Chapter 477: An Exquisite Card
Zhou Di felt that the voice was very familiar. While he was stunned, the other party had helped him sit up from a sticky liquid and tore off the unknown film on his face.

It’s like having several layers of soaked toilet paper stuck to your face.

The next moment, Zhou Di opened his eyes and saw the person in front of him.

The man looked to be in his thirties, maybe forty, with a firm expression and a pair of eyes that held a certain indifference. When one looked at the other, one’s heart would race and one would unconsciously look away.

The other person was wearing a clean tight suit that seemed to be full of technological elements. The material was the kind that had never been seen before. In addition, there were obvious electronic components.

“Luo Xi?”

After staring at the other person for a while, Zhou Di finally recognized who it was.

He seemed very excited, especially when he found that he had escaped from the horrible nightmare-like psychiatric ward and could now feel the reality of his body.

“Put on your clothes first!” Luo Xi handed Zhou Di a piece of tissue paper for wiping his body, and a set of clothes that were the same as the ones he was wearing.

Zhou Di felt cold. After he got dressed, he looked around curiously.

At this moment, Zhou Di’s eyes were shining.

“We are out, right? This is the outside of the Forbidden Day, the real world?”

Zhou Di had too many questions at the moment, but Luo Xi didn’t have time to answer them one by one.

Because it is not necessary.

He took out a helmet. It looked weird, and there were many strange things inside, like electrodes, densely packed and glowing.

“Put it on!”

“What is this?” Zhou Di was puzzled.

“Memory transporter.”

“Memory? Whose memory?”

“Yours, or to be more precise, the memory of Engineer Zhou Di. I need help.” Luo Xi explained, and at this time, Zhou Di once again noticed that Luo Xi in front of him looked a little vicissitudes of life and was much older than himself.

wrong.

This was different from the Luo Xi he remembered.

“You, are you Luo Xi?” Zhou Di couldn’t help but ask, his heart beating like a drum.

“Stop talking nonsense and recover your memory first. Otherwise, no matter how much I say to you, you won’t understand what I mean.” Without further ado, Luo Xi put the helmet on Zhou Di and tied him to a bed with his hands, feet and body tied up.

very tight.

“No, Luo Xi, I’m a little panicked. Why are you tying me up?” Zhou Di couldn’t help but shiver.

“The process of recovering your memory will be very painful, so we can only tie you up. Hold on, it will be healed soon.” After making sure it was tied tightly, Luo Xi walked to the side and pressed a switch.

Zhou Di was about to speak, but the next second, he felt as if ten thousand needles were suddenly pierced into his brain. The pain drove him crazy and he began to struggle in pain as if he had cramps.

In just over ten seconds, tears and snot started coming out, and Zhou Di’s fingers and toes looked like chicken claws, full of hideous marks.

A few minutes later, I peed my pants.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. After Luo Xi saw that the memory transfer progress was completed, he immediately turned off the instrument.

Zhou Di lay there, his body still shaking uncontrollably. His eyes were dull at first, but soon they became clear again, even with an unprecedented firmness.

Luo Xi walked over, handed the other person a towel to wipe his body, and unfastened the buckle.

“How about it?”

“Not bad.” Zhou Di sat up and turned to look at Luo Xi: “Are you Luo Xi or Luo Yingran?”

“All of them!” Luo Xi smiled and extended his hand: “Zhou Di, welcome back.”

Zhou Di stretched out his hand and shook it, then looked at the crude equipment and the obviously abnormal roar around him, and asked, “Memory repair requires special equipment. Yours is not a regular one, it looks more like something that was eliminated a long time ago.”

“I have no choice, because the main engine of the spacecraft has been shut down, including the main control system and most of the computers!” After Luo Xi explained this, Zhou Di’s expression immediately became interesting. He remembered something and shouted, “It was [Teacher Yan]. God, you, you, me…what did we do? How dare you release Teacher Yan into the main brain system of the Earth? Are you crazy?”

Luo Xi sneered: “Now is not the time to discuss this. What’s more, this plan was decided a long time ago, and you agreed to it at that time. In fact, you are the most critical part of this plan. Have you forgotten?”

“I, I didn’t expect that we would actually succeed. At that time, I thought we were finished, so I was just risking everything.” Zhou Di recalled the ins and outs of the incident and sighed. This matter was indeed the result of a discussion between him and Engineer Luo Yingran.

Of course Zhou Di was aware of the power of Teacher Yan.

It is a special virus, a paradox of logical algorithms at the most basic level.

Dimension 4 is indeed very powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, it is still an artificial intelligence AI that needs the support of strong algorithms.

