"Master, Steve has been 'invited' back to Umbrella."
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Kurumi opened her eyes and glanced at the intricate magic patterns covering her entire arm.
With a slight exertion of her arm, the purple magic patterns entwined around it gradually shattered into starry fragments, dissipating into the air.
Ignoring what the Red Queen had said earlier, Kurumi furrowed her brows and closed her eyes again, using her psychic power to cleanse the residual magic energy within her body.
She exhaled a breath of mist, and when the residual energy returned to its most primitive form, Kurumi opened her eyes.
The Red Queen floated nearby, silent. She knew her master had failed once again.
"Red Queen, do you know the reason?" Kurumi asked.
The little girl in the air adjusted her expression and said softly, "Master, there are roughly three possibilities, with numerous variations."
Kurumi stood up, exposing her beautiful body to the air without concern. "Tell me, what are the three possibilities?"
Red Queen glanced at Kurumi and, blushing slightly, lowered her head. "First, Master, you have a magic-repelling constitution."
Seeing Kurumi's furrowed brows, Red Queen didn't continue.
"Go on," Kurumi urged.
"Second, your body naturally rejects spiritual energy because your affinity for it is imperfect, leading to this phenomenon."
"The third possibility is related to this elven body. Based on current computational power, it can only accommodate 'spiritual energy' as its energy source. As for why, it's possible that..."
Red Queen fell silent at the end, and Kurumi understood what she was trying to convey. It was likely a contingency left by the Supreme God within this body, something she couldn't discover with her current abilities.
The three possibilities that Red Queen speculated were indeed the most likely ones. Even Kurumi had considered them.
She could use magic to activate formations because she could flexibly convert spiritual energy into magic power. Similarly, she could also convert magic power into spiritual energy, although the latter was impure and required long refinement to meet absorption requirements. During that period, absorbing the free energy in the air was more efficient.
However, free energy could be transformed into any form of 'power' within a living being, such as magic, qi, spiritual energy, or chakra.
But no matter how hard Kurumi tried, she couldn't change the spiritual energy within her body; she could only control its concentration.
Rubbing her forehead, Kurumi realised that these weren't things she needed to worry about as a mere Alpha. She was still a member of the Supreme God's faction.
Although this Supreme God was evil and liked to exploit others, it indirectly protected the reincarnators.
What was this? Was it one-sided oppression or mutual benefit?
Kurumi seemed to understand the thoughts of the bigwigs in the Church of the Supreme God.
She glanced at the Red Queen, floating in mid-air, her face still flushed. It seemed she couldn't bear to look at her master's exposed body.
Kurumi began to put on her clothes, and the contrast between the black stockings and her snow-white legs was mesmerising. It made Red Queen's eyes blur a bit, and she suddenly felt no regrets in her lifetime.
"Red Queen? Red Queen? Red Queen!"
The final call finally brought her back to her senses. Red Queen turned around, swallowing hard.
Kurumi smiled at her with narrowed eyes, and her wine-red eyes made Red Queen's heart race.
More than a dozen cloud computing centres nationwide have begun to heat up collectively. The staff members were sweating profusely, trying to debug what seemed to be an unexpected issue.
Aside from the skyrocketing utilisation of computing power, it is even increasing!
The staff members were in a frenzy, and even the air conditioning in the cloud computing centre seemed to have completely lost its function.
A professor with greying hair and a lab coat faintly marked by sweat stood dumbfounded.
If they couldn't find the cause, all these machines would be burnt out due to overheating.
In that case, the funding was one thing, but the most critical issue was the data inside!
"Quick! Hurry!"
"Oh my god! Jack, why are you just standing there? Hurry and transfer the data! We've received instructions from above and must preserve this data!"
The young man named Jack hesitated, "What about the backup? Why don't we just cut off the power?"
"Fuak! Don't worry about that right now; just come and help!"
As they frantically moved and copied the data, they were about to cut off the power.
"Manager! The temperature is gradually dropping, returning to stability!"
The old professor hesitated momentarily when he saw the temperature drop on the screen and asked tentatively, "Do we still need to cut off the power?"
Even the young man couldn't help but smirk inwardly. How should I know? You're the manager, aren't you?
"Manager!" Another middle-aged man ran over, "They said not to cut off the power for now. Wait until they release an announcement, and tomorrow, we can shut down the cloud computing centre for comprehensive maintenance!"
This time, the young man and even the old professor couldn't help but curl their lips. These capitalists were daring and willing to take risks for profit.
Inside Kurumi's mansion, the steam above Red Queen's head gradually dissipated, and she covered her burning cheeks with both hands. Even though this was a projected body, she could still feel the high temperature on her face.
It wasn't until she took a few deep breaths and adjusted herself that she dared to open her eyes.
A handsome face, half-smiling, came into her pupils. The wine-red eyes of her master were filled with playful amusement.
Red Queen's gaze shifted, and she noticed that her master had already worn her clothes. She felt disappointed but relieved at the same time.
She raised her head again and met her master's gaze.
The wine-red eyes held a teasing smile that made Red Queen's face crimson once more.
"Manager! The machine temperature has suddenly peaked again! It has exceeded the previous trend! Oh my god! It has exceeded the peak value!"
The old professor shivered, "What the heck is going on?"
After the machine's temperature dropped, the old professor forcefully shut down the power. The same scene occurred in other cloud computing centres across the country.
All the companies that had rented these resources were left baffled.
What's going on? Why did they stop together?!
Little did anyone know that the cloud computing centres had cut off their power because of the intense emotional fluctuations of an intelligent life form.
And why were the fluctuations so intense? Red Queen blamed their outdated technology and inability to keep up with her thoughts. Otherwise, how could she blush at seeing her master's body?
How could her emotional fluctuations be so intense from looking at her master's body?
It was all their fault! They had built the cloud computing centres poorly! Their technology couldn't keep up! Their civilisation was too backward!
In any case, it was not Red Queen's fault!