Bai Ying opened her eyes and calmly looked at the white light radiating around her, her expression involuntarily contorting.
"The extraction operation has begun, and consciousness hallucinations have already appeared. What should we do?"
"If it continues at this speed, and no one comes to save me, I will be completely separated from the host in 30 minutes and 9 seconds."
"Where is Ye Ying's personality right now? Why can't I feel her presence?"
"What kind of technology did these people use to make the main personality disappear, or prevent me from communicating with it?"
Just as Bai Ying was contemplating her situation, she suddenly felt a familiar psychic signature, less than ten meters in front of her.
Psychic signatures are unique communication channels for consciousness beings, capable of breaking through time and space to perceive kindred spirits in other dimensions.
"This unique psychic signature should belong to a fellow Gu Ya. That means Gu Ya is not far ahead," Bai Ying said calmly.
"If it's really him, how can I alert him to save me?"
Bai Ying struggled to move her body, but her hands, feet, and waist were all bound by restraints.
After struggling for a while, Bai Ying gave up. She said calmly, "Ah, what will come will come. I've lived long enough, it's time to find some fun for myself."
"It's just a shame for Ye Ying. If the extraction experiment fails, her personality will also die, and her physical body will become a soulless shell."
"In the end, we are just beings without emotions."
"I've been pondering my purpose. If life has no emotions, what's the difference between us and machines?"
"Just machines that can only think."
Meanwhile,
Gu Ya, inside the operation room, was desperately searching using "Code Tampering."
He wanted to know if the test subject in the humanoid metal cocoon behind the glass was indeed Ye Ying.
But the entire system only displayed "Test Subject No. 37," which read as stiff and mechanical, with no mention of Ye Ying's name.
However, Gu Ya soon realized he was getting stuck in a rut.
Why insist on finding her himself? Wouldn't it be better to let them open the metal cocoon themselves?
Gu Ya immediately used "Code Tampering" to change his attack vector and began to focus on the system's defense grid.
Only by destroying the defense grid could he interfere with their experiment, thus pausing it and saving Ye Ying.
Hei Xing's code logic was slightly more chaotic than Xian Xia's. Gu Ya had to first familiarize himself with its principles and pathways before he could disrupt it.
If he couldn't find the right direction and just went around destroying things randomly, it would be all in vain.
If Hei Yang were here now, Gu Ya could have delegated these trivial tasks to it.
The thought of Hei Yang filled Gu Ya's ears with a fuzzy voice.
This voice, like one speaking through several layers of glass, kept echoing, but if he ignored it, he couldn't hear it.
Otherwise, Gu Ya would have long been driven mad by this noisy sound.
Putting aside distracting thoughts,
Gu Ya finally gained a slight familiarity with Hei Xing's code logic and began to systematically write programs to attack the instrument's defense system.
As Gu Ya initiated the systemic attack,
the operations of the surrounding Hei Xing medical staff were also hindered.
A medical staff member whispered, "My operational delay is worsening."
"Mine too, a single input takes three seconds to respond!"
Wei said coldly, "It's likely caused by the experiment, don't worry, as long as we can still operate."
Huang Li was more cautious. He pulled away the medical staff who raised the issue and operated it himself, saying, "Hmm, if it were normal delays caused by the experiment, the time wouldn't be this long. It's likely a malfunction in some instrument."
Wei tapped his chin with his right index finger, and suddenly, his eyes widened in surprise. "Could it be a hacker intrusion into the system?"
Huang Li shook his head, denying, "This is an isolated network, protected by thirty layers of encryption protocols, and it's not connected to the external network. If there is a hacker, it can only be one of us."
Wei said, "We must stop the experiment immediately! If the extraction of Test Subject No. 37 fails due to an instrument malfunction..."
Huang Li calmly replied, "Junior sister, have you forgotten that if Test Subject No. 37 fails, I still have my No. 38."
"But!!" Wei lowered her voice and shouted angrily, "That's my No. 37!!"
Suddenly, Wei realized what was happening and said with sinister anger, "Senior Brother Huang Li! You must be behind this! You're jealous that I snatched the perfect test subject from you!"
Huang Li smiled faintly and said, "Do you have any proof? Hehehe, I think this is fate! Heaven is punishing your overconfidence!"
Furious, Wei actually summoned the holographic system on the console and began typing.
Huang Li, not to be outdone, also began operating.
Gu Ya saw that these two were actually engaging in internal conflict at this moment!
This was a golden opportunity!
Seizing this chance, Gu Ya positioned himself behind them, memorizing their every operation.
Compared to him operating it himself, these two must have a way to access the system!
After observing intently for two minutes,
Gu Ya had stored all their operations in "Star Blueprint" and then, using Huang Li's identity, successfully entered the system and quickly installed the virus program.
Huang Li frowned, impatiently tapped his keyboard twice, and queried doubtfully, "Strange! Why has my secret order been pushed aside! Wei! Did you do this?!"
Wei, however, chuckled triumphantly and said, "Haha! I think this is Heaven punishing your arrogance!!"
But Huang Li was, after all, cautious. He immediately realized someone must be lurking here and had stolen his secret order!
Huang Li immediately stopped operating and began to carefully recall and think.
More than an hour ago, when he found the anonymous bounty hunter online, obtaining Test Subject No. 38 with unexpected smoothness, and now, the system, which had such robust defenses, was experiencing suspicious delays, and his secret order had been superseded!
All of this, at first glance, seemed insignificant, but upon closer inspection, many loopholes appeared, as if someone was secretly orchestrating everything!
And he himself was just a pawn in this person's plan!
No, everyone present was a pawn of this person lurking in the shadows!!
The moment he understood, Huang Li shouted loudly, "Stop the experiment immediately! We have a mole among us, we are being manipulated!"
Wei, not wanting her test subject to be harmed, also immediately shouted, "Everyone stop the experiment! This is not right! We must investigate the reason before proceeding!"
Seeing that the others were not listening to her,
Wei grabbed the Grand Tutor's shoulders and gently shook him, anxiously saying, "Grand Tutor, there are suspicious circumstances! The experiment must be terminated immediately!"
The Grand Tutor slowly removed his holographic helmet, terminated the extraction experiment, his eyes narrowed, and his expression displeased. He said, "Didn't you say everything was prepared?"
The others also stopped their operations and withdrew from the system.
Almost simultaneously, the system virus installed by Gu Ya successfully replicated and began to exert its toxicity!
The system's control was usurped by Gu Ya and began to run according to Gu Ya's intentions!
Everyone present looked at the front in disbelief.
Inside the glass window, the circular mechanical base began to deform and retract, and the metal plate at the bottom of the humanoid metal cocoon also began to retract upwards.
Gradually revealing the test subject's body, first the delicate feet, then the slender calves, knees, thighs, and waist!
Gu Ya stared intently at the glass window, his joy growing stronger!
He was too familiar with Ye Ying's body, knowing every inch of it!
Without even seeing her face, Gu Ya could guess that it was Ye Ying!
"Ye Ying, I found you!"
Just as Gu Ya displayed a victorious smile,
the Grand Tutor's peripheral vision caught sight of this suspicious, uninvited guest.
He turned his head in confusion, looked at Gu Ya, and asked softly, "Who are you?"