This notebook appears to have been written by the local director, but judging from the contents of the notebook, the person who wrote it was not the ultimate mastermind behind the research.
Who are the "them" mentioned in the notes?
Is there a research and development lab on the first floor?
Jiang Ran had to overturn his previous conclusion that there wouldn't be many clues on any floors other than special floors. The metal plate in the research room was marked with the number two, which might point to the second floor. There was also a second research room on the first floor, and there was a research room on the third floor itself.
So what about the fourth floor? What will be on the fourth floor?
“Gwen, let’s go straight to the fourth floor later.” Jiang Ran picked up his notebook. “Then we’ll search floor by floor. I think we might find something interesting.”
"Um."
After spending some more time checking the remaining space on the fifth floor, Jiang Ran found nothing useful. He circled around and returned to the elevator, pressing the button for the fourth floor.
The nurses on this floor were still running around like madmen. After bumping into Jiang Ran, they became much more obedient. Jiang Ran had no interest in wasting time with them.
"Gwen, can you sense anything special about this floor?"
"You're putting me in a really difficult position." Gwen shrugged helplessly. "If we're talking about special features, every room has its own unique characteristics, but I haven't noticed any research labs on this floor. However, there is definitely one room that is significantly larger than the others!"
"Okay, let's go straight there."
As soon as Jiang Ran entered the room, he felt a chill hit him. The room was very cold, so there must be some kind of cooling equipment still running.
The room was very spacious, probably more than five times the size of a normal ward, but strangely there was only a small bed in the room, and a naked person was lying on the bed.
"It seems to be here."
Gwen found a button at the bottom of the wall. There was nothing else on the entire wall except for this button, which was so conspicuous that it was hard not to notice it.
She reached out her little hand and pressed the button. A loud clang echoed throughout the room, and the cold air that had been seeping in from all sides disappeared. The remaining cold air in the room prevented the temperature from dropping immediately.
"Anyway, you just need to turn the equipment off, right? That's what the rules say."
Jiang Ran walked to the center of the room. The man lying on the bed had stiff limbs and looked like a frozen corpse. There was a huge scar on his chest, which looked like a surgical scar.
Judging from its location, it appears to be the heart.
There is a toolbox under the bed. When you open it, you can see that it is full of sharp knives that can easily cut through human skin and even flesh.
Jiang Ran picked up one of the scalpels, a frozen corpse, and a box of knives. Could it be that the clues were hidden in the corpse, and he had to cut it open to find them?
But just as Jiang Ran raised the scalpel, the man lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and locked onto Jiang Ran in an instant!
Jiang Ran immediately kicked the bed, flipping it over. The flipped bed then acted as a shield between the two of them. At the same time, Jiang Ran quickly retreated. Gwen heard the commotion and rushed to his side!
"roar......"
The man let out a low growl and tore the bed in two with a single claw—a metal bed, no less!—but it was like mud in his hands!
He was on all fours, his body arched, his face contorted with effort, making him look less like a human and more like some kind of ferocious beast!
"If you come any closer, I won't be so polite!"
Gwen glared at him unfriendly!
The only response Gwen received was a roar! The man pounced on her, but despite his fierce appearance, he was nothing more than a tiger to Gwen.
Gwen kicked him to the ground, shattering his ribs. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and lay motionless on the ground.
It seems he doesn't have much intelligence; he's just acting on instinct. Otherwise, he would never have challenged Gwen, who is already at the near-god level, like a fool.
However, being instantly killed doesn't mean he's weak. Jiang Ran's initial estimate is that this man should still have [elite] level combat power. If it were any other ghost storyteller, they would probably already be dead at his hands!
Was it because the air conditioning was turned off that he woke up?
It seems that turning off the equipment is not applicable to all scenarios. If you have preconceived notions, you will inevitably fall into the traps set by the world of ghost stories.
The man on the ground was now completely dead. Jiang Ran turned his body over and deftly cut open his chest with a scalpel.
A huge, still-beating heart appeared before Jiang Ran's eyes. This was clearly not a human heart. Furthermore, Jiang Ran discovered that the man's flesh and blood were much stronger than those of a normal person. If it weren't for a special scalpel, it would be impossible to cut through his skin.
"Is this considered... a cyborg?"
This kind of modification gives an ordinary person the strength equivalent to that of an "elite" level, and their individual combat ability far exceeds the level that humans should have!
The price is that his mind becomes like that of a beast. If such cyborgs were mass-produced, they would just be a group of uncontrollable killing machines.
Jiang Ran recalled the "experiment" mentioned in the notes. Was the so-called progress of mankind just turning humans into beasts? No, no, no, he believed that those scientists weren't that stupid. They were indeed crazy, but they were also indeed smart.
To achieve greater destructive power, one only needs to research weapons. Elite-level humans may seem impressive, but in actual combat, they are less useful than a high-powered missile. If they were of sound mind, they might be able to operate within a wider range, but as things stand now... it's hard to describe.
This is all for the progress of humanity!
Therefore, the purpose of the research is to change the human body itself, perhaps to increase lifespan, and the man in front of us is undoubtedly a failure.
Jiang Ran continued to slice open the man's flesh, when suddenly the blade was stopped by something. Jiang Ran looked closely and saw that it was a piece of iron!
He put down the scalpel and took out the piece of metal, on which was engraved the number 8.
The design is the same as the previous iron plate, except for the number. This iron plate has the number 8 written on it, but the hospital is not eight stories high; six stories is the highest.
Does this mean the numbers on the metal plate don't point to specific floors? If so, what could they mean?
Jiang Ran put the two pieces of iron together and was about to leave the room when he heard a strange noise coming from inside the room!
"Gwen, look in the corner!"
"That looks like... a person! A living person!"
A living person? That's really interesting...
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