Trickster Hunter

Chapter 248 In vivo experiment

"Is there something outside the window?" Yang Qi's confused voice came from behind, "Why do you keep staring at the window?"

"It's nothing." Sun Hang shook his head, "I'm just in a daze...thinking about something."

"There is no time for you to be in a daze now. Besides this operation, there are more important things to do tonight." Yang Qi said, "Chen Hongjuan's experiment over there should have started, let's rush there now. "

"Well..." Sun Hang nodded and looked back at the empty window sill.

He vaguely felt that maybe the three apes were right to stop him...

It seems that he accidentally got into a big trouble.

…

Although Yang Qi said she would rush there now, in fact she still gave Sun Hang a twenty-minute rest in a very humane manner.

She herself hurriedly left with her tablet and a pile of documents.

"Is there anything to drink?" Sun Hang patted Song Yarong who was sitting on the computer - although the operation has been completed, she cannot leave yet and must monitor the infection process in Jiang Yu's body at all times... If everything goes well, then only Jiang Yu needs to be transferred to the special care unit after the anesthesia wears off; but if something unexpected happens... there is a red button covered with an acrylic protective cover next to the computer, which is specially designed to deal with that situation.

The institute has already prepared for the worst—that is, to perform "harmless treatment" on Jiang Yu.

"Drink?" Song Yarong looked around, "There are only purified water, glucose and saline... Oh, by the way, there should be a vending machine for drinks in the corridor outside. You can buy it by swiping your work ID, but I don't know. Have they restocked recently? After all, this is a special period, you know.”

"Okay, if you want something to drink, I can bring it over for you." Sun Hang asked.

"Coffee bar, canned instant coffee will do." Song Yarong stretched hard, "I have to stay up all night today, and I don't even have a chance to take a nap."

"OK."

Sun Hang walked out of the operating room, walked along the corridor for a while, and soon found three vending machines standing side by side next to a bench in a rest area.

It's just that the shelves of vending machines selling bottled drinks are empty, leaving only a few drinks that taste so bad that they are anti-human.

Sun Hang glanced at the machine selling instant coffee nearby. The green light was on, and there were still some light brown water stains on the ground.

Even during special periods, the institute's supply of coffee has never been interrupted - after all, for these white-coated men and horses who have become the norm to stay up late, coffee has become a survival necessity second only to three meals.

Sun Hang took two paper cups, received two steaming cups of instant coffee, and returned to the operating room.

He placed a cup of coffee on Song Yarong's table.

"Thanks."

Song Yarong picked up the cup, blew lightly on the mouth of the cup twice, and then took a slow sip.

"I couldn't find the sugar package, nor the milk." Sun Hang said.

"I'm used to drinking pure black coffee without adding sugar or milk." Song Yarong shook her head, "If you find it bitter, you can add some glucose solution - this thing is very sweet, I think four or five drops will be enough. "

"Forget it, forget it, there is no difference between coffee and mop water if you add that thing." Sun Hang waved his hand and turned to look at Jiang Yu, who was still lying on the operating table with tubes inserted into his body and electrodes attached. Restraints made of flexible material firmly fixed her limbs and torso to the table.

"How long will it take for her to wake up?" Sun Hang asked.

"According to the amount of medicine used by the anesthesiologist, ordinary people should wake up in about eight hours. The operation has taken more than five hours..." Song Yarong glanced at the device screen, "But... judging from the various vital signs , She is still in a very weak state, and if she can wake up tomorrow morning, she will be in good health. "

"The Tai Sui meme will strengthen the human body, but this is after the fusion is completely completed." Song Yarong continued, "There are too many things on her body that have been replaced. The only thing that needs to be worried about is that the infection process does not exceed the dangerous threshold... said Get up, you’re planning to recruit her into the field department, right?”

"No, I plan to set up an independent unit, and she should be the first batch of soldiers in this unit." Sun Hang said.

