Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

Ruan Mei stood in front of the instrument again, deep in thought.

Chapter 580 Are you out of your mind?!

Rather than solving the problem himself, Yan Huan now felt more like she was there to pry into Ruan Mei's privacy.

Just as Yan Huan was about to continue examining the paper, she suddenly noticed a piece of paper on the table with crooked and illegible handwriting that didn't look like something a normal person could write.

When you pick it up gently, you can smell a unique aroma of tea and snacks.

"This thing wasn't written by Cat Cake, was it?"

Yan Huan tried her best to decipher the handwriting on it, attempting to understand what it said.

"..."

[On April 24th, I went to see the giant petri dish with Ruan Mei. The warmest place in the world was beside Ruan Mei.]

[On April 26th, I went to the plant cultivation chamber with Ruan Mei; there were green plants breathing there.]

[On April 25th, I went to the horror corridor with Ruan Mei. The corridor was scary, but with Ruan Mei there, it wasn't scary at all.]

[...Ruan Mei is the best.]

"..."

After reading it, Yan Huan put the paper back on the table and continued to check the terminal.

Inside the terminal, Ruan Mei stared at the experimental data alone and said in a deep voice:

Life is vibrant and colorful, I firmly believe so. Its splendor is dazzling, like a riot of colors, but I will gather from it the one that never fades.

The laws governing things are always outwardly complex and fascinating, yet inwardly simple and fundamental. All things ultimately have a cause; a single formula can dispel the confusion of all beings.

[Ever since I was old enough to understand, I've enjoyed observing the signs of life in living things, like the rate at which slime molds devour objects.]

[I also take in the macroscopic world, studying the development of the universe to date—it's all very simple.]

[What I want to understand is the 'essence of life,' something that every individual possesses yet is unaware of—whether it be the materiality of existence or the unknowable things beyond matter.]

[To avoid blindly following science, I cautiously raise a question—can Ruan Mei, like a coordinate axis, strip away external distractions to uncover the most fundamental and beautiful form of life?]

[I've come up with a 'life form' that I must acknowledge as elusive, and that is...]

Then, the video cut out.

"What is that...!" Yan Huan was speechless. He only said half of what he wanted to say, and she had already calmed down to read it, but he wouldn't let her finish reading it.

This is pure torture!

Immediately afterwards, the meowing of "Cat Cake" came from another direction behind.

When Yan Huan rushed over, she found that the screams were coming from a room.

A small robot blocked the doorway and said to him, "Hidden room, buzz buzz—only Ms. Ruan Mei can use this room. Please show your credentials, buzz buzz..."

Yan Huan immediately showed Ruan Mei's instruction card.

"Test passed, buzz—"

"Wait!" Yan Huan raised her hand and said:

"Is your 'buzzing' sound because you're broken, or is it actually a suffix in your speech?"

"Clearly a suffix, zzzz—"

The little robot continued:

"Choose one of the following services: 1. Historical breeding record inquiry. 2. Inorganic life companionship and conversation service."

"?" Yan Huan immediately selected: "I want inorganic life companionship and conversation service."

The little robot replied:

"This function is broken, buzzing..."

"..."

Yan Huan had no choice but to say:

"Historical breeding record inquiry".

The next moment, the little robot released a projection about Ruan Mei.

"Oh, it has a projection function! Then why didn't the previous one just give me the map?!"

What appeared before Yan Huan was a laboratory radiating red light, where Ruan Mei was looking at the experimental data on a tablet with a worried expression.

[I've come up with a 'life form' that I can acknowledge as elusive.]

That is... the 'commander'.

"?" Yan Huan narrowed her eyes, only to see Ruan Mei continue speaking:

[What is this "command"? I don't quite understand.]

[Scholars consider it an embodiment of the power of the Star God. So, when and at what point did it become closer to the 'Star God' than other life forms?]

[Initially, I tried to cultivate a genius, but I failed. This problem remains unsolved; there is still a long road ahead to explore.]

[But the destiny of the universe is not limited to intellect. If we abandon reason, are there more primal and purer motives on other paths?]

[I believe—of course it exists.]

[Taizyuros, through cosmic simulation, I was able to glimpse the beginning and end of a global locust plague, capture data on the insect queen and her offspring, replicate and cultivate them, thus opening up a completely new branch of research.]

"So that's how the real stinging insects in this compartment came about!" Yan Huan finally understood the whole story.

[A very reasonable judgment; I will definitely succeed. The 'it' I reconstruct will blossom with unprecedented life.]

[Would Black Tower and Screw Goom like this experiment? Probably not, so before they find out...]

I need to speed things up and find a suitable assistant.

"...That's why you came to me."

Yan Huan felt somewhat helpless.

I initially thought it was just a simple pet recycling program, but I never imagined that the situation behind it was so complicated.

The little robot said in a deep voice:

"Test passed, buzz—"

Please select one of the following services:

"First, visitor record query."

"Second, the entrance to the [petition dish] is now open."

Yan Huan originally wanted to choose option two, but for some inexplicable reason, she chose option one first.

He wanted to see if Silver Branch had ever been here.

"Let me see the visitor records here first."

The little robot replied:

"Ms. Ruan Mei, buzzing—"

"An alien species, sizzle—"

"Mr. Silver Branch, sizzle—"

Hearing this, Yan Huan said helplessly:

"So he really has been here before. But if he doesn't have the necessary permissions, he probably won't be able to see my video from earlier."

The little robot continued:

"The man with the plaster-coated head, sizzle—"

"?" Yan Huan said disdainfully.

"Something seems to be different from before. What the heck is this plaster-haired man?"

"Robot, open the inlet of my petri dish."

The little robot replied:

"Permissions granted, buzzing—"

At the same time, a loud noise came from upstairs.

That should be the sound of the door leading to the petri dish opening.

"It seems that my task is to deal with some kind of creature left behind by Ruan Mei before the Black Tower and Screw Gum notice."

Yan Huan thought:

"Dealing with cat cakes and stuff shouldn't be... If it were Little Zhen's stinging insect, there would be no need for me to do it, so... what exactly did Ruan Mei do?"

With these questions in mind, Yan Huan returned upstairs, where the red warning lights were flashing intermittently.

At the elevator entrance sat a man wearing a plaster cast on his head.

"?"

The man with the plaster hair was playing chess with himself when he noticed Yan Huan's arrival and slowly looked up.

Immediately, he put away the chessboard and chair, stood up, took out a book, and looked at Yan Huan while flipping through it:

"You look distressed?"

"In trouble?"

Immediately, he closed the book, walked to the side, and stopped looking at Yan.

"In that case, figure it out yourself."

"...?" Yan Huan scratched her head and said disdainfully:

"Is there something wrong with you?"