The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 461: Chapter 461: Classified Top Secret

What is Ji You’s Spiritual Silk discussing?

What are they discussing?

Regarding this question, not only Principal Hong, but Mu Jianling and Dr. Luo were also quite curious.

Dr. Luo lowered his head in thought for a moment and said, ”Spiritual Silk has its own independent consciousness? This idea is unheard of. If it’s true, it would be a miracle in the medical world!” At this point, Dr. Luo stared at the six Spiritual Threads displayed on the screen, her gaze becoming more and more intense: ”I really want to open up her brain and study it carefully now.”

As soon as she said this, almost at the same time, Fourth, who was always slacking off and cutting corners while lying on Old Five’s head, suddenly felt a shiver go through his body and a great sense of unease rose in his heart.

Fourth turned his head around, noticed Dr. Luo’s gaze, and immediately shivered in fright, exclaiming, ”Oh my... That beautiful smiling doctor suddenly became so scary...”

Old Five wobbled, ”Where? Where? Where?”

Fourth stood his tail upright and pointed, ”There! Old Five! I’m scared, I feel like she has indecent intentions towards me!” Saying that, Fourth showed a very distressed expression: ”Yingyingying... Being too cute is also a trouble.”

Old Five looked in the direction Fourth pointed, just about to say something, when Boss suddenly thrashed his tail, his body swelling countless times larger: [Alarm! Alarm! Alarm! Everyone pay attention, troublemakers incoming!!!]

Boom—

Dr. Luo had only said a word, not yet taken any action, since she was closest to the testing chamber where Ji You was, in that instant, she suddenly felt a fierce storm coming—

Hmm—

Dr. Luo winced in pain and couldn’t help but grunt.

Huh?

I was just thinking about it casually, I didn’t actually plan to dissect Ji You, did they find out already? Dr. Luo was surprised and looked up, just in time to see Principal Hong retracting several Spiritual Threads.

Dr. Luo couldn’t help saying, ”Attacking her Spiritual Silk like that is too reckless, what if she gets hurt?”

Principal Hong smiled and said, ”With her rotten character, it’ll be fine as long as she doesn’t die.”

Dr. Luo: ”...”

Mu Jianling interrupted the two and asked Principal Hong, ”You also tested it just now, how did it go?”

Principal Hong started shaking his leg and said while shaking, ”Against enemies, they know to unite and fight externally, and they understand how to cooperate and support each other. Looking at their current performance... it’s pretty much certain that her Spiritual Silk has independent consciousness. Let’s not guess ourselves anymore, after this girl’s examination, we can just ask her directly.”

Mu Jianling nodded coolly: ”Hmm.”

Dr. Luo opened her mouth, ”So... it really does have consciousness.”

Meanwhile.

As soon as Principal Hong probed and finished testing, he immediately retracted the Spiritual Threads, but Ji You’s Spiritual World exploded:

Boss was jumping with anger: [Ahhh!!! This crafty old man! He didn’t even fight, just ran away, next time! Next time I’ll make sure he’s knocked down looking for his teeth!]

Second echoed the sentiment with hostility: [That crafty old man!]

Third swore fiercely: [So evil!]

Fourth shrank even smaller, trembling and clinging tightly to Old Five’s head: ”It’s over! What if the doddering old man takes a liking to Sisi as well?”

Whenever Fourth got scared, he couldn’t help but step on Old Five beneath him, but Old Five was quite straightforward: ”Sisi, don’t worry, the doddering old man is here to fight us, he definitely won’t take a liking to you.”

Sixth followed suit: ”Exactly! The doddering old man definitely won’t take a liking to you!”

...

No matter the result of the examination, the discovery of Ji You’s Spiritual Silk possessing autonomous consciousness was the most significant finding! Mu Jianling, Principal Hong, Dr. Luo all began to observe carefully...

After a while.

Dr. Luo said: ”It seems, the characteristics of these Spiritual Silks are also very different, some are particularly lively, like this one, always moving, never stopping...” As she spoke, she raised her hand, pointing to Sixth who was swinging its tail, provoking Old Five for a bit and then teasing both Second and Second, and even boldly trying to tease Boss, only to be whipped away by Boss’s tail...

Then, Dr. Luo pointed to Fourth who was laying on Old Five’s head, saying: ”On the contrary, this one is too quiet, it hasn’t moved since we found it, it must be a very well-behaved strand.”

Dr. Luo raised her hand again, pointing to Boss, and said: ”This strand is the thickest and most robust, just now it even whipped another strand away, probably often using its large body to bully others.”

...

Dr. Luo murmured her findings to Mu Jianling and Principal Hong, the more she spoke, the brighter the light in her eyes became: ”Interesting! Really interesting! Is her situation unique? Or can other people’s Spiritual Silks also be nurtured acquiredly? It seems—I need to ask Ji You to collaborate with me, to conduct more research in this area.”

Regarding this, Principal Hong said: ”To conduct this research, we must have her consent and clearly explain the pros and cons to her, the most important thing is—that it must not harm her safety, whether physically, mentally, or psychologically.”

Dr. Luo said: ”Of course! I’m not some unscrupulous research institute.”

The usually silent Mu Jianling suddenly spoke: ”If she agrees, I will follow up on it. Also—I don’t mind you studying my Spiritual Silk too, we could even compare them with hers.”

Dr. Luo was extremely surprised: ”Sword Spirit? You...”

Mu Jianling spoke calmly, ”You’ve noticed, haven’t you? Spiritual Silks like this child’s, if used on the battlefield, would be an intimidating force, even capable of possibly turning the tide.”

Principal Hong stopped fidgeting and his face became serious, saying: ”Piloting fighters, Mechas, and Starships, all require precise control of Spiritual Silks, but one person can hardly manage 10, 100, 1000, or 10000 strands at once easily. But what about hundreds of thousands, millions, or even hundreds of millions of strands? I believe you all find it challenging too? On the other hand, if Spiritual Silks have their own consciousness, as long as the Master issues accurate commands, they can carry out tasks on their own, surely increasing efficiency and reducing error rates...”

...

And many, many more.

The benefits of Spiritual Silks having independent consciousness are simply too numerous.

Dr. Luo, with wide-open mouth, said: ”In that case, this child really is a miracle. It’s just—” she paused, in a tone of regret and sighed, ”it’s just that she has too few Spiritual Silks, only six.”

Six.

No matter how powerful, there are limits.

Ah!

...

As for the issue of the quantity of Spiritual Silks, it was something nobody could change or forcibly interfere with. Suddenly, Principal Hong’s face became extremely serious, and he spoke in a grave tone: ”This child’s matter must be kept top secret, besides the three of us, absolutely no leaks to anyone else, understand?”

Dr. Luo and Mu Jianling nodded in agreement.