Chapter 145 Experimental Product
The sadness revealed out of selfishness is magnified and interpreted as selfless compassion.
If it were in the past, seeing these exaggerated statements, Lin Guantang would have blushed, felt guilty, or under great pressure.
But now, when he occasionally came across relevant remarks, he would stare at them for a few seconds and then pass by without any feeling.
A week has passed since the withdrawal from Fugan District. The receipt work was assigned to Shao Qingbai and Tian Ye, who were to return to the imperial capital to report. The other executors had their own plans. As for Lin Guantang, he returned to a remote courtyard in the suburbs to live temporarily.
To be precise, he was staying in this courtyard with Huo Shizhen's body.
In the eyes of other people who knew about the "Huo Shizhen's death" incident, he seemed calm and rational, but in fact he had been stimulated to go crazy.
Otherwise, he wouldn't reject everyone's suggestion to dispose of Huo Shizhen's "body"—
Perform an autopsy, transport the body back to the Huo family in the imperial capital, hold a funeral, and even cremate it...
No matter whether the request was reasonable or unreasonable, he rejected it all.
There were many people who raised doubts, thinking that as a couple who were not yet officially legal, he had no right to decide how Huo Shizhen's funeral should be handled, and he should not guard the body, as that would be disrespectful to the deceased himself.
But no matter how we tried to persuade him or force him to do so, he just scoffed at it.
"I'm not qualified, but do you have it?"
"Like he cares about other people."
"Is there really anyone planning to forcibly take the deceased husband's body from the widow? I don't mind broadcasting the entire process live, but have you decided who will bear the brunt of the public opinion?"
…
In this matter, Lin Guantang showed unprecedented aggressiveness and showed no room for compromise.
There were many overly sharp words in his tone, which made people even wonder if he was possessed by Huo Shizhen.
If not, then you are really crazy.
For example, his insistence on calling the "corpse" a "shell" clearly shows that he refuses to accept the fact that Huo Shizhen is dead.
Even on the Internet, rumors began to spread that the famous classmate Kobayashi's beloved young nobleman died in an accident during his susceptible period, leaving him heartbroken and on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Although he behaved normally during the interview and was only slow to react for a few seconds when asked related questions, he casually said:
"I'm fine, and he's fine too. Please don't worry about me..."
Or decline the discussion with a smile:
"Omega-related matters don't seem to have anything to do with an alpha."
The general public always likes to play the devil's advocate. If he cries and makes a scene, and talks about the tragic death of his lover to everyone he meets, he might be suspected of deliberately putting on a show or exploiting the deceased.
But he acted so nonchalant, saying his lover was doing well and that he didn't want people to waste time on his personal issues. He had no intention of using his personal affairs to occupy public space...
Instead, it would be described with exaggerated imagination, as if he really lost the person he loved deeply and was heartbroken, but he just covered it up with strength or deceived himself.
Apart from the scene on Ziye Beach that day when he held Huo Shizhen's corpse tightly in his arms - Huo Shizhen's body, even refusing to let go even when his fingers were bleeding, and finally only relaxed after receiving an injection of hypnotic, the most obvious evidence was his appearance on camera.
His eyes were still as bright as stars, but covered with an indelible veil of compassion.
If his previous style in public was still that of an active and surging stream, then after the Fugan District incident, it became a peaceful and selfless ocean - it was as if the personal feelings that he cared about most were destroyed, and then everything completely disappeared.
Similarly, when it came to these messy speculations, Lin Guantang just stared at them for a few seconds and then brushed them off without any care.
——That’s not to say he didn’t care at all. At least he used the people’s sympathy to fight against the various forces that demanded the body. He did it very easily and without any guilt.
In short, this is the result. Mr. Huo is bedridden and refuses to see visitors. He no longer cares about or asks about any matters, big or small, including how to deal with the Huo Shizhen incident.
No matter how much others said, it was all in vain. In the end, no one could stop it. Lin Guantang took Huo Shizhen's body and lived in a deserted yard.
Large ice coffins and ice makers were customized in advance and delivered to the courtyard first.
The ice coffin was a double model, which made everyone imagine horrible things, and subtly suggested that it was very harmful for a living person to sleep on an ice bed.
However, Lin Guantang ignored all of them and did not intend to give any further explanation.
There was nothing much to reply or explain, as he hadn't planned to sleep in an ice coffin.
Even Huo Shizhen didn't sleep in there. He just created a harmless illusion to satisfy the imagination of the peeping toes.
The courtyard is also the property of the Huo family. The underground passage is winding, but it also leads to the underground research institute.
——Needless to say, Lin Guantang chose this courtyard because he got the hint from Huo Shizhen's mother, Senior Yuan Mingli, through an encrypted message, and he persisted to the end.
Speaking of this courtyard and the unfinished building that Huo Shizhen took him to last time, although both are far away from crowds, there is a considerable distance between them, but they are connected to the same underground research institute. This once again refreshed Lin Guantang's cognition, making him wonder whether the entire underground of the imperial capital has been connected to become the area of the research institute.
But he no longer had much excitement and curiosity, and all his attention was on Huo Shizhen's resurrection.
Since the former senior hinted to him to transport Huo Shizhen's body here, there is obviously a way to resurrect him.
——He firmly believed that Huo Shizhen was not dead, that was what Huo Shizhen had promised him.
If this is his expectation, Huo Shizhen will not let him down.
However, when he was asked "Why do you think Huo Shizhen will survive?", he gave a reason which he thought was very, very, very sufficient, but Yuan Mingli looked at him with a look filled with a kind of pity, like a kind of sympathy.
"But dear—"
Yuan Mingli gently stroked Lin Guantang's head and told him an overly cruel reality:
"He died a long time ago."
So from the very beginning, Huo Shizhen deceived him.
***
It is something that could be discussed for three days and three nights but can be summarized in just a few words.
The initial purpose was to counter System X, but it gradually evolved into a comprehensive and all-encompassing research project to control the Empire's System Y.
The original purpose was to research the Double S transformation plan to break through the limits of the human body and achieve super combat power alpha;
When the two plans are combined and acted upon the same person, this person is destined to become a top alpha that surpasses all others;
It is also destined that this person will not live as a "human" from the very beginning, but will survive as a perfect experimental subject.
Simply put, Huo Shizhen's parents are both S-level alphas. The mother's body has been transformed and simultaneously possesses the S-level omega physique. After the combination, an alpha baby was successfully born.
The good news is that this child is not only fully differentiated at birth, but as he grows up, the various talents he shows indicate that he has reached the so-called double S strength standard.
The bad news is that this child also possesses strength and destructive power beyond that of an ordinary child. The susceptible period will accompany him throughout his life, making him extremely violent. It is too inhumane to talk to a child about issues related to intersex relations, but it is harmless to find an omega to release pheromones just to provide spiritual comfort during the susceptible period.
The result was that he became even more violent and even intended to kill the person who released that aura, so he quickly canceled the arrangement.
At the same time, he was very vulnerable to death. Before the age of twelve, his physical examinations had never been normal for more than a week, and he had been in a near-death state countless times.
That is the inevitable flaw of the transformation plan.
In comparison, his changed hair and eye color is nothing but a trivial matter.
An extremely troublesome product that casts an indelible shadow on everyone.
On the one hand, you should stay away from him as much as possible to avoid being hurt by him;
On the one hand, I had to stay as close to him as possible in case he died suddenly;
On the one hand, we must record everything he does as much as possible to obtain valuable experimental data.
On the one hand, we must test his strength limits as much as possible in order to adjust a more perfect training plan.
He's still just a little kid, but he's already tormented countless people to exhaustion, as if he were guarding a real demon. It's impossible to imagine how he'll cope when he grows up.
As he was once again on the verge of death and was carried into the emergency room, the Empire passed a secret proposal.
That is to connect the Y system to his brain - or let Huo Shizhen become the brain of the system.
No matter how the system evolves based on data deduction, it is not as good as directly connecting to a real brain for autonomous development and utilization.
The system can fully record Huo Shizhen's every move, physical condition, and how to configure the training plan at any time and anywhere, and there is no need to ask people to follow him at all times at the risk of their lives.
It's a plan that has the best of both worlds.
From then on, Huo Shizhen lived in symbiosis with the system and became a living system.
Thanks to the system's precise recording and allocation, he finally no longer had to go in and out of the emergency room frequently and walk back and forth on the border of death.
What was even more surprising was that the violent and forced nature of the double S physique suppressed the system's attempt to control the brain and body, allowing the human consciousness to override the system;
The absolute rationality of the system, in turn, suppresses the violent nature of this indiscriminate attack.
The only drawback is that Huo Shizhen lacks emotions and has no sense of identity with the crowd.
That wasn't even a shortcoming, as it was impossible for him to have the fate of an ordinary person and mingle among the crowd.
It would be more accurate to say that his lack of emotions prevented him from being dragged down when carrying out various dangerous missions, and he remained indifferent when he learned the truth about his fate and accepted it completely calmly.
Even emotions such as "resentment", "dissatisfaction", "disbelief", etc. were completely stripped away.
Possessing a super-powerful system to assist his brainpower, double S-class super physical strength, and complete rationality that is not affected by emotions...
A perfect mission machine was born.
When everyone thought there was nothing to worry about in the future, an accident came quietly.
It was a dangerous mission full of uncertainties. In the eyes of others, even Huo Shizhen would end in failure.
Of course, the result was the same as always, Huo Shizhen created a miracle and completed the task.
The price he paid was wounds all over his body.
There were gunshot wounds, sharp weapons, poisons and potions, and there were more than ten fatal wounds alone.
After countless deductions, the conclusion was always that he would die. No one knew how he miraculously survived - or perhaps it couldn't be called survival, as he fainted after returning.
The system didn't know why it shut down on its own and was damaged to a certain extent, so people couldn't directly view the playback.
But Huo Shizhen was in a coma for only a week before he woke up.
In one month, his wounds recovered and he started rehabilitation training;
After three months, the wounds were almost completely healed, and his physical strength and combat effectiveness had returned to normal levels.
It can no longer be described as an amazing healing ability, but rather it is beyond the limit of human wound recovery speed, as if it is possessed by a god or demon.
But no matter what, it is a relief that he can recover as before.
But it didn't take long to discover that his physical condition had undergone subtle changes -
That should mean that his physical condition is in a complete stagnation.
Brain development, shooting skills, fighting ability, height and weight... all data have not changed since the return.
It was as if time had completely stopped.
If there is no change in his physical condition for a month, maybe it doesn't matter. Three months is normal, and half a year is barely acceptable. He developed earlier than others, so now he is slowly falling into a stagnant period. But if it continues for a year, it will be extremely terrifying.
One has to guess why this happened.
The conclusion that received the most support was:
The human being [Huo Shizhen] has died, and the body is now controlled by a system called [Y].
He has completely merged with the system, and during a critical moment in that dangerous mission, the system successfully counterattacked him, making the system the master of his body.
This is the only way for it to find a way out in countless desperate situations——
It might be extremely difficult for a person, even a genius, to escape from a desperate situation, but it is not difficult for a system born from decades of wisdom of genius researchers to calculate an escape route with the highest success rate.
His body's healing ability far exceeded that of humans, and after returning to normal levels, there were no further changes - because it had returned to normal, there was no need for "repair" or "evolution".
It's a good thing for humans to control the system, but if the system controls humans, researchers have to consider how to respond if the system believes that humans should not survive, or are better kept in captivity... thereby causing a crisis.
They also began to work on making weapons to destroy him, and the protection of the system's source and the degree of emergency self-destruction were also raised.
