Han Yingying looked at that person. The veins on the back of his hand, which was gripping the knife, were bulging.

That person's face. Exactly the same as Han Yingying's.

"Welcome home, Main Body," the woman said. Her voice was flat. Chapter 96

The air conditioning in the lobby billowed out. White mist flowed along the metal floor.

Wang Jianguo picked up the pistol from the ground. He looked at the woman in white inside the door, then at Han Yingying standing in front of him. "Girl, are you twins?"

Han Yingying gripped the straight knife tightly. "I have no sisters."

The woman in white tilted her head. Her features were exactly the same as Han Yingying's. Even the curve of her eyes was identical. She looked at Han Yingying's wrist. There were red lines pulsating under the skin there.

"Your bodily functions are collapsing," the woman in white said. Her voice was flat, without any inflection. "You are merely my physical vessel. Your memories are fragmented. Surrender the underlying logic. We will become one. This is the final program set in."

Lin Qi leaned against the wall by the door. The effects of the second-generation enhancement fluid had completely worn off. Her muscles ached. A chill seeped from her bones. She looked at the woman in white. Lin Qi thought, this woman isn't wearing a protective suit. She's jumping around in the minus two-hundred-degree space environment. This doesn't fit the physiological structure of a carbon-based life form. She's not human. She's a monster.

Lin Qi's gaze passed over the woman in white and looked towards the depths of the hall. There were several glass doors there, inside which were experimental tables and incubators. Lin Qi thought, "The third-generation enhancement fluid must be inside. I have to go there. These people fighting to the death is none of my business. I'll leave as soon as I get what I need."

Han Yingying picked up her knife and walked forward.

The woman in white raised her hand. Her index finger pointed at Han Yingying.

Han Yingying swung her sword down. The blade stopped in mid-air. She couldn't strike any further.

A-Jie held a tablet, his fingers rapidly tapping on the screen. "The laws of physics have been altered. The kinetic energy zeroing parameter has been activated. All kinetic weapons in this area are now ineffective."

Lu Chen flicked his wrist. The butterfly knife flew from his hand, heading straight for the white-clad woman's throat. It stopped half a meter away, losing momentum, and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Wang Jianguo raised his gun. He pulled the trigger. The bullet flew out of the barrel and hovered ten centimeters in front of the muzzle.

"How are we supposed to fight this?" Wang Jianguo threw the gun on the ground. The gun didn't hit the ground; it hovered in mid-air.

The woman in white lowered her hand. She walked towards Han Yingying, her steps even and each step perfectly equal. She reached out her right hand and grabbed Han Yingying's neck.

The red line on Han Yingying's wrist throbbed violently. The veins bulged. A complex jumble of characters flashed through her mind. She opened her mouth and uttered a string of strange syllables. Her voice was hoarse. It wasn't human language.

The straight knife, hovering in mid-air, suddenly fell. The blade severed three of the white-clad woman's fingers.

No blood flowed out. A glowing blue optical fiber was visible through the incision.

Lu Chen looked at Han Yingying. He thought, she was rewriting the rules here using Zero's coding language. She was becoming increasingly assimilated. If she exceeded a critical point, her consciousness would be erased by the system, turning her into a pure program.

Lu Chen pulled a black metal ball from his pocket. It was a high-order electromagnetic pulse generator. He pressed the switch and threw it at the woman in white.

The metal sphere disintegrated in mid-air. It emitted no electromagnetic waves and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

"It's no use," A-Jie shouted. "She deleted the underlying logic of the electromagnetic band. I need a physical interface. Manually input the destructive virus." A-Jie pointed to a control panel in the center of the hall.

Lin Qi drew her short knife and moved stealthily along the wall towards the depths of the hall, avoiding the debris on the floor.

The woman in white turned her head and looked at Lin Qi. She pointed with her finger.

The metal floor beneath Lin Qi's feet vanished, leaving a black hole. Lin Qi plummeted downwards.

Lu Chen swung out the rope. The grappling hook at the end of the rope wrapped around Lin Qi's waist. Lu Chen pulled hard, dragging Lin Qi back to solid ground.

Lin Qi fell to the ground. Her tactical vest slipped halfway down, revealing her shoulders and collarbone. Large abrasions covered her skin. She didn't thank him. She got up, gripped her knife, and continued backing away. Lin Qi thought, "This man is meddling. I don't need his help. As long as he doesn't block my way to get the medicine, that's enough."

Han Yingying gripped the knife with both hands and charged at the woman in white once more.

The woman in white raised her leg and kicked Han Yingying in the stomach. The movement was so fast that it left an afterimage.

Han Yingying turned to the side. The hilt of the knife slammed into the white-clad woman's knee. A metallic clang rang out. The white-clad woman's knee dented, sparks flying from it.

Wang Jianguo picked up the giant axe from the ground and followed behind A-Jie, dragging the axe along.

The walls on both sides of the hall cracked open. A dozen mechanical spiders crawled out, their tails spewing blue flames. They charged towards Wang Jianguo and A-Jie.

Wang Jianguo swung his giant axe with both hands. He swept it horizontally, the blade slicing through the shells of two mechanical spiders. Blue engine oil sprayed onto his face. He didn't stop. He continued swinging the axe, smashing all the spiders that approached A-Jie to pieces.

A-Jie ran to the control panel and plugged the data cable into the port. A progress bar appeared on the screen.

The woman in white turned to look at the control panel. She abandoned her attack on Han Yingying and turned to walk towards A-Jie.

Lu Chen appeared before the woman in white, blocking her path. He held a new butterfly knife in his hand; the blade was purple and gleamed faintly.

"Your opponents are us," Lu Chen said.

The woman in white looked at Lu Chen. "A lowly being. Your existence is meaningless."

She raised her hands. The direction of gravity in the hall changed.

Lu Chen and Han Yingying fell towards the ceiling.

Lu Chen adjusted his posture in mid-air. His feet planted firmly on the ceiling. He engaged his thigh muscles, propelling his body like a spring towards the woman in white. The purple butterfly knife aimed for her eye.

Han Yingying plunged a straight knife into a crack in the ceiling. She steadied herself. The red line on her wrist spread to her neck. Her eyes turned pure black. There were no whites in them.

A bizarre bug began to spread. The space in the hall began to fold.

Lu Chen's knife pierced the woman in white. But the blade exited through the back of her head, causing no real harm. The woman in white's body transformed into a semi-transparent stream of data.

"The spatial dimension has been increased!" A-Jie shouted at the control panel. "She's reduced three-dimensional space to two dimensions. Physical attacks can't hit her."

Han Yingying drew her straight knife and jumped from the ceiling. Gravity returned to normal in that instant. She landed on the ground, her knees bending to absorb the impact.

Han Yingying's memories were fully restored.

Ten years ago. In that white laboratory. Han Fei, scalpel in hand, cut open her skull. Cold instruments probed into her brain.

"Yingying. Human emotions are an obstacle to evolution." Han Fei, wearing a mask, spoke coldly. "I extracted your logical core and cultivated this AI. It will replace you and become the god of the new world. You are merely a petri dish."

Han Yingying looked at the woman in white opposite her.

The woman in white regained her physical form. She stood in front of the control panel and reached out to unplug A-Jie's data cable.

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