Fang Qi instinctively stepped forward two steps!
His gaze swept back and forth across the two women’s necks.
But…
That faint blue color had already vanished.
Gone in a flash!
In the blink of an eye, it had disappeared!
And now, Lin Xiaoyou’s fair neck was bare. An Lian’s was the same.
…Huh?
He blinked.
“Senior…?”
Lin Xiaoyou tilted her head slightly, following Fang Qi’s gaze as she touched her own neck, then pinched her throat.
“Is there something on my neck?”
“Could it be…”
She cocked her head, her apricot eyes curving into crescents.
“Is it that thing you mentioned on the mountain… the ‘thread of fate’ pulling at my neck?”
She blinked her eyes.
Fang Qi slowly came back to himself.
On the way up the mountain, he really had told her about this—the reason they’d come here.
Lin Xiaoyou had listened very seriously back then.
And An Lian had frowned deeply but said nothing, silently following them.
But now, Lin Xiaoyou laughed as she touched her neck.
“No way, this world is such a twisted joke!”
She pursed her lips.
“Putting collars on people?”
“What kind of fate-play is this?”
Fang Qi: “…”
You really are way too laid-back…!
“…Xiao Qi.”
An Lian’s voice suddenly rang out.
She was looking behind him, her gray eyes slightly wide.
“Liguang she…”
…Liguang?
Fang Qi was startled.
Then he spun around!
What’s wrong?!
Right away, he saw the silver-haired girl standing there frozen!
Her heterochromatic eyes were fixed on An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou!
The amber iris flickered with chaotic blue light, flashing!
Then a wisp of smoke rose from the top of her head!
A thin white wisp!
It curled up through the gaps in her silver hair…!
?!
Fang Qi’s pupils contracted sharply!
Smoking again!?
But this time, it wasn’t from embarrassment!
“Liguang!!”
He rushed to her in an instant, gripping her shoulders with both hands!
Under his palms, her body was giving off a faint heat!
In her left eye, the blue light was still flashing!
Erratic, random flashes!
Whoa, whoa…!
Panic began to creep in!
“What’s wrong with you?!”
He shook her shoulders once!
The silver-haired girl wobbled slightly in his grasp, her eyelashes fluttering, and then…
Her pupils slowly began to focus.
Ah, seems like she’s okay…?
She stared at him blankly, her small lips parting slightly…
Then she leaned forward and pressed her forehead gently against Fang Qi’s chest.
Softly.
The familiar scent of sweet strawberries.
She rubbed against his chest like a tired little cat.
“…Master, it’s fine.”
Her voice carried a hint of exhaustion.
She nuzzled her face into his chest twice more before slowly lifting her head.
The blue light in her amber eye had stabilized!
“Liguang just…”
She spoke softly:
“In that moment, the energy consumption was too high, causing an instant overload.”
As she said this, she raised her hand, her slender fingers elegantly smoothing a few stray silver strands from her forehead.
Her movements were graceful and composed.
As if that smoking head of hers just now belonged to someone else!
Fang Qi felt the soft warmth in his arms…
“Whew…!”
He let out a long breath.
As long as she’s okay, as long as she’s…
“Liguang!”
A stern voice suddenly cut off his thoughts!
“Tap, tap, tap!”
An Lian strode over quickly!
Her brows were tightly knitted, her gaze fixed on Liguang!
“You could black out from instant overload, even smoke, and from an overload of your native core…”
Her gray eyes bore into the still-flickering blue light in Liguang’s left eye!
“The power consumed in that instant… probably exceeded 30% of your total charge! Maybe even more!”
Fang Qi’s eyelid twitched.
Charge…?
An Lian had already reached out, her hand heading straight for the back of Liguang’s neck!
“How much charge do you have left?”
But Liguang immediately tilted her head slightly, dodging An Lian’s hand.
She pressed her lips together and said nothing.
An Lian’s hand froze in midair…
Then she gave Fang Qi a serious look.
— See that?
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes!
Babe…
Your maintenance specialist just said something might be wrong with you!
