"Huff!"

Chen right now sat in the middle of his room in a typical cultivation position and absorbing energy from his surroundings through the mark on his right hand.

According to the reading, his absorption rate was almost a hundred times more than the pyramid he previously used.

It is far better than last time as now I can see his progress and sometimes his interaction with his new master.

Sadly there is no microphone or voice recorder in the room.

Like that, another three days went by while I continue to observe Chen and his master's routine.

I know you're probably thinking, "You've been doing nothing but observe some boy doing breathing exercise for three days straight! You stupid bastard do your thing!"

But calm down, now everything stabilized.

I became very self-sufficient, and of course, someone like me needs something to do over a repeated boring daily routine.

I dig and mine the ores along with the container deposited by Andrews and his group. I use my mineral identifier to separate mana stone, unrefined jades, and meld ores.

I store mana stone and unrefined jade in separate containers while converting meld ores into the matter for myself.

Then I would use that filtered soil to seal our back to prevent cave-in and erase our trail.

When my matter container gets full, I would just remove it and replace it with an empty one as it is the size of an adult person's arm.

I would only stop during the break time for the group.

During the night, I will still continue my routine as I can't sleep or tire.

As for people who sleep in the bunker that is inside of me?

They don't have to worry about noise or uncomfortable movement thanks to the insulated and reinforced bunker wall along with my advanced suspension.

When I was human, I would wish I don't need to sleep or tire. But now I wish that I could feel tired and sleep.

The pleasure of sleeping on a comfy bed after a busy day.

Human duality is a weird thing.

Then it gets morning.

That is why I installed a modified sub-brain inside of me.

Sub-brain is something used as a fail-safe switch in android or cyborgs in the case they lose consciousness due to cyber or physical damage. It contains instructions given by the main one and uses it in case of shut down.

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I used that to program my body to continue work in a case I want to let observe people using room cameras and scout using my drones.

It is not AI or anything. I just programmed my body to few actions in a loop.

Anytime I can just take control of my body, so there is no fear.

Right now, I am waiting for the main character and his master to do something. Also, a new technology that buried under this mine.

I don't know which one I get to see first, but either of them will brighten my day.

Then finally, the day has come.

"HM."

Chen is right now standing in front of me while holding the pyramid in his hand.

"I heard you AI's like unknown technology and material, right ?"

"Affirmative, just like my creators, I desire to discover and know new technology."

"Then HM, I want to make a deal with you."

Said Chen presented me a pyramid and some writing on the paper.

"It is a special tool used to separate particles in the air let it absorb our body. And this is a technique used by cultivators stone crushing fist a minor physical art."

*Chen's POV*

*click, click, click.*

Right now, in front of me stood a giant made of steel with single bright red-eye, is now playing with my pyramid and technique written by the man.

Its name is HM artificial life that created by unknown figures.

I heard from a man that the creation of life is something forbidden by the high heaven itself, and anyone who tries it would receive heavenly tribulation that completely annihilates them along with soul and root.

Then I saw HM surrounding both a pyramid and writing in her weird blue light-like net.

'Hey, you. Do you really this is enough for HM to start a deal ?'

I asked from my master reside in my right hand.

'Don't call me you! Call me master!'

'Okay, okay. Master, do you really think those pitiful things are enough for HM to start the deal?'

'Kiddo, don't underestimate the current value of my technique and prism. Maybe your low-level prism without class is not worth a shit in the eyes of people, but it is worth more than gold to this.'

'Why? Can it just create itself? Like this armor and food?'

It can create such powerful armor and weapon like this I am wearing. What use of my prism to HM?

'Kiddo! That is only for you and cultivators, not for this thing!'

' In last night, I checked the armor and weapon called mining rig. It was something made of the entirely unknown way that doesn't use any qi or spiritual force just like this HM itself.'

'That is why just like how the unknown HM to you and us. Our way and techniques are also completely new to HM as well.'

'Trust me kiddo, HM will agree to your deal.'

Then the following word HM stopped surrounding prism and writing with is net of light.

"Please, elaborate part of the deal, if it doesn't pass 200 points I will accept."

Still, what a weird way to talk, and what is 200 points?

'Didn't I told you, kiddo!'

'Damn it, wait.'

"HM, can I ask how many points each of those two is worth?"

"Affirmative, from the current condition I deducted this pyramid is worth 150 points and this technique you call is worth 50 as I found a similar one in my memory bank."

Damn it, if I know the worth.

I should exchange it way sooner than later.

But heh.

'Master your great technique only worth a third of the pyramid.'

'You greedy kid, I can easily take out heaven class technique anytime. But there is no way this thing would know its value.'

'Just trick it with this low grade one, next time when I grasp the full extent of its ability exchange for better one.'

'We exchange again in future ?'

'Of course, just from abilities it shown us, I believe it is only in an infant stage. Sadly we can't make fate contract as it is something that doesn't possess spiritual root or a fate wheel.'

"Then HM, I want you to help me to collect ingredients."

I showed another paper full of writing that describes the ingredients.

"Due to unknown risk factors, each ingredient will be calculated during the harvest. Do you agree?"

'Just agree with it kiddo. All of those ingredients are not dangerous except the last one.'

"Deal."

With that, I made my first deal with HM thinking I got the upper hand.

But later, I would hear the lament from my teacher in regret about how he gave wings to a tiger. But that is for the future.