📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Aurum Alley

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Cloud Knight

What's going on, Mimi?

Diting

I'm no longer the same Mimi I used to be.

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Confused Cloud Knight

What happened to you, Mimi? Can you just act normal? You're starting to freak me out, you know?

Mimi

Hold on, Xinxin. I'm still trying to figure out the current situation.

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Wait, this Diting can actually talk!?

Did you call it "Mimi"?

Xinxin

Yeah, I'm just as astonished as you are... This Diting has served me for forty years, and now it suddenly starts talking...

Mimi

You see, Xinxin? Someone saw you talking to your Diting and their first response was "Did you call it Mimi?" So, I guess we can say that the name "Mimi" doesn't really suit me.

Xinxin

But I thought it was a cute name... Oh, let's forget about it for now...

Xinxin

Hey, I know you! You're {NICKNAME}, right? I've heard that you're a knowledgeable Outworlder, so maybe you happen to know why my Diting has suddenly started talking?

Xinxin

Here's the thing: I confiscated some stolen property from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, and among them was a booklet called the Manuscript of Wisdom with all sorts of weird symbols on it.

Xinxin

I didn't know what the text was, so I asked Mimi to sniff it for any scents. But as soon as Mimi started flipping through the pages, it suddenly sat down and started sighing...

Xinxin

I mean... Mimi's a forty-year-old Diting by this point. Glitches and bugs aren't uncommon in it. It kept muttering "Humans are so stupid..." That's the first time I've ever heard it speak using a human tongue!

Mimi

Well, I don't think we need {F#her}{M#him} to explain what's going on. Perhaps not even {F#she}{M#he} knows what has truly transpired.

Mimi

The "weird symbols" on the Manuscript of Wisdom are actually a logical circuit that enlightens its readers through visual transmission alone...

Mimi

Literate people tend to give meanings to symbols, which will prevent them from truly understanding the contents within the Manuscript of Wisdom.

Mimi

Thanks to this sudden enlightenment, now I've come up with 100 ways to destroy this world...

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Looks like I'll have to destroy you.

I won't believe your words until you tell me what they are.

Mimi

Can't you just think before you act?

Mimi

Save your breath. I'm not telling you anything.

Mimi

I'm simply too smart to do something meaningless like destroying the world. Only the morons from the Antimatter Legion or the Annihilation Gang would do such a foolish thing... In short, it's beneath me to destroy the world. Absolutely not.

Xinxin

B—But how smart have you become? Maybe you could ask it a question, {NICKNAME}?

Options

What's one plus one?

Are there more natural numbers or prime numbers?

What are the winning numbers for the next lottery jackpot?

I don't think this is something that needs proving.

Mimi

...

Mimi

Even an ordinary Diting could answer such a simple question.

Xinxin

How do I even... Being able to realize how simple this question is... That's already beyond the capabilities of an ordinary Diting...

Mimi

They both have the same amount.

Xinxin

Huh? But why? Isn't it obvious that there are more natural numbers?

Mimi

It's quite elementary. There are innumerable amounts of natural numbers and prime numbers, and the set of natural numbers and the set of prime numbers have the same cardinality. Hence, there are as many natural numbers as there are prime numbers.

Xinxin

I didn't understand any of that... but I'm pretty sure you've become smarter.

Mimi

While I've become smarter, I can't predict the future.

Mimi

Maybe with enough data and arithmetic power, I could come up with an answer for you, like what the Matrix of Prescience Ultima does... but for now, I'm afraid I can't give you the winning numbers.

Xinxin

Mimi is speaking so logically... it really does seem like it's become smarter.

Xinxin

If even you say so, then I'll believe that Mimi has indeed become smarter.

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I'm here to retrieve the <i>Manuscript of Wisdom</i>.

Mimi

Your expression gave you away as soon as Xinxin mentioned that book. Please give the book back to {F#her}{M#him}, Xinxin. The owner of the text must have entrusted {F#her}{M#him} to retrieve it.

Xinxin

Huh? But this is stolen property. Are you sure that we should just give it to {F#her}{M#him}?

