This is a three-storey bungalow located in the villa area of Windhoek.
The towering European-style buildings, the grassy courtyard, and the iron fence with a gold edge in front of the door all tell the story of the high net worth of the owner of this bungalow.
In Namibia, this room definitely represents the identity of the master of man.
At this time, Hodge was looking at everything in front of him in confusion. This was his home.
He didn't remember when he came to the door of his house, nor why he was standing here. In his memory, he seemed to be chasing several murderers in a car when he was hit on the right side of the vehicle.
Then, there was a whirlwind...
Hotch subconsciously took a breath, but suddenly smelled a pungent burnt smell, as if something was burnt, but when he looked around, he found nothing.
There was no fire, nothing burned.
Have I been rescued
Hotch looked at all this in confusion. He couldn't remember when he appeared here, or even how long he stood in front of his door. It seemed that he had just arrived home, and it seemed that he had been standing for a long, long time...
Just when Hodge was a little strange, he suddenly saw the door of his house slowly opening through the iron fences on the outside, and a middle-aged man with a stern expression appeared behind the door. He looked into Hodge's eyes, There are expectations and there are disappointments.
"Father."
Hodge quickly waved to the other party, then pushed open the fence door and walked quickly into his home.
"Father, I'm back!"
Hotch said loudly, but before he finished speaking, he was stunned because he found that his father had disappeared at the door at some point. Not only that, all his relatives were gathered at home, and there was a lively atmosphere. It seemed like there was some kind of party going on.
"Jenny, is today a holiday?"
Hotch asked a nanny next to him, but the other person didn't even look at him and walked past him. Hotch shouted loudly, but the other person still ignored him.
"OK!"
Hotch spread his hands and made a helpless gesture, and then he saw his mother and grandmother clustered together, walking towards them.
"Hey! Mom, what happened at home?"
Hotch's face showed joy, and he asked his mother like a child, but the next second, he watched the two people walking past him.
What surprised him even more was that not only his mother, but also his grandmother, who loved him the most, acted as if he didn't exist.
The joy on Hotch's face suddenly solidified, and he gradually noticed something was wrong.
At some point, the room was filled with smoke, carrying a pungent burnt smell, which made it difficult for Hodge to breathe. He coughed loudly, and at the same time an inexplicable panic overflowed...
Why can't everyone seem to see themselves
With this thought in mind, Huo Qi was about to confront his father at all costs, but he saw his father suddenly wearing a formal dress and leading a girl in a wedding dress to the living room.
The moment he saw the girl, he immediately froze.
"Ah, Amanda..."
Huo Qi stared at each other blankly. The girl in front of him was wearing a gorgeous white wedding dress. Her temperament was ethereal and pure, as flawless as a pearl in the sea.
The girl is none other than his fiancée—Amanda.
"My son, today is your wedding day, don't you remember?"
His father's voice was thick and resounding. He showed a smile and finally looked in Hotch's direction, "I'm proud of you, son!"
Following his father's words, Hodge's mother, grandmother, and even a group of relatives appeared around the living room, clapping continuously. For a while, the room was filled with a warm and joyful atmosphere.
"Father… "
At this point, Hodge finally calmed down and showed a hearty smile. It turned out that everything just now was a prank played by his family on him
Solemn music gradually floated in the air. With everyone's blessings, the girl in a wedding dress walked towards Hodge step by step, with a shy blush, and slowly held her hand in the hazy smoke in the room. Hotch's hand.
Then, with everyone watching, Hodge and the girl danced a Western ballroom dance.
At this moment, a huge sense of happiness surrounded Hodge. He closed his eyes intoxicatedly, hoping that the world would stay at this moment forever...
"He is smiling, he must be having a dream..."
"Prepare to release the coma protection state. He has been having this dream for three months. It's time to wake up..."
"Start to lower dopamine, start the electric shock device, prepare for electric shock..."
Just when Hodge was surrounded by endless happiness, suddenly, there was a series of faint conversations around him. The sound seemed to be right in front of him, but also seemed to come from afar. In short, it was very inconsistent with his dream.
