noffsinger Chapter 641 Phantom First Moon
Chapter 641 Phantom First Moon
It was late at night, but the lights were still on in the high-rise conference room of Starlink Medical Center.
Gu Yanchuan had just woken up, his face was pale, and his fingers still bore the red marks from the consciousness interface that had not yet faded, but his eyes were clearer and more determined than ever before.
Li Zhanchuan stood in the center of the conference room, turned on the projector, and a data chart appeared on the wall—
It was a black network diagram with a red node in the middle: "S-CORE-01".
"This is the last consciousness core server that we tracked down Shen Yanli used."
"It's not located within the country, but rather under the name of a private consciousness research institute in Stockholm called the 'Mirror Lab'."
“Just three years ago, they claimed that a fire destroyed the laboratory, but our technical team found this key in the data remnants.”
Li Zhanchuan pressed the button, and an image appeared on the screen.
The video footage shows a humanoid body submerged in a blue solution deep inside a cold storage room. The face is blurred, but one can still vaguely make out—
That was Lin Chuyue.
The conference room fell into dead silence.
Lin Chuyue sat on one side of the long table, her back straight and her eyes cold.
"He copied me?"
"To be precise, the construction of the consciousness and body model of 'Lin Chuyue 2.0' began the year you were born." Li Zhanchuan said in a low voice, "The technology of the Illusion Mirror Laboratory was jointly developed by the Shen family and an international organization in their early years."
Gu Yanchuan also spoke, his voice hoarse but calm: "The last thing I saw in the space of consciousness... was the face of 'Lin Chuyue'."
"He doesn't want to destroy you, he just... wants to replace you."
“Use a ‘New Lin Chuyue’ who obeys him but has your blood and appearance.”
Lin Chuyue slowly narrowed her eyes.
She finally understood why Shen Yanli was so persistent in his pursuit of her.
Not only because she was the last piece Shen Fang left behind, but also because he regarded her as part of the "Matrix Project".
Her background, genes, and destiny—all were predetermined on the "chessboard" by that person.
She was merely a backup face in the eyes of the architect of fate.
She murmured, "If he wants to replace me, he has to destroy my original persona first... destroy my family, destroy my bloodline, and taint my past..."
“Recreate a new me that is ‘better under my control’.”
"More terrifying than Shen Fang."
Li Zhanchuan nodded: "More cold-blooded and more thorough than Shen Fang."
"And in this war, we have no way out."
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Meanwhile, the ruins of the Swiss Magic Mirror Laboratory.
In the underground passage beneath the glacier, Shen Yanli stood in front of the cultivation chamber.
Inside the transparent capsule, Lin Chuyue's "clone" lay quietly with its eyes closed, its body covered in consciousness catheters.
She looked exactly like Lin Chuyue, and even more gentle and calm.
"Her memory upload progress has reached 78%," the lab assistant reported.
Shen Yanli nodded slightly: "Not bad."
"Don't forget to implant the 'chain of command' in her body. This time, I don't need her to have a strong sense of self."
"A rebellious pawn is not as good as an obedient knife."
"Yes."
He turned around, walked to the glass wall, and looked out at the snow-capped mountains under the polar night.
"Lin Chuyue, Gu Yanchuan, Li Zhanchuan... you have all underestimated me after all."
"I will take back what the Shen family has lost, little by little."
"And it's time for this world to restore order."
He pressed the palm print recognition button, the wall cracked open, and an elevator leading to the backup experimental field slowly started moving.
A new plan has quietly begun.
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Starlink Medical Center - Night.
Lin Chuyue walked out of the conference room alone, her expression cold and aloof, her long hair slightly disheveled by the wind.
She stood on the rooftop for a while until she heard footsteps behind her.
Gu Yanchuan approached, wearing a coat, and gently wrapped her shawl around his shoulder.
"cold."
She didn't turn around, but simply said, "I'm not cold."
"But I'm afraid you'll feel disheartened."
He said in a low voice, "That face looks so much like yours."
"The moment I saw her in the space of consciousness, I even... almost believed her."
“You’re not wrong.” Lin Chuyue finally turned around, her eyes serious. “Because her face was copied from me; her voice, emotions, and even her memory model were all extracted from me.”
"That's not your problem, it's Shen Yanli's problem."
She paused, her gaze suddenly turning cold:
"I'm going to destroy her."
Gu Yanchuan was stunned: "You...are you afraid that she will become your replacement?"
Lin Chuyue shook her head.
“I’m not afraid of being replaced. I’m afraid that one day she will use my name to hurt others.”
“She has everything I have—my face, my voice, even my bloodline—but she doesn’t have my soul.”
“If she kills, plots, and controls, others will think she is ‘Lin Chuyue’.”
"I cannot allow myself to become a knife in Shen Yanli's hand."
Gu Yanchuan remained silent for a long time before finally nodding, "Okay. I'll go with you."
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On the other side, at the headquarters of the Lin Group.
Lin Yun stood in front of her desk and listened to the encrypted report handed to her by her subordinate.
"Information about a 'cloned Lin Chuyue' was found in the wreckage of the Illusion Mirror Laboratory? Are you sure the source is reliable?"
The subordinate hesitated before replying, "It was... a signal sent anonymously by an inside agent from the Shen family's old ranks."
"Lin Chuyue should already know by now."
Lin Yun sneered: "Is it finally her turn to face the fear of being 'replaced'?"
"Alright."
"Hasn't she always touted herself as having noble blood and being a victim of fate?"
"I'd like to see if she can remain so calm when she's face to face with 'the other her'."
She picked up her phone and dialed a number.
"Go and contact the black market medical suppliers in Switzerland."
"I want all the data of that 'clone'."
"Perhaps—I can activate her myself."
“Take ‘Lin Chuyue’ as my pawn.”
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Three days later, the investigation team composed of Lin Chuyue, Gu Yanchuan, and Li Zhanchuan secretly went to Switzerland.
This is an operation that cannot be made public.
Although the Mirror Labs has been abandoned, the dark web terminals and biological databases it left behind still contain Shen Yanli's key plans.
They must end everything before the clones are fully activated.
During the voyage, Lin Chuyue kept her eyes closed, and a single image kept flashing through her mind:
When she faces another "self", will the copy recognize her?
Will I say the same things as her, and shed the same tears?
"If what is copied is the outer shell of the soul, but not the core, is it a person or an artifact?"
She murmured softly, "I want to verify it myself."
Gu Yanchuan took her hand.
"No matter who she is, she will never replace you."
"In my heart, there is only one Lin Chuyue."
Lin Chuyue didn't speak, she just nodded.
She was ready to face anything—
Even if the enemy has his own face.
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[To be continued]
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