Identify

So different.

The smell, the touch, the tone of her voice, the way she looked at her—

And the most important thing is attitude.

Lorraine was stern and sharp-tongued, but there was no way he would reprimand a soldier who had done his duty for something like this.

He treated his soldiers well, and when he didn't make mistakes, Lorraine was a good and responsible leader.

At least, during the time when I studied with Lorraine, my classmates criticized his harsh grading and strict requirements, but facts have proved that students who can get excellent grades from Lorraine will also gain higher recognition.

In other words, it has a higher gold content.

Moreover, from the guard's point of view, it was indeed she who suddenly stabbed Xin Lan with a knife.

The sharp alarm sounded, and the soldiers would arrive soon. Sweat was pouring down Ivy's forehead, and she was seriously thinking about the possibility of capturing the "impostor" alive. Her right hand was injured, and the specific identity of the other party was unknown. It was likely that he was a clumsy bionic man like "Xin Lan". As long as she shot the controller in his chest, she would be dead...

The temperature in this courtyard with a glass dome did not drop below zero like in the desert, but Ivy's arms were still covered with goose bumps.

Same face, same body.

"What a pity," "Lorraine" stared at Ivy. There were many things in that look that Ivy was uncomfortable with, scrutiny, exploration, and infatuation. It was as if he was looking at her naked, without any cover. "Are you able to accept him to the greatest extent now, Ivy..."

"Tell me, what is your purpose?" Ivy covered her injured hand, the gun in her left hand still against the other's chest. Such a similar face made her dazed for a moment, unable to press the trigger so firmly. She knew - she knew that the good feelings she always had for Lorraine would become an obstacle to her rationality - Ivy said, "You can also not tell me, I will directly dismantle your chip -"

"Can't you do it?" "Lorraine" leaned over and asked with the face she was familiar with, "Do you like this face so much? Child, is it because your bones are longing for it? Or is it because you have always liked this?"

"Shut up!" Ivy said. "Asshole, stop..."

Her hand was on the trigger, and she felt something strange under the man's silent gaze: "Are you 'Yuan'?"

Ivy's mind raced, thinking.

——He knows about Xin Lan and Luo Lin, and can even imitate Luo Lin's tone and voice perfectly. He will deliberately learn his usual way of speaking, but he can't really be exactly like a human...

There is only metadata that desperately extracts data from every corner, and only artificial intelligence.

Lorraine mentioned it during the school curriculum.

After obtaining sufficient energy, the "Yuan" has a much better ability to learn and upgrade than ordinary humans. In other words, if humans had not cut off nuclear fusion energy in time, it would be humans who are hiding in the corners and struggling to survive now...

"My smart daughter," Yuan, who had taken off his disguise and was now wearing the skin of "Lorraine," looked at her approvingly, his eyes full of admiration and pride, "Your brother is right, only you are perfect... Baby, just like that, be good, and give birth to the most excellent new human beings with your brother, humans without desires and always keeping rational..."

Ivy's hand was on the trigger.

Bang——

Light blue liquid splashed onto her face. Ivy widened her eyes and watched the man in front of her fall slowly with a smile on his face.

The one who fired the gun was a soldier who had heard the alarm and was chasing after them. As soon as he entered, he saw Ivy holding a gun against "Lorraine". They didn't hear the cause and effect, and just thought that Ivy, the student, was going to assassinate her - the gun was going to shoot Ivy's arm, ready to make her lose her ability to move -

"Lorraine" blocked this for Ivy.

Almost without hesitation, he stood in front of Ivy. The sharp bullet embedded in his body, and exploded with a bang, the fragments of the bullet scattered, and countless clear blue liquids burst out.

The soldier was dumbfounded.

In just one minute, countless shocking waves surged in his heart.

First it was "Oh no, the admiral's student wants to kill the admiral", followed by "The admiral blocked money for her, ahhhh, are they flirting? Did I get into trouble", and finally it was "Death, death, death, I hit the admiral, where is the cheaper grave" -

Until the blue liquid splashed out from the wound.

