Chapter 133 Who Will Propagate the Way (Part 4) The Yuanfu Plan! ...

"Knock knock".

Du Yu regained control of his body when someone gently tapped the table a few times, but at that moment, the slight pressure on his shoulder suddenly disappeared.

Du Yu closed her eyes tightly for a moment, then slowly turned around. The faces of her classmates were blurred, and their expressions varied. They were doing all sorts of things—but the two people she wanted to see were not among them.

With her fingertips almost embedded in her palm, Du Yu forced herself to regain her senses and tried her best to stabilize her wavering rationality.

If it really is them, then they must have had their reasons for not letting me turn back just now... We've found the clues, don't rush, don't rush, we'll meet... we'll meet.

"Hey student, do you have such a big problem with my class?"

Du Yu hadn't recovered from the intense emotional turmoil. After a slight pause, as if remembering something, he craned his neck, looked down, and saw the lecturer for this class, Cat Beard, with his hands on his hips, eyes drooping, and an especially unfriendly expression.

puff.

Although Du Yu suppressed the laughter that was about to escape his lips, the teacher-looking cat with whiskers seemed to sense something, and his face darkened even more.

To be honest, Cat Beard was a terrible teacher. He lectured for ages, but nothing he said was useful. Du Yu was so engrossed in listening to the two girls behind her that she completely forgot Cat Beard was sitting on the podium.

Cat Whiskers angrily slapped Du Yu's desk again, glanced around and saw that all the students around him were distracted, gritted his teeth and said: "Since no one is interested in the theory class, why don't we have a practical class first!"

Du Yu observed that upon hearing the sudden news, some of her "classmates" looked delighted, some stared blankly, and some slept even more soundly. But for her, this was a good thing.

She is currently trapped in this strange space and cannot move. Being able to leave this classroom now would be a further step in exploring this strange space.

Gu Tu, perhaps sharing the same thought, silently moved behind her, and the group followed Cat Whiskers out of the classroom.

As Du Yuxin walked out of the fourth teaching building, his heart sank slightly.

Since entering this strange space, everything around him has been exactly the same as Jinling University: the classroom furnishings, the plants outside the window, the projector that always flashes a black dot in the upper right corner, and even the group of "extras" in the classroom. Some of them look very familiar to Du Yu, giving him a sense of déjà vu.

Although the details are almost identical, a voice in Du Yu's heart kept telling her that this was not Jinling University, where she spent the happiest four years of her life, and not the hometown she longed for.

As Du Yu stepped out of the classroom, a replica with details that were almost identical to the original, the voice in his heart grew even louder.

The paths, the buildings, the students hurrying by on bicycles—everything around me was exactly the same as I remembered, as if that ivory tower hadn't been destroyed in the disaster, but had been preserved by some force, waiting for Du Yu's return.

but.

but.

But there was nothing in the sky.

Without nebulae, without the sun and moon, the lonely sky is just a vast expanse of gray, seemingly without end.

Du Yu glanced up once, then quickly looked down as if his eyes had been burned. His lips were pursed, and besides sadness, his eyes blazed with intense anger.

Whether in the past or present, the gray in the sky has only one meaning—an eternally rolling, lonely gray fog that descended upon the world along with the great cataclysm.

That boundless gray fog that destroyed all the beautiful memories of Du Yu and continues to create tragedies and massacres.

Gu Tu, standing to the side, suddenly felt a chill. She subconsciously looked at the person beside her, but only sensed a hint of murderous intent in the corner of the other person's pursed lips. Before she could ponder it further, Du Yu stepped forward with a normal expression and struck up a conversation with the little girl, who resembled Cat Whiskers and was trying to lead the group with her short legs, attempting to extract some information.

Gu Tu glanced suspiciously at Du Yu, who seemed perfectly normal. She turned her head and looked around at the seemingly unremarkable surroundings. Her gaze inadvertently swept over the gray mist in the air, then returned without her noticing. For the people of the City of the Sun, the first thing they might see after birth is not their parents, but the gray mist. To them, this gray mist, which rolls around like a living thing, is as common as the sun and nothing to be surprised about.

After looking around but not finding the reason for Du Yu's change of expression, Gu Tu rubbed her arms, goosebumps rising on her exposed skin. "So it really was because my pajamas were too thin and I was cold," Gu Tu muttered to herself, putting the strange feeling from her mind.

Du Yu's attitude is unimportant; the most urgent matter is finding a way to leave this place...

Du Yu's attitude is not important; the most urgent task is to find... find, find what again?

Du Yu's attitude, Du Yu's attitude... Her attitude is very important. We must do everything we can to find the reason for her emotional changes, because that is her weakness!

Leaving here is not important; the most urgent task is to find Du Yu's weakness!

Then……

Gu Tu's arm-rubbing motions slowed down, eventually stopping in a somewhat strange position. Her pace also slowed, until finally she seemed to have forgotten how to walk, abruptly stopping and standing out conspicuously in the forward-moving line.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Du Yu turned around with a frustrated look. No matter what the child's relationship was with Cat Whiskers, she was just like Cat Whiskers. Her small body did not contain the mind of a child. Du Yu's attempts to probe had all failed. She looked at Gu Tu and for some reason her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The feeling Gu Tu gave her had completely changed.

