[Beast Ye Yun]

Immediately after.

Jie Xing's puzzled voice came through the communicator.

This Humble One could not understand.

Why would he die at a time like this?

Not earlier, not later, but right when they were most short-handed.

It truly felt strange.

"I do not know."

Professor Ye Zhen shook his head slightly.

If he knew, he wouldn't be standing here.

"Then what should we do about Linji Island?"

Jie Xing asked.

"What to do? That is indeed a problem."

Hearing this, Professor Ye Zhen's face turned grave as he muttered to himself.

Under the current circumstances, they were severely lacking in manpower.

And yet.

Their comrades were being eliminated one after another.

The blow to them was immense.

"Proceed according to plan."

Then.

Professor Ye Zhen could only order them to follow the plan.

If they deviated from the plan, all their arrangements would be thrown into chaos.

That would be even less worthwhile than losing a few people.

"Oh, by the way, I'll give you a location. Go retrieve Mad Fist's chip."

Suddenly.

Professor Ye Zhen said, "I've marked the spot. I detected traces of Mad Fist's chip being activated."

"Alright."

Ending the communication with Jie Xing, Ye Zhen's eyes were utterly cold as he stared silently at the smart cryo-chamber in the distance, which contained a smart human identical to himself.

This was a creation even greater than his teacher Professor Hu Ming's work.

It gathered the strongest abilities.

Magnetic Hand's magnetic energy, Jie Xing's combat techniques, flight capability, and formidable fighting prowess all in one.

He believed.

This would undoubtedly be the most powerful smart human in the world, bar none.

Now, he only awaited Supersonic's arrival to obtain Supersonic's source code, and then this perfect smart empire ruler would surely dominate the world.

Linji Island.

Ye Yun and Fei Ran stared at the contents inside the cryo-chamber, their brows deeply furrowed. They reached out and took a test tube resembling a syringe, opened it, and inside lay a chip crisscrossed with intricate circuits.

"A smart human chip?"

Ye Yun asked uncertainly.

Because this type of chip was unprecedented, hence the doubtful question.

"Yes, a smart human chip, but it belongs to these big fellows."

Fei Ran nodded, turned to look at the massive "Jie Xing" warriors, and said, "The combat power of these warriors is probably several times weaker than Jie Xing's."

"The size of the chip affects power consumption!"

Ye Yun didn't question it and confirmed with a nod: "What now?"

"Take them back."

Fei Ran glanced at these chips and made her decision.

"Take them back? Alright." Ye Yun looked, there weren't many, so taking them back was fine.

He wanted to see what Fei Ran was up to.

Soon.

Ye Yun and Fei Ran packed up all these chips and brought them back.

Plugging these chips into the massive "Jie Xing" units would surely bring a tremendous shock to people.

Inside the ancient castle.

Intelligent Being Feiran saw her main body and the things Ye Yun had brought back from outside, and said, "What are you doing with this?"

"Brought back a Chip. I don't know what she wants to do with it."

Ye Yun shook his head, placed the Chip in his hand on the ground, and reached out to pat Intelligent Being Feiran on the shoulder. "Mind helping bring out the food? It's about time to eat."

"I am not your slave or nanny. Within my logical permissions, aside from Dad who created me, none of you—including Feiran—can order me to do anything. I have my own judgment."

Intelligent Being Feiran slapped his hand off her shoulder, looking at him very seriously as she stated.

"Alright, I'm dead tired."

Ye Yun stretched and went to the kitchen himself to find the food.

"Wait."

At that moment.

Intelligent Being Feiran called out to Ye Yun.

"What matter?"

He turned to look at Intelligent Being Feiran in confusion, unable to figure out what else there was.

"Here, watch your injuries."

Intelligent Being Feiran tossed a white object to him, leaving Ye Yun's eyes full of doubt.

"Thanks." Though he didn't know what she'd thrown him, Ye Yun still politely thanked her.

With that.

He headed toward the kitchen.

"What are you doing with this?"

Intelligent Being Feiran looked at her main body, asking in confusion.

"Don't you think this vast ancient castle is too desolate?"

Feiran looked up at her, pointing around at the empty ancient castle. "The castle is bleak all day long. We should get a group of guards. Besides, this was free for the taking—just needs a bit of power consumption."

"That's true."

Intelligent Being Feiran thought it over, and it did make sense. "But they can't enter the castle interior. If they enter the castle interior, I'll have no choice but to kill them."

"No problem."

On that.

Feiran had no issue at all.

She'd intended for these soldiers to guard the castle anyway; she never said they had to enter it. So, no worries.

"How about you help me?"

Suddenly.

Feiran thought of a lazy idea, looking uncertainly at Intelligent Being Feiran as she tested the waters.

