Origin of Mars

Chapter 119 Transformation Begins (6k)

Ilk sat quietly in the passenger seat, leaning his head on the car window, looking at the sparse grass and forest passing by the window with slack eyes, rubbing several dim and faded ties with his only thumb .

Schiff sat on the back seat, straightened his back habitually, and seemed to deliberately shift his gaze to the side. Apart from the sound of the driver swinging the transmission from time to time, there was a viscous silence and oppressiveness flowing inside this military armored vehicle. Take your breath away.

Ilk still couldn't get used to the empty right arm. He lost dozens of pounds, his face was thin, but his eyes were still shining sharply.

He only started to eat after Alpha left. At first he swallowed rice porridge in big gulps, but no matter how much he ate, he would uncontrollably spit out half of the amount. But at least Ilk's body was finally able to function. energy of.

After that, the words that Alpha told him echoed in Ilk's mind all the time, these words were like a hot iron, imprinted on his soul, even in the long dark night, Ilk Ke closed his eyes, and Alpha's quiet and powerful voice still echoed in his ears.

Ilk is a staunch atheist. When his men are praying devoutly, Ilk will silently wipe the saber in his hand over and over again until the sharp blade is as clear as a mirror without a trace of dirt.

And precisely because of this, after encountering such great difficulties, Ilk suddenly couldn't find any objects or things to rely on.

He only has a cold soul. He has been in the military for more than [-] years and has made great and small military exploits. In the end, he can only stir the rice porridge with his trembling left hand, like a down and out old man.

Such a huge sense of disparity made Ilk think of suicide several times, but an inexplicable force always popped out of his mind, kicking hard at this dangerous thought.

"Mr. Alpha should have told you all about it."

Finally, a tired voice cut through the suffocating silence, echoing in the slightly bumpy car.

Schiff is used to looking at everyone, but when his eyes fell on Ilk's stooped body, his heart still twitched unconsciously.

Regardless of whether the two admit it or not, he is indeed his son, but the title that flashed in his mind made Schiff a little strange.

How long had he not spoken to Ilk?

"Of course, Your Excellency the General."

Ilk's calm voice came from the front, he just turned sideways and nodded perfunctorily, which is the courtesy a soldier should have for a general.

The tall barbed wire flashed past the two weeks of the vehicle, and they were heading to an unknown territory. Even Schiff felt his palms were slightly sweating, and he couldn't calm down.

Ilk's answer suddenly made him at a loss for what to say. The sun cast shadows from his protruding cheekbones. He and his mother were like carved out of the same mold. A little.
"It said it could save me, and I have no reason to refuse it."

Ilk's words interrupted Schiff's thoughts. His voice sounded very relaxed, as if he was going to a stress-free pool party. Schiff finally saw Ilk's eyes, the sunken eye sockets There are two balls of light embedded in the hole, as if to pierce Schiff's soul.

"You trust them that much?"

The chatterbox suddenly shattered, and Schiff answered subconsciously, leaning forward.

"The bugs are not qualified to judge right and wrong. I think you should understand more than me about this, Your Excellency the General."

Ilk smiled, swinging his empty right cuff back and forth: "If it fails, it would be the ending I most hope for."

"Actually, there are other ways"

Schiff seemed to be biting a piece of pig iron, his tone was jerky, but suddenly he couldn't speak the second half of the sentence.

"That's not a solution, it can only be called a plan to survive, General."

Irk looked directly at Schiff, the first time he had seen his father's face so closely in nearly a decade.

He doesn't seem to have changed at all, his wrinkles seem to be shrunk back in fear of his military uniform, his waist is still upright, and the scene at the car window behind him is constantly pulling away, and his speed suddenly slows down.

A looming shadow has appeared not far away, and a tall protective fence is being built. As the robots appear in the driver's perspective, he almost subconsciously stepped on the accelerator, and the vehicle braked rapidly. Stop, there are still hundreds of meters away from the wall under construction.

And most of the industrial robots at the edge of the place have noticed the military vehicle that appeared, and an unknown light flickered in their pupils, but at the same time, an instruction has passed the consciousness of every robot in milliseconds. Their bodies stopped in place, and after a few seconds, they picked up the work at hand again, as if they had completely forgotten about this military vehicle.

"General, we should be here."

