booktalesy Chapter 3927: Sad Ink
Chapter 3927: Sad Ink
Chapter 3927: Sad Ink
Algaron pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Ask Angel more. I have a feeling that he may know something."
The spiritual dialogue ends here temporarily.
However, Benber's mood was like a roller coaster. He felt the surprise of confirming the new features, the curiosity about the unknown effects, but mostly confusion and doubt.
The process of refining the crystal pen was clearly visible, but why was the result so strange?
Benbo raised his eyes and looked at Angel who was whispering with Crystal Pen not far away.
"Perhaps what the original owner said is right. The variable lies with him. Should we be able to get some truth from him?"
Thinking of this, Benber floated behind Angel.
Just as I was about to say something, I heard Ingres seeming to ask Crystal Pen a question.
"You really don't remember Flamingo?"
The crystal pen had a pen cap on one side as its head, blinking its small black bean-like eyes, which were full of innocence, as if it was full of doubts about Ingres's question.
Obviously, Crystal Pen didn't understand what Ingres said.
Benbo didn't actually understand, but he sensed a hidden meaning in Ingres' question...
Who is Flamenco? Why does Ingres think that Crystal Pen should remember Flamenco?
……
Angel turned around and found Benber staring at him with meaningful eyes.
Obviously, Benber should have heard his question.
However, since Angle dared to say it, Ben had the intention of showing his hand. After all, after listening to Ben's previous description of the characteristic enhancement, he already knew that the finished product of this forging was a bit unexpected.
Not to mention Ben, if it were him, he would definitely find a way to find out the truth.
So, after thinking for a moment, Ingres decided to tell what he had seen before.
What surprised Angel a little was that Benber did not immediately ask about "Flamenco", but briefly talked about Algaron's strange journey.
"...So, according to the conclusion given by the main body, this crystal pen should still have an unknown effect."
Finished.
Benbo flew to the experimental table and looked at the crystal pen silently: “Since you have a certain spirituality, you should be able to understand what I mean.”
The crystal pen tilted its cap head, and its eyes were as clear as a baby's.
Benbo: "Didn't you understand what I meant?"
A thin crystal thread extended from one side of the crystal pen, outlining a big question mark on the head.
"You can't speak?"
"Yes." The clear but rising voice has a charming quality.
"Then why don't you speak?"
The crystal pen hesitated for a moment, and then a thin crystal wire stretched out from the other side of the pen, adding a new question mark next to the previous big question mark.
With its little head tilted, it seems as if it really doesn't understand, but also as if it's really provocative.
"..."
Benbo was silent for a moment, then turned and looked at Angel: "Wait for me for a moment, I want to communicate with this little guy."
As he spoke, a slender hand as white as porcelain suddenly stretched out from Benbo's dark wings, picked up the crystal pen on the laboratory table, and flew towards the compartment on the side of the workshop.
A moment later, a shrill scream came from the compartment.
Through, there is a long silence.
I don’t know if Benbo cast a soundproof shield, or if he just covered his mouth physically…
Angel stood outside and shook his head with a smile.
Looking at the temporarily empty workshop, his expression slowly calmed down, his brows lowered, and at this moment, all the complicated thoughts in the outside world were smoothed out and sank into his inner world.
"The crystal pen should have another unknown effect."
Benbo's words still echoed in my ears.
At that time, when Ingres heard the result, his heart skipped a beat and his heartbeat began to accelerate.
When he learned that the "alive" and "strong ductility" effects of the crystal pen had been enhanced, he had a vague feeling that this might be related to him.
But it was just a guess at the time. After all, it only had some enhanced effects, and the crystal pen had no substantial changes, so it was still within a reasonable range.
And now, when he learned that the crystal pen had an unknown effect, Angel was certain that this matter should be related to him.
Because, according to Algarron's original design, as long as the refining is done step by step, there will be no problems.
But now an effect has appeared that is beyond the preset range, which must mean that an unknown variable has appeared in the smelting process.
