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Chapter 217 Conservation Principle

Upon hearing Gu Nanfeng's question, Lu Yuan finally took a closer look at him. Compared to the Gu Nanfeng he remembered, he was much younger now, perhaps a little naive, but still very good at identifying problems.

“I’ve been thinking about this problem for a long time while I was in Lu Yuan’s body.” Lu Yuan nodded as he spoke. “Yes, I’ve been in this body all along, but I haven’t been able to leave it empty. I think this is the principle of conservation of matter; there can only be one Lu Yuan in this world.”

"So, it's really possible that there's another Yang Xiao?" Yang Xiao heard Lu Yuan's words and thought of himself.

“It’s not impossible.” Although Lu Yuan was unconscious on the warship, he was conscious and knew what Yang Xiao was struggling with. “But don’t worry, if you exist, the other Yang Xiao will not exist.”

“But the Yang Xiao they’re talking about is clearly more powerful.” Yang Xiao looked at Lu Yuan. “You are also the powerful Lu Yuan now. So, what if one day the powerful Yang Xiao suddenly appears and replaces me?”

"What?" Upon hearing this, Ji Lang immediately looked at Yang Xiao and said loudly, "I won't allow it."

"Are you stupid? Is this a question of whether you're accurate or not?" Yang Xiao rolled her eyes at Ji Lang, but was also comforted.

"Don't worry, I don't think the principle of conservation of oneness applies to strength or weakness. I'm actually struggling to survive right now. Soon, I'll disappear, and the Lu Yuan you know will come back. I need you to pass on some things to him." Lu Yuan was clearly weak when he said this. He supported himself with the armrest of the chair and continued, "The system's authorization password is the initials of the TV series my dad loved to watch when I was a kid. The mecha's highest-level system is Wei Guo... I... I need to... find..."

Before Lu Yuan could finish speaking, his head lolled to the side, and he passed out again in his seat. Upon seeing this, Ji Lang immediately rushed to the pilot's seat and began to manually pilot the helicopter. Although he wasn't sure if the helicopter would lose its autopilot function because Lu Yuan had passed out, manual piloting was definitely the safest option. It was only then that he realized that the route Lu Yuan had chosen was to Beijing.

"Lu Xiaoyuan?" Yang Xiao ran to Lu Yuan's seat and patted his face, but Lu Yuan still didn't react.

"He's probably exhausted. Let's wait until he falls asleep." Lin Yun also came over to take a look. Lu Yuan's breathing was normal; he was probably just asleep.

"So Lu Yuan just disappeared like that?" Zhong Qiang asked, leaning against the back of the chair.

"Not necessarily, but he shouldn't be able to control Lu Yuan's body again in the short term." Gu Nanfeng's guess was also based on evidence. After all, Lu Yuan just now didn't seem to think that he would never come back. After thinking for a moment, he added, "Who knows, they might merge."

“According to Lu Yuan, that password should be the authorization password for the starship. Does that mean we can ride in Lu Yuan’s starship from now on?” Zhong Qiang asked again.

"Are you a problem child?" Yang Xiao rolled his eyes at Zhong Qiang, but then turned to look at Gu Nanfeng seriously. "Can we really travel on a starship?"

“I don’t know either,” Gu Nanfeng shook his head. “But we might have to find a chance to go back to G City.”

"Are we going to find Wei Guo?" Pei Sihao asked.

“Yes, didn’t we say before that Lu Yuan’s mecha was missing a system? His starship system isn’t his mecha system. Based on what Lu Yuan just said, his mecha system should be Wei Guo.” Gu Nanfeng nodded.

"Ha, I didn't expect Lu Yuan to know Wei Guo too." Yang Xiao couldn't help but laugh. "What did he sell in his past life that made him a target of Wei Guo's pursuit?"

"Stop pretending to be relaxed here. Tell me more about the other 'you' thing you mentioned." Although Ji Lang was driving, he couldn't help but worry about Yang Xiao's situation.

"Yes, how come you have another one too?" Pei Sihao wanted to ask earlier, but Lu Yuan was still talking, and seeing how weak he was, he was too embarrassed to interrupt and ask.

“We met dozens of people on the warship, and they all said they knew Yang Xiao,” Zhong Qiang said, then thought for a moment and added, “They should say he was Yang Xiao from a previous life.”

"Your past life?" Ji Lang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this term. "It's you from your past life, not this one. It's nothing."

"Dozens of people claim to have seen you in your past life?" Lin Yun grasped the key point in Zhong Qiang's words. "You mean there are at least dozens of reincarnated individuals?"

“No wonder Lu Yuan said that there was an invisible force that was stopping him.” Pei Sihao also noticed this.

“Oh right, they said they were a coalition government.” Yang Xiao suddenly remembered what those people called themselves when he and Zhong Qiang were arrested.

“United government, federal government…” Gu Nanfeng pondered these two words repeatedly. “These people may be the people of the later federal government. They were reborn for some unknown reason.”

"That makes me unhappy. Everyone else gets reborn in batches, why don't I have this buff?" Pei Sihao pouted. "It's our country's republican government, has it forgotten about us?"

"You just love to talk nonsense." Gu Nanfeng patted Pei Sihao's head and smiled. "It's good that you weren't reborn. You're still you."

"I'm not happy about that either." Pei Sihao stretched and walked to the small refrigerator in the helicopter. Sure enough, Lu Yuan really did keep food in all the vehicles. After having breakfast at the base this morning, it was now afternoon, and he did say he was a little hungry.

"Me too, me too, I haven't eaten in ages." Compared to them, Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang, who had been locked up all day, were really hungry. They went to the refrigerator and grabbed some food.

“That Lu just now…” Gu Nanfeng originally wanted to call him “that Lu Yuan” like Pei Sihao and the others did, but after thinking for a moment, he changed his mind and continued:

"Dr. Lu mentioned a principle of conservation and oneness."

“Yes, he said that because of this principle, only one of him and Lu Xiaoyuan can exist, and only one of me and the other Yang Xiao can exist.” Yang Xiao said while eating bread.

“Yes, he also said that the principle of conservation of oneness is not based on strength or weakness,” Pei Sihao added.

"The current situation of Lu Yuan and Yang Xiao is that the you who existed in our timeline have stayed behind, and the so-called other you who were reborn did not gain the dominant position." Gu Nanfeng thought for a moment and continued to analyze, "Because Lu Yuan's other individual did not rebirth but traveled back, his consciousness is stronger. He cannot coexist with Lu Yuan himself and cannot share memories. As for Yang Xiao, his reborn self brought his memories and merged into your main body."

"In other words, my reborn consciousness could seize my original body at any time?" Yang Xiao was speechless upon hearing Gu Nanfeng's analysis.

“I think if he wanted to take over your original body, he would have done so already. After all, those people on the warship you mentioned are all reborn individuals.” Gu Nanfeng’s words reassured Yang Xiao somewhat.

“Oh~ Yang Xiao was with them in his past life, but he doesn’t want to be with them in this life, so…” Zhong Qiang thought for a moment and then became puzzled, “But Yang Xiao’s past life was different from those people, wasn’t it?”