"Wow, you ...... The hospital will also give the patient a little mental preparation before notifying the patient that he has a terminal illness, how can there be such a sudden situation like you, if my heart is not good, I will faint in minutes and show you. Yang complained helplessly.

"There's nothing wrong with your heart." Johnny replied seriously.

"Okay." Yang nodded, sat up straight and said, "It seems that this new development is not a good thing, give me a good science popularization, scientist." ”

"Don't worry, just tell the truth, I won't be angry and lose my temper." Yang added.

"This is natural, and I don't need to hide anything from the results." Johnny cleared his throat and continued:

"Statistically, the symbiote has become one with your blood cells, and the main manifestation, for example, is now like an ATP in your body, providing a super large amount of energy. Of course, this is only one part of the traits, and the other parts are also manifested in: the acceleration of metabolism, the shortening of the cell cycle, and the corresponding high-speed regeneration ability and greatly improved physical and sensory ability. ”

"That's the ...... so far"

"For now?" Yang raised an eyebrow.

He noticed Johnny's use of the intriguing word, "for now".

"Yes, this is only the current manifestation, this is not the most complete manifestation, simply put, the fusion between you and the symbiote continues, from the beginning of its mixing into your body a few months ago until now, it has been in the process of fusion, not as you initially understood, it is just mixing, and fusion is a slow process. The symbiote is an alien substance that does not exhibit biological properties, but has some kind of biological instinctive nature, such as the will to survive, in the beginning it is just parasitic on you, it does not want you to die, so it will further merge and give you the ability to be almost immortal...... "Johnny continues to explain.

"And once the fusion begins, it can't be terminated, theoretically it doesn't have self-awareness, so it won't control the fusion process autonomously, everything is caused by the operation of biological mechanisms, normally it is difficult for two species to form such a symbiotic model, not to mention that this substance comes from aliens, the process will be very slow, it will start from the genes to change you little by little, you must have been able to feel, in fact, after the first fusion symbiote, it didn't become as strong as it is now, Your physical strength is increasing little by little, and the regeneration rate and various perceptual abilities are also showing a gradual upward trend, which is the change brought about by the fusion process. ”

"So, what will happen to me after further integration? Become a monster like you? Yang asked with his nostrils buttoned.

He really didn't know what Johnny was talking about, he really always thought that the symbiote would bring about such a transformation after the fusion, and he would become a humanoid monster.

But now Johnny is telling him that there's more to it than that, and that you're going to be converted.

Yang could faintly feel that Johnny's "will die" was related to this.

Johnny, however, spread his hands and said:

"To tell you the truth, in fact, I don't know what will happen after further integration~"

"Uh...... Then I'll tell you the truth, if you don't talk well, you will definitely die before me. Yang reminded with a smile.

"Straight to the point!"

Johnny slapped the computer with a solemn expression.

Yang vital sign data ejected on the desktop.

"Ever heard of the 'Haflik Limit'?"

"I've heard of it, but you'd better review it for me." Yang said impatiently with his chin in his hands.

"Well, yes, the Heflick limit theory was published in 1965 by the American microbiologist Leonardo Heflik, which states that the cells in the human body die after 56 divisions due to self-production of toxins, and clinical medicine tends to believe that this is the cause of our body's aging and death, that is, 56 times for human cells to divide on their own and maintain the limit of the body's metabolic cycle." Johnny turns on the crazy science mode.

"Yes." Yang nodded.

"Your current physical condition is that you are in a high level of operation, and your physique has been perfectly improved to withstand such a high load, and you also have enough energy to provide the system." Johnny paused for a moment, then continued, "But this has led to the fact that your body's cells are dying out too quickly, and that coupled with the fatal devastating trauma you receive in every fight, it greatly speeds up your cell replication cycle. ”

“……”

Yang frowned and thought for a moment.

"That means I'm overconsuming my life?"

"Huh? The young man has a good understanding, to put it simply, the symbiote has transformed your physique into a very strong state, but you still essentially abide by the law of the Haflix limit, and your cell replication cycle has been greatly shortened, which further leads to you approaching the replication limit faster than normal people, and the cells will completely die out after reaching the replication limit. Johnny nodded and asked:

"Have you had any special feelings during this time? Negative? For example, the inability to concentrate or the occasional sharp drop in mental state? ”

When Johnny asked him this, a slightly surprised look finally appeared on Yang's face.

"Yes! Sometimes it suddenly becomes very, very sleepy, so sleepy that after closing your eyes, you will immediately fall asleep, sleeping like a dead pig. ”

He remembered the previous few times when he was extremely sleepy.

Including the time when he was attacked by a doctor when he was still in North America, it was because Luo couldn't bear the state of extreme mental exhaustion so he fell into a deep sleep, and that time he basically let go of all his usual precautions and vigilance...

And during this period of time, Yang himself has had similar feelings several times, the most recent one was last week......

Doesn't that sound good......

"What the hell, how long will I live?"

Yang asked, rubbing his temples.

"Uh...... It's hard to say, how many years? Or a few months? If you can keep yourself from suffering all the devastating wounds that you used to, you should be able to live longer. Johnny said to him earnestly.

"That's right..."

Yang nodded.

"It's okay, it's not too serious, as long as it doesn't burp right away."

There was not a hint of solemnity in his tone, but it was a little painful to hear...

Johnny made it very clear, he is now a machine that consumes energy and life at a high speed, but he is still a human at heart, and his human attributes still limit him.

(End of chapter)