Chapter 272: Who Spread the Rumor?
Bai Feng casually plucked out an Image Retainer from his Storage Ring and explained quickly to Yu Yao:
“I’m planning to give the Image Retainer an open port. This port can connect to some fun little features—like installing a floating array and a hidden array, maybe even an overload array. Adding such features isn’t hard; even an ordinary Array Master can do it after a little studying.”
Unfortunately, he had previously focused mainly on entertainment functions like images and games, neglecting communication features. Otherwise, the Image Retainer could play all sorts of tricks.
Yu Yao pondered for a few seconds and realized Bai Feng’s plan was pretty sneaky—after all, if she openly provided her Junior Sister Shui with something like an Array Disk, she’d probably be disliked or targeted by certain factions.
But with the Image Retainer, no worries! It’s an ordinary item, looks harmless, and even a bit confusing, making Shui’s enemies guess what she’s really up to.
Plus, the best part: it’s cheap, easy to make, and can be mass-produced.
She finally raised her head and muttered, “Junior Disciple, how are you so sinister about such things?”
“What do you mean ‘sinister’? I call it ‘wise!’” Bai Feng retorted, then reached out with a smile, patting her on the shoulder. “Alright, Senior Sister, I’ve told you the method; I’ll leave this task to you now.”
“…I knew it,” Yu Yao said helplessly, then looked at Bai Feng, poking him gently. “If I do this well, what’s my reward?”
“What would you like, Senior Sister?”
She slightly averted her gaze, gently tugging at Bai Feng’s clothes and secretly glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. “How about you spend a day with me?”
“Of course! After these couple of days are done, I’ll spend the whole day with you.”
Heh-heh, good! That settles it then.
…
‘Research Room is still as busy as ever…’
Bai Feng watched his senior brothers and sisters in the lab, some with thick dark circles under their eyes—looked like they hadn’t slept in over a month.
“Junior Bai, you’re back!” someone noticed Bai Feng pushing the door open and grinned. “We haven’t slackened off while you were away!”
“Yeah, we did a major overhaul of the Simulation Secret Realm, dozens of small repairs, and optimized the array formations on each Peak.”
“And we also made that thing you mentioned—what was it, a forum? Take a look, Junior Bai, and tell us if anything needs fixing!”
“By the way, I heard from a senior brother this morning that Bai Feng used array formations to take down a Practitioner. Is that true?”
“I heard that too—said the Practitioner was a demon girl cultivator who instantly fell for Bai Feng, praised him for being good-looking, and wanted to kidnap him to be her husband.”
Bai Feng: “?”
What… what is this nonsense? Who spread that rumor?
“That’s not true! It was just a leftover soul of an Immortal, and defeating her wasn’t just my doing—everyone helped out.”
He hurried to explain, then before more questions could come, quickly approached the senior brother who mentioned the ‘forum’: “Brother Wang, tell me more about this forum thing.”
“No problem! It’s this thing!” Brother Wang immediately dragged over an object that looked like a blackboard. “We can write messages on it, set our names, and the coolest part is, our messages can appear on other boards too! To do that, I used a special messaging method—similar to a communication talisman, but it only works within a limited range because…”
Brother Wang kept talking excitedly, but Bai Feng wasn’t paying attention. Instead, he looked thoughtfully at the messages on the board.
Clearly, Brother Wang’s ‘forum’ was pretty crude. But he’d never encountered the internet of Planet Blue, so this was quite impressive already.
Thinking this, Bai Feng interrupted Brother Wang’s endless chatter: “Brother Wang, can you send me a copy of that messaging method?”
“Oh! Sure, hold on, Bai Feng!”
Brother Wang was quite excited despite being interrupted, clearly proud that Bai Feng approved.
Then Bai Feng continued, “By the way, Brother Wang, I want to add this forum to the Image Retainer. Since you invented it, I’d like to get your opinion.”
“No problem, Bai Feng! Feel free to add it. I’ve got no objections!”
Bai Feng nodded. “In that case, Brother Wang, how about signing a contract? When the forum-equipped Image Retainer is sold, you’ll get a share of the profits.”
Brother Wang waved dismissively again: “No need. Bai Feng, you’ve already taught us a lot, and I know my forum is pretty rough—no money needed!”
“Nope, that’s the rules. If I take everything you create for free, who would dare to invent something like a ‘forum’ again?”
“Um…” Brother Wang scratched his head, looking somewhat guilty. “Well, then, Bai Feng, just give me a little bit of money.”
Seeing Brother Wang’s dilemma, Bai Feng chuckled and shook his head: “If you’re really feeling bad, just work to improve the forum’s functions. This isn’t a one-time thing—you’ll need to keep updating and maintaining it.”
Brother Wang quickly nodded: “Don’t worry, Bai Feng! Leave it to me!”
Having received the messaging method, Bai Feng strode into his small lab. He had initially regretted not researching communication functions, but now he had a plan.
He intended to improve the messaging method and see if it could be used elsewhere, then draw up a rough design for the forum. Once done, he could ask Brother Wang to form a team to build it.
Aside from that, because Fang Yue was back on Eastern Continent to seek revenge, he needed to recruit a few more people to help upgrade and evolve the Image Retainer.
‘It feels like I don’t have enough hands. Maybe I should recruit a few more?’
Bai Feng leaned back, thinking that after going out, everything had gotten so busy.
Those brainless princes and princesses of Eastern Continent—fighting meaningless wars? If there weren’t any wars there, his workload would be so much lighter.
Just then, a figure quietly pushed the door open.
“Bai Feng, you’re back?”
Su Lan Qian saw the familiar figure inside the room and, fighting back her excitement, hurried over.
