Transformation
"Sister Xiaoxia." Song Xuan suddenly called Liu Xia's name in the soft, tender voice that was unique to her childhood. His warm breath seeped into her skin through her frayed tactical pants. "You said you would come find me and take me home."
Liu Xia couldn't tell for a moment whether this memory belonged to her or to the Liu Xia of the original world. With mixed feelings, she looked at Song Xuan who was holding her like a child and refused to let go.
"What are you doing!" He Tianlin finally couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward.
But the moment he saw Liu Xia's expression, he froze in place, thinking something jealous.
"Could it be that Sister Xia really knows this showy Zi?"
Song Xuan finally raised his head and looked into Liu Xia's eyes. His mature face gradually merged with the little Song Xuan who appeared in his mind. His dark brown pupils reflected the warm light in the room.
He had the same smile on his face as when they first met in the anthill: "Just let me follow you."
"..." Liu Xia took two steps back awkwardly and moved her legs away. She looked down at the eight teeth showing in his smile, which overlapped with the memory that appeared in her mind again.
Little Liu Xia, with a dirty face, pinched little Song Xuan's soft cheeks, helped him wipe the dust off his face, and poked his face with a look of disappointment.
Seeing Xiao Song Xuan's smile, he finally couldn't help laughing: "You almost got beaten and still laughed! Look at your eight teeth showing when you smile. How about I call you Song Xiaoba from now on."
Song Xuan did not stand up because of Liu Xia's retreat. He remained kneeling with a sincere and pious look in his eyes.
"I know you've been looking for Shen Wanren's human laboratory recently. From the information I've obtained so far, the laboratories in "Lao Tao Restaurant" and "Paradise Paradise" have actually been abandoned by him..."
"What he values most right now is the mine controlled by Tan Meng. I know where it is."
If the memory that appeared in Liu Xia's mind was correct, the age difference between the two was actually not much, and he was only less than a year older than Song Xuan.
However, because Song Xuan had a quiet and introverted personality since childhood, and looked very well-behaved, he was always bullied by children of similar age in the garbage area. However, he rarely fought back and even smiled when being bullied.
No wonder Song Xuan always smiled with his eyes curved and his eight teeth showing every time he saw her, even in such a critical situation when they first met.
I hadn't expected him to grow up like this after not seeing him for so many years. While he still has a hint of his childhood youth in his smile, he seems quite aloof and reserved when interacting with others. Furthermore, his face, once rounded, has become hard and angular, giving him a rather unapproachable, unpleasant vibe when he's not smiling.
"Okay." Liu Xia relaxed and sighed softly.
She really couldn't refuse such a sincere look. In addition, Song Xuan had indeed been helping her from the beginning. Although only some scattered fragments of memories appeared in her mind, the feeling of relying on each other in childhood could not be dispelled from her heart. It kept lingering in her mind, reminding her that the bond between this man and her was very deep, even though this memory belonged to the original owner.
"Sister Xiaoxia!" Song Xuan didn't hide the excitement in his eyes at all. He stood up and excitedly grabbed her arm. "When do you say we should leave? We can set off right away."
Liu Xia looked at his excited expression and nodded, with a hint of pity in his eyes, but Liu Xia couldn't tell him that his sister Xiaoxia might have died in a battle in the Colosseum, otherwise how could her consciousness replace the original owner and come here?
"Sister Xia..."
He Tianlin waited until this moment before he quickly took a step forward and approached Liu Xia, cautiously examining her expression. Although he was extremely reluctant for Song Xuan to follow him, since Liu Xia had agreed, he could not make any move to object.
"Little Dingnier might need to get some more sleep in her current situation. We only have so much space in the car, and we've collected a lot of supplies this time. If we add another person, it might get a bit crowded."
"I drove the car." Song Xuan looked at He Tianlin with an expression that once again became emotionless. He said in a cold tone, "Sister Xiaoxia, you can ride with me."
"Showy Purple."
He Tianlin snorted unceremoniously, "You're so obvious. When did Sister Xia ever say she wanted to change cars?"
"stop……"
Liu Xia interrupted their somewhat heated conversation and looked at Song Xuan. "Yu Sisi said she put the new human body lab somewhere else. Do you know where it is?"
"She's lying to you. The lab is still inside this building. That's why I sneaked in this time."
Song Xuan's gaze softened as he looked at Liu Xia. He patiently explained, "But there's no need to go in. Ever since Shen Wanren abandoned the lab here, Yu Sisi has run out of suitable experimental subjects. The nine 'Eros' at the auction today are the last successful recipients in the lab."
Liu Xia asked doubtfully, "Why did Shen Wanren abandon this place? Have you found out?"
"It's probably because the experimental results didn't meet his expectations." Song Xuan thought for a moment and said, "This type of experiment was abandoned by Leviathan a long time ago because the human body after the fusion experiment is not stable or strong enough, and there is a high probability that the experimental subject will lose his mind over time."
Speaking of "Leviathan", Liu Xia thought of Bao Tao whom he met when he escaped from the Colosseum. His heart had been replaced by the core of an alien beast. The simple and crude transformation method was still vivid in his mind. This kind of transformation could only be done by those crazy people in "Leviathan".
Song Xuan's right hand and right arm have also been completely replaced by military-grade metal prostheses. Judging from the mechanical precision, they are obviously more advanced than Bao Tao's crude transformation method.
Song Xuan noticed Liu Xia's gaze towards his metal prosthetic limb. He tugged at his sleeves with embarrassment and said calmly, "When Uncle Qi brought me back to Leviathan, this arm still couldn't be saved due to infection."
This answer implicitly admitted that he came from "Leviathan" without any intention of concealing anything. He spoke of the loss of his arm in the most indifferent tone, as if the pain he suffered from the broken hand and arm was not worth mentioning at all.
But Liu Xia knew from the literature and his companions' stories that the reason why "Leviathan" was called a madman was not as simple as replacing his penis with a mechanical one. If you think it is as simple as giving anesthesia and replacing a prosthetic limb, you are totally wrong.
If the □□ is to be replaced with a metal prosthesis, the operation must be performed while the person being modified is awake. Once the person is unconscious, human intervention will be performed until he wakes up before the modification can continue. Only in this way can real-time neural feedback be guaranteed to be adapted to the mechanical prosthesis, and the success rate can be greatly improved.
Military mechanical prosthetics are even more abnormal. Not only does the modified person have to be awake during the operation, but he or she must also be highly stimulated under the control of drugs such as "adrenaline patches". Only when the neurons remain in an excited state can 50% of the pain be converted into combat excitement.
In other words, people must be modified while their minds and bodies are extremely sensitive. When connecting each neuron, the modified person is in extreme pain. Some people may even suffer from incontinence due to the unbearable pain. When the pain signal exceeds the brain's processing limit, it will directly cause brain death.
If the success rate of successfully transforming ordinary mechanical prostheses is 50%, then the success rate of successfully transforming military mechanical prostheses is probably only 6%, and the corresponding combat effectiveness will be even stronger.
They don't care about the loss rate at all, but instead seek to break through the limits of species through self-destruction.
This is the real reason why "Leviathan" is called a madman.
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