Chapter 292 Simulation: A Bird in a Cage
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Taixu Illusory Realm, a place of void.
With a single thought, Sun Shisheng reviewed the past, his breath a bit disordered momentarily, but quickly recovered, even seemingly gaining a trace of enhancement.
This commotion naturally made Wang Chao and others aware.
"Sun, what happened?"
"I encountered Su Jie. He was evolving himself in his heart, cultivating the breathing technique you passed on, accidentally forming some connection with my Primordial Spirit," Sun Shisheng sighed, "His talent for cultivation is indeed better than yours."
Li Hansha laughed ruefully.
Tang Zichen smiled lightly.
Chan Yinsha covered her mouth, giggling.
Only Wang Chao, with a darkened expression, said speechlessly, "Sun, do you really need to bring this up every time? Don't I need some face? Compared to Li Hansha, or even Su Jie, my talent may indeed be the worst, but I am confident that I am definitely the one who can fight the best."
"A protector needs to be able to fight!"
After speaking, Wang Chao glanced at Li Hansha proudly, snorting with satisfaction.
"Okay, I won't mention it anymore," Sun Shisheng said with a slight shake of his head, "Let's talk about something else now, the problem with Umbrella Corporation, who of you will handle it?"
Chan Yinsha frowned, "Do we need to make a move?"
Among the five of them, even the two with the lowest life energy, Wang Chao and Li Hansha, had reached 999.999... Their needing to act indicated that within Umbrella Corporation, there were beings with a life energy surpassing four digits.
"Umbrella Corporation's President, Robert Nick, was lucky to find a pathway to a certain dimension, a fixed location's channel."
The pathways of the Universe Sphere could be opened anywhere to access the dimensional space, but there were also fixed ones, similar to a formation.
"Does that channel lead to the Dragon Dimension?" Tang Zichen's face turned solemn, "No wonder they were able to research lizard people."
"But why was the channel able to open?" Wang Chao wondered.
"In the past, the Earth did not have a trace of Spiritual Energy. But with the development over more than a decade, with the appearance of Taichi Rice, more energy solidified, the energy that could not be consumed or absorbed by humans dissipated into the surroundings, causing the Earth's Two-Dimensional Space to gain a trace of Spiritual Energy. This activated some fixed transmission channels."
Sun Shisheng provided an explanation.
"However, due to the rarity of Spiritual Energy and the fact that Umbrella does not have the corresponding dimensional password, they can only passively receive the occasional trash sent over from the Dragon Dimension."
"Even if it's just trash, for the Umbrella Corporation's biopharmaceutical company, it holds great research value."
"I just checked, and they were quite lucky to have obtained the blood of a true dragon. Although they haven't deciphered the essence of its bloodline, they still created a powerful life form."
"Even though it's currently in a state of slumber, its life energy has already reached 365."
Wang Chao said gravely, "365 life energy is already considered the pinnacle on Earth. Aside from us, indeed no one else can deal with it."
Chan Yinsha twisted her neck, a fierce smile on her face, "Sun, let me handle it. It'll be good to get some exercise."
No sooner had her words faded, she left the Taixu Illusory Realm.
Wang Chao opened his mouth, intended to volunteer, but Chan Yinsha beat him to it, somewhat annoyed he spoke, "Sun, I think Chan Yinsha just wants to slack off."
Sun Shisheng caught a divine thunder that emerged from the Thunder Dimension, refining and absorbing it, said nonchalantly, "Aren't you also thinking of slacking off by going out?"
Wang Chao said, "I wanted to meet with the being from the Dragon Dimension to see what kind of skills he really has."
Simply put, he was itching for a fight...
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"Let me talk about what I saw."
Inside Umbrella Corporation's underwater base, Zhang Manman momentarily put aside the arcane and incomprehensible boxing secrets in her mind and began to share her observations. Forasmootherreadingexperience,visitMV&LEMPYR.
"Those thirty-two locations were all heavily guarded. I easily entered them and went down a kilometer deep, which was like an entirely different world."
"There was a type of white stone that could float. What Aike referred to as anti-gravity, must be based on those stones."
"Moreover, I also found out how they researched the Spirit Rice."
Speaking up to this point, Zhang Manman's face turned unsightly.
"You cannot imagine what they say the fertilizer is."
"It's human blood!"
"Thick blood plasma, disgusting muscles, minced organs, white bone powder, truly the filthiest of substances in this world! Indescribable!"
"Also, I saw a culture dish, within which, the life force emanated felt like a black hole..."
Su Jie said coldly, "This Umbrella Corporation is a den of evil."
Growing Spirit Rice with human flesh, blood, and bones, is simply inhumane.
"Previously, my thought was to damage the relationship between Umbrella Corporation and the Zhang Group while obtaining evidence of Umbrella's crimes, then taking some benefits," Zhang Manman's eyes gradually grew colder, "Now, I only have one thing in mind, and that's to completely destroy this place! I want to act now!"
