Chapter 43 Between Life and Death

Amidst the violent tremors, our car rolled sideways off the road and climbed over the isolation belt before lying on its back in the middle of the sidewalk. Almost as soon as the car came to a stop, I heard the siren sound. Of course, these are not the traffic police who are here to deal with the accident. Even if China develops for another hundred years, the police will not be able to react at this speed. Obviously, if these police cars did not happen to pass by, they must be chasing the car that hit us just now.

Although it was blown off the road, our car had five people in it, and it was a medium-sized vehicle. Although it rolled over a few times, the damage to the car itself was not serious, but the position of the head and feet is now very troublesome. I tapped my fingernail on the seat belt and cut the seat belt easily. That's the only good thing about dragons, every part of their body can be used as a weapon. Without the restraints of the seat belt, I immediately turned upside down and stood on the roof of the car, and then quickly looked at the others. Huang Gang and Cao En were the luckiest. They were on the other side of the car where the car was hit, and the car had side airbags, which happened to protect their bodies. Lin Xiao was sitting in the middle of the second row, and her body bumped into Cao En's right shoulder. On the surface, there seemed to be no trauma, but judging from his expression, the impact was probably serious. Zhao Zhiping may be the unluckiest one. He and I are directly on the side of the impact, but after all, he is not as "strong" as me. Now he looks like he has a bloody head and is very scary, but it seems that he can still survive. Humming should be no big deal.

Now we must get everyone out quickly. I turned around and grabbed the deformed car door, lifted it up hard, and then pushed it outward. With a sound of metal deforming, I forcefully tore the door down. I first went around to the opposite side and pulled off the front door. Several pedestrians passing by had already come over to help drag Huanggang out. I continued to remove the back door, and then pulled out the three people in the back one by one.

Huang Gang was the least injured among the four. He was basically fine except for being a little dizzy from the shock. He was able to stand up on his own after being carried out. Cao En was similar to Huang Gang, but he kept covering his right shoulder. It seemed that he was hit by Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao was in a worse situation than Cao En. Her shoulders hurt on both sides, and there was blood on her face, as if she had hit her head, but it was not a serious injury. Zhao Zhiping was able to sit on his own after being carried out, but could not stand up yet. His legs, shoulders and head were all injured.

I had no time to care about them now, but rushed directly in front of the car that hit us. In fact, this car was not the culprit. It was knocked out by someone else and hit us. The car that was really speeding overturned on the other side of the road.

There were three people sitting in the car that was hit by us. The car was severely deformed. The woman in the passenger seat had her whole head turned into a pile of rotten meat. There was a boy of about ten years old sitting in the back seat, who seemed to have fainted. . The driver was a young woman in her twenties. But now his face is covered in blood, and his appearance cannot be seen at all.

The person in the passenger seat had obviously been rescued. I directly 'inserted' the rear door, then reached out and pushed back the deformed metal squeezed into the car body, and then pulled out the child stuck in the seat cushion. . First hand him over to a young man who is following behind. Then I went straight to remove the front door, but the car was too deformed. I exerted force and heard a squeak, and the door was torn off in half. The remaining part is too sharp to handle, and no one can pass through the exit. I looked at the support beam between the front and rear doors, and then in the shocked eyes of the young man who had just helped me pick up the child, I violently broke and twisted the support beam, and then rolled up the entire roof like a carpet. Go up. After finishing this, I hugged the front driver's seat and lifted it up. Amidst the sound of metal twisting, I pulled the entire driver's seat off the chassis.

He turned to the young man and said, "Forget what you just saw. You understand the consequences of talking nonsense." I'm not threatening. Although it is more troublesome to find a reason to arrest him. But if he told me how I saved people, it would be easy to send him to a mental hospital.

Seeing the young man nodding wisely, I jumped directly across the road to the opposite vehicle. Although two of our cars were hit in succession, the injuries to the vehicle itself were very light, because it was a modified civilian version of a Hummer, and a set of pure steel rams were installed on the front. Not to mention crashing. Even hitting a wall is unlucky. It will be absolutely fine. The people in the car were obviously only slightly shaken. It's just that the door is a little deformed and doesn't seem to open.

Although we were unlucky to get hit by him. But after all, it was just a car accident. I walked over and grabbed the door handle and pulled hard. The slightly deformed door was easily opened. After all, it was only slightly deformed, which was much better than our local car. Who would have thought that as soon as I opened the door, the person inside jumped out, then quickly ducked behind me and hooked my neck, and a homemade short-barreled sandblasting gun was pressed against my temple.

"do not move."

There were four people sitting in the car. When they saw the door open, they got out together. The police also arrived quickly and immediately surrounded these people and me.

"Don't come over, I have hostages." My kidnapper shouted loudly, and the police immediately stopped. China's public security is relatively good compared to many countries, so most of the police do not carry guns. The chasing policemen had several pistols, but unfortunately they did not dare to move when they saw the criminals had hostages.

I sighed helplessly. "Really, bad luck always happens to me. Hey, bastard, if you don't want to lie in a hospital bed for the rest of your life and can't control your bowels, you'd better take the gun away from my head right now."

"Shut up. If you make any more noise, I'll kill you immediately." The guy with the gun hit my head with the barrel of the gun.

