Verne observed the surroundings.

The crystal walls and ceiling made of gemstones, the black gemstone pillar in the center of the room, the white bone long table, and chairs and other furniture... all too familiar.

He had returned to the Gemstone Chamber inside 404 City.

For a moment, Verne's mind was in a daze.

What is going on?

Wasn't he taken away by the Supervisor?

A chilling voice came from behind.

"We meet again, Mr. Verne."

He quickly turned around.

The girl in the black and white uniform smiled as usual, the snow-white teeth under her red lips resembling the fangs of a beast revealing itself to prey.

The boy beside her remained cold and silent.

"You killed us once, we killed you once, fair and square, right?"

Kobayashi Hina said casually.

Verne felt as if struck by lightning.

Just when the Supervisor was about to take him away... they intercepted and killed his body!

The girl laughed, "Heavenly People Projection Technology is indeed a good way to escape. Number two gave you a great suggestion. Want to try again?"

Verne remained as still as a sculpture.

"Such quick actions, truly impatient..."

The girl seemed indifferent; she looked at the boy beside her: "Xu-kun, relax, this place is completely covered, they can't escape."

Xu Yuhang scratched his head: "I had the words ready, but at the last moment, I got tongue-tied..."

"Don't worry. Sometimes, lacking experience is not a bad thing."

Kobayashi Hina said, "Think about it, this guy surely knows we're not professional soldiers or police. But we can still easily get in here and find him, which will only make him more scared."

Xu Yuhang was taken aback: "Seems like it."

"When we return, let's have a grand drink at the bar! By the way, are you old enough to drink? Normally you're just 13 years old, but with so many years of looping, you're definitely a thousand-year-old adult."

The girl began to talk about their post-mission break: "It's settled then, let's drink happily when we return. I've long wanted to have someone accompany me for a drink. Black beer, whiskey, a bit of gin, with some roast bird, wow, earthly delicacy."

Xu Yuhang responded with a simple "Oh."

At this moment.

Kobayashi Hina turned her head to the Bone Man beside her: "Mr. Verne, heard enough? If you want to know anything, just ask, no need to pretend."

"In fact, whether you're projected out there, or where you wander, we know it all. You have our tracker on you. You didn't project out; you're still here."

The Bone Man pretending to be a statue felt a bit embarrassed.

Verne realized upon being captured back to 404 City that these old humans were powerful, had cracked the secret of the Heavenly People Gem. Even if he projects himself using a gem, they'd just capture him again.

He was simply trying to find the weaknesses of these old humans.

"Mr. Verne, I know you must have many doubts now."

Kobayashi Hina said, "Like, how did we enter 404 City, or how did we find you, or what kind of trick are we playing, there must be some invisible weakness."

"I advise you not to entertain such thoughts. Defeated, you should have the awareness of the defeated. Now, whatever we say, you do. This is your last chance for survival."

Verne broke his silence: "You are not real, you are also projections."

"That's your limitation."

"You yourselves can't control 404 City, so you need me. Without me, you can't obtain this city."

"Perhaps there's another reason... If you kill me, a new Seventh Agent would be born, which might not be good news for you then."

"So why not keep me, let me help you take over the entire 404 City."

Verne wasn't flustered; instead, he began to counterattack step by step: "Although I don't know how you got in here, what I can confirm is that you won't kill me."

"I advise you to turn around and stop making mistakes. The power of the Heavenly People far exceeds your imagination. If you surrender now, you might still become an agent like me. The era of old humanity is over. You perished with the Circular Flow explosion. The Heavenly People are a higher civilization superior to you."

"Continuing such self-destructive attacks will only get you killed once more."

"Stop this, old humans, you can't win. Stop doing useless things."

"The Heavenly People are right."

The girl showed a strange expression: "I never expected that the Bone Man, a descendant of our old humanity, would become a spiritual Heavenly Person like you..."

The boy beside her also sneered: "Seems there's no shortage of such slick people in any era."

But Verne remained determined: "You can't win! If you believe you're right, then prove it to me!"

The girl simply said, "Time's almost up."

"There's a ten-second countdown for you to surrender."

"10."

...

"3."

"2."

"1."

"I surrender."

Verne suddenly knelt on the ground, pressing his head to the floor: "Please don't kill me."

The young men and women were momentarily dumbfounded.

Kobayashi Hina curiously crouched down: "You were so sure before that we wouldn't harm you at all, so why have you suddenly changed now?"

Verne dared not lift his head, explaining: "I have exhausted all my efforts to persevere and save myself, trying to seek outside help and request the arrival of the Heavenly People, but they still ignored it."

"I'm just an agent, the Heavenly People don't care. But I want to survive myself, even if for a little longer, I'll surrender and do whatever you say."

"Please don't kill me."

