Late at night, on an old street in Los Angeles.
This is a gathering place for Los Angeles people from Laoshanji.
The roadsides were filled with homeless people; some were in better condition with a tattered tent, while others lived in abandoned cars they had found somewhere.
However, most homeless people simply huddle together in tattered, smelly blankets.
It's late autumn in Los Angeles City now, and the weather is getting colder.
Nighttime is especially difficult for these homeless people.
Just then, a blue taxi slowly drove by, and inside were Ling Yi and Lucy.
Three days have passed since the factory Masai incident, and it's been Ling Yi's twenty-second day in this world.
During these three days, Ling Yi did two things: first, he learned Fighting arts and Firearms.
Although Ling Yi had some experience with Firearms in the Love Apartment world, it was only by handling a few at the shooting range, and he barely knew the basic usage of Firearms.
Although he was immediately thrust into real combat upon arriving in this world, his understanding of Firearms remained at the Human Grade.
So, in the past few days, Ling Yi has been intensively studying Firearms knowledge and usage.
Ling Yi has now become a seasoned expert who knows all kinds of Firearms in the world like the back of his hand.
As for Fighting arts, they are also for improving one's Combat skills.
During the Masai incident three days ago, Ling Yi became acutely aware of his shortcomings in Fighting skills.
He can't even wield two swords properly; his only Combat is to repeatedly heal to full health and then brute force his Immortal Body.
Ling Yi didn't want to become Reckless Man in the future.
Ling Yi originally thought that with his memory, talent, and Fighting, he should be able to learn them easily.
But when I actually started learning it, I realized that this thing was not simple at all.
Lucy even somehow acquired a Fighting style called Ultimate Way.
Calling it Fighting technique is inaccurate; to be precise, this thing is a damn cardamom technique.
This Ultimate Way Fusion almost all the killing techniques in the world, allowing one to Combat their opponent in a very short time using limited resources.
During these three days, Ling Yi spent one day learning about Firearms and one day learning the Ultimate Way.
Now, whenever Ling Yi sees someone, he can't help but want to attack them.
The second thing was that, with Lucy's help, they spent a day researching a method to Body Strengthening.
It involves using microbial chargers to continuously "recharge" the body, keeping its energy levels at a constant state of Perfection.
Then, he devoted himself to rigorous training.
However, Ling Yi wasn't trying to improve the technology of this Microbial Electricity Charger on this particular day.
On the contrary, Ling Yi hoped to find a way to reduce the technical difficulty of this Microbial Electricity Charger.
To put it bluntly, Ling Yi wants to use this thing in the real world.
The original "charger" was powerful and efficient, but it's simply impossible to replicate in the real world in the short term.
Therefore, the technical difficulty must be reduced.
Now, it has been reduced to the extreme, and even if Ling Yi returned to the real world, he could easily make one by hand.
Ling Yi and Lucy are here now to find experimental subjects of the CPH4 Aggregate.
" Lucy, I don't have that much time. Can you speed things up?"
"Actually, we don't need any test subjects. I've already told you the results of our deductions." Lucy waved her hands in the air.
This seems very strange to outsiders.
But Ling Yi knew that Lucy was intercepting the ubiquitous electromagnetic signals.
In this way, Lucy could easily listen to virtually any electronic signal, which was incredibly impressive.
"We have to give it a try!"
Lucy nodded and said, "Okay."
"Thank you!" Ling Yi said gratefully.
The action cycle of CPH4 Aggregate is too long, one hundred months, almost ten years.
Ling Yi couldn't possibly keep an eye on a single experimental subject for ten years.
After receiving Lucy's confirmation, Ling Yi rolled down the car window and called out to a middle-aged homeless man with a full beard not far away, "Hey buddy, come over here."
The homeless man was curled up in a tattered quilt. After hearing Ling Yi's words, he raised his head blankly and pointed to himself.
Yes, it's you.
The homeless man seemed hesitant, but the next moment, upon seeing a handful of green banknotes in Ling Yi's hand, he immediately stood up and staggered toward Ling Yi.
Before the other party even got close, Ling Yi could smell a pungent odor of alcohol and foul smell.
"Sir, what do you need me to do?" The homeless man approached the car, looking at Ling Yi, or rather, at the banknotes in Ling Yi's hand, and asked.
Eat this, and the money is yours.
Ling Yi thought he would need to try to persuade the homeless man, but to his surprise, the homeless man swallowed the CPH4 Aggregate directly.
This surprised Ling Yi for a moment.
However, she soon realized what was happening.
These homeless people live a hand-to-mouth existence, having long since given up hope of tomorrow.
He didn't care what Ling Yi gave him to eat; right now, getting the money and having a full meal were the most important things to him.
Ling Yi didn't try to fool the other party and handed over the money directly.
"What's your name?" Ling Yi asked.
"Sir, just call me Robert."
Are there really that many people named Robert?
In our Ancient Country, Zhang Wei is the most common name. Does that mean in Amai Chou, Robert is the most common name?
The person in charge of the CPH4 production plant before, that bald, fat guy, was also named Robert.
Shaking his head, Ling Yi pulled his thoughts back and turned to Lucy, saying, "We can begin."
"There's no need to go through all that trouble. I can handle all of this," Lucy said.
"I need to feel involved!" Ling Yi said after a moment's hesitation.
"I've said it before, I mean you no harm, so you don't need to be hostile towards me."
Ling Yi coughed lightly. "No."
"You don't need to explain, I understand. But I have no hostility towards you; on the contrary, I need your help."
"Me? How can I help you?"
Lucy didn't answer immediately, but instead waved to the homeless man.
Then, well, nothing happened next.
The homeless man was somewhat bewildered, and Ling Yi also looked at Lucy with a puzzled expression.
"I have helped to fully Fusion this CPH4, but a single CPH4 Aggregate can only increase brain development by one percent; it won't bring about a significant Changes."
Ling Yi thought about it and agreed; an increase of only one percent wouldn't make a significant Changes.
"Then what!"
"Then, we just need to go back and wait for the results."
Ling Yi nodded, then waved to the homeless man outside the car and said, "Goodbye, Robert."
The car started and quickly disappeared from the block.
Back at the factory, Lucy explained to Ling Yi, "I've already created 99 portions of CPH4 Aggregate inside his body, and tonight he'll completely Fusion and digest them."
For Lucy, anything that has ever existed in this world can be Copy.
As she spoke, Lucy waved her hand, and an image of the homeless man Robert appeared on the Computer screen.
"Thank you!" Ling Yi said gratefully to Lucy.
" Ling Yi, I need your help." Lucy looked at Ling Yi earnestly and said again.
"I don't think there's anything I can do to help you." Ling Yi was telling the truth.
Lucy is now like a god, all-knowing, all-powerful, and omnipotent.
Especially noteworthy is her ability to switch freely between different forms.
She can be a physical entity, virtual electronic data, or even a special electric current or Magnetic Field.
Is it possible that Lucy could somehow return to the real world with him?
That's why Ling Yi was wary of Lucy.
"I know you'll be leaving this world soon, and I hope you can take me with you!" Lucy said bluntly.
Ling Yi frowned and remained silent.
He didn't ask Lucy how she knew all this; instead, he was considering how to refuse, or the consequences of refusing.
Lucy's statement proves that Lucy must have a way to return to the real world with him.
The specific procedure is not hard to guess.
Lucy only needs to transform into a piece of her own memory data and store it in her own memory.
Whether it will succeed depends on whether your system is too slow or not.
The system is designed to Ineffective Transmigration; nothing in the real world or the traveled world can interact with each other.
Besides memory.
Theoretically, it's feasible, but Ling Yi doesn't want to take Lucy out with him.
unless...
"I can hand over my entire consciousness and physical body to you for control. You have the highest authority, and you can destroy my consciousness at any time if you wish," Lucy said earnestly.
Ling Yi unconsciously tapped his fingers on the table.
He was tempted.
But is this ultimate authority reliable?
Seemingly sensing Ling Yi's thoughts, Lucy transformed into a ball of blue light, which then split in two, with one part flying towards Ling Yi.
It blended directly into Ling Yi's forehead.
The other part then transformed back into Ling Yi's true form.
Ling Yi didn't react at all during this process, nor could he stop it.
At that moment, the system, which had been silent until now, suddenly reacted.
Several lines of subtitles appeared before Ling Yi's eyes.
[Abnormal data detected, analysis in progress...]
[This data is safe. Delete it?]
Ling Yi asked in his mind, "Is this data safe?"
But the system didn't respond. Ling Yi had forgotten that his system was, frankly, non-interactive.
Ling Yi was conflicted and somewhat doubtful.
The dilemma is whether or not to erase the data Lucy transmitted, or rather, whether or not to bring Lucy into the real world.
The key issue is that Ling Yi doesn't know what kind of security this is.
As for the suspicion, Ling Yi is suspicious, but this subtitle was something Lucy came up with.
But Ling Yi quickly dismissed this possibility.
If Lucy can Simulation System subtitles, it means that Lucy has successfully hacked into her own system.
If West City hack into her own system, then why the hell would she need pop-up subtitles?
After hesitating for a long time, Ling Yi finally chose not to eliminate it!
The reason is simple: if I had Lucy as my assistant in the future, that would be amazing.
As Ling Yi Ling Yi his choice, a new memory instantly appeared in his mind.
These memories are precisely the method used to control Lucy's consciousness.
Ling Yi asked Lucy with some surprise, "Aren't you worried that I'll just eliminate you?"
Lucy shook her head and said, "Only in this way can you truly believe in me; only in this way can I escape the cage of this world."