This man looked like Dong Guxu, yet something about him was different.
The Dong Guxu inside the Time Formation had seemed steady and reserved, with a cultivator's solemnity in his features.
The man before them had exactly the same face, but an entirely different bearing.
His eyes were calm, holding the detached indifference of someone who looked down from above and saw through everything.
"Hall Master."
A pale-blue-skinned humanoid turned and offered him a peculiar salute.
"The recovery of all final-stage NPC personnel from the Thirty-Third Experiment Field is complete.
There were sixteen recovery targets in total. Four have been confirmed dead, and the remaining twelve have boarded safely."
Dong Guxu nodded slightly and asked, "How is the recovered personnel's mental state?"
"We've conducted preliminary psychological evaluations."
The pale-blue creature tapped the console several times and brought up a report.
"Of the twelve, eight are in good condition, while four show mild residual emotional attachment.
Subject Three shows the most pronounced attachment. We recommend memory attenuation."
Dong Guxu waved a hand lightly. "There's no need. I understand A Liu Jia's situation. She knows where to draw the line."
The pale-blue creature lowered its head respectfully. "Understood."
The man turned toward someone else. "Have the experimental subjects' records been archived?"
Another creature, short and covered in scales, turned around. "Hall Master, all experimental data from the Thirty-Third Experiment Field has been compiled.
This experiment lasted ninety-seven thousand three hundred years, during which we completed nine rounds of primary testing and twelve rounds of secondary testing.
All key data was uploaded to the central database during the shuttle's return journey.
All operations in the Thirty-Third Experiment Field were terminated six hours ago.
The final simulation achieved 96.3 percent of the projected completion value, with deviations within acceptable limits.
The final results produced