"It's not impossible to work for the Hunters' Department, it's just that most of my research is an unethical study of "rejection from human society," Craigwen sat in his chair, staring blankly at the girl in the glass warehouse, "and, I have a reluctant request... It's not a condition that has to be done, but if you don't resent it..."

"Well, for the most part, I can make the decisions for that old man, say, if nothing is wrong. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Dalia put down the satellite phone unhappily, and after Dior hung up her communication, she couldn't reach Dior several times.

But since she said that there was no problem, then it should be no problem, and Sixteen Nights held the Turkic knife in the corner of the room, curled up in a ball and yawned. She has been moving in the ice and snow for a long time, and she feels very sleepy as soon as she comes to a warm place.

"This request is not for the Hunters Department, but for... Lord Dior and the Sixteen Nights," Craigwen stood up, not looking away, "I want you to adopt this child. ”

“... Huh?" The spirited Sixteen Yeyue jumped up excitedly, "What stupid words are you talking about, we are mercenaries, mercenaries who lick blood from the knife and have no fixed place, and murder without blinking, you asked us to educate this child? Don't you have a nanny? Why don't you let her come?"

"About this, Jacqueline, she's not human. ”

Craigvin summoned his 'babysitter', and under the eyes of the two of them, he 'opened' the strange tattoo-like thing around the brunette woman's neck, revealing the mechanical structure inside. Before the surprise of the two subsided, Craigwen said slowly:

"The focus of my research is on "artificial humans", and I have gained a lot from both research directions. You, who have a physique far beyond ordinary people and have "abilities", are the sixteenth night moon, and when people are seriously injured, they only save their brains and conduct research on whole-body prosthetics. As you can see, both studies were quite successful, but for some reason I was forced to leave the UK temporarily on the orders of the Queen of England, lacking financial support, and all the research so far has been carried out with the support of an old friend of the Ming Kingdom. ”

"Old friend of the Ming Kingdom?" "Sixteen Nights Moon froze for a moment, "Those who have the ability to support this kind of technical research, is it possible that they will not become the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom?"

Craigwen didn't answer her question, but shook his head, closed the connection of the brown-haired "machine girl" Jacqueline, and spoke to them.

"If you believe me, then I can tell you that I am working for 'individuals'. But the technology I have mastered here, and the part about "ability" that comes out has already been mastered by the Ming Kingdom and the Soviet Union, and it won't be long before you can see something similar in your own country. Is it coming that the time when humans recognize themselves as the same as machines is coming?"

“... Can we say that we have evolved a step forward when we can also be 'manufactured', from fragile carbon-based life to a little bit forward. ”

"But in this case, can humans still be called humans?" Sixteen Nights laughed to herself, "I've been treated as non-human so far, and I don't think humans can accept such things." ”

"Isn't that acceptable? Maybe that's the case, but... When the information in the human brain can be completely digitized and stored in the facility as "memory", as long as the brain is intact to be equipped with a more reliable "prosthesis", and even if the brain is completely damaged, it can be "resurrected" in the instrument, do you still think there is a difference between humans and machines?"

It is indeed an amazing technology, which can preserve the brain intact, except for the brain, the whole body is replaced by machinery, and even imitate the human body to make a prosthetic body suitable for human action, DNA matching, electronicization of the information in the brain, and storage in the device, even if the brain is damaged, it can be resurrected in another way...?

It's terrifying, what is the purpose of such rapid technological development? Is it because the doomsday prophecy says that the planet will soon be destroyed, is it the infrastructure prepared for the long interstellar voyage?

"Human beings are just afraid that they can be "made" themselves, and whether there is any point in their own existence... But it doesn't really need that sense. The existence of human beings has no meaning in itself, and human beings should not be exposed to this level of thinking, and it is impossible for human beings to pass through that narrow door. From the dawn of human civilization to the present, human life has been placed in a position of supremacy over everything else, for what reason? This is all an instinct of being an animal, and only by abandoning this "instinct" can human beings evolve. ”

Craigven stared at Sixteen Nights Moon who wanted to reason with him, and after a moment of silence, he walked next to him and looked at the girl in the cabin.