"Oh... it's terrible to be uneducated!" I suddenly raised my hand and pinched the barrel of the guy's gun at a speed that no one could see clearly, and then flattened the barrel of his gun like a plastic straw. Pinched flat. Before he could react, I grabbed his neck with my backhand and lifted him off the ground with one hand. "Remember what I just said, you bastard?"

"Hey, what are you doing?" When the four gangsters next to me saw me lifting the man with the gun, they immediately took the weapon and wanted to greet me, but only one of them had one. I don't know where he got it. Pistols, the other three were armed only with machetes. I directly used the person in my hand as a weapon to knock over the person holding the gun, then turned aside to get out of the way of the incoming sword, and flicked my fingers on the back of the knife. The machete immediately broke into two pieces. The two guys at the back slashed down with their knives. I turned around and let go of one of them's blade again and broke his knife. The other one stretched out and pinched the other guy's blade with two fingers. The guy's knife was under my control instantly. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get the knife off my finger.

When the two men saw that the knife was out of control, they immediately started to kick me. I turned around and dodged to one of them, and touched the back of his head with the index finger of one hand. The man immediately tensed up and fell face forward on the concrete pavement. , the nosebleeds from the fall sprayed all over the floor. The other guy missed a kick. However, I had already killed one person and reached him again. The corner of my foot moved on his only foot that was on the ground. He immediately fell forward with an unstable center of gravity. I raised my knee slightly, just in the position where he fell. It hit the bridge of his nose, and instantly the guy started rolling on the ground with nosebleeds and tears.

The guy whose blade was broken by me first and the two guys who fell into a pile had already gotten up from the ground. I stretched out my hands and leaned forward. One leg was supported on the ground, and the other leg was lifted up towards the back, hitting the guy behind him between the legs. The guy behind him immediately let out a scream as if his throat was being strangled, and then... He bent like a shrimp and fell down. His face turned pale.

Among the two people who crashed into a pile, the guy I used to hit him actually went into shock before he was thrown out, but the guy with the gun got up. He 'touched' his gun again and raised it. Just when he was about to find a target, he saw a shoe sole appear in front of him, and he fell down with stars in his eyes.

"Humph. A bunch of losers!" I took out my ID and walked towards the police. A responsible police officer came over and looked at the ID and handed it back to me. I patted his shoulder. "That's up to you."

"Okay, you go first."

I returned to the crowd on this side of the road. Zhao Zhiping was still sitting on the ground, and the blood on his face had been wiped off. It seemed that it was basically a nosebleed, and the injury on his head was not serious. I went over and 'touched' his leg, and he screamed in pain.

"what are you doing?"

"No bones were injured. It's just a muscle contusion. There may be some swelling in the past two days, but it will be fine in two days."

"It seems I can't go to Longyuan Base with you now!" Cao En said.

"No, let's go to Jian Fan first, and then go to Longyuan Base. The equipment there is much better than the hospital."

I heard that there were medical equipment there, and several people immediately agreed to go with us. I made a call to ask people from Longyuan to handle the aftermath of the car crash, and I took the remaining few people to borrow a police car and drove to the agreed-upon location.

Jian Fan was obviously stunned when he saw us driving a police car with injuries all over his body. But he didn’t say much. After we got in the car, we told him about the situation just now.

It was a bit crowded for six people in one car, so I let Huang Gang drive. Because this guy is so big, sitting in the front can save us some space. The co-pilot was given to Zhao Zhiping. He was seriously injured and he often touched his wounds when he was crowded with us. Fortunately, the four people sitting behind us are relatively small, so they are not too big to fit in.

Under my guidance, Huang Gang drove the car to the Longyuan branch of a police station, and then asked people from the company to help return the police car. By the way, he borrowed a spacious commercial vehicle and returned to the base.

"This is the Longyuan Nanjing branch?" Huang Gang asked in surprise as he looked at the huge entrance on the mountain surface in front of him.

"Of course, since it is called a base for security purposes, otherwise we can just call it Nanjing Branch. Okay, stop standing around and come in. They girls are much faster than you."

I brought a group of people into the base, and then went to the guard room to register for a temporary access permit. Then they went through a thorough disinfection and treated the injured before officially going down to the base. Faced with such strict security measures, these college students couldn't help but gasp in air-conditioning. Rose had already brought the two girls to the restaurant first, and they had even ordered the dishes when we arrived. It's just time to have dinner now. According to our Chinese habits, talking about things at the dinner table is often faster than at the negotiation table.

Rose specially ordered several special kinds of wine, and then under our persuasion, both men and women drank a little. In fact, this so-called wine is not wine at all. The alcohol content in it is at most two degrees based on the degree. Its main ingredient is a nerve relaxant, which can effectively relax the tense mind and body without causing brain confusion. 'Mush' is one of the base researchers' favorite drinks. certainly. It has a special meaning for us to order this thing. Although this kind of wine is not intoxicating, it still has the effect of telling the truth after drinking. If you want to insist that it is a torture potion, it is not wrong.

After a few glasses of wine, these unwary college students immediately began to speak freely. Huang Gang said loudly: "To be honest, I don't care if I can be selected as a volunteer this time. Anyway, I just want to leave a good impression on Long Yuan even if I can't be selected. It will be easy to think of Long Yuan to work in the future." Some. I heard that Longyuan has a computer-related system that can record all the people who have contact with your company, and use various information to design the affinity with the company for these people. People with different affinity levels can do the same thing. The reaction of the company will be different, right?"

