Gu Ya ignored Wei's surprise and turned to Ye Ying, "My dear, you know what I want to do. If you disagree, we can find someone else."
Ye Ying said firmly, "Bai Ying and I both support you."
Gu Ya nodded, no longer hesitating, and surveyed the large work and lounge area.
"Tell the servants to move all this stuff out."
Gu Ya said seriously, "Let's complete Hai Yang!"
Wei was stunned for a full five seconds before numbly nodding. He raised his communication bracelet and called for servants to move all the furniture out of the room.
After clearing out the clutter,
Gu Ya spread his hands and arms, shifting his stance.
As his arms drew circles like a compass, his palms pointed directly forward.
A sterile isolation curtain covered the walls and floor.
Brand new experimental instruments were summoned forth.
Various tubes and wires, large and small, burrowed underground like earthworms, piercing the solid concrete and connecting together.
White, shadowless holographic lights replaced the decorative lamps.
A giant circular base materialized beneath the three of them.
Trillions of particle blocks flew out from the base, stacking and assembling to form a heavy metal chamber.
Gu Ya spun around once.
The room, originally decorated in a casual style, had transformed into a clean, brand-new laboratory of the highest specification.
All the instruments activated simultaneously, emitting pleasant electromagnetic flow sounds.
The air was also filled with the unique scent of new instruments and equipment.
"Ying, are you ready?" Gu Ya gently caressed Ye Ying's cheek.
Ye Ying and Bai Ying said in unison, "Ready."
A fish-scale-shaped golden metal piece appeared at the tip of Gu Ya's thumb and adhered to Ye Ying's cheek.
Immediately, the metal piece spread from her cheek, gradually enveloping Ye Ying's body.
It formed a humanoid metal cocoon.
Gu Ya slowly raised his hand, and the metal cocoon slowly levitated, finally being placed into the groove in the center of the circular base.
Instantly, a large, barrel-shaped transparent protective shield rose from the base, reaching all the way to the ceiling.
Completely isolating the metal cocoon!
It was then that Wei understood what Gu Ya intended to do!
"Gu Ya, you're planning to replicate the extraction experiment? You… you're insane! Don't you even care about Ye Ying's life?"
"No, Ye Ying saved me, I can't let you take this risk!"
"If this fails, Ye Ying and Bai Ying might not come back!!"
Gu Ya raised his hand and placed it on Wei's shoulder. Floating platforms appeared beneath their feet, carrying them further away.
A thick pane of transparent glass completely separated the two from the instruments.
Numerous exposed black cables appeared on the floor, like countless giant pythons crawling from all around the room towards the center, connecting to the base of the metal cocoon.
All instruments began to operate.
On the holographic display, data, lists, analysis pie charts, and parameter codes rapidly generated,
Finally freezing at: [99.99%]!
"We need one more person," Gu Ya said calmly. He conjured the solitary confinement space instrument and released the Grand Tutor from it.
As soon as the Grand Tutor opened his eyes, he saw a scene that utterly astonished him.
Three seconds later, the Grand Tutor realized and exclaimed joyfully, "Gu Ya! You brat, you're actually participating in the experiment!"
"Old man, it's time for you to exert the last of your life's energy. Complete the experiment!" Gu Ya said steadily, though his tone was filled with wariness towards the Grand Tutor.
"Hahahaha!"
The Grand Tutor laughed heartily and immediately began to operate!
If two hands weren't enough, then four, then eight!
New arms continuously emerged from behind the Grand Tutor, flying to different operating platforms, rapidly tapping on holographic keyboards.
As the number of his arms increased, his body grew smaller.
His expression was one of near-frenzied excitement.
He could complete the work of over a dozen people by himself.
Indeed, keeping this old man around was very useful.
The final 0.01% was the crucial foundation for maintaining the consciousness lifeform and the original body.
Completely extracting the foundation wasn't difficult.
What was difficult was providing "food" for the consciousness lifeform after its extraction.
If the original body didn't die, the consciousness lifeform couldn't capture the original body's consciousness as "travel food."
Without a source of "food," the consciousness lifeform would die immediately.
In the original laboratory, there were plenty of consciousness lifeform remnants to serve as "food."
But there was none here!