Without a second thought, he flipped up her silver hair bun!
Liguang’s body stiffened slightly, and she gently twisted, but didn’t try to dodge.
Fang Qi looked closely.
On the pale, delicate skin of her nape, a small indicator window was glowing.
[Remaining charge: 24%]
Fang Qi: “…!”
That’s all that’s left…?!
How much charge did Liguang have when she came here?
She should have had plenty, right?
That one move consumed that much power?!
Wait…!
He suddenly froze.
Come to think of it…
In that earlier loop—the one where Gu Xi made her sacrifice—
Liguang had also exhausted her charge in the end!
She had forcibly suppressed the code swirling everywhere, draining her entire charge in just a few seconds!
Eventually, she collapsed in his arms, leaving him with only a “Don’t be afraid, Master” before shutting down!
Fang Qi stared at the faintly flickering “24%,” his gaze trembling.
Her burst of blue light earlier was to capture those two “threads of fate”!
It was also related to that blue code!
So, whenever blue code was involved, Liguang’s power consumption would…?
“Oh, it’s just about running out of charge!”
Lin Xiaoyou’s voice suddenly rang out, her tone completely unconcerned.
“What’s there to be afraid of!”
Fang Qi looked up and saw her standing with her arms crossed, one eyebrow raised!
“I say, Senior, have you forgotten where we are?”
“This is the underground research facility!”
“Liguang’s ‘birthplace’!”
She glared at Fang Qi, rolling her eyes.
“They have charging equipment here to match! Xiaoqing has used it plenty of times!”
She gave Fang Qi another look of disdain:
“If there’s no charge, charge it back up. What’s the big deal? Why are you so tense?”
“I’m practically about to die, and even I’m not this worked up!”
Fang Qi: “…”
Ah…
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Maybe she’s right about that…
“Liguang’s problem really isn’t a big deal.”
The silver-haired girl suddenly spoke up.
She straightened up out of Fang Qi’s arms, turning to look at Lin Xiaoyou, who had her arms crossed.
“But, Miss Lin…”
Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
“Your problem, as well as Miss An Lian’s problem…”
Her pretty face turned serious, her tone stern!
“Are very, very serious.”
The carefree smile on Lin Xiaoyou’s round little face faltered slightly.
Beside her, An Lian’s brows furrowed even deeper.
The confusion on her face grew even stronger!
“…Xiao Qi, Liguang.”
She finally couldn’t hold back and spoke up.
“What exactly is this ‘fate’ you’re talking about?”
Her voice was hesitant.
“This kind of superstitious talk… and you two…?”
A flicker of suspicion surfaced in her cool gray eyes for the first time!
Superstition…
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
There’s no helping it. Sister An Lian is just an ordinary maintenance specialist.
She doesn’t know that the world is made of code at its foundation, that everyone’s “soul” is woven from 0s and 1s.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to explain directly, but…
How could he just tell her that this world is a digital world?
Who would believe that?!
So it was better to just show her the facts…!
Suddenly, his palm tightened.
Liguang gripped his hand firmly.
“Master.”
The silver-haired girl looked at him, her expression grave, the deep blue in her amber pupils frozen still.
“That strand of ‘impurity in fate’ is different from the last dream already.”
“It has already…”
She slowly turned her head, looking at Lin Xiaoyou, then at An Lian.
“Become completely entangled within their ‘souls’…”
“Impossible to separate now.”
Fang Qi’s eyes trembled slightly.
…What?
Entangled within their souls…?
Wait, honey, you suddenly saying this—I kind of don’t get it…
“If we want to ‘pull out’ that thread…”
Liguang continued softly, her eyes slightly lowered.
“It might also pull out some things from the ‘souls’ of Miss An Lian and Miss Lin…”
“All at once.”
…What?
Fang Qi stared at her blankly.
For a moment, he found it hard to comprehend.
What his wife meant was… to get rid of those “threads,” there would be a price…?
But he had a feeling…
“Hold on!”
An Lian finally couldn’t hold it in any longer!
