458 - Awakening and Commitment
I don't know how long it took, but when Hodge opened his eyes again, he had gradually accepted reality.
Of course, he knows the famous name of Blacklight Technology, and he also knows the existence of the Xingtian Project, which is a bionic prosthetic project developed by Blacklight Technology last year.
Then the rest is easy to deduce - I had some accident in that chase and came here.
However, this also means that there are some very bad conditions in my body......
In front of him was still the pure white, clean and transparent laboratory, and the light in the laboratory was so bright that it made people's heads dizzy, but his eyes didn't feel anything about this discomfort, and even looking directly at the light source didn't affect it in the slightest.
"Director, the patient has woken up again."
Before he could think about anything, a woman's voice came from the side, and he wanted to turn his head to look, but found that his body was still unable to make any movement.
"Hodge."
The familiar voice came, and Dr. Todd's face appeared in his field of vision, and the other party lowered his head and looked at him kindly, "Did you sleep well this night?" ”
"Tell me, what's going on with me?"
Hodge swallowed and asked in a deep voice, "Why can't I act on my own, why am I wearing this damn thing, what the hell is going on on me?" ”
Dr. Todd was silent for a moment, then looked at Hodge's body stats before replying, "Anyway, you'll have to face reality sooner or later, if you can keep your calm now, I can let you take a look, and you'll understand after reading it...... Are you sure, though? ”
"Yes, I'm pretty sure!"
Hodge nodded a little excitedly, "I want to know everything." ”
Seeing this, Dr. Todd stopped talking, he just muttered for a while, and then said to the assistant next to him, "Prepare, prepare to disassemble the XTN-118 police bionic armor." ”
As he spoke, he suddenly waved his hand, and suddenly a virtual screen appeared directly in front of Hodge, allowing Hodge to see the whole picture of his body without having to sit up.
It was only at this point that Hodge saw his current body for the first time, and in his eyes, he was now wrapped in a layer of pure black armor, which was tightly fitted, even wrapped around his fingers, and at the same time, there was a perfect ergonomic streamlined shape, as if synonymous with the aesthetics of violence, which looked both cold and solemn.
As an embellishment, there are also red and blue fluorescent lines on the armor, which is the world's only police color.
Hodge clearly remembered that his own figure was definitely not so good, this suit of armor looked like he was more than 1.9 meters tall, and his hands and legs were long, which was in line with the golden ratio of the human body, and the sense of muscle was just right, and the inverted triangle figure did not look too bloated, nor did he feel slender.
"This armor seems to be much taller than myself......"
Hodgqiang laughed, and until this point, he still had some unrealistic illusions.
"It's normal, it's not your body, after all."
Dr. Todd gave him a thoughtful look.
Hodge's heart sank, and before he could ask again, suddenly, several manipulators suddenly rose from the place where he was lying under him, and these manipulators began to disassemble his body at a rapid pace, first his legs, then his arms, and finally even the small half of his lower body......
When he saw this, Hodge was already short of breath, his eyes widened, he looked at the screen in front of him in disbelief, and muttered in a low voice, "God, this is not true!" ”
"I'm sorry, but that's true......"
"You may have forgotten what happened because of the stress effect of the trauma, you had a car accident, you were burned 100 percent of your body, and your limbs were charred, so the local hospital had to amputate your limbs, and now your eyes, nose, mouth and skin are all recovered after a long period of repair." ”
Hodge kept his attention on his body, until he heard Dr. Todd's words, he subconsciously looked at his face, which suddenly made his pupils shrink, only to see that his face had already changed, his whole head was bare, and his eyes and nose were a little different from himself, but like a stranger......
"No, damn it, damn it!"
Hodge pursed his lips and muttered under his breath.
However, the disassembly was not complete, after his limbs were removed, the other two robots suddenly moved up and began to disassemble Hodge's breastplate as fast as possible, and when the armor on his abdomen and chest was removed, finally, Hodge finally saw his whole picture......
Looking at the crouched monster on the screen that looked like a human stick, Hodge was completely stunned.
"We transplanted you with a set of bionic lungs, and implanted bionic gas tubes, bionic eyeballs, and anal reconstruction surgery for you, but unfortunately we can't do anything about your reproductive function......
Dr. Todd sighed, "I know it's hard to accept, but ...... Suck it up. ”
Hodge slowly closed his eyes, gritting his teeth and not wanting to look any further.
Seeing this, Dr. Todd removed the virtual screen in front of him and said, "You can rest for a while, and then we will bring you food to gradually restore the function of your stomach, after all, you have been asleep for three months." ”
"Then, you need to cooperate with us to conduct various data tests, and if you pass the test, you can return to the police and even return to your own life......"
"Please let me die......"
However, just as Dr. Todd was talking about his next plan, Hodge suddenly spoke.
Hearing this, Todd paused, he shook his head, and his expression gradually fell into seriousness, "Listen, kid, I know your despair right now, but please trust me, Blacklight Technology has the ability to make you recover, do you believe it?" ”
"Blacklight Technology has done a lot of impossible things, such as using stem cells to make people young again, just like me, you may not believe it, in fact, I am seventy-three years old."
"In the same way, perhaps in the near future, stem cells will be able to grow into separate organs, such as a hand, a leg, or even a ......."
