Qiu Shi found that his condition was indeed not very good. After waking up, he relied on medicine to hold on for a while. After talking with Li Feng, he felt extremely tired, just like when he was stabbed in Xima Town. He couldn't wake up after closing his eyes.
"Take a break and relax, don't hold on." Li Feng said.
“When I wake up again… I’m not sure what it will feel like.” Qiu Shi said.
"You won't become a biochemical body," Li Feng said, "but your body functions will be enhanced, so that you can recover faster from injuries, have faster speed, and stronger strength."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
"Although I have a stance," Li Feng said, "I will still fight for what I can. I will do my best to ensure your safety within the scope of my power... no, within the scope of my ability."
Qiu Shi glanced at him.
The scope of what Li Feng can do is indeed greater than the scope of his power, and now he can only choose to trust Li Feng.
"What if I can't finally bring Xing Bi back?" Qiu Shi said.
"I don't know," Li Feng said, "but if there is anything that is bad for you, I can let you go."
"Really?" Qiu Shi asked.
"I kill people," Li Feng said, "but I don't like to force them to death."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything else.
"Take a rest," Li Feng said, "Since there is no other choice, make sure to make the current choice the best one."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded, thought for a moment and said, "Don't tell Zhao Lu and the others."
"Okay." Li Feng said.
Qiu Shi closed his eyes and sighed softly.
When I walked out of the ward, Director Wu and his experimental team were already standing outside the door.
"How is it?" asked Director Wu.
"What's going on?" Li Feng glanced at him.
"Have you agreed?" asked Director Wu.
"Does he have a choice?" Li Feng said.
Director Wu didn't say anything. After a while, he said, "Then we have to start preparing."
"Can you at least let the doctor check his physical condition before you start working on him?" Li Feng suddenly couldn't control his emotions.
Director Wu looked at him in surprise: "Director Li? Are you okay?"
"Old Wu," Li Feng also looked at him, "How do you define a person?"
"You suddenly seem a little unlike yourself." Director Wu frowned, "Why don't you take some time to rest? We have a meeting soon."
"What the hell is this meeting?" Li Feng asked.
"Mr. Long and the General, and you and me." Director Wu said.
"Qiu Shi just agreed a minute ago," Li Feng said, "How did they know?"
"He will definitely agree. The general just happened to ask, so I told him," Director Wu said, "Director Li, General Qiu will be our first case of transformation..."
"Why do I feel you are so excited?" Li Feng said.
"For me, I am somewhat excited to personally carry out the first renovation of Yuncheng," said Director Wu. "Our renovation will definitely be perfect, unlike those random ones out there..."
Li Feng turned and walked out of the laboratory.
The break is only ten minutes. After ten minutes, Mr. Long will come to the conference room and the general will also be connected simultaneously. These ten minutes are more of a time for him to sort out his emotions than a break.
Li Feng sat in the conference room and lit a cigarette.
Smoking is not allowed in the conference room, but he smoked anyway, and finally put out the cigarette butt hard on the table.
When Mr. Long walked into the conference room, the first thing he saw was the cigarette butt on the table. He frowned and turned the ventilation switch to the maximum.
"Mr. Long," Li Feng said, "good afternoon."
"He looks like he's in a bad mood," said Mr. Long.
"Very good." said Li Feng.
Director Wu trotted into the conference room and arranged for someone to connect the call with the general.
"Let's begin," said the general.
"There are only four of us today," Mr. Long said. "Colonel Xu was supposed to attend, but because the command center needs someone to sit in, and she was not an eyewitness to this incident, she will not attend for the time being... Director Wu."
"The transformation of Qiu Shi was mainly carried out by implanting a control center," Director Wu pointed to the projection next to him and began to introduce, "Through stimulation, the human body's functions are greatly improved..."
Li Feng didn't listen very carefully. He didn't really understand these principles and had no interest in them. He only knew what the results were.
Mr. Long and the general were obviously not interested and just wanted to know the results, so Director Wu quickly ended the introduction.
"We can get a human biochemical body."
When Li Feng heard this, he raised his head suddenly: "What?"
"Actually, I personally prefer a more thorough transformation. After all, the strength of the human body cannot compare to the artificial materials of a biochemical body..." Director Wu was immersed in his own thoughts and did not notice his emotions.
"Wu Kangwen!" Li Feng slammed the table.
Director Wu was startled, stopped, and looked at him in surprise: "Director Li?"
"Qiu Shi is a person, a living person," Li Feng said, "He agreed to the transformation in order to find Xing Bi! In order to prevent Xing Bi from becoming the biggest threat to Yuncheng, not to satisfy you!"
"Director Li," Mr. Long said, "calm down."
