Chapter Ch160.2 - Consciousness
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Noon.
The Autumn Festival fair opened. Pink balloons fluttered everywhere, and even Floating Base took half a day off. A group of young soldiers were playing basketball downstairs, and the long street outside the base was full of tourists. The sweet smell of food drifted in with the breeze.
Wei Shi sent out a message on his terminal.
Red quickly went to accept the order. A few minutes later, Red carried two bags of handheld wraps and delivered them happily to the ward.
The doctor was in the midst of checking Wu Jin’s mental activity chart. His expression was puzzled, “Everything is normal. Except for being tired, there’s no problems with the blood indicators. I don’t know why he hasn’t woken up yet…”
Afternoon.
The couriers respectfully delivered the handcrafted goods that had arrived a few months ago, and the bodyguard team sent it over to Wei Shi.
Wei Shi unwrapped the box with his bare hands. Inside lay a pair of silver and blue masks. In Floating City, the blue mask was the symbol that represented its King. The man compared the shape of one of the masks to Wu Jin’s small, round face, then signed for it.
Evening.
Within the past few hours, the remaining handheld wrap had been reheated countless times. The doctors also entered the ward frequently, and more and more people gathered at the door as the attending doctors discussed the situation amongst themselves.
“He’s been sleeping for nearly 30 hours. Other than the activity of his brainwaves, all other indicators are normal. This can’t be…”
Wei Shi suddenly stood up from his seat, and the pressure from his aura couldn’t be restrained at all.
At this time, Researcher Song came running in with his white lab coat, “Brother Wei, calm down. If the indicators are normal, it means that he’s fine. If he isn’t waking up, then don’t force him to wake up. This situation is a bit like––”
The lights in the lab turned on.
Doc.u.ments were scattered all over the place. Researcher Song urged, “Go and look for the medical records left by Brother Wei during the time when there was a problem with the treatment cabin in the last course of treatment… here it is!”
Researcher Song put on his gla.s.ses and went through the original a.s.sumptions, records, and verification that he’d written. He spoke in a low voice, “Spiritual resistance.”
“When the consciousness is suddenly injured, it will spontaneously resist. Brother Wei had an accident during the last course of treatment, and the situation was similar to Little Witch’s. This time, Little Witch––because he was injured with an overdose of a N-type memory drug, going to sleep is one of the usual defense responses. The reason he can’t wake up is because––”
Researcher Song looked at Wei Shi, “Little Witch is trapped in his own consciousness. He should be trapped in his memories of the past, in the R-Code Base.”
Beneath the shadows and light, Wei Shi’s pupils constricted, “Trapped in his consciousness? Like last time?”
Researcher Song nodded. He was interrupted by Wei Shi before he could even speak, “Prepare two treatment cabins. I will bring him out.”
Researcher Song was stunned, then quickly opened his mouth, “Brother Wei, no! At the time, we asked Little Witch to save you because he was an extroversion E. You’re an extroversion S, and it’s not even certain if you can enter. Even if you go in, Little Witch doesn’t know you in the world of his consciousness. Moreover, Little Witch is very alert to danger. S’s will attack E’s, and he will not only hide from you but even be subconsciously afraid of you. If he doesn’t trust you, then you’ll have no way to bring him out––”
Wei Shi stood up. The man’s eyes were cold, and the deep shadows of his eye sockets made people not dare to look at him directly.
Wei Shi enunciated each word clearly, “Why can’t I bring him out?”
Researcher Song, “Brother Wei, although you two have the highest matchingk2013;k2013;”
Wei Shi’s expression was forceful, “His memories are of the R-Code Base. Only I can protect him and slaughter a way out.”
The treatment equipment was ready. The man picked up Wu Jin, bent down to set him inside the cabin, and covered him with a blanket.
Researcher Song was struck dumb.
In order to bring him out of his consciousness, Wu Jin must trust his rescuer. The best choice for a rescuer was someone with extroversion E, but in order to get out of the R-Code Base, no extroversion E could be more reliable than Wei Shi.
At last, Researcher Song finally spoke up, “… Brother Wei, let’s try it first.”
“Don’t force it. Don’t forget, you’re still undergoing treatment yourself.”
The two treatment cabins were turned on at the same time and connected together the way they had been a month ago. However, at this time, the sober one was Wei Shi, and the unconscious one was Wu Jin.
All the data checks for the equipment was checked over.
Outside the window, night fell. Fireworks soared up to the sky and scattered like stars.
The entire Floating City was permeated with a festive atmosphere.
The handheld wrap left on the hospital bed was cold. Two kilometers away, the silver blue fireworks that were originally intended for a marriage proposal exploded at the same time.
Inside the armory, the two people who should have appeared for the proposal were missing.
In the treatment cabin, Wei Shi slowly closed his eyes.
The cold probe pierced the skin, and his consciousness stirred. The voice of Researcher Song seemed to come in from thousands of miles away. “Little Witch is a ‘scabbard’ from the R-Code Base. Try to synchronize your memory in the base and head to the R-Code genetic reproduction room to find him.”
