Chapter 59: Ch-59: Lilith
Victor thought as he rubbed his chin and then said, "I will call you Lilith."
"Thank you, sir," replied Lilith as its voice changed to a feminine one.
"Why did your voice change?"
"From my knowledge, I found that Lilith is usually used as a female name; hence the change, sir. Would you like me to change the voice?"
"No, keep it." He liked its intuitive thinking.
"Thank you, sir." Then, under his stunned gaze, the AI’s appearance changed into that of a chubby cat.
Victor was confused and then asked, "Why did you turn into a cat?"
"From my knowledge, I learned that people are more comfortable interacting with animals and pets than humans. Would sir want me to change my appearance to a woman?" the AI cat asked.
"No, it’s fine," Victor said as he waved his hand.
"How do I form a contract with you?" Victor asked.
"Sir, as I am a mana entity, you can use a normal slave contract," Lilith said, and Victor nodded and brought out a contract. He signed his name as the master and gave it to the projection of the cat, which signed its name with its chubby paw, which looked a bit comical.
"Tell me what else you can do at the moment other than controlling worker robots," Victor asked.
"Sir, if I am not controlling the robots, then I can control low-density systems, and after you upgrade me, I can even run an entire mechanical planet alone," Lilith said without hesitation, and his eyes gleamed with interest.
"I see." Victor then went and started creating the robot. After about 30 minutes, he looked at the robot, and his lips twitched at the sight of it.
The robot was just as its name suggested—12 inches wide and resembling a metallic stick with stick-like arms. "Can this even do heavy lifting?"
"Lilith, can you control this robot?" Victor called out. The robot, which had been stiff, had its eyes glow blue, and a voice sounded from within it.
"Yes, sir, I can control the robot," Lilith’s voice came from within as the robot moved its stick-like body.
"Sir, do you want me to test the strength of this robot?" Lilith asked, and Victor nodded and replied, "Yes."
Lilith controlled the robot and went to a crate filled with Magisteel, which weighed nearly 200 kilograms. Victor’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground when he saw the stick-like robot lift the entire crate above its head with one arm.
He even rubbed his eyes to check if he was hallucinating or not and cried out inwardly, ’Holy, this thing is actually this strong.’
Then his lips started twitching when he saw Lilith lift another crate of the same weight above its head and begin what seemed to be shoulder presses
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"Lilith, that’s enough," Victor said. The robot looked at him and then seemed a bit disappointed hearing the order, but obeyed and put the crates down
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Then the robot looked at Victor and said in a hesitant voice, "Sir, may I request something?"
Victor, hearing her hesitant tone, narrowed his eyes, and his heart skipped a beat as a troubling thought crossed his mind. ’Damn, am I going to have an AI rebellion?’
"Hmm?"
"Sir, could you create a body for me?" Lilith’s hesitant voice came from the robot.
"Huh?" Victor’s confused voice rang out, and Lilith explained,
"Sir, you must be a genius to create such mechs. Could you please create an avatar body for me, preferably a cat robot, so I can move freely?" Lilith’s voice rang out again.
’Ah, I was overthinking,’ Victor thought, his jaw slightly open as he wanted to say something but no words came out.
"Fine, I will make an avatar for you. Meanwhile, create the rest of the robots and then start creating the mechs. You should know how to create mechs, and also, can you use the Magic Mechanic Bloodline?" Victor asked.
"Yes, sir," Lilith replied obediently.
"Good, then start getting to work. I will also start creating your body," Victor said as he felt joy radiating from it while watching it take the materials and begin working.
"Looks like Lilith is a bit childish, with artificial emotions which will grow later," Victor thought and then opened the shop.
For the next ten minutes, he looked for avatar-type cat robots which the AI could use as their main body. After checking, his lips twitched and he muttered, "Seems like cats are popular even in the mech shop."
He had seen many animal-related avatar shops, and cats had the widest range of collections, starting from normal ones to planet-ending avatar robots.
Victor picked out the best one he could currently afford.
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Demonic Cat Avatar Robot
Cost: 80,000
Rank: Rare
Description: A black cat avatar robot which an AI can use as its main body. It completely resembles a real black cat and is difficult to distinguish from a real one.
Built-in Abilities:
Invisibility: Can turn invisible
Speed Burst: Can use mana for a speed burst to escape danger and can run almost 1 kilometer before needing to recharge
Electric Paws: Can use paws made of electricity to attack
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Reading the various abilities, he nodded in satisfaction and, without hesitation, purchased the robot. With this, he was out of spare experience points.
[You have purchased the Demonic Cat Avatar Robot blueprint]
After he got the blueprint, he brought the required materials and got to work without hesitation.
After about two hours, he looked at the black robot on the table, which looked no different from a real cat.
He walked a couple of steps to where Lilith was working and was dumbfounded. "What the?"
Victor’s eyes widened when he saw about 50 stick robots working efficiently like a beehive. What was more astonishing was that it had already created a dozen mechs and was still building more robots and mechs.
"This efficiency is far greater than humans. No wonder I always heard human jobs are under threat from AI and robots," Victor took a deep breath to calm his nerves and looked at the progress with satisfaction.
"Lilith, come here." Hearing his voice, all the robots paused their work, and one stick robot sprinted toward Victor.
"Sir, are you done?" Lilith looked at him with expectation, and he waved his hand. A cat robot appeared from his inventory. He saw the robot’s eyes fix on it, and if it were human, Victor could swear he would see it drooling.
"Go ahead." Victor gave permission, and instantly the cat’s iris gleamed yellow, and it started to meow and lick its paws.
"So, do you like it?" Victor asked as the cat nodded its small head vigorously. "Like, like."
Zoom
Sizzle
Victor watched with amusement as, one moment, it turned invisible; the next, it clawed the ground with electric paws and zoomed around the room at high speed.
"If you are done playing, go and work." As soon as Victor’s words fell, it stopped. "Yes, sir."
"Huh?" Victor, who was about to join Lilith to build the mechs, paused when a new notification popped up on his retina.
[Ding Ding]
[Earth Server announcement]