Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"I mean, do we really have to skulk around like this?" Su Jie was somewhat at a loss for words.

"We need to create a sense of mystery."

Zhang Manman spoke earnestly, "We are spies now!"

Su Jie said, "Are we taking action tonight?"

Zhang Manman nodded as if it were the most natural thing, "Time is of the essence. I'm looking forward to going home for the New Year, naturally. We should find a way to ruin the relationship between Umbrella and the Zhang Group as soon as possible and get this over with."

"Alright then."

The two of them walked out of the room and through the brilliantly lit corridors, recording everything, especially the areas marked with red triangle symbols, which were of particular interest, and they went inside to observe.

However, to their surprise, these areas did not contain the human experiments they had imagined, but rather animal testing. The researchers there politely asked them to leave, as if they had anticipated their visit.

Zhang Manman clenched her fists, "It seems we've been played by Aike. This place might not be the headquarters of Umbrella after all, just a branch."

"It can't be just a branch," Su Jie refuted Zhang Manman's guess, "Who would build a branch like a beehive and situate it at the bottom of the sea?"

"I reckon Umbrella doesn't have the funds to build a second base like this."

"This place must be the headquarters."

Zhang Manman pondered for a moment and then nodded, "Then Umbrella must have hidden the real experimental projects in even darker places, out of our sight. Your spiritual power is strong, can you sense the mysteries here?"

Su Jie extended his spirit across the area, and after a long while, he said, "My spirit can only sense that there is a space below this place, but I'm not clear on where the specific entrance is. After all, the materials here are almost identical, and apart from the English labels at the entrance, it looks like a complex, flat-laid sewage system."

"This is going to be tricky, we'll take it slow," Zhang Manman sighed, and they continued to document everything according to their original plan.

Two days later.

The two had mapped out all the locations here and recorded them on fifty-eight A4 sheets. They then marked an "X" on each of the laboratory locations they had already investigated, continuously eliminating non-entrances.

In the end, thirty-two targets remained uncertain.

Why uncertain?

Because those places were heavily guarded, each guard with a life force above 8 and fully armed.

"Looks like getting past might be troublesome," Zhang Manman mused.

"Isn't that better?" Su Jie startlingly suggested, "Just storm through, that way, the relationship between Umbrella and the Zhang Group will surely be broken."

"After that, all we need to do is erase the evidence of cooperation between the Zhang Group and Umbrella," he continued. Love this story? Show your support on M9VLEMPYR.

"But that decision, I'll leave to your father to make."

Zhang Manman stared at Su Jie for a while before slowly speaking, "As for the path you've envisioned, you always have a way of not playing by the rules... By the way, if my father chooses to destroy the evidence, would you report it?"

Su Jie crossed his arms and looked directly into Zhang Manman's eyes, "All I can say is, I am not one to turn a blind eye."

"Alright, let's not talk about this topic anymore. After all, I was also planning to threaten my father with righteousness over family ties previously," Zhang Manman flicked her hair back and sat cross-legged on the bed, closing her eyes.

A silvery-white light seemed to glow at her brow, which then took shape and transformed into another Zhang Manman.

This was the ability she acquired after merging with the Heart of Crystal—creating a thought-body clone.

Zhang Manman's thinking was straightforward: since her real body couldn't go, sending her thought-body clone was a fine choice.

"Can't everyone see your thought-body?" Su Jie asked.

"I can also make it undetectable to everyone," the thought-body stuck out its tongue at Su Jie, then swiped its hands, and the whole body turned invisible, though Su Jie's eyes still followed the movements of the thought-body.

"Can you see me?"

The thought-body was stunned, perhaps it hadn't turned invisible?

Su Jie looked towards the Zhang Manman on the bed with her eyes closed, "Your thought-body is a bit dull… huh? This is different from before. Did you pour all your thoughts into this thought-body this time?"

The thought-body flicked its hair, "Of course. The feeling is very peculiar, as if completely freed from the physical body, becoming another form of life."

"I see, similar to an energy being?" Su Jie circled around Zhang Manman, looking her up and down. "According to Ming Lun's research, when a spirit reaches the realm of manifestation and becomes a saint, it can detach from the body. It seems you're experiencing what it's like to be a saint in advance."

The thought-body hopped up, soaring into the air, did a somersault, then landed steadily but floated up.

"I don't know what it feels like to be a saint, but I feel very light, like I can move using every platform around me, and even my perspective is somewhat different from normal people's. Everything around me is filled with brilliant colors, like a wonderful alternate space... Especially you, the aura around you is frightening!"