What Huang Gang said is true. But it is not an independent system, but a branch function of Nuwa. In the past, the country had planned to let Longyuan contract the national computer system to replace the current 'government' management model, but later it was abandoned due to many personnel reasons. However, the infrastructure of this system was completed at that time, and later this host After being merged under the control of Nuwa, coupled with the national household registration management system and archives system as well as the traffic management system, personal credit system and crime monitoring system, we have the current nationwide personnel affinity system. , which is basically equivalent to conducting a rough behavioral monitoring of each citizen in advance, and selecting suitable people to do corresponding things when necessary. certainly. Long Yuan has never admitted the existence of this system to the outside world, because this thing itself is actually illegal, and it has actually expanded to the issue of personal privacy rights, but because outsiders don’t know whether this system exists, so it is There's nothing we can do if we don't take it.

Of course I can't answer this directly. I had no choice but to fight with them. Fortunately, these guys didn't mention it consciously and didn't delve into it. The only thing that caught my attention was Jian Fan. Unlike others. He just smiled knowingly after I deliberately avoided the question, obviously having made a rough guess. It seems that there are indeed capable people among this group of people!

After finishing the meal, Rose and I winked at each other, and then took the seven of them to the elevator at the entrance of the base. They didn't understand what I was going to do. I changed the smile and amiable attitude I had maintained since the meeting, and said in a cold voice: "The previous conversation has almost gone by. I think I have a general understanding of your situation."

These people all became quiet after hearing my words, and they obviously realized that I had to make a choice.

My eyes scanned them all over, and then I shouted: "Lin Xiao."

Lin Xiao froze slightly. Then walked out. I said to him: "I'm sorry to bother you for so long, but since you volunteered to participate in this plan, you should understand and support our actions. This plan is very important, and we have to carefully select and eliminate the big ones." Some people. You are very capable in all aspects, but your character is too weak. I sometimes choose to give in when I encounter problems, but only if this can solve the problem better. You Such a blindly giving in character is really not up to the task."

Lin Xiao seemed to be aware of his shortcomings and just nodded and stood aside. Rose comforted him and said: "Don't worry. The fact that you are brought here alone means you are already outstanding. So even if you are eliminated, Long Yuan will still invite you to join the company after you graduate. Lin Xiao, you Although his personality is a little weak, he is still very suitable for dealing with technical matters."

I continued: "Huanggang."

Huang Gang was also stunned for a moment, and finally scratched his head. "I didn't expect that I would also be eliminated."

I smiled and said: "Your problem is exactly the opposite of Lin Xiao's. Remember, steel is extremely easy to break. Sometimes you can give in to innocuous things. Don't go up against others for everything, or you will suffer a loss sooner or later. .”

"Actually, I know that, but that's my character, so there's really nothing I can do about it!" He said and stood aside.

I turned to face the others and continued shouting: "Zhao Zhiping."

"Why me?" Zhao Zhiping's reaction was obviously different from others. Others could accept the reality calmly, but he could not.

"Because your emotions are obviously extreme and you have a certain anti-social tendency. To put it simply, you are cynical."

"I……!"

As soon as Zhao Zhiping opened his mouth, I stopped him. "No need to explain, the choice has been made, and I won't change it because of your explanation. So it's useless for you to explain. You should learn more about Lin Xiao and Huang Gang. Their shortcomings are exactly what you don't have."

"Their shortcomings?"

"Don't be angry if I point out your shortcomings for you. It will be good for your future. But I don't care even if you hate me in the future. Anyway, with your status and ability, it is impossible to do any real harm to me. . I just said that the shortcomings of both of them are what you lack. Lin Xiao has a weak character and takes the initiative to give in when encountering anything. This is actually caused by an excessive psychological humility. And you just don’t know Advance and retreat. Many things are just small accidents, and they will be over after a while. If you fight for every inch of ground with others over such trivial matters, you will definitely lose more than you gain back. Huang Gang and Although Lin Xiao's personality is completely opposite, there are things you can learn from. Although Huang Gang's temper is a little straighter, he is firm and thorough. He will fight even for forces that he cannot compete with, but you are different. In general matters, you are indeed fighting for every inch of territory. But when you encounter a tough enemy, you soften. To put it bluntly, you bully the weak and fear the strong. You must understand that there are some things that must be paid even at a heavy price. Fight without giving in a step or you will lose everything.”

Zhao Zhiping's face looked quite ugly after I told him so much, but I didn't intend to pay much attention to him. Being able to help him find his shortcomings is actually helping him. Whether he accepts it or not is none of my business. We dragons can only teach people how to fish, but we will never teach people how to fish. Those who insist on waiting for us to give them fish will simply starve to death. We will not pity these people.

After eliminating three people, I said to the remaining four: "You have passed my preliminary approval. But as I said, this mission does not require too many people, so there will still be people eliminated among you. You'd better prepare for this first. You three take the elevator up now, and there will be someone above to receive you."

Out of seven people, three failed in the first screening, so I considered it a drastic cut. According to the advice given by Nuwa, only one person is enough this time, but Nuwa also mentioned that two can be selected as backup candidates in case of emergency. Therefore, at least one of these four people has to be eliminated, and the remaining three must also choose the priority.

