Chapter 270
Shen Yijing felt that the middle-aged man had gone completely crazy.
He was crazy and mad, and the words that came out of his mouth were even more incomprehensible. He shouted "daughter" to Jiang Yunu frantically and fanatically, which even gave Captain Shen goose bumps on his arms.
Shen Yijing almost felt that Jiang Yunu was being harassed by the enemy's fantasy.
But Jiang Yunu had a strong psychological quality and remained calm even when facing such a madman coming straight towards her.
She was just thinking about another question -
The isolated island and desolate mountain base belongs to the man in front of him, and the destruction of the space was most likely carried out by the other party with the purpose of destroying research evidence and destroying "waste resources".
So, when she jumped into the "fake sea" and kept swimming in the bounded space with the island on her back, trying to save herself, what was the temple-like building that rescued her from the "sea water" and later teleported her away?
Jiang Yunu's intuition told her that the temple had nothing to do with the middle-aged man's research base, and the other party might not even know of the temple's existence.
To be on the safe side, Jiang Yunu still gave it a try.
"Come on." Jiang Yunu's tone was steady, and there was also a hint of guidance. "As a genius, you must be familiar with all the dimensions you have been in, right? Do you want to guess which dimension I left from?"
"Of course." The man was delighted by any response from Jiang Yunu. He immediately said, "Of course I remember everything! Let me think about it. You mentioned a simulated sea and an artificial sky. Being able to see the sky and the sea means there's an outdoor environment. You must also be able to see the alternation of day and night. And then you mentioned spatial annihilation... In my memory bank, there are five spaces that meet all of the above conditions!"
After the man in the three-dimensional projection finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Yunu with anticipation.
He seemed to regard this communication as a special "parent-child interaction" and was still waiting for the white-haired girl to give him further hints.
Jiang Yunu did satisfy him.
Jiang Yunu gave further information: "The main part of the base is located underground, and the ground is mainly natural. Going out during the day will be subject to unpleasant wind and sand."
The middle-aged man became more and more delighted: "Underground base, natural wind simulation - now there are two spaces that meet all the requirements!"
Jiang Yunu stopped providing information.
She said, "Since there are only two options left, it's nothing more than option A or B. Now, it's time for you to make a judgment."
She also said: "I would also like to hear your judgment and thinking process."
The middle-aged man fell into Jiang Yunu's trap.
He generously shared his judgment and thinking process, reviewed the details of the two bases in great detail, and orally explained their differences to Jiang Yunu.
However, Jiang Yunu further confirmed her guess from this detailed inference: the "temple" was not a man's base facility.
But this is strange.
A temple that could rescue her from the illusory artificial seawater actually appeared in that simulated ocean, allowing her to enter it. Excluding the possibility that she was half-dead and unconscious at the time, and that her soul had left her body before she "saw" herself entering the building, she simply couldn't imagine how a privately owned space base could have a building unknown to the space's owner.
Why is it there?
How did it get there?
Jiang Yunu still had doubts.
But it was obvious that her questions were beyond the answer of the crazy genius in front of her.
Shen Yijing has been quietly serving as a background board, working part-time as a security guard that Jiang Yunu may not need.
Suddenly, he lowered his eyes and glanced at his wrist - on his personal terminal, the communication signal light lit up after a long absence.
Ever since the two of them went deep into the underground base and came to this research institute through the "special channel", they seemed to have been cut off from information from the outside world and had not sent or received any information.
Now, the signal light on his personal terminal is on.
Someone was messaging him.
Shen Yijing didn't look at the content of the message at the first time, but hinted to Jiang Yunu in a low-key manner, and presented his wrist to the other party.
Jiang Yunu directly pulled Shen Yijing’s hand, operated his personal terminal screen, and found that the sender of the message was Lu Lumalin.
Captain Diyao told them a few things in the simplest way possible -
First, traffic between the camp and the outside world has been restored and the rescue team has arrived.
Second, the association's professional rescue team is searching for Jiang Yunu and Shen Yijing.
Third, as student representatives who are more familiar with the internal environment of the camp, Lulumarin, Solok and Zoe also followed the rescue exploration team.
Jiang Yunu read the message at a glance, and a slight smile appeared on her face, which slightly diluted the "inhuman feeling" that had lasted for a long time.
She smiled because this information let her know that the remaining students in the camp were safe, and her familiar companions and allies were in good condition - they still had enough energy to join the rescue team to "capture" them.
She still had some time before the main force arrived.
"I have another question for you." Jiang Yunu looked at the three-dimensional projection of the middle-aged man.