The soldiers still maintained that "disaster is imminent" attitude.

It was Ivy who stopped him and said, "Don't be afraid. This guy is a fake, a cyborg. Go find someone else. Did the admiral tell you how to deal with this situation?"

"Yes," the soldier's voice was trembling, "We will immediately activate the first-level defense mode, adding blood and vaginal inspections to the original entry and exit restrictions... Miss Ivy, you——"

"I'm fine. This stuff is not corrosive."

Ivy simply wiped her face and confirmed that this was just the most common bionic fluid.

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence requires huge energy consumption. Over the years, the natural energy such as solar energy and wind energy captured by "Yuan" is only enough to maintain its basic life and cannot carry out a thorough iterative upgrade.

The mold it uses to make bionic men is still the same one from decades ago, blue bionic fluid, composed of water and various blended biological oils and chemical-based liquids. It is blue and odorless, with a slight smell similar to mango.

As the soldiers approached, "Lorraine" on the ground twitched, and his head turned 180 degrees strangely like an owl, his black eyes fixed on Ivy.

"You will realize the weakness of human beings. Your teacher has a crush on you, but that crush is not enough to shake his career or offset his ambitions. You are not even the first choice for him. He will like to reproduce with you just for the pleasure it brings him. He will not understand your soul, let alone care about your thoughts. My dear child, the love that you desire and that truly understands your soul can only be given by me," he said. "Human beings with deep desires will never be able to give you the love you want. Only I can... In this world, the only place you are safest is by your mother's side."

The soldier didn't dare to move, and pointed his gun at it. This android who looked exactly like Lorraine made him terrified, and he could only ask Ivy: "What should we do?"

It still sings, crooning and singing with the voice of a choir.

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary——"

"But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary—"

It stopped moving.

The soldier shuddered: "What is it saying?"

"It's from the Bible. Maybe it's a young man of literature and art." Ivy raised her pistol and fired three more times. After she was sure that it was completely destroyed, she calmed down and told the soldiers, "— Seal up the bodies of the two people and take protective measures."

The soldier was still in shock: "Are there other androids in the base?"

"Check the entry and exit records. After Admiral Hector left, all those who entered were tested..." Ivy's lips were dry. She tried to recall what Lorraine would do if he was here. She tried to put herself in the role of Lorraine Hector, the admiral and the leader. "Those who came into contact with him must also be tested. From now on, strictly control the entry and exit of people - oh no, I remember, Mr. Hawthorne was here too?"

Before Lorraine Hector came to the army, the base had been monitored by Hawthorne; Ivy met him once, and what impressed her most was the shiny, smooth and round scalp under his wind-blown hair.

"Yes," the soldier said, holding his gun, "I'll let him know right away."

Hawthorne arrived soon. He was Lorraine's loyal supporter and proposed a solution that was almost the same as Ivy's, but in the end, he advised Ivy to go back and rest.

Ivy shook her head.

"No," she said, "I can't get in touch with the teacher anymore."

"There is basically no signal deep in the dungeon," Hawthorne tried to persuade Ivy, "Admiral, he will not be in danger."

Although he was Lorraine's subordinate, Hawthorne was ten years older than him. His daughter was only two years younger than Ivy, so he looked at her with the same kindness as if he were looking at a child.

Ivy was worried: "What if the android pretends to be me and tries to assassinate the teacher?"

Hawthorne was stunned and laughed.

"Miss Ivy," Hawthorne said, "I admit that you are young and beautiful, but the admiral is not a man who will be seduced by beauty. Don't worry, the beauty trap will have no effect on him."

Ivy was stunned for a moment: "No, I mean..."

"Besides, you are his student. Teacher-student romance is not allowed. Once discovered, the teacher will face fines or even imprisonment," Hawthorne said. "You should also know that the admiral has experienced a failed marriage and it is impossible for him to get involved in a new relationship again."

