As the saying goes, whoever has milk is mother, and whoever can teach skills is a good teacher.
Never mind whether Caelus understood Aether Editing or not. In short, if he could teach Haxxor Bunny to learn it, then he could be a teacher. Is passing on what you were just taught not considered teaching?
Just like how Moonscar learned the Taixu Sword Art from Li Sushang while simultaneously teaching it to Jingliu, he could absolutely learn hacker knowledge from Silver Wolf while teaching it to Haxxor Bunny!
Can't beat the old man on the street at chess? What if I get a chess app on my phone, set you up against a national tournament player to play online—could you still lose?
Of course, under normal circumstances, checking your phone before every move would definitely make the old man suspicious, let alone someone as sharp as Haxxor Bunny.
Caelus admitted that Haxxor Bunny was very smart. But what if—and I mean what if—you were also me, your body was controlled by me, and I activated Bronie as an inside agent? How would you counter that, my friend?
It was obvious.
Haxxor Bunny had no way to counter it; she was being sold out and still helping Caelus and Bronie count the money.
As long as he made good use of Seele's identity to string things along on Silver Wolf's end—having Seele ask Sister Silver Wolf for help ranking up now and then to divert her attention—Caelus was confident he could train Haxxor Bunny up in a short amount of time.
Besides, he genuinely wanted to learn Aether Editing too.
More accurately, the Bronie part of the consciousness wanted to learn.
Bronie's hacking talent definitely couldn't compare to Haxxor Bunny herself, but she had a multi-core processor!
The difference in algorithmic models (thinking) could be made up for with hardware and computing power!
The surplus processing performance of a multi-core processor couldn't be wasted. Comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor was the hallmark of a new-era Masked Fool.
The more methods you had, the easier it was to find amusement.
"First, let me introduce the concept of Aether Editing to you. Starting from Aether..."
In the room assigned to Silver Wolf, Caelus took out the holographic projection board from the little pink rich lady's gift bag, putting on a proper show of teaching Bronie the 'ink' he had extorted from Silver Wolf.
That's right, it was Bronie, not Haxxor Bunny.
Bronie had not turned on auto-battle.
After all, she was the owner of the body. Giving Haxxor Bunny too much time initially would easily make the other party suspicious. Keeping control of the body in her own hands made it easier to control the pace of questioning and teaching.
Haxxor Bunny listened in the background of the body without missing a single word, as focused as a high school senior preparing for the college entrance exams.
Because Bronie was calling out "Caelus-sensei" with every breath, and she sounded so earnest! So sweet!
In Haxxor Bunny's eyes, she herself was proud. Perhaps Bronie had a favorable impression of Caelus, but for the other party to treat Caelus so enthusiastically, even with a hint of fawning, it was all so that she could learn Aether Editing!
It felt a bit like her own older sister working at a nightclub to pay for her tuition. This guilt made Haxxor Bunny resolve to learn Aether Editing as soon as possible!
Caelus pondered whether he should call Sparkle over and pay to learn how to put on a one-man show!
And so, Haxxor Bunny was learning Aether Editing, while Caelus was delving deeper into the Elation Path. Both of them had a bright future!
When he was mostly done explaining the 'ink' scraped from Silver Wolf, Caelus let Haxxor Bunny study that thing on her own—something that would be placed in a fantasy novel as the Dao Scripture of a Supreme Being proving their Dao to become an Emperor, the highest realm of a humanoid hacker: the Inheritance Dao Scripture of Emperor Silver Wolf, Chapter One.
"Ah! Caelus-sensei~~~ You're truly too amazing!"
Returning to the living room, Caelus's face subconsciously scrunched up toward his nose.
That melodious, rising and falling voice was simply a real-life example of the word "pretentious."
Opposite him, Stelle was twisting and squirming, pinching her voice to be so cloyingly sweet it made one want to throw up: "You are the sunlight breaking through the dark clouds, the lightning in the dark night, the eternal myth!"
March 7th instantly got goosebumps all over her body!