However, Zhang Manman calmed herself down.
Impulsiveness is the devil.
And besides, this was the seabed, where any random destruction could doom both her and those around her, not to mention that the enemies might have escape pathways.
"Su Jie, can you survive in this deep sea?"
"I have no issues," Su Jie looked at Zhang Manman who had calmed down and said lightly, "However, I can't protect you. The Qiankun Bag doesn't hold living people; there's no gravity or air pressure inside. Once a living being enters, it's equivalent to being in a void, unable to survive."
"Thus, we need to make a long-term plan." Zhang Manman hopped off the bed and stretched, her body cracking, "First, we need to physically go there, a thought-form is too restricted."
"In that place, there is a special magnetic field, and since the nature of spiritual power is also a type of special field, it will be affected."
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"My thought form will be more greatly affected there."
Mental cultivation was all the rage, and the major conglomerates naturally understood the role of spiritual power, setting up special magnetic field devices in special locations to ward off the probing of those powerful in mind and spirit.
It is necessary to guard against others.
After pondering for a while, Su Jie said, "According to the time in the West, it is still nighttime, though of course, it's hard to tell day from night in this place."
"Let's go investigate now."
Zhang Manman expressed surprise, "Now?"
Su Jie had already opened the door to the room, "Get it done early, end it early, as you said."
Zhang Manman followed behind Su Jie, walking inside a white corridor and asked, "Are we just going to barge in?"
"Of course."
A sharp gleam flashed in Su Jie's eyes, "They can't stop us, and besides, if there really is another experimental space underground, they wouldn't forcibly stop us on the outside. They certainly wouldn't want this place damaged."
"Building such a large sea bottom base would not be cheap."
"They wouldn't want to destroy it. Reality isn't a movie. In the end, they should come out and negotiate with us, offering some corresponding benefits."
Zhang Manman said with a radiant smile, "I bet they have no idea how much life force you really have?"
"No, perhaps they do know," Su Jie replied. "You might not have noticed, but the moment we entered here, a special wave swept over us, likely a device to detect life force, similar to infrared."
"They've already detected your life force?" Zhang Manman was somewhat surprised, "They have such technology here?"
"Ming Lun published the method to detect life force long ago, so it would be incredible if Umbrella Corporation, with their technology, couldn't create it. However, they probably can't get an exact measurement of mine; it's likely just an approximation, as the life force field I emit will disrupt electromagnetic waves."
Su Jie was unconcerned, "But, they must have sensed that my life force exceeds their expectations, and they're more likely to assume I'm an agent sent by Ming Lun to uncover the truth."
Leading the way, Su Jie turned a corner.
Guards from both sides stepped out, speaking simultaneously but emitting the same voice without any echo, as if the same person was speaking, "Please leave this place, sir, madam."
"What are your names?" Su Jie asked with a smile.
"035," one of them said.
"069," another said.
"Just numerical codes?" Su Jie asked indifferently.
"..."
The two of them were expressionless, as though devoid of emotion.
"I think maybe I could give you names so you can live for yourselves, not just as mere numbers," Su Jie said, placing his hand on the shoulders of 035 and 069.
The two were clones, bearing identical faces. Once they were cultivated, they were indoctrinated with loyalty, but even though they were clones with rigid thinking, they still had minds.
The moment Su Jie touched them, his spirit connected with their inner selves, entering their mental worlds—
These were two worlds exactly alike.
Blank, void.
But at the very center, two identical infants lay there, their gaze dull, yet they could perfectly utilize all the knowledge recorded in their mental space.
They were not adults, but infant puppets, possessing extensive knowledge without their own thoughts, only capable of obedience.
When they saw Su Jie, a flicker of curiosity appeared in their vacant eyes for the first time.
"Who are... you?" X2
The two asked the question simultaneously, but in a halting manner, unclearly spoken.
Within the depths of their hearts, even expressing a single complete thought of their own took a great deal of effort.
"My name is Su Jie."
Su Jie touched the two's heads, allowing them to feel warmth for the first time.
"Su Jie?" X2
"Yes," Su Jie said, nodding with a smile. With a wave of his hand, the blank mental worlds burst into colors, with trees, grass, houses, and all sorts of creatures springing into existence, filling their mental spaces.
Splendid!
Beautiful!
Their spirits were shaken, for this was the first time they had seen such colors.
It turns out that the world was not just black and white.
"So, tell me, what is your name?"
"035."
"069."
"No, those are not names," Su Jie shook his head.
"Could you give me a name?" X2
Two mental worlds, two identical infants, and for the first time in their dull eyes was a longing, like birds desiring to break free from their cages and soar into the liberated sky.
Su Jie touched their foreheads, "Of course."
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