At the end of the periodic report on the progress of the research, Dr. Zanney was cleaning up the messy papers, still muttering something to his mouth. Duilio squeezed through the crowd and whispered, "Doctor, is this really okay? You should know better than I do what that extract means." ”

The little old man from the Pampas rolled his eyes and replied in a low voice, "Of course, less than two doses of extract have been extracted from more than twenty giant rats, and if you really want to put it into production as soon as possible, then it is imperative to breed giant rats on a large scale." I don't think we'll be able to crack it out in a short enough amount of time anyway, and those guys won't give us that much time. ”

He sighed, "What a terrible temptation to regain youth and live a long life for hundreds of years, and how many people in this world can keep their hearts in the face of such temptations? ”

"No, Doctor, I don't think you're right. At some point, a few more people stood beside Dr. Zanne, and a middle-aged man in the lead smiled: "In any case, this is a milestone discovery that will open a new stage of human evolution, I believe that with the development of technology, it is definitely possible to research and manufacture more universal potions, and at that time, the core laboratory and the doctor will always be the heroes in the hearts of mankind!"

The little old man rolled his eyes again covertly, "Oh, oh, yes, sir, but we still have to face reality after all. He scratched the top of his head, which only had a few hairs, "I don't think we can really breed giant rats in this environment, and what materials should we use to build a farm?"

The middle-aged man didn't answer the question, he just smiled and asked, "So, are the two PhDs interested in taking on another research project outside of their own work?" Without waiting for the two to refuse, he added: "Don't worry, in fact, this is one of the entire core laboratory research projects, but it has been stalled all along, and it will not affect the agreement signed between you and the laboratory. ”

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Top floor of Cybertron Building.

"By the way, Alsie," Patcina suddenly remembered something, "did you know that a few guys tried to communicate with me the other day? It looks like they're trying to take refuge in me. And in order to express their sincerity, they actually sent me an attack plan for the second half of the month, do you say it's interesting? ”

"There's nothing surprising about that. Arcie stood in front of the glass window with her hands in her hands, and replied without looking back: "I'm rather strange that no one has come to you until now, it seems that the setting made by Primus was still a little negligent, and he probably didn't think about it." Tell me, who's behind them?"

"How do I know," Patina asked angrily, "Didn't I come to ask you, you're much more familiar with Eagle Sauce than I am." ”

Alsie nodded, "Okay, you give me their video data, and I'll get back to you later after I've sorted out their data." Now, I feel like you should go. ”

"Huh?" the silver-haired girl was taken aback and sat up from the sofa, "Why, you're going to drive me away after only a few minutes of coming!"

Bang ———

Unable to bear it, Arcie threw a powerful blow and punched Pacina in the face, and she roared, "You don't look at what you've done!"

"My Susan Blue Original Dubbing Collector's Edition, My Big Movie Original Film, and My Canon ......" The white-haired woman in a rampage state pointed to the mess of things on the sofa and roared sadly, "I'm going to kill you this time!"

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Zane and Duilio watched in silence at the frozen remains of the strange creature in the observation room in front of them, a strange creature that could induce fear and disgust simply by its tattered appearance.

Judging from the wreckage, it should still be alive with three pairs of six thick tentacles symmetrical to the left and right, as well as a pair of front chelae covered with a thick black carapace, the smooth surface of which seems to have been carefully polished, reflecting the circular light above.

The torn apart body by an unknown outside force didn't have much organ in it, just three thick pipes of different colors, which made it look more like an artifact. A mechanical construct is deeply ingrained in its muscular layers and blends with it, and to Duilio's eyes, it seems to be something akin to an outer pylon.

"This is the wreckage of the enemy combat unit that we acquired in the battle with the deep-sea army," the middle-aged Martin explained to the two of them, "We paid a great price to get it," his face was extremely bitter, "but until now we have not figured out which kind of thing to classify this kind of."

As Martin said, even though Rabbit, Hawk-chan, and Furry Bear each had more or less acquired the lower-level combat units of the Deep Sea Force, they simply couldn't comprehend that most of these special lifeforms were based on psionic systems. Of course, the so-called research will not be able to continue. After all, these combat units are actually made of human souls bound in them, the corpses of various sea creatures, and metal materials under the effect of the psionic spell 'Awaken the Undead', which is contrary to what can be said about the human technology tree, where it is so easy to crack.

"So, what can we do?" Dr. Zaney shook his head, "I guess I can't do what so many scientists better than me can't do." ”

Martin shook his head: "No, research on it has been discontinued, and the reason why we have two of you joining this research project is that we want to determine if there is such a thing as a 'soul' in human beings." ”

Duilio looked incredulous, "Mr. Martin, do you know what you're talking about? I mean, in what sense is that 'soul' you are referring to?"

Martin replied very simply: "The one who can exist alone from the body and retain a sense of self." ”

"This can't be!" Zaney interjected, "God, how can you think like that?"

"Of course, we have our reasons," he said, pulling out a black box from the locker next to him, opening it and motioning for the two of them to watch, "That's our reason." ”

"It's like ...... Dog tags?" Duilio asked, uncertain.

"Yes," Martin nodded, "this is the dog tag we found in this wreckage, and it originally belonged to one of the Marines on board the carrier group we went missing. ”

"And then?"

"If you are willing to sign these agreements, then you can participate in some of the most important research projects in the core lab, so what about the choice of the two of you?"