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The first task was nearing completion, and Xiu finished packing up the equipment and turned to leave.

The space around him tore into pieces, even though he was walking forward, the space behind him seemed to be moving backwards. The door in front of his eyes kept getting further away. There were no sound prompts this time on what he should do; only the constantly changing distorted time and space - perhaps a consequence of forcibly taking over his brain by 'memory chip' after waking up - made him want to fall asleep deeply.

"Report to Commander Xu, visual footage from 'ideation wanderer 001 has been paused at one location for three minutes now! We have never encountered such a situation since Ante's map started running." A worker sitting in the third row of the control room exclaimed with amazement, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"What?! How is that possible..." Suddenly more people began staring intently at the first box in the top left corner where there was an image like still water without any ripples.

"It can't be true...even if it's 'Mind wanderer' 001...immediately execute memory sleep program!" Commander Xu received news while being in his independent office and also looked shocked. He looked at everything outside Twin Towers which appeared orderly but couldn't believe that there could be such a powerful company leading technology by thirty years ahead of everyone else in this world.

However, as he worked deeper into it, he gradually understood that although this world appeared calm on its surface, behind it lay giant companies like Ante controlling everything; all political leaders were just puppets infiltrated by various companies. As far as he knew there wasn't just one company like Ante in this world but they were undoubtedly among the most powerful ones.

"Commander Xu...the memory sleep program for ideation wanderer 001 seems to have failed!!" The worker who had noticed Xiu abnormal memory earlier widened their eyes looking even more surprised while operating frantically on terminal interface inside Ante Control Room but nothing seemed effective.

Xu Yunchang frowned upon hearing these words, obviously he had never encountered such a situation before and was thinking carefully about solutions.

He clearly understood that once tasks assigned by Cloud Metalas System are given to 'ideation wanderer' they must complete them within stipulated time otherwise Cloud Metalas would consider that memories implanted inside host bodies did not fuse perfectly with hosts themselves so it would forcefully extract those memories out from hosts’ bodies then improve them before implanting again along with another injection of Rebapart Bioreagents,if host’s brain cannot resist damage caused twice by Reba Pate biological reagents or accept fusion of new ‘memories’, then host’s consciousness will forever be exiled into 'Outer Metalas space'.

Therefore rashly executing sleep programs against ideation wanderer may lead them unable to complete tasks assigned by Cloud Metalas resulting in their consciousness being trapped Outer Metalas space forever. His military experience made him extra cautious about this eventuality.

Beforehand however no mind wanderer’s brain could withstand two injections of Rebapart biological reagent let alone Xiu who was considered genius among geniuses as ideation wanderer 001 so Xu Yunchang didn’t believe that Xiu could break through human limits.

After much consideration, Xu Yunchang decided to report this matter to his superiors instead of handling it privately. He got up from his swivel chair and was about to leave the office when he ran into Dychem who was walking towards him.

"There's no need to handle this matter. Director Yang and our superiors understand the importance of 'ideation wanderer' 001 for the Cloud Metalas system. Any harm caused to him would cause huge trouble for upgrading and maintaining the Cloud Metalas system. Director Yang is currently on his way to Erebus for an academic conference, but he will extract 'ideation wanderer' 001's memories in a safer way within three days as a neurology expert. During that time, I will be fully responsible for guiding the work on Cloud Metalas."

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Dychem seemed to have already known what had happened with the final control terminal of Cloud Metalas. His senses had gradually merged with Metalas, giving him an unprecedented extension of perception. Of course, no one knew about this except himself.

"Okay."

Xu Yunchang noticed Dychem's work clothes and realized that Dychem held a higher position than him in the company by two levels even though they had never met before. In this building where job titles were strictly divided according to access floors, it was not uncommon for upper-level personnel suddenly appearing among lower-level employees or arranging their work directly without revealing their identities in real life so as not to expose themselves as high-ranking officials in public settings.

After briefing Xu Yunchang on some matters needing attention, Dychem turned around and left with hands behind his back while striding away confidently.

"You're more interesting than I imagined, Xiu Yinan." The corners of Dychem's mouth tilted upwards slightly as he smiled knowingly before scanning around quickly just make sure there was nobody nearby before bursting out laughing heartily like a child - such behavior made him seem out-of-place compared with this serious building.

The world before Xiu slowly became clear from blurry afterimages; it only took an instant for his perceptual world which used to be fragmented pieces coming together again seamlessly into wholeness once more . He stared blankly at himself holding a tube of serotonin (5-HT) along with a small box containing miniature magnetic devices standing dumbfoundedly at the entrance door; almost dropping them both due lack of grip strength . Although he intended initially put back serotonin (5-HT) where it belonged ,the sobering effect prompted him keep both items close by since they might prove crucial during memory flashbacks .

With one hand gesturing lightly across space ,a task list appeared once again:

「The implementation plan for gas-liquid conversion process using new generation bio-nutrient solution.」

This was his second task . Xiu returned back hall area Z2 following instructions given by memory body until arriving at large power room . The mechanical power furnace kept running continuously without making any noise despite its massive movements ，the entire power room underwent anti-static treatment .

After vaporizing bio-nutrient solution inside pipelines ,it would then be pressurized transported through pipes into sleeping floors occupied by "ideation wanderer" inside Twin Towers buildings ,by breathing normally during sleep period ,"ideation wanderer" could maintain normal vital signs throughout slumber periods .

The previous generation of biological nutrient solution was in the B1 area, which is the area where the 'Wanderer' hibernates. The concentration of nutrient solution cannot be maintained at a normal level for a long time. Both too low and too high concentrations have an impact on the hibernation of memory control. Xiu's task this time is to prepare a more stable degradable biological nutrient solution.

Xiu closed the test tube containing serotonin with a magnetic device and put it into his coat pocket, then began to assemble the new generation of biological nutrient solutions. According to the instructions from the Cloud Metalas system connected to memory connections, he shuttled through various laboratories in zone Z2 to obtain raw materials, reagents and various tools needed for preparation.

Xiu carried various raw materials and reagents to the original power room, where there was a small office dedicated to reagent configuration. He carefully confirmed each component element and concentration of various reagents one by one using chemical analysis equipment inside before cautiously sucking liquid from bottles and jars with test tubes and injecting them into cylindrical glass bottles labeled "Second generation biological nutrient solution" using syringes until he finally extracted slightly transparent liquid reagents with pale yellow fluorescence.

After purification, its concentration was very high; such a small amount could maintain normal nutrition in B1 area for about a week. Xiu pinched bottle mouth tightly while observing this glass bottle carefully at center between his eyes after putting it down on table top . After absorbing light source ,the light repeatedly bounced within liquid as if this liquid inside glass bottle would glow itself.

"Fortunately, its volatility is not strong; otherwise inhaling it will definitely cause physical discomfort." Xiu said as he planned to upload parameters of this bio-reagent onto Cloud Metalas system.

"Upload failed, Memory disconnected from Cloud Metalas." The glaring words appeared in front of him suddenly only then did Xiu realize that countdown had stopped for an unknown period.