Chapter 208 The Secret of the Experimental Files

Su Wanqing took her hand back to the door handle, and when she pushed open the isolation door, there was still some sweat on her palm.

Behind the door is a low equipment room with several large mainframes standing quietly, and the only light strip along the corner of the wall is half on and half off.

Lu Zhao looked around and saw that the computer on the main console was still powered. He said softly, "The power supply is not cut off. I guess the main control room is here."

He lifted the cuffs of his protective suit, pulled over a chair and sat down, turned on the host screen, and skillfully entered a series of operating commands.

The screen flashed for only a few seconds, and then a row of advanced permission request codes popped up.

Lu Zhao's face darkened and he connected all the portable storage devices to the host.

Su Wanqing watched silently from the side, occasionally lowering her head to memorize. With each prompt, the jade bracelet emitted a faint blue light.

"This password is ridiculously complicated. It's a Level 5 security protocol, and everything must be manually confirmed twice." Lu Zhao said softly. He locked his eyes on the screen and said no more nonsense.

Time passed slowly, and every half hour the host would emit a low hum, accompanied by the occasional hum of machines in the distance.

Lu Zhao's eyes turned red. He had been operating for three hours straight and was almost locked out of the system several times.

Su Wanqing helped him check the input code. When the jade bracelet touched the main control synchronization port, a new page appeared on the screen.

"It's done." Lu Zhao held down the keyboard, his voice a little hoarse. He clicked on the core folder, and a bold title quickly popped up on the screen: "Bidirectional Evolution Plan - The Ultimate Archive of the Orion Project".

The next page is automatically divided into two main items, "Plan N Consciousness Carrier" and "Plan S Memory Migration and Fixed-point Reset".

Su Wanqing frowned and subconsciously touched her forehead. Lu Zhaoze had no time to think about it and continued to open "N Plan".

The first entry in the dossier roughly describes it as follows: "Project goal: to digitize the complete consciousness of mature scientists, transplant consciousness into multiple genetically modified carriers using biological coding, and achieve independence of consciousness carriers."

He browsed through the specific details and found that "Storage Body Nicholas Wayne" and "Consciousness Import Experiment Sequence N-7" were mentioned several times.

The next page also included a blurred photo of the experimental subject. The man’s outline and clothes were blurred, but when compared with Lin Che’s photo, the outline of his facial features was highly consistent.

"Vector N-7, with marginal genetic compatibility, has the highest pass rate."

Lu Zhao pointed at the photo and said, "She looks very similar to Lin Che."

The file summary continued: "After multiple introductions, subject N-7 developed a high degree of consciousness conflict. The original carrier personality and the introduced consciousness fought for control, showing a dual personality and unpredictable mood swings."

Su Wanqing continued reading, her brows furrowed, "So, 'night' might be the consciousness of that scientist?"

"It's hard to draw a conclusion now." Lu Zhao continued to switch tabs and entered the "Plan S" section.

"Purpose: To respond to catastrophic events, we will develop memory backup and precision implantation technology to fully recall the memories of individuals with certain abnormal abilities at any time, ensuring that key genetic information and experience survive the disaster."

Su Wanqing looked at the bottom of the page. A corner of the photo had been torn, and only half of the blurry outline of a woman could be seen, with "S-7" marked above her head.

Turning down the page, there is a very short description of the human body: "S-7 has a special ability to perceive energy frequencies, which is inferred to be caused by long-term exposure to special fields. It has a spontaneous triggering energy interface and authority synchronization mechanism."

Su Wanqing unconsciously clenched the items at hand. She whispered, "They back up the 'memory' and also give 'specific frequency perception'. Is it to select people who can respond to a certain device?"

Lu Zhao nodded: "I'm afraid it's not just a device, it may also be the last line of defense of the entire plan. Wherever you go, the door will open automatically. When you get close to the database, everything will be unlocked. There must be a reason for this setting."

He switched back to the archive directory and finally opened a cross-experiment record that consumed a large amount of permissions.

