Living body

The entire research institute is illuminated by white cold light without a trace of impurities. This too pure color casts a cruel shadow on the light.

Hong sat in front of a monitor, and seemed to be talking to someone——

"Yes, all the first-stage experiments failed, and the second stage has officially started..."

"Sample No. [-] responded smoothly..."

"Yes, accept the latest instructions..."

However, what is surprising is that there are no visible electronic devices on Hong's body, and the screen in front of him has always remained on a fixed picture——

It was a white room, and in the middle of the room was a huge glass container, like an enlarged version of a medical room tray, and a blurry image resembling a man lay in the container that was also filled with turbid repair fluid.

"Confirmation order acceptance...end communication."

Hong Duan, who no longer talked to himself, sat in front of the monitor, staring at the unchanged image without blinking, and the black lens reflected an unnatural cold light.

Hong arranged a very comfortable single room for Shen Li and his group. Everyone has their own bathroom and small living room. The beds are soft, the heating is sufficient, and the sound insulation is also very good.After a whole day's tiring and worrying, Huang Xie and Song Liao were already fast asleep, not to mention Lu Mi, but Shen Li, who was lying on the soft pillow of the high bed, suddenly woke up.

【Not in...here...】

What the young officer said before he was anesthetized and the scene where Hong injected him twice replayed in his mind like a slide show.

wrong!

Shen Li sat up abruptly.

27 must have known something.

There is only one administrator for the entire huge research institution?

A derelict first-floor living area?

A biologist who suddenly disappeared?

There are not so many useless coincidences in the world, the so-called coincidences are only deliberate arrangements.

Shen Li put on his clothes and glanced at his watch: 3:00 in the morning, it's really a good time to do something.

As soon as he opened the door, there was a slight sound of mechanical operation - an all-round monitoring device turned around and faced him as he opened the door.

As if deliberately provoking, Shen Li sneered towards the end.He didn't know that the person he wanted to provoke was sitting in front of the monitor and captured his expression at this moment in real time.

The figure sitting behind the monitor did not move, watching Shen Li leave his room and walk towards the medical room.

The electricity in the medical room is supplied 24 hours a day, and the young officer in the sterile room is still lying quietly in the blood, like a soaked specimen.

Shen Li looked through the glass for a while, then turned his head and went to the sterilization room, rinsed it and walked into the glass door.

When Shen Li looked from the outside, he thought that the young officer was lying unconscious in the repair fluid, but when he came in, he realized that he was wrong.

He was conscious and in great pain, his face exposed to the repair fluid was distorted, his skin was pale and almost transparent due to blood loss or soaking.

Hong said before that 27's mental stability is very good, and he can persist even with such a serious injury. I don't know what kind of pain can make him show such an expression.

Shen Li's heart moved slightly. There is no man who does not admire the tough man. He immediately lowered his head and leaned into the young officer's ear and said, "27, it's okay...you're okay..."

It's okay if he doesn't say anything. After he said that, the young officer who was in a coma suddenly opened his eyes and let out a painful wail. Only then can I see clearly what's going on down there——

The new flesh has not yet fully grown, and the network of veins and arteries can be clearly seen on the pale bones. The newly grown muscle tissue is like mucus, only connected at the top, revealing a large cavity, and cold The repair fluid flowed through those cavities, washing away the immature new tissues.

27 Struggles to raise his neck, the protruding meridians almost make Shen Li think that they are about to be disconnected by himself, a pair of blood-colored eyes looked at him in pain, full of unbelievable pleading and unwillingness——

"help me……"

Shen Li didn't know how 27 became like this because of his own words, he forced himself to calm down and comfort the other party: "You're fine...here...this is helping you recover...with me by your side...27, You'll be fine!"

The young officer stared at Shen Li with both eyes, as if this was his only straw. However, with the exhaustion of his physical strength, the pain and unwillingness in those eyes finally faded and slackened. fell into a deep sleep.

Shen Li worriedly looked at 27 who fell into a coma again, although the expression on his face was still painful, there was no sign of waking up again.

"You'll be fine." Shen Li held the glass vessel containing the young officer, "I won't let you guys be fine."

When Shen Li got up the next day, it was almost 7 o'clock, Song Liao was already drying the clothes, Huang Xie had finished a proposal, and Lu Mi had already eaten the third bowl of breakfast, yes, rice.

"Good morning."

"morning."

"You don't seem to have slept very well." Hong sent a portion of rice into the heater, "chicken flavor, rich in protein, can help you replenish energy quickly."

"Thank you..." Shen Li rubbed his aching head, "I'm sorry to always trouble you to do this."

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

The rice was already hot when he was talking, Shen Li picked up a spoon and took a sip into his mouth. I don't know if it was because he was used to eating it or because he had too many things on his mind, but it tasted far less delicious than yesterday. mouth down.On the other hand, Lu Mi on the other side seemed to be eating the day before, and there were already several empty boxes piled up in front of him.

"You don't have a good appetite today?" Hong Shun cleaned up the debris on the table, and everything was done as it should be, "This is not good for the body. The energy intake is less than the consumption, which will cause the body to consume stored energy. Energy depletion leads to all kinds of physical discomfort, and it's a vicious cycle."

"I just don't have any appetite for the time being, it will be fine."

Hong's polite and calm tone was the same as before, which made Shen Li a little uncertain whether his visit to 27 yesterday was discovered.

"Shen Li, how can you have a bad appetite?" Lu Mi said as he took over half of the leftover lunch box from Hong, "Don't waste food, I'll eat it for you..."

His movements were interrupted by Hong the next moment, and the unfinished rice and the box were thrown into the trash can: "Saliva can cause cross-infection."

Hong always spoke in a calm and serious manner, and this sentence was as strict as a children's science popularization program, but it made the faces of both of them freeze at the same time.

Shen Li already knew that this person couldn't speak, so he couldn't help but want to ask: What can I infect him?

But Lu Mi asked directly: "Could it be that Shen Li spit out his saliva when eating..."

will also-

Shen Li really doesn't want to say anything more, breakfast is over here.

"Mr. Hong is so serious about everything he does, even taking care of our meals. He really treats us like robots..." Lu Mi said sadly as he watched the last portion of rice being taken away.

While cleaning the dining table, Hong said without any ups and downs: "Machines are machines, people are people, living things and non-living things cannot be classified into the same category."

"That's right, if it can turn into a human, it's not called a machine anymore." Huang Ji said with a smile behind him.

"I'm going to the laboratory, you can do whatever you want." Hong said, turned and left.

"Why do I think Mr. Hong is acting weird today?" Lu Mi bit the spoon in his hand, trying to lick off the smell of chicken on it.

"You think too much."

Shen Li stood up and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Lu Mi, will the repairing fluid hurt when it works?"

Lu Mi shook his head immediately: "I didn't feel it. When I woke up, I saw myself lying naked in the water. I thought it was a dream."