After the three people left, I explained to Rose, and then took the remaining four people to do the spy test. This level must be passed, because the place I will take them to later will involve confidentiality. The three people who just left just saw the assisted living area of ​​the base. There was nothing confidential at all, so the inspection was relatively simple, but it was different going down.

not bad. All four passed in one go. This was originally a normal situation. After all, these people were screened from a large number of volunteers and had to pass the political review n times. I estimate that the interpersonal relationships of the eight generations of the ancestors of the seven people where I got the information in the end have all been reviewed. If they can sneak into spies, the hard-to-help people who are engaged in political review should be ready to go home and eat themselves.

It was past seven o'clock when the four of them came back to me, and I took them all to the elevator gate. After the elevator door opened, I walked to the main door and blocked all four people out. "Although I know that saying it is in vain, I still have to say it. Before you actually enter the area below, you may choose to exit. Once you enter this door, your life will change from now on. Many of you thought before Unexpected things will completely subvert your understanding of the world. I am not being alarmist, because there is no need. If you enter this door, it means that you agree to join the Longyuan Group's special scientific research force. Even if you fail, you still cannot leave. The management of the group. There is no difference between the public department of Longyuan and the general company, but there is no such thing as quitting the special scientific research unit. Once you join, the only way you can leave is in the form of a corpse. Therefore, I solemnly ask you one last time. Do you want to give up?"

The four people were selected through layers of screening, and the response was indeed very good. They neither walked in impulsively nor were they really scared off, but each thought for a while.

To his surprise, the first of the remaining four people to speak was Wen Rui, who had always been very elegant. This girl is 1.73 meters tall, but has a very thin body. She doesn't have the bulging figure that perverts like, but she has a pretty face and a pair of quite exquisite gold-rimmed glasses. The whole person exudes a cultural atmosphere, belonging to the kind of intellectual beauty whose temperament exceeds her appearance.

Wen Rui said in her clear voice: "Joining Longyuan has always been one of my wishes. As for quitting, I have never thought about it. But I really want to know what the special scientific research unit of Longyuan Group is. Why are we an army instead of a research project?”

"This is really hard to explain, because it involves secrets and I can't tell you before you join. But you don't have to worry about it. Although the name contains the word "unit", it is not used for fighting, and the functions are relatively similar. For scientific research auxiliary institutions, they are similar to ordinary company employees, except that the things they come into contact with are more confidential. Besides, even the regular army has civilian personnel, so you don't need to worry about this."

After hearing the explanation, Wen Rui nodded immediately: "Then I decided to join." As she said that, Wen Rui walked past me and entered the elevator.

The second person to walk into the elevator was Jian Fan. This guy didn't say anything, but I knew he should have thought everything through. Although Cao En moved third, his speed was faster. He rushed into the elevator before Jian Fan. "Both my wishes are to serve as a soldier and to join Longyuan. Now that both of them can be realized at the same time, I would be out of my mind not to join."

Finally there was Liu Yiling. After scanning the other three people, she focused her eyes on my face, but she also walked in a few seconds later.

As the elevator door closed, I said to them: "Now that you have walked in, you are already from Longyuan. While all secrets are open to you, you must also bear corresponding responsibilities. Now put this Sign it." I handed over several spreadsheets.

Jian Fan looked at it and said, "Why does it feel like a contract of betrayal?"

Cao En joked from the side: "Does anyone want you if you sell yourself?"

"You two are so evil!" Wen Rui said in mock anger.

When several people filled out the forms and handed them to me, the elevator door opened, but this was beyond their expectation. Outside is not a laboratory with cold white light but a large grassland. The breadth of this grassland made several people surprised and grinning from ear to ear. Cao En was the first to ask: "Are we underground?"

"Not bad." I nodded. "This is our No. 7 weapons testing site. It is only a medium-sized site in the base, and the No. 1 testing site is the largest."

"How big is this?"

"I don't know the exact number."

"Why won't the roof collapse?"

"Because of the use of electromagnetic support systems and ultra-hard and ultra-light special materials, it can support such a large space without the need for support columns."

"How high is the mountain over there?" Wen Rui asked, looking at the woods in the distance of the grassland and the peaks further away.

"That mountain is fake." I said directly: "Don't think that this place seems to have no edge. In fact, the space is not very big. Although our technology at Longyuan is very strong, we are not yet able to create something out of nothing. The actual area of ​​this site is about the size of sixteen ** squares, with 3,600 electromagnetic support systems in the middle. There is a 30-meter-thick soil layer on the ground. It can basically simulate the ground environment. You guys The grass we see is all real grass, and the trees over there are also real, but only the first few rows. The large forest behind and the mountains further away are full analysis projections. What looks like clouds above our heads is actually It is a water vapor mass, with lighting equipment hidden in it, which can completely simulate sunlight conditions. There are also large air conditioning and sprinkler systems here that can create various weather environments. We usually test the performance of various vehicles in extreme weather here. Road adaptability.”

"Is that river real?"

"Yes." There are still fish in the river. I caught a few last time. It tastes much better than the farmed fish available in the market.

"Long Yuan is so strong, he can do all this. I feel more and more that my choice is the right one!" Cao En shouted excitedly.

Jian Fan suddenly asked: "Why did you bring us here?" He asked the other three people to recover from their excitement. They all looked at me with curiosity.

"I brought you here to complete the remaining tests."

"What can be tested here? Is it a test of physical fitness?"

