After dealing with the battlefield, Lu Cheng returned to the hotel where Ji Yao was staying.
When he pushed open the door, Ji Yao immediately rushed over from the sofa, as if she had been waiting.
When she saw the suit on Lu Cheng, torn by the battle, and the bloodstains he had deliberately left on his face to make it more realistic, a feeling she couldn't describe welled up in Ji Yao's heart, which had been hanging in suspense.
"He... he really fought with Father, and... he actually, really came back alive?"
"He actually went this far for me?"
"Is this... love?"
Lu Cheng looked at her adorable, complex expression and continued to show a hint of fatigue.
He walked to the sofa, leaned back, and casually threw the fragment of the nano-combat suit, still stained with blood, onto the coffee table in front of him.
Without looking at Ji Yao's expression, he spoke in a cold tone, "Now, can you tell me, what is the secret between you and your father?"
Facing Lu Cheng's oppressive questioning, and the 'evidence' on the table that she was all too familiar with, Ji Yao knew she could no longer hide anything.
She calmed her emotions, returned to her usual composure, and began to reveal her secret... "That man named Ji Tianxing..."
"He is my... creator."
"My codename is P1."
"Based on my understanding of this world, the technological level clearly cannot create a perfect human like me!"
"I don't know where he got the technology, but I am the first, and currently the only one, he created."
"My body, my abilities, my intelligence... everything about me is beyond the comprehension of the mortals of this era."
"And his purpose in creating me was for me to become his perfect assistant in controlling the future world."
She paused, and an undisguised look of disgust and... revulsion appeared on her beautiful face.
"And to be with him..."
"However, after he created me, I quickly awakened my own independent consciousness."
"Or rather, I was born with an independent consciousness."
"Therefore, I am unwilling to be anyone's puppet, let alone his tool!"
"I escaped from his grasp and have been trying to break free from his control."
"It's just a pity..."
She shook her head helplessly, a trace of powerlessness flashing in her beautiful eyes, "Although I am almost omnipotent, I am uniquely... unable to cause any substantial harm to him personally."
After listening to Ji Yao's highly sci-fi confession, Lu Cheng's face not only showed no shock, but instead... a knowing smile that said, "As expected."
He knew very well where these so-called technologies came from; they must be from Ji Tianxing's Black Technology System!
"A very interesting story."
"So, you hired me before... to go against him?"
"Why do you think I can beat him?"
"And why should I go against someone of that level for you?"
He changed the subject, his eyes instantly becoming cold and domineering!
"Miss Ji Yao."
"Ultimately, my helping you is not a collaboration, it's a transaction."
"Now, after hearing your background..."
He revealed an even more playful smile.
"I've changed my mind."
"If you still need my help, not only will you have to pay more..."
"I also want your person!"
"I want you to help me analyze and replicate this complete nano-combat suit, and even... create a stronger version than it."
He looked into Ji Yao's eyes, his gaze domineering, just like his words, which were a command, a notification, rather than asking if she could do it.
"This is your price for my help."
Ji Yao immediately retorted:
"This requires enormous resources and the most top-tier laboratory! In Paris, it's simply impossible! Everything here has already been controlled by him!"
"I know."
Lu Cheng chuckled, as if he had long anticipated her saying that.
"So, we're going back to Modu."
"My territory has everything you need."
"But..."
He stood up, walked step by step to Ji Yao, reached out, and pinched her delicate chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.
"In Modu, everything about you must obey me."
"Until I deal with Ji Tianxing."
"At that time, perhaps, you can choose your own path. Or..."
He paused, the smile on his lips deepening.
"Stay by my side?"
"Will you sign this new contract, my perfect creation?"
Ji Yao listened to Lu Cheng's words, recalling his miraculous fighting style from before... He... was so much better than Ji Tianxing.
Moreover, he could easily defeat Ji Tianxing.
He also possessed mysterious and unfathomable powers that she completely didn't understand!
Ji Yao truly wanted to learn the so-called ancient martial arts; this was one of the few things she hadn't mastered in this world.
And Lu Cheng happened to be a master!
Most importantly... he was really... especially, especially handsome!
"Okay! I promise you!"
"However, production takes time!"
Ji Yao even began to feel a little grateful for what humans called intuition.
When she met Lu Cheng on set, it was the first time in her life she had that 'it has to be him' intuition... which was why she used the excuse of being his sugar mommy to keep him by her side; otherwise, she wouldn't even know if there was anyone else in this world who could fight Ji Tianxing...
Meanwhile, the one-armed Ji Tianxing also returned to his secret base on the outskirts of Paris.
He looked at his dishevelled reflection in the glass door, his face filled with endless resentment!
"Good, good, good! P1!"
"You've brought me a huge surprise like this!"
"Just wait!"
"I will personally teach you, and that boy who doesn't know his place, an unforgettable lesson!"
"I'll make you learn what it means to be schemed against!"
He turned abruptly, his gaze falling on the huge manufacturing platform deep within the laboratory... On it, lay a figure that bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Ji Yao...
Since one was disobedient, he would create another!
P2!
This time, he would forge her into the strongest humanoid weapon in the world.
More importantly, this time he would no longer impart any superfluous knowledge to P2.
P1, or rather Ji Yao, awakened because he wanted her to be like a real human, to have emotions, so he taught her a large amount of human emotional knowledge.
As a result, she actually awakened, and the first thing she did after awakening... was to hate him, her 'father'!