Chapter 34: Experiment on the hybridization of humans and unknown creatures 05
If we follow Jian Bumian's statement, then Li Re's two contradictory identities make perfect sense.
Everyone's gazes on Jian Busian suddenly became hot and mixed with admiration.
Their first impression of the boy was that he was just a pretty but not very smart girl, but they didn't expect that appearance can lead to false judgement.
"But..." A player continued Jian Bumian's speculation and asked, "Why does Li Re want to make animals closer to humans? Aren't animals like lions and tigers stronger than humans?"
Jane Bumian: "He may want to pursue certain characteristics in humans and let his favorite animals have them."
“…”
"Besides wisdom, what other qualities do humans have that are more advantageous than animals?"
The players couldn't figure it out.
Some of these players have also experienced such copies of humans and animals, but they all used humans as objects of ridicule.
For example, in a copy with a slaughterhouse as the background, humans become the victims of slaughter, and animals become the slaughterers.
But this was the first time they had seen a plot where animals approached humans.
A player with a watch reminded: "Everyone, collect the clues quickly. It's already past four o'clock. We have to go back before six o'clock."
"Yeah...there are other places I haven't looked at yet."
"Everyone, hurry up."
The players were busy doing things. Some players brought a big cloth bag and stuffed all kinds of documents in the desk drawers into the bag.
Some players carefully put the zoo receipts in their bags.
Jane Bumian's pockets were very shallow and could not hold much.
He took the director's photo out of the worn-out frame, folded it and put it in his pocket.
After the players collected the clue items, they left the zoo director's office.
Walking out of the door of the director's office, you will see the rest area for visitors, which is filled with chairs and tables. The parasols have become dilapidated after being exposed to wind and sun, and the handles of the umbrellas are shaky.
"I'm so tired." A player sighed, dusted off a chair and sat down.
He noticed something and said to his friend, "Hey, why is there a vending machine over there? Can you help me see if there is any Coke for sale there?"
"How could there be more..." his friend muttered, but he couldn't help but walk closer to the vending machine. When he saw the inside of the vending machine, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "There really are a lot of unopened drinks in there!"
The vending machine is out of place in such an old-fashioned zoo, not to mention that after all these years, it still contains drinks.
A player picked up a stone and smashed the glass wall of the vending machine, causing canned drinks to spill all over the floor.
Several cans of drinks rolled to the side of Jane's sleepless shoes. He bent down and picked up one of them.
...The packaging of the beverage cans is painted with many small animal patterns. It is colorful and has clear lines. It is a cartoon that children like very much.
Jian Busian found that the color of the pattern was a bit rough. He touched it with his hand and found that the patterns were indeed painted by hand.
Wholesale customized beverages cost a lot of money, which the zoo may not be able to afford.
The patterns on these beverage cans were probably painted one by one by the zoo director.
There is a line of small words written below the pattern.
【Every penny you spend on a drink goes toward the animals you love.】
A player opened a drink, leaned close to the can and sniffed it, then immediately covered his nose: "These drinks have been expired for a long time, they are all smelly."
"It's a pity that I haven't tried these drinks yet."
"The cartoon on the beverage can is quite cute. I'll pick one up as a souvenir."
The players were talking about it.
Jian Busian raised his eyes and took a look at the drinks cans rolling on the ground.
These dusty, slightly deflated, worn-out beverage cans were once carefully held in the hands of the head teacher, who would paint cartoon patterns on them stroke by stroke.
He probably hoped that children would like these animal patterns.
His animals, with the money from selling these drinks, can eat better and wear warmer clothes.
But the reality is cold.
No one comes to the zoo.
The drinks weren't selling at all.
Although Jian Busian could not remember his identity in the real world, he remembered that it was a modern world where the Internet was very developed and everyone could immerse themselves in it.
In such an era, who would come to a zoo? Especially a small, old-fashioned zoo in the middle of nowhere?