"No, it's a test of the will to survive." After I finished speaking, I suddenly pushed Jian Fan and Cao En forward, and then used the reaction force to jump back into the elevator, and the elevator door closed instantly. Cao En and Jian Fan rushed to the elevator door and tried to open it, but they couldn't find the elevator switch. The doors inside the Longyuan Experimental Base are basically electronic and have no buttons at all. They haven't installed the chip yet, and automatic doors are basically equivalent to non-stop doors for them.

After a few slams, several people gave up. They were all elites selected through layers of screening and would not be as hysterical as ordinary people. After a few slams and they found that the door did not open, they realized that smashing was just a waste of effort. Although the few people who could not leave from the gate were a little nervous, they were not afraid because there was enough light and the surroundings had a wide view. There is nothing to fear. But the real reason they didn't show fear was that they thought I wouldn't really hurt them. After all, it was just a test. Unfortunately, their idea was completely wrong. This is not because there is a problem with their reasoning ability, but because they do not know a key piece of information, that is, as long as they act quickly enough, Long Yuan has the ability to treat any injury other than brain damage, including beheading or heart trauma. Same.

According to Long Yuan's research, the human brain can maintain an independent survival state for three minutes without being damaged. For example, some people fell from a not too high place and broke their necks. It may seem to outsiders that he died when he hit the ground, but in fact his brain was not damaged. The cessation of heartbeat and breathing was only due to the interruption of the neural circuits that control breathing and heartbeat caused by spinal fracture or compression. This kind of injured person was actually still alive at the time. If an electroencephalogram test is performed, it will be found that the injured person actually still has brain wave activity. According to international medical standards, as long as the brain waves still exist. It cannot be regarded as death. Even if breathing and heartbeat stop, it can only be regarded as shock rather than death. However, although this kind of patient is not dead at the time, he is actually almost dead, because the brain only has three minutes after that. In the above situation, even if you break your neck in the hospital, the doctor will definitely not have time to react. Moreover, the only one that can cultivate human brains in vitro is our Longyuan Biological Research Institute, and the hospital does not yet have this technology.

Of course, the four test subjects didn't know this, so they didn't think that I would really hurt them, but I really dared to hurt them, and it was to the extent that they would die immediately if I didn't save them. .

The nervous system in vitro culture device of the biological laboratory is already on standby at another entrance to the testing area. As long as I think they need to be rescued, they can be sent into the culture device within a minute. Compared with the three-minute safety time, even if there is an accident, there is still time to remedy the situation. Although the testing process will be painful for them, it is nothing compared to the reward I will give them in the end.

When I arrived at the observation room above the test area from another road, the four volunteers below were already walking around on the open grass. However, they are not wandering around, but are looking for a way out along the wall. At least this shows that they have a very positive attitude in dealing with problems, which is a very necessary characteristic. If the explorer is not proactive about the problems encountered. Then why take risks?

Rose sat leisurely on a chair, holding a drink in one hand and drinking while observing the images and sound signals transmitted back by the miniature flying saucer. This kind of flying saucer relies on counteracting magnetic fields to fly away from gravity. The advantage is that it is fast and makes no noise. The disadvantage is that it can only fly in areas where magnetic field support modules have been laid in advance, but it is still very good as a means of observation inside the base.

None of the four people noticed that more than a dozen unmanned flying saucers had been tracking them. We prepared four flying saucers for each person to ensure that we could completely record everyone's performance after encountering various situations.

I made a start gesture to Ling who had been standing aside for a long time, and Ling immediately pressed the start switch. On the side of the experimental area that was blocked by trees, a gate rose silently. With a wicked smile on his face, Lucky walked out from behind the gate with his wife and children.

"Son, you go first, scare them, be careful not to use too much force, these are ordinary humans, you can't treat them like the master, you know?"

"Dad, you've told me n times, I'm not stupid, don't worry, nothing will happen." The little one is now two times bigger than the last time he went on a mission with us, and he looks almost tall. It is as big as a small baboon, and its body is more slender than before, without the naive look that is unique to larvae. But it has an extra cold temperament. Of course, compared to Lucky and Silver, he is still quite small. After all, he is just a baby dragon and is not nearly as big as his parents.

Lucky and Baiyin carefully hid behind the trees. In order not to expose their target, they had to lie close to the ground, because once they stood up, they would exceed the height of the trees, and there would be no way to hide.

I asked Lucky and the others to come out just to test the reaction of the four volunteers when facing unknown creatures. The place they are going to has been confirmed to have local indigenous creatures, so they will 100% encounter these creatures. If they cannot handle it well, then we will definitely not dare to send such explorers there.

The little one crawled slowly to the edge of the forest, but the four of them were still looking for their own way out, completely unaware of the big guy approaching.

"Roar...!" A loud dragon's roar made the four people turn around together. Unless they were deaf, they would not react to such a big movement. After realizing that all four people had noticed him, the little boy quickly ran out of the forest. He even sucked the fuel in his mouth back into his nose and sprayed it out. It looked as if his breath was breathing fire.

"Ah..." Liu Yiling and Wen Rui screamed louder than the little one at the same time. The little one was so shocked that he had to take two steps back, still mumbling why these two humans had such loud voices.

Rose and I were staring and shaking our heads in the observation room. If the observers we sent to the alien planets called scary creatures like this when they saw them, then we probably wouldn't be able to get any information at all.

After screaming for a few seconds, Wen Rui stopped first. It seems that her psychological quality is much better than Liu Yiling, but Liu Yiling screamed continuously for nearly a minute, and then suddenly rolled her eyes and fell down.

