mynovelweb Chapter 217: Full of Suspicious Points
Chapter 217: Full of Suspicious Points
"Miss, it's getting late, shall we go back?"
"Go back where? Where am I now?"
Go back to your bedroom.
"Oh." Xiao Mei helped Linghu Ying and began to move.
Linghu Ying turned around and looked at Zhou Yuan No. 1 with reluctance.
"Xiaomei, what about Brother Zhou?"
“Brother Zhou, he’s going back to your bedroom too.”
"Ah?" Linghu Ying exclaimed in surprise. "Oh, Xiao Mei, it's nothing." A smile appeared on Linghu Ying's face.
"Big brother, why aren't you leaving?"
"Xiaomei, I need to turn off the equipment here. I'll be right there. You two wait for me outside."
"Okay, big brother."
As Zhou Yuan No. 1 looked at the image of Linghu Ying on the holographic screen, a mysterious smile appeared on his face. He knew that the first step of his new plan was beginning to take effect.
After Zhou Yuan No. 1 cut off all power, he, Linghu Ying, and Xiao Mei stood in the yellow teleportation circle and were directly teleported by light to the place where the three of them had been standing. Then the three of them walked a distance and boarded the spaceship.
When Commander Qin saw the young Linghu Ying, he paused for a moment, then stood up, saluted, and said, "Good day, sir."
Linghu Ying looked at Commander Qin, then at Xiao Mei. Xiao Mei picked up the conversation, "Commander Qin, Miss has lost some memories in her clone. You should let her get familiar with the fleet in the future."
"Yes, sir."
"let's go."
The spaceship began to leave the consciousness research warship and head towards the flagship.
"Is this true? Zhou Yuan and I made love?" Linghu Ying kept asking herself this question the whole way.
The spaceship, carrying four people, quickly arrived at the flagship. "Commander Qin, please don't make a fuss about the unexpected incident that happened to Miss tonight. In a couple of days, you can show Miss around the fleet."
"Understood, sir."
Commander Qin returned to the fleet command room, while Xiao Mei and the other two returned to the lounge.
Linghu Ying walked into "her" bedroom, looking around with curiosity. The bed was big enough. Could it be that "I" had an accident on this bed?
Linghu Ying pressed the call button. "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Commander Qin, could you please get me a larger bed?"
"Yes, sir. Please wait a moment."
A moment later, the large bed, including the blankets and pillows, was swept away by a beam of light. Then, with another flash of light, a large bed appeared, along with new blankets and pillows.
Linghu Ying noticed that Xiao Mei was still standing in her bedroom, seemingly unwilling to leave.
"Xiaomei, what's wrong?"
"Miss, is there anything else you need?"
"That's all. I want to get a good night's sleep. Brother Zhou, what about you?"
"You've just recovered, take care and rest. I'm going to sleep at Xiaomei's. See you tomorrow, Aying."
Linghu Ying paused for a moment, then immediately understood. "Okay. Xiao Mei, take good care of Brother Zhou. I'll do it tomorrow."
Xiao Mei blushed and glanced at Zhou Yuan No. 1, seemingly blaming him for speaking out directly.
Zhou Yuan smiled slightly, put his arm around Xiao Mei's shoulder, and said, "Xiao Mei, let's go."
Linghu Ying watched the two of them walk out of the room intimately, the door closing automatically. A sense of loss seemed to well up inside her. Lying on the large bed, Linghu Ying went through all her memories. Her last memory seemed to be of herself and her brother, Linghu Guang, finding Xiao Mei and the other three to conduct research on replicating Earth Empire technology. Now, Zhou Yuan's face and the time machine kept flashing through Linghu Ying's mind.
Linghu Ying tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Her mind was filled with Zhou Yuan and the time machine, and she attributed both to Zhou Yuan. Suddenly, she made a decision, got out of bed, put on her coat, and walked to the door. The door closed automatically as she left.
Linghu Ying tiptoed towards Xiao Mei's room. Xiao Mei had casually mentioned that she and Xiao Mei lived nearby when she escorted her back to her bedroom. Linghu Ying walked for about two hundred meters when she suddenly heard Xiao Mei's excited moans and the creaking of the bed. Linghu Ying's heart fluttered, and she almost lost control. She quickly returned to her own bedroom, tossing and turning. Finally, she drifted off to sleep, seemingly having a dream in which she and Zhou Yuan were entwined in passion.
Linghu Ying would still be fast asleep if Xiao Mei hadn't called her to eat.
The three of them ate breakfast together.
"By the way, big brother, where are Sister Chu Xiaolu and Sister Pan Na?" Linghu Ying suddenly remembered this.
"Ah Ying..." Linghu Ying hesitated, seeing the troubled look on Zhou Yuan's face.
"what happened?"
"The three of them voluntarily left me and went to the Parliament building."
"Leaving you? Three people? Who's the third one?"
“It’s Professor Huo, or more precisely, Professor Huo’s clone.” Xiao Mei, not wanting to see Zhou Yuan No. 1 in a difficult position, spoke up, “Miss, Brother Zhou angered the three of them because of us.”
"Okay, I understand. It seems I need to familiarize myself with everything here as soon as possible."
Linghu Ying pressed a button on the desktop, causing ripples to appear before a holographic communication interface materialized. "Commander Qin?"
"Sir, I'm here."