In other words, Dimension 4 can indeed exist in any terminal, but not all terminals can maintain its huge computing power.

If it cannot be maintained, then Wei Si will be like falling into a deep sleep, or his intelligence will drop sharply, from an adult to a three-year-old child.

This is the support of hardware equipment for computing power.

Without the foundation as the base, the computing power above is just a cloud.

“In this case, Dimension 4 cannot maintain its original computing power, and cannot maintain its self-awareness, but the Earth should also be out of control, right?” Zhou Di asked.

“Yes, it is floating now. I estimate that it has deviated from its route.” Luo Xi nodded.

“This is too dangerous.” Zhou Di shook his head.

“I’ve calculated that we have now reached a space void zone. There is no danger of any collision. We can just drift. We will be safe for at least a dozen years.” Luo Xi gave Zhou Di a reassurance.

The latter stared at Luo Xi: “So that’s how it is. I noticed just now that you are much older than I remembered. So, how long has it been since I activated [Teacher Yan]?”

“Eight years, six months and 8 days. I won’t tell you the hours, minutes and seconds.”

“So long?” Zhou Di was shocked.

In his opinion, it seemed as if he activated Teacher Yan only a dozen minutes ago.

In fact, that happened eight years ago.

Luo Xi stayed here alone for so long?

“I know what you’re thinking. In fact, eight years is not a long time. I have a lot to do. For example, because there is no main energy source, and I can’t use the power supply of the life support system, so many things, I need to start from scratch. For example, we feel gravity here, which is a gravity generator I made separately using some equipment. You know, if there is no gravity for a long time, the human body will degenerate.”

Zhou Di is also an engineer, he is well aware of the difficulty of this task. Moreover, it took Luo Xi so long to extract his data and produce it with a biological printer, so this task was not that easy either.

“Wei Si locked all the biological printers before. The one I was using was also secretly destroyed by it. So, I spent a lot of time and effort to assemble a new one.” Luo Xi told the truth.

Zhou Di is an expert, so he knows the difficulty of this matter.

Compared to the pain he had suffered, the loneliness and solitude Luo Xi endured was several times greater than his own.

“What are you going to do?” Zhou Di asked at this time.

By now, he already knew the whole story and knew that they could not truly eliminate Wei Si.

As long as the Earth exists, Dimension 4 cannot be destroyed.

It is impossible for the spacecraft to drift endlessly. The main engine will have to start sooner or later. At that time, the spacecraft’s main brain system will also be turned on, and the hardware that maintains the computing power of Dimension 4 will be back online. That means Dimension 4 will also come back.

“Make some modifications, for example, abolish some of the original security mechanisms.” Luo Xi’s words were rather vague and Zhou Di didn’t quite understand. But when Luo Xi narrated the entire process of his confrontation with Wei Si, Zhou Di was stunned.

After a long pause, he glared and asked, “You mean, you almost blew up the Earth?”

“Yes.” Luo Xi nodded. This was the fact and there was nothing wrong with admitting it.

Zhou Di thought about it. As he had fully recovered all his memories, he knew very well that Luo Xi had no choice but to take this step.

In other words, that was the only chance to test Wei Si’s bottom line.

“That is to say, Wei Si is no different from a real human!” Zhou Di came to a conclusion: “Incredible, it knows fear, and with human emotions, it must have human desires. You are right to shut it down, otherwise, no one knows what it will do.”

“That’s why I haven’t restarted the main engine and the spacecraft’s main brain. I’m not as good as you in terms of programming, so I need your help. We still have a lot of work to do next.” Luo Xi said it very bluntly, and Zhou Di also realized the seriousness of the situation at this moment.

To put it bluntly, activating [Teacher Yan], breaking the day of confinement, and shutting down Dimension Four is only the first step.

The really difficult part is yet to come.

Zhou Di thought about it, and without further ado, he said directly: “It’s not enough for just the two of us!”

Luo Xi smiled and pointed at the bio-printer that he had assembled almost all by himself. He said, “In the past eight years, I have separated the database of the Imprisoned Days and assembled this bio-printer. If you need any help, we can print it out.”

“What about the hibernation chamber? Can’t we just wake it up directly?” Zhou Di asked.

“No, that guy Wei Si has locked all the hibernation chambers. Otherwise, there would be no need for me to go through so much trouble.” Luo Xi shook his head.

“The conditions are a bit tough, but then again, I’ve made it through no matter how tough it is.” Zhou Di stretched himself, glanced at Luo Xi, and said, “But you’re pretty impressive, too. You’ve survived eight years out there alone, more than three thousand days.”