Wei Shi’s brows pulled together.
His field of vision turned chaotic.
In the world inside the consciousness, the snow-covered R-Code Base appeared in front of him.
He suddenly remembered Wu Jin’s words when he’d still been awake, ‘It’s snowing’.
Wei Shi stepped forward in the snow and ran towards the genetic reproduction room as fast as he could. However, the entire R-Code Base was like a dead city. Not only were the genetically modified nowhere to be seen, even the instructors were missing.
Wei Shi’s consciousness was strong, and his connection with Researcher Song was stable.
“Little Witch should have been kept in the genetic reproduction room the entire time, so he’s never seen what the scene was like outside––it’s reasonable. After all, things that are unknown can’t be filled in in his memories.”
Wei Shi finally came to a stop outside the entrance of the genetic reproduction room.
The pattern on the door resembled countless densely packed eyes.
There was a thin crack between him and the door as well as a little collapsed snowman at the foot of the door.
Wei Shi looked at the little snowman, and a small segment of an almost buried memory floated up. His body shook all of a sudden.
He kicked open the door and rushed into the genetic reproduction room that he’d never visited before––
The interior was equally empty.
Wu Jin wasn’t inside.
Through the connection, Researcher Song was also stunned, “He’s not there? How could he not be there?!”
Wei Shi stepped out of the reproduction room. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked over the entire R-Code base, braving the cold wind, but he was unable to find Wu Jin no matter what.
He’d lost Wu Jin.
It was unknown how many hours had pa.s.sed, but the entire base was now dark. Researcher Song finally spoke again, reluctantly, “Brother Wei, come out first. There’s only one possibility. You haven’t synchronized with Little Witch’s consciousness. An extroversion S can’t find him…”
Snowflakes flew and danced in the sky.
Wei Shi stood there upright in the snow.
The snowflakes piled up on the chilled shoulders, and he was silent for so long that Researcher Song thought he’d lost the consciousness connection with Wei Shi.
Wei Shi suddenly spoke up, “He has two memory lines.”
Researcher Song: “What––”
Wei Shi: “The scabbard experiments would experience the life of the original genes through immersive scenario reproduction. Go and look through that other one’s information. What they experienced is what Wu Jin experienced.”
Researcher Song: “But…”
Wei Shi snapped, “Go!”
A few minutes later, Researcher Song sent over new information, “Wu Jín, the lead dancer of XX idol group, made his debut in 2017 in the XX talent show. It was located in S City, State Z…”
Wei Shi closed his eyes amidst the ice and snow.
Wu Jín’s story was the only ‘memory’ that Wu Jin cherished during the dark period of his genetic transformation.
If he wasn’t at the R-Code Base, then he had to be there.
Wei Shi controlled the reconstruction of the world in his consciousness.
Inside the treatment cabin, the cold metal needle suddenly warmed up. It was as though some invisible and immaterial flow of heat had suddenly reached him. He also wanted to get closer to it.
His consciousness finally connected with Wu Jin through the treatment cabins.
His field of vision flipped again, and the scene suddenly changed.
The sun blazed down and the crowd on the streets grouped together. Antique cars that had only been seen over ten centuries ago were packed together on the road, and the sound of their horns were particularly noisy.
Wei Shi abruptly opened his eyes.
A few young girls next to him were chattering non-stop, “5980 dollars. We really earned big this time! In a bit, as soon as the little brother from Bluebird Entertainment comes out onto the stage, we’ll immediately raise up our cards and scream and cry! Remember to face the camera when you cry! If you manage to get on camera, you can ask the agent for a red envelope!”
“We’re a professional team. The bosses spend money, and we do what they ask!”
“That little brother is really easy to recognize. He’s an unrivalled beauty in the world, amongst the heavens and the earth, the one and only, the absolute peak of high appearance value, the treasure of mankind––”
Wei Shi turned around and looked straight at a minivan in the distance.
Inside the minivan.
Agent Chen patted his little money tree lovingly, “Little Witch, this is your starting battle! The senior management for our program group has already paved the way! The professional fans have been hired, and the water army accounts are already registered!”
“After you finish this wrap, we’ll prepare to start work! We should strive to be the lead dancer in this talent show. If you can’t be the main dancer, then you can go for a role as a support dancer or visual!”
Agent Brother Chen was full of lofty sentiments, but was taken by surprise when he saw Wu Jin switching directions as he sat there eating the wrap.
“?” Brother Chen suddenly realized, “Not bad, you also know to look at your horoscope when partic.i.p.ating in a program! Today, the G.o.d of joy is in the northeast, and the G.o.d of wealth is in the southeast, you should indeed eat the wrap while facing the east––”
Wu Jin shook his head honestly, “No, just now, there was someone sitting there staring at me as I ate the wrap.”
Juurensha: Nooooo the proposal….but I guess they can just do it again when Little Witch gets out.