Making the World a Worse Place

This side was just heating up, while the other side, not far away, seemed calm, even somewhat heartwarming.

Perhaps this is what is meant by, the world is uneven…

"I can't understand those data, you summarize it for me."

Lin Wei, his limbs still firmly fastened to the operating table, didn't mind his appearance, and said with a knowing smile.

"…"

The humanoid machine tilted her head again and looked at him, grumbling slightly to herself, but after thinking about it, she still didn't refuse his request.

"In short, your cells have extremely strong resistance to Honkai energy, enough to allow you to move freely in an environment with a high concentration of Honkai energy radiation without being harmed."

The humanoid machine's voice was, as always, without fluctuation.

"As for the upper limit of this value, it can only be measured after the master personally conducts experiments – but I think you may not want to participate in such experiments."

The humanoid machine told a cold joke in all seriousness.

"Haha, is that so? Then it's best not to…"

Lin Wei cooperated with a smile.

"I probably already knew what you said. Anything else?"

His current self was different from the self a year ago who suffered from Honkai corruption. After obtaining Yae Sakura's Stigmata, he had high resistance to Honkai energy and could freely walk in Nagazora after the Honkai outbreak. This was an obvious fact.

"But there are some strange things."

The humanoid machine said softly, and then, without Lin Wei's consent, directly reached out and pulled a small tuft of hair from Lin Wei's head.

This sudden attack made Lin Wei cry out in pain.

"Ouch… Gently!"

"This is a necessary sample collection, and I don't think there is any other way that causes less damage."

The humanoid machine calmly retorted.

"Do you want me to cut a piece of active body tissue from other parts of your body?"

"No need, you continue…"

Lin Wei was embarrassed, and became more and more interested in this slightly snarky humanoid machine girl.

Seeing that Lin Wei had no objection, the humanoid machine did not waste any more words. She silently pulled an instrument from the other side of the room and stopped it not far from the experimental table.

She also considerately raised the corner of the experimental table where Lin Wei was lying, changing Lin Wei's posture from lying flat to semi-reclining, allowing him to see her next actions more easily.

The humanoid machine put the small tuft of hair into a transparent container in the instrument, and then, while putting a small piece of purple-red Honkai energy crystal into the input end on the other side, signaled Lin Wei to look carefully.

As she activated the instrument, an energy injection activated the small piece of Honkai energy crystal, which quickly melted like snow exposed to the scorching summer sun, turning into pure Honkai energy that was injected into this small instrument.

Visibly, the small tuft of hair in the transparent container was brushed by this purple-red light smoke, and then lost its luster and carbonized at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then the humanoid machine tapped the outside of the container lightly.

Just this slight vibration caused it to suddenly turn into a small pile of fine powder.

"…"

Lin Wei was speechless for a moment. This situation made him understand in an instant.

"The master thinks you are a unique experimental subject, and judging from the results, it is indeed so."

The humanoid machine tilted her head slightly and said with some distress.

"Judging from the results of your body examination, whether it is a macroscopic scan or a microscopic observation of a small area of cell tissue, the results are consistent, that is, your body does indeed have extremely high resistance to Honkai energy…"

As she spoke, as if to prove that her conclusion was correct, she found a slightly larger piece of Honkai energy crystal from a nearby container, and then, unceremoniously, stuffed it into Lin Wei's hand.

"Hey!"

Lin Wei shouted in dissatisfaction, do you know this is murder?

"You see, nothing happened."

The humanoid machine explained expressionlessly.

"Even I, who has undergone transformation, would not dare to touch such a Honkai energy crystal fragment easily. Therefore, I was implanted with this steel armor."

As she spoke, she gently tapped her chest, the area where her number "E-311" was etched, making a sound of metal colliding.

"However…"

The humanoid machine gently pulled another small tuft of hair from Lin Wei's head. This time Lin Wei was mentally prepared, just frowned and bared his teeth, but ultimately didn't cry out.

The humanoid machine casually threw this small tuft of hair into Lin Wei's hand. The moment it came into contact with the purple-red fragment, it turned into a wisp of light smoke, like encountering a flame, leaving only a small pile of fine ashes.

This set of "contrast experiments" was too intuitive.

"If the master saw this scene, she would definitely be even more interested in you."

