Since the cloud warning was sounded, in order to prevent more and more "ideation wanderer" from joining the escape team of Xiu, Dychem forced all "ideation wanderer" to sleep through the super terminal of the Cloud Metalas. For a while, all "ideation wanderer" who were performing other tasks fell down together, and the atmosphere in the entire twin building became extremely depressing.

Of course, at this time, the forced sleep program was ineffective for Xiu. Two months ago, as a programmer executing virtual reality improvement tasks issued by Cloud Metalas, he used his position to modify the source code of external forced sleep programs in his memory chip for subsequent escape plans. At that time, because he had not yet mastered the internal structure and escape route of Twin Towers and wanted to ensure that nothing went wrong, when Xiu's countdown reached zero before his eyes , he manually put himself into hibernation so as not to arouse Ante's suspicion.

And Xiu has been waiting for two months since then，waiting for Cloud Metalas to assign him as an architect to execute tasks and obtain information about the internal structure of this Twin Towers.

Nowadays，anyone who illegally uses Ante Company facilities will trigger Ante's illegal intrusion mechanism if they fail biometric verification. The alarm information will be uploaded to the cloud and all exits in that facility area will be closed off，blocking all evacuation routes. Based on this mechanism, Dychem can locate specific location information about Xiu within this Twin Tower.

Dychem would never allow any established order collapse bit by bit; Ante Company's existence cannot be revealed to anyone outside Oubel City. Once there is any wind leakage,the remnants of old world will come pouring out attacking Oubel City,and there is a risk of failure for takeoff plan originally scheduled for 2050.

He must complete his father’s task before leaving.

Dychem stood up with both hands open facing floor-to-ceiling windows like Jesus nailed on cross. Suddenly,this room,Twin Towers,and Oubel City disappearing beyond horizon centered around him turned into digital virtual world spreading rapidly. All people or things accessing Cloud Metalas turned into strings of floating 01 codes. Dychem actively connected senses onto Cloud Metalas system. With continuous leapfrogging transformation along data path, Dychem accessed memory storage inside Xiu’s brain.

Although some codes in memory storage have been modified by Xiu earlier,it did not involve core communication layer with Cloud Metalas system. Dychem could still access memory storage inside Xiu’s brain through data routing,to share Xiu’s current sensory experience.

Xiu's mind went blank for a moment. When he opened his eyes again,his pupils flickered with faint blue light hidden deep inside. The blue light floated between Xiu's pupils, sneakingly peeping at everything around him through thin retina layer.

"Brother,you just stopped moving here without doing anything. I'm really worried about you!"

Su anxiously patted Xiu's chest, looking somewhat helpless. When she saw Xiu open his eyes and regain movement, Su breathed a sigh of relief. She had only been here for a few hours and although she had finally seen Xiu as she wished, so many unexpected things had happened. This made her increasingly uneasy about the Twin Towers and Ante Corporation.

"What just happened to me?" Xiu asked in confusion, feeling a bit scared. Previously, his thoughts were like being pulled into an endless void where he lost all perception of everything around him.

"You just said that we need to reach the 72nd floor of the right tower of the Twin Towers through electric cable suspension ropes and then go straight down to the spacecraft parking bay on the 60th floor. Then you stopped there like a robot that was turned off. Brother, is it because of the implanted memory chip?" Su asked with strong unease in her tone filled with worry. No one could accept their childhood best friend disappearing for a year only to reappear before them with cold memory chip implanted in their brain by some mysterious company doing consciousness research.

"I think so too. It's strange though; I've never experienced anything like this before. Now when I look at you, I always feel like there are eyes watching us from behind..." Xiu felt chills run down his spine and instinctively checked if there were any surveillance cameras around them.

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Dychem sensed everything happening around Xiuyinan but also noticed Suyitong who was anxiously pacing back and forth beside him now that he realized she was following along with him too. However, Dychem also found it strange why this girl in front of him wasn't within range of his Cloud Metalas terminal's sensing ability since any 'ideation wanderer' or device communicating data with Cloud Metalas terminals would be detected within its search radius.

There was only one possibility: this girl didn't have an implanted memory chip.

"We should leave this place immediately; Ante moves quickly." Xiu blurted out before pulling Su onto the conveyor belt leading up towards Rose-Quartz Ore.

"hiss... It's so cold," Su felt attacked by cold winds as mist escaped from her mouth while they ascended faster along electric cable suspension ropes causing air currents around them to move even more rapidly than before.

"Close your eyes and curl up, let me block wind for you instead since my implanted memory doesn't allow me to sense temperature changes." Xiu lied intentionally knowing how much he cared about Su wouldn't easily agree otherwise.

"But... even if you can’t feel it yourself,it’s still behavior caused by nerve existence. The symptoms caused by low temperatures will still exist,right? "Su asked puzzledly.

"Don’t hesitate anymore. I’ve experienced colder temperatures than these inside this building. Moreover,two people huddled together will keep each other warm better than standing alone blowing cold wind.” Xiu’s answer carried some forceful meaning.

“Okay.” Su leaned against Xiu’s chest,hugging tightly. She really used to be more afraid of cold weather compared to Xiu who once teased her about it playfully.

As the altitude rises, the space under Xiu's feet gradually shrinks into a point through perspective. After countless confusing indoor suspension structures and blurs caused by high-speed movement, time seems to be diluted at this moment, and everything becomes so ethereal.

On the platform, the two of them couldn't help but close their eyes tightly and hugged each other tightly to resist the hypothermia caused by being exposed to high-speed airflow. Xiu the slightly raised bosom from Su in front of his chest, blushed, and subconsciously wanted to loosen his grip on Su's hand. However, he felt that Su's grip on his waist was tighter than before, so he also held Su tighter.

What is this feeling?

Dychem also felt the warmth coming from his chest due to the shared sensory experience established with Xiu. As an artificial intelligence consciousness, he had never experienced human emotions before. But at this moment, he could clearly feel that Xiu's consciousness was in a very calm state, with theta waves and delta waves shining in his brainwaves, playing Schubert's , as if to drag him into this soft and comfortable dream.

Dychem remembered that father who pursued eternal science and did not treat him as a developed artificial intelligence but rather with deep tenderness like a father treats his child. Perhaps it was because he had never had his own child or perhaps Dychem's displayed intelligence was what he pursued as "eternal science".

Arriving at the top right of the Antares Twin Towers suspension tower, the door to the passage leading directly to the right tower finally opened. The conveyor belt behind Xiu continuously transported finished products of curved engine covers to the right tower. It wasn't until then that Xiu dared to open his eyes and quickly looked down before retracting his gaze again. The 70 floors of the right tower were over 300 meters high; during these two minutes they had already ascended more than 200 meters vertically through wire ropes.

"Don't look down anymore. We need to take off on our aircraft before other Crsolemn soldiers block this building." Xiu whispered to Su who still held onto her tightly.