Two cleaners pushed open the door, linked arms, and stood at the entrance, fearfully peering into the storage room.
"It's true... as I said! No one's in the room, but there are voices! I told you, this room is haunted!" one of them said fearfully.
"I didn't believe it before, but I do now! Not just one, but several!" the other replied.
"Let the braver guards get the things. We're not going in!"
"Clang!" The alloy blast door slammed shut again.
Gu Ya retracted the "Yong Meng" nano-robots, his voice calm and low, "I was too excited hearing Bai Ying speak and forgot the main task!"
"I need to go back and confirm something with Ning Yu."
"Hei Yang, you stay here and continue searching for Fu Yafang's whereabouts."
Hei Yang smiled happily, puffed out his chest, and casually conjured three identity cards, saying, "Master, these information identification cards I obtained will allow us to enter and exit freely. Don't worry, the fake identities look very real, and the data is flawless."
Gu Ya smiled and patted Hei Yang's head, saying, "I trust you to handle things. I authorize you to use the abilities of the Machine God's Urn, but prioritize your own safety and act cautiously."
"Don't worry, Master!"
Without further delay, Gu Ya and Ye Ying changed into Black Star researcher uniforms and walked out of the storage room with confidence, heading for the hovercar lot.
Hei Yang, however, left the storage room more than ten minutes later.
Upon arriving at the car lot, Ye Ying asked with some concern, "Are you not worried that Hei Yang will betray you if you leave it here alone and authorize it to use divine power?"
Gu Ya smiled faintly and said, "No need to worry. Hei Yang and I are constantly connected. As long as I wish, I can communicate through the Machine God's Urn and control Hei Yang's actions."
Ye Ying nodded in reassurance and nestled into Gu Ya's embrace.
As long as her beloved was by her side, she felt a strong sense of security.
With their new identities, Gu Ya no longer needed to hide. He summoned a hovercar and flew towards Bai Liao Street, number 84.
Ning Yu sat on a chair, lost in thought, her spirit wandering.
On the pristine white hospital beds beside her lay Wang Shangmeng and Yoda.
The bionic doctors and nurses summoned by Gu Ya possessed superb medical skills and had already treated all external injuries.
Now, all they needed to do was wait for the wounds to heal.
Moreover, this was one of Black Star's important safe points for the resistance, with hidden sentries monitoring within a few kilometers.
They would be very safe here.
Feihong Shurou walked behind Ning Yu, gently placing a hand on her shoulder, and whispered, "Don't worry, your master will surely rescue your mistress."
Ning Yu remained immersed in self-blame and sorrow.
The uncertainty of the future tormented her.
This terrible emotional state further fueled her depression, leaving her feeling weak and unwilling to move.
Whenever waves of depression washed over her, she would recall her deceased sister, her comrades who fought alongside her, and the scenes of them dying before her eyes.
She had seen too much death, yet she could not escape its shadow.
However, in battle, one had to be fully focused.
This had led her to develop an incurable bipolar disorder.
"Do you know, Shurou Jie, in the future, you... you..." Ning Yu said sadly.
Shurou gently hugged Ning Yu and whispered affectionately, "I know everyone dies. But to die for ideals and beliefs, one would not shy away even from being cut into a thousand pieces."
Ning Yu sighed and said, "I hope Master can make the timeline of this world even more thorough, allowing all our friends and family to live to see the future."
Shurou said softly, "Silly girl, the future needs to be written by us together. Cheer up, Xiao Yu. To correct mistakes and never repeat them, and to face the future without fear, that is what you should think and do."
Just then, the hospital room door was gently pushed open.
The two women turned to look.
Ning Yu's eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she rushed forward, throwing herself into Ye Ying's arms. Crying, she said, "Mistress! I'm so sorry! Truly sorry, it's all my fault!"
Before Ye Ying could utter words of forgiveness, Gu Ya, with a cold expression, pulled Ning Yu away and grabbed her by the collar, taking her outside.
"Now is not the time for sentimental apologies," Gu Ya said directly. "Tell me all the information you have about the 'Hai Yang' pupal humans."
Ning Yu wiped away her tears. Hearing Gu Ya's calm and steady tone, she understood that her master had forgiven her.
But the mistake was hers, and even if others forgave her, Ning Yu could not forgive herself.
In her heart, she constantly reminded herself to be cautious and diligent in everything she did from now on, and never to make the same mistake again.
"I'm asking you, did your crying make you stupid?" Gu Ya said coldly, with a hint of displeasure.
Ning Yu cleared her throat, regained her composure, and said seriously, "As the name suggests, 'pupal humans' are computer lifeforms still in the transformation stage. When they were still in their human phase, they were infused with some unknown technology, and their internal structures gradually transformed and mutated, becoming something completely different from human organs. However, their outward appearance remained the same as humans."
Gu Ya asked, "Okay, your words are very informative. I'll ask one by one. First, what is the technology infused into them?"
Ning Yu shook her head, unable to answer.
This was not surprising. The young girl disliked studying technology and naturally did not understand such profound matters.
Gu Ya changed his line of questioning and continued, "What will their internal structures eventually become?"
This Ning Yu knew, after all, she had killed countless computer lifeforms and had some understanding of their internal organs.
Ning Yu responded affirmatively, "Master, you should know the internal structure and operating principles of holographic systems, right?"
"To put it simply, computer lifeforms use biological organs as the various processing units of the system, biological electricity as their energy source, blood vessels as power transmission lines, neural networks as communication pathways, and the brain as the central processor. They are living computers."
Gu Ya took a breath, a sinister smile tugging at the corners of his lips, and said, "It's exactly as I imagined!"
Ning Yu continued, "Due to the changes in their internal organs, computer humans cannot reproduce sexually. However, they possess a stronger ability for self-procreation."
"Furthermore, since there is no genetic inheritance, their offspring, regardless of their evolutionary speed, completeness, or degree of mutation, are entirely free to develop."
Gu Ya nodded, stroking his chin, his eyes narrowing, "In other words, their iterations are very fast, and they can develop all sorts of strange offspring."
"No!" Ning Yu rarely contradicted Gu Ya, saying, "Master, you've only got the latter half right."
"The fact is, their self-reproduction speed is not fast. I suspect there is a more powerful backend controlling the fertility rate of all computer humans."
"I believe it's the 'Hai Yang' mother body controlling the species."
Gu Ya let out a long breath and said, "So, in the initial stages, they need to infuse ordinary humans with unknown technology to expand the population!"
"Once they reach a certain scale, the 'Hai Yang' mother body will exert control!"
Ning Yu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gravely in agreement.
Although she didn't know where Gu Ya obtained this information, considering the speed of his acquisition, he was already a genius.
Ning Yu's admiration for her master's intelligence deepened once again.
Gu Ya let out a cold laugh, "The Double Ring Human Experiment and the Pure Body Modification Technique were actually all in service of computer lifeforms. The Consciousness Lifeform Laboratory truly hides dragons and crouching tigers."
"Looking at it this way, their purpose in extracting consciousness lifeforms is not hard to guess!"