"How can I stay calm!" Li Feng said, "I was the one who talked to Qiu Shi, I was the one who faced his pain directly, and I was the one who endured his disappointment!"
"Director Wu," Mr. Long looked at Director Wu, "We don't have time to do a complete renovation at the moment, so we'd better do an enhanced renovation."
"Okay," Director Wu glanced at Li Feng, "Qiu Shi is now in a coma again, but his physical condition is relatively stable. The surgery can be arranged tonight, and the experimental team is making preparations."
"What effect can it achieve?" asked the general.
"With rapid recovery," said Director Wu, "strength, speed, and agility will all be greatly improved, and health will be better."
"What about thinking? What about emotions? What about personality?" Li Feng asked.
"It won't have any impact," said Director Wu.
"There are some things I hope everyone must understand clearly," Li Feng said, "This reinforcement is to keep Qiu Shi alive and to bring Xing Bi back. That's all. Qiu Shi must remain Qiu Shi."
"Director Li, do you have any concerns?" the general asked.
"Any unnecessary operation on Qiu Shi will push Xing Bi to the other side of Yuncheng," Li Feng said. "As long as Qiu Shi is still Qiu Shi and his body functions are only enhanced, we can barely explain that it is to keep him alive. But any more operation will anger Xing Bi. I believe that you, General, and Mr. Long know this better than anyone else."
The general said nothing.
"No matter what state Xing Bi was in before he disappeared, whether he was out of control or had broken through the limitations of his memory," Li Feng said, "the fact that he still wanted to ensure Qiu Shi's safety under such circumstances speaks for itself. We cannot take any unnecessary actions against Qiu Shi."
Mr. Long glanced at the screen, then turned to look at Li Feng: "We have definitely taken this into consideration. Director Wu will only do the most basic enhancements to save Qiu Shi's life."
"Thank you for your understanding." Li Feng leaned back in his chair and looked at Director Wu again, "Sorry, Mr. Wu, I got excited."
"It's okay, you've been too tired lately." Director Wu waved his hand.
"Director Li, you should control your emotions in the future," the general said. "You lost your composure today."
"Maybe I'm not standing high enough." Li Feng said, "If I stand high enough, I won't be able to see the living people one by one, and naturally I won't lose my composure again."
"Li Feng." Mr. Long looked at him.
"I'm sorry," Li Feng pinched his brows, "I'm sleep deprived."
"Director Wu," Mr. Long said, "you can go and get ready."
"Okay." Director Wu stood up and patted Li Feng on the shoulder before leaving the meeting room.
"Director Li, you should also take a rest," said the general.
"Thank you, General." Li Feng looked at the general on the screen. "When the snow stops, I'll go back to the office and take a nap. It's snowing too heavily right now."
Mr. Long was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, it's snowing heavily." The general glanced towards the window.
"General," Li Feng suddenly laughed, "it didn't snow today."
Two seconds later, the communication with the general was interrupted, and only black remained on the screen.
"Li Feng," Mr. Long stood up suddenly, put his hands on the table, and stared at him, "What do you want to do?"
"The general doesn't exist," Li Feng said, "right?"
"You're asking for trouble," said Mr. Long.
"Then kill me to silence me." Li Feng said.
Mr. Long looked at him and said nothing.
"But you can't, at least not at this stage," Li Feng stood up, "There is only one option, which is very unpleasant, Mr. Long."
When he walked out of the meeting room, he stopped and turned to look at Mr. Long: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to vent."
Xing Bi was squatting at the top of the slope, with snow all over him.
The symbiote behind him was slowly approaching, and the sound was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
This place is very close to Xima Town. This person cannot shoot and can only move closer little by little.
Until you enter the dagger's attack range.
When the symbiote behind him leaped up and pounced on him, Xing Bi turned around to meet his dagger, dodged it with his head, stretched out his right hand, grabbed his neck, and pressed him into the snow.
When the symbiote wanted to raise its hand and turn the dagger to stab again, Xing Bi grabbed his arm with his left hand and stared into his eyes. Deep in his sight, Xing Bi could feel the main consciousness hiding behind the symbiote. He raised his left hand suddenly, tore the symbiote's arm from its body, and then pulled it off alive.
Xing Bi stared into his eyes, exerted force with his fingers, and crushed his neck.
When I returned to the underground warehouse, the old man was sticking his head out of the hidden door in the corner of the wall.
Xing Bi went over and pushed him back into the door.
"Why does it take so long today?" said the old man.
Xing Bi didn't say anything.
"It's been three days," the old man said, "and you still haven't found his hiding place?"
Xing Bi remained silent.
"It's better to let them into town," the old man said, "so we can find them once they are exposed."