Zhan Huo · Wei was extremely worried, but seeing Gu Ya's confident and calm expression, she could only bury her concern.
She hoped Gu Ya had the optimal solution.
Otherwise, the consciousness of Ye Ying and Bai Ying would die, and Ye Ying's remaining life would be that of a walking corpse.
The Grand Tutor smiled sinisterly, "Supreme Divinity Holder, hee hee hee, only the last step remains, hee hee ho ho..."
The Grand Tutor knew best what would happen next.
Once the final step's button was pressed,
Bai Ying would be completely extracted and die within a very short time due to the lack of "food"!
This was the result the Grand Tutor wanted.
He wanted revenge!
Revenge for being defeated, captured, imprisoned, and used by Gu Ya!
He wanted to see Gu Ya's anguished expression of grief, regret, and helplessness after witnessing his beloved turn into a soulless shell!
That would surely be the most beautiful expression in the world!!
The Grand Tutor intended to use the "Sorrow Mirror" to completely trap Gu Ya within this very short span of time,
Allowing Gu Ya's remaining life to be spent in tormenting regret and self-blame!!
"Press it!"
Gu Ya said with firm confidence!
The Grand Tutor laughed loudly and pressed the holographic button without hesitation!
The interior of the metal cocoon instantly erupted with dazzling white light, the entire laboratory bathed in its glow.
Within the huge protective glass, everything turned white,
Illuminating the dark operating room!
"Hahahaha! Supreme Divinity Holder! You've ultimately lost! You've lost to your own ignorance and arrogance!!"
"Your lover is dead, completely dead, hahahaha!"
"And you can do nothing about it!!!"
"Sorrow Mirror! Open—!!!"
Hearing the Grand Tutor's ecstatic cry,
Zhan Huo · Wei's heart suddenly panicked!
Enduring the dazzling white light, she rushed forward, narrowing her eyes as she frantically searched for the stop button.
But a large hand suddenly reached out and firmly grabbed Zhan Huo · Wei's wrist!
Wei turned her head and saw Gu Ya's face filled with intense calm, gazing forward without flinching from the glaring white light.
The white light instantly dissipated.
Wei anxiously looked inside the laboratory.
She saw Ye Ying standing unharmed in the center of the circular platform.
Her expression was natural and beautiful, her eyes deep and spirited, not at all like someone whose consciousness had died!
And in her left hand, she was holding a silver-haired, white-browed loli, about ten years old!
The loli was expressionless. She raised her left arm, her palm open, fingers straight, her palm facing the Grand Tutor outside the glass.
"Food..."
The loli said faintly.
The Grand Tutor's expression suddenly froze!
Immediately, his face began to contwst.
More than ten mechanical arms quickly flew over, grabbing at the Grand Tutor's neck.
"Wh-what's happening!!!"
"Why am I becoming food!!!"
"Ugh..."
The painful roars grew weaker and weaker.
His eyes gradually lost their light, and even in death, he kept repeating, "Why… am I… food..."
The Grand Tutor finally collapsed into a pile of limp waste.
"What's going on?" Wei asked Gu Ya in surprise.
Gu Ya gazed at Ye Ying and the now corporeal Bai Ying.
He said, "The Sorrow Mirror is constructed from mental energy, and mental energy is actually another output state of the subconscious.
"Normal adults have multiple layers of mental defenses that consciousness lifeforms cannot easily breach.
"But once the Sorrow Mirror is released, it's equivalent to pulling the subconscious out of the human brain and exposing it.
"In Bai Ying's eyes, that was a super rich feast!!"
Zhan Huo · Wei was shocked and asked, "Was all of this your plan? Using the Grand Tutor?"
Gu Ya smiled sinisterly and said, "I was worried he might see through it. But he was blinded by hatred, ignorance, and arrogance, and ultimately reaped what he sowed.
"Even if 99% of his body was converted into machinery...
"That remaining 1% was enough to be the key to defeating him."
Zhan Huo · Wei nodded in thought,
But then immediately asked, "But!!"
"But why does Bai Ying have a physical body??"
"Don't tell me… you… you have the technology to create organic bodies?"
Gu Ya tilted his head,
And revealed a fact to Zhan Huo · Wei that left her utterly astonished.