"Stop acting crazy here!" Caelus bared his teeth.
Stelle looked at Caelus and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she rolled her eyes resentfully, tilted her head to the side, and pinched her fingers into an orchid mudra:
"Oh my~ Sister Ah Qi gave you the cold shoulder, yet you're still so delighted. I suppose I'm not as good at acting coquettish, getting shy, and making Big Brother happy as Sister Seele. I've ruined Big Brother's good mood, so I guess it's all this younger sister's fault~!"
It was still that affected, scalp-numbing voice.
Seele's face turned completely red from Stelle's words.
"Eek~! Don't imitate Caelus with that weird tone!"
March 7th rubbed her arms vigorously and punched Stelle. "And... when did I ever give Caelus the cold shoulder!?"
"It takes ten thousand years to learn to be good, but only one sentence to learn to be a scumbag. This guy is hopeless... Ah Qi, come with me. Let's fix this Stelle-cub's brain."
Caelus led the charge to suppress the Stellaron spirit. March 7th followed closely after seeing the teasing and mocking look in Stelle's eyes. Little Duck piloted the Bronya vessel, joining the uproar with a dark-bellied attitude, turning the scene into a wild dance of demons.
"So energetic, being this lively so early in the morning..."
In her room, Li Sushang, woken up by the noise, frowned slightly. She stretched after getting out of bed, then raised an eyebrow in surprise when she saw the time on the clock.
"It's already this time? Just what time did the other me go to sleep yesterday?"
Moonscar had used Caelus's account to chat with Silver Wolf until the latter half of the night, almost pulling an all-nighter. Her body needed sleep to rest.
She quickly got up, got dressed, and washed up. She heard melodramatic, Lin Daiyu-esque nonsense about 'brother, sister, baby, you dead ghost' drifting over from the shared living room one moment, and screams of 'Ouch, ouch, no, no, no' the next.
When Li Sushang went over, she saw Stelle, Caelus, and March 7th hugging and wrestling each other on the sofa. The two gray-hairs were spouting 'fragrant' words—truly 'fragrant'—trying to cringe-kill each other.
After the horseplay, the three of them leaned against the sofa, panting heavily.
"Oh right, I suddenly remembered something I'm very curious about."
March 7th raised a hand to wipe non-existent sweat from her forehead.
"What is it?"
"It's that Matrix of Prescience at the Divination Commission. The Master Diviner used that thing to interrogate Kafka, and without her even needing to speak, she could see into the past. So I was thinking... could this array be used on me?"
March 7th was very satisfied with her current life, but if possible, she really wanted to recover her memories too.
"Why didn't you mention this at the Seat of Divine Foresight earlier?" Stelle tilted her head.
"Well, there wasn't a good opportunity~ The Xianzhou had just gone through a major crisis, so I couldn't exactly bring up my trivial personal matters, could I?" March 7th scratched her head shyly like a cat.
"So I figured, now that the Stellaron disaster is resolved, how about we go to the Divination Commission together and ask her to take a look?"
Phantylia's disaster had initially subsided—at least, in the eyes of ordinary residents and travelers, it had. The blockade of the Jade Gate was lifted, and commercial routes were reopened for navigation.
But there were still many things to do.
The comprehensive revival of the Ambrosial Arbor had caused structural changes to the Grotto-Heaven. There were building and facility damages caused by the shockwaves of the battle, and the tallying and comforting of affected ordinary people and Cloud Knights who died in battle.
In the original worldline, Jing Yuan suffered heavy injuries during the great tribulation. Combined with his advanced age and approaching Mara-struck state, he had to go to the Alchemy Commission to recuperate.
But this time, with a righteous four-versus-one beatdown, even though Phantylia was an enhanced version, Jing Yuan wasn't really injured.
Caelus had cleared out his obedient grand-disciple's Mara-struck emotions, making a stifled Jing Yuan go work overtime and toil away, minimizing his interference in the affairs of his Grandmaster and his Great-grandmaster.
Fu Xuan tragically lost her General experience card!
