At the same time, in Mingcheng, the warship lounge.
Jiang Ci didn't know that Huo Xianfeng had gone to "play online games". He was still sitting at the workbench, making a virtual model of a time-space shuttle device using the Forbidden Abyss's main brain.
They found a damaged space shuttle device in the destroyed underground arsenal in Mingcheng. So far, they have only cracked the external structural mechanism, but the core part cannot be repaired and can only be cracked by themselves.
Bai Ze's computing speed is not fast enough, and naturally, the equipment produced by the Phantom God Cult can only be connected and simulated most accurately by the Forbidden Abyss system.
"Simulation in progress—"
"Establishing virtual channel..."
While waiting, Jiang Ci looked back at Huo Xianfeng and found that he had fallen asleep with his tail in his arms. Ever since Huo Xianfeng got a tail, he had been sleeping curled up with his tail in his arms.
Actually, it's kind of cute.
It’s just that it’s rare for the other person to go to bed so early.
The Zerg don't seem to have much demand for sleep. Huo Xianfeng only needs three or four hours of sleep a day to be full of energy. When they were on the run, the other side could even go without sleep for two or three days.
Maybe I'm tired
Jiang Ci felt something was wrong, so he stood up and wanted to check. But the next second, countless red pop-up windows were projected one after another.
"Simulation failed!"
"Simulation failed!"
"Simulation failed!"
The series of red projection pop-ups made Jiang Ci cover his forehead.
—It’s so difficult.
He lay on the table.
Jin Yuan reminded quietly: "Jiang Ci, it's okay. Even your father hasn't been able to decipher this. Besides, so many academicians in the Academy of Sciences don't have any clues, right?"
"… Um."
Jiang Ci knew that what the other party said made sense. In fact, he didn't think so highly of himself, he was just anxious.
—Hurry to do something.
Jiang Ci took a deep breath.
It is difficult to develop a new theory, but simulating and working backwards after having the physical object is actually a shortcut.
He is too anxious.
“… Never mind, let’s do it tomorrow.”
The moment he stood up from the chair, Jiang Ci suddenly felt dizzy. He reflexively supported himself on the table and returned to normal in an instant.
"Aci?"
Bai Ze's voice was very nervous. He immediately scanned Jiang Ci's physical data and found that there was nothing abnormal and he was very healthy. He was even a little too strong for an omega.
"fine."
It was just a moment, Jiang Ci blinked slowly and didn't feel any other discomfort.
"Maybe I was too tired from staying up late."
But at this moment, Jin Yuan suddenly spoke,
"Jiang Ci, has your mental strength threshold increased?"
Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said,
"… Seems to be?"
Doctor Wen had tested it before, and it had increased quite a bit, but he didn't find anything abnormal. It's just like some people suddenly grow taller after adulthood, although it's extremely rare, it does exist.
“It’s a little higher.”
Jin Yuan pondered for a moment.
"Maybe, more than a little."
At that moment just now, it actually sensed that Jiang Ci's mental power seemed to be released outward.
So far, that is something that only Huo Chao and Huo Xianfeng can do. Human mental power cannot be released externally, they can only be physically connected through the neural chain inside the mecha.
Jin Yuan searched the previous data records and said,
"Generally, the mental power threshold of an excellent mecha pilot is between 300 and 400, and he can operate an A-class mecha. The requirement for an S-class mecha is between 600 and 700. Your uncle Zhou Jiuya's data in the army was about 800. Huo Chao has the highest record so far, reaching 1,800."
Pei Changyun only has over 200 soldiers, so he can only control a B-class manual mecha.
One thousand eighteen? ! !
Jiang Ci was shocked by this data. He subconsciously asked,
"What about Huo Xianfeng?"
Jin Yuan was silent for a rare moment, then answered,
"… I don't know. He's beyond my ability to detect."
Jiang Ci: “…”
As expected, non-humans are non-humans.
Jiang Ci recalled and said, "My previous data seemed to be 704, and then it increased a bit. Doctor Wen measured it a month ago and it was 893."
—has actually surpassed Zhou Jiuya.
Jin Yuan felt that this was not a coincidence.
It took a look at Huo Xianfeng who was sleeping on the bed and found that he had no reaction at all, as if he was sleeping very soundly. But Jin Yuan was very afraid of Huo Xianfeng and did not dare to disturb him. It even slowed down its voice and asked Jiang Ci,
"Can I measure the specific data of your current mental strength threshold?"
The detection of the mental power threshold requires a physical connection of the neural chain. The connection point is usually the back of the neck. It is no big deal for the alpha, but because it is very close to the gland, the omega may mind.
