"Why are there so many Uncle Feiss hidden here?" Lorna looked at the sleeping Feiss, a chill crawling down her spine.
"Don't worry. They aren't Feis. Clones are entirely new individuals. Their genes are just extremely similar, and they don't have his memories." Huang Ji reassured her while surveying their surroundings, spotting a console in a corner of the warehouse.
With an arm around Lorna, he walked over. They both noticed that the computer was on, with a program Lorna couldn't understand running silently on the screen.
"This is the central control system for those nine hundred Life Support Pods," Huang Ji said.
Lorna examined it closely and could tell that the program was continuously monitoring every clone's heart rate and brain activity, as well as displaying how long the various life-support supplies would last.
"Look, this is the life-support equipment's oxygen consumption. The oxygen will run out first, in another twenty hours, followed by the nutrient injections stopping... Before that happens, someone can replenish the supplies or wake them," Huang Ji said.
"What happens if they aren't woken? Will they suffocate?" Lorna asked.
Huang Ji shook his head. "No... The machines have an automatic awakening mechanism that activates when the oxygen runs out. Even if the equipment malfunctions and fails to wake them, they won't die. Every one of them is a clone soldier born with the potential to develop to S4. Once the oxygen supply stops, the stimulus of impending death will jolt their brains awake and revive their bodies."
"Then they'll be able to smash through these Life Support Pods with a single punch and climb out themselves."
"Twenty hours from now is exactly when the Pilgrimage Assembly starts!" Lorna exclaimed.
Huang Ji nodded. "This underground warehouse is an unauthorized structure, and the Clone Army inside is