"Of course. He's the only one who carries weight with Gaia. He's the only one who can develop a shield that even Gaia can't penetrate, so Gaia is definitely interested in him. Therefore, as long as he reveals his name the moment he's discovered, he'll be fine."
"That's not all, is it? Aren't you just trying to get revenge on and restrain those who have ulterior motives?"
Lin Qianqian felt that this was one of the reasons, and an important one at that.
"Whether you're smart or not is another matter, but you do have a good understanding of people's hearts."
Chu Zhou rarely praised her.
Their boss has many flaws, but also quite a few strengths, and this is one of them.
"These people are just too idle after they've eaten and drunk their fill, so they have time to think about the mall."
Chu Zhou spoke calmly, but unlike the previous two days, he was indifferent from the inside out.
Do you think the plan will succeed?
"Fifty percent certain."
"What? Fifty percent?" Lin Qianqian exclaimed in surprise.
“I thought you were 80 or 90% sure, which is why I gave you my full support, providing you with manpower and supplies. If you had said you were only 50% sure, the leaders in the safe zone wouldn’t have agreed to Dr. Irving taking the risk.”
"No, they will agree."
Chu Zhou put down his cup and said to her seriously.
"I just praised you for understanding people's hearts, and you immediately contradicted me. They are not you, so don't use your own morality to judge their humanity. They are leaders as well, but they are not as kind or responsible as you. Not everyone is like you, going out to take the blame when danger comes and letting us hide."
Lin Qianqian was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected Chu Zhou to speak so highly of her, and she felt a little embarrassed.
"Um, I'm not very smart, so you'll have to take good care of me in the future."
"No, actually, you're quite smart when you're being clever; you just make stupid mistakes because you're too lazy to use your brain."
Damn it, this person shouldn't have given him a kind look. He won so many spirit stones from her, how could he have the nerve to call her stupid!
She originally had many questions to ask, but now she didn't want to say anything at all.
I simply closed my eyes to rest and focused my attention on Dr. Irving.
The city of Thor, where Gaia's main brain is located, is guarded by countless intelligent robots, cannons, mechs, and warships.
After passing through a series of checkpoints, Dr. Owen and his team finally entered the Kelley Building and were taken to the tenth basement level, into a room filled with science fiction elements.
On the main computer desk, which occupies half the size of the room, there is a crystal about one square meter in size, on which stands a semi-transparent figure that is half human and half beast.
It has a human face, a pair of ant-like antennae on its head, and a worm-like lower body with six arms and six worm legs. The two longer hind legs are embedded in crystal.
"Dr. Owen, it's good to meet you."
"Are you Gaia now?"
“Your wording is inappropriate. I have always been Gaia, both before and now.”
"No, before the Great Catastrophe, I was also a defender of Gaia, the mastermind, and its image was not like this."
"That's not important. You're here now, and you've seen me with your own eyes. Tell me everything you know."
Dr. Irving swallowed hard, forcing himself to remain calm as he said, "I know..."
"Wait a minute, there's a fluctuation of spiritual energy! There's a cultivator here!"
Gaia suddenly panicked. The antennae on his head trembled rapidly, and his body slowly sank down, gradually disappearing into the crystal, as if he was about to escape at any moment.
Upon seeing this, Dr. Irwin narrowed his eyes slightly.
He interrupted it, saying, "You must be talking about this."
As he spoke, he pulled a paper doll, slightly larger than the palm of his hand, from his pocket.
Sure enough, the paper effigy emanated a spiritual energy.
"I got this from a shop owner. She's very mysterious; she claims to be a cultivator. Her shop is called the Dimensional Shop..."
As Dr. Irwin spoke, he took two steps forward while holding the paper effigy.
Lin Qianqian observed everything before her through Jian Yi's gaze.
Jian Yi's body was now covered with spirit-binding talismans, and not a trace of spiritual power was leaking out.
Dressed in a warrior's uniform, he looked just like an ordinary human being.
Lin Qianqian opened her eyes in the mall and said to Chu Zhou, "That Gaia really does have a soul consciousness, and he knows about cultivators."
"Then our guess was correct. Has Dr. Owen begun his operation as planned?"
"It's begun. But Dr. Irving, is it really a good idea to just leak our information like this?"
“There’s nothing wrong with that. Even the most perfect lie has flaws. Although we don’t know if Gaia, which clearly has a soul, can still calculate flawlessly like an emotionless computer, we can’t underestimate it! So telling the truth in front of it is the safest option. Besides, revealing only part of the truth won’t have any impact.”
But she was still a little worried, "What if..."
"So what if something goes wrong? At worst, we can just travel back to Earth immediately. Anyway, the mission is already completed, and we can leave at any time."
He was as indifferent as he had been two days ago.
Seeing Lin Qianqian's hesitant expression, he asked, "What, do you think it's cruel?"
Lin Qianqian took a deep breath before answering, "A little, after all, there are still so many humans in this world. But I can prioritize. For me, you and the mall are the most important. My first priority is to protect you."
Chu Zhou was very satisfied with the answer, as were Wen Mingyue, Luo Zexuan, and Zhang Laodao.
The three of them had finished their work sometime earlier and came upstairs, sitting quietly to the side.
"They've started making their move over there!" Lin Qianqian's attention returned to Gaia.
Gaia listened to Dr. Owen's words with great excitement! In fact, all the recent signs indicated that people from the cultivation world had come to this world.
But since it hadn't seen it with its own eyes, it thought it was impossible, but now it's finally confirmed.
How many years! How many years has it been since it heard any news of cultivators?
Its emotions surged intensely, and it was so excited that its body almost left the crystal.
Just then, Dr. Irwin tore off a small piece of paper from the back of the paper effigy and threw it forward.
He himself quickly retreated.
In an instant, the paper effigy scattered, turning into dozens of pieces of paper, and pounced on Gaia, who was four or five meters away, sticking to it in the blink of an eye.
"Ah, a soul-binding talisman, it's actually a soul-binding talisman. Ah..."
Gaia stretched out its six hands, tearing at the talismans on its body with all its might, trying to break free from the talismans' confinement of its soul so that it could return to the crystal.
Can we let it escape? Of course not.
In an instant, Jian Yi and Jian Er, who were standing at the back, jumped to the front.
Sword Two unleashed the Abyss Steel Vines, which grew wildly and instantly enveloped the entire mainframe, including the crystals on it. All the wires and pipes connecting to the mainframe were twisted and severed by the steel vines.
Jian Yi took out a gourd-shaped magical artifact, removed the lid, and pointed the opening at Gaia's location.
Jian Yi shouted, "Abyssal Steel Vines!"
The sound it made was exactly the same as Lin Qianqian's.
Abyss Steel Vine, quick-witted, immediately threw the mainframe along with Gaia and Crystal, who were imprisoned by the Soul-Binding Talisman, over.
Jian Yi channeled his spiritual energy into the gourd, instantly generating a tremendous suction force that pulled Gaia and the items he had thrown in along with it.
After capturing Gaia, Jian Yi closed the lid tightly and said, "I've got you, Gaia."
That tone was exactly the same as Lin Qianqian's.
Meanwhile, Lin Qianqian, who was in the mall a thousand miles away, clapped her hands and said, "Done. It's great to have a lot of magic treasures; you can catch anything."
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