Transfer Complete

As Alex "enjoyed" the tingling pleasure, he suddenly realized that his consciousness had left his body. It traveled through the wires, passing through machine after machine, heading toward the final Consciousness Register.

"It really works!" Alex was astonished, and his admiration for Zola’s Consciousness Transfer technology grew immensely. Zola was not a mutant and did not possess telepathy, yet an ordinary human like him had managed to develop such an ability. It was simply unbelievable!

As he marveled inwardly, Alex’s consciousness finally entered the Consciousness Register through Zola’s equipment. However, Alex did not notice that a tiny sliver had been removed from his complete consciousness and secretly intercepted inside a machine positioned before the Consciousness Register. The fragment was so minuscule that it would have gone unnoticed without careful sensing.

Once Alex’s consciousness had transferred into the Consciousness Register, Zola immediately shut down every machine and hurriedly severed all the connections.

Emma and the others watched Zola’s movements with great anxiety, as they had no idea whether the transfer had succeeded. Zola’s sudden actions only made them more uneasy, afraid they might be signs of failure.

Fortunately, after Zola removed the helmet from Alex’s head, he let out a long breath and could not hide the excitement on his face. "Success!"

Upon hearing this, Emma eagerly activated her telepathy and slowly reached toward the now-independent Consciousness Register. Her expression shifted unpredictably, showing both concern and curiosity. No one could help being curious about a register capable of storing consciousness.

Before Emma’s Psionic Power could reach the Consciousness Register, Alex’s Mind Telepathy rang out in everyone’s minds, brimming with joy. "It worked! We’ll be able to see each other again soon!"

As soon as his words fell, the Flame Spirit emerged from the void once more.

Under Alex’s control, the Flame Spirit flashed to the side of the Consciousness Register, raised a hand to pick it up, and stuffed it directly into its head. Of course, the register had first been covered in an energy shield that isolated it from flames. Otherwise, the Flame Spirit’s body would have burned the Consciousness Register straight to ashes.

Emma and the others stood to one side, their faces full of amazement and faint concern. Emma also had other thoughts in mind, intending to discuss them with Alex after they returned to the Floating Temple.

After settling the Consciousness Register in place, Alex suddenly felt awful. Separated by the register, he felt like a master puppeteer controlling a marionette. While it remained as responsive as his own limbs, it lacked the ease of truly being there. Something felt off, deeply uncomfortable; it was less satisfying than when his consciousness had been transferred into the computer earlier.

Still, Alex merely grumbled inwardly. Things had come to this, and he could only accept it. To lessen his sense of resistance, he modified the Flame Spirit again, changing its build and appearance entirely into his own. He even dressed the Flame Spirit in a layer of clothing, naturally formed from energy.

"It actually looks pretty convincing!" Looking at the completely transformed Flame Spirit, Emma and the other three women exchanged glances and laughed. The bolder Monroe and Audrey walked right up to it, curiously reaching out to touch Alex’s new body while muttering nonstop, "It feels so strange!"

Seeing the disappointed expressions on Audrey and Monroe’s faces, Alex did not know whether to laugh or cry. Embarrassed, he explained, "You’ll get used to it!"

They did not stay long. After bidding Zola farewell, Alex and the others took the car personally driven by Nick Fury back to New York. Alex did not immediately bring the four women back to the Floating Temple because he wanted to use this time to make it up to them and take them out properly. Ever since they had met and fallen in love, he had hardly ever gone on dates with them, much less taken them shopping, something women loved.

When Alex told them his plan, even the composed and dignified Emma became wildly excited. Forgetting that she was in the car, she stood up and hugged Alex’s head from the front seat, her face flushed crimson. She did not even care when she bumped her head.

Upon returning to X-Film Company, the four women impatiently rushed into the building. Alex called after them in surprise, "What’s wrong? Aren’t we going shopping?"

The four women rolled their eyes in unison, and Emma even acted coy for once. "We have to change clothes first, don’t we?!" Before Alex could say anything, the four women charged into the building in perfect formation and vanished in an instant.

Poor Alex had been a shut-in virgin in his previous life. He had never even dated, much less had much contact with women. In this life, he had spent far more time around women and even had four of them, but his understanding of women was practically nonexistent. Watching their disappearing backs, Alex turned to Nick Fury in confusion. "Why do they need to change clothes? I thought what they were wearing just now looked great!"

"Good luck!" Nick Fury gave Alex a look that told him to take care of himself, ignored him, tossed out those words, and left.

The facts proved that shopping with women was truly an agonizing experience, and the first agony was waiting.

Alex waited outside the X-Film Company building for more than half an hour. Just as he was about to go crazy, Emma and the other three women finally appeared. Dressed to the nines, they looked like legendary fairies, each with a different aura—sexy, elegant, intellectual, enchanting. In short, they were breathtakingly beautiful, so beautiful that Alex was utterly spellbound. The half-hour wait had been worth it.

The moment the four women walked out of the X-Film Company building, they saw Alex staring at them like a lecherous fool. They laughed so hard they swayed, feeling immensely pleased with themselves. Women dressed for those who appreciated them, and Alex’s reaction naturally delighted them.

The instant their laughter rang out, Alex came back to his senses. But he was not embarrassed. What was wrong with looking at his own women? Seeing their genuine smiles only made him feel more guilty, and he shouted, "Let’s go! For the rest of the day, I’m all yours!" As he spoke, Alex spread his arms wide. His arms extended a full half meter before he managed to pull all four women into his embrace. Shaking his head, he said seriously, "From now on, I’m your servant and your bodyguard. Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do it. No backing out!"

The four women trembled as one and turned to look at Alex. They knew he was trying to make it up to them, so they did not stand on ceremony. Laughing and cheering, they dragged Alex off at a run, seeming unable to wait any longer.

After spending the day having fun with the four women in New York, Alex brought Emma and Monroe back to the Floating Temple. Vivien Leigh returned to X-Film Company to continue being its domineering female CEO, while Audrey went back to Hollywood to continue filming.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal.