Qizi

Seeing this, the officer burst out laughing suddenly.

"Originally there was nothing to do with you here. You insisted on coming in. If you were not so persistent, you would not have to sign this document at all now. Even if he refused, it would not be your turn to go to jail. Have you already regretted it?"

"If I hadn't come in, he would have chosen to go to jail now, and your purpose would be impossible to achieve, so you should thank me for sitting here now."

Ling Xiao didn't expect Yingfeng to see through his thoughts, the hand holding the pen trembled, and the smile on the officer's face gradually disappeared.

"You are very confident, young man. If your Qizi chooses to agree to prevent you from going to jail, will you choose to refuse because he is willing to go to jail? I advise you not to think about the problem too complicatedly, just think of it as donating blood once a week." , you are free at other times. Moreover, if this experiment can be successful, it will be a great event for the entire Tianxiu."

Yingfeng was unmoved, "For us, going to jail is a very serious punishment, but for you, it doesn't matter whether we go to prison or not. You don't need two useless prisoners, what you need is blood , if we refuse, of course you will suffer losses, but you will also not get any benefits."

The meaning of the officer's expression was unclear, and the two confronted each other silently for a long time.

"It seems that our negotiation is a bit stiff," the officer finally said coldly.

"It's not that we can't sign this document," Yingfeng backed down at the right time, "but the premise is that we have the right to know, including the process and purpose of your experiment, the identity of the subjects, and most importantly, whether the experiment It will cause harm to my Qizi's body."

"Is your request a bit too much?"

"We won't sign this until we meet the subject himself."

The officer thought for a moment, "Well, anyway, you will meet sooner or later, but don't blame me for not reminding you, if you insist on following up this time, the consequences may not be as simple as it is now," he pretended to sigh, " You could have stayed out of it."

"You don't need to remind me again and again that trespassing in the laboratory is my responsibility. From the beginning, I didn't intend to stay out of it."

The officer got up and left, "It's really touching."

The two followed the officer, keeping a distance, and behind them, two soldiers followed closely.

"You invaded my thoughts without authorization again?" Ling Xiao asked in a low voice after they had walked for a while.

"So what I guess is true? If I didn't go in, are you going to go to jail alone?" Yingfeng didn't look sideways, "Don't worry, the owner doesn't have the ability to peek at your brain, you are free in terms of thinking .”

Ling Xiao said anxiously, "I stole things by myself, why do you keep getting involved?"

"But you also brought up the point of a community of interests. If the goals are the same, shouldn't we advance and retreat together? I now have a new exchange condition. I want to take the joint combat department of Yutian. This major is difficult to pass. You agree But it won't hold me back."

"You..." Ling Xiao didn't understand at first why he suddenly made an irrelevant request, but later realized that he was trying to prevent himself from negotiating with the military in private, and he did just now There are such thoughts.Yingfeng said that he couldn't invade his thoughts, but he could hit exactly what he wanted every time.

The joint combat department, he had to admit that it was also his heartfelt goal.

"Then my exchange condition is that whether you agree or not later, it will be up to me to decide."

"The exchange was successful."

The two boarded the military aircraft, all the windows were closed, and the outside world could not be seen from the inside, so they did not know where they were taken.

The aircraft finally landed, and as soon as they got out of the cabin door, they found themselves in the room, with a long tunnel behind them, which is where they came from just now.

The officer walked in the front, and the two followed him into an elevator. The elevator went straight down, and it took a long time before it stopped. They realized that the destination of their trip was extremely deep underground. How could such a place be built so concealed? ?

"We are here," the officer stopped outside a door with a sign - Tianxiu Genetic Research Center. He took out his card and swiped it. The door opened to both sides, and a brand new world appeared in front of them. .

Ling Xiao was dumbfounded. He thought that the main hall of the base was huge enough, but the venue presented in front of him was two or three times larger than the size of the base.The officer walked straight in without explaining anything, and the two followed behind, taking the opportunity to look at the space. Computers and instruments with unknown uses were everywhere, with complicated indicator lights and numbers flashing on them.

