Chapter 79: Seeking the Truth She is the only one among us in this gamble...

Wen Yi was a little curious about this. "If a higher-dimensional civilization really existed, what would it be like? How would they view us, lower-dimensional beings?"

Guo Qingyu's face was solemn. "No one knows. Perhaps it's just like how we view ants." He shrugged. "Although I don't want to admit it, it's true."

There was silence in the living room for a moment.

Guo Qingyu's gaze fell on Wen Yi's pale yet beautiful face. Perhaps due to her pregnancy, she exuded an inexplicable gentle charm, becoming even more beautiful, making it impossible to look away.

He suddenly felt an indescribable regret in his heart.

This person should have been his perfect match. They were a perfect match in terms of age, ability, status, and personality. But Gu Yifeng got there first.

The good cabbages were eaten by pigs!

He glanced again at the pig that had taken his cabbage, with the disgust on his face barely concealed.

What on earth did Wen Yi see in him? An ordinary, old, useless man, what else could he possibly offer besides the little power and resources he held?

From the beginning to the end, there was no compatibility between the two of them! It was like a flower stuck in that thing! Glancing at Gu Yifeng, the look in his eyes was filled with unrestrained disgust.

Gu Yifeng seemed to sense that gaze, and the fine lines between his brows furrowed slightly. He glared back fiercely: "Put away those thoughts." His tone was a warning, "She is already my wife."

"Wife?" Guo Qingyu scoffed, a hint of sarcasm curling his lips. "Do you really think everything will be fine once you're married? Or do you think you can protect her?" Guo Qingyu leaned back on the sofa, his tone sarcastic. "Have you ever considered that she's now been forced into the middle of the political struggle between the developmentists and conservatives?"

"So what?" Gu Yifeng said calmly, holding her waist tightly without making a sound. "I will make her the winner."

Wen Yi's eyes flickered between the two of them. "What are you talking about? What party disputes? What developmentists and conservatives?"

Guo Qingyu laughed so exaggeratedly that he accidentally pulled at the corner of his mouth. He couldn't help but hissed softly, "Just say you're naive. You don't even know what Director Gu is busy with every day."

Wen Yi looked at Gu Yifeng in confusion: "What exactly are you busy with at work? Can you tell me?"

Gu Yifeng murdered Guo Qingyu with his gaze for the thousandth time, then turned to Wen Yi and said softly, "My work is quite complicated, and it's hard to explain in a few words. I'll explain it to you slowly later."

"Can't explain it, or dare not say it?" Guo Qingyu twitched his lips, a hint of amusement in his eyes. "Do you think he's still the special agent investigating special cases? A clean civil servant? Naive!"

Wen Yi was stunned.

These two people are so mysterious, what are they talking about?

Gu Yifeng sneered, "You sound like you have a clean record. Do you want me to tell you where the capital for your lab came from?"

Wen Yi snapped her fingers and raised her chin. "I know about this! Guo Qingyu told me before. He said the funds came from the people who were in charge of the nuclear power plant project back then because they wanted to cover up this history."

Gu Yifeng crossed his legs, tapping his knees lightly with his slender fingers. He said with a half-smile, "He didn't tell you that the man is the current leader of the Conservative Party. They advocate strict regulation of people with special abilities and even propose a plan to eliminate special abilities." He changed the subject, his eyes sharp and sarcastic, "Mr. Guo is a person with special abilities, but he joined the Conservative Party. It's really... what's the word? Oh, killing relatives for the sake of justice."

Wen Yi looked at Guo Qingyu, extremely surprised: "Explain?"

Guo Qingyu, whose identity and stance were revealed, didn't get angry. Instead, he rubbed his swollen mouth and retorted confidently, "You know shit! I didn't join them. I simply applied for funding and technical support from the conservatives to advance my own research." He shrugged. "Only a fool would refuse such a free gift! Once I find the answers I need, I'll part ways with them."

Wen Yi couldn't help but applaud him: "Amazing, you're a businessman after all! You just throw it away after using it, without taking any loss at all."

Guo Qingyu quickly explained, "How can academic research be called 'utilization'? It's called resource sharing." He gritted his teeth and glared at Gu Yifeng, "Do you think the development group he belongs to is any good? They're promoting some idealistic utopia, talking about integrating people with special abilities into society and promoting the integration of technology and special abilities... what else is that if not naive?"

He looked at Gu Yifeng jokingly: "You don't really think that ordinary people can coexist peacefully with people with special abilities?"

Once your party leader comes to power, the first thing he'll use is the abilities of people with special abilities. By then, she won't be a free person, but a complete tool."

Guo Qingyu couldn't help but remind her: "If the conservatives strike back one day, you will be the first to die!"

Wen Yi was stunned: "Is the situation so serious? Can't I go back to my hometown?"

"At least they're willing to try to coexist." Gu Yifeng remained calm as he looked at Wen Yi and said, "To change the current situation of people with special abilities and protect their interests. This is also the promise I made to everyone in front of you at Yuexi Mountain when I married you - in the next ten years, people with special abilities will be able to live in the sunshine and integrate into this society at any time as long as they wish."

That vow has not yet been fulfilled, and we are still working hard to make it happen.

"The election is coming up. What if the developmentists lose?" Guo Qingyu asked sharply. "If the conservatives come to power, can she still live a stable life?"

"If it really comes to this, I will take her away from here." Gu Yifeng's eyes were cold, "Wherever she and the child are, I will be there. There is nothing here that I can't let go of."

Wen Yi's eyes met his, and she finally understood why he had arranged to go abroad with her. Suddenly, she felt an indescribable surge of emotion—touching, guilty, and a vague sense of unease. She softly said, "I want to face everything in the future with you, too."

