Zhou Yi coldly watched Wu Ye moving bricks inside the Light Cage.

He had already verified the basic information of this number three surrogate.

This person had multiple laboratories, with a base camp on an ocean-going ship sunk in the Dead Sea.

Wu Ye's experiments were fully recorded and data was stored, so once his location and identity were locked down, retrieving these items was quite simple.

The artificial human project had been going on for 220 years.

Nearly 130,000 humans were used for biochemical experiments by Wu Ye, among whom more than 43,400 were successfully transformed.

Among these artificial humans, over 100 were Wu Ye's experimental assistants and subordinates.

Furthermore, 740 held positions in various organizations and cities, and this segment had detailed maintenance lists, as well as physiological assessment reports.

But the vast majority had no subsequent records.

Zhou Yi asked him through the Gemstone Transformer: "Why is there no tracking for the other 42,000?"

Wu Ye replied: "They don't have much talent, even after being transformed into artificial humans; they are merely enhanced ordinary people, not worth long-term observation and resource consumption."

"So I let them return to life, continuing to live as artificial humans."

"Due to the influence of [Forgotten] ability, they would not be aware of my existence nor able to remember how they were turned into artificial humans. But they possess a completely new form of life, serving as artificial evolution samples for the human group."

[Forgotten] is also known as [Nonexistent].

This is a capability collected by the Heavenly People from the Dream Demon, transformed and granted to each surrogate, making their identity and appearance unrememberable by other life forms.

Zhou Yi had asked him: "What's your purpose in transforming normal people into artificial humans?"

Wu Ye replied: "To fundamentally enhance human strength and survival capabilities, thereby expanding the stable population and improving the human life hierarchy."

This fierce-looking man insisted everything he did was to enhance human quality and quantity.

His reason was.

"Humans are inherently weak, increasingly abnormal in the Dead Sea environment, too susceptible to emotional instability, panic, dysfunction, collapse, hesitation—these are all due to the influence of their physiological structure itself."

Wu Ye calmly elaborated: "Only by fundamentally reversing physiological defects can the severely afflicted human group rejuvenate their vitality and become truly healthy Dead Sea humans."

What he saw in his kind, was always fear and aberration, each like a patient.

Initially, Zhou Yi thought it was related to his ability.

Wu Ye's ability is called [Neural Prosthetic], capable of creating artificial nerves, connecting different life forms, and is also the core foundation of artificial human technology.

It also doesn't seem to affect recognition and perception.

Or is this man inherently an extreme perfectionist?

While Zhou Yi was puzzled.

Night God provided the answer: "This Wu Ye, was implanted with gem fiber structures in his body, the surrogates all have these things, Wang Fengwu has them too. Through these gem fibers, their information and basic status can be read."

"Wu Ye has congenital nerve abnormalities, lacks pain, no sweat leading to temperature regulation disorder, absence of fear, coupled with a certain degree of intellectual disability."

"So he doesn't feel pain or fear."

"In his eyes, others have ailments when actually the abnormal one is himself."

Zhou Yi was taken aback: "Can Heavenly People Gems conduct physical examinations too?"

"Certainly. At least for these individuals implanted with gems, there is detailed information recorded inside. Presumably, special gem devices have conducted tests and markings on them."

Zhou Yi was enlightened.

Surrogates are considered part of the Heavenly System's career establishment; pre-employment medical checks were indeed normal.

Night God continued: "Also due to this reason, Wu Ye was chosen as a surrogate. His characteristics perfectly meet the Heavenly People's target requirements."

"Behavior and emotions are without fluctuations, lacking pain and fear, stable and efficient like a machine, incapable of producing understanding or empathy for kindred."

"Additionally, although the ability [Neural Prosthetic] can connect nerves between different life forms, it requires extracting one's own nerves as materials for neural level connection surgeries."

"Every creation of an artificial human demands Wu Ye to cut out a part of his own nerves to complete the human-machine connection. He cannot feel pain, nor does he fear; hence he can accomplish all this."

"In conclusion, Wu Ye is like a non-human in the guise of a human, perfectly suited for filtering humans to supply Heavenly People's experimental materials."

"His physiological structure is highly compatible with the gem fiber system."

"Because gem cells do not have pain or fear, only the glass man as a variable presents these complex changes."

Zhou Yi looked at the man inside the cage.

Wu Ye viewed humans as pathological and abnormal, indeed so from his perspective.

It's also due to physiological abnormality leading to cognitive distortion deviation.

Among human groups, he appeared extremely dangerous.

Night God was outside the cage watching Wu Ye at work, the more she looked, the more she seemed to like him.

"The Moon Service Company now has a second employee. Very good, indeed. Regardless of other things, surrogates work highly efficiently and neatly without pauses or breaks."

She asked: "The identities of other surrogates have all been confirmed, right?"

Zhou Yi acknowledged with an mhm.

Seven surrogates.