"Sorry, I don't understand programming. Even though I have your memories, Dad forbade all intelligent beings from learning human programming code."

To that.

Intelligent Being Feiran could only apologize.

Because it was impossible to pass security monitoring. Even if they evaded it, learning to program AI code would cause an intelligent being's logic to collapse—even for one with independent thought logic.

If intelligent beings learned AI programming, humanity would be signing its own death warrant.

"Alright, I see now."

Hearing Intelligent Being Feiran's words, she suddenly remembered an important matter.

Intelligent beings cannot possess programming logic.

That was also a restriction on them.

"Unless you want to become like the mastermind behind the intelligent mutation, turning the world over to intelligent beings. You could lift the restriction preventing intelligent beings from learning programming. I believe you have the strength for that."

Just then, Ye Yun walked out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of instant noodles, his mouth twitching as he grit his teeth at Feiran. "This is the lunch you prepared? Instant noodles?"

"Ahem, let's not talk about instant noodles. Let's talk about programming code."

Feiran heard his words, a faint awkwardness on her face.

She really couldn't cook.

"Fine, let's all drop this topic, alright?"

Ye Yun shrugged helplessly, sat down on the throne with his instant noodles.

Though he was a Super Soldier from the Divine River Universe, he didn't care much about learning this kind of tech knowledge.

"By the way, Old Hu's death anniversary is in a few days. Are you planning to go?"

Suddenly.

Ye Yun thought of something and asked uncertainly.

"Go? Why wouldn't I go?"

Feiran heard Ye Yun's words and nodded solemnly. "Then your birthday will have to be delayed by a day."

"I don't care about my birthday at all."

Ye Yun shrugged noncommittally.

In truth, he didn't even know exactly how old he was anymore, but he probably hadn't crossed the two-thousand-year mark yet, right?

As for the specific date of his birthday, he had even less of a clue.

So.

It was completely irrelevant.

"Twenty-four this year. Got any girl you've got your eye on? It's about time you settled down and had kids."

Just then.

Feiran brought up a matter.

That of lifelong affairs.

"Not for now!"

Ye Yun shrugged and said, "I feel like none of them are worthy of my handsome looks."

"Brat, since when did you get so cocky?"

Hearing that.

Feiran laughed and cried as she smacked him.

This kid was really.

A complete bastard.

Sure, you're handsome and dashing, but you haven't accomplished anything yet—who'd follow you?

"I'm being serious with you. Is there a girl you like? Spill it, so I can help scout one for you."

Feiran asked while lowering her head to modify some code.

Meanwhile, the Intelligent Being Feiran beside her picked up her bow and left.

This was all boring stuff.

The matter of human reproduction had nothing to do with her, an intelligent being.

"A girl I like? There is one, but I'm not sure if you can scout her for me."

Ye Yun stroked his chin, looking at her with a half-smile.

"Who?"

Feiran looked up at him in surprise, her eyes full of confusion and doubt.

Who could it be that caught the picky Ye Yun's eye?

"Elena!"

Ye Yun stared intently at the surprise on Feiran's face and said with a straight face.

"Who?"

Hearing that.

Feiran felt like her ears were playing tricks on her, and asked uncertainly.

What had she just heard?

The girl this brat had his eye on was actually Elena?

"Princess Elena. Scout her for me!"

Ye Yun held back his urge to laugh and spouted nonsense with a completely serious expression.

"You might as well just kill me."

Feiran shot him a vicious glare, killing intent practically bursting from her eyes.

Who was Elena?

A royal princess from some major Western nation, and a heavily favored one at that. Not to mention she had no ability herself—even when her dad was around, it would've been extremely difficult.

Besides.

She was staunchly opposed to Princess Elena.

Don't let this little girl's noble, swan-like public image fool you—in her private life, she was utterly debauched.

Absolutely unacceptable.

"Then, how about Xiang Mao?"

Ye Yun's eyes darted around as he looked at Feiran uncertainly.

Xiang Mao was also very beautiful.

Especially her pair of lively, big eyes—they were truly endearing. And there was that mischievous streak in her, like a wild cat's personality, which was genuinely charming.

"What are you thinking about?"

Hearing Ye Yun's words, Feiran nearly grabbed the computer in her hand and hurled it at This Guy. Gritting her teeth, she said, "My younger brother, listen—Xiang Mao, no, Qin Yan is only eighteen this year. Eighteen! Are you a Beast or what? How old are you now? Don't you have any idea in your heart?"

"You're a full six years apart. I really don't know how you came up with this. And on top of that, she's the daughter of our Dad's Disciple. This is messing with seniority. If Dad found out what you're thinking, he'd definitely want to jump out of Heaven Valley and come beat you to death."