<h4>Chapter 480: Weakness Of The Universe’s Beloved Child</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
Compared to the awkward atmosphere outside, the vibe inside the room was much more rxed.
“‘It was an exceptional piece; the mood was fitting. Keep it up’,” Fang Zhao said.
Yuhua was stunned for a moment which gave way to a light smile. “You recognized it. No wonder you are said to have divine ears. Your memory isn’t bad either.”
This sentence Fang Zhao mentioned had been the only thing Yu Hua had said through the call when Fang Zhao had been serving on Baiji. Back then, Yu Hua hadn’t revealed her identity and had won Fang Zhao’s piece at the auction as an anonymous bidder.
“I never imagined that the anonymous bidder would be the Interary Fund’s top figure of authority.” Fang Zhao had never imagined that he had already made contact with the top figure behind the Interary Fund that early. However, had the Interary Fund been watching him since that long ago?
Yu Hua seemed to have guessed Fang Zhao’s thoughts and said, “Don’t worry, we don’t have any ill intentions. I personally stepped in to cover up this matter. You were able to recover from that kind of bullet wound so easily. Probably, if you went to the hospitalter, they wouldn’t have even found any injury. That isn’t something that having a sturdy body can exin. Are youpletely fine now?”
“Yes. Thank you,” Fang Zhao replied. He waited for the other party to continue.
Yu Hua smiled and went on. “You exposed your own secret to save Yuan Zheng. Do you regret that?”
“I don’t. He is a rare talent,” Fang Zhao answered naturally.
Yu Hua’s smile widened. “Indeed, he is a rare talent. If it were anyone else but you there, I’m afraid we would have lost two lives.”
There was a cold glint in Yu Hua’s eyes. This wasn’t targeted at Fang Zhao but those who had nned the assassination.
The smile returned to Yu Hua’s face as she nced at Fang Zhao. “You have helped us a great deal this time. I came over today to express my thanks. Actually, I should have met you long ago, but I have been too busy. With this incident, I took the opportunity toe and discuss some other issues as well.”
Yu Hua sighed as if recalling something else. Her gaze went from cid to incisive. “Do you know about half-machine organisms?”
Fang Zhao’s heart skipped a bit. “I don’t.”
Yu Hua said softly, “My grandfather, whom you all know as the Interary Fund’s ‘Great Master Hengxin’ had a record of a type of creature in his diary:
<i>“There is a type of “miracle substance” in the universe. Nobody knows how it forms, nor can anyone guess where it appears. It can’t be captured or duplicated. However, when it drifts to any with life, it seizes the gic information of a living organism, using it as a framework to form a brand new organism. This new organism can replicate the form and existence of its temte. If the temte is a cat, it takes the form of a cat; if the temte is a dog, it takes the form of a dog. At the same time, it also bes a sort of mechanical lifeform. Therefore, it is termed a half-machine organism. It has no natural predators and can even survive in the extreme conditions of outer space. It is really the true apex predator of the universe. Of course, calling it a predator doesn’te close because it can eat anything.”</i>
What Yu Hua said to Fang Zhao was indeed quite shocking. He had originally thought that Curly Hair was just a special alien lifeform. But now, he was a “miracle”.
Fang Zhao thought of something and asked, “What happens to the original ‘temte’?”
Yu Hua shook her head. “This, I don’t know. However, I can guess that such an organism favored by the universe carries an extraordinary energy field when it first forms. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have be like this. You might still be you, but you might not be the original you.”
After discovering the existence of Curly Hair, the Interary Fund had also investigated Fang Zhao as well as that ck street. However, the investigations yielded that only Fang Zhao exhibited clear changes. Back then, the apartments closest to Fang Zhao weren’t affected much.
Fang Zhao understood what Yu Hua implied. She was trying to exin why Fang Zhao’s body was much stronger than an average human and why he could recover from that sort of highly prative bullet in such a short time.
However, Fang Zhao was thinking about the day that he had transmigrated.
If that “miracle substance” had taken Curly Hair as a temte to form a new life, could that mongrel have actually died that night? Had he been substituted by a new lifeform with the same body? Was that why Curly Hair had no previous memories?
When this new life was formed, a special energy field had appeared. Perhaps the special energy emitted had caused Fang Zhao to awaken in this body.
If Curly Hair wasn’t that original mongrel...
Then, was Fang Zhao’s body the original “Fang Zhao”?
Or was this body also a replica?
There was no way to know all of this. However, his revival was a fact. He had walked the earth 500 years ago and hade back to life.
The wound on his abdomen hadpletely disappeared. There were no signs of a gunshot wound.
“The universe is a ce where miracles are born,” Fang Zhao said.
Yu Hua eyed Fang Zhao and suddenly chuckled. She shifted her focused gaze away. “For an uncontroble factor like Curly Hair, it ought to be disposed upon discovery. At the time, Curly Hair was still in his infancy. Just because it had no natural enemies didn’t mean it was immortal. Ultimately, we decided to observe first. Someone was actually able to restrict this monster, turning threat into assistance. Fang Zhao, it was you that made me withdraw the order to dispose of Curly Hair.”
