Chapter 101 (Catching Bugs)

The day of the core transfer is the most alert moment for the entire Fire.

The armed blockade of the Wuyan Tower is enough to ensure that the entire world can be destroyed within 2.5 seconds. The cadres of various levels are divided into three batches and work in shifts to ensure that there is someone manipulating every three-step distance, and no one has a smile on their face.

The safest and most important leader's room had been sealed off several days in advance. Countless heavy weapons were lingering in the dark, and the button of the astronomical instrument was kept out of the leader's reach for a long time.

What used to be ordinary briefing meetings have turned into a lengthy process of review at each level - except for the direct descendants of the first three levels.

But despite this, they tacitly reduced the number of times they met with the leader.

The subordinates understood it clearly enough that no matter how obvious the core's weaknesses were, the benefits of transplantation far outweighed the risks. For example...

He was promoted to a god like the silver-haired leader, and then the entire Wuyan Tower was uploaded to the database in digital form, achieving the so-called electronic immortality. Even if the data was destroyed and worn out, as long as one day the computer could simulate and calculate that string of data again, the consciousness would be resurrected.

Although they were still anxious about operating on their leader, they could not find a reason to stop it - Shen Jian told them confidently that the success rate of this operation was 100%.

Right now, more than twenty direct descendants within the top three levels of authority were sitting in a disorderly manner in front of the heavy door that was flashing a red light.

Shen Xiuzhu's face was quite calm, but he was sipping a cigarette, which was quite rare. The bitter smell of artificial herbs filled the waiting room, and no one spoke.

There are six protective doors between the waiting room and the operating room. When the last two are closed, the air and moisture will even be sucked out. However, he still didn't dare to smoke. He only held herbs that could slightly paralyze the nerves, for fear that a little bit of harmful substances would get in and ruin everything.

After a moment, he pinched the cigarette, raised his head and said calmly: "I understand why Shen Shuyi would do something like stealing the core."

"Ah." Shen Shuyi also sat on the cold floor, his expression unclear under his messy hair, but his tone was rare and calm and rational, "I want to copy the leader's data, just in case the gentleman does something crazy someday?"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that my action was tacitly approved by all members of the Wuyan Tower. No, everyone participated in it."

Shen Shuyi narrowed his eyes and raised his arm, "Give me one."

Shen Xiuzhu threw him a cigarette, and then Shen Shuyi took the light from Xu Yinmo's hand without hesitation and lit it slowly.

...Oh, that's not right.

Chen Shuyi bit the cigarette and glanced at the man with long hair hanging down beside him with a distracted look.

Now, he should be called Shen Yinmo.

No one could have guessed that this guy could find the hometown of that huge sphere thousands of miles away, and smashed the database connected to the core at the last minute, dragging the extraction success rate from 35% to 95%.

The strengthened pledge of allegiance has made the vast majority of his direct descendants acknowledge his affiliation. The only point of disagreement among the few is that his promotion was too fast, not that he was unworthy of the position.

The man seemed to have just changed his last name, and he did not have any emotional fluctuations from beginning to end. He just handed over his sword again when he came back to see Shen Jian.

This time, Shen Jian took it.

After a while, Shen Shuyi exhaled silently: "It doesn't matter, at worst we can reincarnate again."

Shen An sat on the chair and glanced at him, then glanced at his colleagues who all hid their expressions very well, lowered his eyes and picked up the teacup, "Oh? This time he brought back Shen An and Shen Yinmo."

"Next time, bring two more puppies who will snatch food from you?"

Shen Tu was amused by Shen An’s metaphor, but his words were cold and calm: “Be quiet for a while, everyone.”

Shen An, who was leaning against the wall, looked at Shen An with a speechless expression, but didn't say anything.

Afterwards, the waiting room became quiet again, and a sense of awkwardness permeated the air, quickly eating into everyone's hearts.

Shen Tu crossed his knees, his face was gentler than anyone else's. He seemed to not care about what happened behind the door with a red light, and his brain was sprinting straight towards an answer.

If this time it succeeds.

If this succeeds, then——

If they succeed this time, their cycle of reincarnation for thousands of times will end, the universe will stop restarting, and the collapsed world will restart because of the repair of the timeline.

Then they might be able to break through a certain transparent but existing barrier, push human scientific research to a new height, officially conquer the length of life, and begin the journey of breaking through the fourth dimension.

...They could wander in one place with Shen Jian for nearly eternity, ignoring everything else, waiting for the leader to finally remember and turn around to look at them after a long period of hard work and dedication to the journey.

Then, the time will be very long, and the entire Wuyan Tower will not be in a hurry. As long as you open your eyes every day, you will know that your data is hidden in the core that the master has placed in his heart, and you will feel happy from the bottom of your heart.

As long as you think about this future, any resistance or anxiety will be miraculously smoothed out, leaving only the look towards that door, deeply hidden in the desperate desire for something.

