Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 216: Consciousness Transplantation

"Xiao Mei, quickly call the fleet command center! I need to take A Ying to the consciousness research lab!" Zhou Yuan No. 1 shouted at Xiao Mei, his face full of grief. Xiao Mei seemed stunned and quickly got out of bed to get dressed. She then turned on her pager. "Commander Qin, prepare the spaceship immediately and send medical personnel to Miss's room. Something has happened to Miss. Hurry!"

"Yes, sir!"

Zhou Yuan quickly helped Linghu Ying put on her clothes, then dressed himself, while Xiao Mei quickly tidied her hair and clothes. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang, Xiao Mei pressed the button, and the door opened.

The medical staff rushed to the bedside, first examining Linghu Ying's eyes, then taking out a small device and scanning Linghu Ying's entire body. The medical staff seemed to look unwell, and she shook her head at Zhou Yuan No. 1 and Xiao Mei.

"Sir, the spaceship is ready. Where to go?"

"Go to the warship at the Consciousness Research Institute."

"Ah?" Commander Qin exclaimed, "Without Commander Linghu's order, no one can..."

“Commander Qin, I know that I am now the highest-ranking officer here. I order you to take the three of us to the consciousness research warship.”

"As you command, sir."

After saying that, a beam of light swept across, and Linghu Ying, Xiao Mei, and Zhou Yuan No. 1 disappeared, directly teleported to a spaceship in space.

The spaceship headed towards the Consciousness Research Institute warship not far ahead. This warship was the Imperial Time Fleet No. 1, specifically used for the downloading, storage, and transplantation of consciousness.

The spaceship entered the warship and docked at its stern. Zhou Yuan No. 1, carrying Linghu Ying, rushed to a yellow circle on the warship. Xiao Mei arrived breathless. Zhou Yuan No. 1 had already opened a panel on the wall and quickly operated it. A beam of light swept the three of them away, teleporting them directly to a doorway. Zhou Yuan pressed a spot on the wall, then faced it. The wall scanned Zhou Yuan No. 1 to confirm his identity.

With a crisp "snap," the door opened automatically, lights came on, and we entered a huge room.

Zhou Yuan No. 1 opened a panel behind the door, manipulated it a few times, and the power started, and all the equipment began to operate.

"Welcome to the Consciousness Research Institute. I am Nana, an artificial intelligence."

"Nana, hurry, I need to download, store, and port all the programs to my consciousness."

"Sorry, please complete the authentication and identification processes first."

Zhou Yuan No. 1 placed Linghu Ying on a suspended stretcher, moved his body close to a large screen, facing a holographic frame, and then pressed a button on the panel with his finger.

"Connection successful, confirming... Sage, welcome."

"Quickly, Nana, start the consciousness download, storage, and transplantation of all programs."

"Yes, sage."

The metal cover of a large piece of equipment opened, and the suspended stretcher automatically moved into the equipment. The stretcher was removed, and Linghu Ying's body was suspended in the air before slowly descending to the base. The metal cover then closed.

This was Xiaomei's first time experiencing such a consciousness download program, and she observed it carefully from the side.

The holographic screen next to Zhou Yuan No. 1 was displaying many groove-like wrinkles and textures. Xiao Mei knew that these were brain touches. These layers of wrinkles and textures were changing at an extremely fast speed, and a lot of data appeared on the holographic screen.

"Sage, consciousness scan complete. Total time: 12 minutes and 23 seconds."

"Okay, Nana, thank you."

Zhou Yuan No. 1 operated the holographic screen at a very fast pace, flipping through the data that Xiao Mei couldn't understand. Zhou Yuan No. 1 suddenly paused, stared at the screen for a while, and then continued to operate the holographic screen.

"Sage, the consciousness storage and backup are complete. Shall we proceed with the transplant now?"

"Oh, Nana, wait a minute."

Zhou Yuan No. 1 walked up to Xiao Mei, his eyes filled with affection, "Xiao Mei, I suggest you also download your consciousness. Didn't you say you wanted to change to a younger body? Now is a rare opportunity."

Xiao Mei nodded shyly.

"Nana, prepare for the next consciousness scan and download."

"Yes, sage."

The metal shield of the consciousness scanning machine opened, and Linghu Ying's body floated in the air. The stretcher automatically entered the metal shield, moved upward, and began to slide out, carrying Linghu Ying. Another suspended stretcher descended, moving directly to Xiao Mei's standing position, exactly at Xiao Mei's leg level. Xiao Mei sat on the stretcher and lay flat. The stretcher began to move towards the metal shield. After entering, the stretcher moved out, and Xiao Mei slowly descended onto the support. The metal shield closed.

"Sage, consciousness scan complete. Total time: 11 minutes and 57 seconds."

"OK, thanks."

Zhou Yuan quickly flipped through the data on the holographic screen, then slowly flipped through it. Suddenly, just like when he was looking at Linghu Ying's data, Zhou Yuan No. 1 also paused for a moment, then stared blankly for a while before continuing to operate the holographic screen.

"Sage, the consciousness storage and backup are complete. Shall we proceed with the transplant now?"

"Oh, Nana, wait a minute."

Zhou Yuan No. 1 retrieved Linghu Ying's data and compared Xiao Mei's data in two separate screens. In the last few pages, the two data showed a high degree of similarity and matching. Moreover, there was a gap in the data between the two at a certain time period. In other words, there were blank areas in the consciousness of Linghu Ying and Xiao Mei, and some parts were deliberately tampered with!

Zhou Yuan No. 1 secretly backed up the original data of the two people's consciousnesses, then began to modify or delete some data on the following pages, and then saved it.

"Nana, activate the metal shield."

"Yes, sage."