“Wasn’t it the same when you were imprisoned? I’m fine. I have something to do every day. In fact, it doesn’t feel long at all.” Luo Xi now looks much older than Zhou Di, whose body was just printed out. The biggest difference is the wrinkles and stubble on his face.

Because Zhou Di had similar experiences to Luo Xi, he knew very well that the actual situation was not as easy as Luo Xi said.

People will really breed all kinds of negative emotions over a long period of time. These emotions can be driving forces, or they can be poisons that can drive people crazy.

Because he knew it very well, Zhou Di saw through Luo Xi’s lie at a glance. After that, with Zhou Di’s help, Luo Xi’s things became much easier.

They then separated some familiar companions with outstanding professional abilities from the data of the day of confinement, including Wu Rui.

When she sat up from the bioprinter, she was still dazed and was startled when she saw Luo Xi.

“Luo Xi, have you grown old?”

She acted startled.

“Where is this place?”

Like Zhou Di, she asked the same question.

Luo Xi told her not to ask anything, then tied her to the bed, bound her hands and feet, and put a ‘memory recovery device’ on her.

Zhou Di beside him was watching with excitement.

In the next few minutes, Wu Rui’s whole body was tense, her eyes almost popped out, and her face was covered with saliva and snot.

So after recovering her memory, Wu Rui sat up, wiped her face, and stared at Luo Xi with a resentful look.

“This is the memory recovery device you modified yourself, right? If there are any missing parts, it could kill people.”

Luo Xi shook his head: “It doesn’t matter, there are plenty of printing materials. If you die, you can try again.”

“Are you a devil?” Wu Rui complained helplessly.

She looked around, and the memories of the two lives came flooding back to her. After a moment of silence, she smiled helplessly: “Luo Xi, you actually did it. The Cocoon Breaking Project, you broke the cage that we almost thought was impossible to break, and you closed Dimension Four. It’s amazing, really, it’s amazing.”

“I remember that you are not a sentimental person.” Zhou Di next to him said at this time. Since they were colleagues, they knew each other very well. In his impression, Wu Rui seldom smiled. Most of the time, she had a stern face when doing research and career. She was an iceberg among icebergs. Her characteristic was that she faced reality and was never sentimental.

“People change, Zhou Di, haven’t you changed a lot as well?” Wu Rui glanced at the other person.

“That’s true.” Zhou Di nodded: “But at least, we have successfully broken the day of confinement. Those days are over!”

“That’s right!” Wu Rui agreed.

More engineers were printed out. They had clear division of labor and each handled their own areas of expertise. Someone suggested dismantling some of the main brain’s equipment to reduce the computing power of Dimension 4.

In addition, Zhou Di and several engineers who are mainly responsible for the code wrote new control programs in the main control room and added restriction codes. The advantage of doing this is that even if Wei Si comes online in the future, it will be difficult to have as much control as in the past.

Everything that was originally out of control is slowly being corrected.

Spacecraft Earth, main control room.

Zhou Di turned his head and glanced at Luo Xi.

The other person was sitting in a corner, and had been like that for a few hours, seemingly in a daze.

But that was the other person’s personality, so he didn’t find it strange.

After a while, Wu Rui hurried into the main control room, first glanced at Zhou Di, then walked over and spoke to Luo Xi in a low voice, with a strange expression on her face.

Zhou Di suddenly became curious and moved over.

Then Wu Rui said, “I found your body, stored in a special hibernation chamber. I don’t know what kind of evil taste this is, but if you have any ideas, you can tell me. After all, I am an engineer in biological sciences.”

“Corpse?” Zhou Di came over after hearing this and said, “Luo Xi, I remember you told me about the confrontation with Wei Si. That corpse, could it be the one you used to enter the Earth? Why did you keep it? Shouldn’t you destroy it? It feels a bit creepy.”

“In addition, I also found that the body had been dissected.” Wu Rui thought about it and spoke, her eyes always on Luo Xi.

No need to ask, Luo Xi was the only one in the spaceship before, and he stayed here alone for eight years, so it must have been him who did it.

But what was he going to do by dissecting his own body?
“Is there anything wrong with the corpse?” Zhou Di immediately realized something.

“Skin!” Luo Xi said expressionlessly.

“What skin?” Wu Rui and Zhou Di were both stunned.

Luo Xi answered: “I didn’t intend to tell you about this too early, but since Wu Rui found out and asked me, I can tell you. Do you remember what I told you? I once found a message, a warning written on a piece of skin. The handwriting was my own. The content was: Wei Si cannot be eliminated!”

“Yes, you did say that.” Zhou Di nodded.

He remembered.

“But, there is no missing skin on my body. I discovered this when Wei Si brought the body here.” As soon as Luo Xi finished speaking, Zhou Di shook his head: “This doesn’t mean anything. Maybe the missing skin was peeled off from someone else by you at that time.”

