funbook-pk Chapter 684 The Masked Power Field
Chapter 684 The Masked Power Field
At 3 a.m., high-voltage security checks were still being conducted outside the ISA experimental area.
Lin Chuyue stood on the rooftop, gazing at the city lights in the distance. A cold wind, carrying the silence of the night, whipped her white trench coat into the wind. She had permanently sealed the personality virus beta—Lin Yun—into a consciousness isolation pod. But she knew that was only the tip of the iceberg.
"You are not the only one." Lin Yun's last words were like a poisonous needle piercing my nerves, causing a dull ache.
"Boom-thump-"
There were three knocks on the door behind them, which was Zhou Cheng's signal.
She turned around, and he stood by the door, his expression grave: "Someone is looking for you."
"Who?"
"Gu Yanchuan".
Lin Chuyue's brow twitched slightly: "Now?"
"Yes. He's on the outer perimeter of the ISA, holding a government-class clearance document."
Lin Chuyue was silent for two seconds, then finally nodded: "Let him come up."
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Gu Yanchuan was still impeccably dressed, his black suit highlighting his tall figure. His eyes were as calm as ever, and his steps were steady, but he could not hide the anxiety hidden in his heart.
"You shouldn't be looking for me because of Lin Yun." Lin Chuyue looked at him, her tone direct.
“No.” Gu Yanchuan took out a special ring from his pocket. It was silver and had a microchip embedded in it. “It’s because of you.”
Lin Chuyue's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean?"
“Have you ever thought…” Gu Yanchuan walked up to her, his gaze deep, “you are not Lin Zhengguo’s biological daughter at all.”
The air suddenly cooled down by several degrees.
Lin Chuyue stared at him for a long time before slowly uttering, "Explain yourself clearly."
Gu Yanchuan handed her the ring. "This chip is a keepsake from my mother. She served as a core file reviewer in 'Project H' and documented a special alternative personality experiment."
"The experiment used at least eight female infants as surrogate samples, with the target identity template of 'the eldest daughter of the Lin family' for personality input and identity implantation."
"Number 003, Experimental designation—L3".
"L3, that's you."
Lin Chuyue was stunned, her fingers trembling slightly.
"So, I was a fake from the beginning?" she asked softly.
“No.” Gu Yanchuan’s tone was low and firm. “You are real. It’s just that the background you believe to be real is a script arranged for you by others.”
Lin Chuyue suddenly smiled.
But that smile was chilling to the bone.
"My mother died a long time ago. Shen Fang is all-powerful. My father always said I was his most beloved daughter. So they all knew all along?"
Gu Yanchuan remained silent.
"Including you? Do you even know that?"
“I only found out recently.” He paused, “so I came here as soon as possible.”
Lin Chuyue turned around, her back to him, and said softly, "You shouldn't have come."
"why?"
"Because I don't know who I want to believe more right now—Li Zhanchuan, or you."
These words made Gu Yanchuan's face darken.
"Are you doubting me?"
“I’m not doubting.” She turned around, a cold glint in her eyes. “I’m confirming—if you had known all along that I wasn’t a member of the Lin family, would you have treated me like a tool, just like Shen Fang did?”
Gu Yanchuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he finally lowered his head slowly: "No."
Lin Chuyue narrowed her eyes: "That sounds nice."
Zhou Cheng pushed open the door at the right moment and broke the deadlock: "Chuyue, someone hacked into the ISA peripheral server and left a message."
Lin Chuyue immediately went over and turned on the screen.
An encrypted video window pops up on the screen.
In the blurry video, a man wearing a silver mask sits in the center of the screen; his voice is processed, deep, and indistinct.
“Miss Lin Chuyue – or rather, L3 personality substitute.”
"Welcome to the fact that you've finally started questioning 'who you are'."
"If you want to know the whole truth, please go to the former site of the 'Founding Memorial Hall' in City C within 48 hours. Otherwise, the ISA project will be permanently transferred from you, along with your loved ones, and wiped out."
Lin Chuyue clenched her hands tightly, her knuckles turning white.
At the very end of the screen, the shadowy figure looked up, revealing a pair of clearly visible gray-blue eyes.
