Faint and elusive, not particularly conspicuous, like...
a subtle, mysterious blue glow effect?
Floating gently in the air, shimmering faintly on the floor, or embedded in the cracks of metal walls.
They weren't evenly distributed—some places were denser, others sparser, but they were everywhere.
...Oh.
Fang Qi immediately realized what this was.
Here, in front of the Gene Door, wasn't this the very scene where he had torn apart the "Fate Collar"!
Those two ghostly blue collars that had exploded from his fingertips had shattered into countless fragments, embedding themselves into every corner of this space!
And the "fragment concentration" here was definitely the highest!
Could he actually see these "fragments" now?
At the same time, he also noticed...
Around him and Liguang, the fragments were being repelled!
They were constantly being pushed away.
He turned his head slightly and saw a rapid succession of eerie blue code flickering across Liguang's amber pupils!
With each flash, the surrounding fragments were pushed back a little.
...His wife was really strong!
Fang Qi withdrew his gaze and looked at the ground.
Lin Xiaoyou and An Lian were still lying there!
They remained in the same positions as when he had left them.
An Lian was sprawled against the wall on her back, her black hair disheveled, the gauze on her right ear now a deep brown.
Lin Xiaoyou lay nearby, still lying face-up as she had been after Fang Qi had turned her over to check her breathing earlier.
Neither of them moved, showing no signs of waking.
Their chests rose and fell faintly—they were still breathing.
They were alive, but...
"Liguang."
Fang Qi turned to the silver-haired girl beside him, his voice low.
"Are they really unable to wake up now?"
Liguang pursed her lips lightly and nodded.
"The 'fate impurities' in their bodies have indeed dissipated."
She looked at the two women on the floor.
"But their 'souls' are in chaos."
"Part of them was pulled out by the master and then carelessly shoved back in..."
She tilted her head slightly to look at Fang Qi, blinking softly.
"Now everything is a mess."
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
Oh...
Got it.
It was like...
all the lines of code were jumbled up, right?
Everything had been crammed back in without regard for order!
No wonder it had "crashed."
Fang Qi rubbed his forehead.
So there really was no way around it, huh!
It seemed, as Liguang had said before...
They needed a reboot!
A rollback!
To rewind the world and start over!
To go back to this morning, back to that 52-degree cup of tea on the coffee table.
And An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou...
They would wake up from their beds as usual, remembering everything from this cycle, carrying those memories into a new round of the loop.
But the problem was...
Fang Qi pressed his lips together.
They couldn't roll back right now!
He looked up at Liguang.
"Liguang, if we used the previous method to 'wake up from the dream' now..."
He squinted slightly, finally asking the question he had wanted to ask before.
"...what would happen?"
Liguang's eyelids drooped softly.
"The master would lose consciousness."
Her eyelashes trembled.
"And then... be trapped forever in this chaotic gap."
Fang Qi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
...Got it.
It was basically the same as dying.
Dying here...
meant true death!
He wouldn't have another chance to start over!
So...
He still had to find a way out first!
But the way out...
Fang Qi instinctively turned his head to look deeper into the corridor.
The path to Basement Level 1 had already been swallowed by a pitch-black void.
That void was also floating with densely packed error codes!
Walking out through the main entrance seemed impossible now.
However...
He slowly turned his head.
And looked at the silver-gray door before him.
...The Gene Door.
It was still the same, its surface smooth, with only a small gene sampling port in the center.
The secret was right in front of him.
"Liguang, do you think..."
He stared at the door, speaking softly.
"Now is the time Gu Xi mentioned earlier...
the time when we have no choice but to open this door?"
Liguang was silent for a moment.
The small hand holding his tightened slightly.
"Master."
Liguang pursed her lips gently, looking at him.
"Liguang wants to open it too. Liguang really wants to know what's behind the door, but..."
She lifted her eyes, the ghostly blue light in her amber pupils softly illuminating his face.
"Liguang is afraid."
"Liguang's battery is low now—only 32%."
"Although it can last two days, if there's danger behind the door, if Liguang needs to use more computing power to protect the master... that power could be depleted in minutes."
Her eyelashes trembled slightly.
"And master, we are currently..."
"in a situation where we can't 'wake from the dream.'"
"If we encounter danger behind the door, if the master really... then that would truly be...!"
She gripped Fang Qi's hand a little tighter.
Fang Qi understood what she meant.
If he really died behind the door, it would be true death.
No rollback, no redo, no morning coffee table and 52-degree tea.
An Lian and Lin Xiaoyou would lie forever outside this door.
He would never wake again.
Only Liguang would remain, alone in this gap, slowly breaking down...
And then...
She would probably follow him.
...Damn it.