Mimi

Just give it to {F#her}{M#him}. If I'm not mistaken, this book belongs to the Alchemy Commission, and {F#she}{M#he} is working for them.

Xinxin

Since Mimi says so... I'll give this book to you, {NICKNAME}. Just don't lose it!

Mimi

Please keep it safe, {NICKNAME}. This book is far more dangerous than it seems. Just imagine if it wasn't a cute little Diting like me that became enlightened, but a fierce, deadly monster...

Options

Yeah, that'd be terrible.

Then I'd just take it down with my bat.

Mimi

I'm just a Diting. What can I do? Join the Genius Society? Hah, I'll just keep investigating cases with Xinxin.

Xinxin

But you've become so smart...

Mimi

Isn't it awesome to have a smart helper for solving cases? Anyway, let's not waste any more time here. We should return and deal with the stolen property.

Xinxin

Then we'll be leaving, {NICKNAME}! Thank you for your help!

System

Xinxin and Mimi leave with smiles on their faces.

{NICKNAME}

This must be the Manuscript of Wisdom that Yuluo is looking for... I should bring it back to her.

Mimi

With your skills, perhaps so. But you understand the subtext in my words. It's best to prevent such a thing from happening at all.

Options

What are you doing to do next, Mimi?

Mimi

I'm just a Diting. What can I do? Join the Genius Society? Hah, I'll just keep investigating cases with Xinxin.

Xinxin

But you've become so smart...

Mimi

Isn't it awesome to have a smart helper for solving cases? Anyway, let's not waste any more time here. We should return and deal with the stolen property.

Xinxin

Then we'll be leaving, {NICKNAME}! Thank you for your help!

System

Xinxin and Mimi leave with smiles on their faces.

{NICKNAME}

This must be the Manuscript of Wisdom that Yuluo is looking for... I should bring it back to her.

+ <i>Manuscript of Wisdom</i> x 1

📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Alchemy Commission

I'm here to return the forbidden tomes.

Activation Conditions:M4040252

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System

You return the Manuscript of Wisdom and explain how you've retrieved it.

Yuluo

Looks like the Manuscript of Wisdom is quite dangerous indeed. Thankfully, it hasn't caused any severe consequences so far.

Yuluo

Perhaps this Manuscript of Wisdom is not meant for humans, but rather to break the bans of ingenia... As you know, all ingenium creations have been deprived of their wisdom after the Aurum Rebellion.

Yuluo

If this is the case... we were really lucky that it didn't cause any disasters while it was in the wrong hands.

Yuluo

Thanks to your help, all the lost forbidden tomes have been safely returned without causing any calamities.

Yuluo

Madam Qingzu was right to have faith in you. Without your help, it would have taken me forever to find these lost manuscripts...

Yuluo

Here's your hard-earned payment. I might need your help again in the future. See you then.

- <i>Manuscript of Wisdom</i> x 1

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System

You return the Manuscript of Wisdom and explain how you've retrieved it.

Yuluo

Looks like the Manuscript of Wisdom is quite dangerous indeed. Thankfully, it hasn't caused any severe consequences so far.

Yuluo

Perhaps this Manuscript of Wisdom is not meant for humans, but rather to break the bans of ingenia... As you know, all ingenium creations have been deprived of their wisdom after the Aurum Rebellion.

Yuluo

If this is the case... we were really lucky that it didn't cause any disasters while it was in the wrong hands.

- <i>Manuscript of Wisdom</i> x 1

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System

You return the Manuscript of Wisdom and explain how you've retrieved it.

Yuluo

Looks like the Manuscript of Wisdom is quite dangerous indeed. Thankfully, it hasn't caused any severe consequences so far.

Yuluo

Perhaps this Manuscript of Wisdom is not meant for humans, but rather to break the bans of ingenia... As you know, all ingenium creations have been deprived of their wisdom after the Aurum Rebellion.

Yuluo

If this is the case... we were really lucky that it didn't cause any disasters while it was in the wrong hands.

- <i>Manuscript of Wisdom</i> x 1