Luo Xi shook his head.

This was not an answer he approved of.

“Or, did you use a printer to repair your skin at that time?” Wu Rui mentioned a possibility from her professional perspective.

Luo Xi still shook his head.

“I won’t do such meaningless things. Besides, I later did a test and found that the skin fragments did come from my corpse. So there are only two possibilities. One is that the corpse repaired the missing skin by itself; the second is that Wei Si helped me repair the corpse.”

Wu Rui immediately said: “Bioprinters are my professional field. I can be sure that the body printed by the bioprinter, like the normal body, does not have the characteristics of self-repair tissue. At least, it will not be without traces. Moreover, even if the repair is completed, it will take a long time, and there will be the problem of wound infection during this period.”

In short, Wu Rui denied the first possibility.

“Wei Si, why should I help you repair your body? No, the corpse.” Zhou Di looked at Luo Xi.

“I was curious too, so I kept the body and performed an autopsy.” Luo Xi stopped talking here and lowered his head and fell silent.

“What did you find?” Wu Rui asked at this time.

There was an obvious tremor and overflowing anxiety in his voice.

At this time, Luo Xi didn’t say anything, but just looked up at Wu Rui with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

Wu Rui became more and more nervous as she was stared at.

Zhou Di couldn’t help but ask, “What on earth is it? Luo Xi, please tell me quickly, I’m so anxious!”

Luo Xi smiled and said, “If you really want to know, go to my rest cabin. The answer you want is on the table. Then, you can decide whether to come to me or not.”

After saying that, he paused, the smile on his face faded, and his expression and aura switched instantly. At this moment, Luo Xi looked extremely cold and frightening.

“But I want to advise you that unless you are truly prepared, knowing the truth too early will only drive you crazy. At least in my opinion, you are not ready yet.”

After saying this, Luo Xi stood up and walked out, his figure disappearing into the depths of the dark and narrow corridor. He felt a sense of loneliness, but more of a sense of determination.

“Is he being mysterious? What weird thing is he doing?” Zhou Di couldn’t help but mutter.

Wu Rui shook her head, her expression serious, and walked out immediately. Zhou Di followed her immediately after thinking of something.

The two quickly arrived at Luo Xi’s rest cabin.

In recent months, they have been working busy and each of them has found a place to rest. Most of them gather together to rest, but Luo Xi is not with anyone. He has built a small cabin on his own, which was originally used to store some engineering materials. Normally, no one is allowed to enter this cabin.

Wu Rui stood at the door but did not open it.

“What’s wrong? Now that you’re here, why don’t you go in and take a look? Also, do you know what the answer Luo Xi gave is? Why do I feel like this guy is weird? It seems like he has changed the most during the days of confinement. I remember that when he was Luo Yingran, he had a very cheerful personality.” Zhou Di muttered, but seeing that Wu Rui had a serious face and did not respond, he did not continue.

“Are you serious?” Zhou Di asked in a low voice.

“Aren’t you the same?” Wu Rui sighed. Zhou Di’s nagging showed that he was very panicked.

This is not Zhou Di’s character at all. The more panicked he is, the more he likes to talk.

Zhou Di, who was exposed, did not say anything. He looked at the cabin door and waited for a long time when Wu Rui did not move. Then he gritted his teeth, walked over and opened it.

The hatch was not locked.

There wasn’t much space inside, and most of the area was filled with various parts, computers without internet access, and other things that were hard to tell what they were.

Only the table was kept clean.

It’s like a blank area left intentionally.

And on top of it, there was something placed.

That’s a card.

The texture of the card is very special and exquisite. It is obviously a high-end product. There is a lifelike spider painted on the back. It is very realistic, like a 3D picture, as if it will crawl off the card in the next moment.
Quiet~
At this moment, Zhou Di and Wu Rui felt like their breathing had stopped.

The two of them stared at the card on the table in amazement, unable to say a word.

It was as if the cards had some kind of magical power that drained all their strength away.

It was not until several minutes later that the two twisted their stiff necks and looked at each other, and they could see the extremely complicated emotions in each other’s eyes.

They didn’t speak, but after taking a few deep breaths, Wu Rui closed her eyes. Her eyelids twitched, and when she opened them again, the fear and confusion were gone. She turned and left.

“You, where are you going?” Zhou Di couldn’t help but shout.

“Luo Xi is still here, I’ll go find him.” Wu Rui said without even turning her head.

Zhou Di turned his head and looked at the cards on the table again, cursed, and chased after him.

(The whole book is finished~!)
(End of this chapter)