The driver licked his lips, turned to Schiff and said.

Without his explanation, Schiff naturally saw the absurd and bizarre scenes in front of him. He accepted Alpha's invitation and became the second batch of humans to see this base after Yu Han and Lin Lu.

"Come with him, Mr. Schiff."

Schiff still remembered the feeling of Alpha's gentle palm on his shoulder, and when he met its clear pupils, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Decades of estrangement seemed to disappear at this moment. Schiff no longer wanted to recall these experiences, but just looked at the back of Irk, who was struggling to open the car door with his left hand, and the driver froze when he wanted to help. In the same place, as if sensing Schiff's eyes, he quickly retracted his body calmly.

Schiff also got out of the car together. Irk simply straightened the collar of his shirt and caught a glimpse of Schiff standing on the other side of the car. He froze for a moment, then suddenly raised his head to look at him, and walked slowly to Schiff. forward.

Two rough ties were stuffed into Schiff's hands, and Schiff clenched them subconsciously. Ilk had already opened his arms, covering him with a wide wingspan:
"Take care of them, Dad, I will come back, I only have you left."

Irk sighed heavily, but with a smile on his face, he patted Schiff's stiff shoulder, and walked forward without hesitation. The loss of his right hand even affected his normal walking posture, but there were two industrial The robot quickly moved towards Ilk. In Schiff's gradually blurred eyes, the three figures overlapped, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

"General."

After an unknown amount of time, the pilot who was beside Schiff spoke cautiously.

"Well, let's go back."

Schiff finally looked away. The man seemed to bend his back for an instant, and even his voice became much older. He sat back in the back seat without saying a word.

Ilk glanced at the industrial robots on both sides of him from the corner of his eye. They were about the same height as him, and they always maintained a walking speed similar to Ilk. Irk trembled in shock.

"Mr. Alpha, here I come."

After stepping into the mechanical wall, Ilk felt a strange wave swept across his body. He realized something, and shouted loudly with a smile. Many robots cast their eyes on his voice. , The originally tight construction site suddenly paused briefly because of a strange human being.

"Your condition has improved a lot, Mr. Irk."

The clear voice sounded from nowhere. Irk turned his head and scanned back and forth, only to see a robot covered with silver-white light armor walking out slowly. When it appeared, all the robots immediately re-entered. It is like seeing a lazy employee who suddenly sees the boss.

After the second batch of transportation troops arrived at Blue Star, Alpha has been staying here to direct the construction of the temporary base. The work in STH has been fully entrusted to Yu Han and others, and nothing happened during this period. What is the critical time? I don't know if the optical flow of data has been captured by the Kassog civilization.

At this time, Blue Star has completely entered the time node of coordinated development. Under tremendous pressure, every field is striving to develop as fast as possible, and the pressure of public opinion is constantly decreasing. This phenomenon is mostly due to For some media, they are loyal to reporting the facts and concentrate almost all their strength on well-oriented reports.

And at Yu Han's request, Alpha specially made some law enforcement officers returning from different regions appear on the edge of some cities.

When these silent law enforcement officers crossed the bridge and the streets, everyone froze in place, looking up at the steel giants that originally only existed in the virtual world.

They are calm and gentle, and even interact with some people who are daring and beckoning with beating eyes. Children want to rush to these huge toys, but their parents quickly hug them in their arms.

"Hope we don't crush the road, girls and gentlemen, it's great to see you back in life."

Law enforcement officer No. 01 left this sentence in a thick voice before leaving. As the voices of the law enforcement officers disappeared in the city, the reporters who were ordered to come also took pictures of this picture Incredible picture.

"Of course, I have to thank you well, otherwise I would have starved to death."

Ilk and Alpha walked side by side, and said in a teasing tone, while looking curiously at the strange buildings built around them.

He knows how lucky he is to be able to enter this forbidden area, and even get the help of this civilization.
But Ilk always feels that good luck cannot fall from the sky, maybe he has to pay a painful price, but he is completely unaware of it now
But speaking of it, is there anything worth worrying about now?The only left arm?

"Ah"

For Ilk's teasing, Alpha just smiled and didn't say much. It was leading the way ahead, preparing to guide Ilk to a newly completed area.

"I'm also very happy to see that you and your father have settled down. You seem to have figured out a lot of things?"

