Gu Youran stood with her hands behind her back, relaxed.
Gu Ya, enduring the discomfort of regaining his memories, looked at Gu Youran again, asking in confusion, "Are you the one speaking?"
Gu Youran shook her head silently, then turned her gaze to the enormous holographic display screen behind her.
Following Gu Youran's gaze, Gu Ya looked at the screen.
A middle-aged man was projected onto the holographic screen.
Gu Ya bore a slight resemblance to this man in his features.
"Xiao Ya, do you remember? I am your father, Gu Hui."
Gu Hui called out softly, his voice distant, echoing in the enclosed room.
With Gu Hui's call, countless memories surged back from the depths of Gu Ya's mind.
Gu Ya gasped for breath, holding his head with his hands.
The sensation was incredibly dreamlike,
Even more profound than when he first transmigrated,
Gu Ya found himself unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.
"I apologize for waking you in this manner."
"Your abilities are beyond my expectations."
Gu Ya, suppressing his discomfort, looked up and slowly said, "You abandoned me and Youyou..."
"Yes," Gu Hui replied, his face devoid of any emotion, calm and unreadable.
"I also forged your identities, making others believe that you and Youyou were clones."
Gu Ya’s face contorted, and he spoke in a low, accusatory tone, "Then how do you have the nerve to appear before me!"
"You lived a life of leisure while Youyou and I suffered in dire straits!"
The man remained expressionless, his tone steady as he said, "I apologize, I had no other choice."
Gu Ya closed his eyes and took several deep breaths, composing himself. He reopened his eyes and said, "Hmph, don't worry, I'll find your coordinates immediately, and then..."
As he spoke, Gu Ya suddenly jumped out of bed and quickly walked to the holographic projection equipment, placing his hands on it. "Then, I'll interrogate you myself."
"System, activate! Code tampering!!!"
Gu Ya shouted, staring at the system's light screen, which only he could see.
On the panel,
The code that should have been there had vanished, leaving it blank.
"What!?" Gu Ya exclaimed in surprise.
Gu Hui had been watching Gu Ya the entire time, waiting for him to finish. Only then did he speak, "No need to look for me, I am right before you."
Gu Ya looked up incredulously.
Gu Hui's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a tone that suggested it was the most natural thing in the world, "I, am the mecha."
"This mecha, it is me."
"How is that possible!!" Gu Ya stumbled back a step in shock.
No matter how many life-or-death trials, no matter how many perilous hardships Gu Ya had faced, none could stop him.
He had always prided himself on his calmness and rationality, believing that no earth-shattering change could shake his resolve!
But upon hearing that this mecha was his father,
Gu Ya couldn't help but gasp,
"No, no, no..."
Gu Ya began to doubt if he was still under the influence of the drugs.
This was simply preposterous, impossible to comprehend with a normal mind!
Gu Youran let out a faint chuckle and said, "Brother, I know you are filled with doubt, but this is the truth."
"Although it's incredibly unbelievable, there's nothing we can do."
"I am your sister, and this is our father~"
"We won't harm you; instead, we will help you."
"You need time to adapt and process this information."
"You also need to discern its truth for yourself."
"Coincidentally, we have plenty of time."
No, no, no, impossible. Gu Ya closed his eyes and tried to recall, searching his mind for any experience that could explain the current situation.
But it was all in vain.
His memories could not help Gu Ya understand.
He had thought that finding his father, or finding his father's research data, would help him understand the past and comprehend his father's motives and thoughts in doing all this.
But now, in this situation, Gu Ya could not have imagined it even in his wildest dreams.
Gu Hui's expression was frozen, unchanged. He said softly, "Ask whatever you wish to ask, and I will answer your doubts with all that I have."
"Ask?" Gu Ya gasped. His initial shock gradually subsided.
Yes, I do have many questions.
I had them before, and now that I see him, I have even more questions!
Gu Ya took a long, deep breath, closed his eyes, and recalled again. 138 Reading Network
The scenes that were once blank, that he couldn't recall no matter how hard he tried, scenes that he couldn't even imagine a basis for,
Now came back to him naturally.
So that's how handsome Dad was when he was young.
Mom wasn't that fierce either; when she glared, her eyes were filled with love.
So Lingling Sister was so cute as a child, she learned how to be happy, how to smile, how to express affection.
So my sister was mischievous from a young age...
My... my childhood was very happy.
Except... except for what happened eight years ago...
Gu Ya opened his eyes again.
By now, he had gradually adapted to the memories of his past self.
But,
Something in his mind seemed to be rapidly altering his thoughts.
It was as if his second personality was disrupting the original Gu Ya's character.
Two personalities with different experiences were now battling for control of this body in his mind.
But in the end,
Gu Ya's primary personality gained the upper hand.
He gradually realized that all of that was just the past, something that could no longer be changed.