After all, you can see any animal you want to see with just a click on your phone.
Jane Busian sighed helplessly.
He picked up one of the cans of drink, wiped it clean with the corner of his clothes, and put it in his pocket.
In addition to the vending machines, players also discovered a warehouse in the zoo.
——They opened the warehouse door, thick dust sprayed out, and many people covered their noses and started coughing.
When the dust settled, the contents of the warehouse were revealed.
...is the area surrounding the Human Sea Zoo.
There are not many surrounding items, and there is only one of each type, including a little rabbit made of dry clay, an elephant ornament made of bamboo, a giraffe wood carving...
A wide variety of small peripherals are packed in worn-out cardboard boxes.
Most of these peripherals are made by the zoo director himself, without any help from other employees.
When the players looked at the zoo's income and expenditure statement just now, they did not see any expenses for employee salaries or wholesale peripherals.
“Eh…”
Jian Bumian saw a doll in the cardboard box. He walked over and took the doll out.
It was a white whale doll, with a chubby white body, a mouth turned up, and a cute smile. Two small words were engraved on its soft forehead.
【Chirp】
Apparently, the doll was based on a small beluga whale skeleton in the lab.
Around the animals placed in the box, each one represents an animal in the zoo.
Some tourist attractions in the real world also sell peripheral products made in the image of captive pets.
On the one hand, it is to increase the income of the attraction, and on the other hand, we also hope that those pets can gain more love.
But the area surrounding the Crowd Zoo was just like the drinks in the vending machine, with no one interested in buying them.
Jian Bumian picked up the doll that looked like Jiujiu and planned to take it back to the laboratory for Jiujiu.
It's getting late, it's already five in the morning, and the players must return to the laboratory before six.
There are still some places in the zoo that have not been explored yet, so I can only wait until next night.
The players left the zoo and drove back to the laboratory.
***
When the players returned to the laboratory, there was exactly half an hour left until six o'clock.
Players can use the remaining half hour to prepare for the next day's work in their respective roles.
As soon as Jian Bumian walked into the laboratory, he was hit by the smooth, pale skull of the beluga whale.
"Chiu~"
Fortunately, Jian Bumian was holding the doll in her arms as a cushion, otherwise her chest would have been bruised by the beluga whale's head.
He dusted off the beluga whale doll and handed it to the beluga whale that had turned into a skeleton.
He asked softly, "Chirp, we went to the zoo. This doll... was made by the zoo director based on your appearance, right?"
Jiujiu glanced at the doll and tapped its skull, causing the bones to creak.
"Chiu~"
Jian Busian blinked and touched the soft forehead of the little white whale doll: "That Jiujiu is so cute, white, plump and chubby."
This little doll replicates the appearance of the beluga whale when it was alive. It is really cute, and has a pair of round, black eyes.
"Chiu~"
When the little beluga whale heard Jane Bumian praising him, it swung its tail fin with joy.
"I'll leave this doll with you."
Jian Busian stood by, looked at the little beluga whale for a moment, and finally chose a place to put the doll.
Whales are mammals with a hemispherical upper body that has many ribs.
Jian Busian put the doll made by the director himself into the ribs of the little beluga whale.
…That’s where the heart is.
Pale ribs, stacked one on top of the other, protect the little doll that replaces the heart.
“Chiu!”
The little white whale liked it very much, and turned over with its tail fin. Unfortunately, only bones were left, and there was no white and soft belly exposed.
**
After Jian Bumian calmed the little beluga whale down, he went to the confinement room where the father of No. 001 was imprisoned.
Now that he has returned safely, he should also report his safety to the other party.
...After all, the other party is quite worried about his own safety.
Although Jian Busian didn't understand why the man was so familiar with her.
Obviously, they had only known each other for a short time, and for a long time, Jian Bumian had treated him as a reserve food...
Jian Busian thought about it and came to the edge of the water tank. As soon as he squatted down, ripples appeared on the water surface and a black shadow appeared.
