Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 551 Teaching
Big Eyes successfully transformed into a parrot, its greatest hobby being following the Emperor around and mimicking his speech—it could even understand the concept of "prank," its expression carrying a somewhat stiff mischievousness. It only mimicked the Emperor's speech, temporarily letting Zhao Qing off the hook.

After a long while, amidst Zhao Qing's gloating laughter, the Emperor helplessly tried to negotiate with Big Eyes: "Big Eyes, I know you're very strong, but can you calm down and stop being such a broken record?"

"Your Majesty, I know you are very strong, but can you please calm down and stop repeating yourself like a broken record!"

"Ugh, I'm really... Holy crap! Mike Wazowski!? What did you just say!?"

The Emperor was on the verge of a breakdown when he suddenly realized that Big Eyes had replaced a word when he was imitating him saying that sentence!

A precise replacement! It's still a change to the emperor's name—or rather, his pseudonym!

Because Zhao Qing always called the Jade Emperor "Emperor"!

Mike seemed very excited. He shook his head, waved his tentacles, and kept repeating, "Emperor! Emperor!"

It confirms that the Great Emperor is indeed the "name" of the Jade Emperor!
The scene was actually quite eerie, but Mikey's sharp, piercing voice, which sounded like a parrot mimicking its speech, effectively diluted the atmosphere of terror.

Ever since Mikey was able to talk, he's been endlessly babbling. At first, he was limited by his limited vocabulary, so he just imitated the Emperor's speech. But once he learned enough, he started making up his own words and sentences, piecing them together, his mouth never stopping.

Therefore, when the project team sent a few members who were supposedly "taking care of" and "making contact" but were actually "researching," they knocked on the door and came in to find the Jade Emperor looking utterly hopeless, and Zhao Qing happily chatting with Big Eyes, talking nonsense.

Are you hungry?

"Is Your Majesty hungry?! Are you hungry?! Holy crap, are you hungry?!"

"Do you only eat that kind of demon? The Nine Nether Demon? I don't know what you call that thing... And it's so strange, demons disappear after they die, so how do you get energy from eating them?"

"How strange! The Great Emperor is so strange! How exactly did the Great Emperor obtain energy?! He vanished after the Great Emperor Demon died!"

"Huh? So, if you don't eat to get protein, sugar, and fat, then you're not a carbon-based life form? Come to think of it, is there any connection between the two? Even I, an art enthusiast, don't understand..."

"The Emperor is so strange! Then the Emperor must not be a carbon-based life form! Huh? Huh?"

The two of them shouldn't be like one person and one big-eyed boy, each saying their own thing, completely unrelated, with the big-eyed boy occasionally mimicking a few phrases, and very cleverly replacing certain words in the sentences that it can understand—for example, replacing personal pronouns like "you" and "I" with "Emperor," basically as if it's arguing with the Jade Emperor!

"It—it can talk!?"

One of the people responsible for "taking care" of the boy with big eyes was an old acquaintance, Tan Xin, and the other was Cheng Wendong, who got the spot purely by luck.

The latter was originally a professor at Imperial University. Because his main research area was language and literature, and he was young and relatively inexperienced, he was not among those invited by the project team. Professor Cheng initially learned about the game "Ten Continents Chronicle" from his students in his spare time. He then applied for an activation code on a whim and unexpectedly won it. That's how the project team discovered him and invited him to join the team.

In fact, Professor Cheng just happened to be relatively free these past two days, which is why he came to the base – after all, he is a professor at Beijing University, and his main job is there. He is only an advisor for the project team.

During the project team meeting, considering that the design and plan aimed to help Big Eyes learn the language of China, they transferred him over to join Tan Xin on a "business trip" in the game.

If it weren't for this coincidence, Professor Cheng wouldn't have gotten this opportunity!
It wasn't Professor Cheng who exclaimed in surprise, but Tan Xin.

Tan Xin was a member of the communications group specially approved by the project team, and one of the first students to receive an officially assigned account—it's not quite accurate to call her a student, as doctoral students are essentially working like cattle and horses. In addition to the project subsidies issued by the project team, the various salaries and subsidies she received under her supervisor alone amounted to several thousand yuan!

However, compared to the professors and industry leaders who desperately sought accounts and activation codes, Tan Xin was a lucky "junior." This "junior," relying on her outstanding abilities and the fact that she happened to be at the base, having just handed over the results of her previous project, was assigned to team up with Professor Cheng. Of course, the intention was for her to do odd jobs, mainly assisting Professor Cheng, who had only won the lottery a few days prior, in understanding the various basics of collaborating with Alpha.

"It just changed! It can actually transform! It even transformed its voice! It's... uh, pretty... pretty amazing!"

Zhao Qing was too embarrassed to say it was strange and eerie in front of Big Eyes, so she could only describe it in a more subtle way.

"Its vocalization characteristics don't sound as complex as the human vocal cords; it sounds more like the timbre produced by simple airflow vibration, like a parrot's membranous syrinx and muscle assistance... Oh right, can I see inside its mouth?"

Tan Xin quickly got into research mode, completely forgetting the project team's instructions to "focus on friendly communication." As she spoke, she opened her mouth and pointed to her tongue, adding, "I want to see its glottal structure... It's amazing how he can simulate such a complex human organ!"

Zhao Qing looked at Big Eyes with some difficulty, not knowing how to start a conversation with him.

Suddenly, Big Eyes seemed to understand Tan Xin's meaning and opened his mouth wide in a very cooperative manner, revealing all his sharp teeth.

"Mom..."

Tan Xin exclaimed in surprise.

There's no other reason than that Mike's teeth are truly terrifying. They are two rings of sharp, tooth-like teeth encircling his mouth, and Mike's mouth is almost perfectly round. His "throat" is a dark hole, with only a few petal-like structures vaguely visible.

I do have a tongue—if you can call it a tongue.

It has two soft limbs that look exactly like its tentacles, growing out from both sides of the "mouth". They look very flexible, and also very... making people lose their sanity.

"Theoretically, it is indeed possible to make sounds. It's truly an amazing ability to change its appearance. I'm so curious about its kind. Could it be that these creatures can even transform into human form? That would be a bit terrifying!"

As she spoke, Tan Xin couldn't help but shudder, feeling somewhat afraid to think about it.

Professor Cheng, who was standing to the side, chuckled and took Big Eyes' tentacle, shook it in a friendly manner, and greeted him: "Big Eyes? Right? That's what they all call you?"

Big Eyes closed its mouth, its eyes squinting with joy—a newly learned expression—and then raised its tentacle and waved it—another way of saying hello.

"Your learning ability is really strong!"

Professor Cheng remarked with emotion, then pointed to himself and introduced himself: "I am Cheng Wendong. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Professor Cheng spoke slowly, word by word. Big Eyes stared wide-eyed at Professor Cheng, observing him intently. As if he had learned the phrase, he waved his tentacles and replied, "Me! Big Eyes! Nice to meet you! Cheng Wendong!"

Then it quickly added: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty! It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty!"

When he said "you," Big Eyes even turned his head and shook his tentacles vigorously at Zhao Qing.

Although its voice was intermittent, short, and sharp, making it somewhat unpleasant to listen to, it was clear that it not only truly understood the meaning of the sentence but also used each word very accurately!

Professor Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and under the surprised and admiring gazes of Tan Xin, Da Di, and Zhao Qing, he began to give Big Eyes a one-on-one language lesson.