The crazy poor man — Nolan's mercenaries had begun to call the strange man who came to the base with a female corpse in his arms. Although Hao Ren had been here for less than two hours, his story had already spread in this small base. No one knew who first imagined the whole process, and then who spread the news. Anyway, if Hao Ren went out now, he would definitely attract a lot of attention.
But Hao Ren did not care about this. He was now concentrating on studying the body of the MDT. Of course, it was not because it was inappropriate for children. He wanted to know how the second-generation Evolved became the carrier of the MDT. Because the Plane of Dreams was a real world, everything that happened here should also follow the laws of nature. Since the MDT's consciousness could parasitize a corpse, then there must be a part of the body that was compatible with the MDT's consciousness.
If he found this compatible part, he might be able to restore the MDT's senses.
Hao Ren carefully untied the rough bandage on the blonde girl's body. The fatal wound through the chest and abdomen was still hideous, and as the blood had long dried up, he could now clearly see the silver-white tubes that grew along with the body, between mechanical and biological. Hao Ren tried not to pay attention to the other exposed parts of the girl's body. But in fact, with such a scary wound in front of him, he was not in the mood to observe her body.
The MDT still had not recovered its senses, but it had established audio-visual sharing with Hao Ren. Now it could see the surroundings through Hao Ren's eyes. At this moment, it was also curiously observing its own appearance. Even for a machine with a damaged worldview, this experience was novel and interesting.
"I guess it's the chip in the brain of the second-generation Evolved and the artificial nerves all over her body." Hao Ren put on a glove and carefully examined the broken wires. "The operating mode of these parts should be closer to that of a machine. Your consciousness may be able to survive on them."
"I think you're a pervert now," the MDT said as Hao Ren's eyes roamed the girl's body. "What you're doing now is simply molesting a girl, and you have a perverted tendency to abuse corpses … Ah, you've put your hand in my stomach!"
"If you're not going to help with the analysis, then shut up," Hao Ren muttered in a low voice. In the eyes of the people around him, he was probably talking to himself. "Look at these circuits. They're really growing with the body. The ultimate form of a mechanical device, as precise as a living creature …"
The MDT chimed in. "Don't you think my chest is a little small now? Hmm … the * * seems to be black? I don't like black. Can you change it to blue if you have the chance? "
"Scram! Which one of us is the freak?! " What Hao Ren hated the most now was that he couldn't hit that annoying PDA. "And these breasts aren't yours!"
"For now! And you dare say you didn't see it just now? Don't deny it. I'm using the same pair of eyes as you now. I know how many milliseconds you took to blink. "
"How did I end up with you …" Hao Ren muttered helplessly. "Compared to this, I've just reconnected a few broken circuits. Do you feel anything?"
"I don't feel anything. I don't know what a human's sense of touch is. And I need to remind you that this body is dead. Can't you see that there's not even a trace of electric signal in those circuits? The biological and mechanical parts of this body have stopped working. It's useless even if you reconnect a bunch of circuits that have long been offline. "
Hao Ren sighed. "I know, in theory, a body that has completely stopped working can't carry a soul. But let's speak for ourselves. Aren't you in her body now? And the undead like zombies and skeletons can also move, which means that dead bodies can also work."
"The undead have a special energy circulation in their bodies. Their blood vessels are no longer pulsating, but their bodies have other circulation and metabolism, such as magic or alchemical potions. So in a broad sense, the body of the undead is still 'alive'." The MDT was very serious this time. "But the situation of the body in front of you is different. She's completely dead and has stopped working. At least I can see through your eyes that there's no active part in this body."
"Yes, I've also tested the signals of these circuits. They're all broken. I really can't explain which part of her you're living in now." Hao Ren sighed and stood up. "So let's go back to the starting point and scan again. This time, I'll check the brain. Maybe there's a chip that's using the remaining cell energy to maintain operation, and it's in an offline state — "
Before Hao Ren could finish his sentence, a soft knock came from the door. He looked up in surprise and saw a dark-skinned middle-aged woman standing at the door. The middle-aged woman was staring at the scene in the room.
"The door's not locked," the middle-aged woman said casually.
Hao Ren quickly took his hand out of the MDT's stomach (it sounded weird). At the same time, he suddenly remembered that he had been talking to the MDT unconsciously — not only in his mind, but also out loud. He rubbed his hands. "What's that? Did you hear it just now?"
"Only the last few words," the middle-aged woman said as she took out a cheap cigarette from her pocket, put it in her mouth, lit it, and took a few puffs. "But I'm not interested in what you said. I'm a doctor here. Nolan asked me to deal with a body … to see how your girlfriend is doing."
Hao Ren scratched his head. "Err, I'm not crazy. I was just talking to it."
The MDT's mouth was not idle for a moment. "You think talking to a corpse is not crazy?"
"Shut up," Hao Ren shouted in his mind.
The middle-aged woman heard Hao Ren's words and just looked at him sympathetically. She had heard about this man from Nolan, and just like the other mercenaries, she thought that Hao Ren was just a poor man who could not accept the tragic death of his partner and became crazy. So she did not say much. She just picked up a small black box at her feet and walked into the room. "Do you mind if I interrupt your time alone? I need to give your girlfriend an injection. "
Hao Ren looked like he was about to cry. "Whatever you say … But don't say she's my girlfriend, okay?"
The woman who called herself a 'doctor' had nothing in common with the medical staff in Hao Ren's impression. She was not wearing a white coat, did not carry any medical equipment, and even had a cigarette in her mouth while working. She was wearing the same grey-black combat suit as the other mercenaries. Her face was expressionless and weather-beaten. Other than the fact that she didn't carry any weapons, she looked no different from the soldiers in the base. No one would doubt that she would be weaker than an ordinary soldier if she held a gun. Hao Ren watched the woman take out a silver-white vacuum syringe, which looked like a pistol, from the black suitcase. He asked casually, "Do all the doctors here dress like this?"
"Doubt my medical qualification?" The woman took out a metal tube from a small compartment in the box and stuffed it into the vacuum syringe. "Well, I don't have a license. After all, the last professional licensing organization in the world closed more than 20 years ago. But I've treated more than three digits of patients. This is more useful than any license."
As she spoke, she pressed the vacuum syringe against the neck of the MDT. After a slight sizzling sound, a substance was injected into the MDT's body. Hao Ren looked at this scene with a strange expression. He did not know what it meant to inject a potion into a corpse. He even suspected that the woman was sent by Nolan to cooperate with his schizophrenic necrophilia. "What did you inject into her?"
"Nanomachine Swarm," replied the 'doctor'. "The simplest model. They will ensure that the body will not rot for a month, but after a month, the energy will be exhausted. Oh, Nolan told me not to mention the problem of corruption in front of you."
Hao Ren's mouth twitched. "Well, it doesn't matter. I don't care. But then again, isn't the Nanomachine Swarm very dangerous?"
He remembered the information he had looked up on the Internet before. But at that time, he was in a hurry and did not have time to see the fate of nanotechnology after the accident. He thought the technology had been sealed.
"In the eyes of you ultra-conservative Naturalists, probably all high-tech should die." The 'doctor' glanced at Hao Ren. "But without the Nanomachine Swarm, 99% of the world's people would die of hunger and suffocation. How much land do you think can grow natural plants? Where do you think the oxygen you breathe comes from? Thank the Nanomachine Swarm. At least they feed humans. "
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