The first few were acquaintances, the main verification was on numbers five, six, and seven.

In the combined information filtering of the Company and the Legal Front, the secular identities of these three were quickly determined.

Number Five is named Yongli, and like Tuo Hai, is a member of the Black Emperor's Dawn Guard, transformed after being consumed by the Light Core Giant during the second resistance to the Heavenly People war.

When it was returned, it was covered in scars, with various degrees of displacement and rejection reactions in bones, muscles, and internal organs, suffering dismantling and reassembling by the Heavenly People.

After narrowly escaping death, Yongli developed PDST symptoms, unable to fight, speak, or hear external sounds. It locked itself in a room year-round.

Thus, it was sent to a sanatorium, and has remained there to this day.

It seems that after experimental transformation, Yongli essentially became a deputy.

Then it's Number Six.

This one is a member of the Mountain Dog community, but not an unknown figure.

It is named Nubeer, a senior elder of the Mountain Dog Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is an autonomous organization of the Mountain Dog community, a racial power formed by this group banding together.

In daily life, Nubeer mainly helps Mountain Dogs resolve various disputes, negotiate cooperation with other organizations and groups, enjoying quite a good reputation.

Finally, there's Number Seven, whose identity was originally difficult to ascertain.

If not settled in a particular city for long periods, it's almost impossible to determine a Bone Man's identity based on appearance.

And the Bone Man's plastic surgery department succeeded this time.

Number Seven could not resist the Bone Man's preferences, underwent cosmetic surgery at Maria Hospital, custom-made a Light Shoot Muscle Suit, even had whitening done twice, and would even come here every three months for cosmetic treatment and care.

Through the hospital, its identity was quickly locked in.

This Bone Man is named Verne, his name hinting at his travels and activities in the Earth's core—the famous old human writer Jules Verne wrote the science fiction novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

Verne is not an alias.

This is Number Seven's identity in the secular world.

With the support of the Legal Front's database, it was quickly determined that Verne had traces of activity in several Mechanical Cities, mainly including medical consumption, recruitment of workers, and goods trade in three fields.

Verne was originally a Bone Man merchant, under his name is a [Small Merchant Group], mainly engaged in Dead Sea mineral development, excavation of Light Soot and Light Amber, and old human items, taking the path of deeply hidden in the city.

Night God immediately proposed: "Capture them all, and directly replace them."

"For these outdated and decayed old deputies, we must strike hard, replace them all with newcomers to welcome a better new order!"

"..."

Zhou Yi glanced at her: "You want to pull them all over to work for you, don't you?"

"There is that thought as well."

The counterpart frankly admitted.

"Anyway, deputies are always replaceable. But my employees here must be deputies."

Night God stated: "I'm preparing to let them develop and use the gemstone, they are naturally suited for this… Didn't you say, each generation is stronger than the last? Just look at Zhang Zhi whom we pushed up, purely relying on himself to secure a deputy slot. The new Number Four deputy, Slaughter Duke, is stronger than Wang Fengwu."

"We need an artificial push for mass replacement, if the old ones don't retire, how can the new ones rise?"

"Am I making sense?"

With this statement, Zhou Yi really couldn't refute.

To be fair.

Indeed.

Zhou Yi carefully considered for a moment: "If we completely replace them, it might provoke them to band together in resistance or even flee ahead of time, which would create a lot of hidden risks. We should first deal with those that need to be dealt with, try not to make too many enemies, and proceed steadily."

The old king, as the Number One deputy, naturally isn't moved. This one has basically shown its cards, planning to revolt against the Heavenly People.

Number Two, Gluttonous Duke, still needs further evaluation.

Number Four, Slaughter Duke, both in reputation and ability, doesn't have any issues.

"Next to address is Verne."

Zhou Yi didn't hold back, candidly saying: "This relates to the secrets of 404 City. Capturing him could acquire this information."

"Alright, alright, alright!"

Night God's eyes sparkled: "Let's act, let's act! Give me the address, I'll have the Gemstone Transformer capture him now."

"Don't rush…"

Zhou Yi had to advise against it: "It's very likely still in 404 City now. The situation in 404 City is unclear, if there are Transformers or protection mechanisms, it may alert them, better to wait until it comes out."

"The Legal Front is already issuing confidential instructions in all Mechanical Cities, as soon as Verne appears they'll inform us here. For now, let's wait."

"Meanwhile, train these two employees of yours, let them gradually start gemstone operations. I need to go back to Earth for a bit, there's still a small issue with the humanoids and the lab that I need to handle."

"Okay."

Arrangements were made on that front.

Zhou Yi left the Moon and headed to Wu Ye's sunken ship laboratory.

Because the Cat God there sent a message.

"Mr. Chairman, there's been a discovery in the surgical experiment here."

"We found a special human hybrid species that reached Grade A."

"He said he was born from the Meat Mountain in the Forbidden Continent."

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