"Eliminate." I used the electronic brain's radio communication function to directly issue an order to the little one: "Tear open the stomach of the fainted woman, and then take her out to the medical staff. Don't worry about the others first."

The little one is very smart. After receiving my order, I didn't rush forward immediately, because it seemed too purposeful. What I mean is not to let them know that the dragon is actually very smart, otherwise these people will think of begging instead of resisting desperately. The little one walked slowly and cautiously to Liu Yiling, who was unconscious on the ground, and then smelled Liu Yiling. Because of his large size, the other three people could hear his inhalation clearly. After smelling the smell, the little boy suddenly opened his mouth and was about to bite Liu Yiling, but Cao En screamed and rushed forward. The little boy turned his head and sprayed out a ball of flame towards Cao En, and the billowing heat wave forced Cao En back. Seeing Cao En retreat, the little boy immediately lowered his head again and bit Liu Yiling's abdomen, then held down her body with his claws and tore her apart fiercely. Liu Yiling woke up from her coma immediately, and the screams accompanied by the splashing blood scared all the remaining three people to paralysis. The little boy looked up at the others, then picked up Liu Yiling, who was unconscious again, and ran towards the forest.

As long as there are corresponding medical equipment, the abdomen is not considered a critical point. What the little one tore apart was only the muscle tissue of the abdomen. For humans, muscle tissue is not actually an essential component for maintaining life characteristics. Most of the deaths caused by muscle damage are caused by excessive blood loss. The little boy took Liu Yiling to the door and put him directly into the medical culture cabin. The green solution quickly filled the cabin. Then several people pushed the culture cabin and left the experimental area. Xiao Doandian deliberately used the simulated vocalizer in his mouth to fake the sounds of women's screams, the sounds of muscle tearing, and the sounds of biting bones. The three people on the grass outside could not see what was going on here. When you hear these sounds and think of the previous pictures, you will naturally think of the hair-raising pictures.

The little one's vocal intimidation continued for a few minutes before the remaining three people reacted. Rose and I watched with interest as the three of them quickly gathered together to discuss.

"Not bad. You can react from a shock so quickly. Your mental quality is really good."

"After all, these babies were selected after so many screenings. Of course, their quality is much higher than that of ordinary people, but I don't know what their hands-on abilities are. Husband, aren't you going to give them some weapons?"

"Will anyone give them weapons when they explore the portal?"

"Then you plan to let them figure it out on their own? At least give them some initial equipment?"

"Initial equipment? Oops, forget about this! But it's good, you can test their reaction in extreme environments."

"But the giant dragons are too strong, and their calculations are trivial. They can be disabled without any means. How can they be used?"

"Then let's get to the rest first." I turned around and shouted to Ling: "Give me the experimental subject template, and I'll see if there's anything I can send in for fun."

Ling handed over a three-dimensional laser. Then rows of creatures appeared in mid-air. Rose also came over to take a look, then pointed at a creature that looked like a slug and asked me, "How about this?"

"Isn't it too disgusting?"

"The shape must be weird to simulate the form of alien creatures as much as possible. I believe the creatures they encounter in the past will be more terrifying than this."

"That's it." I picked up the base's internal phone and connected to the biological laboratory. "I am Shen Lin. Send me a h2d64 creature. Yes, I need it right away. Help me limit the attack mode to slow. Okay, that's all."

After I put down the phone, I began to observe the three volunteers in the experimental area. They had obviously finished discussing it, but they didn't seem to get any useful solutions. But at least they temporarily understood the need for a weapon, and they also realized that I was not kidding them about challenging the will to survive, because they had just seen "with their own eyes" Liu Yiling being "swallowed" by a terrifying "monster" Horrifying picture, at least that's what they thought.

"What are they doing?" Rose suddenly pointed at the screen and asked.

"It seems to be breaking branches, probably to make weapons." Ling replied.

I shook my head. "It's a good idea, but it's a pity that wood doesn't seem to have any harm to the dragon!"

"It's good enough to fight slugs."

As we were talking, the door behind us suddenly opened, and Liu Yiling was pushed in while lying on a white hospital bed. She burst into tears when she saw us, and I looked back at her. "Are you angry?"

"It's good that you know." Liu Yiling said fiercely while crying. "You are committing a crime."

"I've said it before. Your lives will be different from the moment you walk through that door, and your previous worldview will be completely overturned. It seems that you still don't understand what I said."

"How could I have imagined that you would suddenly want a monster to come over and eat us!"

"I only bit you to scare the three of them. You were eliminated from the moment you screamed and passed out."

"What if I get eaten?" Liu Yiling asked angrily.

"Don't worry, the little one knows the rules very well. He won't eat anything that hasn't been washed."

"you……!"

Seeing that Liu Yiling was really going to get angry, Rose quickly came over to smooth things over and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry. We are also measured. Although the little one looks scary, his intelligence is not lower than yours. We just let him Acting. How could he eat you? As for your injury, that level of injury is simply an insignificant problem to Long Yuan. The only thing you have to bear is the pain at that time."

"What do you mean it's just the pain at that time?" Liu Yiling yelled angrily: "Do you know how much pain I felt at that time? I will tear your flesh from your body alive and you try? You are trampling on human rights!"

"Okay, okay." My tone became slightly impatient. "I admit that this is indeed cruel to you, but for the future work, this is something you must bear. I solemnly apologize to you here." I said and stood up and bowed to her.

