Chapter 379: Technology

However, after careful thought, Sun Jack suddenly realized that was indeed the case.

No matter what hacking techniques were used, everything became useless in the face of a power outage, no wonder everything went black suddenly while he was in the virtual world—it was a power failure.

Looking around, Sun Jack was ready to leave the Oasis Game Company that was buried underground, with Tapai in tow.

But he quickly stopped and looked towards the game pod in the far left corner. "Aren't you coming out yet? Do you think I'd forget about you or something?"

Xiao Ting crawled out from the pod with a look of disdain; her plan to play dead and escape had failed.

Sun Jack glanced over at her with equal disdain, "Keep up!"

It wasn't until Sun Jack returned to Utopia Security that he finally took a deep breath of relief, feeling like everything was like a dream.

However, no matter how dangerous, it was all worth it. Looking at the technical data in the system, Sun Jack couldn't help but get excited.

"Send me the data packet, I'll check for any missing data," said Tapai who was beside him.

"What's there to check? Didn't you see that I just used it in the virtual world?" Sun Jack reminisced the strange feeling he just experienced, realizing that Clone Consciousness Overlap Technique was just like that.

Sun Jack thought for a moment and felt a bit uneasy, so he immediately called in a clone to see if there were any differences between reality and virtuality.

"Is it finally happening?" Both Sun Jacks were very excited at this moment.

Looking at the Sun Jack in front of him who was identical to him, he drew three data cables from behind, took a deep breath, and plugged them into the clone's system port.

The next second, Sun Jack felt a soul-siphoning sensation and various images flashed through his mind.

When this sensation abruptly stopped, Sun Jack felt dizzy and disoriented. "Fuck! This feels awful. Why isn't it the same as in the virtual world?"

Once he had regained his composure, he realized it was more than just acquiring new memories; it was as if he had actually done those things himself.

It was him who found Linda Linda, him who forcibly took her out of the room, and him who dragged her along to settle the score with Abu.

For a moment, Sun Jack was confused, unsure if these events were his own doing or the clone's memory.

But soon, Sun Jack realized that there was no need to distinguish whether he did them or not; with this technology, whatever the clone did was as if he had done it himself—they were all part of him.

When Sun Jack sent this information through the network to all the clones, they were instantly invigorated, and their morale soared.

They were no longer disposable clones; whenever they wished, they could return and merge into a new Sun Jack.

Just as Sun Jack was rejoicing, he suddenly felt something was off. "Wait, if it's really this simple, why did Guan Sanke go to such lengths to stop me?"

He decided the technology might not be so straightforward; it required more experimentation.

He probably wasn't up to the task, having no expertise in this area, but luckily, he had someone right by his side who did.

"What was that strange feeling all about?" Sun Jack promptly turned his head and looked towards the consciousness expert Xiao Ting.

"What's so strange about that? Merging consciousness is always uncomfortable," Xiao Ting seemed tired as she came into Sun Jack's office, flopping sideways on the desk and closing her eyes to rest.

"I don't feel that way in the game."

"How can they be the same? One is a virtual game and the other is reality. You don't get bigger from merging consciousness in reality, do you? Your clone just emerged in the virtual world with not a single memory difference, of course it's easier to merge."

"Take it easy, will you? The more differing memories a clone has, the harder it is to merge. If the memory difference is less than 50%, it's like forcibly dragging two different people together. I have no idea what would happen then."

"You've got what you came for, but just remember, if you end up with cyber mental illness in the future, don't blame me."

"Can you get cyber mental illness from this?"

"Who knows? This technology is very old; besides you, hardly anyone uses it anymore. There's bound to be some risk involved."

Recalling the sensation from just before, Sun Jack looked at Xiao Ting again. No, he had to keep this woman by his side at all costs. He needed to find a way to dig out what Guan Sanke was afraid of.

"Why did you help me just now? I didn't expect you to have an ace up your sleeve all the way to the end," Sun Jack turned his head to look at Xiao Ting slumped on the desk and asked.

"Because I love you, hubby," Xiao Ting threw a flirtatious glance at Sun Jack.

However, Sun Jack saw right through her. "Bullshit, you're just scared I'd come after you to settle scores once I got out! So you decided to suck up to Buddha's feet at the last minute."

The thought of her various maneuvers earlier made Sun Jack, who had just been calm, begin to grind his teeth with irritation.

"Why do you ask if you already know?" Xiao Ting gave Sun Jack an exasperated look and turned her head away while sprawled on the desk.

Sun Jack reached out with his metallic prosthetic hand to grab her head and forcibly turned it back toward him. Looking her straight in the eyes, he said, "Even though you were afraid I'd come after you, you still helped me out. Let's talk about your situation."

As soon as she heard that, Xiao Ting knew Sun Jack was serious. The lazy expression on her face quickly vanished, and propping her chin with her hand, she looked at Sun Jack. "What do you want exactly?"

"Simple. Work at our company to pay off your debts. I've paid your taxes, and you'll work for me in my company. That's fair, right?"

"You're running a Mercenary Company, and I'm a brain player. How can I work for you? I doubt your company even has a position for me. Let me go, please. If you let me go, all past grievances we had will be wiped clean."

"Wiped clean? You wish. Do you know how much I lost because of you?" Tapai walked by, heading to a corner to charge himself.

Sun Jack sat directly opposite Xiao Ting and kept eye contact as he continued, "No way I'm letting you go. After spending so much, I can't just take a loss. Give up that idea. Besides, who says my company doesn't have a place for you?"

"I think the Clone Consciousness Overlap Technique has a lot of potential. We just need an expert to improve it."

Hearing Sun Jack say this, Xiao Ting's face revealed a playful smile. "Oh? So after all this, you're keeping me because you're afraid this old tech isn't reliable, you coward."

Unfazed by her seeing through his plans, Sun Jack got straight to the point with his terms. "I won't make you work too hard. Five years, just help me out for five years without pay, and I'll grant you your freedom. 12 million dog coins for five years of your freedom doesn't sound too unfair, right?"

"Five years?! Impossible! Three years at most, and if you don-"

Before Xiao Ting could finish, Sun Jack quickly cut her off. "Deal!"