Alpha said without turning his head, but Ilk could feel the sincerity in its tone, which was why he was willing to deal with these robots. Compared with the complex emotions of humans, they were much purer.

"Did you say my father?"

Irk touched his nose with his left hand, "Yes, I have figured out a lot of things, your words have helped me a lot, I have lost a hand, I should pick up the only precious things left, I don't want to give them up."

"I remember me describing the dangers of this experiment to you? You have an 80.00% chance of dying. I think you should carry those two bonds. They seem to be your spiritual support and help you improve. subconscious energy."

Alpha told Ilk very bluntly that it was mobilizing the plan it had prepared in advance, and its pupils flickered.

"It's not just them anymore."

Ilk shrugged indifferently: "From the moment I step here, I will belong to you, Mr. Alpha, I believe in your technology."

"I'm not a professional surgeon. If you believe me, you might as well trust these precise instruments."

Alpha was amused by Ilk's words. It shook its head helplessly, and there was a smooth arc around the nasal bone, which was basically no different from a human smile.

Its footsteps stopped suddenly, and Irk subconsciously looked up at the huge building in front of him.

"Universal Mechanical Research Center, it will carry out the implementation of the plan with full authority. I am just your guide, Mr. Irk."

Alpha raised his hand as a signal, and at the same time explained to Ilk: "I will do my best to ensure the safety of the transformation plan, and Mr. Schiff will see you again."

"I also wish I could put my right arm around him again."

Ilk didn't hesitate, he just took a deep breath, nodded towards Alpha with a smile, and immediately walked towards the mechanical scanning gate of the research center under the response of its eyes.

In fact, in Fang Liang's plan, Zero, the omnic consciousness including Alpha, is trying its best to search for excellent life forms in human civilization.

This is an undeniable fact. In every civilization, there are good and bad life forms. The ratio may be biased, but individuals must exist, let alone human beings with complex thoughts.

Irk itself is a perfect example. As a special soldier, he has strong physical fitness and unyielding spiritual quality, especially after listening to the story of him fighting against deformities in order to save his team members. Afterwards, Fang Liang really had a deep admiration for this great soldier.

The future of mankind depends on such outstanding individuals to reach a higher level.

This slightly extreme statement is an indisputable fact.

Ilk is just the first experiment. Alpha personally confirmed his thoughts. Even Schiff didn't have any opinion, just remained silent. He really couldn't control the thoughts of his stubborn son, otherwise they wouldn't be close to each other. Haven't been in touch for years.

And when Ilk entered the giant mechanical door that was several meters high in front of him, buzzing sounds followed him. Suddenly, countless beating data appeared on his retina. The inspection process was starting, and he instantly understood that these data were all parameters of your own body.

What shocked Ilk was that in less than a second, the giant door even detected the scars he had suffered. As the line of sight fell, the pages of data would also move together, densely packed with text and The combination of numbers made Ilk feel a little dizzy.

"The verification process is over."

The mechanical sound rang in my ears, and the world in front of me suddenly changed. A maintenance robot turned a corner and rushed towards where Ilk was.

As early as Ilk was scanning, the ground under his feet had already begun to move and change, bringing it into this mechanical research center.

Until the function of the pupil membrane finally returned to normal, all the data disappeared without a trace, and Irk saw a huge metal bracket, which looked like a future machinery factory, and a small maintenance robot was moving from his feet. Passing by, only a maintenance robot paused beside him. He looked up and looked at Ilk with a pair of big eyes. The robot arm swung back and forth, signaling him to move forward.

Ilk raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood the meaning of the little buddy in front of him. He carefully took steps on this smooth metal ground. A gleam of joy flashed in the big eyes of this maintenance robot, and he quickly followed Ilk, closely following him.

Alpha did not follow Ilk into this mechanical research center, but Ilk suddenly touched his ear and found that there was an extra delicate object beside his ear, which looked like a headset.

He can't remember when this device was stuffed into his ear, and he caressed it subconsciously. The noisy sound of gold and iron around him is gradually becoming weaker, replaced by the reassuring sound of constant current. A few seconds later, the voice of Alpha sounded:

"Mr. Irk, it will guide you to where you should go."

"Is it this little guy? It looks like a robot vacuum in a hospital."

"It can hear you."