Not long ago, the other party successfully deduced Jiang Yunu's true "origin" in the "Option A or Option B" decision question. His final option was recognized by the "real owner" Jiang Yunu, which made him fall into a new round of ecstasy. He directly reviewed the original base data on the spot, trying to find the crucial point when the white-haired girl was "born" in the base.
The mutants around had become completely like strangely shaped ornaments. They were all frozen in place, and some seemed like mechanical puppets that had been drained of energy, with their limbs in disarray and lying on the ground.
Jiang Yunu stepped over the messy animal or human bodies on the ground and came to the projection of the middle-aged man.
"Are there any buildings resembling temples or shrines in all your bases?" she asked.
The middle-aged man took a moment to unwind from his massive data processing and slowly looked up. He was like a processor running a high-load program, causing other functions to become sluggish. It took him two minutes to fully understand Jiang Yunu's words.
Then he slowly said, "Temple?"
"Or other buildings with similar properties and architectural styles." Jiang Yunu asked, "Are there any?"
The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and then this "processor" that was no longer working well began to laugh.
His smile was a little stuck and very strange.
"A temple? How could there possibly be a temple in my base?" He said with a silly smile. "That's something that only exists in legends. I saw it in a very old document. It's said that in ancient times, the first human with superpowers saw a temple and received its blessing. From then on, the genetic data of the energy core was embedded in human genes."
“…”
Jiang Yunu just asked with a tentative attitude, but he didn't expect that there was such a legendary secret.
"When I was nearly driven mad by my research, I knelt down and prayed that the Temple would bless me and allow me to directly obtain the genetic code for humanity's breakthrough evolution." The middle-aged man's smile became a little distorted. "But the Temple doesn't exist! Something that doesn't exist won't bless humanity, nor me."
“…”
Jiang Yunu was not sure whether the building she saw was the so-called "ancient temple", but she was at least certain that if being salvaged and teleported by the other party was not a severe hallucination, then she might have really received the other party's blessing.
——The temple has favored her.
When she was blown to a crisp by the meteor storm that fell from the sky, and was almost choked to death by the fake sea water, and was finally dragged to a safe and dry area, and all she wanted to do was get some sleep, did anyone whisper something in her ear or ask her some questions that she couldn't hear clearly?
Not only did she not hear clearly, she also did not remember.
At that time, she felt that the other person's chattering was a bit disturbing to the rest of someone who had just escaped death.
Shen Yijing had been listening silently beside him. He was the most silent person here, and he felt that his brain was about to crash due to the excessive amount of information he received.
Behind every question Jiang Yunu asked, there must be a purpose she needed to explore. He knew this better than anyone else. However, when he connected all the questions asked by the white-haired girl together, the direction they pointed to made Captain Shen a little hesitant to think too deeply.
After the middle-aged man answered Jiang Yunu's questions, he seemed to have just taken the time to run a small program briefly, and his entire consciousness processor was once again occupied by "Reviewing the Abandoned Base".
Jiang Yunu looked at the man for a while.
Her supernatural vines, which were staring at the opponent's "core" with eager eyes, began to surge gently again.
"Captain Shen." Jiang Yunu suddenly called Shen Yijing.
After a pause, she called the other person’s name again: “Chen Yijing.”
Shen Yijing was suddenly called out, and he didn't know what Jiang Yunu was going to say to him, but he responded quickly: "Yeah."
"It seems like you accidentally found out a big secret of mine." Jiang Yunu said.
Shen Yijing immediately said: “I will definitely keep it a secret for you!”
He spoke quickly and sincerely, as if he was afraid that if he answered a second later, she would not trust him.
But the white-haired girl still said, "Not enough."
Jiang Yunu turned around and stopped looking at the 3D projection of the middle-aged man. She looked straight and unbiasedly at Shen Yijing.
Even though he had gone through in-depth exploration and a series of hard battles, Shen Yijing was inevitably dusty and his clothes and trouser legs were stained with unknown liquids and dark traces. However, there was no doubt that Captain Shen from the First District was still a very handsome young man. Even in such conditions and environment, he still maintained a bit of attractive appearance.
Jiang Yunu stared at him, and some words like "I want to eat too" that he had said to those pieces of meat in the flesh wall channel flashed through his mind.
——It’s indeed edible.
She thought a little freely.
I don't care if this idea of mine is not very human.
Then she continued, "Not only did you learn a big secret of mine, you also learned a doubt that I still have to this day, which means that in the future, you may learn new secrets of mine."
Language and words seemed a little pale at this moment, and Shen Yijing could only repeat: "I won't say a single word to anyone."
Captain Shen also paused. He looked deeply at Jiang Yunu, not avoiding her gaze.
He said, "I will not betray you."
This is a promise that needs time and experience to prove.
Jiang Yunu said, "I don't accept empty promises."
Shen Yijing paused and thought for a few seconds: “…I will let you see it.”