"Alright, I don't want to hear you discuss these things," Daria said, waving her hand, "and we'll be ready to leave when Dio and the Hunters' support arrive, we have another stop." ”

At the next stop, Sixteen Nights Moon and Dio are responsible for sending Yuru to Nanjing to introduce Zhu Yuanfang, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom.

"So, how did you think about my request?"

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The ring, this ring is very simple, it doesn't look special, and the inner ring is engraved with the letters "DIO" in English, which may be something related to the Book of DIO. Christian Dior looked at the ring, and the overcast sky looked like it was about to start snowing, perhaps soon. There was still about a full day to go before Craigwen's lab, so she took a break, leaned back in the snow, and opened the book of "DIO".

The story that matches the gloomy sky, the identity of the second generation "DIO" is not detailed in it, and it is only three pages of content, only a record of some trivial things she experienced after getting the book. It seems that the second generation of "DIO" has reached the realm of immortality, and she herself wrote the truth about "immortality" in the book of DIO.

Human beings will always try to say goodbye to the "death" that will definitely come in some way, and this established life course is really not something to be feared in the human life, the second generation "DIO" thinks so. But she was forced to become an "eternal" by unknown means and not recorded in the book. When she was born, human beings even longed for the other side of the sea, not knowing that the planet was round, nor the truth about the change of the sun, moon and stars.

In this era, when magicians and magic were treated as hereticals, mankind developed "immortality". The human being, who had obtained this secret, fled to the other side of the sea in his own country, far away, to enjoy his fruits for himself, and in fact succeeded, but the man's result was sealed in some form. But unfortunately, the secret recipe for immortality was obtained by another person. The second generation of "DIO" gained immortality, but soon the pain of "immortality" was entangled in the depths of her soul, and after a thousand years, immortality became a shackle that imprisoned her.

Eventually, she finally found a way out of her torment, and she created the Book of "DIO" to infuse it with the power of "Immortality", ending her own immortality. But her soul is still immortal, she has become a corner of the world, no one knows where she is or where she came from, but her immortal mystery has been handed down.

The girl looked at the book of DIO and found no trace of it. The second generation of "DIO" herself claims that she does not know 'magic', but how did she make the book of DIO? The only clue points to the "fairyland" that drifts nowhere, Penglai, but where to find that kind of thing?

No, Craigwen had been there, and he probably knew something about it. Dio narrowed his eyes and withdrew the book. She began to check her firearm, she hadn't practiced since her leg injury, and it was time to pick it up. After disassembling the firearm and inspecting it, the parts of the Monty Python were a little badly worn, and the parts were replaced when he was at Connor's house two years ago, but after that, the practice and the battle to this day, the gun should also be well maintained.

By the way, she disassembled the parts of the python, and it could be seen that the revolver was well maintained and had not been used much, and the marks of the hammer were relatively shallow. It seems that Daria just usually keeps this gun with her as a trophy, she herself should rarely have the opportunity to use a street fighting firearm, and it must not be a precious thing to give this gun to herself. She examined the python's parts, only to find a small sign carved on the inside of the magazine, and only after looking closely did she notice what the sign was.

If you don't pay attention to the extremely small Russian text, you will definitely think that it is the number engraved on the body of the gun, but how can the American-made Colt be marked in Russian? Moreover, Daria said that she was searched from an American military officer, and the Colt Python series began to be sold at the factory when she was 12 years old, when the latest police revolver in the United States was ten years ago. And the time when Daria joined the Hunter Department was the same as the Sixteen Nights, and it was only two or three years ago...

She quickly loaded the parts of the two guns, and then immediately dialed the communicator of the Sixteenth Night Moon.

"Dio, where have you been? Daria has already asked the Hunters Department for backup. ”

"Ah, I've got a little more to go, and I'd like to ask you some more personal questions about... Daria's. ”