Dr. Todd paused, and continued, "You may have to wait five years, or ten years, or longer, but you have to understand that now that life expectancy is generally starting to be artificially extended, human beings will slowly gain a longer lifespan, and this is a policy that is being pursued all over the world, especially in those developed continents, who are eager to promote the technology of the 'Aging Reversal Treatment Program' to everyone in their country, so as to alleviate the phenomenon of aging and alleviate the human crisis......
"So, you can wait until that day, even if it has been ten or twenty years in the past ten or twenty years, don't worry, because the life expectancy of human beings will be greatly extended, and it is a high-quality young life, not the slow life of old age!"
"Believe me, this day will come sooner or later, when you can use biotechnology to regain your limbs and even reproductive abilities!"
Hearing Dr. Todd's words, Hodge opened his eyes, his eyes were full of emotion, and he looked at Todd with hope, "Is what you said true?" ”
"Of course it's true, the bionic prosthetic limb is just a transition, after all, no matter how good it is, it can't replace the human body itself, so this is an inevitable development direction of science and technology."
Dr. Todd smiled kindly, "And I can assure you that Blacklight Technology has been working on the technology to grow stem cells directly into complete organs, and it won't be too long before it is completed......"
Hearing this, Hodge seemed to ignite the fire of his desire to survive, and he nodded heavily, as if he had made an agreement with Dr. Todd, before he said again, "Let me take another look......
"Okay."
Dr. Todd agreed, and Hodge was faced with the virtual screen in front of him, showing him lying on a bed-like device, and behind his head, there seemed to be several wires connected to it.
"It's nerve conduction."
Dr. Todd seemed to know what he was thinking, and said directly, "They go directly into your cerebral cortex, read your consciousness, and relay these signals to your limbs, working on behalf of your spine so that you can move." ”
"I remember a few months ago, wasn't there a VR brain control technology? Signals can be received directly from the brain. ”
Hodge asked with a frown.
"It's just an external brain-computer interface, and there is still a delay to some extent."
Dr. Todd chuckled, "It's okay to use it for gaming, but it doesn't mean it can actually be used for fighting, just like a wireless mouse, no matter how sensitive it is, it can't compare to a wired mouse, and in addition, the anti-interference ability of wireless can't be compared to wired, so don't worry, we're not trying to do anything in your brain." ”
Hodge didn't ask any more questions.
Seeing this, Dr. Todd gestured to the side, and suddenly, pieces of black armor returned to Hodge's body like stacked blocks, and soon, Hodge was back in the shape of a full-body armor.
"Now that I'm free, it's time for you to try and control this new body."
Dr. Todd said, seeing Hodge nodding, he pressed the button again, and suddenly Hodge only felt his whole body loosen, and his body regained control.
He sat up slowly, and at the same time, there was a squeak of mechanical rotation in his body, Hodge raised his hand blankly, looked at his hands, and touched various objects around him, and a special sense of touch was transmitted directly into his mind.
"The XTN-118 police bionic armor on your body, made of carbon fiber ceramic composite materials, can resist the rifle's firing within ten meters."
"And excellent impact resistance can also protect your body and internal organs from the impact of bullets."
Dr. Todd stood in front of Hodge and said with an appreciative look, "You can even jump from a height of about ten meters without worrying about getting hurt, and the armor's built-in assistance system can also automatically adjust the center of gravity in mid-air to protect you from hitting your head on the ground." ”
"This touch ......"
Hodge muttered under his breath, "It's amazing. ”
"So you mean this."
Todd replied, "We used nano-bionic neuronal technology to make the armor feel pressure and touch like skin, and if your armor is damaged, it can also sense pain in the corresponding area, so that you can better judge whether the opponent's attack is dangerous." ”
"And what about what I see?"
Hodge raised his head, he stared at Dr. Todd, in his sight, Dr. Todd was suddenly drawn a box, not only that, but a row of data popped up below, including Dr. Todd's height, weight, heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature, and so on.
"This is the ability of the bionic prosthetic eye that we have installed for you."
Dr. Todd replied, "It's equipped with a combat system that can estimate a lot of data, including analyzing weapon data, enemy threat levels, etc., and even has the ability to take photos and play videos, so when you catch criminals, you'll know how convenient this system is." ”
Hearing this, Hodge just shook his head, and at the same time he began to support the device under him with both hands, and slowly stood up.
"Be careful, it may be a little uncomfortable to walk for the first time."
Dr. Todd took a few steps back, watched as Hodge stood up like a toddler, and then took a slow step.
One-step, two-step, three-step......
After only a few steps, Hodge's posture gradually became familiar from the initial rustiness.
"Very well, it seems that you are a good fit for this body."
Dr. Todd encouraged, "It was perfect. ”
Hodge tried to walk, while looking around a little uncomfortably, at this time he had already found that this bionic armor was indeed much taller than his former self, once he was only 1.8 meters tall, and now at least 1.95 meters, and when he came to the mirror, he found that this armor was really beautiful.
Seeing the other party observing himself, Todd couldn't help but shake his head, he wouldn't tell Hodge that the reason why this set of armor was so beautifully designed was that catching criminals was secondary, and more importantly, he used this image to promote the outside world.
In other words, Hodge is actually more like a face project, and its real combat ability is not even comparable to an ordinary XTN-003 military robot, while their cost and maintenance price are ten or even dozens of times that of XTN-003.
At this moment, the doorbell of the laboratory suddenly rang, and Dr. Todd subconsciously looked at the surveillance screen at the door, only to see that two other Robocops, who were about the same as Hodge, were already standing outside the door, and the black man named Bray was even holding a cream cake in his hand.