Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

But when Li Ang swept his perception over, Li Ang couldn't help but froze.

"...What the hell is that?"

Chapter 40

Although it could not be seen directly with the naked eye, Li Ang's perception did indeed capture the alien floating in the air.

That thing is like a mixture of several human bodies. It is not far behind those monsters eroded by Hai Hei genes. The huge and twisted limbs almost fill the upper half of the entire infirmary. Li Ang I didn't expect to see such exciting things here.

Of course, what surprised Li Ang was not the appearance of this monster. What surprised him was... that monster actually grew out of a person.

Yes, that's the child Kelsey mentioned before.

Rosemary, the only survivor of the 'Loken Tank' experiment, had her brain stem artificially removed and replaced with an artificial infection organ.

Because of this inhumane operation, she suffered from intermittent amnesia, losing most of her memory every once in a while, and had to write memos to survive.

Judging from the appearance, Rosemary is a young film girl of about eleven or twelve years old. Perhaps because of being in the ward for a long time, Rosemary's body is very weak. Although she is not skinny and skinny, in fact Not much difference, it seemed that just a gust of wind could break the girl's slender arms.

When Li Ang was just processing the messages from Xintrea, Adele had already entered the ward first and came to the side of Rosemary's bed.

After this routine treatment, Rosemary lost most of her memory as usual.

Rosemary, whose mind was blank, was not panicked by the strange environment around her. She just sat quietly on the hospital bed and looked at the medical staff coming and going around her.

Perhaps because she did not have any malicious intent, Adele easily gained Rosemary's trust, gently hugged the poor child and rubbed her little head.

Rosemary was like a kitten, narrowing her eyes slightly and enjoying Adele's touch.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Rosemary is a cute and well-behaved child. However, in Leon's perception, this is not the case at all. The deformed monster grew out of Rosemary's body.

To be precise, something similar to an umbilical cord extended from the back of Rosemary's head and was connected to the monster above.

Is that thing the result of the modification of Loken's water tank?Could this be what Kelsey asked him to solve?

"what are you talking about?"

Hearing Li Ang's cry, Adele cast a dissatisfied look, "This child is obviously so cute."

While talking, Adele also said

Rosemary also seemed to be cooperating with Adele. The furry ears on her head twitched slightly, and then she rubbed Adele's body affectionately.

"...I'm not talking about her."

Li Ang explained helplessly, "I mean the thing attached to her body, but you shouldn't be able to see it."

The form of that monster's existence is very special. It cannot be observed with the naked eye, and it does not have an actual shape. However, that thing can indeed have an impact on the real world. Perception can capture the waves set off in the air when its limbs tremble. ripple.

It can be seen that, just like its terrifying appearance, this monster is not as harmless as it appears now.

Kelsey's expression changed slightly and she quickly asked, "What did you find?"

She just had the idea of ​​giving it a try, but she didn't expect that Li Ang actually found something from Rosemary.

For Kelsey, Rosemary's problem is also a bit difficult. If she can get all the experimental records of Lorken's water tank, or go back thousands of years, Kelsey still has some hope of curing the problem. Good Rosemary, but now...she can only keep Rosemary's condition from getting worse.

"How do I put it... It's not easy to describe it in words. It looks like a few swollen corpses crumpled into a ball. It doesn't look like a good thing anyway."

The appearance of that thing was too abstract, and Li Ang couldn't find any particularly good adjectives, so he could only describe it briefly.

"...Several corpses rubbed together?"

"Yeah, and it doesn't look like an adult."

Kelsey raised her brows slightly, as if she had thought of something, looking thoughtful.

After weighing it in her mind, Kelsey chose the most direct method, "Can it be solved?"

No matter what Li Ang saw, it must be related to Rosemary's current condition.

Although what happened to Rosemary was inhumane, the experiment also gave her powerful power. If Rosemary loses control, even Kelsey will have a headache for a while. Rhode Island can't take it now. Using too much fighting power, it would undoubtedly be very difficult to subdue Rosemary without hurting her.

In order to avoid irritating Rosemary, none of the surrounding medical staff wore their iconic white coats. Even the medical equipment was disguised to a certain extent, making the ward look ordinary.

Rosemary is like a time bomb with an invisible countdown. No one knows when it will suddenly explode. Kelsey also took a huge risk to keep her here.

And if everything goes well, Rhode Island will be able to add a powerful new operator.

As for Rosemary's age being too young and not suitable for the battlefield, Kelsey didn't think about it at all.

With so many patients on Rhode Island, are they still paying their own medical bills?You must know that the medical expenses for mineral disease are not cheap, and even suppression in the early stages is enough to make a middle-class family's shoulders sink.

