Two-Month-Old Commander Baby

"What happened?"

Cang Qi froze. He walked over to the Brain Scanner, took out the toolbox from his pocket, opened the scanner, and began checking it.

"Everything is normal. The machine hasn't malfunctioned. I'll recalibrate and restart it."

The Brain Scanner shut down and restarted. Once the scan reached one hundred percent, several blurry fragments appeared on the screen.

Black leather shoes landed before Yu Tu's field of vision—

"Commander Yu Tu, you are under arrest."

"Even if he has lost his energy crystal, he must not be underestimated. Someone, put the custom shackles on him."

"Commander Yu Tu, the evidence of your crimes is conclusive. Please sign the public confession."

"Let him leave Blue Star with dignity. As for the public confession, those people on Calamity Planet have plenty of ways to make him sign it."

"Commander Yu Tu, I am the escort officer responsible for this journey. This way, please."

"Commander Yu Tu, we have arrived at Calamity Planet."

Lu Mi soon appeared on the screen.

It was the first time Yu Tu had looked at Lu Mi after stepping down from the escort warship.

Lu Mi's expression changed slightly. "That's enough."

If they kept playing it, Tomato would ban it.

The moment he finished speaking, the screen flickered black, then brightened again, returning to the same pure white as before.

Cang Qi opened the Brain Scanner again and lowered his head to inspect it.

Yu Tu climbed down from Lu Mi's lap, crouched beside Cang Qi, watched him work, and tried to reach out.

Lu Mi smacked him on the head. "Don't touch it."

Yu Tu pulled his hand back.

As he examined it, Cang Qi reported the results.

"The machine is intact..."

"The Memory Origin Crystal has been consumed..."

"Memory retrieval succeeded..."

"The retrieved memory period is two months."

"The Memory Origin Crystal continues to be consumed. Deep-memory retrieval failed."

"How is that possible?!"

Cang Qi looked up in astonishment.

Yu Tu looked up as well. Compared to Cang Qi's shock and Lu Mi's grim expression, he looked rather like a curious baby.

The white vine atop his head wanted to sprout again. He raised a hand and smacked the top of his own head hard as a warning.

Lu Mi glared at Yu Tu. Yu Tu lowered his head and drew circles on the floor.

Lu Mi looked at Cang Qi, his expression ugly. "What's going on?"

Cang Qi said, "My Brain Scanner incorporates a rare Memory Origin Crystal, allowing it to extract memories from inside the brain. Based on the amount of Memory Origin Crystal in it, it should be able to retrieve about a year's worth of memories. However, Commander Yu Tu's memories only go back nearly two months."

Cang Qi pointed at the blank whiteness on the screen. "Everything before two months ago is like this—a complete blank."

"How... could... that... be!"

"That is the truth."

Cang Qi said,

"Moreover, Commander Yu Tu's missing memories were not caused by brain damage. If there had been brain damage, my scanner would have detected it. There is nothing wrong with his brain.

If the blankness was not caused by brain damage, then it was man-made."

Cang Qi considered his wording before continuing.

"To be precise, he has not lost his memories.

If memories were lost, the Memory Origin Crystal would not be consumed.

The Memory Origin Crystal was consumed, yet retrieval failed. His memories are like this white expanse—

Rather than amnesia, I would say that his memories were covered by a blizzard.

The blizzard covered all his memories from before two months ago. Even he himself cannot investigate them."

Cang Qi shut off the Brain Scanner. Yu Tu had not used up the Memory Origin Crystal, so it could most likely be used one more time.

Lu Mi's face darkened to the extreme.

"Memory overwriting? Could it have been forced?"

Cang Qi shook his head. "No. Memory overwriting without damaging the brain requires the person's consent. In other words, Commander Yu Tu did this voluntarily."

Lu Mi stared at the top of Yu Tu's head, practically gritting his teeth.

"Yu Tu, what exactly are you trying to do?!"

Yu Tu looked up. "...Why are you being mean to me again?"

Lu Mi: "..."

Lu Mi took out the leather whip hanging from his waist and lashed wildly at an empty wall with a crackling barrage. Beads of hot sweat formed on his forehead before he finally stopped.

Then he returned to the leather sofa. "0456, sit in your interrogation chair! Who gave you permission to move around?"

Yu Tu unhappily sat back down.

Cang Qi glanced at Yu Tu, then bent down and whispered to Lu Mi, "Warden Lu, don't be so harsh. Commander Yu Tu only has memories from the past two months. Strictly speaking, he's basically a baby right now. Don't be so harsh on Commander Baby."

Lu Mi: "...When was I harsh on him?"

Cang Qi: "Just now!"

Yu Tu nodded furiously.

Lu Mi: "..."

Lu Mi closed his eyes, calmed himself for a while, then opened them again. Determination flashed through his eyes. "Cang Qi, unlock the Energy Lock Ring around his neck!"

The Energy Lock Ring actually had a key.

However, once an Energy Lock Ring was fitted onto a serious criminal, its keyhole would be sealed with material of the same type.

Therefore, once a serious criminal wore an Energy Lock Ring, it was practically for life.

Fortunately, Lu Mi had a senior mechanic at his side.

Cang Qi stared at Yu Tu's face, somewhat hesitant. "But..."

"No buts." Lu Mi said, "If anything happens, I'll take responsibility."

Cang Qi could only nod. "I'll go get some tools."

The tools in his hand were clearly not enough to open the Energy Lock Ring.

Cang Qi turned to leave, but Lu Mi suddenly spoke. "Wait."

"Warden Lu, what is it?"

"I... Forget it. Go."

Cang Qi glared at Lu Mi.

So irritating. He hated it most when people stopped halfway through a sentence!

Unfortunately, he could neither beat Lu Mi nor argue him down. He could only let it go, open the door, and leave.

The two prison officers outside asked what was happening inside. Cang Qi did not say much. With his cute baby face, he sighed. "Don't ask. The more secrets you know, the faster you die!"

Cang Qi quickly returned to his workshop.

Facial recognition. Access granted.

In the enormous First Prison, Cang Qi's workshop was the only exception that even Lu Mi could not enter without permission.

His workshop was filled with all kinds of strange machinery and materials. Cang Qi hurried to the right side, found an enormous toolbox, extended its handle, and turned around.

Cang Qi entered the special interrogation room again. After shutting the door, he opened the toolbox and took out a pile of strange tools.

Including but not limited to electric drills, saws, nails, hammers, axes...

Lu Mi's brow twitched. He rose from the sofa and walked over to Cang Qi.

"Will opening the Energy Lock Ring endanger his life?"

Looking at those tools, why did they seem so much like tools for dismembering a body?

Lu Mi said solemnly, "Deputy Warden Cang, we must be responsible for the lives of every serious criminal in First Prison."

Cang Qi: "..."

As for which First Prison warden set the record for slaughtering serious criminals on Calamity Planet, I won't say.