Chapter 462: The troublesome genius adult has a bit of self-awareness!

Zhang Jie fell into a deep sleep; in fact, saying he was unconscious would be more accurate.

The nightmares in his mind constantly tried to break free of their confinement, so Zhang Jie had to relinquish control of his body, leaving only basic bodily functions to keep these nightmares in check.

Without mechanical assistance, Zhang Jie himself has learned to utilize and develop the extra regions of his brain.

Simply put, he can now connect directly to the server without a virtual game launcher, needing only an address and an external bioelectric transmitter.

But now, Xiao Jiu outside is frantic, pacing back and forth in anxiety.

"What should we do...."

"Don't keep pacing...."

Qiong felt a headache coming on; she didn't know what Zhang Jie had done, but the most important thing now was how to bluff past the investigation that might soon arrive here.

"Xiao Jiu, go throw that gravity device storing this blank into the reactor."

"Dai Tao, go collect the trash."

"Me?"

Dai Tao pointed at himself, only then realizing what the situation was.

Since she hadn't spent much time with Zhang Jie, Dai Tao had been wondering what she should do if he actually died.

Dai Tao went off to collect trash absentmindedly, while Qiong needed to disguise this place as still operating normally, so the outside trash had to be dealt with.

Thoughtful and meticulous, as a veteran of the fleet, Qiong did not panic like Xiao Jiu; instead, she proved through action that she could handle this.

"Move faster!"

"Before the inspection arrives, we had better destroy everything related to the natural disaster."

Xiao Jiu, made dizzy by her urging, kept gathering things that seemed related to the natural disaster, and finally he saw that insect creature as big as a washbasin.

It was a prototype lifeform created by Zhang Jie, using insect disaster corpses as a carrier and ship life as a template.

It lacked the ferocity of the insect disaster, was usually obedient, eating only scrap screws and scrap iron, yet it was indeed linked to the natural disaster.

"Qiong.... what should we do with it?"

Qiong turned her head and saw Xiao Jiu holding a golden insect creature the size of a washbasin; the little thing actually looked somewhat cute, but it was a natural disaster....

"What should we do....."

"......"

"Xiao Jiu, turn into a ship."

"Whoa!"

Xiao Jiu understood Qiong's meaning and immediately transformed into a grand transport ship.

Just as Qiong was placing the items on Xiao Jiu's ship hull, the Natural Disaster Investigation Bureau staff had already arrived here.

In an instant, Qiong's heart leapt to her throat.

"Um, hello?"

In her peripheral vision she saw Sha Taozi looking around, seemingly searching for her; Qiong could only pray that Sha Taozi wouldn't say anything that would let these people notice something.

But what she worried about most still came.

"Qiong sis! I dumped the trash into the reactor!"

"Phew...."

Qiong let out a breath of relief; good thing she didn't have Dai Tao do any work destroying natural-disaster-related objects.

"Hello, are you the staff of this collection station? We need to inspect this place."

"This is the center of this anomaly; please let us in."

"Okay."

"Humans, let us leave; we promise not to come back to this planet."

In Zhang Jie's mind, the giant nightmare was truly numb; it truly didn't understand how a human could resist the natural disaster's erosion and even imprison them in his mind.

"You're thinking rather nicely."

Zhang Jie carefully sensed his own changes; from today onward, he is no longer an ordinary person!

He is an ordinary person with a super brain!

He coughed, so daring this adventure, Zhang Jie had also considered it; if the incoming threat were of the same intensity as last time, his method would pose no problem.

But who knew this time not only would it come, but it would come in such numbers; fortunately, nothing went wrong.

Now he has completely cleared his mind; at last he can finally wake up.

"I don't know what the situation outside is like now."

Zhang Jie slowly opened his eyes; the outside situation was the same as when he was asleep, except that someone had moved him from the chair to the bed.

"Oh man, I'm so hungry...."

The brain, as an organ that consumes a lot of energy, has undergone quite an ordeal, consuming a significant amount.

Zhang Jie staggered to his feet, still unaware of what had happened; the garbage dump was operating normally, and outside he seemed to hear Sha Taozi's voice.

"I'm hungry, is there any food to eat."

Zhang Jie pushed open the door; the three figures hearing the sound instantly turned toward him, and the three ship girls said nothing.

"?"

"Why isn't anyone speaking?"

A figure suddenly rushed over, burying her head in Zhang Jie's embrace and clinging tightly to him.

"Xiao Jiu?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..."

"Anyway, you've been like this more than once or twice..."

Xiao Jiu uttered a nonsensical remark and then left.

"I'll go get you something to eat..."

Watching Xiao Jiu's somewhat forlorn back, Zhang Jie was momentarily at a loss.

"What's going on?"

"Oh oh, I'll go help!"

The still dazed Taozi hastily raised her hand; she had been frightened by Qiong's gaze.

After both Ship Girls had left, Qiong then turned her gaze to Zhang Jie.

"What happened?"

"Never mind that for now; tell me what you've done."

Hearing Qiong's stern words, Zhang Jie froze; even the dullest could sense that something bad had occurred.

"I...."

"I modified an external bioelectric device, hoping to see if I could catch a Nightmare."

"......."

"So what was the result?"

"The result is, I achieved tremendous success."

This answer seemed beyond Qiong's expectation, causing her to involuntarily freeze for a moment.

"You succeeded?"

"And the Nightmare?"

Zhang Jie pointed at his own head, indicating those damned things were inside his brain.

"Are you crazy?"

"A natural disaster—something most people avoid at all costs—yet you insist on provoking it?"

"I did it because I was confident."

"Hah..."

Qiong seemed to have run out of ideas, holding her forehead, looking as if she had a headache, before speaking after a while.

"I don't care whether you're a lunatic or a genius scientist, but as your companion—or employee—"

"I only tell you this: your behavior harms only yourself and Xiao Jiu."

"If you die, the only one who will grieve is Xiao Jiu, and even the one who might remember you forever and die alongside you is only her!"

"That silly Taozi has only been with you a short while—do you think she'd shed a tear for you?"

"Moreover, I won't pity you—I've seen enough partings in life and death; your antics would at most upset me for half a month!"

"Please, genius, show some self-awareness!"

(Upon opening my eyes, it was eight o'clock at night; out of ideas, I'll stay up late to write another chapter.)