This was a three-story bungalow located in the Windhoek villa area.
The towering European-style building, the grassy courtyard, and the gold-rimmed iron fence in front of the door all spoke of the high status of the owner of this bungalow.
In Namibia, this house undoubtedly represented the status of a person of high status.
At this time, Hodge was looking at everything in front of him in confusion. This was his home.
He did not remember when he came to the front of the house, nor why he was standing here. In his memory, he seemed to be driving after several murderers when he was hit by the other party on the right side of the car.
Then, there was a moment of dizziness...
Hodge subconsciously took a deep breath, but he suddenly smelled a pungent burning smell. It was as if something had been burnt, but when he looked around, he found nothing.
There was no fire, nothing burned.
Have I been saved?
Hodge looked at all this in confusion. He did not remember when he appeared here, or even how long he had been standing in front of his door. It seemed that he had just arrived home, but it also seemed that he had been standing for a long time...
Just as Hodge was feeling a little strange, he suddenly saw the door to his house slowly open through the iron fence. A middle-aged man with a stern expression appeared behind the door. He looked at Hodge with a gaze that contained both expectation and disappointment.
"Father."
Hodge quickly waved at the other party, then directly pushed the fence door open and quickly walked into his home.
"Father, I'm back!"
Hodge said loudly but before he finished speaking, he was taken aback because he found that his father had disappeared at some point at the door. Not only that, but all his relatives were gathered at home. The atmosphere was in full swing as if they were holding a party.
"Jenny, is there a festival today?"
Hodge asked a nanny next to him, but the other party did not even look at him and walked straight past him. Hodge called out loudly but the other party still ignored him.
“OK！”
Hodge spread his hands and made a helpless gesture, but then he saw his mother and grandmother walking toward him together.
"Hey! Mom, what's going on at home? "
Joy appeared on Hodge's face, and he asked his mother like a child, but in the next second, he watched as the two of them walked past him.
What surprised him even more was that not only his mother, but even his grandmother, who doted on him the most, treated him as if he didn't exist.
The joy on Hodge's face immediately froze. He gradually sensed that something was wrong.
At some point, the room was filled with smoke, carrying a pungent burnt smell, making it difficult for Hodge to breathe. He coughed heavily, and at the same time, an inexplicable panic overflowed …
Why did it seem like no one could see him?
With this thought in mind, Hodge was about to confront his father regardless of everything, but he saw his father suddenly wearing a formal attire and leading a girl in a wedding dress into the living room.
The moment he saw the girl, he was immediately stunned.
"Ah- Amanda …"
Hodge stared blankly at the girl in front of him. The girl in front of him was wearing a pure white wedding dress, her temperament was pure and ethereal, as flawless as a pearl in the sea.
The girl was none other than his fiancée, Amanda.
"My son, today is your wedding day. Don't you remember?"
His father's voice was deep and powerful. He smiled and finally looked in Hodge'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 constantly. For a moment, the room was filled with a warm and joyous atmosphere.
"Father …"
At this point, Hodge finally calmed down, and he showed a hearty smile. So, everything just now was a prank his family played on him?
Solemn music gradually floated in the air, and with everyone's blessing, the girl in the wedding dress walked toward Hodge step by step. With a shy blush, she slowly held Hodge's hand in the hazy room full of smoke.
Then, under the crowd's gaze, Hodge and the girl danced a western ballroom dance.
At this moment, Hodge was surrounded by a great sense of happiness. He closed his eyes, intoxicated, and only hoped that the world would stay at this moment forever …
"He's smiling, he's probably having a good dream …"
"Prepare to remove the protective state of lethargy. He's been dreaming for three months, it's time to wake up …"
"Starting to reduce dopamine, start the electric shock device, prepare the shock …"
Just as Hodge was surrounded by endless happiness, suddenly, a series of faint voices came from all around him. This voice seemed to be right in front of him, but also seemed to come from far away. In short, it was very incongruous with his dream.
"What's going on …"
Hodge subconsciously opened his eyes, but was suddenly stunned because he found that the girl in front of him had disappeared at some point. At the same time, the relatives in the room who were originally wishing him well had disappeared.