"what happened… "
Hotch subconsciously opened his eyes, but was suddenly startled because he found that the girl in front of him had disappeared at some point, and at the same time, his relatives who were blessing him in the room also disappeared.
Father, mother, grandma, and Amanda... everyone disappeared!
"No, no, that's not true!"
The smoke in front of Hotch's eyes was getting thicker and thicker, almost blocking his sight. He subconsciously wanted to escape from this weird room, but found that at some point, his home began to be filled with endless fire!
Hotch watched in despair as the flames quickly surrounded him. At the same time, the burning smell reached its peak, and then there was a sudden stinging pain!
The stinging pain came from his abdomen, as if he had been shocked by electricity, and there was a burning stinging sensation in his abdomen.
"Ah! Ahhh!"
At this moment, Hotch suddenly roared loudly, his voice was extremely painful, as if everything broke out at this moment!
"The patient has woken up!"
At this time, in a sterile laboratory filled with high-tech equipment, several doctors were looking solemnly at a person lying on a special instrument in front of them.
This person only has a bare head exposed, and his body is covered by a set of matte black armor. The gaps in the armor bite each other, but they show the shape of chest muscles and abdominal muscles according to the human body structure. It looks violent. Beauty.
If you look at his face, Chen Chen can immediately recognize that he is Huo Qi who was burned before.
But at this time, Hodge's skin and facial features have been completely repaired. Not only that, his hands and feet have also reappeared on his body. The only disharmony is that his hands and feet, like his body, are wrapped in one Among the layers of black armor, there are red and blue patterns on it, like some kind of art.
But at this time, Hotch was lying on a special instrument made entirely of metal, and at the same time he kept making roaring sounds, which were deafening.
"What's going on? He's out of control?"
"The time to wake up is wrong. The patient is releasing excessive amounts of adrenaline, and his blood pressure is also rising rapidly. Prepare to inject a sedative!"
"No, wait!"
Just when the nurse was about to follow the doctor's instructions, a middle-aged doctor with gray hair suddenly spoke with a solemn expression, "Don't interfere with him, let him vent it out on his own first. This is good for both psychology and physiology. "
Obviously, this doctor has a very high status even among many authoritative experts. As he spoke, everyone fell silent.
Hotch roared for a full half minute, and he stopped completely when he was completely out of breath. He gasped for air and opened his eyes with a blank look on his face.
"You're awake."
A group of doctors quickly gathered around and looked at Hodge one by one, showing unconcealed joy, just like a sculptor looking at a perfect sculpture that he had worked hard to create.
"This...where is this..."
Hotch looked at the people above his head with some horror. He subconsciously wanted to sit up, but found that he could not move a finger. Not only that, there were a large number of unknown data and tables in his sight. As his target wanders, these squares in the eyes are constantly changing...
Are you still dreaming
"Your current location is the Biological Research Center of Life Science City, a subsidiary of Blacklight Technology."
The gray-haired middle-aged man smiled warmly, "We are your attending doctors and designers of bionic prosthetics. My name is Sheridan Todd. You can call me Dr. Todd."
"What happened, why can't I move?"
Hotch asked in surprise, "Also, why can't I feel my body?"
"Please relax, Hotch."
Dr. Todd answered slowly, trying to let Hotch get into the rhythm of his own conversation, "Your body is still there, it's just uh... a little problem, but it doesn't matter, it's been fixed now."
"However, we still need to do some tests before letting you resume action. For example, do you still remember your last memory?"
"Last memory?"
Huo Qi looked blank. He silently recalled the moments before he woke up. However, after thinking about it, he only had bits and pieces of dreams in his mind. However, how he got here has long been forgotten...
"I forgot… "
Hotch shook his head.
"It doesn't matter."
Dr. Todd instead looked relieved, "This is just a type of post-traumatic stress disorder. It's not a bad thing for you to forget these things. On the contrary, it's a good thing. At least it delays and reduces the secondary damage to your heart. .”
"So what the hell are you talking about and what the hell happened to me?"
But even after hearing these comforts, Hotch not only did not feel relieved, but felt extremely angry. He began to yell and curse loudly, and at the same time he began to struggle with his head, as if he wanted to sit up.
