"I'm curious about a question." I stopped and looked ahead at Ben, who led me to the real yàn part.

"It's rare that you ask questions," Ben said, turning his head to the side and smiling, "what do you want to ask?" ”

"What do you want the breeders to do?" I sneered, "Don't tell me, just just raise a mermaid." ”

Ben turned his face slightly, and this angle made his lenses reflect an eerie light: "Do you know the imprint study in animal behavior?" Animals will regard the living creatures they see at first sight as their mothers, and as long as we take advantage of this, let the newborn mermaid recognize the breeder as the mother, and with the nurturing, training, and neural sensor chip implanted in the mermaid's body, we can make the mermaid obey our command. Although the use of technology can make mermaids obey, it is too cruel and easy to breed the rebellious psychology of merfolk. ”

"You think it's cruel? It's the funniest joke I've ever heard," I sneered, "Your research project seems to have been going on for years, but the merfolk race still stands above you. ”

Ben pushed his glasses: "The real yàn has encountered layers of obstacles, first we have to find the mermaid embryo in order to proceed to the next step, but it is quite difficult to remove the mermaid embryo from the pregnant female mermaid, you know, the pregnant female mermaid is very short-tempered, their attack power will increase by 200% at this stage, and they also have male partners by their side, which brings us a lot of trouble." The second is the scarcity of qualified breeders, and it is not a simple matter to find people who are patient and know mermaids well. Finally, there is the issue of funding, the government has limited allocation, and we need to find a way to raise it, which is not something that can be done in a short period of time. ”

When Ben finished speaking, we happened to walk into the real yàn part of Area C. Sophisticated instruments appeared in front of me, on the left placed a row of egg-shaped white cabins, in front of the cabin suspended electronic floating screen to show the cabin situation, on the opposite side of the cabin, one by one correspondingly placed several electronic deck chairs, one of the electronic deck chairs, lying a red-scaled mermaid. His hands and tail were tied, and he wore a helmet-shaped electronic device on his forehead, and his body trembled or twisted as the values on the electronic device's display jumped.

I cast a puzzled look at Ben, what was this going to do

"As I said earlier, mermaid embryos are so rare that we turned our goal to mermaids that have already taken shape. Because the mermaid has independent thinking and thinking ability, so to make them obey, it is necessary to connect the guò induction, so that the breeder and the mermaid can exchange and integrate memories and thoughts, when the fit between the two reaches a certain degree, under our artificial operation, the mermaid will have the illusion that the breeder is his relatives, and obey the breeder's words. As unbelievable as it sounds, we've proven to be very successful in this regard, all right," Ben walked over to the white pod closest to him, and after checking the pod, motioned for the staff to open the pod, and pointed to the seat in the center of the pod, "It's your turn, Mr. Eddie, please take a seat." ”

The internal structure of the cabin is very simple, there is only one electronic seat, there is no operating table and electronic screen, and the only red button that looks like a switch is set on the cylindrical platform directly in front of the electronic seat, I don't know what it is used for.

Without hesitation, I sat down in my chair and asked, "I don't know what I'm going to do yet." ”

Ben put the white helmet hanging from the back of the seat over my head: "You'll know when you're connected, now you need to take a deep breath." If you have any emergency during the test, please press this red button and the staff will take you out as soon as possible. But under normal circumstances, it is only when we think the experiment should be over that we will break the bond and let you out. Remember, you don't force a disconnection during the experiment, as this will have terrible consequences. ”

"What consequences?" I turned my head to ask, but unfortunately my helmet blocked all my vision, and all I saw was darkness.

"When the test is over, I'll tell you. It's time, Mr. Eddie, please get ready. ”

After the capsule closed like a jet, I felt like I had entered a wonderful world.

The darkness in front of me began to become colorful, and it was as if I had traveled through a time tunnel, weaving through various distorted and upside-down colored images, and at the last moment, the image stopped.

Water.

A large amount of clear water flowed around me, and I was amazed to try to paddle my limbs, only to find that I could not move at all, no, more precisely, I could not control my limbs, they were as if they were independent of my body and out of my control.

Obviously I saw that I had hands...... Oh no, it wasn't a hand, it was a pair of webbed claws.

I saw the flipbed claws, which were supposed to be part of my body, move beyond my consciousness, and the red tail of my lower body kept flicking and swimming towards the surface.

It was an amazing experience, and I found out that I had become a mermaid, but I was not the mermaid. To put it simply, I am like a soul possessed by this mermaid, with self-awareness and thinking, and can see the outside world with the eyes of this body, but I have no dominance and dominance over the body - just like now, "I" am in the sea, but I can't smell the fishy smell of the sea, and I can't feel the flow of sea feng shui.

I think I know what the so-called connection test is all about, and that's when I look at the memories of merfolk test subjects from a first-person perspective.

