Excessive ferocity due to caution

In the center of the main hall, there is a clothes rack.

On the clothes rack hung a long robe as white as snow.

Pure and flawless.

Upon seeing the robe, a thought suddenly flashed through Zhao Yi's mind.

Fragments of memory emerge.

Zhao Yi suddenly felt dizzy.

My head is splitting with pain.

He closed his eyes and waited quietly for the pain to subside.

...

When Zhao Yi opened his eyes again, he found himself in a special laboratory.

Everything around them was like a dream, and they could clearly see that they were in two different times and spaces with Zhao Yi.

They cannot interfere with each other.

Inside the laboratory, there is a platform, and a body is lying peacefully on it.

He was stripped naked.

Various tubes were inserted into his body, his abdomen was cut open, and his internal organs had been completely replaced by metal instruments.

His skull was also cut off.

The brain inside was also covered with many strange iron pieces, and the wires connected to the iron pieces led to another very complicated machine.

Several staff members were constantly operating the machine.

As Zhao Yi approached, he looked at the face lying on the platform and felt that it was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he was.

"Unfortunately... his mental fortitude is extremely strong..."

Suddenly, a staff member stopped what he was doing and sighed.

He took off his mask, looking somewhat dejected.

"We tried various methods, but we couldn't break through his mental defenses..."

"This guy would rather destroy his own mental world than let us steal his memes from it."

Another person, completely concealed within a black robe, remained silent.

He acted like a supervisor.

A demon face was carved on his chest.

This ghost mask is exactly the same as the giant ghost mask that appeared in the sky when Zhao Yi closed Pandora's Box at Shishan High School!

Upon seeing this, Zhao Yi confirmed the identities of these people.

They are all... members of the Skull Church!

"His vital signs are fading..."

The staff member glanced at the fluctuating data on the instrument.

"The X-2 series products are still under development, and various technologies are not yet mature. We cannot sustain the life of X-0 indefinitely through this method."

"He can only hold on for ten more days at most."

"Priest, perhaps..."

Before he could finish speaking, the black-robed man with a ghost face carved on his chest suddenly asked:

"Is there really no other way?"

The experimenter thought for a moment and replied:

"Actually... there's another way."

"But this method is very dangerous..."

The priest asked:

"How so?"

Experimenters:

"We can send a group of people whose mental strength is much weaker than X-0's, connect their consciousness through a device, and then let these people enter X-0's mental space to steal the memes we need..."

"At the same time, we are intensely stimulating X-0's mind from the outside, attracting its attention, so that those people can infiltrate X-0's world without being detected by X-0..."

"However, this method has a very big drawback..."

The priest asked:

"What are the drawbacks?"

The experimenter's expression turned slightly unpleasant.

"Once X-0 discovers them, their minds will be completely obliterated by X-0!"

"These people... will never wake up."

priest:

"oh."

"Then let's make arrangements quickly."

"Find more people... It doesn't matter if they die, just make sure they get the meme out of me. It's related to my performance, understand?"

The experimenter glanced cautiously at the man in black, but said nothing.

Although he found it cruel.

However, as the saying goes, it's better to die for your friend than for yourself.

With his own family still in the hands of the church, he has no right to pity others.

My memory abruptly cuts off at this point.

Zhao Yi's vision was once again engulfed by all sorts of strange colors...

...

After the restoration, it's still the same laboratory.

But there were more than one body lying on the platform; several more people had joined the group.

However, their bodies are still alive and well, and they haven't experienced the horrific torture that X-0 went through.

The researchers were still working rapidly in front of the equipment, their tone very somber:

"Personnel number 1 is brain dead..."

"Personnel number 2 is brain dead..."

"Personnel number 3..."

At this point, they had to admit that they had underestimated X-0's ability to control their mental world.

After these people entered his mental world, they were almost completely wiped out in a very short time!

The men stared at the last surviving number 6, their palms already sweating...

This experimental subject...

Will they be found and eliminated by X-0, just like the other five?

Nobody knows the answer.

They placed all their hopes on number 6.

One minute... two minutes...

One hour... two hours...

time flies.

Seven hours later, in a heavy and deathly silence, Subject No. 6 actually opened his eyes on his own!

Several researchers were clearly at a loss for what to do, but they still rushed over to ask:

"How is the situation?"

Number 6's eyes were glazed over for a moment, as if he hadn't fully woken up yet.

After a long while, he replied, still shaken:

"It's terrifying inside..."

"He wants to kill us... by any means necessary!"

The black-robed priest standing to the side showed no interest in this and coldly asked:

"Did they steal X-0's psychic meme?"

Number 6 rubbed his head and replied:

"No... but I found a shortcut to the depths of X-0's mental world, and through this contact, I've roughly figured out some of X-0's methods of finding and attacking..."

"If I had another chance to connect with his consciousness, I think I could obtain his mental meme!"

The priest's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He patted Number 6 on the shoulder and actually started to care about him:

"No rush, we still have some time. You can rest for a day and rejuvenate... If you can help steal X-0's mental meme, you'll have done a great service!"

"I will personally write a letter of recommendation and send you to take up a post in the front hall!"

Number 6 nodded, his face full of gratitude.

"Thank you, priest!"

With the help of a staff member, he slowly left the laboratory with weak steps.

A staff member standing in front of the experimental equipment suddenly uttered a slight sound of doubt:

"strangeness……"

The black-robed man, who had been deep in thought, turned his head to the side upon hearing this:

"What's wrong?"

The staff member was completely baffled:

"X-0's mental strength has suddenly weakened considerably..."

"But his brain cell activity wasn't significantly affected... so why is this happening?"

The man in black robes asked:

"weak?"

"How far has it gotten?"

The staff member operated the instrument, ruling out the possibility of machine malfunction and data corruption, and said:

"It has weakened to the level of an ordinary person's mental strength."

"His mental strength is about the same as... those who just entered his mental world."

"This is strange. Our actions clearly didn't cause any devastating damage to X-0's spirit..."

His voice grew softer and softer.

The fragments of memory begin to fade away here.

Zhao Yi stood at the laboratory entrance in the distance, watching Number 6 walk towards him with the help of the laboratory staff.

A strange smile appeared on the other person's lips.

At this moment, Zhao Yi suddenly discovered...

Number 6's face...it was actually his own face!

PS: Second update.

I've forgotten some of the plot details from earlier parts, so I need to go back and watch it again...

The most disgusting thing for an author is having to read the book they wrote...

And it was read over and over again.

Terrible.

Okay, that's all for today.

Goodnight, my darlings.