Bai Ci pulled her along, "Let’s go Ruan Li, if we dawdle any longer, everything will be exposed once Wen arrives."
Tears welled up in Ruan Li’s eyes, Bai He spread his wings and flew, Xu Mo’s silhouette grew more distant, and the dense forest gradually beca small.
Xu Mo looked up, watching Ruan Li’s silhouette disappear until she was gone from the sky.
Seeing the flashing dot on the Smart Brain grow closer, he tied the disguised doll to himself and ran into the depths of the forest.
Five minutes later, Wen arrived late, standing at the scene and comnced iris scanning...
Ruan Li’s presence was confird to have vanished here, no mistake.
Wen looked up at the azure sky, the raised breeze and moist air diluted the presence.
He sharply detected the traces of scent remover used, and on the rain-soaked, muddy ground, anyone could see the fox’s paw prints with a little attention.
A faint blue light projected from his pupil, instantly turning the surrounding scenes gray, only leaving fluorescent green footprints extending forward.
Target locked —
The robot’s running speed was much faster than the Beastman, and in just a few minutes, a red fox appeared in his line of sight.
"Aim at the target, comnce capture."
Command was given, a tal sphere projected from his hand, flying toward the escaping fox. It, too, had a tracking system, relentlessly pursuing no matter how the target tried to escape. Before landing, the sphere disintegrated into a giant net, successfully capturing the fox.
Once captured successfully, Wen progressed toward Xu Mo with a stable, human-like gait.
"Experint subject number 34567 successfully retrieved."
Wen tapped his forehead, but quickly discovered sothing was amiss.
"Where is the little master?"
He asked.
The giant fox transford into a human form, Xu Mo sneered, "At the speed of space jumping, she should be planets away by now, Wen, you, failed."
Super Intelligent Robots could possess self-awareness and emotions, but Wen always controlled himself well, yet today’s obstacles had genuinely made him a tad displeased.
"You seem quite smug, experint subject," he remarked nonchalantly.
The capture net bound tightly, each claw deeply embedded into Xu Mo’s body, both in fox and human forms.
Yet he couldn’t suppress his mockery, "Seeing your failure pleases even more."
Wen simply raised a finger, issued a command, and the claws of the capture net pierced even deeper. Each claw adopted a pine needle structure, sharp spikes with dense reverse barbs, embedding into flesh and gripping tightly.
These barbs mixed with anesthetics and a denser substance extracted from adrenaline, designed to excite the capture subject’s nerves while temporarily hindering mobility.
Heightened nerves ant more acute pain perception, while the cool anesthetic ensured they would not suffer excessively, averting direct death, and aided in slowing blood flow.
Thus, Xu Mo was extrely disheveled, yet not in mortal danger.
"You still haven’t learned your lesson, experint subject." A faint smile surfaced on Wen’s face, differing entirely from the courteous smile he’d shown before.
He only revealed this expression when delivering punishnt.
"You should be grateful for the master’s generosity, otherwise you wouldn’t have grown up."
Xu Mo spat at him, "Grateful? If it weren’t for her, at least I’d have the right to die, not be like this now!"
Strictly speaking, Xu Mo was unregistered; he grew from a fertilized egg to adulthood in rely three months.
"At least you’ve gained two years... no, two and a half years of survival."
"Didn’t expect you to be alive, the master is glad. But aiding the little master’s escape, you’ll likely suffer so consequences.
Don’t worry, as her second living experint subject, you won’t die, just painful, a bit."
After speaking, Wen opened a small box, releasing nurous palm-sized robots that scurried over to Xu Mo to lift him.
*
"Why leave Star A, yet still no signal?" Ruan Li found all her calls to Zhe Ye and Shi Jue ended with "out of service area."
Bai He had already adjusted the flight path, seeing Ruan Li’s concern, consoled her, "Don’t worry, they’ll be fine."
Ruan Li held onto the Smart Brain on her wrist and responded softly.
In truth, she was most worried about Xu Mo... but she dared not think.
"If you don’t feel well, why not rest a bit?" Bai He asked.
Ruan Li nodded.
By now it was already 2 AM, the intense nerve tension caused her head to ache as if it would burst.
Bai He turned on the light in the small room, the decor was simple yet fully equipped.
He lit a calming scent on the bedside, aiding sleep.
"Sleep," Bai He sat on the bed’s edge, gently patting the blanket, his voice soft.
Ruan Li lay down and closed her eyes. Though exhausted in spirit, sleep eluded her; her mind tirelessly fixated on Xu Mo.
Bai He noticed her closed eyes, yet unresolved worry lingered between her brows, lightly exhaled.
The cool touch spread across her forehead, she felt Bai He’s hand gently pressing between her brows, tracing along the brow bone...
"The clouds on the horizon kiss the branches, low sky butterflies fluttering, sleep sleep, today should end, tomorrow is a new start..."
His clear voice tenderly sang a childhood lullaby, soothing like a mother comforting her.
In the darkness, the repeated lullaby humd for a while until Ruan Li drifted into complete sleep.
Bai He softly stepped up to leave, seeing Bai Ci leaning against the doorfra outside, lifting his eyelids as he exited.
"Bro, you haven’t sung this lullaby in ages," Bai Ci hugged his chest.
Bai He noticed his stance, slightly frowned, and Bai Ci quickly straightened his casual legs.
"You can sing it yourself."
Bai He went directly to the control console. Outside the glass, the vast star ocean appeared like elusive spirits in the boundless universe.
The spacecraft gradually approached a stunning pink nebula cluster.
"It’s clouds."
Bai He uttered softly.
The spacecraft’s energy allowed only one jump, but this one was specially modified by Bai Ci, comparable to military grade.
In the long interstellar tunnel, if not for the screen indicating the ti, one might have long been lost in the illusion created by cosmic ti-space.
Morning star breaks.
Years ago, battle-ravaged Star M had beco a factual Deserted Star.
Most of the Heavenly Bird Clan were displaced years ago.
The spacecraft slowly descended, stirring up dust.
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