Chapter 407
The heavy laboratory doors swallowed the woman's figure.
In Yu Lingwu's twenty-three years of life, this was the first time that Nuwa was not by her side.
Similarly, for the first time, Nuwa lost sight of Yu Lingwu, someone she absolutely had to protect.
[Countdown: 30 minutes, 29 minutes 58 seconds, 29 minutes 57 seconds, 29 minutes 56 seconds...]
Nuwa's voice was very soft; even the countdown announcement sounded like she was talking to herself.
The heavy door closed without making a sound.
The moment Ling Wu stepped inside, the lighting system sensed her return, and the surroundings instantly lit up with cool white light.
The first thing you see is a long glass corridor. The floor is still made of an unknown white material, and high heels don't make any sound when they step on it.
Thick, black liquid had accumulated in the transparent glass above and on both sides.
The light seemed to lead to an eerie, sunless place, with no end in sight.
As Ling Wu walked below, she could directly feel the oppressive atmosphere it created.
After walking for about three minutes, the passage gradually widened, and then a huge and spacious "laboratory" came into view.
A huge metal instrument was placed in the laboratory.
Under the cold white light, it was not activated on its own, and Ling Wu's figure was thus reflected on the dark screen.
The face hidden by the hair appeared on the dark instrument screen as the owner raised his head.
Ling Wu didn't look at herself on the screen.
Her gaze passed over the instrument in front of her and fell upon a monster imprisoned by a huge, transparent glass barrier.
“Pollutants,” Ling Wu murmured.
During the time Yu Lingwu was hiding from the pursuit of advanced planets, she ventured alone into the polluted area that occupied 75% of the planet.
In more than half of this area, pollutants are rampant.
They are enormous and extremely dangerous.
Furthermore, every year, half of the human population will differentiate into [pollutants] after turning 18, joining the ranks of new members.
Therefore, even though Yu Lingwu dodged the attacks of the [pollutants] several times thanks to Nuwa's various precise calculations, she was still covered in wounds.
In my memory, no pollutant was as massive as the one before me.
It occupies almost half of this spacious laboratory.
Lingwu stood in front of this pollutant, which was not even as big as its foot.
Pollutants produced by humans will more or less retain the characteristics of their original owners.
The pollutants before us have little in common with humans anymore.
It's more like a deformed monster.
Because it was soaked in a viscous black liquid, the thick fur on its body surface stuck together, making it impossible to distinguish its original fur color.
It has human facial features, but its ears are like two deformed tumors growing in the place where they should be ears.
Those huge eyes, having been deprived of light for so long, were only open as wide as slits, and their eyelashes were as dry and ugly as withered tree branches.
It crawls on all fours, and with each movement, the black, viscous liquid is drawn into its mouth and nose, and then spat out.
Then, murky black bubbles emerged, which, combined with the monster's ugly appearance, were utterly disgusting.
Only then did Lingwu realize that the black liquid in the glass passage was connected to this place, and together they had become the nutrients that had sustained it for three years.
About three minutes later, the monster, which was almost three stories tall and was on all fours, finally adjusted to the light.
Those huge eyes slowly opened, and Ling Wu's petite figure was reflected in the amber pupils.
Ling Wu glanced down at the time on her wrist.
Seven minutes have passed, leaving 23 minutes. Subtracting the 3 minutes for the return trip, there are exactly 20 minutes left.
Time is running out.
Lingwu glanced at the monster.
This monster has only been imprisoned in the transparent glass for a little over three years; if it could escape, it wouldn't be here anymore.
Therefore, Ling Wu was not worried about her safety; she planned to check the data in the laboratory first.
She turned around, went back to the instrument, and turned it on.
When the screen lit up, it showed Yu Ran's figure.
Ms. Yu Ran had neat short black hair, and her gaze seemed to be meeting Ling Wu's eyes across the screen.
In that instant, a slightly awkward smile slowly appeared on her cold, hard face.
Like Yu Lingwu, Yu Ran's beauty is also very aggressive.
But at this moment, Yu Ran's eyes were filled with tenderness.
"Little Darling, what year is it now?" she asked herself. "This year is August 8th, 3065, which is also your birthday, Little Darling."
3065 is exactly three years ago, and August 8th is Yu Lingwu's birthday, so the "little darling" that Yu Ran mentioned could only be referring to Yu Lingwu.
This means that the laboratory was indeed prepared for Yu Lingwu.
Lingwu listened quietly as she pondered.
Yu Ran continued, "Little darling, Mommy is so sorry that I can't give you this year's gift in person. I hope you can forgive Mommy."
Yu Ran in front of her was clearly unable to communicate, but Ling Wu still nodded and said, "Okay."
The woman in the video couldn't hear; she lowered her eyes slightly in her past, as if sadness was engulfing her.
But soon, she raised her head and continued:
"Although I cannot present it in person, Xiao Guai, who is here, should have already seen this gift."
Ling Wu slightly turned her head and met the gaze of the ugly monster.
It was very quiet, even somewhat indifferent, responding calmly to the appearance of Ling Wu, this new face.
On the screen, Yu Ran pointed to the monster's location and said, "Little darling, if one day in the future an existence that neither you nor Nuwa can contend with appears, it will take your mother's place and protect you."
"Perhaps you don't know this, but there are many more advanced life forms beyond Water Blue Star, whose genetic defects are more severe than those of the half-humans on Water Blue Star."
“Pure-blooded humans are extremely alluring to them.” Yu Ran’s gaze gradually turned serious. “Therefore, you must keep your bloodline secret well hidden!”
"Mom, I'm sorry, but due to unforeseen circumstances that arose later in the experiment, I'm unable to inform you in person."
She seemed to be in a hurry and quickly moved on to the next topic:
"When you were little, you asked who your father was, and your mother coldly told you: You don't have a father."
"Mom apologizes to you now for the harsh tone she used back then."
"Now that you're all grown up, Mom will tell you a fact that you may still find hard to accept even now."
She paused, as if giving Ling Wu time to choose.
"Your father was a henchman of those advanced planetary humans."
She didn't go into much detail about what followed.
Basically, Yu Lingwu's father, like Nan Budu, has an interstellar live stream.
With Yu Ran's deliberate indulgence, he got closer to Yu Ran.
During this time, Yu Ran learned some things about live streaming through him, and because of this, Yu Ran and him developed a real-life relationship, which led to the birth of Yu Lingwu.
“Although we met because of mutual benefit, the birth of Xiaoguai was something her mother had been looking forward to from the bottom of her heart.” Yu Ran said earnestly, “To use a term from ancient culture, it’s roughly equivalent to leaving the daughter behind and the father leaving.”
"Later, he was supposed to take his live stream to a higher, more advanced planet and become a high-level citizen with legal rights."
“But unfortunately, he died just before he was about to leave.” Yu Ran closed her eyes. “His death was orchestrated by my mother.”
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