So that terrible coercion from Yao Chen back then was spiritual power?

Han Yanyan remembered that at that time, there had also been a force trying to break out of her body. What had that been? Had it also...?

"Yo, you ready?" Leo demanded.

Han Yanyan hurriedly sorted through the rest of the information. Upon skimming over it, she said in surprise, "Is this dead client a… general?"

"And?" Leo asked through a yawn.

"Here a Duke, there a general, everyone's upper class," she laughed.

"Bosh!" Leo retorted, annoyed. "Violating the Basic Law of Life and the Universe, studying the technology jointly banned by every political force; do you have any idea of the cost?! The risk?! Of course it isn't cheap! Do you think ordinary people can afford it? If they die, they die and accept their fate!"

"Well, you've done this several times already. It's not that difficult to wake up the departed, only about as hard as that rich young master. Do it yourself. I can't even keep my eyes open anymore, goodnight."

He yawned. "I'll speed up your time. When I wake, you'd better have the world done."

As his yawn faded, the real AI appeared.

The electronic voice familiar to her asked, "Han Yanyan, are you ready to construct the world?"

Han Yanyan didn't answer it, but instead asked, "Has Leo gone to bed?"

"Yes. The administrator has logged out," answered the AI.

"AI, will Leo know about my current conversation with you?" 

"The administrator has full authority and may learn any piece of information by querying the records," it answered.

"What if he doesn't check? Will you take the initiative to report it?"

"Only operations that violate the safety regulations will generate warnings. Operations that do not violate any safety regulations will not be reported. Architects have limited permissions and are not able to perform any operations that may violate any safety regulations. Architect, are you ready to construct the world?"

Han Yanyan nodded. "I'm ready."

"Construction begins."