Knows how to use it.
Fang Qi’s pupils trembled.
The switch was on the back; the knob was used to rotate the mechanical arm; those buttons were for...
He really knew how to use it!
This “Core Calibrator”...
Could it calibrate Liguang’s core?!
He might be able to help Liguang!
But right now...
“Linguang!”
“The Gene Gate is closer from here. Can you...”
He asked nervously:
“…shield those ‘rules’ here?”
If the chaotic rules were still in effect, he wouldn’t even be able to move, let alone operate the instrument!
At that moment, the silver-haired girl’s amber and crimson pupils were still at war within her!
The light from her two cores flashed alternately deep in her eyes!
She gritted her teeth, her voice trembling:
“Master… first hold Liguang tight…!”
Hold tight...
Fang Qi immediately tightened his arms, pulling her completely into his embrace!
Her body was still trembling slightly.
She buried her face in his chest, her silver hair messily brushing against the front of his clothes.
“Wait a moment… Master…”
“Liguang needs… some time…!”
Her voice was forced through clenched teeth.
A patch of deep blue glowed at her chest, and faint wisps of smoke still rose from the top of her head…
She was forcing her core to run at full power!
Liguang…!
Fang Qi held her tighter!
Then he looked up toward the precision instrument in the corner.
The Core Calibrator.
The machine stood quietly in the corner, its mechanical arm glistening faintly with oil, clearly newly maintained.
He stared at the machine, his heartbeat inexplicably quickening.
His feeling was strong!
He could use that instrument!
A kind of instinct buried deep in his body!
Like how he knew…
When Liguang bit his neck, he should lift his hand and rub the back of her head!
Perhaps with this machine, he could help Liguang stabilize her crimson pupil.
That crimson pupil.
The one he had personally given to Liguang!
It was his fault that she had become like this!
He had to take responsibility!
He had to…
Suddenly, a deep blue light exploded from in his arms!
Fang Qi squinted, momentarily blinded.
The next second, the faint blue specks floating in the air around them burst outward in all directions!
…!
The rules were being pushed away!
Fang Qi could breathe more freely!
The silver-haired girl lifted her head from his chest.
In her amber pupil, a deep blue stream of data…
was flashing wildly at a frantic frequency!
Fang Qi’s pupils contracted sharply!
It was a raging amber pupil!
No longer the steady, calm flow it had been before!
This time, the deep blue seemed like a beam pushed to its limit, radiating energy desperately outward!
And her crimson pupil… was almost completely suppressed, dimmed to almost nothing.
She looked at Fang Qi, her lips trembling:
“Master… look…”
Her voice trembled too:
“Liguang did it… Liguang can do it…!”
“Master can now… take a good look at this lab…!”
Fang Qi’s eyelids fluttered violently!
Liguang, you…
Then he saw a faint wisp of smoke rise again from among the silver strands of her hair!
His pupils shrank again!
She was forcing herself to operate! Using her not-yet-fully-awakened native core to forcefully shield the chaotic rules around them!
All just so he could…
take a look at this lab?
But she only had 32% battery left!
No…
The battery must be even lower by now…!
This Crazy Girl was probably…
acting out of impulse again, feeling like she couldn’t help!
“Liguang, don’t—!”
…No!!
Fang Qi harshly pinched his own thigh.
The pain jolted him back to reality!
Calm down!!
He couldn’t hesitate anymore!
Liguang had already done this much!
Her condition wouldn’t last long like this!
He had to take this chance…!
He took a deep breath…
Fang Qi, you can do this!
Believe in yourself!
Suddenly, with a burst of strength—
He lifted Liguang horizontally into his arms!
The silver-haired girl let out a soft “um” in surprise, caught off guard.
He had no time to dwell on it. Carrying her, he strode toward the precision instrument in the corner!
In front of the instrument was a test table, large enough for a human body, with a soft, pale blue mat on top.
Without thinking, Fang Qi placed Liguang onto it, laying her flat!
His instinct told him this was the right position for her.
But the moment he let go—
Liguang sat up abruptly!
She grabbed Fang Qi’s wrist and stared at him wide-eyed!
“Master!”
Her voice was sharp for a second, and the deep blue data stream in her amber pupil suddenly became chaotic!
“What are you going to do?!”
The crimson in her pupil, the suppressed dark red, flared brightly!
“Are you going to leave Liguang?!”
The deep blue specks that had been pushed back began to gather around them again!
