Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

Do you know what you're saying?

The masked woman flung Jiang Ning's hand away and approached him step by step.

Within the "Omniscient Domain," she can forcibly change the probability of any event to 100% occurrence or 0% absolute non-occurrence.

That guy is the nightmare of all geniuses. How many people have joined the Genius Club since its inception?

No less than 30% of those who died at her hands!

How many geniuses who wander among the stars would avoid her like the plague? And you actually say you want to end her life?

That joke wasn't funny; your sense of humor needs improvement.

Seeing that the masked woman wanted to leave again, Jiang Ning slowly spoke.

Do you have paper and pen?

There's something I want you to see.

It's not too late to make a decision after you've seen everything.

"Oh?"

The masked woman stopped, took out paper and pen from her pocket, and tossed them to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning raised his hand to take it, then spread the paper out on the spot, and the pen tip glided smoothly across the paper.

The masked woman stared intently at Jiang Ning, who was engrossed in his work, without uttering a word.

After a while, Jiang Ning finished the blueprint and handed it to the masked woman.

"promise."

The masked woman reached out and took it, unfolding the blueprint with the mindset that it wouldn't hurt to take a look, and glanced at it casually.

"Is this... a satellite?"

"Zea"...?

Do you intend to follow in my footsteps?

Keep looking, at every mechanical structure, every circuit rotation, every chip deployment...

Beneath the rabbit mask, the blue pupils of his eyes gradually contracted to pinpoints, and his hand gripping the blueprint unconsciously tightened, causing the paper to wrinkle unnaturally.

"This... little guy, did you design this...?"

Jiang Ning gently shook his head, choosing to tell the truth.

"No, this is the wisdom of a senior."

He was unable to complete this grand vision, and chose to entrust its realization to me…

However, with my current abilities, even just replicating it is difficult... That's why I need your help even more.

The masked woman smirked, but did not reply immediately.

After a while, she put away the blueprints and looked intently at Jiang Ning.

"Little guy, your so-called 'Zeya' has its potential locked too tightly."

"?"

Jiang Ning scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, but judging from the masked woman's words, she had clearly seen through "Zeya's" weaknesses.

"May I ask for your guidance, senior?"

The masked woman raised the blueprint in her hand and pointed to the composition of "Zeya" in the picture, speaking slowly.

"According to your predecessor's design, 'Zea's' learning ability requires a large amount of external computing power input to supply it for repeated deductions."

While this design guarantees unlimited learning, it is still far from sufficient to deal with that woman's "omniscient domain".

Too slow.

The masked woman's voice grew increasingly impassioned, and Jiang Ning's emotions were unconsciously stirred as well.

"So... what do you mean?"

The masked woman extended her finger and pointed it at the very center of the drawing.

That place is the core of the satellite "Zea".

You must have heard of the "scepter".

My idea is to replace the terminal computing module with a "scepter" to maximize the computing power of "Zea"!

Furthermore, Zea's computing power can continuously increase based on the number of "scepters" stacked!

Theoretically speaking, if the "scepter" is stacked infinitely, "Zeya" might become the second "Master of Knowledge" in the future.

The atmosphere suddenly froze. The masked woman and Jiang Ning's gazes met intensely, and both could clearly see the excitement in each other's eyes.

The next moment, Jiang Ning reached out his hand to the masked woman.

The masked woman grasped Jiang Ning's outstretched hand almost without hesitation.

"make a deal!"

She had a feeling that if things went smoothly, it would be a match made in heaven!

Who knows, this little guy might actually be able to do what I couldn't... no, he might even do better!

Suppressing her inner excitement, the masked woman loosened her grip on Jiang Ning's hand and raised her hand to cover her mouth as she coughed lightly.

"Ahem... Let me make this clear from the start: I'm only responsible for teaching, not for guaranteeing that you'll learn it. How much you learn is up to you."

Upon receiving the masked woman's acceptance, Jiang Ning couldn't help but grin.

"Okay! From today onwards, please guide me!"

teacher!"

teacher…?

The masked woman turned her back, pondering the unfamiliar title in her mind.

Feeling that strange sensation in her heart, the masked woman's lips involuntarily curled up slightly.

Having a student... doesn't seem like such a bad thing?

"What is there to be so happy about?"

A cold, clear voice broke the lively atmosphere.

Huang Quan had arrived at the cliff top while the two were intensely discussing the future.

Jiang Ning, a stranger to her, immediately caught her attention.

Huang Quan's gaze sharpened as he looked at Jiang Ning and began to advise him:

"Lost creature, this is not the place for you."

Before Huang Quan could make a further move, the masked woman quickly raised her hand to stop her.

"Oh dear, Mei, don't be in such a hurry to send people away~"

Let me introduce you. This is my newly accepted apprentice, his name is... oh dear, what's your name again?

The masked woman stammered for a long time, and finally could only awkwardly cast a pleading look at Jiang Ning.

"Jiang Ning, it's a pleasure to meet you, Lord 'Guardian of the River of Oblivion'."

Jiang Ning stretched out his hand towards Huang Quan. Huang Quan carefully examined Jiang Ning for a moment, then glanced down at the outstretched hand.

After a while, she slowly raised her right hand and gently shook hands with Jiang Ning in mid-air.

"You don't need to call me by my title; you can call me Huang Quan."

"Yes, Miss Huang Quan."

Jiang Ning smiled broadly, secretly pleased with himself.

With Huang Quan around, wouldn't this "River of Oblivion" be able to roam freely?

With the masked woman and Huang Quan, protected by two demon kings, one scholarly and one martial, his future was visibly brightening.

The next moment, Huang Quan spoke, shattering Jiang Ning's beautiful illusion.

"Unfortunately, you still can't stay here."

Jiang Ning was suddenly doused with cold water and looked at Huang Quan with a blank expression.

"Why...why?"

Huang Quan raised an eyebrow and turned to look at the masked woman.

"Ran, didn't you tell him about the 'River of Oblivion'?"

The living are here...

"Oh, alright, alright, you're too nagging, Mei. How could I possibly harm my own precious disciple?"

The masked woman gently patted Huang Quan's lower back, then pulled out a half-mask identical to her own from somewhere and tossed it to Jiang Ning.

"Here you go! Little Ningzi, catch!"

Jiang Ning reached out and took the mask, curiously turning it over and examining it from top to bottom.

"Consider this your gift as a token of my acceptance into your apprenticeship!"

Wearing it will reduce the corrosive effect of the "Void" energy in the "River of Oblivion" on you to an almost negligible level!

Jiang Ning secretly marveled at the wonder of this thing, and his opinion of the masked woman rose even higher.

"Speaking of Master..."

"Huh? What's wrong, Xiao Ningzi?"

"Do you really have to give me a 'pig' mask? Can't you find something more decent...?"

The masked woman waved her hand, shooing Jiang Ning away as if she were a beggar.

"That's all, that's all. You think this is easy to make? I've put a lot of effort into making just these two."

"Alright, alright, put them on quickly. We'll rest for a bit and then officially begin our first lesson!"

Jiang Ning pursed his lips helplessly and could only put the mask on his face.

Seeing this, Huang Quan was about to speak when someone suddenly stuffed a white peach into his hand.

Huang Quan paused for a moment, then silently put the peach into his mouth.

Jiang Ning looked at Huang Quan, who was eating a peach, with a puzzled expression.

Just now, he actually sensed a faint trace of pity in the other person's eyes.

Strange... Did I see it wrong?