No one present had any objection to Arthur's decision.
On the one hand, the "egg" hypothesis has not yet been fully confirmed, and announcing it rashly would cause unnecessary panic.
On the other hand, if the hypothesis is confirmed, the panic will probably become even more serious, so it is better to hide for a while. After all, the main enemy now is still the mycelium will.
But now that progress has been made in this regard, then...
"Should we continue with our plan?"
Zhou Zhuo asked:
“The mass production of exoskeletons can no longer get rid of biomass. Do we need to find a new path?”
Arthur shook his head.
"It's too late. The speed of biological evolution is not necessarily linear. Although the recent beast attacks were not fierce, some traces of human tactics can be seen.
“We cannot stop the evolution of mycelium. Even though we know that biomass may cause harm, we can only carry out the plan like this for now.
"But we still need to make some adjustments to the limits. Currently, all biomass-related projects, except for the weapons and energy storage research plans, can be temporarily suspended. We can focus the research institute's manpower on combat-related projects."
Several people in the small conference room nodded to show that they understood, and then left one after another.
The room was closed, and Lin Qingliu stroked the ring-shaped terminal on his hand:
"'Ten Thousand Volumes'."
"I am here."
"Don't let anyone disturb me for the next hour."
"OK."
"Also, please make extra backups of my experiments later."
"OK."
The omnipresent "Wanjuan" still maintains its loyalty to humans. Her main consciousness has now completely taken control of the spire, making her the true "steward" here.
For the sake of convenience, Lin Qingliu handed over some of the rights of his small house to Ji Yongxing after he ended the trusteeship of Tianmu.
No one left the small conference room, but the status on the holographic screen at the door changed from "in use" to "available for reservation".
Inside the room, Lin Qingliu, who was ready, appeared in a flash and disappeared out of thin air.
He appeared in the basement of his own house.
This place has now been converted into a laboratory, but it looks a bit informal, and is somewhat similar to the operating rooms that used to exist in the outer city for tracheal business.
Lin Qingliu, who had regained his original appearance, sat on a chair, and sitting on another chair opposite was another Lin Qingliu.
His clone.
On the table between the two of them were bottles of mysterious biomass from underground of varying purity.
Seeing a figure suddenly appear on the chair opposite, Lin Qingliu, who was sitting here enjoying his break, suddenly became stiff:
"Damn it, again?"
"I'm saying, does your clone lack quality?"
"You have no qualities if you are going to die."
The two of them chatted intermittently, and on the top of the laboratory, the monitor controlled by "Wanjuan" faithfully recorded every moment of the scene.
Lin Qingliu's hands were not idle either. He began to use instruments to partially process the biomass in front of him.
Human experimentation is extremely inhumane and should be rejected.
But for Lin Qingliu, this doesn't seem to be a problem.
After Fran entered the fourth level of the Path of All Things, Lin Qingliu also gained a new ability - [Possession].
Although it sounds a bit mysterious, this thing can actually be explained by the biofield.
Lin Qingliu can use this ability to manipulate lifeless bodies, as if he had complete control over them through the biofield.
As for the objects on which the ability can be effective, according to his current experiments, it can already be used on his own corpse (a bit strange) and the corpses of exotic beasts. As for plants, he currently has no clue.
From the user experience point of view, he can already achieve a level that is no different from "out-of-body experience", and after completing the possession, he can also control his original body at the same time, which allows Lin Qingliu's experiment to go a step further.
He had already been able to determine before that after taking in a sufficient amount of biomass, strange things would perform similar "top-number" operations on the body.
Now he wants to use his own ability to take the account back from the other party.
The clone Lin Qingliu sitting opposite had just had his connection with the original body cut off, so he immediately understood his mission.
The two had shared memories before, so he knew what he was getting into.
"I always feel that you are becoming less and less humane."
The dying Lin Qingliu told the truth.
"Is there?"
Lin Qingliu, who was preparing the mixture, didn't even raise his eyebrows, but just asked lightly.
"I didn't realize it when I merged with you, or rather, when we merged into one, we were already individuals. And now, when you cut off the connection between us, I can examine myself and see that some of your behaviors are a bit out of line."
"Do you know what you look like now?"
"What?"
"Like the half tree in Wang Xiao's heart, the only difference is that after the will of the tree separated from its main body, it only wanted to survive, but I can't feel your desire in this regard, but it is particularly sincere."
"I'll take it as a compliment. In fact, I am you, but the energy level of my clone is lower, so my humanity, or emotions, are more abundant."
"So what you're saying is that our conversation right now is essentially a kind of..."
“Self-examination.”
Two voices said at the same time.
"call."
The emotional clone on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief, as if rejoicing about something.
At this moment, Lin Qingliu's real body had already prepared a certain concentration of biomass, put it in a beaker, and gently pushed it in front of the clone on the opposite side.
"I have a feeling that you might become crazy in the future."
"so what?"
“It’s a good form of therapy to look at yourself like this.”
Lin Qingliu nodded:
"Anything else you want to say?"
“Same as before.”
The clone picked up the beaker and drank it all:
"You must keep."
After the concentration is diluted, the effectiveness of the biomass begins to slow down.
But this did not change its nature of being fatal. The clone of Lin Qingliu opposite him quickly lost his expression, tilted his head and shrank into the chair.
Objectively speaking, Lin Qingliu is already dead.
And this body meets the conditions for [Possession] to take effect.
Lin Qingliu's real body did not hesitate at all. He quickly separated a strand of his thoughts and threw it into the body opposite.
This is fundamentally different from creating a clone.
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