"Don't get excited, we'll tell you what happened, but not now!"
Dr. Todd waved his hand, and all the other doctors and medical staff immediately retreated in all directions, "Hodge, stop struggling. We have turned off the activity function of the XTN-118 police bionic armor. It is useless for you to struggle. But if you are willing to calm down, we can discuss it and help you activate your mobility... "
After hearing these words and seeing everyone's attitude, Hotch took a deep breath, suppressed his rising tension, and tried to lower his heartbeat rate.
"Very good, that's it, calm down..."
Dr. Todd spoke slowly and looked at a medical staff next to him. The female nurse reacted immediately. She picked up the tablet in her hand and said at the same time, "The patient's heartbeat and blood pressure are rapidly decreasing. The current heartbeat rate is 120 times per minute, still decreasing... It has been reduced to 80... No, it is 75 times per minute... "
"very good."
Seeing this, Dr. Todd finally nodded with satisfaction. He slowly walked to Hodge and put his hand on the instrument where Hodge was lying. There was a red button there.
"Director Todd, will this..."
The other attending doctors were hesitant and subconsciously stopped, "Will there be an accident?"
"He is a human being and a qualified police officer. He would not harm us."
Dr. Todd shook his head seriously, then turned to look at Hotch, "I'm going to release you now."
With that said, before Hodge could speak, Dr. Todd decisively pressed the button.
Click, tsk!
There was a sound of something being unlocked, and then there was a sound of a valve deflating. Hodge only saw two rows of probes being automatically pulled out between his ribs, and his body suddenly relaxed!
The next second, Hotch dodged and sat up directly from the instrument.
Suddenly, except for Dr. Todd and a few doctors in front of him, everyone in the entire laboratory subconsciously took two or three steps back, looking at Hodge with guarded eyes.
That kind of gaze, as if he was not looking at a human being, but some other species...
Seeing this scene, Huo Qi lowered his head and looked at his body. Only then did he realize that he was wrapped in a layer of black armor from head to toe.
Not only that, as he stretched out his hand and touched his body curiously, he magically felt a strange touch.
This sense of touch is a bit duller than his original body, but it is surprisingly sharp in details.
"What's this… "
Hotch slowly raised his head, looked at Doctor Todd and asked in a deep voice, "You gave me a set of armor? Is this an April Fool's Day prank? A tribute to Iron Man? Or Cyborg?"
"No, we are saving your life!"
Dr. Todd spread his hands and showed an excited expression, "You were in a car accident and were seriously injured and almost died, but our black light technology saved you and allowed you to survive your almost fatal injuries. Do you know?"
After hearing Dr. Todd's explanation, Hotch fell silent.
His brain gradually became clear from the chaos at the beginning. Only then did he slowly remember that he seemed to be chasing several murderers in a police car, but he was hit by the other party's car, causing the car to overturn. highway…
What happened next, but his memory was blank, as if someone had deleted that memory of his...
The only thing I can't forget is the pungent burnt smell and the thick smoke filling my eyes...
"ah… "
Hotch suddenly let out a scream, which seemed to have touched something deep in his soul. He covered his head and collapsed to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
"Director, the patient's blood pressure has begun to rise again!"
"His electroencephalogram has entered the peak stage and is still improving!"
"We can't control him!"
"Sedative injection!"
Seeing this, Dr. Todd finally no longer hesitated and gave the order to inject a sedative.
The next second, under the armor layer that Hodge could not see, a needle quickly popped out and pierced directly into Hodge's body...
At this point, Huo Qi gradually calmed down and fell into a deep sleep again.
Immediately, Hotch's body started to move on its own. He climbed back onto the special bed-like instrument behind him, and it fit tightly into the groove under his body.
Looking at this scene, Dr. Todd couldn't help but sigh, and then said with satisfaction, "At present, it seems that the patient's physiological indicators are all qualified, and there are no problems with the XTN-118 police bionic armor. Next, we will wait for him to wake up and After calming down, let’s do the calculation again.”
When everyone heard this, they all cheered in unison. The results of three months were finally not in vain.