Meeting Du Yu's direct scrutinizing gaze, Gu Tu slightly raised her head, the muscles at the corners of her mouth twitching to reveal a slightly shy smile.

She heard a voice rising from the depths of her heart, so profound it seemed as if it were her own voice, the last syllable drawn out, like a teacher's gentle guidance:

Find Du Yu's weakness and tell "me," and fate will reward you.

Find...weakness...tell...reward...

The barely perceptible wavering was so brief it was as if it had never occurred. Gu Tu subconsciously repeated the voice in her mind and naturally decided to do as the voice instructed.

After all, that voice had appeared many times during her growth, and each time it appeared, as long as she did as she was told, Gu Tu would reap a generous reward from "fate".

The last time she heard that voice was on the day her sister Gu Xi invited Bian Shaoyan from Quark to afternoon tea. Following the voice's instructions, she shyly and timidly fell into Bian Shaoyan's arms.

Of course, she knew Gu Xi's awkward position in Lan Ge after her "fake heiress" identity was exposed. She also knew that the arranged marriage was Gu Xi's desperate attempt to change her fate, and that Bian Shaoyan had actually been flirting with Gu Xi for quite some time before.

But so what?

She was an obedient and good child. She had fulfilled the task assigned to her by "fate," so she could accept "fate's" gift without any psychological burden.

The blame lies with Gu Xi for being too weak. Everything she had was taken away, yet she didn't even dare to resist. In the end, it's said she died a miserable death on the operating table in the laboratory.

This is the fate of those abandoned by "fate." They are not loved in life, and their deaths are utterly meaningless.

When news of Gu Xi's death reached the Gu family, Gu Tu cried until she soaked three handkerchiefs, and behind each handkerchief was a mocking smile.

Fate never favors the weak; everything she has gained is something she fought hard for, and no one can take it away from her.

Are you alright?

Unable to decipher Gu Tu's meaning from that smile, Du Yu frowned slightly and asked again, rephrasing the question.

With her smile unchanged, Gu Tu lowered her eyes and said sincerely, "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired. I can't wait to leave here."

Du Yu nodded, unsure whether she believed it or not. However, the group had already arrived at the entrance of the laboratory building, and all her attention was now focused on that building.

Honestly, although Du Yu spent four years at Jinling University and liked to ride her bike around aimlessly in her spare time, she knew nothing about this laboratory building except that it was a laboratory building—it was already quite good that she, a liberal arts student, knew where the laboratory building was.

Du Yu was trying hard to recall whether Jinling University had an AI lab when the little girl with cat whiskers pushed open the door and went in. Du Yu subconsciously followed, and after seeing everything around her, her eyes widened in surprise.

Although everything around me is likely fictional, where exactly has this virtual space led me?

Gu Tu, who was a step too slow, had just pushed open the door when she saw the scene inside and her eyes widened in surprise.

As a native of the City of the Sun, she was completely unfamiliar with her surroundings and had no idea what was expected or expected here. However, she did possess some basic common sense—

Why is it that a six-story building that looks dilapidated has a huge space of over 1,000 square meters inside when you open the door?

Like peeling off an orange and finding a red watermelon flesh underneath, Gu Tu hesitated to go forward, but Du Yu recognized why this space looked so familiar. The shock and confusion in Du Yu's eyes were a hundred times greater than Gu Tu's.

Filled with silvery-white metal structures, countless tightly packed, incomprehensible instruments, researchers hurrying by, and a vast and magnificent starry sky projected onto a huge screen...

Can anyone tell her why she ended up in a space laboratory after passing through the dilapidated laboratory building of Jinling University?

Yes, a space laboratory.

Du Yu was absolutely certain of her judgment. Not only was the surrounding environment remarkably similar to what she had seen in the news, but several researchers in front of the screen were staring intently at it, muttering something under their breath:

"Q3-1 group inspection completed, fuel group inspection completed... everything is ready."

"The equipment is in good condition, and the window of opportunity has arrived."

The researchers, seemingly oblivious to the unexpected visitors at the door, continued calibrating data and adjusting equipment, their expressions a mixture of extreme drowsiness and intense excitement. Finally, one of them, an elderly man with graying hair who appeared to be the most senior, raised his communicator and shouted into the communicator:

"Launch center ready, satellite in perfect condition, requesting launch!"

Launch approved.

After an unknown amount of time—perhaps a second, perhaps centuries—a resounding affirmation came from the other end of the communicator. The entire laboratory erupted in cheers. The white-haired old man solemnly pressed a red button, tears welling in his eyes.

"Today, we will successfully launch the G021 lunar probe. Our target is the far side of the moon. Humanity will finally unravel the mystery of the sun's demise!"

"The project is named the Yuanfu Project!"

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Author's Note: PS: The actual satellite launch process is probably not like this. Just consider it a modification by the author plus the automatic distortion of reality in this space setting. No need to take it too seriously.