Fang Qi clenched his teeth slightly.
What a terrifying place this underground research facility was!
The last time he felt real fear of death, it was also here, wasn't it?
In that void created by Gu Xi!
Fang Qi exhaled... and quickly waved his hand at Liguang!
"Of course, we can't open it right now!"
He winked at her.
"We'll definitely look around here first, see what's around us, and..."
He glanced toward Basement Level 1.
"First, get you fully charged!"
No matter what...
He had to feed his wife first!
Even a phone with 30% battery made him anxious!
Let alone now, when his wife only had 30% power and was using it up rapidly...
If she ran out of power and they couldn't find a place to charge...
He would go just as crazy as she would—even crazier!
He had to take her back and get her fully charged first!
Now, since she could resist the rules...
Hmm?
Wait...
He blinked.
Chaos rules?
Bug...
Bug?
Hmm? Wasn't a Bug meant to be...!
An idea suddenly flashed through his mind!
"...Liguang."
He spoke suddenly.
"Hug me tight!"
The silver-haired girl was startled, a ghostly blue flicker in her amber eyes.
But she didn't ask why. She immediately stepped forward, buried her face in his chest, and pressed close to him.
"Yes, master."
She said softly.
"And then..."
Fang Qi looked down at the fuzzy silver head in his arms.
"Now, I'm going to use these chaotic rules!"
The delicate figure in his arms trembled slightly.
Then, she hugged him even tighter!
"Liguang, right now, you..."
Fang Qi started to explain further... but realized he didn't need to.
Because the surrounding fragments of azure blue had suddenly surged in!
Having lost their repulsive force, they naturally spread toward the two of them!
Fang Qi's eyes flickered with tension. For a moment... he even felt like he couldn't breathe!
That overwhelming sense of being surrounded made his chest feel slightly tight. He thought of those azure blue codes from before.
But...
Ha!
His wife understood what he meant!
Rule, listen to me now...
He licked his lips and swallowed hard.
I!
Want!
To!
Drink!
Water!
Suddenly, the azure blue fragments around them came to a halt...
Then they surged toward him violently!!
The next second, darkness engulfed his vision instantly!
The familiar void descended once again!
Several azure blue codes flashed rapidly through the darkness once more!
【if(subject.bio_signal==THIRST)&&(gaze.target==DRINKABLE_WATER)】...
Ah, the familiar codes!
Seemingly the same as last time?
Then, the next second...
Light returned before his eyes!
His vision snapped into focus... the living area on Level B1!
In front of him, still that same water dispenser!
And beside it...
Fang Qi turned his head slightly.
Mm.
Liguang's charging pod!
The somewhat austere pod door was still open!
...They were back.
Truly, back!
Fang Qi slowly widened his eyes.
It worked?
Succeeded on the very first try?
...Awesome!
Could he consider this...
Exploiting a bug?
His breathing became much lighter!
So, it seemed that although the rules here were chaotic, they weren't constantly shifting?
They were just different from normal rules, but still relatively stable!
So, as long as he figured out the corresponding relationships between these erroneous judgments...
Couldn't he use them as "shortcuts" instead!
And besides...
By his side, there was a wife who could instantly disable all these messy "shortcuts"!
He could use them when he wanted and turn them off when he didn't!
This bug was great!
It was a benevolent bug!
It was a good thing!
And for a gamer like him...
Bugs were there to be exploited!
A player who couldn't exploit bugs wasn't a good player!
Fang Qi clenched his fist in excitement!
Ah, no, he couldn't move recklessly...
Good thing nothing triggered...
He should have his wife shut down this shortcut now!
His gaze shifted slightly downward, and he blinked gently:
"Liguang, you should just turn this rule..."
...?
He stopped mid-sentence.
Because he saw...
A crimson light suddenly flared in his arms!
Harsh, vivid scarlet!
It stained his chest a bloody hue!
...Hmm?
Fang Qi slowly looked down.
The silver-haired girl was still holding him tightly.
Her left cheek pressed softly against his chest. Her body remained in the same tight embrace, preventing Fang Qi from seeing her left eye.
But she tilted her head slightly, and her right eye, that crimson pupil...
Was staring right at him!
A glaring scarlet!
The scarlet color swirled slowly!
Her lips again curled up slightly.
A somewhat twisted curve!
...?
Wait, this was...
Ah!
Fang Qi's pupils shrank instantly, and his body stiffened slightly!
He suddenly realized!
They were now on Level B1!
They had moved far away from that door...!
"Master..."
Liguang's voice began to tremble slightly again.
Her cheek, pressed against his chest, rubbed gently, and the scarlet in her pupil brightened even more.
"Here, far from that door..."
"Is somewhat distant now."
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