"I'll help you control 404 City, you can give me orders from behind the scenes without being discovered by the Heavenly People... I'm very valuable, I'll tell you everything I know, just hoping to spare my life."

The Bone Man agent said humbly.

...

All of this was projected on the screen of Jue Mingzi on the Moon, observed by Zhou Yi.

He originally felt that Verne was a die-hard supporter of the Heavenly People, estimating that it would be extremely difficult to reform him, perhaps killing him would be best.

Yet the opposite party made a rapid turn and directly knelt down.

Zhou Yi felt a bit complicated.

It's hard to say whether this guy is truly loyal but seems treacherous or truly treacherous but seems loyal.

However.

At this point, his voluntary surrender saved me a lot of trouble.

The evaluation given by Wu Yi was not wrong; Verne was indeed very smart.

404 City is of special significance; it's built from the gemstone of the Heavenly People, responsible for mining underground power.

As the manager of this city, leaving Verne here is best for the company. It's equivalent to having directly inserted an internal agent into the Heavenly People system, with Verne having operated 404 City for many years, being most familiar with everything here.

Zhou Yi immediately asked via Xu Yuhang: "Agent called for help, Heavenly People ignored?"

"They don't care."

Verne still knelt on the ground, honestly saying: "The only way for an agent to contact the Heavenly People is through the Heavenly People Clock. It keeps time, it's the only sound we can converse with, but it's actually a gemstone device made by the Heavenly People, like a giant answering machine."

"Only things permitted will receive a response and reaction. For instance, when projecting, it tells the time, and the agent's cycle... For this time's plea for help, the response will only be 'Fulfill your mission, lower organism,' which is the generic answer."

Zhou Yi asked: "Agent cycle? Does every agent have a functional term?"

"Yes."

Verne answered: "Different races have different functional periods for agents, which most agents probably don't know. This is also what I tested out after years of studying gemstones and clocks."

"In the eyes of the Heavenly People, agents are merely tools, and tools have their lifespan and limitations. So if used for a long time, there will be wear and tear, requiring replacement with new ones to ensure stable function and normal operation."

"The agent cycle is not fixed, but is a continuous judgment and assessment of the agent itself. This assessment is conducted through the gemstone part remodeled in our body, synchronized with the Heavenly People Clock."

The Bone Man said: "I'll take you to my main body there, unfold this function, and you'll know."

Zhou Yi let him lead the way.

Only then did Verne leave the Gemstone Chamber and make his way again along the Gem Channel to the White Bone Castle.

He placed his hand on the outer wall, and immediately a large number of bones in the High Castle contracted inward, slowly transforming into a giant humanoid figure sitting cross-legged on the ground, emitting light from within.

Zhou Yi saw that it had a large gemstone structure inside, just wrapped in layers of bones.

"Under normal circumstances, the agent cycle is invisible, but just through a slightly complex gemstone change, it can be transformed to see."

Verne finished speaking.

Suddenly, gemstones extended from the back of the High Castle Bone Man, and they moved like a greedy snake, quickly constructing a large multi-ring structure, resembling a dial.

On the gemstone dial, more than 4/5 of the area had completely become transparent white, only the bottom 1/5 still radiating red light, like a health bar.

It was quite visually intuitive.

"This is my agent cycle, not much left."

Verne said: "Although I have used various means to continually expand and enlarge my body, ultimately calculating down, about 50 years left before I have to be replaced."

"Therefore, I have been trying to find new ways out, but gemstones can't be reversed; the Giant Bone Fish is my last chance... You know the Giant Bone Fish, right?"

Zhou Yi said: "The one that killed two Heavenly People, the Giant Bone Fish?"

"Killed two Heavenly People?"

Verne's skull was filled with shock: "It... can kill Heavenly People?"

Apparently, he didn't know this point.

Zhou Yi thought so too.

That was a top secret only the Heavenly People would know, and Long was hunted by them because he obtained this information.

"Yes. Two Heavenly People on Jupiter's moon were killed by it."

Yu also counts as indirectly taken out by the Bone Fish.

Zhou Yi displayed the related footage provided by Long to him through projection.

Verne stared intently at the continually looping scene of the Heavenly People being killed in mid-air, standing dumbfounded for a long time without snapping out of it.

"So... the Heavenly People aren't immortal... aren't invincible..."

"They can be killed..."

Zhou Yi thought, as long as you're watching anyway, he unfolded the scene of the Heavenly Person Graveyard, with Heavenly Corpses everywhere.

The Bone Man watched till the bones on his face twisted, his body continuously twitching and trembling.

Suddenly, he revealed a supremely terrifying grin: "Liars, pretentious liars! I thought they were omnipotent! Just a bunch of lives that can also be killed!"

"Also just lower organisms a bit stronger than us."

"In that case, you can't blame me!"

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