"No matter where you plan to send her, you'd better be careful." Song Yarong reminded, "Her situation is different from mine... Even if her condition can remain stable, her infection process will remain at a relatively high level. level. If each infected person is compared to a bomb, this infection process is equivalent to the fuse of the bomb. There is still a large part of the fuse of my explosive, and her 'fuse' is almost burning. It's over."

"You mean, she will completely change at any time?"

"I'm not saying that. As long as you control it properly, it's not impossible that no one can keep their infection process stuck on the edge of the dangerous threshold for more than ten years or even decades... But this situation varies from person to person. I advise you to always Prepare for the worst.”

"I will let people keep an eye on her." Sun Hang nodded.

The image of Ling Xiao popped up in his mind - Ling Xiao, who had no emotion at all, should be very suitable for this job. He didn't even hesitate to shoot at Sun Hang and Chen Hongjuan, leaving him to deal with a devious teammate. , he will definitely not hesitate.

The only thing that needs to be worried is whether Ling Xiao can defeat the deceitful Jiang Yu by then.

"Actually, in this case, I usually recommend treating it harmlessly." Song Yarong sighed, "Since you plan to keep her, it's best to bring her to the institute for a memetic test every day, just in case there is something wrong. Any problems can be discovered and solved early.”

"Every day...what if we have to carry out that kind of long-term mission?"

"Then don't let her perform long-term missions, if you don't want her to suddenly turn into a monster during the mission." Song Yarong said, "I even want to let her do a memetic test every eight hours. That way It’s the safest.”

"Then I might as well throw her in the containment area." Sun Hang complained, "I think Tai Sui's meme is quite stable. Those cultists have been lurking in Tianfu City for so many years, and they haven't lost control yet... With you, you should also be able to find that the memes in your body are very stable, right?"

"But Jiang Yu is the one with the highest proportion of infected people in Tai Sui Meme Organization besides you." Song Yarong emphasized, "We have to guard against it."

"Then why aren't you guarding against me? According to you, I am the most dangerous one, right?" Sun Hang joked with a smile.

"I was quite wary of you at first." Song Yarong shrugged and said helplessly, "Later I found out that the people above trust you so much. I am a little researcher, so what's the use of being wary of you... Besides, People who have the authority to restrict your actions don't care about you, but people who want to control you don't have that authority... To put it another way, if you really go crazy, no one in Tianfu City can stop you. "

"What if I really lose control?" Sun Hang asked.

"Then I'll just close my eyes and wait for death." Song Yarong's answer was extremely awkward, "So I can only pray that you don't do anything... Well, but then again, the old director is... Why should I worry so much about you? Even if I die, there are still so many people supporting me... Okay, the rest time Yang Qi gave you is coming soon. If you don't go, she may go crazy again. ”

"She often gets angry?"

"Not before, but since she became your direct responsible person, the average number of outbursts per month has skyrocketed." Song Yarong suddenly lowered her voice, "She seems to have become irregular even with her aunt... What do you think? What did she do?"

"It doesn't matter to me that my aunt is irregular?" Sun Hang looked innocent, "It's because of staying up late... If I can really influence her aunt, I will make her disappear for nine months instead of becoming... It’s irregular, you’re talking nonsense.”

"Then come on." Song Yarong nodded, "I heard that women's tempers will be much better after giving birth to children."

"Are you sure you're not getting more irritable?" Sun Hang threw the empty paper cup into the trash can, "And...why do you want me to cheer?"

"I have never seen Yang Qi care so much about a man before. If you don't have a chance, then I guess other men will have no chance... Hey, it's been nineteen minutes, are you sure you still haven't left? ”

"Let's go, goodbye!" Sun Hang immediately turned around and rushed out of the operating room.

…

The location agreed upon with Yang Qi was the Class B containment area on the second underground floor of the research institute - this was not the first time Sun Hang came here, but the last time he went was to the deeper Class A containment area.

Compared with the dangerous black dragon meme carriers, Chen Hongjuan has not yet reached the threshold of Class A.

The Class B containment area is very large. In addition to the freezers with temperatures below zero and hundreds of degrees Celsius, there are also four special laboratories of different sizes, and Chen Hongjuan is currently being held in the largest Laboratory No. 1 among them.