He stared at her, allowing her to see every emotion in his eyes.
"For example, whatever you want to do before the rescue team arrives," Shen Yijing said, "I will assist you no matter what it is."
Jiang Yunu blinked.
The corners of her mouth curled up. "It sounds like you want to be my accomplice."
"I can be." Shen Yijing said quickly, "If you need me, I can. Becoming a common interest is also one of the best ways to bind trust."
"Would you like to guess?" Jiang Yunu tilted his head slightly, "What might I do next?"
"I'm not sure." Shen Yijing was honest. "Maybe you think it would be better if there were one less person in the world who knew your secret."
His gaze did not drift in the direction of the middle-aged man's projection.
But they both knew it.
Jiang Yunu's supernatural vines have been circling the middle-aged man's precious "core" - his main consciousness - for a long time. Every sharp blade at the tip of the vine has been aimed and found the most precise penetration and cutting angle.
Jiang Yunu didn't say anything.
But she waved to Shen Yijing, signaling the handsome black-haired boy to stand closer to her.
Shen Yijing stood over and felt a supernatural vine gently resting on his neck, pressing on the back of his neck. He obeyed its force and lowered his head to the front of the white-haired girl's face, level with her height.
Jiang Yunu whispered in his ear: "Congratulations, you guessed it right."
——The supernatural vines pierced deep into the energy ball of the "core".
The three-dimensional projection of the middle-aged man shook violently. He opened his mouth wide, but could not shout out anything. The image distorted like ripples on water and then dissipated.
But the energy ball did not completely disappear.
It was like a prey entangled and strangled in a green spider web. The outer circle of energy light had dissipated, revealing an object like a human brain that was still trembling slightly inside.
Jiang Yunu's supernatural vines twisted around the brain, and she used the tip of the vines to explore inside.
"I will take away all the information related to me in his mind, as well as other parts that I think do not need to be made public for the time being." Jiang Yunu was doing something that would scare a normal person, while calmly discussing with Shen Yijing, as if she was just discussing how to zonal the ingredients for tonight.
Shen Yijing thought he would feel the chill climbing up his spine again, but strangely, it seemed that in a short period of time, he had been adjusted by Jiang Yunu again, allowing his adaptability to rise several levels.
He said, “Insurance?”
Shen Yijing quickly recalled the common information extraction methods of the three major associations, and shared the information that he should not have known as a student, but because his father happened to be the president of the Snow Wolf Association, he "happened" to know.
Jiang Yunu said: "Well, with you helping me to provide an extra layer of insurance, I think it should be insurance now."
In this kind of environment and atmosphere, Shen Yijing felt strangely happy.
Jiang Yunu was processing the information in the man's main brain. At the same time, Lulumarin had sent another message to their terminal, asking if they were okay, where they were, and whether they could reply.
Jiang Yunu still has a lot of things to do.
She finally figured out her origins. The inter-school competition that had been interrupted was about to end, and the end was accompanied by countless miscellaneous matters.
She would be meeting up with her companions soon, so she had to come up with a set of words and collude with Shen Yijing in advance to cover up everything that was not convenient to be made public here.
Whether she had actually encountered the temple was still a mystery, and what she would eventually evolve into as a "perfect form" was also unknown. She couldn't even bring up the foreknowledge of her future self.
——But so what?
A clear future that you can see the end of at a glance is so boring.
No matter what is waiting for her ahead, she will always make choices that follow her heart, challenge the things that fate tries to impose on her that she doesn't like, and accept those that she finds quite interesting.
Whatever she is, whatever she becomes, she is her.
This will never change.
"Chen Yijing." Jiang Yunu had almost finished deleting and modifying the information in the man's main brain, and she called out Captain Shen's name again.
"If you betray me, I will eat you," she said sternly.
Captain Shen blushed for no apparent reason.
"That doesn't exactly sound like punishment," he responded.
Jiang Yunu couldn't help but glance at him, suspecting that Captain Shen must have some little quirks.
But it’s okay, it tastes good to her too.
"Okay," she said, then thought about it again and changed her threat. "From now on, I can also look for a few more people suitable for my dispatch. If your performance deteriorates, I will replace you and abandon you coldly and ruthlessly."
"..." Shen Yijing was obviously more vulnerable to this kind of coercion, and his face changed.
Jiang Yunu was in a good mood and continued to finish her "manual information processing".
Shen Yijing watched her movements from the side, and he never responded to the messages that came one after another on his personal terminal.
Until Jiang Yunu looked at him again.
"Can I reply now?" he asked politely.
"Okay." Jiang Yunu waved his hand, "Share the coordinates with them."
"We'll just stay here and wait for them to arrive."
——The main text ends.
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