Chapter 333: Yang Yixie: Burp~

Yang Yixie enjoyed a super SVIP lab mouse treatment.

He sat on a soft sofa at the very center of the lab, and the coffee table before him was piled with various desserts and drinks silently delivered by the researchers—pixel‑style cake rolls, cookies, and a steaming cup of... tea?

Yang Yixie stared at the tea for two seconds, confirming that a few strands of pixelated steam were indeed drifting above it.

This means the time has to be rolled back a few minutes.

He was taken by Luo Wen yuan to the Core laboratory at the deepest part of the experimental zone, a space more than ten times larger than the small compartments outside; the workstations were piled with documents and data boards, and the whiteboard on the wall was filled with dense formulas and conjectures.

"Sit wherever you like!" Luo Wen yuan said, still cradling the burnt Detection Device in his hands, his face showing both pain and reluctance to discard it. "If you need anything, tell them. Xiao Chen—go fetch this student a glass of juice!"

The researcher called "Xiao Chen" responded with a nod and turned to get to work.

Yang Yixie: "......."

This treatment is far better than he imagined.

He had expected to have to lie on an experimental table or walk inside those massive machines, but now he sat on this comfortable large sofa, with desserts before him and someone beside him asking if he wanted juice.

In his mind, Yang Yixie silently gave the institute's service a five‑star rating.

He settled onto the sofa and casually picked up a cookie and popped it into his mouth.

Mm, it tasted good.

It was only when he first entered that Wen Jing yun glanced him up and down for a few seconds, said "Sit," and then left him alone.

Meanwhile, Luo Wen yuan trimmed a bit of his hair, then clutched the freshly printed Detection Report, huddled with Wen Jing yun whispering, completely sidelining him as the "person concerned."

Yang Yixie wasn't in a hurry either.

He had intended to figure out the condition of this body, and now someone was offering a full free examination with desserts and tea—what's not to like?

He listened half‑heartedly to their discussion while scanning the surrounding environment.

This laboratory was more than twice the size of the ordinary compartments outside, with various instruments neatly arranged, several formula‑filled whiteboards on the wall, and a thriving green plant in the corner.

If one ignores the researchers who pretended to be busy while actually spying on him, the environment is truly pleasant, with no hint of any Mutation anywhere.

So this is Luo Jinyou's deep consciousness? Then where is Luo Jinyou himself?

The discussion voices over there drifted intermittently.

"Look at this energy waveform," Luo Wen yuan said, pointing at a wildly fluctuating curve on the screen, his voice unable to hide his excitement, "It matches the baseline sample of the Gloomy Fluorescent Stone almost perfectly."

Wen Jing yun leaned toward the screen, scrutinizing the waveform, her brows slightly furrowed.

"But the energy intensity is far lower than expected; if it truly is a Gloomy Fluorescent Stone, the child's Mutation Value couldn't be only 12."

"That's why it's strange," Luo Wen yuan said, rubbing his hands, his eyes shining eerily.

"It's not just a difference in energy intensity. Look at this spectral distribution; it's not the shape of a normal Mutation Source at all—it resembles a domesticated energy, doesn't it?"

"Domesticated?" Wen Jing yun repeated, pondering.

"Yes, domesticated." Luo Wen yuan turned and began gesturing on the formula‑filled whiteboard.

"A normal Mutation Source is violent and uncontrolled, constantly expanding its territory, but this one is very stable—one could even call it tame."

Yang Yixie lifted his hot cocoa and took a sip.

It was mildly sweet, not cloying.

"It does exist, and it is indeed continuously releasing energy…"

Wen Jing yun continued Luo Wen yuan's thought, "You mean his hair is essentially the overflow port of his Mutation energy?"

"Exactly!" Luo Wen yuan nodded vigorously, "Look at this detection data: his interior shows almost no signs of Mutation infiltration; all abnormal energy is concentrated in this 'outer layer.' Do you know what that implies?"

Wen Jing yun fell silent, and Luo Wen yuan didn't need her to speak.

"That means, if he truly transformed completely into an Aberrant Species, he could be the first in history to retain a complete self‑awareness as an Aberrant Species."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Yang Yixie's chewing paused.

He set the cookie down, lifted his head, and looked at the two busy silhouettes.

"Is that still the same person?"

His voice was soft, yet unusually clear in the spacious laboratory.

Luo Wen yuan and Wen Jing yun turned simultaneously.

Yang Yixie sat on the sofa, his golden eyes fixed on them, and he restated the question in full.

"If a person becomes an Aberrant Species but retains all memories, can they still be considered the original person?"

Luo Wen yuan and Wen Jing yun exchanged a glance, then looked toward Ying Duo.

And then Wen Jing yun smiled.

The smile was gentle, bearing the tolerance of an elder toward a junior.

Indeed, still a child.

She walked over, sat on the chair opposite Yang Yixie, and folded her hands on her knees.

"Your question is well‑asked, but there is no standard answer."

She paused, her gaze becoming somewhat distant.

"A person's makeup is complex: body, consciousness, memory, emotions, experiences… these together shape a 'person,' but if one must name the most core, most irreplaceable part—"

"It is memory."

Luo Wen yuan also came over, leaning on the armrest of Wen Jing yun's chair, and continued.

"A person's experiences, the people they loved, the convictions they held, the wounds they endured, the choices they made… these constitute their unique 'self.'"

He shook his head.

"The body can change, consciousness can be twisted, but as long as memory remains, those things that truly existed will not vanish completely."

Wen Jing yun nodded, "For example, even if one day I became a tree—"

As she said this, her eyes gently glanced at Luo Wen yuan.

—As long as I still remember him, remember those nights we stayed up here doing experiments, remember why we chose this path, I am still myself, just in a different form of existence.

Luo Wen yuan's face seemed to flush slightly, but quickly returned to normal, and he feigned composure as he continued.

Similarly, if a person becomes an Aberrant Species but still remembers his name, remembers his family, remembers why he lives—

Then he is still that person.

The two said it almost simultaneously.

After speaking, they glanced at each other and both smiled.

Yang Yixie watched the couple's harmonious exchange and fell silent for two seconds.

Then, in his mind he silently pressed the stop button on the recording.

He couldn't eat this wave of dog food alone.

Then he lowered his head and glanced at the snacks on the coffee table.

Cookies, cake, hot cocoa, juice.......

These are things he doesn't usually buy on purpose, but now they taste pretty good.