There are many staff working in the venue, and they turn a blind eye to the strangers who appear here, as if the visitors are transparent people.They are also white uniforms, but different from the base and the CDC. Wearing them on these people looks cold and inaccessible. Matching their unchanging expressions, if Tiansu hadn't strictly prohibited the development of any artificial intelligence entities, Ling Xiao would have almost thought them It's a robot.

The officer led them to open one door after another. The incredible security level made them no longer believe that what was placed inside was just an ordinary experimental subject.

The last door was finally opened, and Yingfeng and Ling Xiao saw the true face of the experimental subject for the first time. A human being with a similar size to the nascent form lay quietly in the vacuum chamber, as if it had been sleeping there for a thousand years.

Yingfeng found it strange at first glance. Tianxiu people have many hair colors, but yellow is rare.Among the people he had seen before, only Zhuyue had light yellow hair, but the person in the vacuum chamber had very pure golden hair, he had never seen anyone with such a hair color.

However, he only had such a slight discomfort. He just wanted to ask Ling Xiao how he was feeling, but when he turned his head, he saw Ling Xiao clutching his chest in pain.

"what happened to you?"

Ling Xiao's eyes were full of uncertainty and disbelief, "I, I know this person."

Yingfeng was also taken aback, "You recognize him?"

Ling Xiao himself was also shaking his head in denial, as if he was struggling, his heart beat violently from the moment he saw the other party, as if something was about to come out, "I don't know, it seems like I've seen him somewhere."

No, not just met, they should have a closer connection than acquaintances, a long, long time ago.

Compared with the two people who were focusing on the lying person, the officer kept his eyes on Ling Xiao after entering the door and did not leave. When he saw his reaction that was different from Yingfeng, There was light in his eyes.

He was indeed the person they were looking for, and only the blood of this person could revive him.

As long as they can wake this person up, they will do whatever it takes.

But Ling Xiao's performance alerted Yingfeng, and he turned his attention to the officer, who stared at Ling Xiao with chilling greed in his eyes.

"You lied," Yingfeng said suddenly.

The officer finally looked back reluctantly, "Why do you say that?"

"You said that as long as the blood of Qizi who has just completed the bond can revive him, that means that many people meet this condition, but why does he have such an unusual reaction? What you want is Qizi's blood after all , or the blood of a specific indentured son?"

The officer showed a smile of unknown meaning, "Is there a difference? No matter which one it is, he needs to complete it."

Yingfeng's face darkened, "This is inconsistent with what we communicated in advance. I think you are hiding more than one truth. If we cannot determine your real motive, we would rather choose to go to jail."

After he finished speaking, he wanted to pull Ling Xiao away, but after pulling Ling Xiao, the other party didn't move at all.

"I," Ling Xiao lowered his head, "I want to accept."

"what?"

"I want him to wake up, I want to know why I feel this way, and more importantly, I feel like he knows who I am."

"You are Ling Xiao, even I know that."

"Ling Xiao is my name in this life. My soul randomly flew into an energy chamber to get a surname and a name at random. But what about my last life? What about the previous life? How did I change from a soul to As an adult, I always feel that this person can tell me the answer. He is definitely not a stranger to me, we must have been very familiar with each other, so familiar that I can even perceive this person's thoughts, so familiar that I am him."

Ling Xiao closed his eyes, and the memory fragments that did not belong to him appeared in a disorderly manner, mixed with extremely strong emotions, sadness, remorse, hatred...all were dark, negative, and powerful enough to almost swallow people.This seemingly harmless young man has accumulated hatred in his heart that can destroy the entire planet. What happened to him that made him hate this world so much.

The officer's voice sounded leisurely, "Your deed has already said so, what are you still insisting on? Are you going to use the power of the deed master to force him to refuse?"

When he said this, Ling Xiao also looked at Yingfeng nervously, as if reminding him of the terms he had just exchanged.

"Let's go," the officer said generously, "Since you are here, I don't mind letting you know more."

The group of them returned to the hall just now, and this time the officer brought them to a place where the main engine seemed to be. ..."

