Test results confirmed, Zhou Yi instructed Sun Hao to stop the treatment.

The immediate matter required more urgent attention.

The atmosphere creature wasn't going anywhere.

"Yuan Xiao, bring Fang Qiao over."

Angel of Death then flew over, carrying the Weapon Hunter along.

At this moment, Fang Qiao looked nervous and timid, with his head drooped, no longer possessing the confidence he had when he first arrived.

"The cold storage has been dealt with by me."

The other party raised his head and exclaimed: "Did you kill it?"

"It self-destructed."

Zhou Yi said, "I used my own abilities to neutralize its destructive power to avoid endangering the Sand Port Region."

He casually mentioned, "If the atmosphere creature were born, that would be a real catastrophe."

Fang Qiao's pupils suddenly constricted.

He quickly recovered, "That's good, that's good... I really didn't know it would turn out this way. The cold storage itself only had cooling issues, and sometimes there were strange noises."

"I thought they were minor issues since it had been used for many years, who knew it would actually explode..."

This was something Zhou Yi believed.

If Fang Qiao had accurate understanding and control over the Alien, these issues could have been avoided earlier.

The cold storage was clearly maintained and managed over many years; despite its small size, its durability was even higher than Jade City.

"The safety issue is resolved, now onto the matter of compensation."

Zhou Yi softly said, "Handling this self-destructed cold storage was an emergency. I won't charge you extra, just pay 8000 Light Seeds at cost."

That price equates exactly to 80,000 Life Values.

Indeed it was at cost.

Considering they had taken a large atmosphere creature, they didn't charge extra.

"..."

Fang Qiao wore a pained expression: "I need to apply to the Lord of Soldiers for these funds. If it were for repairs, then funding would definitely not be a problem, but now the cold storage is gone..."

"That's your problem to consider."

Zhou Yi said coldly.

"Of course, of course."

Fang Qiao scratched his bald head, lost in thought for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up: "How about this? Does your company have any weapons that need strengthening or upgrading? I can use my own quota to request the Lord of Soldiers to upgrade once, anything below grade B is possible."

"Whether it's prototype weapons or Light Imprint Weapons."

"After the upgrade, the strength will increase by one level."

"Would that compensate?"

Zhou Yi thought for a moment.

Alright.

It seemed he was indeed not very cash-rich.

But which weapon to enhance?

Got it.

Zhou Yi called Hunter.

"The Gatling Cannon is still with you, right?"

"Yes, chairman."

"Give it to me."

Lie Hai produced the high-speed cannon from his body.

Zhou Yi pointed at this weapon and said: "Then upgrade this one."

Fang Qiao first observed the Gatling: "This is a prototype weapon, high firing rate, long range, good quality, it should be a C-grade weapon right? Upgrading to B-grade will significantly enhance its strength."

"No problem."

This was when the Weapon Hunter's professionalism was evident, he could identify the weapon's performance in a glance.

"But I must state in advance, the direction of strengthening is uncontrollable."

Fang Qiao explained: "It involves trade secrets, which are inconvenient to disclose. But this is the mechanism of weapon upgrading, it can be understood as the whole upgrading process resulting from random selection."

Zhou Yi frowned: "If it's uncontrollable, could it fail?"

"B grade and below won't fail."

Fang Qiao confidently said: "There's just the limitation that the direction of strengthening cannot be selected."

"Deal."

Zhou Yi also agreed readily.

The other party finally sighed in relief.

"Well then, I'll take this weapon back to report first, the cold storage loss also needs to be reported face to face to the Lord of Soldiers, I will take my leave now."

"If it's fast, a month or two will be sufficient for the weapon upgrade, I will come over as soon as possible."

After the cold storage loss, Fang Qiao decisively left. He didn't even look for explosion traces anywhere, likely having some kind of ability or device capable of confirming that the cold storage really was gone.

Zhou Yi mentioned the atmosphere creature as a gesture of goodwill.

Both sides reached a consensus.

...

Having resolved the Weapon Hunter's issue, Zhou Yi once again began to receive treatment from Sun Hao.

To be precise, it was repairing the atmosphere creature stored in his body.

Sun Hao was highly focused, his face serious, continuously engaging in the "Consciousness Puzzle."

On the other side.

Zhou Yi also noticed that within the atmosphere creature's Memory Core, the scattered Conscious Keys were gradually converging.

They were returning to the faltering main body, bit by bit repairing and restoring the shattered double helix structure.

The black and white colored steps were once again becoming continuous.

The first stage of treatment lasted 14 hours.

"Father, I am close to my limit, I need... to rest a little."

Sun Hao's face was pale, his voice especially weak.

He collapsed to the ground with a thump.

Zhou Yi noted that even this child's manner of falling was similar to his own.

Indeed, they had a connection.

Zhou Yi checked and found that he was only suffering from exhaustion and energy depletion.

He then picked him up with one hand and placed the young doctor on the sofa to rest properly.

After a day.

Sun Hao suddenly sat up, looking at his hands: "Huh? How did I recover so quickly? My body is full of energy."

"Of course, because I provided you with Light Seed supplementation."

Zhou Yi chuckled, "Your energy limit is quite high, I consumed nearly 20,000 Light Seeds to fill you up."

Honestly.

Initially, when inputting energy to him, Zhou Yi also felt a bit reluctant.

After all, the company's revenue was not as high as before, and all departments were reducing consumption.

However, considering that this is repairing an atmosphere creature, which is an experiment of profound significance, these costs are necessary.

