"I don't know how long I've been in this dark and sunless cave. I've long forgotten the taste of food. It's not bad to have some water to drink before I die."
Jack's lips curled into a bitter smile as he reached out his hand to Ye Li.
Ye Li didn't go over; he simply tossed the water bottle in his hand over.
After Jack took the water bottle, he seemed to have received an extremely precious treasure. He gently rubbed the bottle a few times with his hand, which still retained its human form, and then carefully unscrewed the cap.
Then, as if savoring the rarest wine in the world, he carefully brought the bottle to his lips, tilted it slightly, and let the water inside slowly flow into his mouth.
"cough……"
Suddenly, Jack began coughing violently, as if he were coughing up his lungs.
The water he had just poured into his mouth was all sprayed out, and the bottle in his hand fell to the ground.
The water in the bottle gurgled and overflowed, forming a puddle.
"So sweet..."
Jack let out a dry laugh.
But by this time his voice had gradually taken on a metallic quality, as if it were coming from the throat of a real robot.
Jack wiped his mouth, then bent down to pick up the bottle from the ground, carefully put the cap back on, and held it in his arms like a treasure. He looked up at Ye Li and said, "My story isn't over yet. Do you still want to hear it?"
Ye Li nodded and said, "If you're still willing to talk."
Jack took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, his voice tinged with helplessness and bitterness.
"Why……"
He sighed deeply and continued, "Vic was gone for two and a half years. During those two and a half years, when he came back, I almost didn't recognize him..."
Jack's eyes widened: "Vic, you've turned yourself into a robot too."
"You've transformed yourself?"
Ye Li asked in surprise.
He then remembered the old man he had met in the previous world who had transformed him into a monster.
Silently thinking to myself: Do you aliens really enjoy experimenting on your own bodies?
“Yes…” Jack nodded, his expression grave. “Vic was originally a very gentle person, but after he came back, he was like a completely different person. He became cold and ruthless, as cold as steel, and completely lost his humanity. He returned to the scientific research institute and stole all the core technologies.”
—Who wouldn't have their personality changed after experiencing such a major upheaval?
Ye Li frowned, not voicing her thoughts, but instead asking in confusion, "Is it the one on your forehead?"
Jack touched his forehead and gave a wry smile: "That's right, it's this one. I hid one of them back then so it wouldn't be stolen. And thanks to it, I've managed to survive until today."
"What's it used for?" Ye Li asked curiously.
"It contains a tremendous amount of energy. It is because we discovered this that our world's technology has experienced explosive growth." Jack's voice was full of pride: "The core of technology is the greatest invention that Vic and I completed together."
"The reason why the Steel Sun can rise and keep running is because it is equipped with a core technology."
—Hey, what are you so proud of? Such a great invention has destroyed your world into what it is now. You might as well not have invented it at all.
Ye Li silently complained in his heart, but his face remained calm.
"Do you know who Vic was with when he robbed the science institute?"
Jack asked again.
Ye Li tried his best to satisfy Jack's emotional needs, asking with a face full of curiosity, "Who?"
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