The officer waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, "Let me introduce, this is Dr. Ganges, and you will spend a lot of time dealing with him in the future." He introduced Ling Xiao alone, "This is the person I mentioned to you before."

Ganges suddenly said, "You are Ling Xiao? It's great to find you, you are very important to us."

The officer interrupted him, "Show me what you're doing."

Ganga hesitated, "Is this appropriate?"

"If you don't let them see clearly, they won't agree to cooperate."

"Oh...well then," Ganges tapped on the keyboard a few times, "You see, humans are evolving, and viruses are also evolving. We just found a virus variant in the plain wolf. Is there any virus in our body? The antibody of this virus, once infected, will make you sick. So I developed an antibiotic against this virus, and then translated it into genetic code and implanted the original program. In layman’s terms, it is a patch. Then upload it to..." He glanced at the faces of the two young men, knowing that there was no need to continue, and sighed, "I know, this is hard to understand, right? Some things can't be explained in a few words It is clear, and for you, the amount of information that needs to be accepted at a time is too large."

It took Ling Xiao a while to recover his voice, "Are you kidding, we are human, how can humans be controlled by this kind of thing," he looked around, "How can these computers, instruments, and data be used? Come to control our tools, why we will get sick is determined by a piece of code, what are we?"

"You don't need to explore our origin, because you can't either," the officer interjected, "you just need to remember that we have evolved in this way for thousands of years, so that we can become as perfect and perfect as we are today. And powerful. If it were the past, you who were defeated at the coming-of-age ceremony would never have survived, and you can stand here thanks to these emotionless machines."

"No, no, let me explain this problem." Gang He was afraid that he would scare the two of them. He has just grown up and has not yet developed. In his eyes, he is a child. "A long time ago, the triggering conditions for the coming-of-age ceremony were not as they are now. , has a very complicated judgment. Only when a series of hormones such as dopamine, amphetamine, and adrenaline in the human body reach a certain value, the coming-of-age ceremony will be triggered. Simply put, this condition is love."

"And the coming-of-age ceremony in ancient times has only one ending, that is, the loving party kills the other party to obtain all his abilities, and the defeated person enters reincarnation and repeats the process."

"Although such rules make us strong, they also make our hearts extremely lonely. We have power, territory, and subjects, but we cannot have love. Therefore, we have been working hard for thousands of years. Change this setting to weaken the impact of the coming-of-age ceremony as much as possible. The current coming-of-age ceremony can only be initiated subjectively by people, or passively triggered by sex hormones. The loser will not die. We are also working hard to alleviate the disorder The pain caused by the period, although it is not good enough, but after all, this cannot be accomplished overnight."

Ling Xiao hadn't fully come out in the huge shock, "Then what does this have to do with the people lying inside?"

"Because we can change the cause and result of the coming-of-age ceremony, but we can't completely cancel it. The reason is that we can only improve the surface code, but we don't have the authority to modify the core. And like the birth of the coming-of-age ceremony, the existence of soul traction, and The inability to be reincarnated after the death of a baby, etc., all belong to the core of the program, and changes can only be allowed under the premise of personal authorization from a person of a certain bloodline."

"A person of a certain bloodline? Could it be that person?"

"That's right," Ganges looked very excited, "Ling Xiao, you are the most genetically compatible person we have found for this person. If you can wake him up, the coming-of-age ceremony can be banned, and we can be like other races. In that way, love each other equally, no one will die because of this, no tragedy will happen again, everyone is free, and all of this can only be done by you.”

Such words, whether true or not, make the two young people feel complicated. The amount of information they receive today is greater than the sum of the past ten years.

"After hearing so many good and bad things, I think you should have already made up your mind," the officer kindly reminded them, "There is one more thing I forgot to tell you, if you signed the document just now, you can at least join or Go to jail and choose one of the two, but if you insist on going further, the price you will pay will naturally be greater."

His words seemed to be an order. All the people who were working hard around put down their work and turned to the two of them in unison. Their expressionless faces made the scene chilling. Ling Xiao and Ying Feng approached subconsciously. each other.

"Now you still have only one choice, accept our conditions, or keep everything you just saw here as a secret forever."