My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 313 Long time no see
“It feels a bit spooky.”

Looking at the children around him soaked in orange liquid, Zhuang Xiao had a complicated expression under his helmet.

Dong Zeyu was also quite shocked in the headset, "Brother Zhuang, this place looks weird."

Zhuang Xiaoxin said that was just nonsense.

Who wouldn't feel creepy when seeing these clones and the environment around them that feels like they are immersed in formaldehyde?

Besides, those clones look the same as he did when he was a child.

Fortunately, everyone was soaking in the liquid with their eyes closed. If they had their eyes open and were still looking at him, I'm afraid Zhuang Xiao would have taken action directly.

He turned his head to look at Pu Su Shu Die, "So what should we do? Just smash these glass tubes?"

"Of course not. That would make too much noise." Pu Su Shudie glared at him. "Besides, these are military-grade tempered glass, not only bulletproof but also explosion-proof. Can you break it open?"

It’s hard to say, but Zhuang Xiao doesn’t want to create any more trouble for the time being.

He then changed the subject, "Why is there no one guarding this place? Aren't you afraid something might go wrong?"

"The guards are only outside. There are no more than five people who know the real situation inside." Pu Su Shu Die shrugged. "Daily maintenance is automated by machines, so it doesn't require too many people. Besides, do you think there are many people in such a big city? In fact, there are less than a hundred. How can there be so much manpower?"

"I see." Zhuang Xiao nodded.

"There's something wrong with her." Dong Weirui analyzed calmly in the headset, "If there are no other Xiaodie here, it means this place is either really important or not important at all.

“But judging from the security level at the gate, there aren’t many people in this city, but there are still four or five people guarding the gate, which shows that this place is really important.

"This Xiaodie used to be the supervisor here. She said that no more than five people knew the real situation here, but she was kicked out. This shows that her reason for leaving the city is not as simple as it seems."

Zhuang Xiao also understood this, so he asked calmly, "So what should we do? You said we can't just smash it, so are we just going to sit there and watch?"

"Of course not." Pu Su Shudie waved her hand, "Come with me, I know where the power system center is. Let's go over there and cut off the power. Without a continuous supply of nutrients, these clones will all die in less than a minute."

Zhuang Xiao was skeptical, "Are you sure? There's no backup power or anything? Hospitals have backup power, just in case there's a power outage. You said this place is so important, but you don't even have backup power?"

"Do you think this is still outside?" Pu Su Shudie sneered, "There is indeed backup power here, but it's useless. Just listen to me."

Zhuang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly under the helmet.

This Shu Die may not have lied, but she only lied about five or six out of ten.

She has her own demands and goals. Most likely, she doesn't want to really destroy this place, but plans to use these clones as bargaining chips to threaten the "boss".

I guess I am also a bargaining chip in her hand.

Zhuang Xiao followed her quietly.

He didn't care anyway. He didn't expect to solve the problem this time. It would always be good to get more information.

But it's true, there wasn't a single guard along the way.

In addition, the road was quiet and no other cars were seen, so there were probably less than a hundred Shudies in this huge urban area.

Do we still have to divide the city into inside and outside?
All I can say is that the "boss" has some means.

Soon the two of them came to the control room. Pu Su Shudie looked back at Zhuang Xiao and then ordered, "Take off your helmet."

Zhuang Xiao followed suit and asked, "And then?"

He looked around and found that the layout here was similar to that of the security room.

Apart from various incomprehensible instruments, there is only a large surveillance display on the front wall.

So this is not only the power room, but also the monitoring room?
This way, only one person can monitor the entire cloning laboratory.

And on those monitors, in addition to the room that Zhuang Xiao and the others just passed by, there were many other rooms with cloning equipment and "culture tanks".

Zhuang Xiao was quite curious about one thing at this moment. If only one person was needed to control the overall situation, then the question was: where did Shu Die, who was supposed to be in this monitoring room, go?

Zhuang Xiao appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually well prepared.

But Pu Su Shu Die seemed to be unaware of anything. She operated the instruments and equipment that Zhuang Xiao could not understand.

Not long after, accompanied by a sound like a hydraulic valve deflating, the lights in the room suddenly went out, and the lit screens and instruments with flashing lights also went out instantly.