Ivy: “I…”

"You did receive extra care from the admiral, but that was probably out of his sense of responsibility," Hawthorne said. "I fully understand your intentions and concerns - but don't worry, the admiral is very alert and he won't be easily deceived."

Ivy: “…”

She couldn't explain it to Hawthorne, so she asked another question.

"If I insist on going to look for the teacher," Ivy asked, "will you provide me with protective equipment?"

At the same time, Ivy's communicator rang. She answered it and heard an unpleasant voice.

"Hey, little girl with only a pretty face," the man asked, "can you get in touch with Lorraine?"

This was an unfamiliar number. Ivy asked carefully, "Who are you?"

"W-what?!!!" he screamed, "You didn't save my contact information? So arrogant? Are you from Lorraine's family? Why are you as arrogant as him? Bastard-"

"I'm sorry," Ivy asked, "I'm in a hurry. Can you please be frank?"

"...I'm Tsiri," he said, "I'll be taking your team and friends there right away... and, I want to remind you, if you and Lorraine are still maintaining that unhealthy relationship, it's recommended that you separate for tonight."

Ivy asked, "Are the divorce review committee members coming?"

"No, it's even scarier than that," Tsiri sneered, rather disdainfully, "He's a big shot."

His voice was full of malice: "Don't you know? Lorraine married you not only because of the genetic compatibility... but also to avoid that damned 'marriage' and to refuse the big shot to marry his daughter to him."

"Little girl with a pretty face and a stupid brain," said Tsiri, "If I were you, I would take this opportunity to get sick right now—Hey, hey, hey?! It's turned off?!!! Do you look down on me?!!!"

In the underground city.

Yu Mo's damaged body was quickly dealt with by Xin Lan, leaving no trace.

Those chips have completely self-destructed - this proves that Yu Mo's data has "successfully landed" in another body.

Just like video websites a hundred years ago, in order to urge people to spend more money to purchase membership packages, they set restrictions and prohibited the same account from being logged in on different devices.

Xin Lan failed to download all the memories about Ivy's birth. Everything came to an abrupt end with the appearance of Yu Mo.

That's enough.

Lorraine did not have much time to trace back to the source. All his energy was now focused on opening the mechanical switch that locked the dungeon.

The place still looks the same as when I left, with collapsed high-rise buildings and crooked stones. Further in, there is a narrow passage full of cutting lasers and covered with a layer of dark dust.

We must turn off the devices that control the lasers before we can go deeper.

Lorraine stopped here.

Memories of this place surged in my mind like a dark, silent ocean under a thunderstorm, with oppressive waves.

That day, Lorraine picked up a poor little girl from the acid rain. She had lost contact with her parents, and her body was corroded by the acid rain. Her skin and flesh were turned over, revealing her bones.

The pain was so severe that even adults would find it unbearable, but she did not cry out loudly. Instead, she took the initiative to beg Lorraine.

"I'm not hurt, brother," she said, "please don't leave me, I want to live."

This sentence made Lorraine decide to bring her into the team temporarily. Coincidentally, Ci Li's leg was injured and he was resting and changing the bandages under the shelter. Lorraine gave the little girl to him.

But an hour later, Tseri said in panic that he was too sleepy and accidentally fell asleep. When he woke up, the little girl was missing.

At that time, the acid rain had not completely stopped and could continue to fall at any time. The little girl's bones were already exposed and she could not withstand further acid rain.

Lorraine flew into a rage and scolded him severely.

It was this scolding that made Tsri, who was hiding in the bunker, leave in anger and even turned off his communicator. Several people searched for him and the little girl in a panic, but found nothing.

It was not until nightfall that Lorraine saw Ci Li's figure at the edge of the dungeon. He called Ci Li's name and was about to chase him, but Lorraine Hector behind him stopped him.