When the file popped up, the screen froze for a moment, then refreshed. A record quietly appeared in front of him - "Cross-fusion test phase, try to activate N-7 and S-7 to perform consciousness transplantation and memory reload at the same time. Goal: Establish an information anchor point within the known time loop to prevent long-term degeneration of civilization and amnesia."

"Time is closed. They wrote it very directly." Su Wanqing pursed her lips slightly. "In other words, someone is specifically creating time loops?"

"Only the goal and principle are written here." Lu Zhao used a pen to underline the next line, "Note here, the experimental record is suddenly terminated, and only one sentence is printed: 'Project terminated - Emergency protocol initiated - countdown reset'."

He scrolled down and found that the second half of the data had been forcibly erased. "The entire following page is full of garbled characters. Someone deleted it, but the time point was stuck before the disaster."

"These studies are not public. They were working on reincarnation and memory reset before the virus outbreak."

Su Wanqing bit her lips, sweat on her forehead. She was wavering in her heart, but forced herself to analyze the possibilities.

Lu Zhao turned sideways, turned on the portable communicator he was carrying, and tried to connect to Xiao Ran or the fortress's external line.

While waiting, he saw intermittent snowflakes appear on the screen occasionally.

After three consecutive resends, the communication column only shows "Signal blocked, connection failed".

Lu Zhao did not give up and tried to use the temporary communication frequency band, but it still did not work.

He stood up and walked to the door, checked the portable communication enhancer, and found that there were small scratches on the socket on it, as if someone had taken it off and reinstalled it.

"Someone has tampered with our equipment." Lu Zhao said softly.

"What do you mean?" Su Wanqing looked at him.

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"We just went around the entrance into the maintenance shaft. Theoretically, we were the only ones who activated the signal enhancement, but it was obviously moved by someone. Unless there are other living people in the base now, look at the monitoring panel."

He said as he pressed the monitoring system on the side of the main console.

A group of safety images on the main control screen jumped periodically. The temperature and heat energy monitoring data on the third floor jumped occasionally, and there was an abnormal heat source curve with an extremely irregular flow pattern.

"This form doesn't look like a human." Lu Zhao turned the control button, and several camera windows flashed intermittently. On the blurry screen, only a black and green afterimage was seen shaking at an extremely fast speed.

The active area spans across several storage areas, and the surrounding heat rises sharply at each device node.

"I've recorded it." Lu Zhao pressed the tracking system, "This thing is on the third floor, and the path seems to be looking for something."

Su Wanqing pushed back her hair from the mask and thought, "Maybe this is the source of the problem when the base was evacuated. Is there any mention of mutant creatures in the data files?"

Lu Zhao frowned and checked again: "The log is incomplete, but the warning system has been on the third floor. Every time a device loses connection, it leaves a message saying 'Do not enter without permission, there are extreme unknown risks'."

"We need to know what it's looking for. What we're looking for happens to be on the third floor."

Su Wanqing raised her chin and said, "But now all ground connections are cut off. The only thing we can rely on is this old system."

Another self-check prompt popped up on the main console, and the system started all available cameras.

Several frames of images were captured intermittently showing a large moving object approaching the set boundary deep in the third layer, but judging from the outline, it was definitely not a human figure.

"It looks like it's very large and moves very fast." Lu Zhao said, "I've never seen a report describing it before."

Su Wanqing was silent for a few seconds, thinking about all the doubts about the base so far.

From identity recognition, authority response, to the fundamental goals of the experimental project, and then to these abnormal life forms.

She finally said, "If all this is the end of an experiment, then we are now being pushed into the deepest level."

Lu Zhao closed all the terminal backups and put all the data into the material bag on his chest. Finally, he turned around and asked, "Do you think 'Night' was implanted, or did it exist from the beginning?"

Su Wanqing reached into her pocket, feeling the data streams from the two wristbands colliding with each other under her skin, and remained silent for a long time.

The big screen automatically restarted again, the temperature curve suddenly increased, and the monitoring signals on the third floor became chaotic.