Chapter 435 Deep Virtual Reality 263

"Both professors were terrifying today," a researcher said, patting his chest.

"Yeah, I don't even dare to speak. Do you think Professor Lillian doesn't want to have the memories implanted?"

"That can't be right. If she didn't want to, then why did Professor Lillian come here to back up her consciousness data in the first place...?"

At this point, the researcher stopped talking, and the two exchanged a glance, seemingly realizing something.

Perhaps, in their eyes, this young Lillian is the same as the middle-aged Professor Lillian from before, both in body and memory. But what about in the eyes of the young Lillian?

After all, the middle-aged Professor Lillian is dead, and what is here is a new body, even if this body was created from the genes left behind by the middle-aged Professor Lillian.

However, she possessed consciousness from the moment she was created, but her memory was a blank slate, allowing them to draw the memories of the middle-aged Professor Lillian onto it.

So, is this rebirth, resurrection, or simply copying... imitation...?

"Don't overthink it. It's none of our business anyway. We're just ordinary researchers. Even if young Lillian doesn't want to, she has no choice..."

Because an experimental subject has no will, even if they give her respect, that respect is only for Professor Lillian. If she were no longer Professor Lillian, she would just be an experimental subject, and there can be many experimental subjects.

The long corridor reflected the distorted and disfigured faces of humans. Xie Ning followed the calculated route, but without the internal structure diagram provided by Professor Yun Jing, she would not have been able to avoid all the internal cameras.

For those she couldn't avoid, she hid in an automated transport vehicle containing alien experimental subjects. With 208 of them there, the other lower-level alien creatures could only tremble in fear.

As she walked along the path to the middle level, she saw the sky garden inside through the wall; it was a quiet world.

Colorful flowers bloom in profusion, swaying gently in the breeze. The emerald green leaves shimmer with glistening dewdrops, and artificial sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, creating patches of golden light.

The air was filled with the fragrance of flowers.

However, Xie Ning was not fooled by appearances, because her nose was quite sensitive. The fragrance of the flowers here was somewhat similar to the fragrance of the electronic plants in Professor Sidane's office, both of which smelled of artificial reagents.

However, the floral scent blended here is clearly more authentic.

So it should also be a virtual electronic plant, because she also saw many extinct flowers.

Xie Ning saw the woman sitting by the window and breathed a sigh of relief; she was still there.

Not long ago, she received a message from Professor Yun Jing, saying that Lillian would receive her last memory tonight.

In other words, Xie Ning had to kill the person before Lillian received this last piece of memory.

The sudden news caused Xie Ning's plan to slowly and cautiously find out the situation before taking action to be aborted. Fortunately, Professor Yun Jing provided Lillian's location; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to investigate in such a short time on her own.

"Snap—Sizzle—"

With the circuit cut and the camera shattered, the people in the security control center quickly realized something was wrong and immediately notified the mid-level guards to rush to the garden.

Without electricity, the once romantic garden instantly reverted to its original state—a cold and empty prison cell.

The sharp ice blade pierced her heart, but she did not struggle at all.

Faced with such an unexpected attack, the other party not only did not resist in the slightest, but also remained calm. No, it should be said that there was a hint of excitement in their eyes.

This situation struck Xie Ning as somewhat strange.

But the urgency of time left her no time to think. The outer door had already been opened, and guards carrying guns had rushed in.

Lillian looked at the masked person in front of her, her hand gently resting on the ice blade that had pierced her chest, the bright red blood staining her hand.

She felt no pain whatsoever, only relief.

However, seeing the surprise in the assassin's eyes, for some reason, she still spoke out the wish that had been hidden in her heart for a long time: "Can you break this glass? I want to touch the real world."

Her voice was low, but Xie Ning heard it.

"Bang--"

Xie Ning put his arm around the other person's waist to dodge the attack, glanced at the glass that had been hit by bullets but was undamaged, and then took out several thumb-sized explosives from his hidden pocket.

"Put him down!" the guards shouted, but dared not continue, because Shening had dodged too quickly, and they were afraid of hurting Professor Lillian.

Then, right before the eyes of so many people, the two passed through the glass window, but instead of falling, they rose into the air.

"What is that?" The guard stared wide-eyed at the skateboard-like thing under Xie Ning's feet, but in the blink of an eye, he was gone. That speed was too fast!

The drones they sent out were all destroyed.

"I can smell it, the real smell."

The air was thick with choking yellow sand, but Lillian loved it. She had seen this scenery all her life and was finally touching it before she died.

Missiles streaked across the sky like meteors, striking the pursuers behind them. While the artillery shells, though deafening, were not particularly powerful, they were enough to halt their advance.

"Thank you." Lillian's voice was weak and almost inaudible in the strong wind.

"I'm here to kill you." Xie Ning pursed her lips.

“I know you’re here to kill Lillian.” She smiled, her eyes filled with relief.

Xie Ning's expression froze for a moment, as if she realized something, and her voice softened, "I'm sorry, I brought you death."

But she won't regret it.

Lillian gently shook her head. "I, cough cough...can I make...one last request?"

"Can...can...destroy my body?" Let her return to the earth, so she won't be found again to lie on the cold experimental table.

"Um."

Xie Ning closed Lillian's eyes, and a chill gradually spread through the body in his arms. With a soft sound, countless ice crystals fell from the sky and melted into the yellow sand.