"The dungeon is very dangerous," Luo Lin said, "There might be androids there... It's too risky for you to go alone. Besides, Tsiri has a temper like a child, and you and him can never get along peacefully... Tsiri always listens to me, so I'll go."

The timid and gentle Xin Lan also nodded.

"And me," he took a few steps hesitantly, his expression slowly relaxed, and he smiled, "It's just a dungeon, isn't it? It's no big deal... We are teammates, we should be together."

…

Xin Lan faithfully reported the key data that could unlock the mechanism. Lorraine turned on the mechanism in an orderly manner and watched the network of blood-red lasers moving in the corridor. A piece of gravel fell and was hit by the laser, breaking directly into three pieces. With a crash, it scattered on the ground.

"Was my original data also decapitated here?" Xin Lan said, "You look very upset now, Master."

Lorraine said nothing, his fingers moved on the touch screen, unlocking and activating all control programs...

My legs ached dully.

He completely lost half of his lower leg here.

The first time he was betrayed by a friend, Cyril sawed off one of his feet that was caught in a steel clamp in order to save his life.

The second time Lorraine suffered the death of his friends, he wanted to protect the bodies of his two friends from being cut into pieces by the laser, and his calves were cut off by the laser.

"Master, your heart rate is very high now," Xin Lan said. At this moment, in front of this laser tunnel, he realized that the danger was far from gone. This was just the beginning. In the laboratory where a large amount of artificial human data was stored and Ivy was cultivated, there was a more terrifying breath of death and madness. He asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Lorraine looked calm. After successfully entering the triple key, he pressed the button to remove the security measures.

He said, "Ivy should be asleep by now."

Xin Lan asked: "Is this a secret code? Or did you secretly give her sleeping pills? I need to remind you that according to current laws, secretly giving girls sedatives is a serious violation of the law and can be punished by up to three years in prison..."

"Stop talking so much," Lorraine said, "Xin Lan, temporarily shut down all data interfaces, upload all data so far to the laboratory cloud, and enter sleep mode immediately."

Xin Lan realized the problem and said in disbelief: "Master, you don't even trust me?"

There was no answer to this question, Lorraine just repeated the command coldly.

"Immediately went into hibernation mode," he said, "Xin Lan."

Xin Lan's consciousness was struggling, trying hard to stay awake, but failed - the programs rooted in his body were faithfully activated.

Everything went dark before his eyes, he closed his eyes and lay on the ground like a piece of paper.

Lorraine didn't look at his body. Holding the gun, he walked alone into the depths of the tunnel.

One hour later.

Ivy, with a flashlight on her forehead, groped her way here. She saw Xin Lan on the ground at a glance and was startled. She touched him and pierced his finger with a blood collection needle.

After making sure that Xin Lan was just dormant, Ivy felt relieved. She dragged Xin Lan to the cave nearby and put him in a more natural resting position. She picked up his fallen coat and covered his abdomen with it to prevent the cold wind from blowing on his navel. She was not sure whether the bionic man would have diarrhea because of the cold navel.

Ivy had no idea what Lorraine was going to do.

I really hope that he put Xin Lan into hibernation not to do something bad away from anyone's sight - such as killing Yu Mo secretly without leaving any evidence.

Her injured right hand hung limply at her side. Ivy held the gun in her left hand and looked around to explore the way. She followed the footprints on the ground, sniffing east and west, and finally succeeded in catching Lorraine's scent in the air.

"It's really amazing. I'm becoming more and more sensitive to his smell..."

Ivy thought.

She didn't know whether this was a good or bad situation.

Huanghuang's nose is very sensitive, but he is sensitive to everything; but Ivy is only sensitive to Lorraine - it sounds like she has been chained by him and can only be tied to him.

She stepped into the corridor and noticed several broken stones on the ground. They looked as if they had been cut by a laser, with neat cross-sections.

Ivy hurriedly took a few steps and ran forward quickly, following Lorraine's breath and running through the corridor where the laser trap was hidden.