The silver-haired mermaid leaned out of the water, her lips slightly raised, her fangs faintly visible: "Good morning."
"Good morning……"
Jian Bumian responded: "I came back from the zoo and found a lot of clues..."
"Um."
The mermaid lay lazily on the edge of the water tank, with her wet silver hair hanging down. A few naughty strands of hair tickled Jane Bumian's toes.
The mermaid narrowed her red eyes: "Do you know what those experimenters are going to do to you today?"
Jian Busian was stunned: "I don't know..."
The mermaid chuckled, "If nothing goes wrong, they will check whether I have successfully impregnated you."
His voice was low and hoarse, with an ambiguous smile.
Jian Busian: “………………”
His head buzzed, and he opened his eyes wide in confusion, his ears quickly turned red, and his lips pursed.
He knew that this process would definitely exist in this kind of experiment.
But... why did he feel so ashamed when he said it? !
Jian Bumian responded hesitantly.
The mermaid looked at the boy's shy appearance with great interest, and raised the corner of her lips: "If you fail to conceive, they will definitely force us to get together again."
Jian Busian raised his eyes that were damp with moisture: "Then... we can just muddle through like we did last time."
"No, they will watch us get married and maybe even record it with a camera."
What the silver-haired mermaid said was true. According to the experimenter's nature, if it was detected that Jane Bumian did not conceive successfully, he would definitely think that there was something wrong with the combination method, and then watch Jane Bumian and the mermaid combine.
Jian Busian simply wanted to cover her ears and not listen to what the other person said.
He had never thought about what love was before, but this copy brought him to such an outrageous point...
It's really shameful.
He was too embarrassed to look at the mermaid again. He lowered his head, stared at the water, and stammered, "Then...what should I do?"
Are they really going to get together?
Not so good?
Jian Busian said he didn't want to do anything.
As soon as Jian Bumian finished speaking, an egg appeared in front of him.
The egg is round and the same blue as the sea.
Jian Busian blinked doubtfully: "What is this?"
The mermaid used her cold fingertips to poke down the palm-sized egg:
"This is an egg. I dyed it blue with seaweed. If the experimenter wants to check whether you are pregnant tomorrow, you can take out this egg and say it is our little fish egg."
Jian Bumian: “…………”
Jian Bumian was silent for a long time, then asked, "But aren't mermaids born alive?"
Whales and humans are both viviparous, so logically, mermaids should also be viviparous.
The silver-haired mermaid raised an eyebrow. “Do you really want the experimenters to watch us bond?”
"..." Jian Busian's face turned red, and he quickly put the egg in his hand: "I'll do as you say."
He didn't have such an idea.
The egg had just been taken out of the sea, and the smooth eggshell was cold, but it was soon warmed by the warmth of the boy's palm.
The silver-haired mermaid reminded him impatiently, "It's getting late. Go back quickly. See you in the evening."
"good."
Jian Busian hid the egg in his sleeve, stood up and left the detention room.
He returned to his room and lay down on the bed for a nap.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but Jane, half asleep and half awake, heard a knock on the door.
He opened his eyes and found that the lights in the corridor outside the door were on.
It's dawn.
The knock on the door came from the experimenter. Jian Bumian opened the door and saw the experimenter handing her a lunch box: "Hurry up and finish your breakfast. I'll wait for you outside the door."
Jian Busian took the lunch box, returned to the room, and opened the lid of the lunch box on the table.
…What caught my eye were energy blocks and nutritional supplements.
Jian Busian suddenly felt bored and just wanted to wait for his owner to feed him.
He took a bite of the dry energy block perfunctorily, then stood up and said to the experimenter, "I'm full."
The experimenter said coldly, "Come with me when you are full. We are going to check whether you have successfully conceived today."
Jian Busian held the egg tightly in his sleeve and followed the experimenter.
The experimenter did not take him to the previous experimental room, but to a place similar to an operating room.