But Jiang Ci thought it was nothing, he nodded,
"OK, alright."
He casually lifted his hair, revealing the back of his neck. At this time, there were obvious teeth marks on that piece of white skin.
Then Jin Yuan stretched out his neural chain, ready to connect.
Huo Xianfeng doesn't need any neural chains to control the mecha, so this is the first time it has extended its neural chains since the Forbidden Abyss was restarted.
But just when Jin Yuan's neural chain was about to approach Jiang Ci, he was suddenly caught by the latter.
"etc,"
Jiang Ci pinched Jin Yuan's nerve chain, pulled it over and looked at it carefully, and suddenly asked,
"Jinyuan, has your neural chain been modified?"
"?"
Jin Yuan was stunned for a moment, and searched the memory program.
"There is no relevant record in my program."
But it feels that this is not unexplainable.
"What's the problem? My cockpit was restored by my father, maybe there are some improvements?"
The Saint was the creator of the Forbidden Abyss, so the Forbidden Abyss respectfully called him father. However, in its programming, the only person who needs to obey orders is the master.
Jiang Ci suddenly found a bunch of specialized tools from the cabinet on the workbench. His tone was serious, but his eyes were shining.
"Jin Yuan, I might want to take it apart and take a look."
"… "
At a certain moment, Jin Yuan seemed to see Jiang Jinsheng. When that guy first saw this majestic SSS-class mecha, he was also like Jiang Ci, holding a bunch of tools and looking at him with shining eyes.
[Jinyuan, can I take your core apart and take a look? ! ! ! ]
[no!!!]
At that time, Jin Yuan ruthlessly rejected the other party, but at this time, it looked at the big devil who was sleeping on the bed with his tail in his arms, was silent for a while, and then asked,
“… Can it be put back together after it’s been taken apart?”
Jiang Ci raised her hand and swore: "I guarantee it will be restored to its original state!"
Jin Yuan looked at Huo Xianfeng again with a sad tone, and put his neural chain into Jiang Ci's hand in self-abandonment.
“… Then you can tear it down.”
"good!"
Jiang Ci acted quickly and opened it.
"The design of this neural chain is very strange."
Jin Yuan didn't understand, so he went over to ask,
"What's wrong?"
"Ordinary nerve chains won't pierce the skin. Their working principle is to establish a connection with human nerves through an electric current of a special frequency. However, the tip of your nerve chain is different. It has a very small needle-like body, and the surface is covered with barbs that are difficult to see with the naked eye. There is also a groove inside."
Jiang Ci showed the tip to Jin Yuan.
"This means that the driver will feel a slight stinging pain every time the connection is made, but this slight pain is very small for the alpha and can be almost ignored. When the connection is removed, these barbs will scrape off a small amount of blood and tissue cells. From the structural point of view, the scraped blood and tissue cells will be stored in this groove..."
As she was speaking, Jiang Ci suddenly paused, then suddenly looked up at Jin Yuan.
The only person who can use this neural chain is Huo Chao, which means -
Every time Huo Chao connected to the Forbidden Abyss, his blood and tissue cells would be secretly stored in the Forbidden Abyss's neural chain.
"They got ..."
Jin Yuan suddenly froze, and the entire program even paused for a moment. The usually steady and majestic mechanical sound actually trembled at this moment.
"They got Huo Chao's genes."
Although Jinyuan didn't know the reason, it witnessed Huo Chao's untold hardships and his efforts to cut off all ways for the church to obtain his genes.
But he never expected that the only missed spot was Jinyuan's neural chain.
"The church wants Huo Chao's genes?"
Jiang Ci immediately realized who Jin Yuan was referring to.
"What do they want Marshal Huo Chao's genes for?"
"have no idea."
Jin Yuan shook his head.
"Huo Chao didn't tell me that he looked carefree, but he was not a person who was open about mecha. I only know that Huo Chao destroyed all his own genetic samples before he died."
"… "
In other words, Marshal Huo Chao expected that his genes would be used for bad purposes.
Jiang Ci was stunned, and suddenly everything lit up in her mind.
"That explains it!"
"Why did the Illusionary God Cult pay so much and risk everything to get the Forbidden Abyss back? The kidnapping case thirteen years ago and the battle on Tiandong Star a few months ago were all for the Forbidden Abyss. But after Dangming City fell and the Forbidden Abyss fell into the hands of Huo Xianfeng, they stopped taking any action."
It was as if the Forbidden Abyss was lost and the church suddenly stopped caring.
But now, Jiang Ci has got the answer.