Accompanied by Alpha's slightly smiling words, Ilk caught a glimpse of the angry eyes shot at him by the maintenance robot, quickly stopped his voice, and patted the maintenance robot's huge head comfortingly.

"I was wrong, you look like the Iron Man suit on Tony."

"Om~"

The manipulator of the maintenance robot swung triumphantly, suddenly overtook Irk's footsteps, and rushed in front of him, leading the way.

Passing through shocking areas that had never been seen before, Ilk felt as if he was swimming in the body of a mechanical giant. These robots were just the cells in his body, forming the endless surging blood.

For some reason, Ilk didn't feel any panic, on the contrary, a sense of calmness was filling his heart.

Only by entering the depths of this civilization can one truly feel its power, which is a shock that cannot be described in words. As the only human being in this area, Ilk can feel an obvious emotional temperature , which is the most incredible point.

"Om~"

The mechanical arm of the maintenance robot swung back and forth, and under its guidance, Irk stopped in front of a huge device.

The huge cross-shaped machine tool is continuously lowered, and there are countless tiny nano-components on it, reflecting the crystal clear light. The whole device, like an operating table, is moving to where Ilk is, and Ilk can see it happening. With some kind of strange change, many components seem to form a layer of soft water at this moment. Several mechanical arms above the head cross the track and reach the machine tool, and maintenance robots are silently driving towards this area.

"At the beginning of the experiment, you will be injected with a certain dose of anesthetic, which will temporarily put you into a deep sleep"

Alpha's voice rang in his ears, but Irk unexpectedly interrupted it:
"Mr. Alpha, if the experiment fails, will I never be able to wake up again?"

"Yes."

"Scale down the dose, I want to see this with my own eyes."

"It's going to be very painful and your nerves may not be able to take that much pain."

"It's okay, Mr. Alpha, I appreciate you, but I don't want to face failure by doing nothing. As you said, I think my subconscious mind will help me."

Ilk said very calmly. He stared at the experimental bed that was emitting light, his chest heaved slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Does it hurt?
Perhaps even he himself can't remember how many times the heart-wrenching pain Ilk has experienced.

Only this time, he just wanted to perceive everything clearly, which is also the price of a new life. Ilk didn't know why he believed in Alpha so much, believed in this unknown civilization, and just a few words made this cautious soldier let go of his guard. I lost my mind like a moth to a flame.

"But why are there so many?"

Ilk tore his clothes, lay lightly on the machine tool, murmured, his eyes looked straight up, the manipulator at a high place was carrying batches of components that he couldn't see clearly, he I could feel a needle being pierced into my arm, a vague dizziness was coming, and Ilk was between being awake and comatose, which was a very delicate state.

Countless nano-devices are working, and they are detecting the real-time status of every body area of ​​Irk, pushing his body like a gentle current of water.

The precision mechanical arms on both sides are rising, and the terminal of each mechanical arm has hundreds of transformation forms. Under the influence of cutting-edge nanotechnology and super intelligent chips, these mechanical arms are the most powerful transformation experts.

At the same time, a row of guide pins was emerging under Ilk's spine, and as the guide pins moved upward, they pierced into Ilk's spinal cord vigorously.

In an instant, severe pain like a tide ran through his body. Even with the help of anesthesia, this nerve pain stabbed precisely in Ilk's brain.

"Mr Ilk"

"Go on. Mr. Alpha, I'm fine."

Ilk uttered these words tremblingly, every muscle in him was spasming uncontrollably, the ring device that popped up was fixing his leg, and the transformation was about to begin.

“What a madman”

Fang Liang shook his head helplessly, he didn't know whether it was admiration or other emotions in his tone.

"Re-inject the anesthetic, or he'll die."

He couldn't bear to look at the next screen anymore, so he just said to Zero, and immediately slid away from the real-time perspective in front of him.

At that moment, blurred pictures kept flashing before Irk's eyes.

Screaming deformities, broken companions, blood-stained sky, and roaring bullets.

Ilk subconsciously waved his right hand and punched the phantom in front of him fiercely, and the phantom in front of him scattered into countless scenes. They entangled and wriggled like a gushing tsunami, submerging his consciousness , accompanied by a fleeting faint sting, everything disappeared in an instant.

The world finally returned to calm, it was pitch black, there was no light left, and everything was starting again.

(End of this chapter)