Chapter 96 Chapter 96 The rooftop is a good place, everyone...

Tao Ying explained the principles of her cyber reincarnation in such detail that it was like a thesis defense. Irina felt dizzy after listening to her.

"Stop, stop, stop," Irina interrupted, aching with pain. "I don't understand the technology, but the short answer is that the electronic device extracted your consciousness and transferred it into this body, right?"

Irina had some impression of this instrument. It was a project that Tao Ying worked on with Director Bai when she was in college. At that time, Tao Ying would study it whenever she had free time.

"But I remember you said that this project ultimately failed."

"You remember correctly."

Tao Ying nodded.

“That’s what I thought at the time.”

Having said that, Tao Ying glanced at the little robot next to him.

When Ye Xinghui's consciousness was extracted, it disappeared completely, and there was no response from any intelligent entity in the server.

Tao Ying naturally thought that Ye Xinghui was dead and the project had failed.

But now it seems that there may be a problem with the transmission of consciousness.

Unfortunately, the equipment has been burned. I have too many things to do now and don’t have the time to confirm it.

Tao Ying shrugged and concluded:

"Is that clear? Anyway, it's alive like this. It's not some four-dimensional creature."

"Okay, then I'll let you off the hook for now."

Irina moved her body slightly, put down her right leg, and placed her left leg on top. Her platinum curly hair bounced and fell on her left shoulder.

"The story of how you survived has come to an end. Now it's your turn to explain the cause of your death."

"Why are you engaged to Ulysses Iowa?"

President Yi crossed his arms across his chest.

"You were clearly collaborating with Bai's Industries at the time and were fully engaged in Hengwo's research. It just seems strange to me no matter how hard I think about it."

"The Tao Ying I know is very clear about the pros and cons. She wouldn't get involved with any of Bogong's competitors at this critical juncture in Hengwo's research."

Oh, and my business intuition is quite sharp.

Tao Ying raised her hands in surrender, trying to get away with it by saying, "This is my private matter."

"Personal matter?"

Irina chuckled twice.

"Don't tell me you really like him, I don't believe it."

Tao Ying raised an eyebrow: "Maybe she was just greedy for his body at that time and fell in love with his blond hair, blue eyes and long legs."

She spoke very seriously, as if it were really true. Ye Xinghui couldn't help but look up at Tao Ying.

Blonde hair, blue eyes and long legs?

Xiaoying likes this type?

"I'm greedy for your body..."

Irina rolled her eyes when she heard Tao Ying's words.

She? The woman with the body? This workaholic and pervert?

"Do you believe this yourself?"

"And you clearly like fair skin, slim wrists, and long eyelashes—but that's not the point."

Irina tapped Tao Ying's chest, took a step forward, and said seriously:

"When encountering a big problem, I always want to solve it by myself. What's the point of having friends?"

"You still say you don't want to involve me? Whether you want me involved or not, I've already been involved. Don't even think about walking away like that."

"If you really consider me a friend, tell the truth. If not, get out now."

"Let's just pretend that touching first encounter between us, young and innocent, on that evening at Leimen University, never happened."

Irina pointed at the studio door, her eyes red again.

Tao Ying: “…”

Xiao Yi has become more sentimental after not seeing her for ten years.

"What touching first encounter? It was clearly you climbing over the wall and hitting me, and then you harassed me for two months."

You've embellished this memory too much.

Tao Ying rubbed his eyebrows and had a rare headache.

"I've already said it's a private matter. There's nothing I can't say. I just don't like to talk about it. Are you sure you want to hear it?"

"What can't I hear?"

"It will be too late to regret later."

"This president never regrets anything."

"All right then."

Tao Ying raised her glass helplessly and clinked it with Irina, who had a triumphant look on her face.

Leaning on the island counter, the dim light casts a shadow on Tao Ying's cheek, which is somewhat soaked with the dullness of time.

Tao Ying said slowly:

“This story starts from when I was a kid.”

·

Tao Ying's first memory in life is searching for food in a garbage dump.

She was eight years old at that time.

Without a name or ID, she doesn’t know who she is, where she comes from, or where she will go tomorrow.

Maybe he would freeze to death, maybe he would starve to death, maybe he would be killed.

At that time, Tao Ying had only one thought in her mind, which was to have a safe shelter.

There was no disgusting smell of fermented garbage in the shelter, no flying insects to disturb sleep, no polluted water, and no food eaten by rats.

But there is no such place in the Third Galaxy.

The area where Tao Ying lives is a slum within a slum.

There was crime everywhere here. If she hadn't been young and smart enough, she would have been eaten to pieces.

Poverty leaves people with no energy to be kind, and everyone only considers their own survival.

But it was in such a place that someone picked Tao Ying up from the garbage dump and provided her with a small shelter.

The shelter was simple and shabby, but it was enough for Tao Ying.

Tao Ying looked at the girl who picked her up curiously.

Yes, the person who provided Tao Ying with shelter was only a few years older than her, and his own life was still struggling, with no food to eat.

The girl gave half of her food to Tao Ying and took a bite herself first.

Then he squatted in front of Tao Ying and said cautiously.

"Look, it's not poisonous."

Tao Ying took a bite with half belief and half doubt.

Took a bite.

…took another bite.

After finishing her meal, the girl looked at Tao Ying with a kind expression as if she were looking at a stray cat, and couldn't help but reach out to touch her head.

Seeing Tao Ying shrink back warily, she did not feel disappointed and silently withdrew her hand.

"Eat slowly. What's your name?"

Tao Ying looked up at her, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "S."

It seemed to be a word starting with S, but the pronunciation was not standard and the girl couldn't understand it.