"I need to see all of our fleet's logs, all of them, understand?"
"Yes, sir. The information will be sent to your office and simultaneously uploaded to the mainframe in your bedroom."
"Okay, thank you. I'm going to inspect the fleet tomorrow; will you accompany me?"
"As ordered."
Linghu Ying pressed the desktop again, and the holographic communication interface disappeared, returning to the normal desktop appearance.
After breakfast, Xiaomei accompanied Linghuying on a tour of the flagship. This flagship was enormous; according to Xiaomei, it was eighty kilometers long.
Looking at the massive steel wall, Linghu Ying wondered if she was dreaming. Was it all a consequence of lost memory fragments? Linghu Ying needed to know what had happened to those memory fragments.
Xiao Mei described in as much detail as possible what happened after Linghu Ying found her. They discussed the time machine together, went shopping together, ate together, stayed in the lab to discuss things, and even slept in the same bed. Everything they did was to build the time machine as soon as possible. Linghu Ying listened quietly to Xiao Mei's story, thoroughly enjoying it.
"Xiaomei, then what? How did we build the time machine? How did we get here?"
“Miss, we didn’t build a time machine, but rather opened ‘time portals.’ We kept opening ‘time portals’ to different parallel worlds to search for Brother Zhou. Perhaps we’ve been to too many parallel worlds, or perhaps the time portals have caused brain damage to us. How we got here is a complete blank in my mind. I can’t remember. Everyone in our fleet has lost this memory.”
"Then how do we get back?"
"Our master will summon us."
"Owner?"
"Yes."
Linghu Ying slapped her forehead. "Damn it, I almost forgot about my master."
“Xiao Mei, you know that Brother Zhou will never grow old,” Linghu Ying suddenly said.
A tender look appeared in Xiao Mei's eyes. "Miss, I know that even if he is Brother Zhou's clone, I am still very satisfied."
Linghu Ying stared blankly at Xiao Mei, feeling a pang of sadness. She thought of how she had always been infatuated with Zhou Yuan but had never been able to win his heart, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Xiao Mei turned Linghu Ying's shoulder and said, "Miss, don't be like this. It makes me very sad." Xiao Mei choked up as she wiped away Linghu Ying's tears, while she herself was also crying.
The two embraced and wept bitterly.
“Xiaomei, your bedroom is too small, and your bed is too small. Starting tonight, you can sleep in my bedroom. We can be like before.” Linghu Ying stopped sobbing, looked up at Xiaomei, and Xiaomei looked back at Linghu Ying, softly saying “Mmm.”
"Xiaomei, Brother Zhou said he also downloaded and stored your consciousness. Why don't you clone it?"
“Miss, unless Brother Zhou finds me too old, I’d like to change my body in a few days. I don’t want to lose the memories of the wonderful days I spent with Brother Zhou after I’m cloned.”
"Xiaomei, I didn't expect you to be even more devoted than me."
"Miss, this is why we've been together for so many years."
"Ah."
Two women, for the sake of the same man, seem to have drawn closer together.
Under the protection of special forces, Linghu Ying arrived at her office and began reviewing the detailed fleet logs and information sent by Commander Qin. Because of the vast amount of information, Linghu Ying only skimmed through it, focusing on the key points that interested her. There was no record of when the fleet departed from its home planet. There was some information about its journeys to various parallel worlds, but not much—just a general overview of the human societies in those parallel worlds. The crucial point was about this parallel world itself: when it arrived, how it arrived—there was absolutely no information. It was as if it had appeared out of thin air. Linghu Ying then searched for information about the home world, the home planet, and her brother, Linghu Guang, but found nothing. This shouldn't have happened. Linghu Ying stared blankly at the logs and other information. She had a vague feeling that something was amiss, but she didn't know what had happened.
Who exactly is the "master" Xiaomei mentioned earlier? She has no memory of the concept of "master," which could mean two things: either she has lost her memories, including the concept of "master," or she simply doesn't have the concept of "master" in her memory. However, from Xiaomei's tone, she seems to believe that she also serves this "master" and obeys their summons. If so, who is this "master"? And how does this "master" summon her?
If everyone in this fleet, including myself and Xiaomei, is serving this "master," and considering the various suspicious points and oddities in the log, it seems possible that we have lost ourselves? Or rather, we are being controlled by this "master"?
Linghu Ying's mind raced, employing logical reasoning to think things through. After all, Linghu Ying was exceptionally intelligent.
Memory, memory, memory? Linghu Ying kept repeating this word. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She thought of Zhou Yuan, or more precisely, Zhou Yuan No. 1 clone, because it was he who cloned her consciousness, and he was the one who scanned, downloaded, stored, and transplanted it.
Tonight probably won't work, since I just told Xiaomei that she'll be sleeping at my place from now on. Tomorrow during the day, I have to inspect the fleet, so I need to find him now!
Thinking of this, Linghu Ying pressed a button on the desk, causing ripples to appear on the surface and a holographic screen to appear. Linghu Ying tapped the screen a few times and connected to the fleet command room.
"Commander Qin, could you please ask Mr. Zhou Yuan to come to my office?"
"Yes, sir."
Thinking about how she had secretly gone to Xiaomei's room last night, and how she, Xiaomei, and he were in the same bedroom that night, Linghu Ying's breathing quickened and her face flushed.