The metal heart is about the size of an adult's fist and is made of a special metal material. There are two thin metal tubes embedded in the chest of the dish.
"Holy crap... Cyberpunk 2077???" Zhang Xiaojuan exclaimed in surprise.
(Note: In the world of Cyberpunk 2077, humans can gain enhanced abilities by modifying their bodies.)
Under the incandescent lights of the laboratory, the surface of the heart reflected a chilling light that sent shivers down one's spine, and the pounding rhythm left everyone present speechless.
"After getting a new heart, my back doesn't hurt anymore, my legs don't ache, and I can even eat two more bowls of rice." Cai Zun was very satisfied with the metal heart, touching it a couple of times before putting his white coat back on.
Xiao Yu looked at her former senior with a complicated expression, and suddenly asked with difficulty, "Brother Cai, do you know where this place is?"
"Know."
"Do you know who you're researching for?"
"Know."
"and you……"
"I volunteered."
Xiao Yu's expression froze, and she pursed her lips with difficulty. "As long as you are willing to come with us, we can take you away. We now have our own city base, and we will soon be able to return to life before the apocalypse."
“I don’t want to leave. I’m staying here to conduct research voluntarily. My colleagues and I are all here voluntarily; no one is forcing us.”
Cai Zun interrupted Xiao Yu, saying, "We are free here, and our comings and goings are voluntary."
Now it was Lu Sheng and the others' turn to be shocked.
I originally thought that the researchers in the base camp were all forcibly imprisoned, but I didn't expect that they were there voluntarily?
“These people are all well-known young talents in the domestic medical field before the apocalypse,” Xu Yi said in a deep voice, glancing at the researchers who were focused on their experiments not far away.
Tong Ziqi looked confused and asked Cai Zun impatiently, "What nonsense are you talking about? You like being a dog for Xiao Rizi that much?"
"Dog food tastes that good?"
Cai Zun's smile froze for a moment, but he quickly smiled back, "Say what you will. All I know is that when I was on the verge of death, someone was willing to replace my heart with an artificial one free of charge, and even provided a laboratory to support my research."
"To me, he is my mentor."
After saying that, he turned to his fellow researchers behind him and said, "Some of these people lost in the academic power struggles and were excluded from the academic research circle."
"Some of them were terminally ill and didn't have long to live. Thanks to the boss, they were given new artificial organs."
"We are all very satisfied with our current life."
"You can conduct experiments as you please, there is a comfortable environment, and someone will provide you with food, clothing, and shelter."
"As you can see, the outside environment is so harsh, but the boss is still willing to build us a fake forest park to help us relax."
"If I had to say, I prefer my current life to what it was before."
The people present were so shocked that they were speechless for a long time.
The traditional education they received from childhood makes it difficult for them to accept the concept of "vegetarian veneration".
"Moreover, our research has made great progress."
When talking about his research project, Cai Zun became very excited. "We have initially cracked the secret of human organ aging. At present, by modifying and replacing the main human organs, we can extend human life by 50 years."
"I... I really want to live another five hundred years??? Are you Emperor Kangxi??" Zhang Xiaojuan was dumbfounded and subconsciously started singing "Borrowing Five Hundred Years from Heaven".
Then he got punched twice by Lu Shengbang.
Simply put, it's awful.
"You're just making grand pronouncements, trying to find a way to justify yourself." Lu Sheng scoffed and casually shattered the projector hanging on the ceiling with a blast of air.
As fragments of the projector fell to the ground, the illusory forest scenery in the laboratory vanished instantly, just as Cai Zun and the others' hypocritical excuses were torn apart.
The bare, pale walls around him made Cai Zun's face appear even more bluish.
"Who are the people you're using for your experiments? Aren't they all your alumni and junior classmates?"
Lu Sheng gave Zhang Xiaojuan a wink, and the little mud man immediately scurried over and lifted the white sheet on the lab table, revealing the experimental subject underneath, which had been cut beyond recognition.
"Zhang Chun??" Tong Ziqi exclaimed in surprise.
On the lab bench stood a classmate who had entered the chemical plant in the same batch as Tong Ziqi.
At this moment, however, he was covered in tubes, and his heart and kidneys had been removed and replaced with artificial organs.
The person on the bed can no longer be called a human; it's more like a building block made up of various artificial organs.
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