Her voice rose a few pitches higher than usual, her gray eyes darting between Fang Qi and Liguang!
“What exactly are you talking about with ‘souls’ and ‘fate’?!”
Her expression had turned completely serious!
“Xiao Qi, Liguang…”
Her tone had even become earnest!
“You two haven’t been brainwashed by some cult, have you?!”
“Things like this…!”
She couldn’t even finish the sentence, her gray eyes trembling slightly.
Fang Qi pressed his lips together as he looked at her.
He knew—she was thinking about the deaths and resurrections she had experienced.
Death was real. Resurrection was real too.
They were facts she had personally endured, facts she couldn’t explain.
“Pfft—!”
Lin Xiaoyou couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
“Oh, An Lian, don’t worry!”
She said cheerfully:
“They haven’t joined any cult! It’s just…”
She lowered her brows slightly, the smile at the corner of her mouth fading a bit.
“The truth, for most people…”
She murmured softly.
“Is a little… hard to accept.”
Then she lifted her head again to look at Liguang.
The playfulness in her round face receded a little.
“Liguang, can you tell me…”
A hint of seriousness crept into her almond-shaped eyes.
“What might we lose?”
Liguang was silent for a long time.
In her amber pupils, the deep blue code flowed slowly, and then…
“Memories.”
“Personality.”
“Or…”
She looked at Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian, her voice dropping.
“Your lives.”
Lives…
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
He knew that this “life” probably…
Would not be something a simple rewind could save!
An Lian’s brow furrowed even tighter, wordless.
Lin Xiaoyou was quiet for a moment.
“Then… what if we don’t pull it out?”
She looked at Liguang again.
“What will happen to us?”
She blinked lightly.
“It doesn’t seem like a big deal right now? See—“
She even spun around in place, her ponytail flying!
Then she looked back at Liguang innocently:
“We didn’t run into any trouble today, did we!”
“We haven’t died yet! We’re still alive and kicking!”
“I’m starting to wonder if we even guessed wrong before!”
Liguang’s amber pupils flickered with deep blue.
“…I don’t know.”
She murmured softly.
“Maybe you won’t make it through today, or maybe…”
She tilted her head slightly, looking at the two women before her, her amber eyes faintly shimmering.
“You’ll become some kind of special existence?”
Silence fell around them for a moment.
No one spoke.
Lin Xiaoyou fell silent.
An Lian’s brow tightened even more!
The atmosphere grew heavy.
And Fang Qi…
“Uh…”
He opened his mouth…
Hesitating.
He wanted to say something, but he didn’t know how to start.
Well…
What was he supposed to say?
That right now … he had a strange feeling?
That ever since he saw those two fleeting “deep blue collars”…
He felt like he might be able to do something too?
He just had this feeling—maybe…
He could help An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou take those collars off?
Like the time when the sky full of deep blue… he just said one word and it all changed…
He tilted his head.
…Huh?
It seemed like—
“Oh, it’s really terrifying!”
Lin Xiaoyou suddenly cried out again.
She cupped her face with both hands, putting on an exaggerated expression of fear.
“I’m not going to turn into a monster, am I!”
“Some kind of… unfathomable horror?”
She widened her almond-shaped eyes.
Then she abruptly turned to Fang Qi!
“Senior!”
Her almond eyes blinked pitifully.
“Would you have the heart to let your cute junior turn into a monster like that?!”
Fang Qi: “…”
I just feel like… you probably won’t turn into a monster.
I think I might have a way…?
It’s just a feeling, anyway…
Anyway…
“So!”
A playful grin suddenly broke out on Lin Xiaoyou’s round face!
She raised her hand and pointed straight at the quietly standing—
Gene Door!
“Senior, how about…”
She kept blinking rapidly!
“We open this door right now!”
“Let’s see what’s inside!”
“Maybe…”
She grabbed the frowning An Lian and pulled her close!
“Whatever’s in there can save us!”
“And make Liguang even stronger!”
“Senior, open the door!”
“I’m dying to know what’s inside!”
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