Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"So He did not drive the swarm of insects, but chose to go into battle himself." The captain narrowed his eyes.

He remembered the time when he faced the [Breeding] Envoy, the [Star-Breaking King Worm], which was cultivated by Ruan Mei in the [Confinement Section].

[Star-Breaking King Insect], knowing full well that it was no match for him, made the first reaction to disperse the swarm of insects he had bred.

"In short, this trip to the simulated universe ended perfectly." Black Tower clapped his hands, "We have filled another blank page in ancient history."

"You always say that." The captain could hear the ease in Heita's words and couldn't help but follow up with a joke, "How come there are so many blanks in ancient history?"

"Because all the mortals who knew the truth are dead." Heita glanced back at the captain, her tone relaxed, and she expressed her rigor in scientific research in a straightforward manner, "This involves the history of 'Gods'. Mortals are very fragile. They participated in the war of gods and died. Cowboy Bebop, Pure Beauty Knights, and scientists at the Star Observatory are all mortals. The observatory built by mortals exploded, and even the God of Breeding died. The God who killed Breeding was unwilling to tell the history of Gods to mortals like us."

“Who killed [breeding]?”

The captain asked.

"That will be your next project." Heita narrowed his eyes and pulled up a virtual screen, showing a broken timeline to the captain and Yuexia. "We have already identified many major events during the [Universe Locust Plague]."

"These are enough for Luoshi to make a deduction, to deduce... the moment of [Fertility]'s death." Black Tower said, his expression and tone revealed a rare excitement. "By then, there will be multiple [Star Gods] present, and they will witness [Fertility]'s fall together."

"To be honest, at this stage, we can actually define the approximate scope." Heita said, looking up at the captain, "Our plan..."

The captain didn't reply, just nodded.

ScrewGum had specifically instructed that in the space station, it was best not to discuss any topics related to the "Real Plan" with the simulated universe access point.

[Intelligence] Boshizun is the first [Intelligent Machine] in the world. Screwgum has reiterated countless times that the firewall in the simulated universe is safe enough. If other simulated star gods want to break through this firewall, he will counterattack immediately.

But [Intelligence] is different. ScrewGum dare not guarantee that his firewall can stop Boshizun.

So, as we all know, when technology cannot beat hackers, what is the best way to counterattack?

It is physical isolation.

Unplug the network cable.

"Are there no results yet on the analysis of that mass of amnesia?" the captain changed the subject.

"I was just about to say this. Although I haven't fully figured it out, Screw said that he found something that you will definitely be interested in." Heita said this, turned his head to look at the access port of the simulated universe, retracted his gaze, and looked at the captain, "Let's go to the medical department."

"Yeah." The captain nodded.

The captain pulled Yuexia up from the receiving cabin, and the three of them walked out of the office together.

Although the Black Tower has a way to directly transfer consciousness into other puppets.

But physical isolation, of course, also includes the puppets in the black tower.

Heita doesn't want his puppet to suddenly start speaking human language at some point.

Therefore, it is better to place the dolls farther away from the simulated universe interface, which is now classified as a "high-risk collection".

Chapter 168: Simulated Universe: Tesla and Aha's Transaction (X)

"To be honest, the medical department of the space station is not a good place to do research."

With a slightly powerless feeling, Screw Gumm expressed his inner helplessness to the Black Tower.

"What? The emperor of Screw Star is not used to the attention of others?" Heita teased Screw Gum and walked into the medical department with the captain and Yuexia.

"Black Tower, the intelligent machines of Screw Star rarely do such meaningless actions, and even if they really pay attention to me, it is to express respect." Screw Gum answered Black Tower's joke seriously, or rather, his intelligent brain circuit regarded Black Tower's joke as some kind of minor offense, "And the staff in your space station treated me, who was immersed in busy work, as a precious endangered animal."

"Forgive them, Screw." Heita really had no intention of offending you, but her apology was really poor. "At least they didn't rush up to disturb you or ask to take a picture with you."

When Yuexia heard what Heita said, she nudged the captain's arm with a strange expression.

The captain just glanced at the moon and raised his hand to flick the girl who seemed to want to add fuel to the fire.

Based on his time with Snailgum over this period of time, he believed that Snailgum would definitely accept Black Tower's apology.

Because ScrewGum has a full and clear understanding of the Black Tower.

The fact was just as the captain thought. ScrewGum raised his hand to his forehead and sighed helplessly. He no longer paid attention to Heita and turned his gaze to the captain and Yuexia. "You two, although the sorting and restoration of [Memory] has not been completely completed, I found this from the memories that can be read so far."

