Chapter 154 Secret Switch
"Captain Su, the equipment overload has stabilized, but the data transmission rate has dropped by 15 percent."
Lin Che's voice came with a hint of dryness, and it sounded as if he hadn't rested for a long time.
He was busy adjusting the parameters on the control panel, trying to restore the speed of data transmission.
Su Wanqing nodded without saying anything, her attention completely focused on the data stream scrolling on the screen.
The red spots of light still swam under the blue light, but compared to before, they seemed to have become more orderly and their trajectories were clearer.
"Lu Zhao, analyze the current signal changes."
"Analyzing now." Lu Zhao's voice was not optimistic. "The adaptability of the signal has obviously increased. The pendant seems to be actively adjusting the frequency, trying to... adapt to our test."
Su Wanqing frowned slightly. Adapt? The pendant could actually adapt to the signal by itself?
This was beyond her expectations.
The girl in the corner suddenly spoke in a thin, mosquito-like voice: "It's warm."
Everyone's eyes turned to her again. She was curled up, hugging her knees, and her originally pale face seemed to have regained some color.
"You mean, the signal makes you feel warm?" Su Wanqing asked, trying to make her voice sound gentler.
The girl nodded. "Yeah. It was... cold before."
"Cold?" Lu Zhao walked over to the girl, squatted down, and asked, "Do you mean that you feel cold when the pendant is on you?"
The girl nodded again, looking ahead with empty eyes, as if recalling some unpleasant memory.
“Captain Su,” Lin Che’s voice suddenly sounded, “I noticed something. Certain changes in the pendant’s signal seem to be highly correlated with the girl’s physiological state.”
"Relevance?" Su Wanqing asked.
"Yes. For example, when the pendant releases a signal of a specific frequency, the girl's body temperature and heart rate will change significantly. And now, as the signal stabilizes, her body temperature and heart rate are gradually returning to a stable level." Lin Che explained.
"That is to say," Lu Zhao said thoughtfully, "the pendant is not just a signal transmitter, it may also be a... feedback system that can read and respond to the girl's physiological data."
Su Wanqing's mind moved. Feedback system? If that was the case, then the function of the pendant was far more complicated than they imagined.
"Try it." She said to Lu Zhao. "Adjust the signal frequency and see how the girl reacts."
Lu Zhao did not hesitate and immediately began to adjust the signal frequency. He tried different frequency combinations and observed the girl's physiological reactions.
Suddenly, the girl's body shook violently, and a hint of clarity flashed in her eyes. Her originally empty eyes seemed to have regained some spirit.
“This…this…is better,” she murmured, with a hint of surprise in her voice.
"Better?" Lu Zhao asked.
"You can... you can hear... their voices." said the girl.
"They? What's that sound?" Su Wanqing asked.
The girl didn't answer, but closed her eyes, as if listening to something attentively.
"Captain Su, she just showed a stronger conscious reaction ability." Lu Zhao said.
"After adjusting to this frequency, her reaction was obviously more sensitive than before."
Su Wanqing frowned. She walked up to the girl and asked softly, "What do you mean by 'switch'?"
The girl opened her eyes and her gaze fell on Su Wanqing, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
"The switch… is… testing."
"Test?" Su Wanqing asked. "What test?"
The girl tilted her head, as if trying to remember something. "They...want to see...if I...can pass."
"Through what?"
The girl shook her head: "I don't remember... I just remember... I kept testing... I kept testing..."
Su Wanqing felt an inexplicable uneasiness. Testing? Testing all the time? What did this imply? Was this girl an experiment?
“Lin Che, continue to suppress the range of the pendant signal.” She said to Lin Che.
"Ensure that abnormal fluctuations in the infected body always remain within our control."
“Got it.” Lin Che responded, and his hands moved even faster.
"Lu Zhao, you mentioned before that the virus core verification module may be related to another set of experimental data, is that right?" Su Wanqing asked.
"Yes, Captain Su," Lu Zhao replied. "According to my preliminary analysis, the function of the virus core verification module seems to be related to the counter-effect of enhancing the control of the infected body while stimulating the human immune system. Perhaps we can try to access the new program of the guide pendant to see if we can verify this hypothesis."
Su Wanqing nodded. "You can try, but be sure to be safe. At the expense of the team's safety, conduct a limited range of tests."
She looked around at her exhausted team members and said to herself: We must get to the bottom of this as soon as possible.
There is a huge conspiracy behind this laboratory, this virus, and this girl.
"Record all the data." Su Wanqing said. "Record the results of this experiment in detail, and then... let's leave here."
The lights in the laboratory were still flickering and various instruments were humming.
Su Wanqing knew that they had collected enough information and now it was time to leave.
Unknown to them, the rebels were approaching rapidly.
"Captain Su, the signal is stable now, but the data transmission rate has indeed dropped. Maintaining the current status requires stronger computing power support."
Lin Che's voice came from the communicator, sounding a bit tired. His fingers tapped quickly on the control panel, and the digital lines on the screen became more and more dense.
Su Wanqing did not respond immediately, her eyes stayed on the girl.
She had been paying attention to this silent child, and now, the child seemed to be about to break the silence.
The girl suddenly stood up and walked carefully to the laboratory table where the pendant was.
She stretched out her thin hand and gently held the pendant, as if touching a precious object.
"It... is actually a key." The girl's voice was so soft, as thin as a mosquito, almost drowned out by the buzzing sound of instruments in the laboratory.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and all looked at the girl.
"Key?" Lu Zhao broke the silence first, with doubt in his voice.
"What key?"
The girl didn't answer, but just held the pendant tightly, as if listening to something.
Her eyes were empty, yet seemed to contain some deep secrets.
Su Wanqing walked up to the girl and asked softly, "What key are you talking about? Can you tell us?"
The girl shook her head and remained silent.
"Lu Zhao, how is the data simulation going on your side?" Su Wanqing turned to ask Lu Zhao.
"Preliminary simulation results show that the pendant responds very obviously to certain instructions from the virus experimental equipment, almost 100%. This... this has never happened in previous experiments." Lu Zhao's voice was filled with excitement.
"There was always some interference in our previous data, and the simulation results were not accurate enough. But now, through the pendant, we seem to have found a breakthrough, which allows us to control the experimental parameters more accurately."
Su Wanqing frowned. One hundred percent response? This means that the pendant has some special control ability over the virus experiment equipment, and can even completely control it.
"In other words, the pendant is not just a signal transmitter, it is also a...controller." Su Wanqing said with a hint of speculation in her tone.
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