Liu Yiling didn't feel anything about my bow at all, and still shouted angrily: "Is that all I need to do if I bow? Then there is no need to shoot the murderer. If you kill someone, just go to the grave of the deceased and bow twice and that's it?" "

I was a little surprised by Liu Yiling's reaction, and my tone gradually became colder. "Then what do you want?"

"I want...I want you to compensate for mental damages, and I want you to make this behavior public. You must publicly apologize to me."

I sighed helplessly. "It seems that this kind of stimulation is too much for your mental endurance. People like you can actually lose the ability to think and become a slave of instinct! To be honest, I have always had a good impression, but it is a pity. You are not from the same group as us."

"Humph, you also know that we are not the same person? Let me out quickly, I will sue you!"

I nodded. "One last question, do you have a favorite cemetery? Or do you want to scatter them in the sea or a special place? Or you can donate the remains. Our base also consumes a lot of corpses."

"You, you, you...what do you mean?"

"That's what you understand. I would like to ask for your opinion on how to deal with your body."

"You want to kill people and silence them?"

"I don't want to kill you. There is no need to silence you. You chose to 'suicide'. I just respect your wishes."

"When did I say I was going to 'kill myself'?"

"Then do you remember what I said before coming in here?"

"You said our lives would be different after coming in."

"anything else?"

"what else?"

"It seems you really didn't remember it!" I reminded: "I also said that entering that door is equivalent to joining the Longyuan special scientific research force, and even if you fail, the only way to leave is with four corpses. form. You just said you wanted to leave. So I can only think that you want to 'suicide'."

Liu Yiling seemed to remember that I did say such a thing before. "No, I don't want to die."

"But you said you were leaving."

"No, I'm not leaving."

"Then I will send you to the biological laboratory to receive a virus injection."

"What virus injection?"

"Just use your body to see the onset time of various symptoms and the time of death after this newly tested virus infects the human body."

"You want to experiment on me?"

"You have admitted it yourself, we are not from the same group. Since we are not from the same group, we naturally cannot work with you. There are only two choices left for you. Stay as an experimental subject. Maybe you will be lucky enough to live a few more days. Or choose to leave, and I will have you killed immediately, and the body will be disposed of in the way you choose. If you don't choose, we will default to your body donation."

"you you……!"

Liu Yiling was still there, and the researcher who pushed her in urged her first: "It's yours, no more. It's time for your election! I don't have time to play with you here. I originally thought you were... Our future colleagues worked hard to help you treat them, but they didn't expect that they were not from the same group as us, and it was a real waste of medicine. How about you stay here as an experimental subject? We happen to be short of women, and today we are ten The 4th. There is only one female on death row left this month, and there will be several experiments using female** tomorrow, and even you won’t be enough!”

Seeing Liu Yiling's wide eyes, I had already turned the swivel chair. Rose noticed that I had lost interest and immediately waved to the experimenter. "Take her to the laboratory. We still need to see how these three people are doing! I hope we can become companions."

"No, I don't want it!" Liu Yiling suddenly jumped up like crazy and wanted to run, but the wound on her stomach had just been treated, even if our skills were good. The wound couldn't heal completely in a few minutes, so she started bleeding again as soon as she pulled away.

Seeing Liu Yiling trying to run away, Ling Shun pointed at her neck, causing her to immediately soften. Ling waved to the experimenter, who immediately carried Liu Yiling onto the hospital bed and pushed her out.

We treat her this way not because we are cruel, but for the safety of our Dragon Clan and Longyuan Group. Before I came in, I repeatedly emphasized that once I entered, I could not exit, just because I was afraid of this situation happening now. I said it so straightforwardly, but they still didn't take my words seriously. Everything done here is kept in utmost secrecy. It cannot be known to outsiders. The fact that Liu Yiling still refuses to give up her grudge despite me lowering her attitude means that she can no longer be our companions. And we can't keep a useless person in the base who doesn't do anything, and let her go. That is even more impossible. I have given them too many hints and choices since I met her today, but Liu Yiling is still in this situation. To be honest, I feel more uncomfortable than anyone else. The Dragon Clan is emotionally indifferent but not really heartless. I feel a lot about the sacrifice of a living life for this. It’s just that the Dragon Clan pays more attention to objective laws and we can better control the impact of emotions on behavior. If I let Liu Yiling go now, if she leaks the situation and is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, not just one or two people will die. We kill one person today to save more people in the future. Although those rhetorical humanitarians say that life cannot be counted, we dragons only accept the facts. We don't talk about humanity. As long as more people can live happily, humanity and freedom are things that can be discarded.

After Liu Yiling was pushed away, our attention returned to the experimental field. The limited edition "slug" from the biological laboratory has been shipped over. Through a simple biological remote control chip, we can very easily 'control' this creature with a relatively simple neural structure. However, our three volunteers saw this It feels different when I'm a guy.

The whole body of our slug is green in color, which really looks like the color of snot, except that this guy is still more than one meter tall when lying on the ground, and it is still more than two meters long when its body is shortened to its shortest. When stretched out, it can reach more than ten meters, but compared to the baby dragon, this thing is relatively safer, at least it will not breathe fire.

