Inside a simple tea room.
A tea table made of red sandalwood stood between two wooden chairs of huanghuali.
Steam curled lazily from the tea on the table. Ning Ze leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed, resting. He slowly opened them and looked toward the door. Just then, the door opened, and his expression turned strange.
Luo Feng asked in slight surprise, "Is something wrong?"
"It's alive?" Ning Ze asked in return, then added, "You brought it here too? Where is it?"
As he spoke, he looked toward Luo Feng's wrist, where the Optical Computer Luo Feng had obtained was located. Such things were scarce on Earth, but it had now been replaced, and Ning Ze could sense a consciousness within it.
"Bastard! Of course I'm alive!" Babata was furious. He was an Intelligent Life! Could he possibly be dead? Did they really take him for some lifeless program? That was an insult to him!
Luo Feng's expression turned a little strange. He did not say anything, but the other side had already guessed.
Ignoring Babata's nonstop clamor in his mind, he asked curiously, "Brother Ning, how did you discover it?"
"I sensed anger from you, along with a little irritation and faint hostility toward me. You shouldn't have those emotions toward me," Ning Ze said honestly.
He could understand his own body's emotions, so naturally, he could sense the emotions of others' bodies as well. He had sensed a kind of frustration from Luo Feng, one that did not seem to belong to Luo Feng himself, as well as a sense of unfamiliarity. That was why he had made that guess.
Luo Feng introduced him, "His name is Babata. He's an Intelligent Life. Brother Ning, do you want to meet him?"
Ning Ze directly shook his