Therefore, there is no essential difference between Rhode Island's approach and Li Ang's, and the treatment on Lot Zero is even more generous.

After all, in Lot Zero, 007 is just working overtime, but in Rhode Island, he will be sent to the battlefield.

"I suggest you don't do that." Li Ang shook his head, "That thing is connected to Rosemary's head, so being so rough may cause problems."

Although the monster looks a bit ugly, if you ignore these factors and think carefully, you can only understand that Kelsey's idea is not reliable. Rosemary's life in Rhode Island will not be short. The monster can be quiet. A lot of problems have been explained so far.

"And...it seems to be looking at you now."

As if it understood the meaning of Kelsey's words just now, the immobile alien monster suddenly changed its direction and aimed a certain part of its body at Kelsey.

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As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the medical room suddenly became weird.

The two of them did not deliberately lower their voices. Several medical operators who were closer to the door heard the conversation between Leon Kelsi.

An invisible monster was wandering over the medical room... Even if they couldn't see anything, the medical operators still felt their scalps numb, and they all speeded up their hands, trying to leave this creepy place as soon as possible.

With fear in their hearts, the operators obviously couldn't settle down and work under such circumstances.

So Kelsey simply let them leave. Anyway, Rosemary's routine treatment was over. All that was left were some simple physical examinations, which wouldn't take long even if done by one person.

"You go ahead, I'll do the rest of the inspection."

As if they had been granted amnesty, the young people quickly put down their work, apologized to Kelsey, and then left the medical room one after another.

As the person involved, Kelsey walked into the room as if nothing had happened and came to Rosemary's side.

The monster turned its body following Kelsey's footsteps, but made no further movements. It just "stared" at Kelsey silently.

After thinking about it, Li Ang also walked in.

Li Ang's arrival did not stimulate the monster. Its body only trembled slightly and then returned to its previous posture, continuing to watch Kelsey's every move.

Now, there were only four of them left in the empty room.

Rosemary seemed a little sleepy, her eyelids kept trembling, and even her furry ears drooped listlessly.

After persisting for a while, the kitten finally lost to sleep, curled up and nestled in Adele's arms, and gently closed its eyes.

As Rosemary fell asleep, the monster connected to her body not only did not disappear, but became more powerful. The cold chill seemed to have turned into substance, causing ripples in the air.

Observing this situation, Li Ang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, which made him more certain of his guess just now.

The connection between that monster and Rosemary is closer than imagined. If it is eliminated by rough means, it will definitely cause irreparable damage to Rosemary.

"Put her down, there are a few final checks left."

Adele placed Rosemary on the bed gently without waking the sleeping girl.

Seeing Kelsi take out some electrode patches connected to wires from the equipment next to the hospital bed, Li Ang guessed what she was going to do next, so he simply turned around and turned his back to the three people beside the hospital bed. Perception is turned off.

The scene that followed was not what he should have seen.

Following a rustling sound, Kelsey suddenly said, "What you observed should be this child's brothers."

"Um???"

Brother... people?

Li Ang was suddenly shocked. Many questions that he had not understood before were answered at this moment.

But if possible, Li Ang actually doesn't want to hear such an answer. This kind of truth... is too cruel for a young child.

After attaching the electrode pads to Rosemary's body, Kelsey said calmly amidst the clicking sounds, "Rosemary grew up in a small nursing home. This situation is not uncommon in Colombia. , every mobile city in Colombia has one. The steady flow of immigrants has injected vitality into the young country, but it has also exposed many problems, and the carelessly abandoned newborns are just one of them."

"The only problem is... the sponsor of that nursing home is Loken. Even the Melander Foundation cannot pay attention to every welfare institution all the time."

"Patron...heh."

Li Ang had tried his best to guess the worst, but he still underestimated the Colombian's lower limit.

What kind of sponsor... Loken clearly planned to use those innocent children as experimental subjects, and in fact he did exactly that.

It is true that human experimentation is an essential part of scientific development, but Loken's methods are too despicable. Compared with him, even Ayin seems not so hateful.

Of course, Ayin is also a scum who deserves to go to hell, and nothing will change this.

"The experimental log provided by the Melander Foundation was incomplete. We don't know what Loken did to Rosemary in the end."

"But based on what you just discovered, it is very likely that Loken used some unknown method to sew the souls of Rosemary's brothers and this child together."

As he spoke, Kelsey gradually frowned and showed an incomprehensible expression, "It's incredible. In this era...how did he do it?"

