"My God! Th-This is a work of art!"
On the fifth underground level, in the S-rank Biological Laboratory.
Wearing goggles bigger than his face and holding a laser cutter, Grey Wolf circled the "cat food can" nonstop, his exclamations never ceasing.
The can, transformed from a probe from the Swallowed Star world, was secured to the laboratory table.
Its shell was made of an exceptionally unusual material. Even with the Umbrella Corporation's current technology, they could not analyze its elemental composition.
"Boss, this thing's material density is thirty times greater than our best alloy, but it only weighs one-tenth as much! And it can repair itself! Look, the cut I just made has already grown back on its own!"
Grey Wolf pointed at a scratch on the can that was slowly healing, so excited that his tail was practically about to wag itself off.
Orochimaru, meanwhile, had no interest in the material.
Through a massive microscopic projector, he was observing the core inside the can.
It was a blue sphere of light that had already stopped operating—the probe's AI core.
"Qin Feng, this 'lifeform' is very interesting."
Orochimaru's tongue swept over his lips, his eyes burning with the fervor of someone who had discovered a new continent.
"It has no cellular structure. It is composed entirely of data and energy. Yet it possesses logical thought, and even... emotions such as 'confusion.'"
"If we can decipher its composition, perhaps we can create true 'digital life.'"
Qin Feng did not take part in their research.
He merely sat to one side, reading through the report Red Queen had just compiled.
The report came from Grey Wolf's latest test of [God's Forbidden Zone].
"So this causality weapon can not only alter physical laws, but also alter 'concepts'?"
Qin Feng raised an eyebrow at