Fang Qi: “!!”
His pupils shrank sharply.
But Liguang’s amber pupil flashed intensely in that same instant!
She jerked her head to the side, glaring at the encroaching blue specks:
“Get out!! Stay away from Master! ”
The deep blue light erupted again!
The fragments that had been gathering were blasted outward by this sudden burst of energy, swirling back through the air!
Fang Qi: “…”
You’re kind of cool, wife…
No, no, no!
He had to seize every second!
His hand suddenly hurt.
Liguang gripped him even tighter!
She turned her head back to look at him. The violent data stream in her amber pupil flashed frantically, and the crimson glow in her other eye was suppressed again…
But it was even more unstable than before, like a bomb ready to go off at any moment.
Her chest rose and fell rapidly, and her breaths were mixed with faint static noises.
Fang Qi closed his eyes and took a deep breath…
Then opened them!
His expression had changed!
Serious. Solemn.
“Liguang.”
He said in a low voice.
“Do you… trust me?”
Liguang’s hand on his wrist trembled slightly.
“…Of course I trust you.”
Her tone became lighter.
Good…
“Liguang, I think I…”
Fang Qi looked at her with utter seriousness!
“…know how to operate this Core Calibrator!”
Liguang’s amber pupil faltered again.
“I don’t know why, either.”
Fang Qi held Liguang’s hand back, speaking firmly:
“Maybe it’s a skill I had before I lost my memory!”
“But I have a feeling—I can feel that I can use it…”
“To help you adjust your crimson pupil!”
“So you won’t have to suffer like this anymore!”
He squeezed her hand tightly, staring into her still-chaotic heterochromatic eyes!
“Liguang, are you willing to trust me?”
His tone was utterly earnest.
The silver-haired girl stared at him blankly.
In her amber pupil, the raging deep blue data stream still raced past, but her expression…
for that one moment, was quiet.
Then she immediately lay back down!
Without a shred of hesitation, she stretched out flat on the test table!
Her silver hair spread out beneath her on the pale blue mat.
Fang Qi’s lips trembled as he watched her.
“Liguang’s current state…”
Her voice was soft now, but still quivering.
“Can only hold Master back…!”
Her amber pupil stared at the ceiling, a chaotic deep blue still churning inside.
“So, Liguang trusts Master…!”
“Master…”
Trembling, she slowly let go of his wrist.
Finger by finger, she let go. Each one hesitated, struggled. But in the end, she released them all.
“Master will definitely be able to fix Liguang.”
Fang Qi felt his breathing grow noticeably heavier!
Liguang, I…!
“But Master…”
Liguang raised her hand and pinched the corner of his shirt.
Gently, carefully, she held it.
“Can Master give Liguang a corner of his shirt…?”
She didn’t even dare to look at Fang Qi. She just lay on the test table, staring at the ceiling.
A wisp of white smoke still curled upward from the top of her head, her silver hair scattered and mingling with the thin mist.
“Liguang is still… a little scared…”
Her voice trembled lightly.
Fang Qi’s hands were shaking too.
Suddenly…
He felt a faint regret for his choice!
It was only a vague sensation, hardly even a “feeling.”
More like a primal, physical memory!
How could he let Liguang lie down on that test table like this?
How could he ask her to stake all her trust on his uncertain intuition?
He…!
…No!
No, no, no!!
He shook his head violently.
He couldn’t back down!
Liguang believed in him so much!
He had to believe in himself too!
His gaze swept over the fine mist in her hair…
There was no time to overthink!
And so, he shoved the corner of his shirt firmly into Liguang’s hand!
“Liguang, hold tight!”
He ordered in a low voice:
“I’m not running anywhere!”
Liguang immediately clenched that piece of fabric!
Her amber eye was still chaotic, wisps of blue smoke rising from her hair.
She said nothing more, but…
Nodded emphatically!
Fang Qi wasted no more words!
Every second counted, so he turned around and focused on the core calibration device!
The switch for this machine was…!
He reached behind the instrument, and his fingers accurately found the switch!
“Wuum——”
The device powered on!
Rows of indicator lights lit up, and the screen flashed a list of startup parameters that Fang Qi couldn’t read but strangely recognized!
The robotic arm beside it began to move as well!
The metal joints emitted the faint hum of servo motors.
The robotic arm…!
Fang Qi’s eyes froze.
Watching the arm gradually extend, he suddenly realized something.
