The glass jar had returned to its original state, but the machine had not stopped running.
A mechanical arm extended from above the machine, grabbed the jar, and lifted it over the inner chamber, while the platform that had supported the jar slowly descended back to the ground.
Colored pixels still appeared in the jar from time to time, intermittent, as if they were sending some kind of signal...
Beep!
The mechanical sound startled Mo Ling.
He suddenly felt a chill behind him, so he immediately pulled his vision away from the machine and looked behind him.
It seemed that a gust of wind had blown in from outside the laboratory. The detection instrument by the door flashed red and emitted a sharp alarm, but it quickly fell silent, as if it had suddenly been switched off.
The Cleaning Robot placed beside the door also began moving on its own. It went to an empty spot near the experiment table and started cleaning diligently.
There was clearly nothing dirty there, yet the robot stubbornly cleaned that spot over and over, never going anywhere else.
The freezer door in front of the console suddenly snapped shut with a bang, as if blown by the wind—or perhaps controlled by the system.
The sheet of paper on the table slowly floated up, drifting toward Mo Ling in an eerie manner and circling around him.
After making several rounds, it flew back to the Light Shift Thermostatic Machine and landed beside it.
The familiar smell of kimchi appeared again. The Kimchi Machine began humming once more, even though Mo Ling had not touched it.
The red numbers on the Kimchi Machine suddenly began jumping strangely. They had been at 0, then instantly leaped to 500, then 1000, 2000, 4000... continuously doubling until the display