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Chapter 208 The Secret of the Experimental Files

Su Wanqing withdrew her hand from the door handle and pushed open the isolation door, her palms still slightly sweaty.

Behind the door was a low-ceilinged equipment room, where several large mainframes stood quietly, and the only light strip along the corner of the wall was half-lit.

Lu Zhao surveyed his surroundings and saw that the main control computer was still powered on. He said softly, "The power supply is still on, so the main control room is probably here."

He rolled up the cuffs of his protective suit, pulled over a chair, sat down, turned on the main unit screen, and skillfully entered a series of operating commands.

The screen flickered for only a few seconds before a line of advanced permission request codes popped up.

Lu Zhao's face darkened as he connected all his personal storage devices to the host computer.

Su Wanqing watched silently from the side, occasionally lowering her head to memorize. Each time a prompt was given, the jade bracelet emitted a faint blue light.

"This password is ridiculously complex, with a five-level security protocol, all of which require manual confirmation," Lu Zhao said softly. His eyes were fixed on the screen, and he didn't say anything more.

Time passed slowly; every half hour, the main unit would emit a low hum, accompanied by the occasional hum of machinery coming from afar.

Lu Zhao's eyes reddened. He had been operating the system for three hours straight and had almost been automatically locked out of the system several times.

Su Wanqing helped him check the input code. When the jade bracelet touched the main control synchronization port, a new page appeared on the screen.

“It’s done.” Lu Zhao pressed the keyboard, his voice a little hoarse. He opened the core folder, and a bolded title quickly popped up on the screen: “Bidirectional Evolution Project – Orion Project Ultimate Archive.”

The following page is automatically divided into two main sections: "N Plan Consciousness Carrier" and "S Plan Memory Transfer and Fixed-Point Reset".

Su Wanqing frowned and subconsciously touched her temple. Lu Zhao, however, had no time to think and continued to open "Plan N".

The first entry in the file roughly describes: "Project goal: to digitize the complete consciousness of mature scientists, and use biological coding to transplant consciousness into multiple genetically modified vectors to achieve independent consciousness carrying."

He browsed through the details and found that it mentioned "the storage body Nicholas Wayne" and "consciousness importation experiment sequence N-7" several times.

The next page also includes a blurred photo of the test subject. The man's outline and clothing are blurred, but his facial features are highly similar to those in Lin Che's photo.

“Vector N-7 has the highest success rate due to its critical genetic compatibility.”

Lu Zhao pointed to the photo, "She looks too much like Lin Che."

The file summary continues: "After multiple introductions, the experimental subject N-7 experienced a high degree of consciousness conflict, with the original carrier personality and the introduced consciousness vying for control, manifesting as dual personality and unpredictable emotional fluctuations."

Su Wanqing continued reading, her brows furrowing. "So, 'Night' might be the scientist's consciousness?"

"It's too early to draw conclusions." Lu Zhao continued to switch tags, entering the "Plan S" section.

"Objective: To develop memory backup and precise implantation technologies to cope with catastrophic events, enabling individuals with certain abnormal abilities to fully recall their memories at any time, ensuring that key genetic information and experience survive in the event of a catastrophe."

Su Wanqing looked at the bottom of the page. The photo was torn in one corner, and only half of the blurry female outline could be seen, with "S-7" marked above her head.

Scrolling down further, there is a very short description of the human body: "S-7 possesses a special ability to perceive energy frequencies, which is inferred to be due to long-term exposure to a special field. It has a mechanism for spontaneously triggering energy interfaces and synchronizing permissions."

Su Wanqing unconsciously gripped the items beside her. She whispered, "They back up 'memories' and assign them 'specific frequency perception.' Is it to select people who can respond to a certain device?"

Lu Zhao nodded: "I'm afraid it's not just a device, but also the last line of defense for the entire plan. Wherever you go, the door opens automatically, and as soon as you get close to the database, everything unlocks. There must be a reason for this setting."

He switched back to the archive directory and finally opened a cross-experiment record that required a lot of permissions.

