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

Meanwhile, Takashi Yuki had already entered the Dark City.

Just like its name suggests, this is a lifeless city. The empty streets are devoid of any human presence, and everywhere is filled with endless darkness and silence. Even in this dark metropolis, the tall buildings on both sides of the road still appear as illusory and ethereal as a mirage.

Wisps of black energy emerged from the darkness, silently swirling around Gao Shenxue.

The girl's eyes glazed over for a moment, and then the world before her eyes changed.

The girl, who was just moments ago in a desolate and dark city, has now arrived in a futuristic cyberpunk metropolis with ultra-high technology.

Various neon lights, flying robots, aerial trains, and mecha patrol soldiers appeared before her eyes...

However, it is completely different from the urban style of human civilization.

Like the cities of other races among all races...

What is this place?

Then, the scene before my eyes changed rapidly.

Just like a scene change in a movie, it seems like we've suddenly arrived inside a company building.

This is clearly the interior of a high-tech company, with metal doors and metal passageways everywhere, somewhat like a base from a science fiction movie set on a planetary war.

"Where is this place?... "

Gao Shenxue stood there, stunned.

At that moment, several mech soldiers appeared on the metal corridor in the distance, accompanied by a series of "clack-clack" footsteps.

The girl realized that her current state seemed to be just a wandering consciousness.

The mech soldiers seemed not to see her at all, completely ignoring the girl, and simply walked past her down the corridor.

However, Gao Shenxue's pupils suddenly contracted at this moment.

Because she saw that two of the mech soldiers were carrying a bloodied and dying boy in their hands.

It is Night Song!

The two mech soldiers each grabbed one of Ye Ge's arms, one on each side. Ye Ge seemed to have fainted, his head drooping and completely unresponsive, letting them drag him away like a dead dog.

"Xiaoye!?"

Gao Shenxue was startled.

Almost without hesitation, the girl immediately formed hand seals and used the mechanic's skills.

"Second-Order Mech - Self-Destruct Tracker 03"

"Tier 4 Mech - Aerial Combat Robot: Giant Bee"

Tier 5 Mech - Raider Fury

"A fifth-order machine..."

Gao Shenxue summoned more than a dozen combat machines of various sizes in one go.

The machinery spun, revealing its weapons, and unleashed a full-scale attack, firing a chaotic mix of various homing self-destructing machines, laser projectiles, cruise missiles, Gatling guns, flamethrowers, freezing bombs, and laser cannons...

"Rumble rumble rumble rumble...!!!"

In an instant, the screen was filled with various light pollution effects, and flames roared and rolled in the metal passage.

However, the dozen or so mech soldiers did not react at all. The missiles seemed to have missed them, and there was no sign of damage to the surrounding environment.

Clearly, just as the girl thought, she was currently in a wandering state of consciousness, and was not in the same world as these mecha soldiers in front of her!

The mech soldiers walked to a metal door, raised their hands for identification, and the metal door opened.

"Take him in. The supervisor said he is a very important and rare experimental subject, possessing the dual bloodlines of a human and a mutant demon. We will be dissecting his body in a moment. After the dissection, every part of his body must be disinfected and preserved. There must be absolutely no mistakes."

"Yes, I see."

The mech soldiers dragged Night Song inside.

"Stop! Put him down!"

Gao Shenxue's face turned deathly pale, and she cried out in shock.

In the girl's memory, her emotions had always been stable, and this seemed to be the first time in her life that she had lost control and screamed so loudly.

The girl ran towards it like a madwoman, but the metal door was already closed.

Gao Shenxue pounded her fists hard on the metal door.

It clearly had no effect. At this moment, she was like a soul existing in the other world, her hands pounding on the metal door of the surface world, but there was no reaction at all.

"it's useless."

A calm yet familiar voice came from behind her.

Gao Shenxue turned her head away.

His expression immediately brightened.

A girl with a cold and aloof expression stood behind her.

The girl had skin as smooth as cream and an exquisitely beautiful face. Her black hair, tied back with a blue hair tie, fell to her waist in a ponytail.

And this girl looks exactly like Gao Shenxue!

Gao Shenxue became alert: "Who are you??"

The girl said calmly, "Gao Shenxue."

"......What?"

"Of course I am you."

"..."

Gao Shenxue frowned, fell silent, and scrutinized the girl in front of her who looked exactly like her.

The girl's perpetually calm and composed expression was indeed very familiar to Gao Shenxue.

This must have been how I used to be, right?

She spoke calmly, "You don't want to save your Xiaoye anymore?"

"Of course I want to!" Gao Shenxue stared at her. "But I seem to be in some kind of wandering soul state right now, and I can't stop them at all!"

The girl said, "No, it's not some state of soul wandering, nor is it some kind of inner or outer world. Your current body is just a data-driven form."

"Data-driven forms?"

"The company's consciousness network is a data-driven network you navigate within. To reconnect with them, you must first disconnect from the network and return to reality."

Gao Shenxue remained silent for a moment.

"How do I break free from this form and return to my physical form?"

"This is what you're best at, isn't it?"

"I?"

"You should be very familiar with this place, right?" The girl smiled. "Don't you remember this place?"

"...This is my first time here, I don't remember..."

Gao Shenxue frowned.

A sudden, inexplicable feeling of unease and fear arose within me...

"Is it that you don't remember, or are you afraid to remember?" The girl stared into her eyes.

"..." Gao Shenxue's body suddenly trembled.

"The human brain has a protective mechanism that makes you forget some painful memories that your subconscious doesn't want to recall," the girl said. "But in your brain, besides the protection of memories, it's obvious that someone has deliberately added a seal to block your knowledge."

"..."

“When a person is under extreme emotional stress, their long-dormant potential is unleashed. For example, strength surges under extreme anger; a person being chased by a wild beast and caught in a life-or-death race can unleash running speeds that surpass human limits.” The girl said, “And you, every cell and gene in your body has been carefully cultivated. Your potential is far greater than that of humans.”

"..."

"Now, let me help you remember."

As she spoke, the girl raised her hand and snapped her fingers crisply.

hum!

The surrounding environment suddenly changed from the metal corridor to the interior of the laboratory room.

Gao Shenxue saw that Ye Ge was lying on a pure white metal bed, while six or seven bio-engineering doctors wearing cyber masks were standing on either side of the bed with various scalpels!

The biochemists picked up scalpels and plunged them into Yege's chest, slowly cutting along the skin of his ribs...

Then the hand wearing a white glove took out a bloody, still-beating heart and held it in its hand.

Gao Shenxue: "!!!!!"