Chapter 336: Wen Jing yun let out a sharp, booming roar

In the monitoring room.

Luo Wen yuan has already stood up, his hands braced on the console, as if he could dive right into the screen.

"My son, my precious son!" he wailed. "How could he be lifted like that? How could it be?! He's my son, not luggage!"

Wen Jing yun still sat in the chair, hands crossed on her lap, watching the screen with a calm expression.

"He's being lifted quite steadily,"

"That's not the point!!" Luo Wen yuan was going crazy. "Jin You is awake! Look how pitiful he is! Being lifted while the cold wind blows! He's still cold! Still looking for a blanket! My heart is about to break!"

Wen Jing yun gave him a glance.

"Then why don't you go over and snatch him back?"

Luo Wen yuan choked.

He glanced at the neon‑green silhouette on the screen, then lowered his head to look at his own thin frame, and fell silent.

"... I'm a researcher," he whispered, "not good at fighting."

He had seen all the "stunts" Ying Duo just performed with his own eyes.

Wen Jing yun's mouth twitched slightly, but she said nothing.

On the screen, the neon‑green figure kept walking forward, the little thing in its hand still swaying in midair.

Luo Wen yuan just watched, both pained and helpless, and finally let out a long sigh.

"... this kid," he muttered, "really is Xiao You's future roommate? That child is so well‑behaved, how could he have such a roommate... he won't get bullied, will he?"

Wen Jing yun gave no reply.

She simply stared at the screen, at the neon‑green silhouette, at the white, furry ball in its hand that was still kicking.

Then she smiled gently.

"Wen Yuan."

Wen Jing yun abruptly cut off Luo Wen yuan's endless muttering.

"Look, Xiao You isn't scared."

Luo Wen yuan was stunned, and followed her gaze to the screen.

The little one being carried by Ying Duo didn't cry, nor cause a fuss.

He only kept his eyes open, curiously surveying everything around, occasionally looking up at the person carrying him, then lowering his head again, his short legs wobbling as if playing some amusing game.

"... that's because he hasn't reacted yet," Luo Wen yuan muttered softly.

Wen Jing yun gave a soft laugh.

"No, it's because he knows this person won't hurt him."

Luo Wen yuan opened his mouth to argue, but swallowed the words back.

"Fine then." his tone laced with resigned helplessness. "At least... Xiao You's roommate looks like he has some skill?"

Wen Jing yun said nothing; she simply watched the two figures recede, a trace of indefinable emotion in her eyes.

Contentment.

Or sorrow?

She didn't know.

She only knew that ten years later, someone would still be caring for the children.

That was enough.

Then the most crucial question arose.

If this is Luo Jinyou's consciousness space, it means Luo Jinyou is at least familiar enough with that neon‑green kid, yet ordinarily no one would casually enter another's consciousness space.

So, did something happen to Luo Jinyou in reality?

Luo Wen yuan kept chattering endlessly in her ear.

"... Do you think this kid might drop Xiao You? He walks looking steady, but what if he trips over something? And this cold wind, Xiao You is so lightly dressed—could he catch a cold?"

"If you catch a cold in a consciousness space, what happens outside? Has anyone studied this? Maybe I'll write a paper later..."

"Wen Yuan."

Wen Jing yun's voice cut off his rambling.

"Come over and help."

Luo Wen yuan was taken aback, "Help with what?"

Wen Jing yun's fingers were already tapping rapidly on the console, rows of data scrolling swiftly across the screen.

"Check whether any anomalies have appeared inside the laboratory."

"An anomaly? Isn't the biggest anomaly that neon‑green kid? He's about to lift Xiao You two li away, what other anomaly are you checking?"

Wen Jing yun gave no answer, just kept tapping the keyboard.

"If this is Xiao You's consciousness space, it means something may have happened to Xiao You in reality."

Her voice was calm, though a bit faster than usual.

"Ordinary people wouldn't casually enter another's consciousness space; it's not easy to get in, and there's no need to."

Luo Wen yuan's expression finally changed.

He hurried over, crowded the console, and together with Wen Jing yun pulled up monitoring data from each sector.

"Energy fluctuations... normal," he murmured.

"Mutation concentration... normal, communication system... normal."

Everything seemed no different from usual; the only distinction was that they now existed merely as memories of someone.

Wen Jing yun was about to speak when she saw Ying Duo already holding a permission card, pulling Luo Jinyou back.

"Ying Duo," Wen Jing yun swallowed the explanation she intended for Luo Wen yuan and instead asked the main person directly, "What exactly happened?"

Ying Duo simply walked in expressionlessly, and casually tossed the pale, soft little guy he was holding onto the sofa.

There was absolutely no delicate feeling of taking care of a child.

"In reality, Luo Jinyou's Mutation Value is already over eighty."

Luo Wen yuan's breath caught.

"He's about to completely turn into an Aberrant Species," Ying Duo continued.

"Someone told me that if his consciousness stays away from the Mutation, he might be able to retain his self-consciousness even after turning into an Aberrant Species."

So he came in.

Luo Wen yuan opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Over eighty, only a dozen or so points away from hitting 100 and total aberration, with no turning back.

His son is struggling on that line.

Wen Jing yun's expression also changed, but she is far calmer than Luo Wen yuan.

"Mutation directly affects the soul; this theory was proposed long ago. If the soul can avoid Mutation's direct influence, then even if the body undergoes complete aberration, consciousness might still be preserved."

Luo Wen yuan finally came to his senses, his voice trembling.

"But this theory has never succeeded, never! It's just a hypothesis, and no one can verify it......"

"Someone is verifying it now," Wen Jing yun interrupted.

"Wait."

Her voice suddenly turned sharp.

"If this Consciousness Space is a 'safe place,' then where is the Mutation?"

Luo Wen yuan froze for a moment.

Wen Jing yun kept speaking, her pace getting faster and faster.

"According to Ying Duo, he came in to let Little You's consciousness stay away from the Mutation, but there's no trace of Mutation in Little You's Consciousness Space at all."

She stared intently at that Ying Guang Lu figure.

"If we really have to say it......" Wen Jing yun suddenly paused.

"In this space, the only thing that can be called a Mutation Source is you yourself, right?"

Ying Duo stood there, the Ying Guang Lu's scattered strands still emitting a faint light under the Consciousness Space's lighting.

That is the light of the Gloomy Fluorescent Stone.

It is the purest, most concentrated Mutation Source.