A streak of light was projected from ScrewGum's eyes, and a picture formed by the light appeared.

The captain and Yuexia's originally relaxed expressions suddenly became tense, revealing an extreme seriousness.

The picture shows a girl with red twin ponytails, wearing red lower half-frame glasses, pursing her lips, with a serious expression.

"Dr. Tesla." Yuexia covered her lips with a shocked expression.

The captain frowned and carefully observed Tesla in the picture.

Since he had seen Yuexia encounter Einstein's isotope in the simulated universe before, he was not 100% sure that the Tesla in the image in this memory was the Tesla he was looking for.

It was not until he saw a pair of bright yellow spikes poking out from the lower right corner of the screen that he immediately determined that the Tesla in the center of the screen, wearing a pair of huge Titan gloves, was the Tesla he was looking for.

"Captain, Xiaote's ears!" Yuexia obviously saw the pair of yellow pointed ears in the picture, and excitedly grabbed the captain's arm, shaking it vigorously, reminding the captain, "Lower right corner! Do you see it?"

"I saw it." The captain nodded vigorously. "I saw it."

Then, the captain turned his gaze to the smiling Screw-Gum, "Mr. Screw, can you locate this [memory]? Where was this memory extracted from? From whose mind?"

Screw Gumu looked at Yuexia and the captain steadily, until they calmed down and seemed to understand something, he spoke slowly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Captain, Ms. Yuexia, this [memory] has not yet fully recovered to normal. Secondly, even if it recovers, it will be difficult to find the corresponding body of the [memory]."

Yuexia's expression turned cold, and he could only look up blankly, looking at Dr. Tesla who seemed to be fighting with something in the picture, and sighed regretfully.

"Mr. Screw, what if I really want to know? Is there any information you must know, or any information I should pay special attention to?"

"I'm sorry, Captain. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the owner of this memory. When we created the simulated universe project, we didn't sample the relevant data." ScrewGum looked at the captain and shook his head with some regret. "The only thing we can be sure of is that the fragments and contents stored in this memory all happened in the simulated universe."

Inside the simulated universe!

The captain narrowed his eyes, "Can't you confirm the approximate time?"

"Conclusion: No, unless we can find more clues in this mass of [memory]." ScrewGum shook his head.

The captain and Yuexia looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Don't be too pessimistic. Considering that this is Ah Ha's work, he will definitely give us some clues. As for whether we really fell into a trap or were helped by him, both are possible." Heita glanced at the captain and Yuexia, comforting them, "After all your simulations, we are still missing a key factor to the end of [Breeding]."

The Captain and Yuexia both turned their gazes towards the Black Tower.

"We are lacking the elements of [development]." Black Tower crossed his arms and looked at the captain and Yuexia. "The Ether Front event will be held in three days. When the Star Core Elf arrives, the three of you will enter the simulated universe together. Once the elements of [development] are complete, we will witness the end of [breeding] together."

"That time will also come." Screw Gumm softly reminded everyone present.

---at the same time---

In the simulated universe, in the redundant zone.

A door appeared silently in front of the intertwined roots of Jianmu.

The red-haired scientist girl cautiously poked her head out of the portal and looked around the broken continent that was without starlight and shrouded in pure darkness.

"Please come in, Doctor." A man with masks with different expressions around him, but a void and even formless body, inexplicably appeared in front of Tesla.

"Who are you?" Nikola Tesla squinted his eyes and looked up and down at the abnormality in front of him, but he was completely unable to analyze the reason for this strange existence.

"Come out!" Tesla didn't see the man make any movement, but she felt someone pushing her from behind. Not only was she pushed out of the portal, but even the artificial autonomous doll, Tesla One, who was coordinating on the other side of the portal, was inexplicably pulled closer to the abnormal place.

Before Tesla could react, an illusory man who seemed to be non-existent suddenly appeared in front of Tesla and pointed a finger at his forehead.

The artificial doll No. 1 at Tesla's feet immediately took out the Titan boxing gloves and punched at the mysterious existence surrounded by a mask.

The man just bent down and pointed a finger at Xiao Te No. 1's forehead again.

"Aha, it's not time for me to wake up yet." Tesla's somewhat low voice sounded beside Aha. Tesla, who was tapped on the forehead, rubbed his painful forehead and clearly expressed his emotional dissatisfaction.

"Tesla, Tesla." Seeing that Tesla had recovered his memory, the simulated star god whose existence was hidden under the mask couldn't help but clapping and laughing. In an instant, the expressions of the masks around him completely changed, turning into smiling faces that were more exaggerated than the last.