Gu Yanchuan suddenly frowned: "I've seen these eyes before... in my mother's portrait."
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"Are you sure you want to go to City C?" Li Zhanchuan's voice came from the phone, calm yet tinged with unease.
Lin Chuyue was packing her luggage, her expression resolute: "This is something I have to do."
"You can leave it to me."
“No.” She stopped and whispered, “This is about who I am. I have to face it for myself.”
After a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, Li Zhanchuan said in a low voice, "I'll send someone to protect you secretly."
"Thank you." Lin Chuyue's voice was gentle, but she made no promises.
After hanging up the phone, she stood in front of the mirror and stared at herself.
That woman had wondered countless times, "What am I to her?"
Now that she finally has the chance, she is no longer afraid of the answer.
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Former site of the Chuangqi Memorial Hall in City C.
An abandoned industrial building lies silently in the mountains like a withered beast in the night.
Lin Chuyue walked in alone.
At the end of the corridor, the lights suddenly came on.
Behind a desk, a middle-aged man in a neat suit slowly rose. He was expressionless, yet exuded an undeniable air of authority.
"Miss Lin, you've finally arrived."
"who are you?"
The man chuckled softly: "We're not important. What's important is—the foundation behind you."
"What foundation?"
"You think ISA is just a technology?" the man said coldly. "No, it's an extension of the 'Spiritual Genetic Engineering Project'."
“It needs a ‘spiritual source host,’ and we tried seven that all failed. Until you, L3.”
"You are the only host who possesses both 'multiple personality compatibility' and 'personality evolution ability'."
Lin Chuyue's expression grew cold: "So, you created Lin Yun, you created Shen Fang, you created all of this?"
"No, what we created is 'Lin Chuyue'."
The man walked slowly towards her:
“You are not Lin Chuyue, but a reconstructed version of Lin Chuyue’s ideal personality—L3, a consciousness script written by Lin Zhengguo based on his own ‘ideal state’ for his daughter.”
"The more 'successful' you are, the higher the accuracy of the ISA project."
"The more 'self' you live, the more likely the foundation is to extract the eternal personality module."
Lin Chuyue's breathing became slightly labored.
In that instant, it felt as if the whole world was shouting in her ear:
"You are a tool."
"You have never been treated as a human being."
She spoke slowly, her voice trembling, yet as cold as snow: "So, the people around me... Li Zhanchuan, Gu Yanchuan, Shen Fang, even Lin Yun... all exist in relation to your plan?"
The man nodded: "Yes."
"How long have you been monitoring me?"
“From when you were three years old.”
"Then my memories—"
"Most of them are implants. What you perceive as 'childhood trauma' partly comes from the validation of experimental results."
Lin Chuyue took a step back, her body trembling slightly.
The man stared at her like she was prey: "But you can choose to join us and become a true 'sample of the future of humanity'."
"If you refuse... you will lose everything."
Lin Chuyue lowered her head, and a tear silently slid down her cheek.
She was like a pawn pushed into the abyss of fate, standing on the verge of collapse.
But the next second, she suddenly looked up, a glint of fire flashing in her eyes:
"You are wrong."
"I am neither your tool nor your future model."
"I am Lin Chuyue."
"It's not number 003, not L3, and certainly not the personality container you control."
"Who I am is up to me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she abruptly pressed the button hidden in her sleeve.
A high-frequency interference wave was generated from her, instantly destroying all communication equipment in the room.
At the same time, the roar of helicopter rotors could be heard outside.
Li Zhanchuan and Zhou Cheng, along with the ISA special operations force, descended from the sky.
"Grab him!" Lin Chuyue shouted angrily.
The man was filled with shock and rage: "You dare betray us?!"
"It's not that I betrayed you, it's that you never truly had me."
"This is my freedom."
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Ultimately, the mastermind behind the "Foundation," the controller of ISA, was apprehended.
At the holographic press conference, Lin Chuyue revealed ISA's past dark secrets to the public for the first time as a "victim of the experiment".
She stood under the spotlight, as if using all her strength to say:
"People should not be manipulated as data models."
"Freedom is the dignity of every consciousness."
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End of this chapter
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