Caelus and Stelle exchanged a glance: "Let's go!"
"Yay! I knew you guys were the best!"
March 7th threw her arms around their necks.
The others had their own plans.
Haxxor Bunny was learning Aether Editing and using her breaks to learn about the world on the network. The Galaxy was boundless; one night wasn't even enough for a cursory browse.
Moonscar planned to go find her disciple, or go hang out with Guinaifen.
Her essence was Caelus, after all; there was no need to be with everyone every single moment.
Little Duck happily got some alone time with Seele.
At the Divination Commission, judging from the diviners' mental state, they hadn't lacked overtime work these past few days. In fact, they were still currently working overtime.
When Caelus and the others found Fu Xuan, she was communicating with Jing Yuan.
"...tallying compensation funds... leading the restoration of the Grotto-Heaven's phases..."
Under the subtle expressions of Caelus, Stelle, and March 7th, Jing Yuan's projection listed off over a dozen tasks in one breath.
"With Master Fu's abilities, these will surely be easily accomplished. These will all be the core highlights I use when recommending your promotion to General to the Six Charioteers!"
"Empty promises won't work on me."
So said Fu Xuan.
Then, Caelus watched as the Master Diviner obstinately accepted all the tasks.
Seriously, had the Derp-resa virus been transmitted through some out-of-bounds medium?
This Master Diviner was a bit silly. Caelus felt he could toy with her a bit.
As for helping March 7th recover her memories, although it was a pity, he felt the possibility wasn't high...
As early as when he rolled the Fenghuang Down, Caelus had secretly tried to see if he could help March 7th recover her memories, but he couldn't do it relying solely on the Fenghuang Down.
"I am very pleased to see you all, but This Seat is going to be very busy next. If you have business, please state it directly."
"Uh... alright."
March 7th explained their purpose for coming.
Fu Xuan didn't show much resistance to the request of using the Matrix of Prescience to deduce the past; it wasn't her first time helping someone do this kind of thing.
Naturally, she had to help the saviors of the Xianzhou!
Barring any accidents, it wouldn't take much time either.
Using the Matrix of Prescience couldn't bring outsiders' consciousness entities inside, so Caelus, Stelle, and Qingque—who had been dragged in by Fu Xuan to work overtime—could only watch from the sidelines.
During the preparation time, Caelus and Qingque discussed the battle with Phantylia, while Qingque endlessly vented about being squeezed for overtime by the Master Diviner.
The result did not exceed Caelus's expectations. The Matrix of Prescience was indeed the Luofu's stabilizing treasure, tying together the powers of time, space, and causality to inspect the past, foresee the future, and illuminate the hidden depths.
It went deeper than when Caelus used the Fenghuang Down.
They obtained many key clues.
For example, there were Memokeepers of the Garden of Recollection deep within March 7th's memories. The one who sealed the young girl's memories was very likely an Aeon, but not necessarily Fuli the [Memory].
The Memokeeper intervened merely to protect March 7th from being harmed by the sealed memories...
As for anything beyond that, even the Matrix of Prescience was powerless to reach it. It was even almost affected by the power deep within March 7th's memories, nearly overloading the Matrix of Prescience.
"Qingque, Qingque... get over here quickly!"
Fu Xuan hurriedly called for personnel to come over for repairs, her face full of heartache, causing March 7th to scratch her head in embarrassment.
Caelus frowned.
If even the Matrix of Prescience couldn't do it, then after the Divine Awakening of Jizo Mitama, the new Authority of the [Memory] probably wouldn't work either. Unless he could feed Ling a massive amount of Soul Crystals, perhaps he could give it a try.
In that case, the cost-effectiveness was far inferior to waiting for the Divine Awakening of the Fenghuang Down. At that time, it might be able to open it.
Since it was a seal protecting the young girl, Caelus didn't intend to rashly unseal it, but he had to keep an eye on it.
To prevent someone from triggering the seal and putting March 7th in danger, turning her from a lively, charming beauty into a frozen block of ice.
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