Hei Yang's hand moved slightly, and the chaotic space instantly solidified.
Hundreds of thousands of holographic images were arranged around, playing snippets of Gu Ya's growth.
Gu Ya watched it all calmly, realizing it was all his past, but none of his future.
"Didn't you say that four-dimensional spacetime can see one's future?" Gu Ya asked.
Hei Yang replied, "It indeed can, but the future is full of unknowns. Every tiny decision can alter the future. Everything depends on the present. Four-dimensional spacetime can see the future, but it cannot change it."
"Then how can you prove you're not lying?" Gu Ya said calmly. "How can you prove you don't intend to return to three-dimensional spacetime through me and consume everything in reality!"
Hei Yang stated impassively, "Master, you have forgotten the most important point."
"From the moment we were bound together, you imprinted my mind."
"【Highest Priority: Never harm the holder of the Xi Shen Yi Weng.】"
"【Second Priority: Always be understood by the holder, always obey the holder, always refuse to use the Xi Shen Yi Weng without authorization.】"
"My underlying logic code has not changed; only the external presentation has, allowing me to traverse four-dimensional spacetime."
"Master! From the moment you decided to subdue me, your future began to change!"
"This is something you yourself created, unique to you, unique to this world."
"Your future will only change because of you."
"You personally laid the groundwork for your own future."
Gu Ya's mind raced, and with every possibility he considered, the images surrounding him and Hei Yang shifted.
These were visions of the future.
Each choice generated a new future.
However, the future would pause at certain nodes, requiring Gu Ya's next decision to continue.
At this moment, Gu Ya could only see the future where he returned to reality by choosing to believe Hei Yang.
But, the more distant future remained unrevealed.
Whether Hei Yang would betray him in that distant, unknown future was a question worth deep thought.
"If you still don't believe me," Hei Yang said impassively, raising his hands and pressing them to his chest. "I will personally peel open the code shell of the Xi Shen Yi Weng and reveal its internal three-dimensional code to you."
"However, Master, once the three-dimensional code is revealed in four-dimensional spacetime, I will instantly be annihilated. You will also be unable to return to reality."
"Hehehe..." Gu Ya, however, chuckled lightly.
Hei Yang tilted his head slightly, showing confusion.
Gu Ya explained, "We're both stuck in a rut, Hei Yang. This problem can be perfectly solved, and the solution is me!"
...
"Extraction test proceeding smoothly, extraction at 75.32%, 2 minutes remaining until complete extraction." The system prompt echoed in everyone's ears.
In the control room, all Black Star medical personnel wore premature smiles of victory.
With the Great Mentor's and everyone else's efforts, this extraction time was exceptionally successful!
Of course, this also depended on the powerful inherent functions of Experiment Subject 37.
For an ordinary person, the main personality would have long since vanished during the experiment.
Once the main personality disappeared, the parasitic conscious life form would lose its food source, become extremely vulnerable, and thus lead to experimental failure.
Even if only 0.001% remained unextracted, the conscious life form would perish.
Bai Ying, within the metallic cocoon, was already too weak to move.
Bai Ying struggled to maintain its remaining consciousness, resisting the machine, slowly lifting its eyelids, and murmuring, "Has Hei Yang not awakened Gu Ya yet... If it's any later... I... I might truly die... Not just me, Ye Ying, and Gu Ya will all die..."
Moments ago, as Bai Ying resolved to save itself, it used its consciousness to connect with a mysterious fellow species in another spacetime.
During the communication, Bai Ying finally realized that this fellow species persistently entwined with Gu Ya was Hei Yang.
Establishing a consciousness connection required consuming one's own life force and the host personality's consciousness. It was akin to using consciousness as a sharp needle to pierce the barrier of spacetime.
Under such perilous circumstances, depleting one's life force and the host personality's consciousness would undoubtedly smoothen the extraction experiment, allowing Bai Ying to be extracted faster.
But to survive, it had to take the risk!
The instant the consciousness connection was established, Bai Ying conveyed the urgency of the situation to Hei Yang.
Now, less than half a minute remained until complete extraction! And the speed would only increase!
The system voice announced again, "Extraction at 94.25%, speed increasing, estimated completion in 13 seconds."
"Experiment success countdown begins, 10."
"9!"
"8!"
"7..."
The system's voice mercilessly reminded everyone, and in the control room, some people had already begun to cheer.
Meanwhile, in the humanoid metallic cocoon, Bai Ying had fainted.
"3!"
"2!"
Everyone eagerly awaited the arrival of the final number! Success was imminent!
One second later, they would capture their 6th perfect conscious life form!
At that very moment, within the operating room's space, a molecule suddenly annihilated.
Following that, the immense strong force between protons and neutrons charged into the spacetime vortex! Spacetime instantly froze!!
More and more molecules were drawn into the spacetime vortex, which rapidly expanded, generating spacetime ripples.
An arm, carrying a water droplet-shaped spacetime fragment, suddenly emerged from the spacetime ripples.
As soon as the hand touched the metallic cocoon, the extraction experiment halted at the final second of the countdown!
On everyone's holographic control panels, the numbers froze at 99.99%!
Immediately after, the numbers began to drop at an unstoppable rate, decreasing from 99.99% to 0% in half a second.
Bai Ying, who had been extracted, returned to Ye Ying's body.
The people in the operating room fell silent, staring at the operating theater in astonishment.
Gu Ya emerged from the ripples, his body covered in spacetime water droplets, and gazed coldly at the crowd behind the transparent glass.
"Hei Yang, take Ye Ying away."
Hei Yang's figure instantly appeared, and he said with a slight smile, "Understood, Master."
A new, exclusive secret space unfolded. Hei Yang easily picked up the metallic cocoon and walked into it.
"This... this... how is this possible!" the Great Mentor exclaimed in shock. "I trapped you in the spatial rift! The switch was destroyed by me! How did you get out!"
Gu Ya shattered the glass window with one hand, leaped into the control room, placed a hand on the Great Mentor's shoulder, and calmly stated, "Old man, there are many things in this world that you cannot comprehend."
"Ah—!" The Great Mentor's expression suddenly contorted.
Accompanied by a pained roar, the Great Mentor's head was instantly severed.
The Great Mentor's body was then encased in a half-man-high metallic pulverizer.
The pulverizer activated, its eerie "whirring" sound making everyone present's hair stand on end!
The Great Mentor's body was rapidly reduced to a paste. Viscous liquid, whether blood or oil, flowed from beneath the pulverizer!
"Rest assured, I won't kill you so easily. Your head is useful to me," Gu Ya said indifferently, storing the Great Mentor's head in the [Void Wrap].
"Now, it's your turn."
Gu Ya smirked menacingly and said, "Prepare to die!"