The metal shield opened, and like Linghu Ying, Xiao Mei was also removed. It was clear that Xiao Mei was very excited.

"Brother, what should we do about the young lady?"

"Fortunately, we arrived in time and managed to scan and save her consciousness. However, I just noticed that there was some garbled text in the later data of Aying's consciousness stream, so I estimate that she will lose some memory fragments."

"No wonder you were spacing out earlier, brother. So that's what happened. Saving Miss is the priority. Let's start cloning now." Xiao Mei was also very anxious. Although she was the commander, she knew very well that she was better suited for scientific research and definitely not capable of managing a fleet.

"Xiaomei, how about this? Since we have this rare opportunity, why don't you and Aying both get cloned?"

"What should I do with this body now?" Xiaomei thought about it and found it somewhat absurd.

"Hmm, that is a problem."

"Big brother, my clone, let's wait a bit, let's clone the young lady first."

“Okay. Nana, perform consciousness transplantation and cloning on the consciousness stream numbered EESGJD1-1001.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

The holographic screen displayed Linghu Ying's stream of consciousness data. The data scrolled rapidly and then stopped. This data was very different from the previous data and looked like gibberish.

"Sage, there's a blank space after this stream of consciousness data. Shall we continue with the transplantation and cloning?"

"Continue execution."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Please wait a moment."

The stopped data started churning again, and the stream of consciousness data finally flipped to the last page.

The stream of consciousness data disappeared, and then a DNA helix structure appeared on the holographic screen. The holographic screen was like a master sketch artist, and a swishing sound rang out. Xiao Mei noticed that they were various human organs, then hands, legs, torso, and finally the brain appeared. A young and beautiful woman appeared on the holographic screen.

"Miss!" Xiao Mei exclaimed in surprise. This woman's appearance was exactly like Linghu Ying's when she was young, just like the Linghu Ying that Xiao Mei first saw in the basement of that building.

On the holographic screen, Linghu Ying remained motionless, but the display showed a cross-sectional view of Linghu Ying's brain. The cross-sectional view contained many red bright spots, which gradually connected to form red blocks. These red blocks then connected again, spreading to the entire brain level, and the entire brain cross-section was displayed in red.

This red color is like the red of a branding iron, and then the branding iron is like the power being cut off, slowly cooling down, gradually turning blue, and then gradually turning from blue to white. Finally, the anatomical view of the brain disappears, revealing the brain with its skull.

On the screen, Linghu Ying's finger twitched. Suddenly, Linghu Ying opened her eyes, startling Xiao Mei, who was watching intently. She involuntarily took two steps back.

"Sage, consciousness transplantation and cloning of consciousness number EESGJD1-1001 has been successful. Please receive the clone."

"Okay, bring it over."

"Yes, sage."

A moment later, the room door opened automatically, and a suspended stretcher was brought in. The stretcher was covered with a thin sheet, with Linghu Ying's face facing upwards. Xiao Mei and Zhou Yuan No. 1 quickly stepped forward, and the stretcher stopped moving.

Xiao Mei looked at Linghu Ying in surprise. Linghu Ying was not awake and her eyes were closed. Zhou Yuan No. 1 picked up the clothes that had been prepared on the stretcher, lifted the quilt, and dressed Linghu Ying. Xiao Mei quickly helped.

Zhou Yuan No. 1 and Xiao Mei waited by the stretcher. About ten minutes later, Xiao Mei's fingers moved, and then she opened her eyes. Perhaps she was not used to the light. Linghu Ying rubbed her eyes and sat up abruptly when she saw Zhou Yuan No. 1.

"Miss, you are still recovering, please don't exert yourself."

"Brother Zhou? Is it Brother Zhou?" Linghu Ying looked at Zhou Yuan, her face filled with indescribable surprise.

"Ah Ying, you're awake?"

"Ah Ying? She looks so familiar. Brother Zhou, is that really you? You've aged a bit?"

"Ah Ying, it's me. Of course I'll get old too."

Linghu Ying seemed to notice Xiao Mei next to Zhou Yuan No. 1 as well. "Brother Zhou, who is this? She looks familiar to me."

"Miss, I'm Xiaomei."

"Xiao Mei? My God, how come you look so old? What happened? Have I lost my memory? Why can't I remember some things?" Linghu Ying's series of questions was the common reaction of a clone awakening.

"Miss, please calm down." Xiao Mei lifted the sheet, helped Linghu Ying off the stretcher, and assisted her to the side of Linghu Ying's old body.

When Linghu Ying saw the face of the older Linghu Ying, she tried her best to remember, and suddenly her expression changed drastically.

“Ah Ying, this is what you will look like thirty years from now, or more precisely, what your mother will look like thirty years from now.”

"Brother Zhou, what's wrong with me?" Linghu Ying turned around and quietly looked at Zhou Yuan No. 1.

"When you and I were making love, you suddenly couldn't catch your breath and passed away."

"Love, did we make love? You're willing to make love with me?" Linghu Ying asked, her face full of confusion.

"Yes, miss, you have some memory loss. Let's go back and talk about it slowly."

"Then what should I do with this?" Linghu Ying asked, pointing to the old Linghu Ying's corpse.

"Space burial or carbonization, it's your decision."

"Let it carbonize." Linghu Ying pulled the blanket over the face of the elderly Linghu Ying.

"Nana, perform a carbonization burial for this female carbon-based life form."

"Yes, sage."

The stretcher carrying the body of the elderly Linghu Ying began to move, flying towards the door of the room. The automatic door opened, the stretcher began to turn, then the door closed, and the stretcher disappeared from sight.

Linghu Ying now seemed to have realized something, carefully examining Zhou Yuan No. 1, and then taking a closer look at Xiao Mei.