"Originally it was like this, thank you, Father."

The young man's face lit up with happiness.

"I'll continue the treatment."

Then he again plunged into the repair of the Consciousness.

The repair process of the atmosphere creature took much longer than Zhou Yi had anticipated, consuming a total of 15 days and 80,000 Light Seeds, before it was essentially complete.

Sun Hao wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand, a relieved expression flourishing: "Father, this part of the Consciousness within you has been fully repaired."

" Its volume was too large, it's the first time I've seen a Consciousness with such strength and size, and the repair also took a long time."

The double helix structure of the atmosphere creature was completely repaired.

The Memory Core, once dim, became bright again.

In the endless staircase composed of black and white Conscious Keys, the atmosphere creature shaped like an eye of a storm began to wander and explore within, indistinguishable from other normal lives.

Zhou Yi pulled back and said to Sun Hao, "Show me your Dream Demon."

A giant shadow emerged beside the robed youth.

Now, the Dream Demon was two meters tall, still appearing as a Shadow Monster with two horns.

It no longer held the initial naive demeanor, and its hollow eyes now possessed pin-like black pupils.

The Dream Demon glanced about, as if observing the environment, its gaze shrewd and agile.

Sun Hao smiled as he touched the monster's black body: "It's my friend, as well as an evolution of my abilities. During the repair process, the attacks carried by numerous Consciousness Fragments were all blocked by it and stitched onto its body, preventing them from harming me."

"Thanks to it, parts of the Consciousness that were affecting healing and connections were removed, allowing the repair to be completed."

"Without it, I couldn't have repaired the Consciousness blocks."

"Father, it treats me very well!"

Witnessing everything, Yuan Xiao was worried but felt it was inappropriate to interrupt. She nervously twiddled her fingers, her expression somewhat anxious.

Zhou Yi, however, coldly watched the Dream Demon.

The Dream Demon seemed to notice something and engaged in its first real eye-to-eye with Zhou Yi. It quietly moved behind Sun Hao, its eyes carrying a challenging and triumphant look.

You've given yourself away.

Zhou Yi was furious.

It too is a Consciousness.

"Mic Master, catch it."

"Yes."

Suddenly, the Dream Demon disappeared from its spot.

Sun Hao was startled: "Ah? What happened, where did it go? Why can't I sense it anymore?"

"Don't worry, I'll help you find it."

Zhou Yi said.

"Yes, Father."

Then Zhou Yi closed his eyes, immersing himself in the world of BGM.

...

The first thing he heard was a voice.

"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby..."

It was an ancient lullaby from memory.

Zhou Yi noticed that the world in front of him was peculiar, filled with floating Conscious Keys, black and white, long and short.

Many were broken, and some Conscious Keys were combined into structures like three-pronged, bar-shaped, multi-legged, and tree-shaped.

The Dream Demon roamed among them.

It stopped before a piece of Conscious Key, extended a black syringe from below its eyes, pierced into it, and started to drill into it like an electric drill.

Weird fragments flew out, like small snakes with heads of various shapes, some triangular, some like pincers, some with dagger-like horns, some with split mouths...

They attacked the Dream Demon, but it easily handled them and absorbed them into its body.

The Dream Demon then moved to a neighboring Conscious Key and started the same process.

After doing these, it connected these two neighboring Conscious Keys, combining them into one.

It continued this labor, preying on the attacking powers within the Conscious Keys.

Zhou Yi was curious.

Since it was preying, why did it still need to go through the repair process?

He revealed himself beside the Dream Demon.

"You, answer my question."

The Dream Demon, frightened, turned into a shadow and rushed to escape.

But it was in vain.

After being easily blocked by Zhou Yi hundreds of times, it finally surrendered.

The Dream Demon gave up on fleeing, and its two horns drooped slightly, appearing somewhat trembling.

"Answer my question."

"Why do you repair the Conscious Keys."

The Dream Demon made a dry, strange sound: "It's the rule. To repair Conscious Keys so that they won't reject me, if I only take the destructive consciousness within, I'll be repelled by the Conscious Keys, unable to cut and extract."

That's essentially mutual benefit.

"Do you know why I captured you here?"

The Dream Demon said: "I don't know."

"Really don't know, or pretending not to know?"

"Really don't know."

"That's not the answer I want."

The Dream Demon explained: "But I really don't know... I haven't done anything, just normally obtaining the destructive consciousness, haven't hurt anyone or done anything else."

Zhou Yi didn't care.

"Sun Hao is my son, you take good care of him, I've got your back."

"If you hurt him, even if you hide with the Great Holy Spirit, I will dig you out. There's a technique that allows death to proceed according to a specific program, where the Consciousness continuously enters a certain place; that kind of death reincarnation I heard is quite interesting."

The Dream Demon hurriedly said: "Rest assured, I will definitely cooperate well with the young master! Absolutely no second thoughts!"

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised.

This Dream Demon was quite timid.

It seemed arrogant before, but once caught and faced with intensity, it cowered.

Completely lacking the evil defiance typical of a master-devouring monster.

Since the warning had taken effect, that was enough.

...

The Dream Demon reappeared.

Sun Hao breathed a sigh of relief: "So it didn't leave."

"Look, I brought it back for you, not a single hair lost," Zhou Yi said with a smile.

"Thank you, Father." The young man bowed.

Zhou Yi glanced at the Dream Demon.

The Dream Demon didn't dare to meet his gaze, shrinking its neck, its body slightly trembling.

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