157: Chapter 157 Teleportation Array, and the Living Dead: Are They Alive or Dead?
"It's the younger sister, right?" Di Zhenzhen looked at Yun Zhuo.
"Why would you think it's the younger sister?" Yun Zhuo smiled slightly, eyes fixed on the holographic screen as his fingers moved rhythmically across it, continuing to scroll through the videos below.
"Because Dr. Qiu's log says that Number Eighteen was born half a day later than Ling Xiangjun's normal delivery."
"Is that so?" Yun Zhuo turned to look at her. "You were eight years old then, right? Did you ever see Ling Xiangjun?"
Di Zhenzhen shook her head. "Aren't we talking about Number Eighteen? Does it matter who Number Eighteen is?"
"It doesn't matter, but it relates to Dr. Qiu's laboratory, which might have more than one entrance."
"Xiao Zhuo, let's stick to talking about Number Eighteen."
"Number Eighteen should be the older sister, Qingtang. Doesn't Dr. Qiu's log say so? The reason Number Eighteen exists is that the child Ling Xiangjun was carrying lacked talent."
"That's why another one was cloned."
"Qingyuan was Heaven Rank High Grade from the start, while the younger sister Qingyuan, like you all, was mortal rank Medium Grade."
"Her current talent was activated by me later."
"As for why the older sister became the younger sister and vice versa, Ling Xiangjun probably got it wrong at the start and just went with it."
"After all, they look so much alike that even now, if they don't speak, I still can't tell them apart."
Di Zhenzhen nodded thoughtfully. "Number Eighteen is the peerless divine weapon Dr. Qiu created for Su Jingzhou, you should know that by now?"
"I know, but by some twist of fate, Number Eighteen formed a death pact with me. With this conflict between us, a deep father-in-law and son-in-law bond is impossible in this lifetime."
"Actually, Dr. Qiu's situation back then was likely similar to yours, which is why she placed a lock on each of us, making Su Jingzhou mistakenly believe we were all defective products."
"This bought her time and was also to protect us."
"Now that you've unlocked them, but Su Jingzhou doesn't know yet, I think we should keep a low profile, especially Su Qingtang."
"Once Su Jingzhou finds out his peerless divine weapon has been unsheathed, he will definitely move against you immediately."
"Sister Zhenzhen, why are you who you are? Or why am I who I am?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like the two Teacher Sus; they are clearly one person, yet we feel they are two different people who just happen to look alike."
"And Su Jingzhou wants to master his peerless divine weapon. Now, he can only do that by turning both Teacher Su and me into living dead."
"At that time, would you say Teacher Su and I are dead or not?"
"This..." Di Zhenzhen thought for a moment and shook her head. "That's a question only a philosopher could answer; I don't have that kind of ability."
Next, the two continued to examine the logs and various data left by Qiu Min.
Yun Zhuo finally saw the footage of Qiu Min going to the laboratory; she used a Teleportation Formation.
The laboratory behind the floor-to-ceiling window wasn't in Nun Village at all; even this office wasn't in the underground of Nun Village.
Using this clue, Yun Zhuo utilized the System's search function and indeed found information related to Teleportation Formations among a mountain of data.
Through this information, Yun Zhuo also discovered that this kind of Teleportation Formation was just like the Portals on the market.
They all worked through space folding, moving from one place to another instantly, as simple as stepping over a threshold.
But Qiu Min had added a new twist; she could arbitrarily designate the coordinates for both sides of the Teleportation Formation.
Portals currently on the market for long-distance travel appeared in pairs; both gates had to be open simultaneously to establish a spatial channel.
With arbitrary coordinates, only one gate was needed. It became like Doraemon's Anywhere Door; wherever you wanted to go, you just needed the coordinates without needing to build a Portal there in advance.
Besides saving money, this could also pick people up. Even if the other party didn't have a Teleportation Formation, as long as one side opened the spatial channel, people from another part of the world could come through.
Because two coordinates could be arbitrarily designated, the channel entrance could even be opened right under someone's feet, with the other end connected to the high sky, causing them to fall to their death before they even realized it.
Just like how no matter where Jiang Jingjing was, the cyber guanyin could directly pull her back to the Guanyin Temple.
This is great. With this Formation, traveling to and from Nun Village will be much more convenient in the future.
"System, can this be converted into a skill like the Summoning Formation?"
[Ding, yes. Conversion cost is one million.]
One million? That's fine. Li Jianrong just gave me five million.
"System, perform skill conversion."
[Converting. Estimated completion time: 24 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds.]
Looking at the System's countdown, it wouldn't be finished until this time tomorrow.
Then, thinking of the cyber guanyin, Yun Zhuo's next step was to find the design blueprints for the cyber guanyin. This was also a good thing; he'd make a backup and have Sister Su and Di Zhenzhen study it to see if they could make another one.
If he could place tens of thousands of them inside and outside Summit City, then whether it was the Great Families or the Federation, once they entered his territory, even a Dragon would have to coil up, and even a tiger would have to crouch.
"Sister Zhenzhen, it's getting late. We should head back."
"Not going over there to take a look?" Di Zhenzhen pointed to the laboratory outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
"That place isn't in Nun Village. It might even be in the basement of Su Jingzhou's house. If we go over there and Su Jingzhou finds out, what then?"
At this point, Yun Zhuo paused. "Since this window allows us to see the laboratory, can it also see other places?"
After saying that, Yun Zhuo found information about the floor-to-ceiling window in Qiu Min's computer. As expected, the panoramic window was a monitor.
The difference was that it didn't need the process of converting light to electricity and electricity back to light.
It was direct Spatial Projection Imaging.
It was clear that besides her prowess in biochemical technology, Qiu Min also had high attainments in spatial technology.
Not only did she create a Teleportation Formation that could go anywhere, but she also created this Spatial Projector.
Yun Zhuo pressed his hand on the desk again. After the light ring appeared, he pushed it up gently, and fifteen small light rings appeared on it.
These were all spatial coordinates previously entered by Qiu Min. He clicked one at random.
The floor-to-ceiling window behind him turned into a landscape painting.
He didn't know where it was; though desolate, the rocky desertified mountain ranges were like colorful ribbons spread across the earth.
He clicked another coordinate, and the image switched to a golden beach with a blue sea and white waves. There were actually people beachcombing on the sand.
Five War Spirit Masters, integrated with War Princesses, were wielding swords and fighting a Mutant Starfish that had crawled out of the sea.
That black starfish was as tall as they were, about five meters or so.
When a corner was cut off by a mecha, oil-like blood spurted out. The severed part could regrow at a visible speed, turning into a new starfish.
Just as Yun Zhuo was wondering how to kill this thing...
One of the mechas used a Flaming Slash, instantly turning the newly bred small starfish into ash.
Someone tossed a lighter at the large starfish, and it instantly turned into a flaming starfish.
The blood flowing from its wound was actually real oil.
Yun Zhuo switched through several more places; they were all landscapes. The difference was that this world wasn't all wasteland as he had imagined; there were also forests.
In the forests, there were man-eating flowers, farting grass, red frogs as large as water buffaloes, vines that could crawl on the ground like snakes, black spiders as big as millstones, and spiderwebs as large as football fields.
Looking at it this way, the wasteland had actually become a comfort zone for humans.