The Programmer Cultivator

Repository, Trial Run, Subprogram, Help, ●

Gazing at the function bar, Zhang Deming cautiously touched the Subprogram function—one that he had created during editing but had never used due to a severe lack of Karma Energy.

As Zhang Deming touched it, his vision suddenly changed.

The main page vanished... well... no, it didn’t vanish. The solid main page became an ethereal projection, and alongside it, four other pages appeared.

The second page showed a vortex pattern; this was the Cultivation Technique mounting script.

The third page contained a set of rings; this was the Skill mounting script.

The fourth, just like the script in his Dantian, displayed a vortex pattern with rings at its center. This was the Skill and Cultivation Technique mounting script.

The fifth looked like a starry sky dotted with points of light; these were the various Technique plug-ins from his Dantian. These five pages represented all the programs, scripts, and plug-ins he currently possessed.

All five pages were ethereal, awaiting his selection, but the first page was grayed out and could not be selected. A prompt appeared along with the pages.

”Please select the functional focus of the Subprogram you wish to copy!”

”Note 1: Due to Energy issues and limitations on Subprogram editing functions, it is currently not possible to copy and edit the entire editing program. If editing is required, please optimize and upgrade the Subprogram function first.”

”Note 2: All options are only for selecting a Mirror Image target; this does not directly copy a Subprogram. In other words, after selecting a target, a template script will appear. This template can be modified based on your needs; the process is not complete upon copying.”

Zhang Deming read the prompts with a faint smile. ’It looks like this Subprogram function is finally usable.’

Looking at the ethereal options before him, Zhang Deming directly selected the second one—the page with the pure vortex pattern.

”Target selected: Cultivation Technique mounting script. Due to special functional requirements, the Energy cost is: 1x Karma, 1x Merit, 1x Qi Fortune ’Circulation’.”

”Energy in Repository detected as sufficient for the Mirror Image program’s requirements. Subprogram generation can be initiated. Proceed with generation?”

”No!” Zhang Deming answered decisively.

’Are you kidding me?’ Although he really wanted a script Subprogram that could automatically run his Cultivation Technique, ’Circulation’ had another, more important use.

If he used up the ’Circulation’ Light Ball just to experiment with a long-duration Bean Soldier Incarnation, where would he find another? ’Wait another three years?’

’Forget it. He didn’t have time to wait for a third ’Circulation’ Light Ball to appear; he needed to use the one he had for something else.’

After canceling the operation, Zhang Deming continued.

”Initiate Mirror Image Subprogram modification. Change Energy requirements to: 1x Karma, 1x Merit, 1x Qi Fortune ’Sequence’, 1x Qi Fortune ’Branch’.”

”Trial Run budgeting in progress...”

”Budgeting complete!”

”Budget result: Replacement possible!”

”Special Alert: This is a downgraded replacement. After this Energy substitution, the Cultivation Technique Script can still be generated, but it is predicted to lose its automatic execution function. The script will only be able to be run manually.”

”In other words, the script’s data enforcement function will remain, but it will no longer run automatically. Only when the user manually completes one full Circulation will the Cultivation Technique Script gain Experience Points or recover Spiritual Power.”

”Confirm replacement?”

Reading the prompt, Zhang Deming smiled. ’A Bean Soldier can’t raise its Cultivation anyway. Wasting an extremely precious ’Circulation’ just for automatic Spiritual Power recovery isn’t worth it.’

’At least, that’s the case while the ’Circulation’ Light Balls are so incredibly scarce. When he has more in the future, it might be something to consider.’

’For now, his goal is to create a Cultivation Technique Script that allows the Bean Soldier to recover Spiritual Power. Whether it’s manual or automatic doesn’t matter.’

”Confirm replacement!”

As his thoughts raced, Zhang Deming confirmed the replacement.

”Please Note: Because an Energy replacement was performed on the Mirror Image program, the Subprogram’s functions will differ from the main Cultivation Technique Script. Please manually complete the differential editing.”

After the prompt appeared, a Light Screen filled with code materialized before Zhang Deming.

He began to make modifications. Although he had built a copy function into the Subprogram feature, now that he had substituted a component, it was equivalent to modifying the copied script. It was up to him to personally perfect the code for this replacement.

Zhang Deming tinkered with the program, modifying it for a long time before he finally completed the code for the mirrored script. He checked it for a good while and ran numerous trial tests before finally choosing to upload the completed version.

”Upload Mirror Image Cultivation Technique Script?”

”Please Note: This Cultivation Technique Script differs from the main Cultivation Technique Script and is a modified product. Please confirm that there are no errors before uploading to create the Subprogram. Otherwise, you will be responsible for all consequences.”

”Confirm upload!”

With Zhang Deming’s confirmation, the red Karma Light Ball was the first to explode, its countless ominous red motes bursting into a sky-filling crimson light.

Immediately, the sky-filling crimson light rapidly contracted and converged, the entire red sphere compressing into a single, infinitesimal red point.

As the red point formed, the Golden Merit Light Ball, the white Qi Fortune Light Ball, and the ethereal Mirror Image script all shattered in unison.

At that moment, Zhang Deming felt as if he were standing in a star-filled cosmos. The entire Cultivation Room around him was filled with countless white and golden motes of light, and among them floated innumerable ethereal code Runes.