This device could debug the native core directly through a rear-neck interface, but for in-depth debugging of the Crimson Eye…
There was no ready-made interface at all!
This machine required him to remove the Crimson Eye for debugging!
With this robotic arm!
Fang Qi’s fingers trembled slightly over the instrument panel.
Remove the Crimson Eye…!
No time to overthink!
Removing it wouldn’t harm Liguang!
She’d lost it before and survived!
Even without her Crimson Eye, she could still be fine!
She could drift at sea with him, let her wet silver hair shield him from rain, curl up in his arms on a raft and sleep peacefully!
No—time—for—hesitation!
His hand pressed onto the control panel…
And then he began typing commands at lightning speed!
Every keystroke was precise!
Every twist of the knob was perfectly angled!
He didn’t know why he knew these things; he just felt… this was how it should be done.
His fingers remembered the motions on their own.
“Liguang.”
He spoke as he worked.
“I’m going to remove your Crimson Eye now.”
He kept his voice as steady as possible.
“Don’t be afraid. It’ll be over soon…!”
Liguang’s grip on his shirt tightened slightly.
“Master, Liguang isn’t afraid.”
Her voice no longer trembled; it had even calmed down.
“If Master needs it, Liguang would even…”
“gouge out her own Crimson Eye.”
“Liguang just now…”
She murmured behind him.
“had already thought about gouging it out.”
Fang Qi’s fingers froze as he turned a knob.
The knob let out a faint clicking sound.
He turned his head stiffly to look at her.
The silver-haired girl lay on the test table, staring at him, and the corners of her mouth gently lifted.
“And now Master has thought of it too.”
She blinked slowly, the chaotic blue flickering in her eye, but her brows curved slightly.
“Master and Liguang really are kindred spirits…!”
Fang Qi opened his mouth, his lips trembling.
Crazy Girl, you really are…!
He shook his head violently!
…Focus!
“Liguang, I’m starting!”
He barked!
“Lie still! Keep your eyes open! Be ready!”
“Yes, Master!”
Liguang immediately tensed her body, staring wide-eyed at the ceiling!
The amber eye was still flashing with wild blue light!
The white smoke from her head grew thicker!
The Crimson Eye was pressed down tightly, only a faint, deep red left in its core.
Yet her fingers lightly held his shirt corner, and her lips were still faintly curved.
—Master, Liguang is ready.
Fang Qi took a deep breath…
And maneuvered the robotic arm.
The precise, delicate arm slowly moved.
The tip of the arm quietly approached Liguang’s right eye.
He stared at the enlarged image on the screen…
Sweat dripped from his brow.
Please… let this succeed!
…
…
The robotic arm retracted toward the instrument.
The metal tip held what looked like…
A vermilion-colored eye.
The Crimson Eye itself shimmered softly under the experimental lights, larger than expected but even more intricate.
Fang Qi’s fingers trembled as he pressed the final button!
“Click.”
The faint sound of a mechanical lock engaging.
That Crimson Eye was precisely fitted into the instrument’s interface.
Instantly, the screen exploded with countless windows!
Data-filled submenus piled up one after another—wave charts, parameter tables, core architecture trees, real-time monitoring curves…
A riot of colors filled the entire screen!
But…
Fang Qi had no time to look at those!
He spun around and rushed to the test table!
“Liguang, how are you!”
He grabbed her hand on the table, his voice trembling!
Liguang lay there on the test table.
Her right eye socket—under the experimental lights—
Wasn’t a hollow, empty void.
Unlike that time on the island, it wasn’t a heartbreaking, empty gap.
Inside her eye socket were incredibly delicate, dense patterns!
Layer upon layer, they arranged themselves, shimmering with a faint metallic sheen.
Fang Qi stared for a moment, mesmerized.
So beautiful.
Beautiful as…
An intricate star map embedded within her eye socket.
And her amber eye gazed blankly at the ceiling.
Hearing his voice, she turned her head slightly, her amber left eye meeting his gaze.
Then…
Her lips curved into a smile. Her brows softened.
She reached out, weakly grabbed Fang Qi’s hand—her touch soft, her strength mild.
Fang Qi let her guide his hand, feeling her gently press it against her cheek.
Her cheek was still soft, though a bit warmer than usual.
The white smoke from her head had dissipated, leaving only a last wisp trailing through her silver hair.
“Master really did it…”
The one-eyed silver-haired girl’s voice was sweet and gentle.
Her smile was so joyful!
“Master is so strong…!”
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