Gu Yifeng didn't say anything, but just quietly held her hand.

Guo Qingyu seemed amused after hearing this and sneered, "Oh? You've decided to desert so soon? That's your plan? I thought you would stick to it, but it seems you're nothing special."

"Do you think she can really 'leave'?" He said calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him. "She's not an ordinary person. She's a high-dimensional observer. She's the only one who can possibly communicate with higher-dimensional civilizations. No matter where you hide her, fate will find her back."

Wen Yi was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke: "What about you? What are you going to do?"

Guo Qingyu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you still remember what I told you that day? Getting on the bus was your decision alone, but getting off is not up to you."

"This 'Tracing Project' is ostensibly intended to correct a past perturbation experiment."

He paused, his eyes sweeping over the two of them. "While we're perturbing the past, we're also testing one thing—whether higher dimensions truly exist, observing every choice we make."

The room suddenly became quiet for a moment.

Wen Yi frowned slightly: "...'Test'? How exactly do you plan to do it?"

She looked at Guo Qingyu with a hint of uneasiness in her eyes: "If high-dimensional civilization really exists, aren't we afraid of being discovered if we rashly explore it like this?"

"Are you not going to do it because you're afraid?"

Guo Qingyu chuckled, his fingertips gently stroking the USB drive on the table. "Fear comes from the unknown. It is precisely because of fear that we need to know the answer."

He went on to explain: "My lab has already made a preliminary plan. It will not rewrite the timeline on a large scale, but only calculate a few extremely subtle perturbation variables - such as changing a person's choice, modifying a set of data, or even transmitting a sentence."

"And then see if those perturbations trigger some kind of... anomalous feedback."

He paused. "If higher-dimensional civilizations are truly observing us, they should respond."

"Even if it's just a little trace."

Wen Yi was so engrossed in listening that she didn't notice that Gu Yifeng beside her had already clenched his fists.

His expression showed no joy or anger, but his eyes contained suppressed anger.

He knew Guo Qingyu was right, but they shouldn't touch this boundary. This was not something humans could casually explore.

"You want to use her as bait? I tell you, don't even think about it!" Gu Yifeng's voice was cold.

"You're sending her to her death!"

"How can this be called suicide? It's clearly a desperate attempt to survive!" Guo Qingyu refused to back down and argued, "She's not bait, but our trump card, the only variable in this gamble."

His tone grew increasingly agitated, and he raised his voice, "Where's your perspective? Can you still distinguish between what's important and what's not? Your petty love and affection, what does it mean to the survival of civilization?"

"If we don't even know whether we are being manipulated, what future can we talk about?"

Gu Yifeng didn't say anything else. He just stood up slowly, stood in front of Wen Yi, and turned to look at Wen Yi: "Yi Yi, go back to sleep. You don't need to worry about what's happening here."

"But..." She was about to speak, but he interrupted her.

"No buts," he whispered. "Go upstairs first. He and I have a few words to say."

“…” Wen Yi felt a little confused for a moment.

After giving Guo Qingyu a "good luck" expression, she turned and went upstairs.

After Wen Yi left, they were the only two left in the living room.

The air was still filled with the gunpowder smell of the previous argument, as if it would explode quickly with just a spark.

They exchanged contemptuous glances with each other, and fought silently like countless swords.

"She won't participate in this kind of unsafe experiment." Gu Yifeng's eyes exuded the pressure of a superior, "What's more, she is pregnant now."

"There's no way I'm going to let her take any risks."

Guo Qingyu also stood up at this moment, his usual innocent look gone, his eyes filled with undisguised gloom and cruelty.

He was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly took two steps forward, approached Gu Yifeng and whispered, "Have you always wanted to know what happened between her and me?"

Before he finished speaking——

He suddenly attacked! His fist went straight to Gu Yifeng's abdomen!

"Bang!"

The punches were swift and powerful, as if they wanted to avenge the humiliation of the previous beatings all at once!

It hurts so much!!!

The punch hit the target solidly, but he felt his knuckles hurt as if they were broken, and his hand was almost broken.

And Gu Yifeng——

He raised his head slightly. The man was still standing straight, looking at him calmly, as if he had just been patted gently.

Guo Qingyu was stunned.

Looking at Gu Yifeng's face carefully again, he didn't frown, didn't breathe, didn't show any pain, and didn't take a single step back.

This punch seemed to be a self-humiliation.

Gu Yifeng smiled slightly: "That's it?"

Guo Qingyu: ...

His self-esteem was severely hit.

"Is it done?" Gu Yifeng moved his wrist casually, "Then it's my turn next."

Guo Qingyu:!

The next second, he rushed out the door.

The door slammed shut, and the living room returned to silence.

Gu Yifeng stood there, watching Guo Qingyu flee with an expressionless face.

Until I was sure his footsteps had completely faded away...

Gu Yifeng suddenly bent down, covered his abdomen with one hand, and his expression distorted instantly.

Hiss—damn it! Did this damn fly practice this in secret? How shameless!

He gasped in pain, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

He leaned against the sofa to catch his breath, silently reviewing the situation in his mind. Was his performance good just now? Were there any flaws? If only Wen Yi was there to see it...

Thinking of this, he secretly made up his mind:

I'll have to practice more later! Next time I see him, I'll beat him so hard his mother won't even recognize him!

Suddenly, footsteps were heard on the stairs.

Gu Yifeng's heart tightened, and before he could adjust his expression, he saw Wen Yi sticking her head out and asking:

"Do you want me to rub it for you?"

“…”

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