But after a few seconds, all the lights turned on again.

Turning back to see Zhuang Xiao's puzzled expression, Pu Su Shu Die explained, "I have just cut off the power supply of the entire laboratory. This is the backup power supply that has started, but it won't last too long. At most, in half an hour, the power here will be completely cut off, and I can turn off the backup power supply at any time."

Zhuang Xiao nodded, "Then what?"

"Then just wait." As Pu Su Shudie said this, the images on the surveillance monitors disappeared.

She smiled, "The big fish is hooked!"

The next moment, the monitors lit up again, and a woman's face appeared.

A face that Zhuang Xiao is absolutely familiar with!
Shu Die's face!

At this moment, the same face appeared on dozens of monitors, as if dozens of Shu Die were looking at him at the same time.

And that face looked extremely young, or rather, childish.

Zhuang Xiao looked strange.

This is indeed Shu Die's face, but it is indeed the face of an elementary school student, and she looks no more than ten or eleven years old.

However, the expression on her face, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and the gentle look in her eyes, made Zhuang Xiao feel extremely strange for a moment.

If I had to describe it in one word, it would be kind!

That’s right! Kindness!
It was really strange! He could actually see kindness in the face of an elementary school student!
Are we really going to remake Char?
Zhuang Xiao was a little confused.

"Number 7, long time no see." Shu Die on dozens of display screens spoke at the same time, her voice clear and tender, like a kind elementary school student.

But Zhuang Xiao sensed something strange.

Gu Shiyue spoke in the headset at the right time, "The voice is synthesized, and the face on the monitor is also synthesized. This is not the other person's real appearance."

Zhuang Xiao immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that the other party might be the mysterious "boss".

According to Zhuang Xiao's guess, the other party is likely to die soon.

The death of the other party is the condition for triggering the time reversal. A good first step, at least you can see the other party initially.

But Zhuang Xiao still doesn’t know what the other party’s “conspiracy” is.

But it doesn’t matter. The simple Shu Die in front of him seems to have her own demands. Let her negotiate first and he will play the role of the "clone Zhuang Xiao" first.

Pu Su Shu Die didn't care about Zhuang Xiao at this time. She stared at the child's face on the monitor with her starry eyes. After a long silence, she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, "Boss"

"You've worked hard these days." The "boss" on the screen did not blame her, but comforted her first, "Have you figured it out? If you have, come back. The cloning center is still under your management."

Pu Su Shudie's face turned pale for a while, and finally, as if she had made up her mind, she gritted her teeth and raised her eyes and said, "Boss! What is your purpose in establishing this cloning center?"

The "Boss" still looked at her tenderly, "Don't you know everything?"

Zhuang Xiao was standing at the back, still looking around for the camera.

After all, the other party must be able to see the situation here through the camera.

He soon found it. There were several pinhole cameras around his head.

In fact, Zhuang Xiao didn’t recognize that those were cameras at all. It was only after the four robot dogs scanned them that Gu Shiyue told him through the headset.

But it’s strange, since he knew that I was here, why didn’t the “boss” mention it at all?
Could it be that she also thought she was a clone?
But as the "boss", doesn't she know the situation in the cloning center?
It's impossible that there really is a "cloned adult body of Zhuang Xiao" here.

Zhuang Xiaoxian observed secretly without making any expression.

And the communication between the two Shudies continued.

"Because you miss Brother Xiao too much, you want to use the DNA he left behind to clone a perfect him?" Pu Su Shudie sneered, "Boss, you can fool other idiots with this, but you can't fool me.

"If you really miss Brother Xiao, would you do this?"

The "Boss" was not angry, but said softly: "So what did you find out?"

"I discovered the truth!" Pu Su Shu Die gritted her teeth, staring at the young face on the screen, "Your so-called longing for Brother Xiao is completely fake! Your goal is his internal organs! You will not live long! Your organs are close to failure! That's why you are eager to use the blood sample he left behind to clone his clone so that you can replace his internal organs and continue to live!"

The Boss laughed. "Interesting fantasy. If I ever need to replace my internal organs, I can just pick you. After all, you are me when I was younger."