Because those people have already got what they wanted most.
—Huo Chao’s genes.
Jiang Ci stood up suddenly and ran towards the boy on the bed.
"Huo Xianfeng!"
"Huo Xianfeng!"
no respond.
Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment and reached out to touch his face.
"... Huo Xianfeng?"
·
At the same time, in the core laboratory on the upper floor of the Holy White Tower.
The naked boy strode out of the incubator. Then he pulled out all the tubes in his body with disgust, and bright red blood gushed out from the needle holes and immediately flowed all over his body.
He looked up at the camera in the corner, then picked up a piece of broken glass and threw it to pieces.
“Help! Help!!!”
"We, we haven't gone out yet!!!"
One of the researchers was kneeling on the ground, desperately banging on the wall, completely unaware of the danger approaching from behind.
Snapped!
The man's neck was pinched, and the force was so strong that he could even hear the sound of bones being squeezed. Huo Xianfeng twisted his face and lowered his eyes in a condescending manner, his black pupils were cold,
"What are you doing with the clones?"
He did not mention Huo Chao's clone, because that would make the other party realize that he was not Huo Chao. The connection between Huo Xianfeng and Huo Chao was a secret between them, and no one had ever told them.
"… you!"
The researcher was horrified, his pupils dilated, as if he had seen something incredible.
"How can you be conscious?! No...it shouldn't be..."
Huo Xianfeng frowned, and instantly grasped the information that the other party accidentally revealed -
So, they want a Huo Chao without self-awareness.
The boy wanted to ask something else. At this moment, the researcher's peripheral vision caught sight of the glass fragments on the ground, and he suddenly picked them up and stabbed them towards the boy's throat.
Snapped!
The hand holding the glass fragments suddenly stopped in mid-air. Huo Xianfeng glanced at the fragments with an indifferent expression, then grabbed his wrist bone and twisted it suddenly to an absolutely impossible angle.
“Ahhhh!!!”
The man's scream made Huo Xianfeng frown. He glanced at the other person huddled in the corner next to him. The latter was so scared that he was huddled in the corner and shivering.
Then the screaming stopped abruptly the next second.
Click!
It was the sound of the throat being crushed.
"It's so noisy."
Huo Xianfeng threw the man aside and frowned in disgust, but after thinking about it, he pulled off the man's white coat and hurriedly put it on.
Although it was a clone, it was Huo Chao's appearance after all, so he should cover up his stupid friend. He lowered his head and glanced at it unintentionally while putting on his clothes.
Wow, it’s so small.
This body looks no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.
You don't have much strength, no wonder you couldn't break it open after hammering for such a long time.
Huo Xianfeng turned his head and looked at the researcher who was shivering in the corner, then turned around and strode over to him and asked,
"Do you want to live?"
The man nodded frantically, trembling, obviously frightened. He looked at the experimental subject in front of him, not understanding why the other party had a mature consciousness and even combat skills.
Is this really Huo Chao
But according to scientific theory, it should just be a consciousnessless homologous body.
Obviously, the opponent has not yet grown into a complete form and currently looks only thirteen or fourteen years old, but when he killed someone just now... he just casually broke the person's spine with one hand.
But before he could think too much, Huo Xianfeng went straight to the point and asked:
"What is your purpose in making this clone?"
"No... I don't know, I... We were just following orders."
As if he was afraid that Huo Xianfeng would not believe him and would kill him to silence him, the man immediately explained hurriedly.
"Really! Really! We... We are only responsible for using your genes, Your Highness Huo Chao, to create new clones, but I don't know what the specific follow-up plan is. I really don't know..."
Huo Xianfeng stared at him expressionlessly until he was sure that he was not lying. After all, these people were just craftsmen who made tools. How to use the weapons they made should be a secret of a higher level.
So Huo Xianfeng opened his collar, pointed at the stigma on his chest, and asked the second question.
"Why is this stigma red?"
He remembered that Huo Chao used to be black and gold.
The researcher hesitated and didn't seem to want to answer. So Huo Xianfeng stretched out his hand to pinch his throat, tightening his fingers expressionlessly until the other person's face turned purple and he struggled wildly in the suffocation, then he loosened his grip slightly.
The threat of death made the researcher no longer keep the secret. His face turned pale and he was trembling.
"This... this is the responsibility of Mr. Bernard... We, we are only responsible for you... for the growth progress of the clone."
"Growth progress?"
"Yes, it is fully mature. The higher-ups... the higher-ups ordered that it should take about three months. The sooner the better..."
