129: Chapter 129 Secret Realm Level 5

The System notification sound suddenly rang out deep within Mo Yufei's mind.

[Massive amounts of life energy flowing in]

[Secret Realm upgrade energy storage full]

[Secret Realm meets upgrade conditions, can immediately advance from Level 4 to Level 5]

As soon as the sound emerged, Mo Yufei froze instantly.

The next second, a sharp light flared in his eyes, his originally gentle and relaxed expression instantly tightened, and then he lifted his head, an uncontrollable smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

He remembered it clearly.

His Secret Realm System from Levels 1 to 4 consisted of: Space Channel, ecological cycle, Spiritual Qi revival, and climate control.

Only Level 5 was the watershed of qualitative change.

The Level 5 Secret Realm unlocked the only core permission: Spacetime Anchoring.

As long as it was a world he had personally stepped foot in and stayed in for any amount of time, he could lock onto that spacetime, break through the plane barrier, and freely travel back and forth.

No longer choosing worlds at random.

He had previously been trapped in the Anti-Japanese War plane, plotted against layer by layer by Commander Shi Haidong, and afraid that his energy would not be enough to upgrade to Level 5, not knowing when he could return—this was truly great.

A surge of intense emotion welled up in Mo Yufei's chest, and all the previous stifled frustration vanished into thin air at this moment.

That Transmigrator, Commander Shi Haidong, flashed through his mind instantly.

Mo Yufei's eyes grew brighter and brighter, the smile on his lips deepened, and he spoke silently in his heart, word by word, carrying the coldness and certainty of a counterattack.

"Commander Shi Haidong, you didn't expect this, did you?"

"I have the Secret Realm spring water, I can resurrect infinitely."

What Commander Shi Haidong thought was a killing blow was merely his dormancy, merely his restart.

Mo Yufei suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and immediately focused his mind to connect with the System.

"Immediately, upgrade the Secret Realm."

[Command received, Secret Realm upgrading]

[Level 4 Secret Realm advancing to Level 5]

[Upgrade progress 10%... 50%... 100%]

In an instant, it felt as if an invisible barrier within Mo Yufei shattered with a boom, his mind suddenly cleared, and a vast landscape of spacetime unfolded before him.

He could clearly perceive the trajectory of every plane he had stepped foot in the past; those worlds that once could only be entered one-way, with no way to turn back, now all lit up with faint points of light.

[Level 5 Secret Realm trait activated: Spacetime Anchoring]

[Automatically anchored all worlds the host has stepped foot in the past]

[Unlocked abilities: free cross-plane travel, fixed-point return, spacetime backtracking to avoid danger]

[From now on, not bound by plane rules, can travel back and forth between all unlocked worlds at will]

Knowing that he could return to that world, Mo Yufei's anger dissipated a little, and he began to observe A-Ling modifying the Chief of Staff.

If the modification was successful, and the Chief of Staff also possessed a Soul like A-Ling, he could use a Soul Contract to bind it.

If the Spirit Transformation Cultivation within the Taoyuan Heart Technique succeeded, could he then pass his own talents to the robots, and he would never have to worry about them being damaged or dying again?

The android A-Ling stood in front of the console, her fingers operating rapidly on the floating light screen, as rows of underlying verification code were continuously pushed, all transmitted into the body of the humanoid combat Robot Chief of Staff sitting in the center chair of the cabin.

The final set of code transmission ended, and the data interface on the back of the Robot Chief of Staff's neck automatically retracted and closed, the latch locked, and the surface returned to smooth, leaving no trace of any connection.

In countless previous activations, the robot's hydraulic structure would instantly lift its body, all joints would start synchronously, and its movements would be standard and crisp.

It would immediately enter standby mode, with no unnecessary movements throughout, no autonomous thoughts, just a combat machine that only knew how to execute orders.

But this time, it was completely different; the consciousness of this body had been completely zeroed out, becoming a blank slate.

A few seconds later, the narrow holographic sensor light on the Chief of Staff's face lit up with a cold white light, the light flickering, rising and falling unevenly.

According to the old program settings, he should have immediately stood up, returned to his position, and reported for standby.

But at this moment, he sat steadily in the seat, motionless.

The brand-new consciousness, just born from nothingness, was slowly waking up and adapting to this completely strange mechanical body.

Consciousness and body completed the signal connection bit by bit; he moved his right index finger extremely slightly, the internal metal skeleton rubbing slightly, emitting an almost inaudible, fine sound.

This movement was very awkward and stiff, lacking any of the precision and smoothness of the past, just like a newly born life trying to control its limbs for the first time.

He slowly raised his right hand, looking at the transmission structure in his palm; without instinctual habits, he was simply confirming that this hand was his own and that he could control it.

Then he slowly raised his left hand, crossed his hands in front of him, and bit by bit turned his wrists and lifted his arms.

The joints would occasionally jam or stick, and his movements were very uncoordinated, but he kept slowly adjusting his force, familiarizing himself bit by bit with the range of motion of his joints, feeling the mechanical feedback brought by every movement.

All past combat instincts, emergency responses, and obedience logic had completely disappeared along with his memory.

He now had only an intact body left, his mind was empty, and he had no cognition of himself or the world.

All sensors inside the body continuously transmitted sensory signals; he could feel the resistance of the joints turning. These brand-new sensations filled his blank consciousness with confusion, yet also carried a bit of tentative curiosity.

A-Ling stood in the cabin watching quietly, without intervening at any point.

She knew that this machine had completely transformed; it was no longer that cold tactical Chief of Staff, but a brand-new individual that had just birthed self-awareness and was perceiving the world from zero.

Outside the maintenance room was a whole piece of panoramic tempered glass, which could make the scene inside the cabin clearly visible.

Mo Yufei, with two maintenance robots, stood outside the glass, quietly watching every move inside throughout the process.

A-Piao rotated its circular sensor probe, staring at the Chief of Staff inside the cabin, and spoke first, its electronic voice flat and monotonous: "Detecting target body integrity at 100%, no hardware wear, power module normal."

"But the backend cannot detect any functional programs, no database remains, judged as whole-machine function blanking."

A-Fu followed up, adding: "This body belongs to a global deep erasure; all functional underlying code has been completely cleared, belonging to an extremely special reset state."

Mo Yufei stared at the Chief of Staff clumsily exploring his limbs inside the glass cabin and asked: "According to your maintenance logic, is he considered a success now?"

A-Piao replied: "Equivalent to a hollow hardware shell, only left with drivers and limb movement capabilities, no tool attributes whatsoever."

Hearing the judgment of the two professional maintenance robots, Mo Yufei was not surprised, just nodded slightly.

He saw more clearly than the machines.

The two robots could only read data and judge the quality of functions, but Mo Yufei could clearly perceive that deep in the core of that blank body, there hid a wisp of an extremely weak, yet real, newly born Soul.

At this moment, A-Ling inside the cabin spoke directly to the outside through the intercom System: "All functional programs have been completely wiped; he currently has no machine instincts, and all behaviors are autonomous consciousness explorations."

Mo Yufei asked through the glass: "Does he have self-cognition now?"

A-Ling looked at the Chief of Staff, who was still lowering his head and exploring his hands inside the cabin, and replied: "Initial birth of autonomous consciousness, cognition is zero, equivalent to a newborn state, no memory, no common sense, no experience whatsoever."