Through the one-way glass outside the laboratory, Sun Hang could see that Chen Hongjuan was imprisoned on a shelf made of special alloy, with tubes inserted into her nostrils and mouth, and huge soundproof earmuffs covering her. Above his ears, his eyes are covered by a pair of VR goggles.

"What are you doing?" Sun Hang asked puzzledly, "It looks like you are playing some kind of special game..."

If it were Lao Wang or Zhong Ling tied to the shelf, Sun Hang would still find it quite eye-catching... But if it were Chen Hongjuan, Sun Hang would only feel disgusted.

The coffee I just drank reverberated in my stomach, as if it would return to my throat with gastric acid at any time.

Chen Hongjuan herself is a middle-aged woman in her forties with a bloated figure. After the transformation, her body has undergone a lot of distortions - what is imprisoned on the shelf does not look like a person, but more like A lump of carrion with a vaguely human shape still visible.

"Since her deception is caused by negative emotions." Yang Qi stared at Chen Hongjuan in the laboratory and said to Sun Hang without looking back, "Then we will try to play her videos that can arouse negative emotions. and audio, while watching to see if her memes change further.”

"Video and audio that can arouse negative emotions?" Sun Hang asked curiously, "What are they like?"

"Do you want to try it?" Yang Qi took off a pair of headphones from the hook and handed them to Sun Hang.

"It shouldn't be a problem if you try it...right?" Sun Hang glanced at Yang Qi, took the headphones and put them on.

Suddenly, a burst of chaotic noise entered the ears. The sound was like countless insects eating wood. It was also mixed with the sound of sharp nails scratching across the blackboard, and some unknown instruments. ’s heavy metal music—assuming those fucking sounds can be considered music.

Sun Hang only listened for ten seconds, and he felt uncomfortable all over. He began to become manic and had a desire to smash something to vent.

"It's quite powerful." Sun Hang took off the headphones and gave them back to Yang Qi.

"Do you want to watch the video?"

"No thanks, I now completely believe that these things can trigger negative emotions in people." Sun Hang said.

"But Chen Hongjuan doesn't seem to be affected." Yang Qi sighed, "Before you came, this experiment had lasted for nearly half an hour."

"No effect? ​​Or did you not detect the effect?"

"No obvious changes have occurred in either the meme frequency or the brain waves." Yang Qi pointed to the screen in front of him, which was full of constantly moving curves, and next to the curves were numbers and abbreviations that Sun Hang couldn't understand.

"Could it be that her cognition has been distorted and she can't understand or hear these?"

"Do you understand the sound in the headphones just now?" Yang Qi turned her head and rolled her eyes at him.

"I don't understand."

"That's it... This kind of sound can affect people's emotions without understanding it, and the same is true for videos." Yang Qi said, "Moreover, in previous experiments, several items have proved that her mind has not completely disappeared."

"Huh?"

"The researcher tried to communicate with her in human language. Although she did not give a meaningful response, when the researcher mentioned keywords such as "son", "Ling Xiao", "husband", "welfare subsidy", and "severing parent-child relationship", her brain waves showed obvious fluctuations." Yang Qi said.

"This doesn't prove that she is still conscious, right?" Sun Hang said, "Maybe it's just the obsession left by Chen Hongjuan before she became weird? After all, she became like this for the money."

"There is another experiment." Yang Qi handed the tablet to Sun Hang.

The tablet was playing a video. Chen Hongjuan was fixed on a chair, with only her hands and head free to move. A mechanical arm brought a document and a pen to her.

Chen Hongjuan held the pen and made a gesture to write, but when she saw the words on the document, she suddenly went crazy and tore the document into pieces, and the pen was broken into two pieces.

And that document was a copy of the document that she was asked to sign during the day to sever the parent-child relationship.

"She can not only understand human language, but also recognize words." Yang Qi said, "It's not a pure copy. We have modified the size, font and layout of the text, but she can still recognize the content of the document."