And now, this was what he had to face.
It's enough, Gu Ya comforted himself inwardly. The Gu Ya of this world had merged with him.
Embracing himself,
Accepting himself,
Compromising with his past self,
And then, taking the past Gu Ya with him, he would move forward bravely to meet his new destiny.
This is what I should do.
Gu Hui and Gu Youran had been quietly waiting for Gu Ya to speak. They seemed to have anticipated this situation.
"Is that so..." Gu Ya said softly, "Okay. But before we begin asking, I must tell you something you don't know, haven't foreseen, and can't even imagine."
Gu Youran narrowed her eyes, her expression tinged with curiosity.
Gu Hui remained as calm as ever.
Gu Ya looked up and said calmly, "Gu Ya is already dead."
"I am, in fact, a transmigrator."
"This sense of detachment, of displacement, of unreality, often fills my heart."
"But I can't go back to the world I belonged to."
"Therefore, I've compromised with the past."
"The missing piece in my mind has been filled. From now on, I will no longer feel lost."
"I, am Gu Ya."
Gu Ya looked at his father on the holographic screen and said, "Now, it's your turn to state your position."
Gu Youran pursed her lips and smiled faintly, saying, "Brother, your destiny is even more convoluted and exciting than we imagined."
"Alright, hee hee, both contestants are in position!"
"Dad, Brother has adapted. It's time to tell the truth."
"Tell Brother everything you've wanted to say these past few years. You can finally rest in peace too."
Gu Hui's expression was still calm. He said, "Ask away, Xiao Ya, I will hold nothing back."
Gu Ya cleared his throat and pondered for a long time. "Then let's start with the person in front of me. Is Gu Youran a clone of Youyou?"
A cute smile bloomed on Gu Youran's face.
Gu Hui said calmly, "She is not. After my accident, my followers unfroze my and your mother's reproductive cells. Through artificial insemination, and then cultivation, the child was created."
"To be precise, she is your biological sister."
"Youran appears to be around sixteen or seventeen years old, but her physiological age is only five."
Gu Youran said with a smile, "That doesn't hinder my psychological development. In fact, I understand more than normal girls my age~"
"That's why I could trick you, brother. Was the candy delicious? Hee hee."
Gu Ya nodded and said, "Having a biological sister suddenly appear is quite surprising."
"But why doesn't she look like me or Youyou?"
Gu Youran said, "To avoid suspicion, her genes were modified during the cultivation period."
Gu Ya grunted and no longer pursued the matter of Youran, continuing, "Who were the people who captured me in the house and on the surface of Zhuoyuan City?"
Gu Hui replied, "The people in the house next to 333 Gearwheel Street belong to an organization called 'Special Ninth Department'."
"The Special Ninth Department is an intelligence agency directly under Xianxia. It has a vast scope and many departments. Those who can carry out missions outside are merely surface-level personnel. The true powerhouses of the Special Ninth Department would never let the world know of their existence."
"If you can contact someone from the intelligence department, ask them, and you'll know the terror and... meddlesome nature of the Special Ninth Department."
Gu Ya asked, "Why did they capture me?"
Gu Hui answered, "It's related to your abilities. In the intelligence world, your identity has always been Gu Xingchi's clone. They captured you to research Gu Xingchi's abilities."
It's related to abilities again, Gu Ya thought to himself. What kind of abilities did the original host of this body have? Even after recalling the past, he had no idea.
"What exactly are my abilities?" Gu Ya asked next.
Gu Hui was silent for a long time and said, "I apologize... I have amnesia..."
Gu Ya asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
Gu Hui remained calm and said, "When I detected someone prying into my research, I realized that the confidential information had been leaked. So, I began deleting data and forging your and Youyou's identities, preparing to escape."
"But it was too late."
"A long-dormant special squad from the Black Star Walkers found me and seized some of the research data that I hadn't managed to delete."
"I fought to escape death, found you and Youyou, and fed you the memory-blocking drug I developed."
"On the verge of death, I requested my followers to upload my consciousness to the holographic system."
"To protect you and Youyou, and to prevent the enemy from finding me again and obtaining more research data from me."
"When uploading my consciousness, I deliberately erased all memories related to the research."
"I am just a mortal, and my abilities are very limited. The research experiments were incomplete, and the situation at the time was urgent and the conditions were limited."
"As a result, I am not perfect."
"My consciousness could collapse and die at any moment."
"I must use a machine with super high power to maintain my consciousness."
"Therefore, I chose the Zhuoyuan City mecha."
"My followers brought me here, waiting for your appearance all along."
Gu Ya lowered his head, repeatedly recalling Gu Hui's words.
There was a lot of information in these words, and many follow-up questions.
Some questions even defied logic.
Gu Ya nodded, looked at Gu Hui, and said calmly, "Perhaps, I can help you."