As it is now.

"I" penetrated the water, only to see that the pitch-black sky was like a huge black curtain, pressing heavily against the water, and the purple lightning gathered in the depths of the dark clouds, spreading out like a spider web, tearing the sky.

"Whoa!" "I" let out a high-pitched cry, and when the voice fell, several human heads appeared on the water one after another, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be "my" people.

The people appeared more and more, as if discussing what to do, and we all looked up and chirped in unison, swimming towards the islands above sea level.

At this time, the terrifying roar sounded like an □□ eruption, and the momentum was immeasurable, even overshadowing our chorus, and "I" turned my head to see an incomparably huge mermaid swimming towards us.

Merfolk Lord.

It was the first time I had looked at the Mermaid Lord up close, his massive body like a statue reaching up to the clouds, majestic and inviolable, his face shrouded in a terrifying light and shadow under the lightning.

I don't know what's going on, but this face actually gives me an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

At this time, the mermaid lord raised his head and roared, and the waves suddenly rushed towards the island like a runaway dragon overturning the river and the sea. And we, under the leadership of the merfolk lord, frantically attacked the power grid set up on the outskirts of the island.

It seems that this memory was not long ago when the mermaid lord led a group of red-scaled merfolk to try to break into Lifu Island.

I thought I didn't have any sense of this body, but the unthinkable happened, a few minutes later, "I" touched the power grid, a powerful electric current flashed golden light, penetrated into "my" body, at that moment, I actually felt a trace of numbness from being electrified, and then, the pain came from the lower half of the body, "I" was suddenly dragged into the sea, and before I could react, I saw two humans in waterproof suits appear in sight, throwing electronic ropes at "me......

Pain!

A flash of white light suddenly flashed, as if the monitor was turned off, and the image in front of him disappeared.

The darkness gradually swallowed my vision, and I vaguely heard human voices sounding, dull and unclear......

“42.9％！ Mr. Ben, the No. 23 breeder, and the No. 156 real yàn body reached 42.9% in the last minute. ”

"Before?"

"It's been fluctuating between 15 and 30 percent."

"Well done, let's cut off the power first, and get here today."

It is the voice of Ben.

There was a faint light in front of my eyelids, and then my head loosened, and my helmet was removed.

"Welcome back, Mr. Eddie, as I expected, you adapted quickly, and today's trial was very successful, with no rejection."

Ben's bright smile stabbed my eyes, and I squinted for a while before I took the water he handed me and took a few sips: "What rejection?" ”

"It's not something to discuss," Ben said as he walked me out of the connection pod and pushed my glasses, "you just need to remember what it feels like to succeed and try to increase the connection rate." ”

I looked at Ben in confusion.

"Looks like you still understand, well, allow me to delay your time to explain. To put it simply, the value of the connection rate is a criterion that reflects the process of memory exchange and fusion. When the connection rate is low, the breeder can only see the subject's memory from the first perspective, but as the connection rate increases, the breeder will gradually experience the subject's five senses, physiological reactions, and even psychological state, and when the connection rate reaches more than 90%, in a way, the breeder and the subject become one. Okay, that's all for the explanation," Ben paused and continued, "In order to ensure the smooth of the real yàn, I will let the test subject continue to work with you for the next few days until your run-in period is over and the connection rate is stable. ”

"What happens if there is a failure in the connection process and the connection is interrupted?" I asked.

"The system will automatically activate emergency measures to ensure the safety of both parties, but," Ben smiled strangely, "as I said earlier, if one of you actively breaks off the connection, it will lead to dire consequences." ”

I frowned: "What exactly are the consequences?" ”

"There hasn't been such an accident yet, but based on our reasoning, it's likely that the severer's consciousness will be channelled into another dimension, that is," Ben said slowly as he looked me in the eye, "and if the severer can't return, he'll be in a vegetative state in a sense." ”

I was breathing hard, and my heart felt like it was beating a beat. Although this result is terrible, it is just their speculation, and it does not mean that it will happen. It's an opportunity that can be taken advantage of, and I can give it a try.

I made a request: "I want to see the merfolk test subjects I work with." ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, Mr. Eddie, it's not allowed to meet with the subject until the breeder has been identified," Ben patted me on the shoulder and leaned into my ear and whispered, "If you don't want to kill an innocent life, I advise you to stop this horrible thought." ”

I clenched my fists, I had seen their cruelty, and of course I knew what it meant - once the subject met with the breeder, the subject would be obliterated.

I was too tired to talk to these beasts, and when I got back, I immediately shared a spirit with the miniature firebird that was stuck in the cell, and flew off to find Ben and see what he was doing.

Luckily, Ben didn't leave the C Division, and he was having a seemingly unfriendly conversation with Chelson.