Of course, Long Yuan will not randomly breed useless creatures. The game "Zero" is our largest testing platform. Many of the monsters in the game have real-life control samples. The experimental department usually first researches the genetic sequence, confirms that it is feasible and then cultivates an entity. Then, after testing various aspects of performance, the data is input into the game, and players are used to test the actual combat effectiveness of the creature. If you think the effect is good, conduct in-depth research in reality and prepare for mass production. If the effect is average, simply abandon it. As long as the average player walks around the experimental area of ​​​​our base, it is likely that he will not be able to figure out whether he is offline or still in the game.

The slug in front of you is also in the game. It seems to be called Snot Slime, and it belongs to a special branch of the slime family. Many players should have fought this monster.

Three of our volunteers obviously also play Zero, and they were all stunned when they saw this thing. Jian Fan was the first to react. "Do you think this is the snot slime in the game?"

"It looks similar, but it's not that big in the game!" Cao En has indeed played it before.

Wen Rui, who was supposed to have the biggest reaction, miraculously didn't look scared at all this time, but said calmly: "I've fought this kind of snot slime in the game. But it's not an ordinary mob. The boss in Snot Slime seems to be a level 300-plus monster, so it’s not too difficult to defeat.”

"This is reality, we are not playing a game." Jian Fan's reminder made everyone stunned. Apparently everyone had entered the game state unknowingly and thought they were killing monsters.

Wen Rui suddenly said: "'Zero' was made by Long Yuan, and this thing also belongs to Long Yuan. Do you think there is any connection between them?"

Cao En immediately said: "Did Long Yuan design biological weapons based on the monsters in the game?"

Jian Fan shook his head: "I think it's the opposite. Long Yuan first designed the biological weapons and then compiled them into the game test combat data."

Rose and I couldn't help laughing when we heard their conversation. These three people performed pretty well. After the initial panic period, they began to adapt and find solutions. With such ability, I believe that as long as it undergoes dragon transformation, it will be able to handle expedition missions.

Wen Rui said to the two boys: "If it's like what Jian Fan said, then we'd better be careful. The monster that ate Liu Yiling before was obviously a giant dragon, but it was much smaller. This snot slime Although it is not as powerful as a giant dragon. But if it is really a biological weapon, it will definitely not be easy to deal with. "

"Then what should we do now? Just keep going in circles with it?"

"Unlikely." Jian Fan pointed to one of the directions, and Cao En discovered our surveillance UFO along that direction. "Shenlin and the others are watching us?"

"Before we were thrown in, Shenlin said that this was to test our sense of survival. So he couldn't let us keep playing in circles with a snot slime. Maybe they would throw more snot slimes in, then It will be more troublesome."

Cao En said angrily: "Long Yuan is too cruel. People are still killed in the test. Are we really treated as human beings?"

Wen Rui said calmly: "Didn't you read the previous spreadsheet? The terms in it are actually reminding us to give up all human rights. Is it useful to complain now? It's better to think about how to deal with this guy. Long Yuan is When selecting talents, we are not doing biological experiments, so as long as we can reasonably solve the problems at hand, we should be recognized and released."

"Then let's give it a try." Jian Fan raised his head and looked at the snotty slime that was crawling towards him. "How does this thing attack in the game?"

"Corrosion. This snot slime will corrode anything it touches and wants to corrode, but I don't know if this real snot slime has similar abilities."

"You'll know after you try it." Cao En is a straight-forward guy with a bold personality. He ran to the snot slime first, then dug a piece of mud from the ground with the branch in his hand and threw it at the snot slime hard.

Mud apparently didn't work. The body of this snot slime was as soft as jelly. After the mud hit the snot slime, it made a big pit and then bounced out. Seeing that the mud was useless, Cao En rushed forward with a tree stick. However, instead of charging from the front, he went around to the side and hit the Snot Slime's body with all his strength.

Hitting the snot slime with a tree stick felt like hitting a ball of soft glue with a stick. Although it could make a big hole at first, it was quickly bounced back, which had no effect at all. Just when Cao En wanted to continue fighting, Jian Fan suddenly rushed forward in a posture of throwing a javelin, and then violently threw the branch in his hand. This branch has obviously been simply processed. Although the tip is not sharp, it is at least much sharper than an ordinary stick. However, it is still just a branch after all, and it is impossible to penetrate the body of the snot slime just by inertia. But Cao En bravely grabbed the stick that bounced to the ground and thrust it into the snot slime. With a pop, the skin of the snot slime was actually penetrated. A stream of green liquid flowed out, and smoke immediately began to appear on the branches, and Cao En quickly retreated. The snot slime was rolling on the ground in pain, but instead the whole stick was inserted into it, but its corrosive properties were so powerful that the stick was quickly burned away.

Wen Rui looked at the snotty slime that had stopped rolling and continued to crawl here and said, "It seems that it really has the same ability as in the game, so the method of killing it is probably the same."

"Is there a way to kill this thing?" Cao En asked in surprise.

Wen Rui nodded. "You can just use a weapon to 'insert' it through its mouth. Its nerve center is just above the mouth, but the thing is very small. If it is 'inserted' out of the way, it will have no effect."

When Rose saw this, she turned to me and said, "It seems that this experimental subject is no longer useful. Do you want to try something else?"

I nodded. "Release test subject b1k19. If they can handle it this time, there will be no need for subsequent tests."

"I don't think they can pass this test." Rose didn't believe what I said.

"Let's make a bet. Ling, do you want to participate?"

"Count me in, I'll treat you to the loser."

"You don't have any money, so in the end it's me who pays for it! Isn't that too cunning?"