Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Gao Shenxue's delicate eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and a look of pain appeared on her beautiful face.

At that moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder.

"Don't force yourself," Ye Ge said seriously. "Disconnect."

“No…” Gao Shenxue stammered, “I should be able to decipher it… There should be something deeper hidden here… I think I can find the pattern…”

The beautiful deep blue light patterns in the girl's pupils continued to shimmer.

On the system panel in front of me, the code is constantly refreshing at an extremely fast speed.

Page after page opened in front of her.

[System notification: You have entered the local area network]

[System notification: Checking visitor safety...]

[System prompt: Please enter the access key]

[System prompt: Typing...]

[System notification: Unlock successful]

[System notification: Downloading items from the network...]

With the "click-clack" sound of the mechanical axle turning.

A large instrument in the laboratory was turned on.

A colorful beam of light descended.

At the center of the beam of light, data condensed into a physical entity. A small, irregularly shaped mechanical core, less than two centimeters in diameter, floated within the beam. Its structure was precisely fitted, and its surface was covered with deep blue, technologically inspired patterns.

Gao Shenxue reached out and gently grasped it.

The small blue core then floated in her palm.

Ye Ge narrowed his eyes, and the game encyclopedia in the Heavenly Dao System immediately found the origin of this thing: "Mechanical Heart?"

Nangong Qiuyue asked suspiciously, "What is a mechanical heart?"

Ye Ge paused for a moment and said, "Like the Deep Blue System, this is a type of implanted prosthetic, but it should be a technological product unique to the demi-human race."

The subhuman race is a subspecies of humankind.

They share 99% of their genes with humans and look very similar. However, the demi-humans possess a much older civilization.

Aside from the gods, the demi-humans are the most technologically advanced civilization among all races.

If humanity's technological level is 1, then the demi-humans' level is at least 5! Their only extraordinary profession is mechanic! And every demi-human has at least an S-level (60 points of learning ability) talent for the mechanic profession!

At the same time, demi-humans are the most unique race among all races, because they are not a race that evolved naturally on Earth.

The life of this race was created.

Demi-humans have no parents. Every demi-human is conceived in a laboratory using ultra-high-tech instruments. They are manufactured life forms. Every inch of their body structure and every cell is the result of precise calculations using high technology. Therefore, almost every demi-human is an elite.

Legend has it that the gods were the ones who created this race!

Therefore, in the righteous camp of all races, the demi-human race is the one closest to the gods, often representing the gods to convey divine messages to all races.

Ye Ge paused for a moment, then continued, "The Mechanical Heart is the core component that allows demi-humans to control all their controllable mechanical mechs. With this, they can control the mechs they are bound to at will, and some highly talented demi-humans can even fuse the mechanical armor with their own flesh and blood."

Xia Xiyao tilted her head: "But why would something from the demi-human race exist here?"

Ye Ge also had this question, so he looked at Gao Shenxue.

Gao Shenxue paused for a moment, looking at the core in her hand, and said, "This thing wasn't originally here. It was stored in cyberspace. It's just that I cracked their local area network, so I downloaded the items stored in cyberspace."

Night Song: "Do the computers here have a connection to the demi-human network?"

Gao Shenxue: "Yes, that's right."

Ye Ge remained silent for a while, then stroked his chin: "Could it be that the demi-humans have some connection with the gene company?"

"..."

No one answered, and of course, no one knew the answer.

"What should we do with this?" Gao Shenxue picked up the core that was faintly glowing blue in her hand: "I stole this by accident. Should we return it to cyberspace?"

"Give it back? Are you kidding me?" Ye Ge said nonchalantly, "Why should we give back what we cracked and downloaded ourselves?"

Nangong Qiuyue: "......"

Gao Shenxue paused, her calm eyes fixed on Ye Ge: "The demi-human race holds a high position within the Light faction; they rank ninth among all races. The network space storing this core has been secured with multiple layers of encryption, so it must be something very important. If we take their things, they might come looking for trouble with the human race."

Ye Ge said nonchalantly, "It's fine. Since the computers here can connect to the demi-humans' network, it means that the demi-humans must be related to the gene company. If this matter is really related to them, I'm already being lenient by not demanding an explanation from them. Why are they coming to us?"

"..." Nangong Qiuyue couldn't help but complain, "The problem is that our human race can't afford to mess with the demi-human race right now, can it?"

Ye Ge smiled slightly: "That's not necessarily true..."

Then he looked at Gao Shenxue: "Anyway, Xue'er, you can take this and study it first. The level of the demi-human mechanics is several levels higher than that of us human mechanics. The mechanical heart is the crystallization of the demi-human technological civilization. If you take it and study it, you will definitely gain a lot."

"Well......"

Gao Shenxue looked down at the mechanical heart in her palm.

The mechanical heart seemed to have a life of its own; the light patterns on its surface sometimes rotated and sometimes changed, as if it were watching her at all times.

Ye Ge looked up at the huge computers and instruments in the laboratory in front of her, her eyes darting around, and then she seemed to remember something: "That's right..."

His pupils flashed with system light as he connected his system to the network, then his hands began to operate rapidly on the virtual keyboard in front of him.

Nangong Qiuyue asked suspiciously from the side, "What are you doing now?"

"Nonsense, we stole someone else's equipment, of course we have to delete all traces and evidence," Ye Ge said. "If the demi-humans really come looking for us, since we have no evidence, we can just pretend to be clueless."

Nangong Qiuyue: "......"

"By the way..." Ye Ge smiled knowingly, "Also, help these demi-humans clear their information cache. I hope they won't thank me too much."