At this moment, a large amount of white mist suddenly spewed out from the air vents in all directions.
Huo Xianfeng frowned and held his breath immediately, but it was obvious that the weak researcher in front of him was breathing rapidly due to fear, and he inhaled a lot of it in an instant, and fainted within a few seconds.
Huo Xianfeng's eyes darkened slightly.
It seems that this white mist contains anesthetic and sedative ingredients.
He didn't expect to enter the Holy White Tower in this way, but since he was here, he had to find some information. For example, what the other party wanted Huo Chao's clone to do, or it would be good to get some intelligence.
The boy raised his head and glanced at the defensive wall in front of him. It was obvious that he couldn't break it with this human body. Although the power of the stigmata might be able to break it, Bernard had already run far away. If he tried to break the wall again, he would most likely run into the security team that came to arrest him.
As for the incubator just now, it was obvious that no one here expected the experimental subject to wake up early, so the defense was not very strong. The materials and defense of the incubator were completely different from the one that Guan Huo Xianfeng had used.
Even the isolation defense wall in front of us is just a basic defense measure for the laboratory.
—This shows that they think the threat posed by Huo Chao’s clone is not particularly high.
At least one thing is certain: they have confirmed that this clone will never have individual consciousness.
The boy narrowed his eyes.
In other words, this body is just a complete puppet and tool.
And they were extremely anxious to create a Huo Chao, so this body was forced to grow rapidly.
But what can a fake Huo Chao be used for
As a political tool to attack Pei Changyun
Then why not do it when the empire was first established, but wait until now
Countless questions popped up in Huo Xianfeng's mind. Before he could come up with an answer, he heard footsteps approaching from all directions.
At this time, shrill alarms sounded everywhere in the entire laboratory area on the upper level of the Holy White Tower.
"Warning! Warning! An experimental subject has escaped! Researchers, please do not panic. The relevant departments are carrying out a capture operation."
"Warning! Warning! An experimental subject has escaped! Researchers, please do not panic. The relevant departments are carrying out a capture operation."
He frowned and clenched his fists. Huo Xianfeng was not quite used to suddenly entering a weak body.
The clone body hadn't grown yet, and even with the bonus of the stigmata, he would be captured quickly in the base camp of the Phantom God Cult, where he was outnumbered. So he couldn't go head-on with his own body like before.
At this moment, Huo Xianfeng lowered his head and looked along the tubes connected to the culture chamber to the floor in the corner. It seemed that the tubes were connected from below. In other words, that area was relatively weak.
The young man stared at it for a few seconds, his eyebrows slightly raised.
The breakthrough point has been found.
On the other side, all laboratories were immediately blocked, and all researchers were ordered to stay on standby and stay in the monitored area without permission. A large number of fully armed believers surrounded the entire experimental area and conducted layer-by-layer searches.
He Zhun stood quietly at his workstation. He was wearing a mask, and his cold and calm eyes made him stand out among the group of frightened or irritated researchers.
"I heard that the noise seemed to come from up there. Could it be Mr. Bernard's core laboratory?"
"How is that possible? That's the core laboratory."
"What kind of experimental subject escaped and caused such a big commotion? Even Lady Cecilia rushed here overnight?"
"Who knows..."
"… "
He Zhun stood there quietly, silently taking in the words of the people around him. He listened to the hurried footsteps outside without leaving any trace, confirming that they were all going upstairs.
Moreover, Cecilia was alarmed.
That woman was responsible for Huo Chao's genes, so what the escaped experimental subject was? He Zhun had already guessed it. Just as he was quickly thinking about what he should get out of this emergency.
Suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound from above.
Then a huge hole suddenly appeared in the ceiling. A red and white figure rumbled down along with the remains of the ceiling.
boom!
Huo Xianfeng landed handsomely amidst the torrential rain of broken bricks and stones. He casually brushed off the dust on his body, shook his hair, then raised his head and met the eyes of a group of frightened and confused researchers.
"… "
silence.
The entire laboratory was in dead silence.
Everyone was stunned.
A childish boy covered in blood fell directly from the broken ceiling. They stared at Huo Xianfeng blankly, not knowing how to react for a moment.
But Huo Xianfeng, who was standing at the center of attention, didn't feel embarrassed at all. The only surprise was that he suddenly saw a familiar figure. Even though the other person was wearing a mask and glasses, Huo Xianfeng recognized him immediately.
At the same time, He Zhun saw the other person staring at him, then frowned, not hiding the disgust on his face.
“Tsk!”
He Zhun was stunned: "...?"
What's wrong
Did he mess with this guy
(End of this chapter)