ZERO FOLLOWED THE YOUNG WOMAN INTO ANOTHER ROOM, WHERE ONE OF THE WALLS WAS COVERED WITH A NUMBER OF DISPLAY SCREENS, EACH OF WHICH DISPLAYED VARIOUS REAL-TIME IMAGES, LIKE AN INTEGRATED CENTER OF MONITORS.

There was a faint scent in the room, which smelled like that of a young woman, and it was clear that this was her own independent workspace.

The young woman pointed to a chair and said, "Take a break, you're tired right now." ”

ZERO LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM SUSPICIOUSLY, AND FINALLY CLIMBED INTO THE CHAIR AT THE YOUNG WOMAN'S INSTRUCTIONS, WRAPPING THE TOWEL AROUND HER BODY TIGHTER.

"You've been in the lab chamber for too long, and what you need most now is some liquid food, which I don't have here. How about hot cocoa?"

ZERO CROSSED HER KNEES, RESTED HER HEAD ON HER KNEES, AND DID NOT ANSWER, AND THE YOUNG WOMAN DID NOT STRICTLY FOLLOW ZERO'S WISHES AND BEGAN TO MAKE COCOA FOR ZERO.

"Where the hell is this?" ZERO struggled with the question, apparently haunted by the young woman's claim that this was his home.

THE YOUNG WOMAN DIDN'T RUSH TO ANSWER ZERO'S QUESTION, AND WHEN THE COCOA WAS FINISHED, SHE BROUGHT THE STEAMING MUG TO ZERO, AND ZERO WAITED FOR HER ANSWER WITH WIDE EYES, BUT THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS AS STUBBORN AS ZERO, JUST STIFF AND HOLDING THE MUG'S ARM, HER FACE WAS INDIFFERENT.

After a long time, ZERO was the first to lose, stretched out his hands to take the mug in front of him, put it to his lips and took a sip.

SATISFIED WITH ZERO'S "WELL-BEHAVED" PERFORMANCE, THE YOUNG WOMAN RETURNED TO HER DESK, BREWED HERSELF A LARGE GLASS OF COCOA, AND BEGAN TO DRINK.

Although she is weak and delicate, her actions of drinking cocoa are not like a woman from a small jasper, she is very bold and even rough, just like a heroic swordsman sitting in a roadside inn drinking soju.

Drinking most of the cocoa in one gulp, the hot liquid lifted the young woman's spirits, and her eyes brightened behind the lenses.

"What is your concept of the word 'home'?" asked the young woman suddenly, ZERO.

Naturally, this question immediately stopped ZERO, and he gripped the mug with both hands, not knowing how to answer.

The young woman didn't expect Zero's answer, but after waiting for a while, she said to herself: "In the earliest period, home was referred to as the spatial environment in which a small human tribe lived, and then with the development of civilization, people's cognition also became emotional. ”

THE YOUNG WOMAN LOOKED AT ZERO AND SAID, "SO BY ANY INTERPRETATION, THIS IS YOUR HOME, YOU'VE LIVED HERE, AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH SO FAR IN YOUR LIFE IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THIS PLACE, AND THIS IS YOUR HOME." ”

ZERO'S LIPS TWITCHED, AND HE WANTED TO REFUTE THE YOUNG WOMAN'S WORDS, BUT HE FELT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE IN HIS HANDS TO REFUTE THE OTHER PARTY.

"I don't remember—" was the only reason ZERO could barely tell.

"Normal, after all, every child has 'early childhood forgetting', and your most recent memories are probably only the grass and trees outside. ”

Hearing this, ZERO's eyes were fixed on the other party, and it was obvious that the other party had broken the point.

"Really?" ZERO looked dejected, but judging by his performance, he seemed to accept the young woman's story.

"There's no need for me to lie. The young woman said indifferently, her calm not intending to secretly increase the credibility of her words.

"Then I would like to ask you a question. THE JOINTS OF ZERO'S FINGERS HOLDING THE MUG WERE A LITTLE WHITISH.

The young woman nodded, "I know everything." ”

ZERO THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND FINALLY SUDDENLY SAID, AS IF HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND, "WHO IS MY MOTHER?"

The question was asked very suddenly, but it also made sense. Since this is ZERO's home, his mother has at least existed here.

The young woman's face suddenly became very ugly when she heard this, and her fair face turned a little red, and after a long time, she slowly spoke: "If you look at it from the perspective of biological genetics... I am your mother. ”

When these words came out, even ZERO, who had been nervously waiting for an answer, was taken aback, and the mug in his hand fell to the ground, and the hot cocoa in it spilled on the bath towel.

The air in the room instantly froze, suffocating and suffocating to the point that your lungs suddenly tightened.

After the young woman said this, she looked a little relieved and a little helpless, and gently took off her glasses on the bridge of her nose, pinched the bridge of her nose with both fingers, and looked very tired.

"It might be a little too complicated for you to talk to you about those principles, but... All in all, you were born by taking an egg daughter cell in my body, fusing it with another person's sperm and daughter cells through an in vitro petri dish, and finally forming your original stem cells, and finally cultivating you through a simulated daughter and palace cabin..."

Telling these scientific words that ordinary people can hear in the fog makes the young woman feel very awkward, especially when she is looked at by a child with a strange gaze, which makes her feel a faint nervous breakdown.

"All in all, you have nothing to do with me except that you have half of my genes in you, I didn't conceive you in October, I didn't teach you once after you were born, and we are just strangers from a moral point of view. ”

After saying so much in one breath, the young woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then fixed her eyes on ZERO's reaction.

DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS, EXCEPT FOR THE INITIAL SHOCK, ZERO BEHAVED VERY CALMLY, AS IF HE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS SAYING, AND WHEN THE YOUNG WOMAN SAID EVERYTHING WITH THE IDEA OF BREAKING THE JAR, ZERO SAID A LITTLE DRYLY: "SO... It's mine.. Daddy is?"

The young woman was silent, in her expectation that ZERO might cry, she might be desperate and resentful, no matter how the other party behaved, she felt that she could accept it and not be affected, after all, she had been mentally prepared for it as early as the first time it happened, but when ZERO asked her father, the young woman still couldn't control the feelings in her heart, and her body was shocked.

ZERO'S EYES WIDENED, LOOKING AT HER IN THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE, WAITING FOR HER ANSWER.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know about this. The young woman replied.

"When we started to carry out the plan to raise babies, the genetic cells donated by everyone were randomly paired and not specific, and I was just curious about how my cells would continue and what the results would be, so I made a little mark by using my position, but your father... I really don't know the identity of the person who provided the sperm cells..."

"I'm sorry. The young woman apologized again.

ZERO NODDED, INDICATING THAT IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE, AND AFTER A MOMENT OF SILENCE, ZERO SAID, "MAY I KNOW YOUR NAME?"