Chapter 68

Chapter 68

The next morning, the special operations team leader and his deputy observer overslept after a long separation.

When the morning sun shines in, the standard biological clock that has been trained for many years actually wakes them up briefly.But before the two of them woke up, Yu Tang combined the system, and each of them stuffed a sleep card with his quick eyesight and quick hands.

They all deserve a good night's sleep.

Yu Tang quietly pulled out the temporarily generated student data without alerting Shi Ji.

…

The living room was empty.

Zhan Chen told him in advance that he had something to do today. The biscuits were placed on the second floor of the kitchen closet, the milk was in the study room, and he could choose a book he liked.

Yu Tang directly put the data into the study room, picked out the books, and went to the kitchen to heat milk and make cookies for himself.

Yu Tang yawned and walked out of the kitchen, looking at the living room with bright and clean windows, the smooth curtains without a trace of wrinkles, and the pillows on the sofa neatly sorted by color: "..."

Yu Tang: "System."

The system opens the light screen.

“Has the virtual world finally invaded reality?”

Yu Tang: "Senior Zhan made a one-click arrangement of installation packages all over the world. The trigger logic was that I took the first book from his bookcase, and the startup program was the pot of hot milk in the kitchen."

system:"……"

Yu Tang stood in front of the sofa and opened the mall in the sea of consciousness.

System: "Host, what do you want to redeem?"

"I want to set off an alarm." Yu Tang said, "Except for Senior Zhan, if anyone comes within three meters of my sofa and pillows, I will step on their toes with the Dolphin."

system:"……"

The system flashed the small red alarm light, and he quickly stuffed himself into the mecha model made by Zhan Chen.

These days, the little S7 has been diligently organizing housekeeping in the sea of consciousness. The system has become very proficient. It can smoothly call up the photo archive, plunge into the sofa, and restore the pillows to their original layout for its host.

Yu Tang didn't have time to care about the milk for the time being, so he tried his best to dust the curtains back into a shape that didn't look like they had been ironed.

"When Lao Zhuang wakes up, I want to talk to him."

Yu Tang couldn't figure it out: "Does everyone in the special team know how to stack pillows? If I find others for him, will I still face pillows stacked two meters high and sorted by color?"

The more Yu Tang thought about this scene, the more headache he felt: "Can I put up a sign..."

While he was talking, he turned back and was about to take milk and biscuits back to the table to eat when his footsteps suddenly stopped.

The door of the room in the corner opened, and Zhuang Yu had already walked out of it.

He had taken care of himself again and washed himself briefly. Although he was still a little haggard, his complexion was much better.

"..." Yu Tang looked at the time limit of the sleep card and typed in the sea of consciousness: "System."

The system was also a little surprised and quickly flipped through the instructions: "It should be able to guarantee three to five hours of deep sleep..."

Zhuang Yu closed the door.

He happened to look over and met the gazes of Yu Tang and the little mecha beside him.

In fact, he had already had a rough premonition. When he saw the face of the student he had met once again, he finally confirmed: "It's really you."

"I'm trained to resist narcotics and be forced to wake up."

Zhuang Yu guessed something and explained to Yu Tang: "I'm afraid it will be another hallucination, so I don't dare to sleep too much..."

He smiled bitterly: "...I don't know how to thank you."

Yu Tang was speechless: "You're welcome."

Yu Tang asked the system to open a soundproof screen for Shi Ji's bedroom. He nodded to Zhuang Yu, walked back to the dining table, counted the biscuits and put in the milk.

Yu Tang knew what Zhuang Yu was most concerned about, so he didn't hold back: "Shi Ji's problem can be solved, but I need time."

"The implanted program has been semi-fused with him. It would be easy to peel it off, but it would be difficult to ensure that it does not damage his original brain area."

"I'll make sure nothing goes wrong." Yu Tang said, "Don't worry, just wait."

Zhuang Yu: "Okay."

He can wait.

"I believe you." Zhuang Yu said, "If you need my cooperation in anything, please feel free to tell me."

Yu Tang nodded.

The milk was no longer very hot. He finished eating the biscuits, holding the small white porcelain bowl, and drank it slowly, one mouthful at a time.

Zhuang Yu stood silently for a long time before speaking in a low voice: "...I'm sorry."

Zhuang Yu said: "I haven't found Zhan Shilin yet."

Yu Tang was a little curious and looked up from the milk bowl: "Senior Zhan didn't tell you?"

Zhuang Yu was startled: "What?"

Yu Tang thought about the situation last night: "That's right."

The state last night, no matter how you describe it, is indeed inappropriate to discuss more matters with Zhuang Yu.

Yu Tang pondered for a moment. He put down the bowl in his hand, pulled out two paper towels and carefully wiped the milk foam, and raised his eyes.

... He hasn't had a chance to face this problem directly yet.

He seemed to have gotten the answer, but until now, he had not found a chance to actually touch that answer.

Zhan Chen didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Yu Tang asked: "When I first found him, did I give any specific characteristics?"

"He should be a soldier like me, with accurate marksmanship and good skills."

Zhuang Yu remembers it well: "Very young...very young. When you met him, he was about the same age as S7 when he joined the team."

"It happened seven years ago. I tried to enter the electronic storm at that time, and I was thrown out by you three times... You also said that I broke into private houses." Zhuang Yu said, "You made conditions to help me.Find my subordinates, but ask me to find someone for you as well.”

"I want to ask you for a rough physical description."

Zhuang Yu said: "You said at that time that he should be two stories tall now, be able to fire laser cannons, and have red tail lights on his butt."

Yu Tang: "..."

system:"……"

Yu Tang: "Then you will start looking for me according to this standard?"

Zhuang Yu coughed.