When the file popped up, the screen froze for a moment, then refreshed. A record quietly appeared before my eyes—"Cross-fusion testing phase, attempting to activate N-7 and S-7 simultaneously for consciousness transplantation and memory reloading. Objective: To establish information anchors within the known time loop to prevent long-term civilizational degradation and amnesia."

"Time loop, they wrote it very directly." Su Wanqing pursed her lips. "So, someone is deliberately creating time loops?"

“Only the objectives and principles are written here.” Lu Zhao underlined the next line with his pen. “Notice this: the experimental record suddenly stopped, printing only one sentence: ‘Project terminated—emergence emergency protocol—reset countdown’.” He scrolled down and found that the second half of the data had been forcibly erased. “The entire following page is full of gibberish. Someone deleted it, but the timeline is stuck before the day of the catastrophe.”

“These studies are not public information. They were working on reincarnation and memory reset before the outbreak of the virus.”

Su Wanqing bit her lip, beads of sweat forming on her forehead. She was conflicted, yet forced herself to analyze the possibilities.

Lu Zhao turned to the side, opened his portable communicator, and tried to connect to Xiao Ran or the fortress's external line.

While waiting, he noticed intermittent static on the screen.

After three consecutive resentments, the communication bar only displayed the message "Signal blocked, connection failed".

Undeterred, Lu Zhao tried switching to a temporary communication frequency band, but it still didn't work.

He stood up and walked to the door, inspecting his portable communication amplifier. He found small scratches on the connector, as if it had been removed and reinstalled.

“Someone tampered with our equipment,” Lu Zhao said softly.

"What do you mean?" Su Wanqing looked at him.

“We just went around to the maintenance shaft from the entrance. Theoretically, only we activated the signal booster, but it’s clearly been moved. Unless there are other people alive at the base now, but look at the monitoring panel.”

He said that he pressed the monitoring system on one side of the main control panel.

The main control screen displays a series of safety images that cycle through periodically. The temperature and thermal energy monitoring data on the third layer jumps intermittently, with one abnormal heat source curve exhibiting highly irregular flow patterns.

"This shape doesn't look human." Lu Zhao tossed the control button, and several camera windows flickered intermittently. On the blurry image, only a black and green afterimage could be seen moving at an extremely fast speed.

The activity area spans several storage zones, and the surrounding heat spikes dramatically at each device node.

“It’s been recorded.” Lu Zhao pressed the tracking system. “This thing is on the third level, and the path seems to be searching for something.”

Su Wanqing pushed her hair back under the mask, pondering, "Perhaps this is the source of the problem during the base's evacuation. Did the data files mention any mutated creatures?"

Lu Zhao frowned and checked again: "The logs are incomplete, but the warning system is always on the third level. Every time a device loses connection, it leaves a message saying 'Do not enter without permission, there is an extreme unknown risk.'"

“We need to know what it’s looking for. And what we’re looking for happens to be on the third floor.”

Su Wanqing raised her chin slightly, "But now all ground communication is cut off, and the only thing we can rely on is this old system."

Another self-test prompt appeared on the main console, indicating that the system had started up all available cameras.

Several frames of images were captured intermittently, showing a large moving object approaching the set boundary deep within the third layer, but judging from its outline, it was definitely not human-shaped.

"It looks very large and moves extremely fast," Lu Zhao said. "I've never seen a report describe it before."

Su Wanqing remained silent for a few seconds, pondering all the suspicious points about the base so far.

From identity recognition and permission responses to the fundamental goals of the experimental project, and then to these anomalous life forms.

She finally said, "If all of this is the end of an experiment, then we are now being pushed into the deepest layer."

Lu Zhao closed all the terminal backups, packed all the data into the material bag on his chest, and finally turned around and asked, "Do you think 'Night' was implanted, or did it already exist?"

Su Wanqing reached into her pocket and felt the data flow from the two wristbands colliding under her skin. She remained silent for a long time.

The large screen automatically restarted again, the temperature curve suddenly spiked, and the monitoring signals on the third floor became a jumbled mess.