At the Medical Department's base at Eastern State, inside a nursery were seven infants with internal abnormalities who had a special connection to the foreign world.
There were five negative choices, one positive choice, and one tie.
The girl with the tie looked normal. Her eyes were wrinkled into slits; the boy with the positive choice looked especially muscular. He would grow into a big man when he grew up.
Of the five negative choices, there were two girls and three boys. Among them, one boy and one girl had obvious congenital defects.
The boy had congenital Poland syndrome. A normal human body had 12 pairs of ribs, but he only had 10 pairs. The lack of ribs caused the chest wall to be deformed. The pectoralis major and pectoralis minor were missing, and it was accompanied by syndactyly. The girl had congenital acanthosis nigricans. Many parts of her body, including her face, had velvety patches of melanotic skin. The skin color darkened to a grayish brown, and the surface was dry and rough like keratin.
The other three babies did not show any physical abnormalities, but no one could tell what was going on with their nervous system, intelligence, language, and motor skills.
The oldest of the seven babies was 14 days old, and the youngest was only 3 days old. The average age was less than 10 days old.
It appeared like no matter what, they should not be dragged into a dangerous war.
At that moment, these little lives were sleeping peacefully. They had no idea of their precarious situation and their unpredictable fate.
They had no idea that they were being filmed by the many cameras in the nursery, and the images were being synchronized on the many screens at the headquarters. Inside one of the meeting rooms, Tong Ye studied the babies through the screen. He gave a very bad demonstration and took a swig from the bottle.
"Is there really no other way?"
Then Tong Ye asked Deng Ximei, Wu Shiyu, Yu Chi, and the rest of the leaders at the frontline at Eastern State.
No decision had been made. The parents of the seven babies were suffering mental torture. No one could console them, not the psychiatrist, and not even the prestigious higher-ups like Tong Ye could. Who could console a parent who was forced by the situation to send their newborn into a life and death situation?
Tong Ye took another swig. His face was flushed, but he could not stop himself from thinking about the R'yleh Cult abducting babies to conduct inhumane experiments. Now, these people were already walking on the edge of similarity …
The Kamikaze Squad volunteered to fight, the Kamikaze Squad dared to sacrifice themselves, and Tong Ye also dared to bear the responsibility of making the decision, as well as the pain of guilt that invaded his heart every night.
However, every member of the suicide squad was an adult. Even a kid like Xiao Xu had never been to a battlefield, let alone a baby.
"I can't bring myself to do this. This shouldn't have happened." Tong Ye's brain was flushed by the alcohol. He felt a lot hotter and calmer. He could sort out his thoughts from the chaos. "Ah Jun and the others must be saved. This disaster must be solved. But we can't lose our principles. Otherwise, if we are like this today, we can be like that tomorrow. In the end, we won't even know what we will become. You can't do this! "
Hearing Tong Ye's resolute words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The parents didn't know about the decision, but they would be relieved when they knew.
"Tong Ye, you have my support." Wu Shiyu raised his hand. "Dirty-minded Jun's mind tells me that he doesn't want this either. Why don't we use the Lai Hwa tree instead?"
"I've studied Carlop's midwifery before." Yu Chi scratched his head anxiously. "It's not that hard to learn. Why don't we all learn it? We can use a mental pillar to construct Carlop's midwifery to strengthen this connection … "
Yu Chi's suggestion was indeed a solution but many people had no idea that he had gone to learn Carlop's midwifery.
Time was of the essence. Tong Ye was about to say something. 'Come up with a combination plan. We'll use everything but the mutated infant.'
But at that moment, Deng Ximei, who had been silent, said, "Actually … I have another idea."
The group turned to look at her. The words' Why didn't you say so earlier! 'floated in the air.
"I just thought of it." Deng Ximei understood their thoughts from their eyes. Tong Ye panicked. "Then hurry up and tell us what you have in mind." Deng Ximei gathered her thoughts and said slowly, "Other than Carlop's midwifery, we have another technology from the foreign world called Spirit Barrier."
Spirit Barrier was something that she had brought with her to this world. It was the technology that she used to put on layers of camouflage around herself.
She had handed this technology over to Phecda but due to the long time required to construct the barrier and the fact that it was isolated from the outside world, the technology had not been popularized within the Phecda.
With the advent of the mental pillar, the importance of Spirit Barrier had dropped even further.
Even though the Spell Department still had its own researchers constructing the barrier, this disaster required a 'key'. No one thought about this because there was not enough time. They could not wait for 3 months to explore the black fog area. Furthermore, would the connection be strong enough?
Therefore, when he heard what she said, Tong Ye was startled. "Go on, go on."
Yu Chi was even more curious. Wang Ruoxiang was confused as well.
Deng Ximei was a smart and introverted person. She did not speak much but every word she said would be carefully considered. She would not just say whatever she wanted to say.
"If we use the normal method to construct a spirit barrier, a completely imaginary self, an intangible existence, it will take a long time. But if we have a prototype, a reference point, or even a reference point to construct it, the time will be much shorter … I have only just figured this out myself.
What I mean is, for example, Captain Yu can try pressing on the head of a mutated infant. As he tries to sense the foreign connection between the infant and the foreign world, he can use that to construct a spirit barrier. Moreover, the [Spirit Barrier] could help Captain Yu sense the special connection. This way, if we succeed, Captain Yu will have a layer of barrier to protect himself from the foreign civilization. Then his connection to the foreign world will be much stronger than if he was carrying a mutated baby. "
Deng Ximei finished her explanation slowly. Her eyes darted here and there like she was nervous about the crowd's reaction.
"This way …" She added, "It will not cause any harm to the mutated infant and there is no need to bring them along with us. For example, we can clone their identity as the foreign people. Furthermore, we have the mental pillar, so we are not afraid that the barrier will overwhelm us and we won't have to worry about the collapse of the barrier. That should be the case. "
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Tong Ye was the first to shout angrily. The others followed suit. 'Why didn't you say so earlier?!'
"I … just thought of it." Deng Ximei repeated softly.
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