"No! Because there will be rejection reaction!" Pu Su Shudie was very sure, "I have tested it before! Although we are both Shudie and our DNA is exactly the same, I don't know why there is a rejection reaction! Someone was injured and anemic before, and I tried to give her a blood transfusion, but it caused her to have a rejection reaction and she died! From then on, I knew that we can't actually coexist!
"I only investigated it later!"

Pu Su Shu Die gritted her teeth and told the truth she had painstakingly investigated, "Xiao Ge's blood type is the rare panda blood, and it just happens to match yours! So your goal is to clone Xiao Ge's body and then replace the exhausted internal organs in your body!"

Then she sneered, "But unfortunately! Your plan has failed! Because the clones can never grow up! And if the organs of the immature clones are forcibly transplanted, the rejection reaction will only make you die faster! And what you need most is a healthy adult clone!"

The "Boss" on the screen was silent for a moment, then said as if sighing: "So, what do you want to do?"

"I deliberately did not interrupt the surveillance just to let you see this." Pu Su Shudie raised her hand and pointed at Zhuang Xiao, then said: "Now the lives of those clones are in my hands. I can kill them all with just a flick of my finger! And the only adult clone who managed to escape is also in my hands!"

The "Boss" smiled with interest, "Number Seven, are you threatening me?"

"It's not a threat, it's just a negotiation." Pu Su Shudie crossed her arms, "Boss, I'm here to negotiate with you."

"Oh?" The "Boss" was noncommittal. "Tell me about it."

Pu Su Shu Die was delighted.

Since the boss is willing to talk, it means that I have indeed grasped her vital point!

Don't be fooled by her calmness now, the initiative is actually in her own hands!
Behind her, Zhuang Xiao curled the corners of his mouth, then glanced at Pu Su Shudie's back with some pity.

Silly boy, you are still too young.

He could tell that the other party was obviously trying to make fun of him.

At the very least, what she said about the other party’s “purpose” was not accurate.

First of all, there is no "adult Zhuang Xiao clone body" here because according to the established "history", this "boss" will die today or tomorrow.

If adult clones really existed, she would have used them long ago.

So Zhuang Xiao felt that her purpose was not that simple.

The reason why the other party did not point this out was that he wanted to see what the purpose of this simply dressed Shu Die was.

She was afraid that once she revealed her true colors and demands, the other party would turn against her.

But Zhuang Xiao didn't care. He was just an auditor now, and the more he could hear, the better.

Pu Su Shudie decisively stated her request, "That spot! I want that spot!"

The "Boss" asked her back, "What quota?"

"Don't play dumb! I know!" Pu Su Shudie gritted her teeth and said, "You know how to get to the real world! I know you sent someone to capture the real me who came to the 'shadow world'! Your goal is to replace my body organs and restore my body to health, then replace her and go to the real world to find Brother Xiao!
"I want the spot that will allow me to go to the real world and take her place!"

The calm smile on the boss' face on the monitor disappeared, "It seems you are not the only one who has ulterior motives."

Otherwise, there is no reason for this simple Shudie to know all this.

"It has nothing to do with these. This is the deal I want to make with you!" Pu Su Shudie insisted that she had the initiative at this moment. "You are already old. Even if you return to reality, you have no future with Brother Xiao. Why don't you give me this opportunity, and I will give you this only adult body. This way, your body can recover and you will have other opportunities in the future."

"This suggestion is really interesting."

The Boss seemed to be lost in thought. "I can restore my health, and you can achieve your goal. It seems like a win-win situation. Besides, I may have a chance to return to the real world in the future. It seems that I have no choice but to agree."

Pu Su Shu Die's pretty face lit up, "So, boss, you agreed?"

"Unfortunately, I refuse."

Pu Su Shudie's smile froze, and then she was very confused, "Why?!"

"Because... I don't need to return to the real world to see Brother Xiao, don't you think so, Brother Xiao?"

Pu Su Shu Die was stunned for a moment, then looked back in surprise.

Zhuang Xiao smiled and waved at her.

She was about to say something, but suddenly her expression became numb.

The next moment, she raised her starry eyes again.

But at this moment, a "kind" and gentle smile appeared on her face, just like the young Shu Die on the screen.

"Brother Xiao, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)