He's Just a Galgame Player...

The door opened.

Fang Qi looked behind the door.

It was also a staircase continuing downwards.

But it wasn't long; he could see the entrance to the next level at a glance.

The entrance to the B2 area.

Beside him, the silver-haired girl's body trembled slightly, and her toes immediately took a half-step forward...

Then, she abruptly stopped.

She obediently retreated behind him, her hands folded over her lower abdomen.

Then she blinked at Fang Qi, another obvious faint blue stream of data flashing through her amber eyes.

—Master, Liguang wasn't impulsive, Liguang held back.

—Master, look at Liguang's eyes!

I see it, I see it!

My wife is so amazing!

Fang Qi raised his hand and rubbed the top of Liguang's hair.

The silver-haired girl's head immediately rubbed gently against his palm in response.

She gave him a full sense of security.

With Liguang by his side, he truly feared nothing.

"Let's go, Liguang."

"Yes, Master."

The two of them stepped forward, following Lin Xiaoyou through the doorway.

"Hiss—"

A low pneumatic sound came from behind.

"Click."

The alloy door behind them automatically closed after they stepped in.

Separating the B1 and B2 levels.

It also left Xiaoqing, who was still kneeling in the corner sulking, on the B1 level.

Lin Xiaoyou paused her footsteps slightly the moment the door closed.

But only for a moment.

She didn't look back, continuing downward, and raised her hand to wave behind her.

"Come quickly, come quickly!"

"Coming."

Fang Qi didn't ask any more questions.

Having received too much information, he was now too lazy to think.

If he couldn't figure it out, he simply wouldn't think about it!

He wasn't in a hurry anyway.

Although it felt like he was constantly being led by the nose by Lin Xiaoyou...

But it didn't matter!

He possessed the divine power to rewind time.

The true initiative was always in his hands.

So...

He just had to let nature take its course.

First, he needed to determine if Lin Xiaoyou was actually a teammate!

...

The B2 level was an underground space even larger than B1.

Metal floors.

Metal walls.

Metal ceilings.

Cold metallic colors were everywhere!

White lighting illuminated the entire space brightly, reflecting off all sides.

There were also various instruments and equipment he couldn't name, connected to thick pipelines, with data jumping on their screens...

Neatly arranged all over the space.

Lin Xiaoyou turned around, resting her hands on her hips.

"How about this!"

She opened her arms, the smile on her small round face still radiant!

"The stuff on this level is much more impressive than the one above, right!"

Fang Qi looked around at the high-tech equipment.

Indeed.

Compared to the ordinary living area on the B1 level, this place... felt like walking into a world of metal.

The silver-haired girl showed no excitement.

She quietly followed half a step behind him, her heterochromatic eyes sweeping over the instruments and equipment one by one.

In her amber left eye, the faint blue data stream was now very stable, like a trickling stream.

"Follow me, I'll show you something good first!"

Lin Xiaoyou walked ahead with brisk steps.

Fang Qi immediately followed.

The three of them passed through several rows of instruments, turning left and right...

Finally, they stopped in front of an ordinary metal door.

The door was very ordinary, just a regular office door.

Lin Xiaoyou reached out and pushed the door open.

"Creak—"

The door hinges let out a slight frictional sound.

"Come in quickly! The things in here will definitely surprise you!"

She stepped inside, turning back to wave at Fang Qi and Liguang.

Fang Qi followed her in.

Was it really just an office?

It was an office that wasn't too large.

A large desk, an office chair sitting quietly in front of it, and a metal bookshelf standing in the corner.

But...

Fang Qi's gaze was firmly drawn to something hanging on the wall!

Huh?

His gaze froze slightly.

It was a photograph.

Framed and hanging on the wall directly behind the desk.

In the photo were a man and a woman.

The man wore a dark casual suit; he was tall with thick eyebrows and large eyes, sporting a hearty smile.

The woman leaned against him. She wore a cream-white dress, her long hair draped over her shoulders, with gentle features. When she smiled... she looked mild and kind.

...Huh?

Fang Qi stared blankly at the photo...

His eyes slowly widened!

For a moment...

These two people...?!

He knew them...

Of course he knew them!

Weren't... weren't these his parents?!

No, no...

Not his "convenient parents" in this world!

But from before he crossed over...

