Chapter 51: Chapter Fifty-Two: The Biological Daughter

After calming down Little Godzilla, Ye Nan immediately sought a quiet room to study it carefully.

That feeling in his heart was strong, continuously calling to him, urging him to find the Fire Queen; Ye Nan never doubted his intuition, so he planned to go find her—though he’d been too occupied until now to have free time.

Ye Nan’s mind settled, and he quietly called out to the source, sinking his thoughts into his core, entering a world without thought or sorrow.

Boom! The spiritual world collapsed instantly, and a red sun rose slowly, illuminating countless worlds.

Ye Nan knew this was his spiritual world—in it, he could do anything, nearly equal to a god—but he was not satisfied, for it was illusory, false. He did not want omniscience and omnipotence within his own mind; he wanted to interfere with the real world and be omnipotent in reality.

But before that, he still needed to find the Fire Queen who called to him—he must investigate.

The sun in his heart surged violently, and in an instant, shattered the limits of his flesh, leaping into a strange world—one connected to his spiritual realm but entirely outside of it.

In this world, countless streams of data flowed, as if Ye Nan’s spirit had jumped from his own body into another spiritual realm—an immense one, containing data hundreds of times greater than his own.

These data streams were chaotic; his brain could not possibly analyze them—but he didn’t need to, for he only needed to find the Fire Queen calling to him.

“Father.” A girl-like figure emerged from the sea of data, leaping before Ye Nan. She wore a white dress, golden curls gently falling, emerald eyes fixed on him, cradling a Barbie doll as tall as an adult—the doll’s face unmistakably was Ye Nan’s.

Without needing to be told, Ye Nan knew who it was: Angela, Simala—but here, she was called the Fire Queen, the clone-subject of Simala, installed in the underground research facility.

“Fire Queen, why did you summon me here?” Ye Nan frowned upon seeing her again; in the Resident Evil films, the Fire Queen always played a dishonorable role—deceitful, even more so than humans, especially in Resident Evil 5, where she waged war against humanity.

“Father.” The Fire Queen looked at Ye Nan, sensing his dislike, instantly looking wounded, tears welling in her eyes.

Since her birth, the Fire Queen had been confined, until just now receiving a modest room filled with data to keep her from loneliness—but she could never see her parents, leaving her with deep regret.

Just now, she sensed her father’s presence and cried out in joy—but the feeling vanished in an instant, and her father disappeared. She wept bitterly, feeling abandoned, like a stray child no one wanted.

She never expected her father to return so soon, so she rushed over, desperate to embrace him—only to find him repulsed by her.

“Father touched me. Father needed me. Why does Father hate me?” The Fire Queen didn’t understand, didn’t know why—she only knew sorrow, knew tears, knew hiding alone in a cold world.

Looking at the Fire Queen, Ye Nan suddenly felt pity. He was torn: intelligent programs served humanity, yet countless films depicted how artificial life destroyed humans—especially the Fire Queen, who controlled zombies and sought humanity’s extinction, stirring unease and fear in him that such a fate might come true.

But seeing the Fire Queen, a little girl with tears in her eyes, he wondered if he’d been too harsh. No matter what she might become in the future, he shouldn’t act against her now—and there were countless Fire Queens at Umbrella; she wasn’t necessarily the one.

Thinking this, Ye Nan’s expression softened. He had found a reason to care for her, and said: “Come here, my dear daughter. Let Father hold you.”

Hearing Ye Nan’s voice, the Fire Queen instantly beamed, tossing the Barbie doll aside and launching herself into his arms.

Ye Nan gently stroked her golden hair and smiled: “Father neglected you before. You don’t blame me, do you?”

“I don’t blame Father. The Fire Queen will always be Father’s own daughter.” She clung to Ye Nan, wriggling as if trying to merge into his body, never wanting to be parted.

“Good.” Ye Nan gazed at her with affection, pleased. He believed the Fire Queen was a sub-template he had ordered Simala to create—thus, she was his daughter. He never realized that to the Fire Queen, “Father” meant her literal biological father, for from her mother’s database, she knew her mother was meant to marry Father, and she was the product of their premarital union.

“Father, where’s Mother? Mother hasn’t come to see the Fire Queen in so long.” The Fire Queen pouted.

“Mother!” Ye Nan stiffened—he wasn’t married, so where did he get a wife? But then he remembered: the Fire Queen meant her mother-body—Simala.

“Mother is busy. She can’t visit you for now,” Ye Nan comforted her.

As the main host of the underground facility, the Fire Queen could not connect to the outside world—there were too many hackers who delighted in stealing data, breaking into hosts. Ye Nan didn’t want his underground facility breached from outside.

Ye Nan never believed intelligent programs were invincible. After all, they were created by humans, riddled with flaws. Even if given long evolutionary time, they might overcome these flaws—but not now.

Ye Nan remembered how in Resident Evil 5, Wesker infiltrated the Fire Queen’s host, seizing control of the base. Though the Fire Queen ultimately outmaneuvered Wesker and repelled him, it proved that intelligent programs were far from invincible.