"You are a smart man!"

"But the smarter people are, the easier it is for them to be deceived."

Tesla just frowned and watched Aha release his emotions.

"I have a copy of [Memory Quality]. How about selling it to you?"

It seemed that this was not the first time Tesla had made such a deal with Aha. She narrowed her eyes and asked calmly, "Price?"

"A memory of the 'real' Aha."

"How do I know that your [Memory] is worth this price?"

"Captain? Theresa Apokalis?" Aha's tone lowered, and the mask around him instantly turned into a weird and creepy smirk, "With these two names!"

"I'm not asking for too much, but I'm doing this because you're a regular customer."

Ah Ha looked at Tesla, whose pupils dilated unconsciously due to shock, and laughed.

"How is it? Ms. Nikola Tesla, my offer! Pretty reasonable, isn't it?"

"Indeed..." Tesla narrowed his eyes, "Then, we have a deal."

"Deal! Deal~"

Chapter 169: Simulated Universe: Aha’s Crazy Talk (XI)

Simulated universe, redundant area.

The simulated star god Aha took a step forward the moment Tesla said "deal".

The [Joy] Star Detective reached out from the gap in the mask surrounding his body and pointed a finger at Tesla's forehead.

In an instant, a huge amount of memories were poured into Tesla's mind.

And part of what he had seen and heard about [Joy] Aha unconsciously emerged from his mind.

This was not the first time Tesla had made a deal with the fake star god in this data world. She was already very familiar with this weird supersensory experience. Ignoring the memories that were emerging in her mind and being read by the virtual Aha, she gradually immersed herself in the memories that Aha passed on to her.

The memory was in the first person, and the first scene in this memory from Aha made Tesla hold his breath.

A familiar face, but not the same as in distant memories.

The man's expression was no longer so cold and indifferent, and Theresa, who once looked like a child, had grown into a beautiful girl.

Captain, with Theresa Apokalis in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Even though many of her memories from the Quantum Sea were already blurred, she still remembered that dream.

Because of that night that kept repeating, she watched the captain start over countless times, trying to find a third way from countless difficult choices, in an attempt to save everything.

It was precisely because of the endlessly repetitive dream that Tesla realized the ferryman's intention to split his personality.

The ferryman has realized his limitations.

Not ruthless enough, yet not kind enough, this half-hearted person who wavers between the two sides will ultimately achieve nothing.

The ferryman strode forward, determined to go his own way.

The captain chased after them with great difficulty, trying his best.

But in Aha's memory, the captain was not the one Tesla was familiar with.

In the face of Nanook, Adlifen's resistance line chose to give in and did not do his best to protect the mortals he sheltered.

On the Grammer front, facing the irresistible sea of insects and the [Breeding] Envoy, he chose to take Yuexia with him, abandoning the suicide attacking Iron Cavalry Mecha and leaving the scene directly.

He fought hard with the alien choir against the [Greedy] beasts and the [Breeding] insect sea in the universe, but in the end he left behind his [Order] comrades and left the battle zone with Yuexia without any unnecessary persistence.

In the universe ravaged by insect plague, the captain and Yuexia left too many traces. What he and Yuexia did was to resist the insect plague, but...

The Captain and Yuexia in Ah Ha's memory were nothing like the two people he knew.

They were too distant, like true passers-by who came to witness some events and then left.

This inexplicable alienation made Tesla have a very bad and negative guess in his mind.

Something must have happened under the sea of trees.

even.......

The ferryman and the captain, two people with two sides in one, both failed...

"Tesla, Tesla, don't always think about such terrible things. Why don't you think about it from another perspective? At least they have fought hard? Try your best and leave no regrets! Yes, that's it. Try your best and fail in the end. The captain finally understands that people have no strength. Poor captain, he must have experienced an unprecedented failure, and he has changed from the energetic and never-giving-up fighter in your memory to what he is now. Oh, pitiful, really pitiful."

"Shut up!" Tesla raised his eyes and stared at Aha, a guy with a bad and terrible personality, "Where are they?"

"Hey, Tesla, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, hahahahahaha..." Virtual Aha laughed, and the masks around him sneered, "Look at how anxious you are, do you remember what I said?"

"The smarter a guy is, the easier it is to be deceived." Virtual Aha's tone was up and down, "Tesla, are you a smart guy?"

Tesla took a few deep breaths, stabilized his blood pressure, and controlled his temper. "You mean, someone cheated me? Who?"