His biological parents who had raised him for over twenty years in the real world!

These two faces, this kind of smile, and those features...

They were exactly the same as his parents when they were young!

Fang Qi stared intently at the photo on the wall.

Hey...

...Not again?

Previously, when he found out his father in this world was named Fang Chu, he almost fell into the trap of nihilism...

And now...

Even their appearances were the same?

I...!

Fang Qi raised his hand and rubbed his temples.

He couldn't tell.

Right now...

He really couldn't tell anymore!

Was this really the game world called "My Yandere Mechanical Wife"...

Or the real world?

A slightly cool, small hand grasped his fingers.

It was Liguang.

The silver-haired girl held his hand that was frozen mid-air and gave it a gentle squeeze.

At this moment, she was also staring blankly at the photo on the wall.

The faint blue data stream in her left eye had sped up considerably!

Fang Qi turned his hand and tightly grasped Liguang's small hand.

...Did Liguang also recognize the two of them?

Hmm... she should.

After all, she was created and activated by his parents.

Strictly speaking... his parents were essentially Liguang's "parents"?

...Hmm?

Fang Qi frowned slightly and tilted his head.

Wait...

So, Liguang should be considered his... sister?

Hmm...?

He slowly widened his eyes, looking at the portrait on the wall!

Especially the one...

The woman wearing the cream-white dress with a mild and kind smile!

That was his mom!

His mom when she was young!

Speaking of which, he really hadn't noticed before...

The appearance of his crazy wife... seemed to bear a slight resemblance to his mother in her youth?

Even their fashion sense was the same; they both liked wearing cream-white dresses!

It was truly as if she were born from his mother...

...Hey!

Fang Qi almost pulled the hand held by Liguang away!

...He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of immorality.

Come to think of it, Liguang's appearance was designed by his parents, right?

When his convenient parents designed Liguang's appearance, they couldn't have intentionally aimed for this look, could they...?

What kind of sick joke is this...!

"How is it, are you surprised?"

Lin Xiaoyou's crisp voice came from behind.

Fang Qi: "..."

Too surprised.

In every way!

So surprised that he even felt a little guilty...!

He rubbed the space between his eyebrows and turned around.

Lin Xiaoyou was leaning on the desk with both hands, bending over and tilting her head to look at him and Liguang...

On her small round face was an "I understand you" smile.

"I know, you must really miss your parents."

Her tone was no longer as mindlessly cheerful.

"That's why I brought you here first, to see your parents' photo."

"However..."

She pursed her lips and revealed that radiant smile again!

"Those of us who survived still have to keep moving forward!"

She stood up straight and clapped her hands, making a crisp smacking sound.

"Alright, alright, stop zoning out. Let's go, let's go!"

"There will be plenty of time to look at the photos later. I'll take you to see some other places!"

She waved at Fang Qi and Liguang, then turned and walked out of the office.

At the door, she turned back and winked at Fang Qi.

"There's even more amazing stuff coming up, I guarantee it will blow your mind!"

Fang Qi took a deep breath.

He took one last look at the two familiar yet strange smiling faces in the photo.

Then, holding Liguang's hand, he followed Lin Xiaoyou out of the office.

Liguang squeezed his hand tightly in return.

...

This time, it was a massive open space.

The domed ceiling was very high, at least ten meters or so.

On the ceiling, thick metal pipes and cable trays crisscrossed densely!

On the ground, rows of instruments and equipment were lined up!

Some were several meters tall, their surfaces covered with various dials and valves. Others were short and precise, containing fine structures that were completely incomprehensible.

Green waveforms danced on various screens, and densely packed indicator lights were lit.

The air was filled with the cold aura unique to a high-tech laboratory!

"And here...!"

Lin Xiaoyou spread her arms and spun around in the huge space, her ponytail swinging.

"This is the core research and development laboratory!"

The core laboratory...

Fang Qi looked at the spherical device in front of him, which was taller than him and covered in honeycomb-like holes...

Hmm, very cool.

But...

He was just a guy who played Galgames. Showing him this...

He really couldn't understand it.

This thing looked like an energy reactor from some sci-fi movie?

"High-precision nanomaterial sintering furnace."

A gentle voice sounded beside him.

Fang Qi turned his head.

The silver-haired girl was standing half a step behind him.