The floor of this "operating room" is smooth and the air is filled with a strong smell of disinfectant. Several experimenters wearing blue sterile suits are standing inside.
The experimenters gathered around an operating table, which was facing a blindingly bright searchlight.
Jian Busian thought the operating table looked a bit strange.
There is an extra pair of armrests on the left and right sides of the lower part of the bed.
But shouldn't the armrest be on the upper part to put your hands on?
The experimenter looked at Jian Bumian and pointed at the operating table: "Lie down."
Jian Busian frowned, wondering: "What are you lying on?"
The experimenter's voice was icy: "Lie down, put your legs over there, and check for pregnancy."
Jian Bumian: "..."
Jian Busian finally understood why there were armrests on the lower part of the bed.
That's not an armrest, it's a leg rest.
Similar to the delivery bed used by pregnant women during childbirth, there is space for the legs on both sides of the bed, one leg on each side.
Jian Bumian: “…………”
Ever since Jian Bumian entered this copy, the audience in the live broadcast room always got disconnected, especially when Jian Bumian approached the mermaid.
Now the live broadcast is finally a little smoother, and as soon as it starts, it is the scene that they like to see and hear.
[Fuck, it's progressing so fast? ? ! ! My wife is already with a mermaid? ]
[Finally climbed up, why do I always get disconnected, is it because I didn’t pay for membership? ]
[Quick, wife, lie down quickly, let me see the specific process of checking pregnancy! ]
[To this day, we still don’t know what the mermaid who made Mian Mian pregnant looks like. 】
Seeing that Jian Bumian was motionless, the experimenter frowned and said, "Hurry up..."
Before he could finish his words, a sudden gust of cold wind blew, and the operating room was instantly plunged into darkness.
The experimenter screamed, "What's going on?! Why is there wind blowing here?!"
"Quickly start the backup power light!"
A few minutes later, the backup power light came back on, barely illuminating the operating room.
All the experimenters couldn't help but shudder.
This operating room was clearly in a completely sealed state, but there was wind blowing. And this wind was... chilly, blowing across the back of everyone's neck, as if someone was blowing on their backs, warning them of danger.
At this time, Jian Bumian finally spoke: "No need to check the pregnancy status, I... have successfully conceived."
The last sentence was squeezed out by Jian Busian from between his teeth, trying hard to hold back the shame and embarrassment that was about to burst out.
Experimenter: “How do you know?”
Jian Busian spread out his palms.
In the palm of his hand, there was a sea blue, round and healthy egg, lying obediently in his hand.
He endured the heat that was spreading rapidly, his cheeks flushed, he lowered his head, and stammered: "This, these are the little fish eggs of mine and him."
What greeted Jane Bumian was a long silence.
An experimenter asked, "Is father No. 001 oviparous or viviparous?"
"I don't know. It's a completely new species and we don't have any reference specimens."
"We thought it was viviparous, but we can't rule out the possibility of genetic mutation?"
The experimenters were talking about it.
Jian Busian was afraid that the experimenter would not believe him, so he quickly explained: "These are really the eggs of the father No. 001,...if you don't believe me..."
He pursed his lips and muttered, "You can ask the father, No. 001."
An experimenter brought a notebook for recording experimental reports and asked Jane Bumian to sit in front of him.
The light from the operating room's backup power supply was pale, surrounding the young man in the oversized hospital gown. The light made his skin look snow-white, and his red cheeks were particularly noticeable.
The experimenter was writing something down in a notebook and asked, "Then tell me about the process of laying this fish egg?"
Her voice was the common voice of a middle-aged woman, cold and without any emotion.
After all, this was indeed a cold experimental process for her.
But Jian Bumian was at a loss, and rubbed the egg in his hand with his five fingers in panic: "I, I..."
The atmosphere in the live broadcast room is completely different from the stiff and awkward atmosphere in the copy.