Xing Bi ignored him and sat in the corner of the hut.
"Qiu Shi is in Yuncheng now. He must be under the strictest protection," the old man said. "He won't be in any danger for the time being. Even if Zheng Ting can enter Yuncheng, he won't be able to get close to him."
Xing Bi seemed to have turned off his phone, sitting quietly in the darkness, not speaking or moving. The murderous aura on his body disappeared, and the sense of oppression also disappeared. He could not feel any existence, as if even he himself had disappeared in the darkness. He did not sleep all night again.
Li Feng sat in the operating room, wearing a lab coat, watching Director Wu and several experimenters performing surgery on Qiu Shi.
The small metal block that is to be implanted behind Qiu Shi’s neck is now placed in a black box next to the operating table, waiting for the final connection.
The images in the operating room will be synchronized to Mr. Long and the general's offices. Theoretically, Li Feng can also see it synchronously in his own office, but he still chooses to stay here.
"The data transmission is normal." said an experimenter.
"Prepare to connect to the central authority," Director Wu turned and stood in front of the black box. He glanced at Li Feng, opened the box, and took out the small cube inside. "Check the number."
The experimenter took a sensor and shook it over the small cube, and the information of the small cube appeared on the screen next to it.
Li Feng took a look and found that the model was from more than a hundred years ago and the number was 3087, which meant that there were more than 3,000 of this model before, some of which were in the biochemical bodies, some in Yuncheng, and many were lost outside.
"Why is the activation time 0?" Li Feng asked.
"It means it's new, and it won't carry any information about any other person or biochemical body," Curator Wu explained. "After it's connected to Qiu Shi's body, the date will show today."
"Okay." Li Feng nodded.
The next process is fast, put into the center, connect, test, blood flow, muscle reaction, body organ adaptation...
Each procedure looks rigorous, meticulous, and cold.
"All done," Director Wu said to the video surveillance. "The operation was successful. Everything is normal now. Changes in the body will begin within two hours. I will observe in the laboratory. If there are no problems, Qiu Shi will wake up within two hours and his body will be basically recovered within four days."
"How will he feel?" Li Feng asked.
"I'm not sure about that," Director Wu said. "Theoretically, you won't feel much. You may need to get used to it. After all, your motor function has improved a lot, so your control may be a little unbalanced."
"I see," Li Feng said, "Director Wu, thank you for your hard work."
"He won't wake up right away," Director Wu looked at him, "I'm going to take a rest. Do you want to sleep for a while? Someone will notify us as soon as he wakes up."
"No." Li Feng stretched out his legs to hook another chair over and put his legs on it. "I'm right here. I'll let you know when he wakes up."
"When did you start to care so much about other people's lives?" asked Director Wu.
"I have paid a lot," Li Feng said. "I can't let any accidents happen. I want to live well, but I didn't expect the price to be so high."
His body felt light, and the pain that had been plaguing him was fading.
Qiu Shi knew that he was still in a coma, but his consciousness was slowly regaining consciousness. While he was unconscious, he could clearly feel his body.
The blood was flowing, the muscles were slightly contracting, and many sounds could be heard, the dripping sound of the instruments, the sound of the wheels of the cart rolling outside the ward, the sound of the infusion, and Li Feng's breathing...
This strange feeling made him a little flustered, but he soon calmed down.
It's all over.
Without his knowledge or awareness, this huge change was over.
His "new life" is about to begin.
When he opened his eyes, Qiu Shi did not move, but looked quietly at the infusion bottle that was about to run out.
Then he heard someone outside pressing the call button.
"Director Wu, Qiu Shi is awake."
Li Feng, who was sleeping on the chair next to him, looked like he was not asleep at all. When this sentence came from outside the door, he stood up and walked to the bed.
"Qiu Shi?"
"Yeah." Qiu Shi was still looking at the infusion bottle.
"How does it feel?" Li Feng asked.
"It's OK," Qiu Shi said, "It doesn't hurt, and I don't feel anything too obvious."
Li Feng looked at him: "Director Wu said that you still need to adapt. As your motor function improves, you may have some control issues..."
Qiu Shi raised his left hand, and the pulling pain he had felt before was no longer there.
"It's okay," he said, not losing control.
"You'll be able to get out of bed and move around in about two days," said Li Feng.
"It all depends on how I feel," Qiu Shi said. "I think we can leave once everything is fine. I don't think it will take two days."
"It's better to listen to the experts," Li Feng said, "This is not a trivial matter."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything.
"He is a miracle." Director Wu's eyes were filled with uncontrollable excitement and excitement.
"Is the recovery speed fast?" Li Feng was lying on the sofa in Director Wu's office, with a splitting headache. "Give me some medicine, my head hurts so much."