The soul is indeed a real thing. Li Ang himself has the ability to observe and destroy the soul, but he cannot perform such an 'operation' on the soul. The human soul is too fragile. Even if he pokes a strong-willed warrior, his The soul may be slightly more powerful, but it is not fundamentally different from a newborn baby. They are both piles of sand that will collapse at the slightest touch. Li Ang is not good at such overly delicate operations.

And to sew different souls together, you also have to ensure that the suture monster does not collapse itself. You can imagine how difficult this is with your toes.

This is exactly what Kelsi is confused about. Pre-civilizations could indeed do similar things in their heyday, but with the current technological level of Terran civilization, it is impossible to do this no matter what means are used, let alone They have operated on the soul, and they don't even have the means to observe the soul.

Even if you dig up some good things from the ruins of previous civilizations, it's impossible. Even if a monkey picks up a nuclear fusion reactor, it won't know how to use it. This level of high technology cannot be used immediately after you get it.

After Kelsey expressed her speculation, both Li Ang and Adele fell silent.

After a while, Adele sighed softly.

"This is too cruel..."

During this period of silence, Kelsey also ended her examination of Rosemary's body.

After removing the electrodes from Rosemary and putting the girl back into a blue hospital gown, Kelsey's expression didn't look relaxed at all.

"Sure enough, his physical condition still has not improved, and there are even signs of deterioration."

"Doctor Kelsey, is there any way to cure her?" Adele asked worriedly.

As long as you have some conscience, it's hard not to sympathize with this poor child. Adele wants to save her, but unfortunately she doesn't know this knowledge and can only place her hope on Kelsey.

“Frankly speaking, with the current equipment conditions in Rhode Island, it’s very difficult.”

Kelsey shook her head, "We have tried our best to treat Rosemary, but we still have little effect. Her physical condition is still declining."

“Since it’s an equipment problem, can’t we seek help from other organizations?”

Adele's idea is simple. Since the equipment cannot meet the requirements, wouldn't it be enough to replace it with new equipment?Colombia has the ability to turn rosemary into this, so the equipment there should be able to meet the requirements, right?

Hearing such a straightforward question, Kelsey was speechless for a moment. She paused before continuing,

"...I understand what you mean. Putting aside the budget issue for the moment, there is no country on this earth with more advanced equipment than Rhode Island. Otherwise, the Melander Foundation would not have handed this child over to us."

Although there are many secrets in Rhode Island, and it can even be regarded as Kazdaele's government-in-exile, its current name is [Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals], a not-so-serious pharmaceutical company that even takes on armed escort and military contracting work. 'enterprise'.

Let's be realistic. Since it is a business, it must be profitable. Let's not mention the clichéd black materials such as illegal employment of child labor. Rosemary is just an ordinary patient on Rhode Island. Patients like her People die every day, and Rhode Island cannot save everyone, nor will they do anything to cure a certain patient.

Moreover, Kelsey also made it clear that even compared to the other countries on Terra, Rhode Island's equipment level is among the most advanced.

There are two unknown 'agents' in this small organization, and Rhode Island is not comparable to just any other organization.

"...I'm sorry, I thought it was too simple."

Adele also realized that what she just said was somewhat out of mind.

After waving her hands, Kelsey didn't pay too much attention to such a trivial matter. She raised her head and stared directly above the hospital bed, where Rosemary's 'brothers' were, and said, "You should be able to hear our conversation, right? You guys?" The existence of "has brought a considerable burden to Rosemary, and the child will not be able to hold on for too long if this continues."

It seemed that Kelsey planned to persuade Rosemary's 'brothers' to lessen the impact on Rosemary's morning appearance, but unfortunately, in Li Ang's perception, the monster was still floating quietly in the air, without any trace of it. There was no reaction at all to Kelsey's words.

"It's useless. It's impossible to retain even a little bit of self in this level of soul stitching. At most, a little bit of instinct remains. It should be controlled by Rosemary's subconscious now."

But after all, they are foreign souls that have been forcibly sewn together. Rosemary cannot control them perfectly, and this leads to another unsolvable death loop. The powerful power brought by these foreign souls is gradually getting out of control, and Rhode Island is also There is currently no way to forcibly sever this connection.

"As expected."

Kelsey replied calmly that it was just an attempt anyway, and the failure did not make her feel too regretful.

"However, you should have other ways." Li Ang said firmly.

He noticed that Kelsey used the word 'difficult' when answering whether Rosemary could be cured, which did not mean it was impossible.

"Of course, after so many treatments, we have also designed some plans, but because the experimental data obtained by Rhode Island is incomplete, we cannot guarantee the effectiveness of the treatment."