Chapter 93 Browsing through materials_1

"Yaya, have you been staying here these past few days?" Ma Zhao glanced at Cao Ge, hesitated for a moment, and then looked back at Tu Yaya in his arms.

"Yes! Daddy asked me to stay with Uncle Cao, and he will come to pick me up after he's finished with his work."

"I see," Ma Zhao replied in a tone used to soothe children.

"Minister Walker."

At this moment, a young Asian-looking woman approached from the distance and greeted Cao Ge.

"Hmm," Cao Ge glanced at her and nodded.

Ma Zhao also looked at the young woman in the black combat uniform, but it was just a glance before he shifted his attention back to Tu Yaya.

He had to figure out what was going on with Tu Yaya.

"Yaya, how long have you been living here, and what do you do every day?"

"I've been living here for... for..." Tu Yaya furrowed her brows, unable to remember, and turned to look at the sister for help.

"Yaya has been living here for almost three months now," the young woman replied, helping Tu Yaya out as she met Ma Zhao's gaze.

"Sister Mingxia said I've been living here for three months," Tu Yaya told Ma Zhao.

Ma Zhao took another look at the woman called Mingxia, thoughtful for a moment, and then continued to ask, "So Yaya, what have you been up to?"

"Learning to read and study," Tu Yaya answered.

Listening to Tu Yaya's response, Ma Zhao fell silent, his brows slightly furrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing the conversation falter, Cao Ge stepped forward and started a new topic, "Let me introduce you all."

"This is Gao Mingxia, the clerk at the base. She has been taking care of Yaya in Professor Tu's absence."

"This is Ma Zhao, Professor Ma, a scientist in the field of quantum mechanics."

"Nice to meet you, Professor Ma," Gao Mingxia said with a smile, extending her right hand in greeting.

Ma Zhao glanced at Cao Ge, then also extended his hand, "Ms. Gao, nice to meet you."

"Mingxia, take Yaya to play for a while, I've got some business to tend to," Cao Ge said, signaling to Gao Mingxia after seeing that both were acquainted and didn't seem inclined to delve deeper into conversation.

Gao Mingxia nodded at Cao Ge, glanced at Ma Zhao, and then smilingly said to Tu Yaya, "Yaya, let's go play somewhere else for a bit. Uncle Cao and Uncle Ma have some things to discuss. When they're free, we'll come back and find them to play, okay?"

Tu Yaya looked at Sister Mingxia, then back at Ma Zhao, and finally nodded at Mingxia again.

"Yaya is such a good girl," Gao Mingxia soothed as she took Tu Yaya from Ma Zhao's arms.

Then, under their watchful eyes, she carried Tu Yaya off into the distance.

Being carried away, Tu Yaya shouted to them, "Uncle Cao, Uncle Ma, when you come next time, remember to bring my daddy with you."

Cao Ge and Ma Zhao both nodded with a smile.

"Of course, next time I, your Uncle Cao, will definitely bring your daddy along," Cao Ge said until Tu Yaya's figure disappeared from his sight, then turned to Ma Zhao beside him.

"Director Ma, I'll take you to see the base now."

Ma Zhao gave one last look at the fading figure, then turned to Cao Ge, nodded, and followed him.

"Mr. Cao, why did that person call you Minister Walker just now, is she someone from your company?" Ma Zhao asked curiously on the way.

Cao Ge turned his head to glance at Ma Zhao and then smiled knowingly.

"I don't, at present, only have these two devices."

"Why did he call you Minister Walker? Is there some reason behind it?" Ma Zhao asked with an attitude of determination to get to the bottom of it.

"I have a bit of a status here, so I guess you could say I'm a leader in name," thought Cao Ge as he said so.

At Cao Ge's words, Ma Zhao frowned.

"Mr. Cao, I don't quite understand what you mean," said Ma Zhao, his brow furrowed in confusion.

"Director Ma, what do you not understand?" Cao Ge looked at the personnel coming and going within the base, answering casually.

"If I'm not mistaken, this world was created by Mr. Cao, so, Mr. Cao, do you not have control over it?" Ma Zhao asked, perplexed.

Cao Ge shook his head, "I created this world indeed, but these people all have their own consciousness. I cannot force them to do anything; at most, I can exert a little influence over them to some extent."

Ma Zhao nodded, as if gaining some understanding.

"Mr. Cao, where are you taking me?" Ma Zhao no longer dwelled on the previous issue.

Cao Ge looked at Ma Zhao and then said, "Don't you want to know what this world is all about? I'm about to give you a proper understanding now."

...

Inside a large chamber, this was a sophisticated laboratory, filled with all sorts of precise instruments.

But the reason Cao Ge brought Ma Zhao here wasn't for that, but for the data within this chamber.

There was a massive computer in this chamber, which stored all of Shen Yufei's research on this world.

Cao Ge approached the display screen and opened the saved file.

"Mr. Ma, what you seek is all here," Cao Ge said, stepping aside for Ma Zhao standing behind him after opening the file.

"Mr. Cao, what is this?" Ma Zhao looked at the complex data on the screen, puzzled as he looked at Cao Ge.

"This is what those people you're curious about have researched on this world; all the information you need is here. After looking through these materials, you should have a basic understanding of this world," explained Cao Ge.

Ma Zhao sat down and began to scroll through the information on the computer with the mouse.

Most of the content in the data was fundamental explorations of the planet, with microscopic observations of matter and research into the collection of biological species.

Overall, Ma Zhao thought it to be an exceedingly detailed identity inquiry into the planet.

Moreover, the data collected were fairly ordinary, much of it revisiting historical science.

For example, discoveries of the cell, the molecule, the atom... And various such things.

Although Ma Zhao felt the other party might have specific objectives, he couldn't discern anything at the moment.

Because it was all too complicated, too intricate, without any light, completely directionless, and an all-encompassing investigation.

Ma Zhao sat in front of the computer screen, pouring over the data for over an hour, yet it still barely scratched the surface.

However, after more than an hour of perusing, he had gained a rudimentary understanding of the data; they were all investigations—environmental surveys, biosphere inquiries, and the like.

Seeing Ma Zhao pause, Cao Ge, who was sitting in the resting area, put down his cup of water and walked over.

"How is it going, Professor Ma? Are there any findings?" Cao Ge approached and inquired.