Looking at the overall situation, only Ingres meets the "variable" that leads to unexpected results.
Ghost Flame only followed the procedures, and Benber did not participate in the smelting at all. Therefore, there was only one option, Angor.
only……
If the variable is really itself, then what went wrong?
Did the Nightmare engraving on the Olha steel cause some kind of change? Or was it that the material, which contained strong emotions, was the source of the change?
Or maybe, both.
Ingres fell into long contemplation.
About ten minutes later, the door of the workshop compartment was pushed open, and Ben flew out leisurely.
Its horizontal pupils now turned into the shape of a "person", and it seemed to be in high spirits and happy.
This scene also made Angel curious, so he secretly used his extrasensory perception to check it out.
It was discovered that Benber's high spirits were not fake.
It was truly delighted at this moment, and even had an urge to share its happiness.
Now, in this empty workshop, the only one who could share its joy was Angel, so it flew to Angel's side as soon as possible.
Although Benbo's desire to share was written in his eyes, he still restrained the desire to share actively, and instead put on an attitude of "I have something, come and ask me."
Angel was always tolerant and cooperative with people who understood this kind of thoughts. So, before Benbo spoke, he started the topic first: "I think under Mr. Benbo's guidance, Crystal Pen should speak?"
As he spoke, Angel also glanced at Benber's long white porcelain hand hidden under his wings, and on his palm was the crystal pen.
However, the crystal pen at this time was no longer in the shape of a pen, but had turned into the hot crystal girl from before. However, the crystal girl now was only half a meter tall, about the same height as the crystal pen, and she was not holding an umbrella.
Perhaps noticing Angel's gaze, Benbo placed the mini version of "Crystal Lady" on the experimental table and replied, "If I take action, it will dare not not speak."
Benbo raised his wings proudly and continued, "However, it didn't provoke me just now. It's just that it was born and doesn't understand many things yet."
"I just used a method similar to mind sharing to transfer some common sense to it, and it has become a little smarter now."
"But unfortunately, its memory capacity is still too small, and the content transmitted is not much..."
According to Benber's own estimation, the problems that the crystal pen can handle at present are probably similar to those of foreign graduates from the monastery college. But its thinking logic may not even be comparable to that of a four or five-year-old child.
Ingres's understanding is that the crystal pen's knowledge reserve is about the same as that of an elementary school graduate. You can ask it questions, and it will respond to a certain extent.
But it is different from a truly intelligent spirit. Its thinking logic is very immature, only slightly better than that of a baby.
It can barely be called the spirit of preparation.
Even so, the crystal pen is very powerful, at least it has "thinking logic". And as time goes by, its thinking logic may grow, and in the future it is expected to truly enter the palace of wisdom and become an intelligent creature.
This is unimaginable with other "living" objects.
In contrast, the singing cups and dancing tea tables in the Yinsen space are also "living" objects, but they do not have so-called logical thinking. They are just a bunch of programs with various contingency plans set up.
"I put in a lot of effort and finally made it understand the meaning of 'innate ability'. It also cooperated with me and allowed me to successfully learn about that unknown ability from it..."
Having said that, Benbo looked at the "Crystal Girl" on the experimental table.
"You should tell me all your abilities. Don't hide anything. You should know that the human in front of you is your creator." Benbo: "Hiding the secret from the creator is a great sin! When your mind is destroyed, don't blame me for not reminding you."
Angel: “……?”
Is this what you call "cooperation"? Are you sure it's not a threat?
Crystal Girl glanced at Angel, and seemed to have thought of something, and said, "I really don't know who Flamingo is..."
Angel glanced at Benber and explained softly: "This is the question I asked her before. Um... do you need me to explain it now?"
Benbo laughed a few times, his pupils still in the shape of a "人" character, happy: "It's okay, let's listen to her first."
Angel nodded and continued to listen to Crystal Girl's story.
Crystal Girl said that she has three abilities: logging into the other world, transformation, and sad ink.