If it really doesn't work, then just remove the implanted chip behind Huo Shizhen's neck.
After a long period of coexistence, the system has become one with Huo Shizhen.
That chip is not only the source of the system, but also connected to Huo Shizhen's brain. After it was unplugged, the impact on the system was only that some functions were affected and the running speed slowed down. However, the impact on Huo Shizhen was that he would die directly.
In addition, the long-abandoned alternative plan was brought back to the table.
Fortunately, in the end, we found the natural changes of human beings in Huo Shizhen.
That is Huo Shizhen's hair, which actually grew normally without any sound.
That seemed to represent some kind of omen—
Countless researchers made requests, and even Hara Akirei, the biological mother, pleaded with her:
"Keep your hair. At least it's a sign that you're still alive as a human being."
"This is an order, but also a request."
"learn."
Huo Shizhen smiled and agreed to the request.
Then, all the data about him changed drastically in less than an hour.
——It also made everyone finally realize that this was just a year-long bottom-line testing and intimidation prank.
Huo Shizhen has completely become the master of the system and has full control over it, and can even use it to transform his body within a certain range.
It was a terrifying change, but the only good thing was that Huo Shizhen had no interest in revenge experiments or destroying the world. At most, he had awakened his sharp tongue, but he would still cooperate with the experiments, carry out tasks, and obey the empire's orders.
——Perhaps it was because when he devoured the system, he was bound by the underlying rules of the system and took them as his bottom line.
(That is, always be loyal to the empire, always protect the people, and always obey orders.)
But it does not prevent the strengthening of the guard on Duanyuan and the monitoring of him - although it is useless, it just reminds him again and again that all his power is given by the empire, all material satisfaction and freedom of manpower allocation, or all other rights are also based on his loyalty to the empire and compliance with the empire's mission orders.
If he loses control, even the bombardment of various persuasive messages will be enough to annoy him - who says too many mosquitoes can't make people die of noise?
At the same time, no one could touch his neck and try to pull out the chip. Even if he fell into a coma, the system would force him to wake up, or only awaken his violent instinct to defend himself.
Unless he pulls out the chip himself.
So in a sense, the only way to punish him is through verbal accusations, which is better than nothing.
How can being constantly buzzed by mosquitoes not be considered a form of mental punishment?
***
Lin Guantang lowered his eyes and looked at the man who was sleeping with his eyes closed, and looked at his long silver hair.
If the hair is too long, it is difficult to judge the subtle changes in length with the naked eye. But if you cut it all off now, or simply shave your head, then if new hair grows, of course you can observe it clearly.
But...if it really dies completely, it will be impossible for it to grow again.
It is better to keep it as it is. At least this way you can give yourself psychological comfort. In fact, it is growing, but you just can't see it.
Lin Guantang felt again that what he had thought before was totally wrong.
Compared to complete and utter death, all other conditions are good, because being alive is still a comfort.
It may be impossible to reach a definite and unified conclusion as to whether complete death or unconscious living is better, but for those who care, there is a clear distinction between life and death. No matter what needs to be done, as long as one can stay alive, it is definitely better than choosing to submit to death.
Yuan Mingli came over with a file that looked very old.
As Lin Guantang put on his gloves and prepared to look through the book, she asked one last time:
"I have already told you everything about Huo Shizhen. Now, it's your turn to express your opinion—"
"Do you really know and are sure what to do?"
"certainly."
Lin Guantang put on his gloves, took the file bag from her hand, and took out the information inside. His voice was more steady than ever before:
"I know perfectly well."
What he has to do is——
Go to the imperial capital to participate in the performance specially arranged by all O colleges to celebrate the imperial celebration.
That was quite a contradictory thing. No matter which party seemed to want to see him return to the imperial capital.
Needless to say, the initiators of the two emails barely concealed their intention to deny him entry into the imperial capital.