He finally began to let go of the burden on his shoulders a little, feeling much more relaxed than before, and occasionally a subtle smile appeared on his face.

Zhuang Yu sat down across the dining table and explained to Yu Tang seriously: "I guess you were not fully human at that time."

He still remembers the situation very clearly.

...That should be described as more than "not fully human".

It was a mass of cold light.

That ball of light completely refused to come into contact with any living thing. It would catch everything that fell in, carefully analyze it, and then throw it out far away.

When Zhuang Yu was arrested by him for inspection, he had glimpsed the core of the light.

There were many rumors at that time. Some said there were mirages in the depths of the electronic storm, some said there were countless precious resources inside, and some said there were frozen tundras and pale bones inside.

But there is none of that.

There is only light in it.

Different from the gorgeous and mysterious light on the outside, it is a warm light that makes people feel a little dizzy.

Hidden tightly inside the light was a repaired book, a few bubble gum with faded wrappers, and two or three buttons.

"My guess is that you may have confused the operator with the mecha."

Zhuang Yu said: "I'm trying to explain to you that there are people inside the mecha. It's impossible to have thoughts and control yourself."

"But you don't agree with this statement." Zhuang Yu said, "You told me that it was him, and he was inside."

In the sea of consciousness, the system suddenly realized something and whispered to him: "Host..."

Yu Tang nodded calmly.

...What Zhuang Yu said was almost exactly the same as Shi Ji's situation in the original work.

Before meeting Zhuang Yu, the people he had tried to find had been integrated with AI and turned into a set of intelligent programs that controlled mechas.

This frenzied and inhumane research actually started earlier than they expected.

Yu Tang recovered his mind.

He no longer forced himself to explore those memory puzzles - before that, there was something more important that had to be done and it had to be done.

"Captain Zhuang." Yu Tang asked, "What are your next plans?"

Zhuang Yu pondered for a moment before answering cautiously: "I found several targets that may meet the conditions."

"Members of the special operations team are different from ordinary people. Even if they lose their memory, they will instinctively remain vigilant. Forcing rash contact will be counterproductive."

Zhuang Yu: "I have been in contact with Section Chief Pu, and he is collecting relevant information..."

"That's not what I asked." Yu Tang said.

Zhuang Yu was slightly startled.

Yu Tang: "I want to ask about the things you wanted to do when you forced yourself to wake up before Shi Ji got up."

Zhuang Yu did not immediately give an answer.

He rubbed his forehead, finally sighed heavily, and smiled helplessly: "You and that senior Zhan...are you together? Is he the person you are looking for?"

Yu Tang didn't answer, still waiting patiently for him.

"...I can't ignore it."

Zhuang Yu was quiet for a long time before continuing: "I have to figure out the conspiracy behind it, not just Wen You's laboratory... I can't let other people become like me."

"Before I came, Dean Nie had already told me roughly about S7's experiences over the years."

Zhuang Yu: "It's impossible to just let this matter go."

"It's impossible to just let it go." Zhuang Yu gritted his teeth, "It's such a crazy thing to raise observers artificially, even if Sheng Tiancheng is dead..."

"His mecha crashed into the insect swarm, and only the observer survived."

Yu Tang: "So he was judged to be a sacrifice, is that right?"

Zhuang Yu paused for a moment.

He had already realized the problem, his shoulders and back suddenly became sharp, and his eyebrows frowned.

"Wingmen have to sacrifice themselves for the main armor. This was a traditional concept that was backward ten years ago. In the subsequent development, it has long been revised."

Yu Tang said: "The mecha crashed and the wingman survived. This is completely reasonable in a real battle...so even Dean Nie and you were not aware of the problem."

Yu Tang: "But Shi Ji was implanted with a compulsory program."

In this set of mandatory procedures, the priority of protecting the target person is placed before obeying orders.

In other words, even if Sheng's father really issued an order before his death, asking Shi Ji to return, Shi Ji's program would force him to sacrifice for the main armor first.

"But Shi Ji did return." Yu Tang said, "There is only one possibility."

Zhuang Yu: "... Under the circumstances at that time, the observer judged that the survival probability of the main armor operator was more than 90%."

Yu Tang looked at him.

Zhuang Yu closed his eyes forcefully.

He clenched his fist tightly, stood up suddenly, and forced himself to sit back down slowly.

…

He also wants to take S7 for a physical checkup first.

Every time before the little one goes to the battlefield, he will try his best to avoid the happy and nutritious meal for growth, and run out to buy food at various inconspicuous stalls.

The exercise will officially begin tomorrow, with high intensity across military regions, a full environment simulating real war, and allowing real deaths.

He did nothing today except take the little one to check his health, go out for a walk, have a good time playing, and go back to the dormitory to have a good sleep.

"Don't worry, no one can escape."

Yu Tang stood up: "I have deciphered the information in Wen Er's computer and will pass it on to you tonight."

Zhuang Yu: "Okay."

"Also, discuss with your deputy observer whether it is okay to bake only ten cakes a day."

Yu Tang said: "I really can't finish it. I saved it before——"

He suddenly stopped talking and stood there thinking for a while.

Zhuang Yu asked: "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay." Yu Tang said.

Just now, the system sent a message in the sea of ​​consciousness, saying that a new stall had been opened in the mall, selling all kinds of baked pastries, especially hot cakes.

The new store is recruiting, the price is particularly favorable, experience points can be redeemed at 1:10, and raffle tickets are also given.

“I didn’t save enough to sell before.”

Yu Tang: "Ask him to bake more."

Zhuang Yu: "?"

Yu Tang shook hands with him sincerely, neatly cleared the dining table, cleaned the small porcelain bowl and put it back, then left the dormitory with his coat.