Among them, "Sorrowful Ink" is a new ability.
The remaining two, "Log in to the Other World" actually means log in to the Dream Crystal Origin; "Transformation" represents its strong ductility.
As for the trait of "being alive", it does not regard it as a special ability. After all, when it has a self, it does not think that "self" is a natural ability.
Just like humans do not consider eating, drinking, defecating and urinating as a kind of ability, for them, these are all innate.
Angel repeated in a low voice: "Sorrowful Ink..."
New abilities related to emotions?
This instantly reminded Ingres of the turquoise stained with Flamenco blood.
It was also this turquoise, full of strong emotions, that led Ingres to see Flamingo's memory of love suicide.
Could it be that the turquoise is the source of the birth of "Sangqing Ink"?
While Angel was thinking, the Crystal Girl had already briefly described the abilities of the Sorrowful Ink.
——It can draw emotional ink from a person who has suffered a "broken relationship". And the person whose emotional ink is extracted will forget the "broken relationship" she has experienced.
It may sound complicated at first, but this ability is actually not difficult to understand.
What is "sad love"? It is a relationship that starts with love but ends with regret.
For example, a secret love that ends before the love is even confessed.
There are also those who were originally a couple, but due to objective reasons, such as family, concepts, personality, etc., they were forced to separate and did not have a happy ending.
Another example is, like Flamingo, when love just began, one party died unexpectedly, leaving the widow with eternal regrets...
and many more.
These are all defined as “sorrow”.
The crystal pen can draw unique emotional ink from such sad people.
And the person who has been inspired by the emotional ink will also forget the emotional pain that will make her regret for the rest of her life.
In a sense, it can be understood that Crystal Pen COS has become a psychologist specializing in love, providing counseling for those who are trapped in love.
Draw on their sorrow as ink to help them forget this unforgettable emotional pain.
In Ingres's opinion, the effect of this "sorrowful ink" is very, very "specific".
It is a special attack against those who have "imperfect love" and has no effect on other emotions, such as friendship and family.
If this is the only effect of "Sorrowful Ink", Angel feels that it is a bit too weak, an auxiliary ability that is useless and a pity to discard.
"No, no, no, the effect is much more than that."
Perhaps Ben noticed that Ingres looked down on the effect of "Sorrowful Ink", so he immediately jumped out to refute it.
"Are there any other effects?" Angel looked at Benbo in confusion.
"Of course. It just mentioned the absorption of the Sorrowful Ink, but did not mention the application of the Sorrowful Ink!"
Benbo's words also made Angel's eyes look a little curious.
Indeed, he had thought about it just now. The ink of sorrow should have some effect after being absorbed. Otherwise, why should it be absorbed?
But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of where the ink of sorrow could be used? Could it be that it could imbue certain materials with the power of emotion, like the turquoise of flamenco?
While Ingres was thinking, Benber had already given the answer.
Benbo raised his wings with a hint of pride and said, "The love story written with this unique ink will be more relatable."
“As a playwright, this is my dream ink!”
Angel: "..."
It turned out to be the case.
Angle's eyes flashed with enlightenment. That's right, the effect of ink must be on the paper. He just focused on the "sorrowful love" part and didn't think about this aspect.
He now understood why Benbo looked so happy and excited when he came out of the side door earlier.
Indeed, the ink of sorrow is of some use to writers.
For example, many authors are not good at writing romance stories, and this ink may help improve that.
But then again.
A writer who can move other people's emotions with his writing style would not want to cheat with this kind of ink... The simple words they write casually can touch people's hearts, so why do they need cheats?
In other words, Benber did not seem to realize that he had exposed the fact that he was incapable of using words to arouse the readers' emotions.
Ingres silently lit a candle for Benber in his heart.
"You just said that this ink can only be used for love stories... So, Mr. Benber is a playwright who specializes in love plays?"
Benber: "That's not the case. But, whatever."
"It wasn't before, but it can be now."