[Hahaha, isn’t that an egg in Mianmian’s hand? I eat eggs every day, I can tell at a glance haha]
[…I also recognized that this was an egg painted blue.]
[So, Mianmian didn't combine with the mermaid at all? I suddenly felt a little disappointed.]
[May I ask how did Mianmian give birth to this "little fish egg"? I hope you can tell me in more detail. (Handing the microphone obediently)]
Jian Bumian thought awkwardly for a long time, and finally said hesitantly: "I... woke up from a nap and saw it in the quilt."
"Um."
The experimenter recorded in the notebook: "Anything else? For example, did you feel any discomfort in your sleep? Or did you feel a tearing sensation somewhere?"
It was the first time that Jian Bumian's mind was so confused. His helpless hands almost rubbed the egg shell bare.
“Nothing unusual.”
He thought about it, and fearing that the other party would get suspicious, he added casually: "When I woke up..."
"Huh?" the experimenter asked in confusion.
Jian Busian quickly finished the last sentence:
"The sheets and pants are wet, and my stomach feels empty."
“…”
[Hahahaha, Mianmian’s shy look made me think he really laid an egg! ]
[Huh? I know the feeling of an empty stomach, but why are my pants and bed sheets wet? ]
[I don’t know either. After all, this is just something Mi Mi made up. (Closes eyes)]
[The NPC experimenter looks so pitiful when he is recording seriously, haha! ]
Experimenter: “Anything else?”
Jian Bumian couldn't come up with anything else, so he could only tell the truth: "No more."
The experimenter nodded and put away the notebook: "Okay, then you can go back. This fish egg..."
She glanced at the eggs in Jane Busian's hand.
Jian Busian quickly held the egg tightly in his pocket, fearing that the other party would take it for testing or something like that: "I'll take it back to incubate... I think no one else should touch this egg until it's hatched. I'm afraid the father will be angry."
"That makes sense, then you can go back."
Jian Bumian left the operating room, feeling relieved.
He touched his face and found it was hot.
At the same time, he heard the discussion of the experimenters coming from the operating room.
Jian Busian stopped and was about to leave.
Experimenter: "Well, we have worked so hard for so long, and the experiment is finally successful."
"Now we can explain to Mr. Li Re."
"Yes, the offspring born from Father 001 and the human must be strong and healthy, and can be called 'human'..."
"Now we just have to wait for the mother to hatch the fish eggs."
Amid the whispers of discussion, Jian Bumian noticed a sentence.
——Can it be called a "human"?
Jane kept it in mind.
When he returned to his room, the first thing he did was throw the egg on the bed.
He would never hatch this so-called fish egg, it would be good enough if he didn't eat it.
The egg rolled on the smooth bed and rolled to the foot of the bed, looking somewhat pitiful.
Jane Busian's ragdoll cat ran out of the system backpack at some point, and a small fluffy, snow-white figure quickly emerged from the quilt.
Pah.
A pair of small white mangosteen claws held down the rolling egg.
“Meow…”
The naive kitten was very interested in the eggs. It twisted its body and kept scratching the eggs with its tender paws, its sea-blue eyes full of curiosity.
Jian Bumian: "..."
He looked at the ragdoll cat for a few seconds and decided to put the eggs away.
If the egg broke, he would have a hard time explaining to the experimenters.
The little ragdoll cat couldn't understand why the eggs disappeared, and paced back and forth anxiously, making soft humming sounds and wagging its big furry tail.
Jane Busian could only hold the little ragdoll cat in her arms and gently stroke the cat's little head.
After a long time, the little ragdoll cat finally fell asleep, but Jane Busian also fell asleep unknowingly.
When Jane Bumian woke up, it was already night.
The players left their roles and went out again. Their discussions could be heard coming from outside the door.
Jian Bumian opened the door and saw several players standing at his door.
The players took out a stack of photos from their pockets and spread them out to Jian Bumian:
"We found new clues."
When Jian Busian saw the stack of photos, his expression changed slightly.
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