The humanoid machine started telling cold jokes in all seriousness again.

"Of course, specifically, I mean your body."

Lin Wei didn't laugh this time, but instead fell into thought.

Although he had known for a long time that the Stigmata he had obtained could protect his inherently deficient self from Honkai corruption and could gradually increase his resistance to Honkai energy, and strengthen his body little by little in the process.

Although this process was slow, it had indeed been effective over the past year.

But according to the results of this small experiment, his body was still far from reaching the "qualified" passing line.

Tsk, this situation is much more complicated than I expected…

Lin Wei clicked his tongue, thinking.

The situation in this world, or rather, the "plot," does not move, but once it moves, it is like a boulder rolling down a mountain, unstoppable. How many more years could he have to gradually make up for his deficiencies step by step?

"Your physical condition is really strange. You clearly have a complete, enviable Stigmata, but there are no related gene fragments in your DNA."

While Lin Wei was thinking, the humanoid machine was still seriously explaining.

"In this world, everyone has latent Stigmata gene expressions in their DNA. But because of thousands of years of cross-breeding, these gene fragments have become fragmented and recessive. But no matter how diluted they are, it is impossible to be as clean as you are, as if you have not been contaminated by the slightest external pollution."

"Pollution?"

Lin Wei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. His train of thought was suddenly interrupted by this word.

"Because the Stigmata gene expression was originally artificially synthesized and embedded in the human DNA sequence."

The humanoid machine said with some strangeness.

"In my opinion, this is not much different from the controversial 'transgenic technology' in human society. Both are ways of artificially interfering with natural evolution."

"…"

Lin Wei couldn't help but be speechless for a moment, thinking, is this how AI thinks?

"Don't let Jackal hear your point of view."

Lin Wei solemnly warned.

"She will dismantle you…"

The humanoid machine nodded understandingly.

"Saying 'pollution' is obviously a bit excessive. But I can probably understand her meaning… It means that my DNA, compared to the humans of the current civilization, is closer to those humans of the Previous Era who were not artificially intervened by Mei's technology? If so…"

Lin Wei frowned and thought seriously.

"That is to say, I would probably be the only person in this world who would not be affected by Kevin's Stigmata Project at all?"

Lin Wei remembered that in the Stigmata Project of the final chapter, except for a few lucky people who happened to be at Schicksal HQ and Anti-Entropy HQ, which were not affected by the Stigmata Project, everyone else was swept into this world-destroying torrent – including those Herrschers and the Stigmata awakened, led by Durandal.

They were not sinking into the dream and unable to extricate themselves, but were thrown into the positions specially reserved for them in the dream by the Stigmata Project.

And the several "safe houses" on Earth were also hard to say, not deliberately left by Kevin to resist his own fire.

If so…

Lin Wei seemed to glimpse some heavenly secret at this moment, and was shocked:

"That guy Kevin, shouldn't he have quietly reserved a position for me in the final battle, right?"

"No way… Brother Kevin, we've only met once and talked a few times. It's not that big of a deal, is it?!"

Lin Wei thought of the battle of the gods two years later, and looked at his small body, a pitiful newbie who had just left the novice village. How could he participate in such a big scene? For a moment, he just wanted to shout loudly and refuse.

"No, I'm very weak!!!"

At this moment, Lin Wei even felt that he and Pardofelis had reached a spiritual resonance…

"Do you still want to listen?"

It seemed that she noticed that Lin Wei was a little distracted, the humanoid machine tapped the table lightly and reminded him in her usual flat voice.

"…Continue."

Lin Wei came back to his senses and said with some exhaustion, any more bad news, bring it on!

I've given up, whatever happens, happens. Maybe I'm just scaring myself?

In such a big scene, how could it be my turn, a level-nine scrub?

At this moment, Lin Wei and Pardofelis reached an even higher level of spiritual resonance…

"There are no Stigmata-related gene sequences in your DNA, but you do have a complete natural Stigmata on your body."

The humanoid machine repeated, and then said,

"Considering that your Stigmata was obtained from the outside world, not implanted through genetic engineering technology, perhaps the relationship between you is more like 'symbiosis' or 'parasitism'."