Yu Hua’s gaze fell back onto Fang Zhao like a kindly elder looking at a young junior who could be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
Fang Zhao: <i>???</i>
Yu Hua turned serious. “Fang Zhao, from your music, I can tell that you really love our little blue. However, Curly Hair isn’t the same. He is a special existence that has no sense of belonging towards other people or theses. Now that he has matured, in human terms, he is like the child of the universe. Nobody knows how much power he possesses, nor if he has any weaknesses. I don’t wish to see a day I have to go against him. Neither do I wish to see the day he bes an enemy of humankind. If such a day were to reallye, then that would really be an all-epassing ‘Period of Destruction’, perhaps even more disastrous than the hundred-year Period of Destruction humankind experienced in the past.”
Fang Zhao’s pupils shrunk. As someone who had personally experienced the Period of Destruction, those words impacted him greatly.
ording to Fang Zhao’s understanding of Curly Hair, what Yu Hua said really wasn’t rmist talk. Fang Zhao had long been aware. This was the reason he had always been guiding Curly Hair.
“Fang Zhao, your body was modified by the energy of a miraculous substance of the universe. You still have a very long life. Curly Hair can bring destruction, but he can also bring protection. Our Interary Fund is merely the pioneer. The task of protection shall be left to you. That protection is not for our Interary Fund but for all the people on our.”
The Interary Fund was satisfied with Curly Hair’s current development trend. Therefore, the Interary Fund had lent some help to Fang Zhao multiple times. They couldn’t find Curly Hair’s weakness nor did they have confidence in controlling this universe’s apex predator if he went berserk. Furthermore, the Interary Fund had their own tasks. Right now, their efforts were focused on warp engine research as well as stopping the disturbances of certain terrorists organizations. They didn’t have the resources to handle the unstable element, Curly Hair, concurrently. Fortunately, it seemed like they didn’t have to waste too many resources to deal with Curly Hair since they could leave the job to Fang Zhao. If Curly Hair was guided in the correct direction, he would also be a trump card for humankind.
Fang Zhao being able to control this unstable element within a satisfiable range was a good thing. The Interary Fund wasn’t willing to disrupt this equilibrium.
Thus, Yu Hua had made time to meet with Fang Zhao here to discuss their future cooperation.
They already guessed that Curly Hair needed energy to grow. Yu Hua expressed that the Interary Fund could provide help and even some power ores.
After two hours of discussion, Yu Hua gave Fang Zhao an extra contact number. “I’ll be very busy during this period. This is my assistant’s contact number. You can contact him directly if you have any thoughts regarding what we discussed today. He knows about Curly Hair too.”
Having said all this, Yu Hua prepared to leave. She paused when she was almost at the door. “Let me reveal some information to you since you saved an important engineer. In another decade or century, you won’t regret taking that bullet for Yuan Zheng.”
Fang Zhao nced over with a puzzled look on his face.
The corners of Yu Hua’s mouth curled upwards. “A new era is arriving. You will get to see it shortly. As a celebrity in the entertainment circle, you too will get busy soon. Be prepared.”
Yu Hua left hastily after she said this.
Fang Zhao remained seated there, trying to analyze the meaning of what Yu Hua had just said.
As the top authoritative figure of the Interary Fund who worked closely with the government and military, these wouldn’t just be some casual words.
<i>A new era?</i>
<i>You won’t regret taking the bullet for Yuan Zheng?</i>
This was a lot of information.
Yuan Zheng was one of the core engineers on the warp engine project. Then, did “a new era” mean that the new generation of warp engines would bbe sessful?
A sparkle appeared in Fang Zhao’s eyes at the thought of this.
Others in his position wouldn’t have these considerations. However, as a leader who had experienced the Period of Destruction, Fang Zhao was all too clear on the significance of this.
Fang Zhao had always paid close attention to news regarding the warp engine. If the new generation warp engine project was sessful, it would greatly reduce the time and cost of traveling betweens on the development sequence! While it wouldn’t necessarily achieve actual warp jumps across entire star systems, it was still good news!
The Outer Space Immigration n could proceed!
Outer space immigration had been a topic that people had always taken note of. But currently, even Baiji, Wai and other hotly discusseds in recent years had yet to bepletely open to the public. Only a small portion of people would go to those ces, and the cost of such immigration wasn’t cheap. Most people only took vacations to thoses. Immigration? That was totally out of the question.
Land, housing, environment and resources were all important things to consider. Even in Yanzhou’s metropolitan core, Qi’an City, there were still many ck street residents who found it hard to get any sunlight from the bottom floors of those towering buildings.
A new era...
That would be an even more spacious era!
“I’ll wait and see!”
Fang Zhao was in really good spirits because of this tidbit of information... until he saw Curly Hair and Nanfeng.
When Fang Zhao found the two of them, Curly “Child-of-the-Universe/Apex-Predator” Hair was squeezed on a bench together with Nanfeng ying games.
One was giggling with the handheld machine.
The other wasughing with his tongue stuck out.
The two looked like blissful fools.
Fang Zhao: “...”
<i>How worrisome.</i>
Much still remained to be done.