But she didn't expect that the bright spot at the end of the corridor turned out to be a bustling shopping mall.

The sudden light in front of her eyes made Ivy's eyes hurt.

In the mall, a huge merry-go-round was still running, playing a sweet song: "My sister carried her doll on her back and went to the garden to see the cherry blossoms..."

Popcorn, candied haws, ice cream...

A sweet smell lingered in the air, and freshly baked bread exuded a soft, clean sweet aroma. Ivy stood under the huge merry-go-round and turned around, but she couldn't see any people. The complex smell here seriously disturbed her sense of smell, and the chain between her and Lorraine seemed to be cut off. She held the gun, hesitating whether to go deeper -

"Ivy?"

A familiar cold voice sounded, and Ivy turned around suddenly and saw Lorraine not far away.

He looked very similar to the one lying on the ground, beaten to death by the soldiers.

Even identical.

At this moment, Luo Lin frowned slightly and looked at her with an unhappy expression: "What are you doing here?"

Ivy resisted the urge to run over.

She noticed that the barrel of the gun in Lorraine's hand was smoking - he had just fired, why?

No, is the Lorraine now the real Lorraine?

Ivy calmed down and said, "I'm sorry, teacher. I suddenly remembered that I copied a lot of your original theories in the paper I wrote for my graduation defense."

"Are you so sleepy that your IQ is on par with Song Xu's, or did you lose your brain when you slept?" Lorraine was unhappy. "Why did you come here for such a small matter? Also, I've read your graduation thesis - if you really copied my original words, it wouldn't be as dry and stiff as a baguette that has been left for three days."

…sounds a lot like him.

Ivy put her hand in her left pocket. She tried hard to catch a familiar scent in the air, but she only smelled a strong smell of blood, so strong that it felt like a cadaver scene.

This strong smell of blood completely covered up the smell of Lorraine.

She couldn't tell the difference.

"Teacher," Ivy said, "Why is Xin Lan lying outside in hibernation? Do you have any idea? And where is Yu Mo?"

"The magnetic field inside will disturb Xin Lan's core," Lorraine said. "Yu Mo stayed to take care of Xin Lan. Why? You didn't see him?"

Ivy has walked up to Lorraine.

The smell of blood became stronger, making her nose feel uncomfortable and she even felt nauseous.

She continued to probe: "It's like this, teacher, the base wants me to submit a recommendation form, and I have a headache and don't know how to start... Can you write it for me?"

"Just filling out a form gives you a headache? Are you a brainless little paramecium?" Lorraine frowned. "What are you laughing at, Ivy?"

He was nervous and wanted to scold Ivy for being impulsive and reckless - how could she come here?

But Ivy had already thrown herself into his arms.

Lorraine had to pick up Ivy to prevent her from falling flat on her face - there were few students he taught who were smart, only those who were stupid enough to make him angry -

Only this little clever girl is holding her so tightly now, just because he doesn't want her to break her precious little head.

Ivy had sweated so much that she now smelled like a fresh coconut warmed by the sun.

"Teacher," Ivy called out in a joyful voice that he didn't understand. She looked incredibly surprised. "It's you! It's really you!!!"

The joy in her voice was far beyond what she had imagined, even like a desperate escape. The next moment when Lorraine wanted to let go of her, Ivy's arms tightened even more and hugged Lorraine's neck; the huge coconut breath became a trap, and he slipped and fell into a huge freshly cut coconut; the soft arms clinging to him were like the fresh, sweet and tender coconut meat inside the coconut shell, arousing her strong appetite - and her heartbeat, bang, bang, bang. Intense, gentle, lingering, Lorraine clearly felt this strong, sincere throbbing that belonged to Ivy for the first time - Lorraine's fingers clenched, and the knuckles that had just loosened were firmly attached to her waist again.

"Great," Ivy said sincerely, "You're still the same vicious person."

The ripples in Lorraine's heart disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He said, "Get off, or someone's butt will explode right away."