"I originally estimated that he would need four days to recover basically, but now, after three days, he is fine. I don't know if it's because of his special physique..." Director Wu opened the cabinet and took out some medicine for him.
Li Feng immediately interrupted Director Wu: "What's so special about it? It's just that my health is relatively good."
"Director Li, don't be so sensitive," Director Wu smiled, "and his control over his body is very accurate. He is indeed a corpse collector who grew up in the outer city. He hardly had to go through any adaptation process..."
"Are there any adverse reactions in the data?" Li Feng took the medicine and sat up.
"So far, there are none," said Director Wu. "If there were any adverse reactions, they would be immediately apparent when he wakes up. Everything is normal so far, and there will be basically no problems in the future."
"Yeah." Li Feng stood up and put on his coat.
"We succeeded, Director Li," said Director Wu.
"Yeah." Li Feng walked out of the office.
Theoretically, Qiu Shi should have considered leaving for Xima Town four days later, but now he has recovered and adapted faster than expected, so some things have to be done in advance.
"Everyone, go out for a moment," Li Feng walked into the experimental cabin and said to the experimenters inside, "I want to talk to Qiu Shi alone."
The two experimenters who were testing Qiu Shi stood up and left.
Li Feng closed the door, turned off the surveillance in the experimental cabin, and sat opposite Qiu Shi.
"Can we set off now?" Qiu Shi asked.
"There are some things you need to know before you set off," Li Feng threw his pet into the air, "We don't know what Xing Bi's current condition is. You know him better than us. If you know more about him in the past, it may be more helpful for you to find him back."
"What was he like in the past?" Qiu Shi looked at the little pet in the air.
"What I'm showing you now is the sealed file with the highest authority in Yuncheng. I just got the file about Xing Bi a few days ago," Li Feng said, "It's a part of his memory that was sealed. If he breaks through the restrictions now, he may remember this part."
"About what?" Qiu Shi asked.
"About his teacher." Li Feng said.
"What happened to his teacher?" Qiu Shi was still looking at Xiao Chong and suddenly felt a little scared.
"Dead," Li Feng said, "Killed in front of him by the biochemical because he chose humans."
The little pet projected a picture on the wall next to it.
"This is a fragment of Xing Bi's memory extraction. Due to limited technology, it can only roughly present this effect," Li Feng said, "I can show you the official text record later."
The picture was shaking badly. It was night time, with many lights. The surrounding environment was completely different from the world Qiu Shi was used to. There were many tall buildings, street lights, and a road that was as flat as if it had been scraped with a ruler...
Everything was blurry, but Xing Bi's breathing was very clear.
"Where are you?" There was a slight tremor in his hoarse voice.
"The rooftop," a voice replied.
Qiu Shi raised his eyes suddenly.
The picture shook more violently, and then became very messy, making it impossible to see what was going on.
The next scene was clearer, and it could be seen that Xing Bi was standing at the bottom of a building. The building was shorter than the other buildings. Qiu Shi glanced over and felt that there were more than thirty floors, as high as a small mountain.
The lights on the roof were blindingly bright.
Several figures can be seen in the blur.
The one in the middle was tied to a rack that extended forward over the rooftop and hung in the air.
"Put him down." Xing Bi said.
"Why?" the voice asked.
"He shouldn't be your target," Xing Bi said, "He has been fighting for us..."
"But he is a human being," the voice said, "he is the one who bound you, restricted you, and made you unable to see the world clearly. You are the strongest among us, and you should not live like this."
"He is not those humans, he is different from those people..." Xing Bi's voice was shaking badly.
This was the first time Qiu Shi heard Xing Bi's voice, with such a tone, filled with fear, panic, despair, and pleading.
"He has last words for you," the voice said.
A few seconds later, a somewhat old voice sounded: "Xing Bi, humans are like this, produced on shabby assembly lines with uneven quality. They will give you surprises, but they will also make you despair... But there will always be someone who will give you hope... I am lucky to be the one who gives you hope, don't be sad..."
Qiu Shi heard a very low crying sound.
Suppressed extreme pain.
"Please," Xing Bi said, "Zheng Ting, let him go..."
"How can I," the voice said, "let him go now that it has come to this?"
This familiar sentence was like a dozen knives stabbing into Qiu Shi's body.
The scene in front of him suddenly became clear: the old man hanging outside the roof, and the dozen or so knives that pierced his body at the same time.
Qiu Shi heard a roar.
Heart-wrenching.
Pain, anger, and murderous intent, this was the roar that Sang Fan, Xiao Zuo, and Xiao You had let out in Xima Town that day, the roar from Xing Bi.
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Ah, continue tomorrow ╰_╯.