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“Mr. Papaya, I never expected you to be a Level 14 Mechanical Assembler. Truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover! Now, we are basically trapped here. Do you have any good suggestions?”
At that moment, the Giant Jordo suddenly interrupted Lin Yuan's thoughts with a chuckle.
“Suggestions? Oh haha, right, right, I need to find a way to return to Mechanical City as soon as possible. Kress, do you have any more brilliant ideas?” Lin Yuan turned to Kress and asked. In truth, if it were just him, he wouldn’t care about this issue at all. He could simply stuff Thomas and Fat Three into the Life Pod, pack them into the Five-Dimensional Key Space, and then activate the third form. He could leave without a second thought. Although it would be slower, it would still take only about two Mechanical Years to return to Mechanical City.
However, he still had many unanswered questions. For instance, how could Claire have sent a message to Kress three months ago? After all, three months ago, they were still struggling under the shadow of the Ninth Dimension!
Moreover, Lin Yuan deeply suspected that Bermington had some backup plan. If that were the case, he needed his opponent to reveal their hand first.
“My suggestion? Actually, it’s not important, Mr. Papaya. The real question is whether you can assemble an interstellar Battle Machine or some other more threatening aircraft capable of long-distance flight. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to leave the Solar System. Bermington will definitely use countless methods to trap us; I know his despicable tricks all too well,” Kress said angrily.
Hearing Kress's complaint stirred something in Lin Yuan's heart, and he quickly asked, “Kress, I think I have another question for you. Is Bermington's mother really a member of the Ghost Clan? Why do you refer to him as a clone hybrid? Also, does your father really have as many as one hundred thousand children? Did he clone them himself or are they his biological children?”
“Hey! Mr. Papaya, please mind your wording. Intruding into others' privacy is a basic virtue. Don’t you Mechanical Life forms understand even this fundamental principle?” The Giant Jordo interjected once again.
“Ah ha! That was my oversight. Kress, I can apologize for that; however, I feel like I've overlooked something very important. Do you remember when we had our encounter? I once stumbled upon an old spaceship while drifting in space that contained an Intelligent Core Program identical to yours. She once shared a detail with me!”
“What detail?” Kress asked in shock, while at the same time Lin Yuan noticed that both Giant Jordo and Vansdell were paying close attention.
“Well, here’s the thing, Kress: I’ll ask you first; then you can ask me. You tell me what you want to know, and I’ll tell you what you want to know,” Lin Yuan insisted.
“Alright, I don’t mean to blame you. Although theoretically family secrets should not be aired publicly, it’s not a big deal. This matter goes back three thousand years. You know my family was already quite large back on Earth at that time. My father was a renowned human geneticist while my mother was a well-known expert in electronic information. My sister and I both exhibited considerable talent; she was particularly fond of electronic information and hacked into the Department of Defense’s website when she was just six years old! She was reckless and obsessed with it; thus, when she turned ten and continued getting into trouble, my parents sent her to San Diego Devil Island Base—a massive facility—and after that day until we moved to Mechanical City, I never saw her again. Strangely enough, in the second year after she was sent to Devil Island, my mother fell gravely ill. Later on, I learned that at that time Mechanical City had already been secretly contacting all the prominent families and political figures on Earth to persuade them to join Mechanical City; my father was one of those contacted.”
"My father is a rather rigid man, someone who would disregard everything for the sake of research and exploration. He agreed to the terms of Mechanical City and allowed them to bring him some bizarre creatures that had never been seen on Earth, including the Phantom Bacteria. It was this very Phantom Bacteria that took my mother's life, and then a ghostly being replaced her! At that time, I had no idea about any of this because everything was flawless until my father, shockingly, used the Phantom Bacteria to resurrect my brother Bermington, who had died long ago. The Bermington you saw earlier is him—disgusting, isn't it? Later, the Energy Crisis occurred, and the entire ecological environment of Earth was destroyed or mutated. It was under such circumstances that we set off for Mechanical City. For all these years, I have never forgiven them. Will I apologize to them? They are the ones who should apologize!"
Kress could no longer suppress his anger.
Lin Yuan felt a chill run down his spine and immediately activated the Intelligent Brain Encyclopedia to search for information on Phantom Bacteria. This time, he indeed found relevant answers.
"Phantom Bacteria: Data collection in progress by Intelligent Brain Encyclopedia. Generating data. A type of replicating and consuming fungus native to the Ghost Star System, lacking independent consciousness and classified as a low-level life form. However, it possesses conscious consumption capabilities and is an enemy of Carbon-Based Life. Once injected into the bloodstream of a Carbon-Based Life form, it can complete total consumption and replication within three months while acquiring all memories and emotions of the host. It can even perfectly replicate all of the host's hobbies. Theoretically speaking, the reactions of a consumed and replicated host to various situations will be 99% similar to their reactions before being consumed; even those closest to them would not be able to tell the difference. A host consumed by Phantom Bacteria will experience a tenfold increase in cellular vitality, allowing for prolonged life. The only notable difference is that the consumed and replicated host will lack the ability for life inheritance. Currently, Phantom Bacteria has been fully controlled by Mechanical City and upgraded to Living Cell Modification Point to improve the constitution of Carbon-Based Life."
Upon seeing this information from the encyclopedia, even Lin Yuan, now a Mechanical Life form, couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Damn it, this Phantom Bacteria is almost like a virus—terrifyingly perfect at replacing the memories and souls of its victims without detection! Aside from the host themselves, outsiders would be completely oblivious!
No wonder Kress harbored such intense hatred. (To be continued.)
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