His father, mother, grandmother, and Amanda … Everyone had disappeared!
"No, no, this can't be true!"
The smoke in front of Hodge became thicker and thicker, almost blocking his vision. He subconsciously wanted to escape from this strange room, but he found that his home had begun to fill with endless flames!
Hodge 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 stab of pain!
This stab of pain came from his abdomen, as if he had been electrocuted, and there was a burning sensation in his abdomen.
"Ah! Ahhhhhh! "
At this moment, Hodge suddenly roared loudly, his voice extremely painful as if everything had burst out at this moment!
"The patient has woken up!"
At this time, in a sterile laboratory full of high-tech equipment, several doctors were looking solemnly at a person lying on a special instrument in front of them.
Only this person's smooth head was exposed, and his body was covered by a set of frosted black armor. The gaps in the armor intersected with each other, but according to the structure of the human body, it showed the shape of chest and abdominal muscles, which looked very beautiful.
If Chen Chen looked at his face, he could immediately recognize that he was Hodge, who had been burned before.
However, at this time, Hodge's skin and facial features had been completely restored. Not only that, but his hands and feet had also reappeared on his body. The only disharmony was that his hands and feet were the same as his body, wrapped in a layer of black armor, with red and blue patterns on it, looking like some kind of artwork.
However, at this time, Hodge was lying on a special instrument made entirely of metal, and at the same time, he kept roaring, his voice deafening.
"What's going on, is he in a state of loss of control?"
"The timing to wake him up isn't right. The patient is releasing excessive adrenaline, and at the same time, his blood pressure is also rising rapidly. Prepare to inject a tranquilizer!"
"No, wait a minute!"
Just as the nurse was about to carry out the doctor's instructions, a gray-haired middle-aged doctor suddenly said with a solemn expression, "Don't interfere with him, let him vent on his own first, this is good for his psychology and physiology!"
Obviously, this doctor had an extremely high status even among the many authoritative experts. As soon as he spoke, everyone suddenly fell silent.
Hodge roared for a full half a minute, until he was completely out of breath, then stopped. While panting heavily, he opened his eyes with a blank expression.
"You're awake."
A group of doctors quickly gathered around, looking at Hodge one by one, revealing undisguised joy, like a sculptor looking at a perfect sculpture that he had painstakingly created.
"This... Where is this place..."
Hodge looked at the people above his head with some horror. He subconsciously wanted to sit up, but he found that he could not move a finger. Not only that, in his sight, there was a large number of unknown data and tables. As his target wandered, these squares in his eyes were still constantly changing...
Could it be that he was still dreaming?
"Your current location is the Biological Research Center of the Eco Science City under Blacklight Biotechnology."
The gray-haired middle-aged man showed a warm smile. "We're your attending doctor and the designer of the bionic prosthetic. My name is Sheridan Todd, you can call me Doctor Todd."
"What happened, why can't I move?"
Hodge asked in surprise, "Also, why can't I feel my body?"
"Please relax, Hodge."
Doctor Todd replied slowly, trying to get Hodge into his rhythm of conversation. "Your body is still there, it's just that there's a little problem, but it doesn't matter, it's been repaired now.
"However, before letting you recover your mobility, we still need to do some tests. For example, do you still remember your last memory?"
"Last memory?"
Hodge's expression was blank. He silently recalled the scenes before he woke up, but no matter how he thought about it, there were only bits and pieces of his dream in his mind. He had long since forgotten how he came to this place …
"I forgot..."
Hodge shook his head.
"It's okay."
Doctor Todd showed a relieved expression. "Please rest assured, this is just a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder. It's not a bad thing that you've forgotten these things. On the contrary, it's a good thing. At least it delays and reduces the secondary damage on your psychological level."
"So, what the f * ck are you talking about? What the f * ck happened to me?"
However, even after hearing these words, Hodge still felt extremely angry. He began to yell loudly and at the same time began to struggle with his head as if he wanted to sit up from lying down.