In her heterochromatic eyes, faint blue and crimson lights were steadily blinking and intertwining.

"Used to sinter nanoscale powder materials into solid materials with specific microstructures at ultra-high temperatures, typically for manufacturing high-density energy storage units."

Fang Qi: "..."

Hmm.

Sounds very advanced.

Liguang turned her head again, her gaze falling on a flat piece of equipment on the other side, its surface covered with dense heat sinks.

"That is a quantum state stability controller, used to maintain the coherence of specific quantum states at a macroscopic scale."

Fang Qi's mouth twitched slightly.

What quantum, what coherence?

...Wife, stop reciting, stop reciting!

I really don't understand!

But Liguang continued introducing:

"That is an ultra-precision atomic-level lithography machine, used for circuit lithography on chip substrates with picometer-level precision."

...Lithography machine?

He understood that one!

But... picometer-level chips?

...Yeah.

Truly impressive.

It was indeed much more advanced than the technology of his original world...

"That is a high-energy particle beam focusing platform, used for..."

"That is..."

She rattled off the names and uses of seven or eight machines in a row, faint blue data streams flowing out of her amber eyes like a stream!

Fang Qi couldn't understand either, he just watched her.

So pretty.

Then Liguang suddenly stopped.

She blinked and finally turned to look at Fang Qi.

Her pretty face showed a hint of panic, and she lowered her head.

"I'm sorry, Master..."

"Liguang doesn't know why she knows these things either."

Her tone was a bit uncertain.

"It's just that when I saw them, I suddenly..."

She looked up, and the faint blue data stream surged out of her amber eyes for a moment.

"Remembered."

Fang Qi pursed his lips.

There was nothing to be surprised about anymore.

Remembered? That's perfectly normal.

This research institute was Liguang's birthplace.

Deep within her core, there was a secret that both Dawn and Twilight wanted to know.

For her to remember everything about this place here...

Wasn't that perfectly normal?

"You spoke very well."

Fang Qi smiled and rubbed her hand.

...It's just a bit hard to understand.

"Liguang is absolutely right!"

Lin Xiaoyou suddenly spoke up.

With her hands on her hips, she looked around at these cold metal behemoths.

"And moreover, none of these machines are broken."

"They can be turned on at any time!"

She pointed to the crisscrossing pipelines overhead.

"The energy source for this mountain research institute is a small nuclear fusion reactor! Right..."

She pointed at her feet, her eyes curving into a smile.

"Deeper down, right beneath our feet!"

"As long as the reactor is still running, the energy here is endless. We can use as much as we want!"

Fang Qi was slightly taken aback.

A nuclear fusion reactor?

Hmm.

Advanced.

...True, as a secret research institute, it definitely needed its own energy source.

No wonder this institute still had power...

The eyebrows on Lin Xiaoyou's small, round face shot up, her tone excited:

"Let me tell you, when I found out these machines were still usable..."

"I was almost crazy with joy!"

"Such incredible high-tech equipment, all perfectly intact, just waiting for me to use!"

As she spoke, she sighed again.

"However... because they haven't been maintained or turned on for several years, the condition of many machines isn't very good."

A clear flash of pain crossed her almond eyes!

"I was in charge of the money, and Xiaoqing was in charge of learning and doing the heavy lifting, inspecting, maintaining, and replacing parts machine by machine..."

"It cost so much money, and it was so much trouble..."

She pouted and counted on her fingers, as if doing the math.

"Just for that material sintering furnace alone, replacing a heating core cost...!"

The pained expression on her face became even more obvious!

Ah...

Fang Qi understood.

She was so poor because she had poured all her money...

Into this research institute?

Into the inspection and maintenance of these machines?

She and Xiaoqing, a human girl and an awakened AI...

The two of them guarding such a huge secret research institute...

Repairing and maintaining it bit by bit?

They hadn't told Twilight, so there was no support.

Lin Xiaoyou said in a tone that sounded like she wanted to cry but had no tears left:

"But our funds are really short, and we don't have much time to come here normally. Actually, we've only repaired less than half of it so far..."

"More than half of it hasn't been inspected and repaired yet!"

Saying this, she looked eagerly at Fang Qi and blinked at him vigorously!

Fang Qi: "..."

Why are you looking at me like that!

I don't have any money right now either!

I spent it all buying an island!