"Heh, even if it's parasitism, it's me parasitizing her…"

Lin Wei smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

The humanoid machine was not angry at this interruption. Perhaps it was because her emotions were bland, or perhaps it was because she was already used to being interrupted. She just paused slightly, and then continued to say,

"Perhaps it is for this reason that the Stigmata that provides you with the necessary protection will only protect the body that is closely connected to it. It seems powerless against body tissues that have been separated from most of the main body."

Finally, the humanoid machine concluded,

"In short, your body is very interesting, a rare case, and it is worth studying in depth."

"I think that's unnecessary."

Things that are too far away, thinking too much will only make oneself worry about gains and losses. Therefore, Lin Wei just roughly guessed and buried it in his heart, refocusing his attention on the present.

"Thank you. This is the first physical examination I have received in more than a year, and it's very interesting. I would also be happy to talk to you more, but unfortunately, I can't waste any more time here."

"Hmm?"

The humanoid machine was wondering, but she saw four black swords with a simple shape appearing out of thin air, "crack, crack, crack, crack" cutting off the four iron shackles that bound Lin Wei's hands and feet, and then disappearing out of thin air.

"Sorry, little girl…"

Lin Wei sat up, moved his wrists, and showed an apologetic smile to the humanoid machine. Then his expression suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice,

"Start identity verification!"

The humanoid machine, who had quickly reacted to this sudden change and was about to send a warning to Jackal, suddenly stopped all her movements, and mechanically muttered the constantly read instructions:

"Identity verification in progress… Identity verification failed… Identity re-verification in progress… Identity verification successful…"

"Sigh…"

Compared to the previous sound that also didn't have much emotion, in Lin Wei's ears, the current sound sounded completely machine-like, and he couldn't help but sigh. Then he shook his head and continued to issue instructions.

"Disconnect from the cloud server and delete the cloud link system. Read the local database."

"…Operation completed."

The humanoid machine quickly completed the operation.

"Very good. Then, search for keywords: 'Lin Wei', 'Twelfth Divine Key', 'Key of Erosion'… um, and 'Pandora'."

"Data reading in progress… Data reading successful…"

"Delete all related information."

"Operation completed."

"Then, search for keywords, 'Second Divine Key', 'Key of the Void', 'Stigmata Project', read and delete all data."

"Operation completed."

…

Lin Wei then completed a series of data deletion operations, deleting all the information he could think of that he didn't want Otto to know at this stage.

Then he directly invaded it with Pandora, and with the tyranny of the Erosion virus, destroyed all traces of these deleted data, completely eliminating the possibility of recovery.

Finally, only some unimportant research data remained, mostly Dr. Jackal's research results during this period – of course, excluding the remaining parts of the Stigmata Project.

But even these were valuable enough.

Lin Wei issued the final instruction,

"Enter sleep mode."

The humanoid machine gave him a deep look, and then fell into a deep sleep.

"These materials are enough for you to be well placed in Schicksal…"

Lin Wei flattened the experimental table he had been lying on, gently picked her up in his arms, carefully placed her on the experimental table, and turned off the dazzling light above.

For a moment, if you ignored the metal armor on her body, she was simply a human girl in a deep sleep.

"Although Schicksal HQ is not a particularly good place, but right now, there is no better place to go…"

Lin Wei knew well that after the final collision, the humanoid machine who had been alone with him would completely lose Jackal's trust, and her fate would be obvious.

In any case, in Lin Wei's view, the current situation was caused by him, and this humanoid machine girl was an innocent person involved by him. Therefore, he had to give her a proper explanation.

What's more, after this short conversation, he quite liked this little girl and couldn't bear to let her die here.

Lin Wei finally touched her small head. Even with the thick mask, her exposed hair was still soft and smooth, with the breath of fresh life. Lin Wei smiled slightly and said softly,

"A little later, a Schicksal Valkyrie will come here. She will notice you and take you away from here. Then, you will have a new life. You are a very good research assistant, and with these materials, Schicksal will welcome you."

Although he knew she couldn't hear him, Lin Wei still said to himself,

"You're right, this world is bad enough. Therefore, a good child like you shouldn't be sacrificed for nothing."

"And I…"

Lin Wei finally sighed, then walked out without looking back.

"I probably can only do things that make this world even worse, right?"