"Mr. Xuan, it's my turn now." Zhuang Li spoke calmly.
Xuan Ming's face suddenly became clear: "What?"
Zhuang Li leaned forward, staring directly into the man's dark eyes. "There's something I need to tell you," he tapped his temples, smiled, and whispered, "Actually, I have a spy robot in my head, too."
Xuan Ming sat stiffly in his wheelchair, not knowing how to react. He hadn't expected Curly to confess at this moment.
After a long silence, Xuan Ming finally found his voice: "I believe you."
Zhuang Li straightened up and nodded, "I know."
The two of them fell silent, then laughed softly together. The tense atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
"Mr. Xuan, the operation is very simple. Can you do it?" After a few seconds, Zhuang Li spoke first.
"Two shots, right? I should be able to do it." Xuan Ming rubbed his hands nervously.
"If you don't know, I'll teach you. It's very simple." Zhuang Li pushed him into the operating room.
7480 screamed in terror, "Master, what are you doing? Don't arrest me, I will obey you from now on! Master, please don't send me into an endless cycle of reincarnation, I beg you..."
However, it had no other choice but to scream and shriek.
More than two hours later, Zhuang Li placed a glass slide under the quantum interferometer.
7480's chubby body appeared on the screen. It was still in the form of Paramecium, but its activity was far less than that of the other three systems. At first glance, it looked like a dead cell soaked in chemical reagents.
Xuan Ming asked knowingly, "Why isn't it moving?"
"It has no power and can't open the drive." Zhuang Li locked the slide into a glass safe.
7480 breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that running out of energy was a blessing, otherwise it would have been thrown into that endless cycle of reincarnation by its host.
"What are you going to do next?" Xuan Ming asked again.
"Next, I will try to combine these three robots into one to see if they will produce any new changes." Zhuang Li smiled with interest.
Hearing this, 7480 shuddered violently, and 169 and 248 were also terrified. They began to cast out baits one after another.
169: "Human, I am proficient in hypnosis. If you release me, I am willing to be bound to you. It is my credit that Lin Yayan can charm so many men. With me, you can make anyone in the world your slave!"
248: "Human, I'm proficient in hacking and various high-tech techniques! I can help you go further on the road of scientific research!"
Good-for-nothing 7480: “…嘤!”
Zhuang Li remained unmoved, merely slowly combing his curly hair. To preserve his appearance, he spent a long time researching how to increase the accuracy of the quantum interferometer without shaving his head, eventually even using Qiao Yanan as an experiment.
Xuan Ming handed over a bottle of styling gel, then turned his head away and tried to suppress his laughter.
169 is a true expert in psychology. He immediately spotted Zhuang Li's weakness and said, "After you bind yourself to me, you will become more and more beautiful!"
Zhuang Li sneered disdainfully: "I am already extremely beautiful, how can you make me more beautiful?"
169: “…”
248: "I can make you smarter!"
Zhuang Li: "My brain is the best in the world. How else can you make me smarter?"
248: “…”
7480 cried out, "Master, you are the best! You are perfect, the smartest and most handsome man in the world! Your life is flawless!"
Zhuang Li carefully kneaded his curly hair into a messy yet stylish shape, and said with satisfaction: "7480, you said it very well. I admire your vision, so I decided to keep your consciousness." In other words, the other two systems will be devoured by 7480 and become nutrients to strengthen it.
7480 fell to his knees with a thud and cried like a baby for the first time in his life.
169 and 248 were desperate and angry, and could not help but curse at Zhuang Li.
The lab erupted in chaos, and Xuan Ming quickly wheeled his wheelchair out the door, afraid that if he didn't run, he'd burst into inexplicable laughter like a madman.
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After all systems were resolved, Zhuang Li finally focused on the research and development of the 5G network. He had completed Haiming Group's five-year network construction plan three years ahead of schedule. He remained hidden behind the scenes, never appearing in public.
Industry insiders don't know much about him, and are completely unaware that he is the chief engineer of China's 5G network construction. All this stems from the country's protection of him.
Under rigorous interrogation by the relevant authorities, Qiao Yanan quickly admitted to being a spy sent by the United States. There was no other way. If she didn't admit it, she couldn't explain the papers and research results she had stolen. Furthermore, she had repeatedly sold state secrets to the United States. These were all ironclad facts.
She tried to play dumb, so the interrogators called in a professional psychiatrist to evaluate her. Her low IQ was evident early in the conversation.
Eventually, she was imprisoned in a prison in northern Xinjiang, serving a life sentence. She often huddled in a corner of her cell, shaking her head and calling out nervously, "System, where are you? System, system, system..."
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On the day when the 5G network was officially completed, Xuan Ming led Zhuang Li to attend an important commendation meeting.
As they passed an overpass, a man in a black windbreaker suddenly appeared above the bridge, holding a strangely shaped gun and pointing it at Zhuang Li, who was sitting in the car. He was standing in mid-air, a strange scene, and the people on and below the bridge seemed completely invisible.
"Particle gun!" Zhuang Li exclaimed with gritted teeth.
Xuan Ming felt a chill in his heart, and quickly pressed down the little curly-haired boy's head and stuffed him under the seat, then pounced on him and covered him with his body.
The man opened fire the moment he appeared. He had only a limited amount of time in this world, so he had to act quickly. But he had never expected Xuan Ming to risk his life to protect Zhuang Li, and a fatal bloody hole appeared on Xuan Ming's back.
"Son of destiny!" The man's eyes widened in terror. The next moment, the world began to block him, crush him, and pulverize him, devouring the light points he had transformed into one by one.
Zhuang Li saw this scene clearly through Xuan Ming's hair, and his heart couldn't help but jump. Then, he felt a warm and sticky liquid. It was blood, countless blood! It was flowing continuously from Xuan Ming's back and dripping onto his clothes.
