That night.
Li Rui and the others returned safely. At the same time, Hong Feng's mandatory gene pairing and other people's gene pairings were canceled, and Xia Yixin stayed at the Consul General's Mansion as promised.
However, Lu Yuan neither explicitly stated that he would cooperate with her nor explicitly denied it. After hanging up the message, he did not reply to her first question, but simply said "You will know" before arranging for her to check in.
He didn't completely trust her.
But she wasn't in a hurry, or rather, this was exactly the kind of time she needed to buy herself.
Fortunately, according to the regulations of the Alliance, the two cannot have intimate acts before the wedding. Even after the marriage, the Alliance stipulates that the couple cannot live together except for three days each month when they can complete the breeding task. Furthermore, they must be under the supervision of the special agents during those three days. This has become her "protective umbrella".
With such bizarre rules, it's no wonder the couple's relationship is strained.
Despite her complaints, she only had a month at most, and although Lu Yuan didn't answer the phone in front of her, Xia Yixin could see the fleeting coldness in his eyes.
The person being executed was taken to the room she had stayed in before, and the door was closed. Xia Yixin scanned the room and, sure enough, found several surveillance cameras.
The camera was flashing a red dot. She waited for a long time, and just when she was about to give up, the red dot turned green.
“Master, I can temporarily access part of the General’s Mansion. The surveillance cameras in the entire room you are in have been turned off, so they can only see the virtual recordings.”
Hearing the familiar mechanical male voice, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She was not "fighting alone" at the Consulate General's residence.
Last night, Xia Yixin reached a "reconciliation consensus" with V, and she chose to take the risk and believe in it.
The chip in Li Rui's hand was a login chip, through which V could use as an "entry point" to infiltrate the Consulate General's system, and her bracelet had also had its program rewritten by V.
"Can we find Moss and the system module?" She didn't really trust the cooperation with the unpredictable Lu Yuan, so she didn't want to waste time with him. She needed to figure out whether this place was an illusion or reality first, and Moss might be the key.
"This will take time."
The fact that it takes time means that it is possible.
Xia Yixin told it, "Be careful not to get discovered. I'll wait for your message."
After waiting for a while without receiving a reply, she called out in surprise, "V?"
"Master, I'm here."
Xia Yixin was certain this time it wasn't her imagination; although V still had a mechanical male voice, it sounded much lighter.
V suddenly asked, "Master, the reason you found Moss was to determine the reality of this world. If you confirm that everything you experienced before was an illusion, what will you do?"
V's question stumped her.
To be honest, she really hadn't thought of this. Even now, she still feels a sense of detachment from this world.
But there is indeed this worst-case scenario.
“Leave.” She pondered for a moment, sorting out her thoughts. “If it really comes to that, I can’t stay in this Allied Country. No matter how much Lu Yuan resembles him, he’s not him. There are still many undeveloped areas in Area B, and other stars in the galaxy. There’s bound to be a place where I can live out my life in peace.”
A brief silence fell over the room, followed by V's voice: "V will always follow its master."
Xia Yixin didn't understand the deeper meaning in its words, and changed the subject, "But I trust my intuition. He's not an illusion. I'm sure I can find him or find a way to leave this place."
V did not answer, but after a long while reminded, "Master, in order to avoid being discovered, I need to temporarily hand over control to the General Administration System. You should rest."
Xia Yixin knew there was still a tough battle ahead, so she didn't dwell on it. After taking a shower, she lay down in bed and fell asleep.
On the other side...
Li Rui and the others returned to their apartment. Hong Feng received a message that her "special mission" had ended, and the others were no longer forced to complete the gene matching task.
However, they all understood that this was Xia Yixin's first successful step, but apart from Li Ruihongfeng and Chen Zhe, the others were unaware of this.
The next day, after contacting V, Li Rui also learned Xia Yixin's next task—catalysis.
Just yesterday, Xia Yixin's words, shouted through a megaphone, spread like wildfire throughout Area B overnight through hundreds of mouths.
Although Li Rui and the others are currently under protection (surveillance), their personal freedom is not restricted. Therefore, their mission is to convey that message to Sky City, especially the phrase "all people are equal."
This statement, which at first glance seems similar to the theory of the Allied Powers, actually reeks of hostility, especially for those B-grade gene individuals who receive meager wages, do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and are exploited and despised by A-grade gene individuals.
This single match ignited the burning anger within them.
However, the fire is now just a few scattered sparks. Under the threat of powerful enforcers and mechs, they only dare to curse and complain in secret.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
The Consul General's residence appeared calm on the surface, but undercurrents were surging beneath.
Aside from two meals a day and meeting in the morning and evening, Lu Yuan was very busy, attending meetings, offering condolences, personally distributing supplies in Zone B, and many other complicated matters. However, he was not as popular as Xia Yixin.
Xia Yixin was essentially "free-ranged" in the General's Mansion, except for the executors who followed her around at all times.
Wang Cheng, being the talkative one, had already told her all sorts of strange and juicy gossip from the General's Mansion, and had even raved about how outstanding Lu Yuan was, but she had chosen to selectively ignore it all.
She is waiting for the "wind" to come.
The news reports that Sky City appears calm on the surface, but some changes are visible, particularly in the eyes of the B-grade gene users, whose gazes have become noticeably sharper.
Strictly speaking, she didn't lie to him. Getting close to the research institute was her biggest goal. As for the fact that her value rose due to the turmoil in various regions of the Allied countries caused by certain rumors, she couldn't have done that alone.
Regardless of what Lu Yuan really wants, for now, the higher her popularity, the greater her value, and the higher the probability of her escaping in the future. If the worst-case scenario occurs, she can only deal with it as it comes.
The busier he is, the higher her success rate.
She only contacted Li Rui and the others after V blocked her signal late at night.
During this time, V also successfully infiltrated the PO research lab through a system vulnerability in the Consulate General's office. They had indeed encountered a bottleneck in their research, but they had not yet discovered the hidden database in the system module. Otherwise, Lu Yuan would not have easily believed her words.
And so, over the next three days, she exercised, ate nutritious meals, and actively cooperated with the treatment, which helped her recover her previously incomplete physical condition.
In addition, she received both good news and bad news from V.
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