Delta: Taming wheat in a dream, I, Said

A glass room near the darkroom.

Mai Xiaowen, Luna, Weilong, and Shenlan arrived here.

Instructor Deep Blue glanced at the center console to make sure no one from Hafk was chasing them, then surveyed the surroundings to confirm there were no Asara soldiers before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, the Asara soldiers at the space base are now approaching the central control area, which is why we were able to get here so easily."

Wei Long adjusted his belt and nodded slightly. "Those Hafk guys in the central control unit won't be a match for Said. I estimate this raid will come to an end soon."

As he spoke, he glanced casually at Mai Xiaowen, whose face was disheveled, and his expression became subtle. He muttered to himself, "I didn't expect the intelligence to be true. There really is another Mai Xiaowen."

"What on earth is going on?!"

At this moment, Mai Xiaowen spoke in a deep voice, staring at the three familiar yet unfamiliar "acquaintances" in front of her, her mind filled with questions.

The operators in front of me are almost identical in ability, except for their age, which is different from what I remember.

Most importantly, she has basically determined that these three people are not real people.

In other words... they are beings that exist in the subspace.

"Halt... never mind, I'll just call you Mai Xiaowen for now." Luna approached Mai Xiaowen and said calmly:

"Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Kim Luna, and I work for GTI North America, codename Luna."

"My name is Alexei Petrov, I play for GTI Europe, and my codename is Deep Blue."

Finally, it was Wei Long's turn. He smiled and said, "My name is Wang Yuhao, and I work for GTI Asia Division. My codename is Wei Long."

Mai Xiaowen's expression turned extremely serious.

Wei Long noticed this and smiled, "Don't you think our names are exactly the same as some of your friends'? Oh, although you haven't taken off your mask, I don't know what you look like, but I think we probably look a lot like your friends."

Mai Xiaowen's eyes are complex; she's more than just similar to him, except for the age difference—they're practically identical.

"My name is Mai Xiaowen, and I work for... the real world, codename... Hacker Claw," she murmured.

Wei Long blinked. "Hmm, you call your world reality? Hawthorn... That's incredible, your codename is the same as Wheat's."

Mai Xiaowen looked at him with a questioning gaze, and Weilong quickly explained, "The Xiaomai I was talking about wasn't you, um... just think of yourself as the person in this world."

"Can you tell me what's going on?" Mai Xiaowen asked softly.

"Let me explain," Luna said calmly. She felt that Wei Long was a bit dull and not very bright.

"Mai Xiaowen, I don't know what your world calls this world, but for now I divide them into the outer world and the inner world. Your world is the outer world, and our world is the inner world."

Mai Xiaowen nodded. The inner and outer worlds are easy to understand.

"Between the two worlds, each person has a counterpart in the other world, whom we call a co-existing entity."

Between those of the same kind, there is no communication, no visual contact, and no interaction; they are both the most familiar and the most unfamiliar with each other.

Mai Xiaowen was shocked as if by an earthquake. She quickly processed the information and soon grasped a crucial piece of information.

"The relationship between isotopes isn't simply one of being unspeakable, invisible, and unable to interact, is it? I think that's why you saved me."

Luna gave her an approving look. "That's right, you guessed correctly."

"According to intelligence, there is a significant causal relationship between isotopes."

"What do you mean?"

Luna gave a strange smile. "Have you ever heard of a voodoo doll? It's that doll that looks just like you and has your hair tied up with it. If you prick the doll with a needle, you'll suffer the same damage on the other end."

Mai Xiaowen was horrified!

A chill ran from my toes to the top of my head!

"Luna." Deep Blue glanced helplessly at Luna's wicked sense of humor and explained:

"While there is a causal relationship, it's not as exaggerated as Luna described. Based on the information we've gathered, only death can have a subsequent impact on the counterpart."

As she spoke, Deep Blue seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, how many times can you die in the Otherworld?"

Hearing Shen Lan's words, Mai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief. If it were true, as Luna said, that the two of them would share everything, which would be terrifying.

"Three times, the third death is the real death."

"How many times have you died? How many times has Zoya died?" Deep Blue pressed.

"I've never died before, Zoya is the first."

Hearing this result, Shenlan breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "Thank goodness, it seems that the information we obtained is all true."

"I'd like to ask, where did you get this intelligence from?" Mai Xiaowen said in a deep voice.

Since the beginning, she has heard the word "intelligence" many times, and the three operators in front of her seem unsure of the authenticity of the intelligence.

"This is HaClaw... well, it's your counterpart who hacked into Hafk's network system and found an encrypted file. Our intelligence was deciphered from this encrypted file."

Mai Xiaowen's eyes flickered.

Network technology? She knew a little about it, but it sounded like her counterpart was a better hacker than her.

At least, she couldn't hack into the Dragon Kingdom's servers on her own.

Hafk is an international technology giant, yet its own counterpart was able to infiltrate Hafk and extract crucial intelligence from its database.

This demonstrates the formidable hacking skills of Mai Xiaowen in the Otherworld.

"I have another question. Did Hafk go to such lengths just to take away our first life? Or is Hafk unaware that we have three lives?" Mai Xiaowen asked slowly.

"I don't think Hafk is unaware that you have multiple lives," Deep Blue sighed. "That's exactly what we're wondering about. It seems that Hafk has paid a price of more than a third of our lives."

Luna then spoke up, "We have a guess."

Mai Xiaowen looked at her. Luna spoke solemnly, "What if this third of our lives also have a significant impact on us?"

Mai Xiaowen remained silent...

One-third of a person's life will have a significant impact on their isotopes.

If this premise is true, then Hafk's actions make sense; they are not acting for the present, but only for the future.

"In short, we will keep an eye on Zoya's situation going forward," Wei Long said. "All subsequent actions will deliberately exclude Zoya; this is the most reasonable choice."

Just as everyone was pondering, the gunfire from the central control room gradually subsided, and a helicopter flew away from the central control room, heading towards the outside of the space base.

"It seems the battle at the central control station is over." Wei Long stared thoughtfully at the fleeing helicopter.

"Okay, the signal is back. I'll report to the others first," Shen Lan said, walking to the side.

"Hey, I'll go too." Wei Long followed.

Only Luna and Mai Xiaowen remained here.

For a moment, the surroundings fell silent, and an inexplicable awkwardness gradually permeated the air.

Mai Xiaowen didn't know how to face this stranger. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly thought of something.

"Luna, you said that counterparts cannot speak, cannot see, and cannot interact. So what about agents?"

Luna was taken aback. "Agent? What agent?"