"Mr. Xuan, are you injured?" Zhuang Li's usually lazy and casual voice was filled with fear for the first time.
Xuan Ming shook his head. His spine, shattered by the particle bomb, had rendered him unable to move. He could only curl his fingertips slightly. He pursed his lips tightly and swallowed the blood in his mouth, trying not to scare the little curly-haired boy.
Zhuang Li quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed 120.
The driver sitting in the front seat was so frightened that he mistook the accelerator for the brake and crashed into the safety island, causing Zhuang Li's phone to fall in the violent shock.
Xuan Ming gritted his teeth, trying not to let his blood splatter on Curly's face. This collision made his situation even worse.
Zhuang Li hugged Xuan Ming with one hand and reached for his phone with the other. He gritted his teeth and asked in his heart, "That person was also sent by your Lord God, right?"
7480 had already been fused with 169 and 248, and Zhuang Li had then welded it into a nanochip, which he then attached to the back of his neck. By emitting bioelectric currents to stimulate brain cells, it could also communicate with the host's consciousness.
"Yes, yes. He's the Watcher."
"What is an observer?"
"Observers are officials who monitor the plane where the system resides on behalf of the Lord God. If a plane experiences a sudden leap in level within a short period of time, an Observer will travel there to investigate and correct any bugs." 7480 trembled. "I used to think Observers were just a legend, but I never expected them to actually exist."
There was no need for further systematic explanation, Zhuang Li already understood.
He sneered inwardly, "I've invented a lot of high-tech things in the past two years, causing this world's civilization index to rise rapidly. So, the Observer discovered it, right? Your Lord God is indeed a plunderer. A plane controlled by him can only decline or even be destroyed, and absolutely cannot develop and prosper, right?"
7480 whispered, "Yes. This world's civilization coefficient was originally only 0.6, but in the past two years, thanks to your promotion, it has increased to 0.8. It will soon approach a planetary civilization of 1.0, which the Lord God will absolutely not allow."
Zhuang Li hugged Xuan Ming tightly and asked with hatred, "What happened to that observer?"
"He's dead. Killing you won't hurt him at all, but if he accidentally hurts Xuan Ming, he'll be attacked by this world. This world has consciousness, and Xuan Ming is the child of its destiny, protected by all laws."
Zhuang Li stroked Xuan Ming's hair and comforted him softly, while sarcastically thinking, "That's why the Lord God didn't dare to harm him at all. He could only send snakes, insects, rats and ants like you to rob him of his luck."
7480 shrank into a tiny dot and trembled, "Yes, yes. Master, you must be careful. If this world's technology continues to develop at a rapid pace, other observers will eventually find you."
Not only was Zhuang Li not afraid, he sneered contemptuously.
Xuan Ming, however, tried to move his hand, gently placed it on the back of the little curly-haired boy's hand, and spoke intermittently: "I will give you my luck."
Zhuang Li looked at him in astonishment.
He pursed his lips and smiled: "I have a secret that I should have told you long ago. I can hear the conversation between the system and the host."
Zhuang Li was still stunned when 7480 howled indignantly, "What? You can hear us? No wonder so many systems can't defeat you! It's over, it's a bug! You, a human, are even more cunning than the host!"
Zhuang Li quickly recovered, shook his head, and chuckled, "I don't care. I have a clear conscience and nothing to hide from you."
Xuan Ming tried hard to stuff the mysterious gift into the little curly-haired boy's hands, laughing intermittently: "I know you won't mind. I will give you all my luck."
Zhuang Li subconsciously clenched his hand, thinking he was talking nonsense.
7480 screamed in disbelief: "Master, Master, he really gave you all his luck! Look at your holographic image!"
A human body scan image appeared in Zhuang Li's mind. His body was wrapped in a brilliant purple aura and continuously emitted dazzling white light, like a star walking among the countless living beings.
Zhuang Li was still studying the image when 7480 exclaimed, "Master, you're so charming! You were able to complete the mission without a strategy! If I hadn't sent the Qi to you, Xuan Ming wouldn't have died. At most, he'd be paralyzed. After all, his luck is incredible. But now he's dead!"
Having said that, 7480 quickly covered his mouth and looked at Xuan Ming nervously, fearing that the other party would take back his luck again.
Zhuang Li immediately grabbed Xuan Ming's hand and said firmly, "Did you hear me? I can't take your luck!"
Xuan Ming shook his head, his smile incredibly gentle. "I've given it to you. It's yours, and I won't take it back. The Observer will come looking for you again. Apart from luck, I don't think there's anything else that can protect you."
Zhuang Li had fully expected Xuan Ming to reclaim his luck after hearing 7480's words; after all, it was his lifeline. But he had never expected Xuan Ming to have no regrets at all. It was his life, why wouldn't he want it? Why not regret it?
This question had long loomed in Zhuang Li's mind, carried from the last world to this one, yet he still couldn't find the answer. So he froze. His brilliant mind could unravel every mystery in the world, but he couldn't comprehend why someone would be willing to sacrifice their life for someone else.
His eyes were filled with an indescribable heat, and he murmured unconsciously: "Why do you do this? Why?"
Xuan Ming smiled with difficulty: "Because, I want to protect you." He took a deep breath, his voice hoarse: "You tilted your head."
Zhuang Limu turned his head away in a daze.
"A little further to the side."
Zhuang Li turned a little further until his head rested on Xuan Ming's limp right hand.
Xuan Ming struggled to move his fingertips, gently running them through the young man's curly hair, strand by strand, sighing with satisfaction and pleasure: "I've wanted to do this for a long time."
The next moment, his fingertips fell and his eyes slowly closed, but the faint smile at the corner of his lips remained for a long time.
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