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Before the transformation of the spark, Shen Jiandan had a single conversation with [World Consciousness].

The silver-haired leader threw a few blueprints to the researchers in the engineering department, who treated them as treasures. They jumped up and down (a true portrayal) to merge the towed Ark with the fire.

The transformation drawings submitted were enough to cover the entire leadership room when unfolded. The final size was arrogantly and confidently nailed to a terrifying number by the researchers, who were determined to turn it into a mobile planet.

Shen Jian imagined it and found that if they really built it this way, it seemed that it could indeed be comparable to the entire planet - they even created an ecosystem.

He was silent for a while, and silently annotated on the document: All matters that take effect after the transformation will be the responsibility of the relevant builders, and except for confidential documents, no miscellaneous documents shall be submitted to the leader.

Then, Shen Jian looked at the little ball on the table, which had been furious and helpless.

——There are some things that he cannot let his subordinates know. For example, he soon learned from the little ball that Yun’s original idea of ​​restarting the instrument was instilled and controlled by him.

Shen Jian failed to control the violence rising in his heart, and he almost fulfilled his wish, crushing this fragile part and releasing the data core inside.

Shen Jian looked at him indifferently for a while, and then gave the silver-haired leader a final reply, saying: "I agree to the transplant."

The leader was beside him, he leaned against the wall, waiting for Shen Jian to hang up the communication, then calmly walked to him and gave him an extremely slight hug.

After that, he quickly distanced himself and looked at Shen Jian.

Shen Jian's body was stiff, his eyes fell on the leader's eyes, and another self was reflected in those identical eyes.

But they were not used to warmth, so they quickly looked away.

There was a moment of silence and the lights dimmed.

Then Shen Jian said, "I will find a way to heal your injury."

So just stay here and review the documents, right?

He may have to work forever.

Shen Jian stared at him.

The leader glanced at him and hummed lightly.

...That's what I said.

When Shen Jian, who had the core, sat at the head of the spire meeting again and looked at the representatives of the administrative districts below him, he still felt a sense of despair from the bottom of his heart.

Despite all his precautions, his subordinates still found an opportunity and brought the fire to the World Conference before it could take off.

Ten years is enough for the world to undergo earth-shaking changes. Research organizations descend from the sky, major administrative agencies are established, starting from basic buildings to the emergence of embryonic social systems, schools are springing up, and the civilianization of technology advances by leaps and bounds.

It seems that everything has the shadow of the Wuyan Tower, but it also seems that nothing is there.

The green grass was curled with dew, and the sky above was blue with white clouds. The little girl wrote in her composition: "A soft doll like a puppy."

Then she continued to write clumsily but naively: "I hope Mr. also has a doll like this."

Behind Shen Jian, there were still a group of direct descendants, but this time everyone had a smile in their eyes. The leader crossed his legs slowly, sitting closest to Shen Jian, holding a scepter with a gleaming snake pupil in his hand.

The young leader was silent for a while, and finally smiled helplessly in the excited and respectful eyes of the major administrative representatives, "Now, there is no need to talk about other things, right?"

The young administrator of the area where the original Wuyan Tower belonged, who was promoted by Shen Yinmo, also laughed, but he quickly restrained himself a little, and his eyes were full of admiration and piety that was enough to touch Shen Jian.

“Yes, you are about to end your personal rule.” He said softly, looking at Shen Jian with wet eyes: “But this does not mean that we can’t do anything…”

The table and chairs sank silently and were level with the ground. The administrators stood up and looked at Shen Jian together.

Their expressions were exactly the same, with the satisfaction of having gotten what they wanted and the smile of living in an era of rising sun.

Shen Jian suddenly felt a strange and ominous feeling climbing up his spine, and soon, the tiny movements behind him confirmed this feeling.

His cadres also left their seats, and for the first time, without instructions, they passed the leader and stood in front of Shen Jian and in the ranks of the administrative officers.

Shen Jian realized what they were going to do, and clearly understood that he no longer had the conditions to interrupt them.

The leader was still standing at the position closest to Shen Jian. He looked at Shen Jian calmly. In the latter's light eyes, there was helplessness that only he could understand.

He curled his lips and bent his knees to Shen Jian for the second time.

"Your Majesty, I greet you."

The leader said to Shen Jian.

Shen Jian twitched his fingertips, and his eyes reflected him and the thousands of people behind him.

The sounds of swords being unfastened and knees hitting the ground were heard, and he watched silently as his subordinates and a group of founders from all walks of life knelt in front of him with their heads bowed deeply.

He was silent for a while, smiled almost calmly, and slowly straightened his back.

Well, he accepted his fate, Shen Jian thought.

Then he heard the leader say it again:

"Greetings to you."

“…”

"——The last emperor of the old century and the first pioneer of the new century."*