The girl then said:

"I'll give you a nickname first. Your eyes are so dark and your hair is so dark, so how about calling you Xiaoying?"

"When you can read, you can choose your own name."

The girl is very friendly.

It seems that he intends to let Tao Ying live in this shelter for a long time.

Tao Ying filled his stomach and couldn't help but wonder, what does this person want?

At the age of eight, Tao Ying, with a hard heart, illiterate, and barely fluent, thought:

Lisa Tao had other plans.

But after five years of being together, Tao Ying confirmed it.

This guy is simply a fool who is overly kind-hearted and picks up stray cats and raises them.

Forget about plotting against others. Tao Ying can trick Lisa into leaving nothing behind with just a little trickery.

How on earth did this guy survive in that slum?

Is it based on luck?

But one should be grateful for what one has received, and be soft-hearted when receiving what one has received.

Tao Ying never said this to Lisa's face.

…and certainly not because she was worried Lisa would be angry.

The two depended on each other, and Tao Ying was admitted to university.

Soon after, Lisa became a researcher in space ecology. She would still be kind-hearted from time to time, but after Tao Ying's warning, she restrained herself a little and would no longer pick up people from her home casually.

And that's when it happened.

Tao Ying was in class that day when suddenly news came from the hospital that Lisa had contracted an extremely rare disease while testing the water quality on Fuwa Star.

There is no cure.

Irina suddenly interrupted: "Wait a minute, what era is this? Are there still incurable diseases?"

"Then you can refer to my medical records."

"Yours is naturally infected, but she contracted it later, right? Is there some frozen ancient virus in the water?"

"No, it's a sudden neurotoxin called 'red tide'. It doesn't kill immediately, but it attacks the human nervous system."

“I’ve never heard of this disease.”

"No, you have."

"ah?"

Tao Ying grabbed the hand of the little robot next to her.

"I forgot to introduce you just now. This is Xiao Ye. I told you that there is a playmate in the hospital who is two years younger than me."

Irina took in too much information at once, and her brain froze.

"Wait a minute, so he's your Xiaoye, the frail one with fair skin and long eyelashes?"

Ye Xinghui: “?”

What's with that sympathetic look?

How did Tao Ying describe him to the president?

The little robot turned its head quickly, with a questioning look in its eyes.

Tao Ying pretended not to see it and coughed lightly.

Irina was curious for a while, but then she felt something was wrong and asked Tao Ying:

"But what does this have to do with your engagement to Yuris Iowa? Why don't you start from the founding of the Reval Empire? So far, there hasn't even been a single golden hair in your story, right?"

"Have some patience. Didn't you ask me to tell the truth?"

Tao Ying poured a glass of wine and continued talking.

"At first, I didn't believe there was an incurable disease, but after being transferred to other hospitals many times, the doctors were helpless."

"As a last resort, we transferred Lisa to the Via Medical Center in Chester."

Ye Xinghui nodded. "Sister Lisa and I were placed in adjacent wards. Actually, there were quite a few other patients at the beginning, but in the end, we were the only two left in the entire hospital."

Irina said in shock: "What do you mean, the hospital was bombed by Tao Ying?"

Tao Ying choked and asked, "What image do you have of me?"

"The bomb maniac."

"The reply is too."

"Really? How could a kind person like me blow up a hospital? Of course I'm researching solutions to diseases."

Tao Ying explained, "The incubation period for red tide is long, ranging from three months to a year. At this stage, the body doesn't show any symptoms, but in the later stages, the toxins will attack the nervous system non-stop around the clock. It's an unbearable torture, and I can only sleep every day with the help of painkillers."

"But if you use too much analgesics, they will gradually lose their effectiveness."

"Patients will die in despair and pain."

"So... the rooftop of the medical center is a great place, everyone wants to go there."

Tao Ying spread his hands.

Irina opened her eyes wide: "They all jumped?"

Ye Xinghui thought of the past and lowered his eyes gloomily. "Everyone was full of confidence at the beginning. They said that with Chester's cutting-edge technology, the disease would definitely be cured and that we just had to wait a little longer. But gradually, those who spoke optimistically and encouraged each other disappeared one by one."

“No red tide patient leaves the hospital alive.”

"In the end, I was the only one left."

Tao Ying smiled faintly: "I guess Lisa must have told you before going to the rooftop, 'If Xiaoying gets into trouble in the future, remember to keep an eye on her.'"

Irina hesitated and said, "Your sister Lisa also... went to the rooftop?"

Tao Ying chuckled softly twice.

"Yeah, I went to the rooftop to get some fresh air."

"The day before the consciousness conversion project was to be completed, Lisa chose to leave."

Tao Ying thought at the time that if human consciousness could be transformed into electronic signals, one could achieve eternal life in the electronic torrent.

She seldom fails, so she thought she would succeed this time too.

But just one day before the conversion project was to be completed, news came of Lisa's death.

"Only one day."

Tao Ying held the wine glass, his pupils dilated for a moment, and then he smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Anyway, I took Lisa's belongings from the nurse."

"I was just sorting it out, but I found a water quality test report from Fuwa Star inside."

"It was very thick. I flipped through it."

Irina asked curiously, "What's written in it?"

"As an ecology researcher, Lisa speculates from a professional perspective that red tide is not a natural toxin, but more like a pheromone secreted by insects that is offensive to the human nervous system."

"The evidence is that the Zerg outbreak in the second galaxy occurred almost simultaneously with the Red Tide. They launched the attack because they received the 'homing signal' from the Red Tide patients.

"And I'm a mecha-related researcher, so I happened to find out another piece of information."

"What news?"

"Before the Red Tide erupted, a frontline resource exploration mecha crashed onto Fuwa Planet."

"The company that owns that mecha is Iowa Technologies."