Jessica Bolton was always Jessica Bolton; no matter how difficult things became, he finally managed to pull himself out of those days of drunken dissipation and return to the research he loved. However, his entire personality changed drastically—he became uninhibited, reckless, even lascivious, displaying a strong urge to collect and possess beautiful women. In his spare time, he had many girlfriends or sexual partners, as if venting his grief and pain in a different way, or perhaps subconsciously searching for shadows reminiscent of Rain Fairy. Yet, it was just like the feeling of “drowning your sorrows in wine only makes them worse”—the emptiness and pain after sobering up were even more intense than before, unless… he never woke up again.

This special program had been written by Rain Fairy back then, specifically to prevent him from overworking and neglecting his health. Although it did cause some interference for the work-obsessed Jessica Bolton, he could never bring himself to delete it.

“All right, Superbrain, start the automatic research program immediately. Robot One and Two, monitor and calculate… report any situation at once.” Jessica Bolton opened his eyes and finally decided to take a short break. Unexpectedly, all his assistants were humanoid robots.

After activating the automatic research program, Jessica Bolton immediately entered the biochemical recovery pool in the lounge. As soon as he got in, the “water” clung to him, tightly adhering to the surface of his body. The liquid in this super recovery pool was no ordinary substance—it not only provided abundant nutrients and quickly eliminated fatigue, but also greatly accelerated cell regeneration, allowing damaged tissues to heal rapidly. It was the most advanced scientific achievement in modern medicine.

While Jessica Bolton was comfortably soaking in the biochemical recovery pool, enjoying this rare moment of rest, a sudden series of alarms startled him awake.

“Monitoring target energy activity abnormal! Unknown energy is expanding exponentially!”

“Supercrystal container can no longer support it! Collapse may occur at any moment!”

“Target energy has reached dangerous levels!”

Jessica Bolton was shocked and quickly issued orders to the Superbrain that flew into the lounge: “Activate the antimatter shield immediately! At the same time, start the energy decomposition system and gradually weaken the target energy!”

With the activation of the antimatter shield, the alarms finally subsided, and it seemed the situation was under control. Jessica Bolton breathed a sigh of relief and was about to get dressed and head to the lab, when the alarms sounded again: “Antimatter shield under heavy impact! Energy decomposition system running at 200% overload! Unable to continue dispersing target energy!”

Jessica Bolton didn’t care that he was naked, nor did he have time to wipe off the recovery fluid clinging to his body. He rushed into the lab at top speed, only to see a faint blue glow emanating from around the disk, and a strange layer of crystal had suddenly appeared in the center of the circular frame, looking almost like a mirror.

“Could this be its true form?” While activating the emergency system to maximize the antimatter shield’s energy, Jessica Bolton observed the energy index changes of the “mirror” in astonishment. Suddenly, the surrounding instruments sparked with dazzling electricity, some even emitting small explosions, apparently damaged from overload.

“Warning! Target energy has reached S-level! Antimatter shield will collapse in fifteen minutes! Immediate evacuation recommended!”

“How is this possible!” Jessica Bolton was utterly shocked. He never expected that the antimatter energy technology he prided himself on—currently the most advanced in the world—would be so powerless before this “mirror.” This antimatter shield had an astonishing defensive strength, capable of withstanding the simultaneous bombardment of hundreds or thousands of super-nuclear warheads, yet this unknown energy could break it down in such a short time. What kind of energy was this?

If this terrifying energy were to fully erupt, the scope and destruction it would cause would be unimaginable. Although the laboratory was located in a remote mountain area, the surrounding cities would inevitably suffer devastating blows. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Jessica Bolton didn’t bother to escape, but rushed to a central instrument and entered a string of passwords: “Superbrain, immediately activate all emergency backup power and initiate F mode!”

“F mode successfully activated! Laboratory main structure beginning to disassemble and reconfigure. Launch from base and ascent in ten minutes. Please evacuate the laboratory immediately, Master.” It turned out Jessica Bolton’s plan was to launch the dangerous laboratory into outer space, minimizing damage to Earth.

Jessica Bolton wiped the cold sweat from his nose, grabbed the Superbrain, and turned to run: “Ten minutes… I hope that’s enough…”

Suddenly, the blue light from the disk flared intensely, and the antimatter shield, which the computer had predicted would last fifteen minutes, collapsed in an instant. Caught off guard, Jessica Bolton didn’t even have time to take the Superbrain into the emergency escape pod.

There was no imagined earth-shattering quake—only a sky full of dazzling blue light. In the haze, Jessica Bolton seemed to see Rain Fairy waving at him.

“Well, this way we can be together again…” That was his last thought before falling into darkness.

No one knew how much time had passed before Jessica Bolton slowly opened his eyes. What greeted him were ancient and strange patterns on the ceiling, and he found himself lying on a large bed. Strange—wasn’t he dead? Where was this? Could it be hell?