"Don't get worked up, we'll tell you what happened, but not now."
Doctor Todd waved his hand. Suddenly, all the other doctors and medical staff retreated in all directions. "Hodge, don't struggle anymore. We've now turned off the mobility function of the XTN-118 police bionic armor. It's useless for you to struggle, but if you're willing to calm down, we can negotiate and help you activate your mobility..."
Hearing these words and seeing everyone's attitude, Hodge took a deep breath, suppressed his rising tension, and tried to lower his heartbeat rate.
"Very well, that's it, calm down..."
Doctor Todd said slowly while looking at a medical staff next to him. The female nurse immediately reacted. She picked up the tablet in her hand and said directly, "The patient's heartbeat and blood pressure are rapidly decreasing. The current heartbeat rate is 120 beats per minute, and it's still decreasing... It's down to 80... No, it's 75 beats per minute..."
"Very good."
Seeing this, Doctor Todd finally nodded in satisfaction. He slowly walked in front of Hodge and at the same time put his hand on the instrument Hodge was lying on. There was a red button there.
"Director Todd, won't this be …"
The other attending doctors were a little hesitant and subconsciously stopped him. "Will it be dangerous?"
"He's also a human being and a qualified police officer. He won't hurt us."
Doctor Todd shook his head solemnly and then turned to look at Hodge. "I'm going to release you now, Hodge."
With that, Doctor Todd pressed the button directly without waiting for Hodge to speak.
"Click, screech!"
With the sound of something being unlocked, there was a sound of a valve being deflated. Hodge only saw two rows of probes between his ribs being automatically pulled out, and at the same time, his body suddenly relaxed!
In the next second, Hodge flashed and sat up directly from the instrument!
Suddenly, except for Doctor Todd and a few doctors in front of him, everyone in the entire laboratory subconsciously took two or three steps back and looked at Hodge with vigilance.
It was as if they were not looking at a human, but some other species...
Seeing this scene, Hodge lowered his head as if he had noticed something and slowly looked at his body, only to find that he was wrapped in a layer of black armor from head to toe.
Not only that, as he stretched out his hand and curiously touched his body, he also had a strange sense of touch.
This sense of touch was a little slower than his original body, but in terms of details, it was a little unexpectedly sharp.
"What is this..."
Hodge slowly raised his head, looked at Doctor Todd, and asked in a deep voice, "You put a suit of armor on me? Is this an April Fool's prank? A tribute to Iron Man? Or steel bones? "
"Neither, we're saving your life!"
Doctor Todd spread out his hands, showing an excited expression. "You had a car accident and almost died from serious injuries, but we, Blacklight Biotechnology, saved you and allowed you to survive from almost fatal injuries. Do you know that?"
Hearing Doctor Todd's explanation, Hodge fell silent.
His brain gradually became clear from the initial chaos. Only then did he slowly remember that he seemed to be driving a police car to chase a few murderers, but because he was hit by the other party's car, causing the car to overturn and leave the road...
What happened after that? His memory was blank. It was as if someone had erased that part of his memory …
The only thing he could not forget was the pungent burnt smell and the thick smoke that filled his eyes...
"Ah..."
Hodge suddenly let out a scream, as if something deep in his soul had been touched. He covered his head and collapsed directly to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
"Chief, the patient's blood pressure is rising again!"
"His electroencephalogram has entered the peak stage and is still rising!"
"We can't control him!"
"Inject a tranquilizer!"
Seeing this, Doctor Todd finally no longer hesitated and gave the order to inject a tranquilizer.
In 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, Hodge gradually calmed down and fell into a deep sleep again.
Immediately, Hodge's body moved on its own. He climbed back to the special bed-like instrument behind him and stuck seamlessly to the groove under him.
Seeing this scene, Doctor Todd could not help sighing and then said with satisfaction, "At present, the patient's physiological indicators are all up to standard. At the same time, there is no problem with the XTN-118 police bionic armor. Next, we'll wait for him to wake up and calm down before we carry out the measurements."
When everyone heard this, they all cheered in unison. The results of the past three months had not been in vain.
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