It was originally his job to report to the imperial capital after Huo Shizhen's accident, but the imperial capital politely suggested that Shao Qingbai and Tian Ye could do it instead. He didn't insist too much and gave up after a few tentative words.
In addition, almost all of his friends who were stranded in the imperial capital sent him messages, either directly or indirectly warning him not to go back to the imperial capital.
Especially the news about Wen Tiange and Yuan Wenjun.
On the way to the imperial capital, Lin Guantang once again opened the screenshots of the chat with the two of them a few days ago.
——
【Wen Tiange】: Don’t come back!
[Haitang]:? Why [confused]
[Wen Tiange]: It’s nothing. It’s so hard to go to Fugan District. Why not stay for a few more days and appreciate the purple leaves drifting on the sea? As for the scenery of the imperial capital, I think classmate Lin must be very tired of it. Why should he rush back?
[Haitang]: ...
[Haitang]: Master Jian, do you know that it is very incongruous to post these words under the name of Wen Tiange?
[Wen Tiange]: You figured it out so easily? You're really sharp. I'm sorry, but it seems my disguise isn't that good. You saw through it so easily.
[Haitang]: So why don’t you want me to go back? Why are you using his account? Why doesn’t he reply?
[Wen Tiange]: He is sick.
[Wen Tiange]: His face was covered with red rashes. He probably didn't want you to see him with rashes, so he didn't want you to come back to the capital. He wanted to avoid the possibility of meeting you. You know, he has always been very strict about his appearance and would never tolerate making a fool of himself, especially in front of people he knows. If you saw his face covered with rashes, he would want to jump off the building.
【Wen Tian Ge】：[Picture]
It was a photo that was obviously taken in a very chaotic situation. The picture was blurry as if it was taken by a door lock, but you could clearly see that Wen Tiange's face was flushed.
Lin Guantang accepted this reason and did not ask any more questions. However, he did ask Jian Yinglai one more question at that time: whether Jian recommended him to return to the imperial capital.
Jian Yinglai did not respond, but just hurriedly said that Wen Tiange found out that she had taken photos secretly and sent them to him, and he was so angry that he wanted to duel with her. After that, there was no news.
So Lin Guantang tacitly stopped talking about this topic.
——
[11:20]
[Yuan Wenjun]: Don’t come back!
[Haitang]: What's wrong? Did something happen?
[Yuan Wenjun]: Because...
(This message was quickly withdrawn before Lin Guantang could see what followed the word "because".)
[The other party has withdrawn a message.]
[11:33]
[Yuan Wenjun]: Haha, it’s nothing. I just think that you finally get to go out and have fun, and then you run into such a big accident. You should take a good rest after it’s resolved.
is that so?
I always feel like I'm being forced to hide something.
But no matter how Lin Guantang asked, she did not respond, and even used the perfunctory excuse that the terminal had no signal. After that, there was no news.
However, when Lin Guantang discovered that he couldn't contact other O-College students either, and they all posted signs saying they were closed off for study, and even the O-College forum refused his access...
He already knew that the entire O College was probably facing a crisis that was even more dangerous than the last time people held it accountable.
But no one could get in touch with him, and even if they could, they would keep silent, or say that he would know in a few days. Lin Guantang could only wait patiently.
When the invitation letter to celebrate the All-O College arrived, he had to go regardless of whether he wanted to go or not.
The inspection for entering the imperial capital is quite strict. Even an unsharpened dagger is not allowed to be brought in. If the inspector is in a bad mood, even nail clippers are not allowed to be brought in.
This move certainly caused a lot of grief, but if you think about it, in the past, when the empire's birth celebrations were approaching, the defenses would also be tightened. It was not a sudden freakout in the imperial capital, and there didn't seem to be anything special about it.
Although it feels that the inspection is stricter than in previous years——
However, every year there are people who say that things are getting more outrageous every year, and it’s not just about this incident, so apart from some people complaining, it didn’t cause any more waves. Everyone was mostly immersed in the joy of the upcoming national celebration.
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